Joys of Love (Roma)
1984
Welded and Painted Steel
21 x 28.25 x 13 in (53.34 x 71.76 x 33.02 cm)
Thank you to the Sperry Family for the generous donation of this work.
Untitled (Early Steel Sheet with Perforations)
1960
Welded Steel
16.25 x 16.25 x 12 in (41.28 x 41.28 x 30.48 cm)
Thank you to the Sperry Family for the generous donation of this work.
Born in The Bronx, Ann Sperry graduated from the High School of Art and Music and Sarah Lawrence College. Sperry used welded steel, often with applications of color, to explore the expressive possibilities of the generally inflexible medium. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. Her steel sculptures are included in the collections of Storm King Arts Center in Orange County, NY; Skirball Museums in Los Angeles, CA and Cincinnati, OH; and the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.
Cambria Mack
2009
Metallic Digital Print
16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
Edison Flowers
2009
Metallic Digital Print
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
Katco Office Supplies
2009
Metallic Digital Print
16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
Modern Trend
2009
Metallic Digital Print
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
Service One Hour
2009
Metallic Digital Print
16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
Slice-N-Spice
2009
Metallic Digital Print
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
Walling Bros. Block Co.
2009
Metallic Digital Print
16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Thank you to Anna Maria Vag for the generous donation of this work.
A New Jersey artist for over a decade, Anna-Mária Vág grew up in New York City. At an early age, she developed a great love for historical photos and documenting the past. On the surface her images pay homage to the beauty in the ready-made arrangements of colors, textures, and geometrical grids and patterns.
Vág holds a BA in Film with a concentration in English Literature from Vassar College, and has also studied film and fine art at UCLA, California; Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine; the School of Visual Arts, New York; and the Art Students League, New York. Vág has exhibited at Newark’s Aljira and the Jersey City Museum, and her work is part of the Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art Artist Archive. Vág’s art is also in the permanent collections of the Trenton Public Library and the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
These plates are from the Azuero Earth Project, whose mission is to preserve the earth's ecosystems, protect biodiversity, and promote healthy communities by helping people make informed decisions, take sustainable action, and share knowledge.
April Gornik(1953- )
Untitled
2012
Bone China, Azuero Earth Project
11 in (27.94 cm)
Limited edition of 500
April Gornik was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada. Gornik considers herself a Conceptual artist, and has been quoted as saying, "I am an artist that values, above all, the ability of art to move me emotionally and physically I make art that makes me question, that derives its power from being vulnerable to interpretation, that is intuitive, that is beautiful."
She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Guild Hall Museum in 2003. and was the Neuberger Museum's Annual Honoree in 2004. Her works are found in public collections including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana; and University Art Museum, C.S.U., Long Beach, California. She now lives and works in New York City.
Mary Beth Heilmann (1940- )
Untitled
2012
Bone China, Azuero Earth Project
11 in (27.94 cm)
Limited edition of 500
Mary Beth Heilmann was born in San Francisco, California, and earned her BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and her MA from the University of California at Berkeley. The artist began her career as a sculptor and then started to paint in the 1970s. Although she is in her eighth decade her work is often featured in exhibitions that include the work of artists under the age of 40. Heilmann's use of bright colors and youthful concepts may have something to do with the age group of artists with which she is often featured. In 2006, Heilmann won the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award and was also awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Her work has appeared in three Whitney Biennial exhibitions (1972, 1989, 2008) and is in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Orange County Museum of Art, California. Heilmann lives and works in New York.
Maya Lin (1959- )
Untitled
2012
Bone china, Azuero Earth project
11 in (27.94 cm)
Limited edition of 500
Maya Lin was born in Athens, Ohio. She received her Bachelor's degree from Vale, where she studied architecture and sculpture. As both artist and architect, her work reflects a strong interest in the environment. During her senior year, she won a nationwide competition to create a design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Her minimalist design first aroused controversy but has become very popular with the public. Her monument simply listed the names of the soldiers who had died each year. Their names are carved in stone.
Major institutions which hold Lin's work include the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; and the M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, In 2009, Maya Lin was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. She lives and works in New York City.
Teresita Fernandez(1968- )
Untitled
2012
Bone china, Azuero Earth project
11 in (27.94 cm)
Limited Edition of 500
Teresita Fernández was born in Miami, Florida and now lives and works in New York City. She earned her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, and her BFA from Florida International University, Miami. She is a conceptual artist best known for her public sculptures and unconventional use of materials. Her large pieces are often inspired by landscape and natural phenomena as well as diverse historical and cultural references. She is a 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the recipient of many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (2003), a Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award (1999), and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist's Grant (1994).
