Woman at Table (Karfiol)

Woman at Table 
Bernard Karfiol, 1929
At the SAAM


Living in pre-depression comfort, here. A reminder -- these pictures are like glorified thumbnails -- click through on them to get a better view of the artist's work!

Head of a Woman (Newman)

Head of Woman 
Carl Newman, 20th century
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Beautiful.  Made this one large so you could extra-appreciate it.

Gardener's Mother (Kroll)

The Gardener's Mother 
Leon Kroll, 1925 
At the SAAM.

A savvy grandma! This is clearly not a woman you mess with.

Mother of the Chief

Wah-pe-séh-see, Mother of the Chief 
[in Leavenworth, Kansas]
George Catlin, 1830
Another from the SAAM.

Women Seated at a Pedestal

Woman Seated at a Pedestal 
Jacob Kainen, 1967 

Another from the SAAM. Yes, I'm working through my collection from back when I visited the museum in the spring, and then I'll move on to other things.

Woman Unveiled, Tajikistan

Woman Unveiled (Tajikistan)
Louis Lozowick, 1932
Smithsonian American Art Museum

I'm moving to Central Asia! This means posts may become more occasional, but hopefully not. 

In honor of the move, here's a pen and ink (I think? or woodcut?) of a woman in Tajikistan. Context: Areas such as what is now Tajikistan were part of the Russian Empire, so when the Soviets took over, they decide to forcibly unveil Muslim women within the Soviet Union. The goal was to "modernize" and "free" them, but it became a big struggle, as many women didn't actually want to be unveiled. Not sure how an American guy got over there to do sketches, but... an interesting work nevertheless...