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The MOA is closed December 23-25

December 22, 2023

Enjoy our Countdown to Christmas!

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Anonymous- North America, 'The Caspian Snow-Partridge,' lithograph, 18 x 23 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1993.
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F. Douglas Greenbowe (1921-1997), 'Pigeons,' 1948, watercolor, 23 x 29 1/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1972.
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James Ensor (attr) (1860-1949), 'Farmyard Scene,' c.1900, watercolor, 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Larry P. Ullmann, 1975.
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Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917), 'Jamaica Parrot;' 'Great Black Cockatoo;' 'Bauer's Parrakeet;' 'Golden Crowned Parakeet,' 1884, lithographs, 9 15/16 x 6 11/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1993.
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McRay Magleby, '2002 Olympics,' 2001, lithograph, 30 7/16 x 19 3/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 2016.
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Constant Troyon (1810-1865), 'Tending the Animals,' c.1860, oil on canvas, 12 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Fred D. Kartchner, 1971.
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John Willard Clawson (1858-1936), 'Portrait of Lila Sjodahl Reynolds,' 1922, oil on canvas, 44 1/4 x 34 1/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1938.
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Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), 'Milkmaid of Popindrecht,' 1881, oil on canvas, 76 1/2 x 51 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.
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John Whorf (1903-1959), 'On Stage (Ballet Dancers),' watercolor, 14 7/8 x 20 15/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Dan S. Griffith, 1974.
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Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538), 'Horatius Cocles Leaping into the Tiber,' c.1520, engraving, 2 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Ronald and Eileen Ragsdale, 2020.
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James C Christensen (1942-2017), 'Duet for Single Musician,' 1982, acrylic on board, 12 1/4 x 17 3/8 inches. Brigham Young University, 1982.
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Chares Samuel Keene (1823-1891), 'Man Playing Tongs with Poker,' c. 1850, ink and gouache on paper, 4 9/16 x 3 5/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.
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While the MOA will be closed December 23-25, we hope to bring you a bit of joy through our annual Countdown to Christmas campaign. May these 12 artworks from the MOA collection raise your Christmas spirits this season!

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