Untitled
1965
Ceramic
6.5 x 11.875 x 5.875 in (16.51 x 30.16 x 14.92 cm)
Thank you to Claudia Stone for the generous donation of this work.
According to the Imperial War Museums in the United Kingdom, “Bill Spira (1913-2000) was an Austrian cartoonist who fled to Paris shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. After a brief period of internment in France, he began working as a forger with Varian Fry’s Emergency Rescue Committee, which helped artists and intellectuals escape Nazi persecution. Fry wrote in his memoir that Spira “could imitate a rubber stamp so well that only an expert could have been told it had been drawn with a brush.” Spira was deported in 1942 and imprisoned in several forced labour camps, including Blechhammer. In January 1945, Blechhammer’s prisoners were forced on a death march to Gross-Rosen, Buchenwald and Terezin (Theresienstadt), where Spira remained until the camp’s liberation by Soviet troops in May.” His artwork often addressed his experiences during World War II.
Confrontation #2
ca. 1965
Mixed Media in Plexiglas Box
9 x 16.5 x 7.5 in (22.86 x 41.91 x 19.05 cm)
According to the United States Holocaust Museum, "Bill Spira, a cartoonist, was also known as Bil Freier. He was originally from Austria. During the Holocaust he forged passports for the Emergency Rescue Committee. Despite Varian Fry's (an American ERC representative) intervention, he was arrested and deported to Auschwitz. he survived the camp." Spira often addressed his experiences as a prisoner during World War II in his art. If you have read both placards in this case, do you notice that two expert authorities, the United States Holocaust Museum and the Imperial War Museums have different information about Bill Spira? How would you, as a researcher, find out what the truth is? Where would you start?
Thank you to Claudia Stone for the generous donation of this work.
Five Piece Band
2012
Mixed Media on Watercolor paper
20 x 26 in (framed) (50.8 x 66.04 cm)
Thank you Carmen Cartiness Johnson for this generous donation of this work.
Man with a Horn #3
2012
Mixed media and watercolor on paper
26 x 20 in (framed) (66.04 x 50.8 cm)
Thank you Carmen Cartiness Johnson for this generous donation of this work.
My Best Bass
2009
Mixed Media Watercolor paper
20 x 26 in (framed) (50.8 x 66.04 cm)
Thank you Carmen Cartiness Johnson for this generous donation of this work.
On his Break #4
2012
Charcoal on paper
26 x 20 in (framed) (66.04 x 50.8 cm)
Thank you Carmen Cartiness Johnson for this generous donation of this work.
Gardenias and Ladybugs
2012
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
23 x 30 in (58.42 x 76.2 cm)
Dedicated in honor of Dr. Joan Rafter.
This work was presented by Dr. Rafter who served as a distinguished member of the faculty from 1982-2014.
Laurie Riccadonna earned her MFA in Painting/ Printmaking from Yale University and her BFA in Painting/Drawing from the Pennsylvania State University. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions at venues including the Van Vleck House and Gardens in Montclair, Hamilton Square in Jersey City, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden of New York. She was a recipient of the NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, and Yale University’s Ely Harwood Schless Prize. Currently Coordinator/ Associate Professor of Fine Art at Hudson County Community College, Ms. Riccadonna resides in Jersey City.
A Passage Through Sleepy Hollow
2011
Digital Print, Edition of 10
24.25 x 43.75 in (61.6 x 111.13 cm)
Collaborator Kathryn Lyness, Published by the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions at Rutgers University in New Jersey
Lynn H. Butler writes, "From the Camargue in France, to Sleepy Hollow in New York, then from the Maine coast to California, I searched the countryside by horseback to construct a plea to witness and conserve what is unique about the natural world. I photograph while in movement, mostly from horseback… I am motivated by concern for the environment brought about by human relationships to the land that then threaten those relationships. I try to capture the sense of time passing. I hope that the photographs will be a reminder that we are on the edge of a century in which the fate of many life forms, including our own, will be determined, and the decision of whether to save or relinquish landscapes such as these will be of increasing urgency."
This work is dedicated to the memory of Johanna Van Gendt who served as a member of the Hudson County Community College EL faculty from 2011 to 2017. Prof. Van Gendt was held in deep respect and esteem by students and faculty. Prior to coming to HCCC, she taught English in in the Czech Republic, in South Korea, and in Australia. She earned her BA from Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and her Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from The New School in New York City.
