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Howard Russell Butler, American

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (14)

Heavy Swells

1918 · Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Sheet: 35.5 x 25.3 cm (14 in. x 9 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Sketch: At a gate

1888 · Red crayon, pencil. Light greyish paper.

Sheet: 17.2 x 12 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A church in Guadalajara (Mexico)

1888 · Black crayon with white heightening on paper, laid down on cardboard

Sheet: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A town gate in Mexico.

1888 · Black. brown, white crayons. Grey paper.

Sheet: 17.2 x 10.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A walking Moor

1887 · Pencil on paper

Sheet: 13.8 x 8.9 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

At the Mississippi in St. Louis.

1887 · Black, white crayons. Grey paper.

Sheet: 19 x 11.9 cm (7 1/2 x 4 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Obverse: A seated young Moor (?)

1887 · Black crayon and pencil on paper

Sheet: 13.3 x 10.7 cm (5 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Mexicans Standing

1885 · Black crayon on paper, laid down on cardboard

Sheet: 9.5 x 8.7 cm (3 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Untitled. Landscape.

1885 · Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.

Sheet: 17.4 x 11.9 cm (6 7/8 x 4 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

At the shore

1884 · Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.

Sheet: 10.9 x 18.4 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

At the seashore in Mantoloking

1884 · Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.

Sheet: 19.5 x 11.8 cm (7 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Landscape

1880 · Black, white crayon on grey paper

Sheet: 27.3 x 17.7 cm (10 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Factory at the shore.

1880 · Black crayon. White heightening. Light brown paper.

Sheet: 16.3 x 8 cm (6 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

At the coast

1880 · Black crayon. Creamy paper

Sheet: 16.6 x 9.7 cm (6 9/16 x 3 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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