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Pen and ink drawing copying Courtois of Mechlin's 1816 "Little Loretto" print. Notes written in pencil on back. The artist was Anita M. Kopf, who was a junior in the Art Department at Webster College (Webster Groves, MO) in February 1948.

Watercolor and gouache painting on paper of white and pink roses with green leaves and other yellow flowers. The flowers and leaves sit in a bowl or vase on a gray marble slab. Written in ink in lower right corner: "Painted by C. Magee -- Loretto…

Painted wood retablo or "Santa" of Nuestra Senora de Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto) with brown skin, standing on a pedestal with a red curtain surrounding her. Signed on the back by Clare Cresap Villa, santera, 2006, with a mark indicating that Villa…

Pencil drawing of a plant with five large leaves (possibly elephant ear or rhubarb) with handwritten text "To thank you for this / Seeing things within anew / we walked together." Signed "R. Ensman 6-26-93." Attributed to Fr. Ray Ensman, CoL.

Movable figurine in two shades of wood of a man in a hat playing the piano. Tag on base gives title as "piano droit," part of the Moving Events series, made by Robert Strobridge, CoL, in France.

Shadowbox constructed of wood, with Mary holding the Infant or Child Jesus flanked by two angels, with a dangling, hinged, movable figure below. Label on bottom gives title as "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame," part of the Gravity with Levity series, made…

Basswood puzzle of a dark brown octopus with interlocking red fish. Tag gives title as "in deep water," part of Inside Stories series made by Robert Strobridge, SL. Pictured on p. 20 of "Inside Stories, Moving Events, Fitting Subjects."

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Two puzzles, light-colored wood in the shape of a bird with a red-colored wood figure with upraised arms in the center. The figure in a) is wearing pants; the figure in b) is wearing a skirt. Tags give title as "in the flame of the Holy Ghost," part…

Puzzle made of light-colored wood in the same of a woman wearing a feathered hat with a dark-colored wood inset in the shape of a spider. Accompanying price tag label and card with the poem "She Swallowed a Fly" (see object file). Made by Robert…

Puzzle made of pieces of wood in three shades, interlocking to form image of a hand pointing down to a figure dressed in a graduation cap and gown numbered "93." Tag gives title as "'tis thee in ninety-three," part of Inside Stories series made by…