Mickalene Thomas (b.1971)
Portrait of Priscilla Petit Chien
2012
Pigment print, printed on cotton rag
11 x 14 in (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
This is a portrait of Thomas’ long-haired miniature dachshund,Priscilla. Thomas says of Priscilla, “She has already seen many photo shoots at my studio with human models, and she ended up acting like a real professional who loved the camera!” Mickalene Thomas is an American-born artist whose mixed media work incorporated painting, photography, collage, and video. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim Museum, and the Smithsonian, among others.
Michalene Thomas (b.1971)
Portrait de Priscilla la Petite Chienne Deux : )
2013
Pigment print, printed on cotton rag
11 x 14 in (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
This is a portrait of Thomas’ Dachshund, Priscilla. If you like this work, you can find another portrait of Priscilla on the first floor of the new library. Thomas designed this print to be completed by the owner. We have placed the tools to complete this work before you. How would you finish it?
Michalene Thomas is a New York based artist who was born and raised in Camden, New Jersey. She earned her BFA at Pratt Institute and her MFA at Yale University. She is best known for elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Inspired by sources that range from the 19th century Hudson River School to Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden, Thomas explored what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty.
Museums which hold her artwork include The Brooklyn Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the International Center for Photography, New York; and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Thomas lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Leche D'Oeuvre Inconnu, 1931?
Wood Engraving (two- sided)
12.5 x 9.5 in (31.75 x 24.13 cm)
Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was educated in the Royal Academy of San Fernando and Barcelona’s School of Fine Arts. Picasso’s works have been exhibited internationally. He is one of the world’s most famous artists. This work comes from a book Picasso Illustrated by Balzac.
You can find a facsimile of the book by doing a web search of the title and Picasso.
Thank you to Henry Scholder and the late Renee Fothoui for the generous donation of this work.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object.
To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer's fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification.
The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or a knife. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. Because these are pre-historic artifacts, we cannot know for certain what these tools are and how they were used. So, all tool descriptions are speculative. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a knife and/or scaper. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is probably a fire starter, hand axe, and/or a plain axe . Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an axe head. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a cutting tool/and or handheld axe. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an axe head. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an axe head. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a knife and/or scraper. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object.
To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a cutting tool and/or handheld axe. Because these objects were found in farmer's fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification.
The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a Celt. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is an arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or scraper. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a knife scraper. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or knife. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a knife, scraper, and/or a firestarter. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a mortar and/or firestarter. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a drill. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a drill. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a drill. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a knife and/or arrowhead. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a pestle. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a flat grinding stone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a roller pestle. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
Thank you to James Byrne for the generous donation of this object. To the best of our knowledge, this tool is a fire starter and/or hammerstone. Because these objects were found in farmer’s fields, and it was not possible to interview their makers about their use, we are making our best guess about how they were used, based on studying expert identification. The exact date this tool was made cannot be known because the Lenni Lenape people have been settled on the East Coast in the Delaware region where this was found for over 10,000 years.
What are they and what did people use them for?
Because the people who left these objects did not leave behind an instruction manual, we can at best make an educated guess about their use. When you think of how handy a Swiss Army Knife – a multipurpose tool – is today, it seems safe to assume that many of these might have served several purposes. What we call a HAMMER STONE was a very important tool used to create other objects. Many artifacts that survived were formed by pecking (chipping away at), grinding, or polishing one stone with another. For example, the STONE AXE which was used to shape, split, and cut hard-to-cut objects, including wood. Before the modern age, stone axes and KNIVES were sometimes made without handles. The rocks with a small circular indentation were probably FIRE STARTERS. If you move a dry stick rapidly in the small indentation, and surround it with flammable materials, you could spark fire. MORTARS AND PESTLES were used to mix and grind ingredients for food and medicine. The PESTLE was often just a round rock, not like the pestles people use today which are elongated. The MORTAR, which today is often a stone bowl, was then simply a small bowl that was carved into a huge rock. Many kinds of food, plant, and animal would benefit from having parts scraped off prior to cooking and eating. The SCRAPER could have been used for that purpose. A FLAT GRINDING STONE would help grind grains and other foods to a fine texture, such as flour. ARROWHEADS would be useful to hunt. DRILLS would be useful to make holes in objects.
Who made these?
The native peoples, who lived along what is now the East Coast of the United States, first encountered Europeans who came by boat in the 1500s. At that time, the native peoples were what are called “Stone Age” people, because they had not yet used metal to make objects and artifacts. It is important to note that native peoples had a highly organized, intelligent, and successful civilization. They just happened to use stone tools. Meetings with the Europeans quickly changed their civilization: trade ensued, as did skirmishes and wars with the newcomers… and the influx of diseases against which the native peoples had no resistance. The overall impact of Europeans upon this culture was devastating.
