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Study in Blue and Black

Study in Blue and Black

Artist:
Sonia Aimee Hansen
Annex
Print
This abstract original print finds an aesthetic balance of form and design through the use of basic shapes and color. Cubist elements are significant...
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Beloved

Beloved

Artist:
Keith Mallett
Central Library
Print
Keith Mallett, born on 7 October 1948, is an American multi-disciplined artist. Mallett's is an experienced painter, etcher and ceramic artist. Mall...
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Map of Kansas City Stockyards

Map of Kansas City Stockyards

Artist:
Tuttle & Pike
Central Library
Print
The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one o...
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Portrait of Cleo Playing Cards with Friends

Portrait of Cleo Playing Cards with Friends

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
This photograph features Cleo Hixon, center, flanked by two friends while playing a game of cards. They appear to be in a casual seating area with a d...
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Portrait of Orval Hixon with Arched Niche

Portrait of Orval Hixon with Arched Niche

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
Orval Hixon was a Kansas City photographer whose artistic abilities out rivaled those of his contemporaries. Hixon was a master of his craft, summonin...
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Portrait of Hixon Family, (II)

Portrait of Hixon Family (ii)

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Photograph
Like thousands of other families in the 19th century, the Hixons took advantage of photography as an affordable way to capture images of loved ones. D...
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Baby Portrait (ii) and Cabinet Card

Baby Portrait (ii)

Artist:
Langen Studio
Central Library
Photograph
Like thousands of other families in the 19th century, the Hixons took advantage of photography as an affordable way to capture images of loved ones. D...
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Portrait of Family on a Porch

Portrait of Family on a Porch

Artist:
Central Library
Photograph
This photograph features twelve members of the Hixon family positioned together on a porch. Their attire suggests the photograph was taken in the earl...
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Portrait of Dance of the Rain Gods

Portrait of Dance of the Rain Gods

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
This portrait features Cleveland Bronner as a full length solitary figure with arms extended in the act of worshipful reverence. Bronner appears most...
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Portrait of Sammy Baird

Portrait of Sammy Baird

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
Sammy Baird was a local KC dance instructor and vaudeville performer. This picture captures a profile view of Baird in a dancer's pose, effortlessly b...
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