MILLS COLLEGE ART MUSEUM

Adventures in the MCAM collection curated by our student digitizing team. Visit us at mcam.mills.edu. Search our collection at artmuseum.mills.edu

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Maurice de Vlaminck, Rue de la Glaciere, 1937, Etching on paper, 13″x15 7/8″. Mills College Art Museum Permanent Collection. 

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Graves,1970, acrylic, 41in. x 37in.

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Edward Steichen, On the House Boat - "The Log Cabin", 1908, vintage four color halftone print, 7.75x5.81in

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Dorr Bothwell, Watch Word No. 6: Rest, 1966, lithograph, 25.5x19.5in

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Dorr Bothwell

Watch Word No. 6: REST, 1966

Lithograph print

25.5″ x 19.5″

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Carlos Lorena Aguirre, The Politicians, 1975, print, 16.5x21.25in

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Gertrude Kasebier, My Neighbors, 1905, Photogravure

8 1/2″ x 11 3/4″

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Eleanor Milder

Man Drinking Water From His Hands

1936 

Gelatin silver print

The image was photographed during the United States’ Great Depression. The Dust Bowl heat wave during this time caused crop failure and severely limited access to water. This devastating event had a huge toll on the people of the United States. Knowledge of the severe impact the heat wave had on agricultural communities reached a large public because the Farm Security Administration of the United States funded photographers to document the people struggling during the Great Depression. Milder’s photograph provokes viewers to ponder the relationship of water in our lives and the power struggles that dictate the availability of water and the long history of that power. 

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Lee Chesney, Fancy Free

1990, watercolor, 13″x 16″

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Melted Snowman, Rick Chapman, 1996

16″x16″

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Mills Seminary, Eadweard Muybridge, ca. 1873

15 1/4″ x 21 1/4″

The flag tower on top of Mills Hall no longer exists, but it’s rumored that the graduating seniors had a tradition of climbing to the top of the tower to leave their initials. 

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Green Plastic Sculpture, n.t., n.d.

23″ x 19.5″ x 0.5″ 

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Black and white photograph of a hallway, n.t, n.d

22″ x 17″

By Vivian Stephenson

“Vivian served as Chair of the Board of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation         and on the Pangea Global AIDS Foundation. She was honored by the Academy of Friends for her volunteerism in the fight against HIV/AIDS. She was an honorary trustee of Mills College, having chaired its Board of Trustees from 2000-2009″. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=173249376#sthash.IyFFeJ3B.dpuf

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Girl in Striped Shirt, 2005, color lithograph.

21.25″x15.25″

Alternate name by MCAM staff: How We Feel After Thanksgiving Break

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Black and White Photograph of Demolished Building, n.t, n.d 

9″ x 10″

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Embroidery By Mrs. Mills’ Mother, n.t, 1818

21.5″ x 21.5″ x 1.5″

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Gray vessel with abstract line pattern, Peter Voulkos 

13.5″x12″x12″