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| John Sennhauser Colorforms in Colorspace #2 1947 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| Harry Sternberg Fascism 1947 screenprint San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Knud Merrild Flux Bouquet 1947 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Ruzzie Green Advertising Shot for Crosley Shelvador Refrigerators 1947 tricolor carbro print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Frederick Henri Kay Henrion VD - a shadow on happiness 1947 lithograph (poster) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Arshile Gorky Plumage Landscape 1947 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Adolph Gottlieb Totem 1947 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Laura Gilpin Portrait of writer Mabel Dodge Luhan 1947 gelatin silver print New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe |
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| Lina Bryans Nina Christesen 1947 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| James Gleeson Standing Model 1947 ink and wash on paper Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| James Gleeson Standing Model 1947 ink and wash on paper Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Kelly Fearing Boy flying Kite - Fish watching 1947-48 oil on canvas McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| Harold Edgerton Hummingbird 1947 tricolor carbro print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Goodridge Roberts Boy in Red Shirt 1947 oil on canvas National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Ida Wyman Wrought Iron with Snow 1947 gelatin silver print San Jose Museum of Art, California |
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| Giorgio Morandi Still Life 1947 oil on canvas Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
from The Quest
Incredulous, he stared at the amused
Official writing down his name among
Those whose request to suffer was refused.
The pen ceased scratching: though he came too late
To join the martyrs, there was still a place
Among the tempters for a caustic tongue
To test the resolution of the young
With tales of the small failings of the great,
And shame the eager with ironic praise.
Though mirrors might be hateful for a while,
Women and books would teach his middle age
The fencing wit of an informal style,
To keep the silences at bay and cage
His pacing manias in a worldly smile.
– W.H. Auden (1940)