Cleo’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Wee Willie Winkie
Cleo Sara (American, 20th century) published by Works Progress Administration

Storage Jar
Sara Fina Tafoya (Santa Clara, 1863–1949) Pueblo of Santa Clara

Vase
Decorated by Sarah Sax (American, 1870–1949) Rookwood Pottery (American, 1880-1967) Cincinnati, Ohio

Cléo de Mérode, from Treize Lithographies
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

"L'Egypte de Mlle. Cleo de Merode..." by Joseph Cornell
Eric Pollitzer American, 1925-2005

Dissemination
Sara Hornbacher American, 20th century

Sara the Bather
Henri Fantin-Latour French, 1836-1904

Portrait of Harriet Walker as a Debutante
Sara Holm American, active 1900–1920s

Sara the Bather
Henri Fantin-Latour French, 1836-1904

Composition #2
Cleo van Buskirk (American, 1912-1997) published by the Works Progress Administration

Portrait of Harriet Walker
Sara Holm American, active 1900s–1920s

The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849)

The Fountain
Cleo Damianakes American, 1895-1979

Vase
Sara Flynn Irish, born 1971

Reclining Woman
Fernand Léger French, 1881–1955

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)

Composition
Cleo van Buskirk (American, 1912-1997) published by the Works Progress Administration

Woman in a Garden
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841–1895)

Antwerp
Georges Braque French, 1882–1963

Lemons on a Pewter Plate
Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954