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Colby College acquires rare Henri Matisse screenprint

A large, horizontally oriented artwork by Henri Matisse installed on a white gallery wall. The piece features a muted tan or beige background filled with white silk-screened cutouts of stylized marine life, birds, coral, and organic shapes. The artwork is enclosed in a simple, thin gold frame.

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Colby College acquires rare Matisse

A large, horizontally oriented artwork by Henri Matisse installed on a white gallery wall. The piece features a muted tan or beige background filled with white silk-screened cutouts of stylized marine life, birds, coral, and organic shapes. The artwork is enclosed in a simple, thin gold frame.

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Colby Museum show asks how U.S. became an empire as country marks 250 years

wo large, side-by-side textile quilts are suspended vertically in a bright art gallery space. The left quilt features a concentric circular design centered around the Seal of Guam with bright yellow, green, and blue bands against a white background. The right quilt displays a similar circular format incorporating the Puerto Rican flag and additional colorful patterns framed in black. Other artworks hang on the white walls in the background atop light-wood gallery flooring.

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How The United States Became America

A vertical portrait of a person whose face and neck are covered in white pigment. Their head and face are tightly bound in a grid-like "trap" or cage made of pink and black braided fabric. The subject looks directly at the camera with a neutral expression against a plain white background.

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