
John Frederick Peto (1854 - 1907)
Almanac and Pipe
c. 1890s
oil on paperboard
18 1/2 x 14 inches
(47 x 35.6 cm)

Raisons d'Être – installation view 1

Catherine Murphy
Studio Floor
2011
oil on canvas
52 x 52 inches
(132.1 x 132.1 cm)
PF2352

Raisons d'Être – installation view 2

David Adamo
Untitled (10 erasers)
2012
tempera on cast clay
dimensions vary
PF2493

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Sylvia Plimack Mangold
Exact Rule #1
1974
acrylic on canvas
30 x 56 inches
(76.5 x 142.5 cm)
PF2449

Sylvia Plimack Mangold
Untitled (ruler)
1976
acrylic on balsa wood
18 1/8 x 2 1/4 inches
(46 x 6 cm)
PF2450

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William Harnett (1851-1892)
Still Life of a Dead Fieldfare
1883, Munich
oil on canvas
14 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches
(37 x 29 cm)

John Haberle (1856–1933)
The Slate Orders
ca. 1890-95
oil on canvas
11 x 8 inches
(27.9 x 20.3 cm)
Private Collection
Courtesy James Maroney

Raisons d'Être – installation view 5

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Victor Dubreuil (c. 1840 - after 1908)
Ten Dollar Bills
after 1893
oil on canvas
10 x 12 inches
(25.4 x 30.5 cm)
PF2491

Alex Hay
Long Time Brown
2007/2008
spray lacquer and stencil on linen
50 x 43 inches
(134.6 x 101.6 cm)
PF1539

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David Adamo
Clockwise from top left:
Unitled (grapefruit)
2011
painted cast plaster
4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches
(11.4 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm)
PF2498
Unitled (lemon)
2011
painted cast plaster
2 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches
(7 x 6.4 cm)
PF2497
Unitled (pear)
2011
painted cast plaster
3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
(9.5 x 7 cm)
PF2502
Unitled (orange peel)
2011
painted cast plaster
7 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches
(19.1 x 17.2 x 8.9 cm)
PF2495

Raisons d'Être – installation view 8

Raisons d'Être – installation view 9

David Adamo
Unitled (11 M&Ms)
2012
acrylic on cast bronze
1/2 x 5/8 inches
(1.3 x 1.6 cm)
PF2503

David Adamo
Unitled (pear)
2011
painted cast plaster
3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches diameter
(9.5 x 7 cm)
PF2496

David Adamo
Unitled (pear)
2011
painted cast plaster
3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches diameter
(8.9 x 7 cm)
PF2502

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