In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
From de Chirico's metaphysical period, The Pirate features tools for the measurement of time and space stacked in the form of an abstract figure: stone markers, folding rulers, painted right angles, a wooden sundial. A map representing Greece—the Italian artist's birthplace, and where he spent his early years—includes travel routes taken or to be taken. A single eye boldly peers out from the composition's center,. The painting's title recalls British Romantic poet Lord Byron's popular poem "The Corsair," an Orientalist tale of Conrad, a pirate, outcast, and antihero."
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Afro — The Novice (Il novizio)
Afro — Saint Martin
Joseph Vogel|WPA — Vision
Juan Gris — Glass and Checkerboard
Abraham Hankins — Ocean
Charles Demuth — Masts
Pablo Picasso — Still Life - Eggcup
Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965) — Church Street El
Louis Marcoussis (French, 1883–1941) — Night Café
Fernand Léger — Still Life
Arshile Gorky — After Xhorkum
Arthur Dove — Dogs Chasing Each Other
