Ballet of Heads: The Figure in the Collection

May 17–August 25, 2013

Taking as its point of departure the work of Nicole Eisenman, on view in MATRIX 248, Ballet of Heads brings together works from the collection that demonstrate the inexhaustible variety and texture of the human form in art.

Read full description

  • Reginald Marsh: Barrel of Fun, 1943; Maroger medium on panel; 24 x 30 in.; Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh. 1979.4.1. Photo: Sibila Savage.

  • Upcoming
    Films
  • Upcoming
    Events
  • Selected
    Objects
  • Past
    Films
  • Past
    Events

Selected Exhibition Objects

  • Print

    The Whore of Babylon, from The Apocalypse

    Albrecht Dürer

    c. 1496-1497
    woodcut
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.12

  • Print

    The Great Jewish Bride

    Rembrandt van Rijn

    1635
    Etching
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.40

  • Painting

    The Distracted Musician

    William (After) Hogarth

    n.d.
    oil on panel
    10 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Transfer from UC Dispersed Art Collection
    1993.9

  • Print

    Illustrations of the Book of Job (title page and 21 engravings)

    William Blake

    1825-1826
    Proof set, on mounted India paper, bound
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.1

  • Print

    Vous savez bien l'eponge... (Well you know the sponge...), from Types Parisiens

    Honoré Daumier

    1842
    Lithograph
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.7

  • Painting

    Head of a Brittany Peasant

    Paul Gauguin

    1863-1900
    Oil on board
    10 1/2 x 14 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Frieda Nadolny and Paula Hirschal
    1994.26.2

  • Painting

    Head of a Peasant Woman

    Paula Modersohn-Becker

    1876-1907
    oil on canvas
    14 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Bequest of Marian W. Sinton
    1980.35.2

  • Print

    Tröst (Consolation)

    Edvard Munch

    1894
    Drypoint with open bite on copper
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.28

  • Print

    Self-portrait in 1895

    Edvard Munch

    1895-1913
    lithograph
    Sheet: 25 x 17 3/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Partial gift of Michal and R.E. Lewis and purchase made possible by a bequest from Thérèse Bonney, Class of 1916, by exchange
    1995.23

  • Print

    Le Bain

    Pablo Picasso

    1905
    Drypoint
    13 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Frieda Nadolny and Paula Hirschal
    1994.26.4

  • Print

    Woman (Frau)

    Max Pechstein

    1907
    woodcut with wash
    Sheet: 14 x 10 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum Purchase
    1968.41

  • Drawing

    Brothel Parlor

    Jules Pascin

    1901-1930
    pen and ink
    7 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum Purchase
    1969.2

  • Print

    Zwei Frauen (Two Women)

    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

    1913-1914
    Color lithograph
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.22

  • Print

    Dance in a Madhouse

    George Bellows

    1917
    Lithograph
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.49

  • Drawing

    Woman with Red Hair

    Emil Nolde

    1910-1956
    watercolor
    18 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of the Estate of Audrey Aiken
    1990.9.3

  • Print

    la Source

    Pablo Picasso

    1921
    etching: ink on paper
    Image: 7 x 9 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Gerald J. Giefer
    2000.46

  • Painting

    Head of a Woman (Portrait of Ruth Armer)

    George Bellows

    1922
    oil on canvas
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Mr. Joseph M. Bransten
    1978.6

  • Painting

    Mme. Mandel

    Robert Delaunay

    1923
    oil on canvas
    Frame: 26 1/2 x 34 11/16 x 3 3/16 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of B. Gerald Cantor
    1969.59

  • Print

    The Sculptor's Studio

    Pablo Picasso

    1933
    etching
    12 11/16 x 14 7/8 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Erle Loran
    1990.12

  • Painting

    Penelope ne reconnaissant pas Ulysse

    André Bauchant

    1944
    oil on canvas
    19 7/8 x 28 7/8 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Julian J. Aberbach
    1968.66

  • Print

    Deux Femmes Nues

    Pablo Picasso

    1946
    Lithograph, ed. 23/50
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Private Collection
    EL.2.2000.33

  • Drawing

    Pink Nude

    Joan Brown

    1973
    acrylic on paper
    36 x 24 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Bequest of Earl David Peugh III
    1992.31.8

  • Artist's book

    Cezanne, She Was a Great Painter: The Second Book January 1975

    Carolee Schneemann

    1975
    photocopies on colored paper, corner stapled, 39 pages
    8 1/2 x 11 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Alice Hutchins
    1994.5.78

  • Work on paper

    Collage Pastel #11

    Nancy Grossman

    1976
    Collage and pastel on paper
    26 x 20 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum purchase: Bequest of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, by exchange
    2013.6

  • Painting

    Key Hole Figures

    Mike Kelley

    1981
    Acrylic on paper
    24 3/8 x 37 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Kourosh Larizadeh and Luis Pardo, Class of 1996
    2010.57.1

  • Print

    Ricarda Huch (1864-1947), Opponent of the War in the Years of Shame

    Eva Vent

    1983
    Aquatint
    11 1/2 x 9 3/16 plate in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Alan Templeton in memory of Lieselotte and David Templeton
    2012.38.7

  • Print

    forget it

    Adrian Piper

    1990-1991
    photo-silkscreen
    10 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Steven Leiber
    1993.48

  • Drawing

    Untitled (woman, swimmers)

    Nicole Eisenman

    1993
    india ink on paper
    10 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of the Shoshana Wayne Gallery
    1995.6

Past Films