How old are they?
We cannot know how old these objects are: The only way to date stone tools is by looking at surrounding objects where stones are found, and carbon dating those objects (such as bone fragments). Stone tools themselves cannot provide that data. At the time these objects were collected (prior to 1965), people did not know about the necessity of saving carbon-datable fragments to determine age. So, these objects could be any age from about 300 years to thousands of years old.
Where did they come from?
All these artifacts were found before 1965 in Delaware by the family of William H. Draper, Jr., and by farmers who lived in the area surrounding his home. The Delaware/Lenape peoples who made these objects were indigenous to that area. These people also lived here before it was called Hudson County. It’s common to find arrowheads and artifacts in that area, and people are allowed by law to take them. Thank you to Clifford J. Brooks for facilitating this donation. Thank you to James Byrne who purchased these objects from the Draper estate and donated them to the Hudson County Community College Foundation.
To me, these just look like rocks. How do you know these are actual native artifacts?
A funny thing happens when you pick up any one of these tools. Your hand instinctively finds the comfortable hold that someone made for this tool many years ago. Please ask your teacher for access to these stones, so you can feel for yourself what the native peoples felt when holding the tools which helped them to survive and thrive.
You can get more information by contacting the HCCC Foundation Art Coordinator at 201-360-4007.
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
Switch Engines, Erie Yards, Jersey City
1939
Etching and engraving, signed in pencil, third state of three, edition of 20.
16.5 x 20.75 in (41.91 x 52.72 cm)
Marsh was an urban realist artist. He celebrated the American city and the American people by depicting urban street life, often in New York City and New Jersey. Both his parents were artists. He graduated from Yale in 1920 and became a freelance artist for the Daily News and was part of the original New Yorker staff from 1925-1931. He was related to Anne Steele March whose work is upstairs.
Thank you to Dr. Shannonine M. Caruana for her generous sponsorship of this work.
Robert Mangold (b.1937)
“C”
2000
Black ink on Korean Kozo woodcut, Edition of 250
8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Thank you to Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull for the generous donation of this work.
Born in North Tonawanda, New York, Mangold received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from Yale University School of Art and Architecture (1961 and 1963, respectively). Since the beginning of his career in the mid-’60s, Robert Mangold has combined the classic elements of composition- shape, line, and color- to create abstract works of architectural scale, drawing by hand thick and thin graphite lines on modulated planes of color. This kind of work has made him famous for being a minimalist artist. Following his first solo exhibition in 1964, Mangold’s work has been the subject of numerous single-person exhibitions and retrospectives at institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Akron Art Museum; the Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London; and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo.
Rockwell Kent (1882- 1971)
Starry Night, Date unknown
Lithograph, Signed lower right
7.5 x 5.5 in (19.05 x 13.97 cm)
Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York. He had an adventurous and interesting life, and he lived in many places, including the United States (New York, Maine, Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont), Newfoundland, Canada; Tierra del Fuego, Ireland, and Greenland.
Kent’s art is held in many collections, including the New York Public Library; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; the Art Institute of Chicago; and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California.
Will Barnet (1911-2012)
Gramercy Park
2012
From Hand Drawn Mylars printed at BCIE Collaborator, Randy Hemminghaus
16 x 18 in (40.64 x 45.72 cm)
Thank you to Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull for the generous donation of this work.
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Barnet enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1927, where he learned drawing, painting, anatomy, and art history in the European tradition. Barnet continues his study at the Art Students League in New York, where he developed an interest in lithography, etching, and woodcutting. Between 1932 and 1942, Barnet became a printmaker, using the medium to capture the economic and social climate of the Depression years. He lived in New York for much of his life.
His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Vatican Museum, among many other places. In 2011, in his 100th year, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts, which was presented by President Obama in a white House ceremony. This was his last print.
William Wegman (b.1943)
B is for Baker
2013
Limited edition photographic print
24 x 21 in (framed) (60.96 x 53.34 cm)
Vacationland
2012
C-print
10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
If you look closely, you can see that the dogs are sailing in this little boat. If you like this picture, look around the corner for another Wegman work. There is another work by this artist at the Welcome Center of the North Hudson Campus.
William Wegman was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He earned a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and an MFA from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana. He is best known for his photographs of Weimaraner dogs. This photograph was the first in a series of dog pictures produced to teach the alphabet.
Wegman’s work is in many collections around the world, including The Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Thank you to Dr. Glen Gabert for his generous donation in honor of his friend Marcia Manke Friesen through the HCCC Foundation Acquisition program.
