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| George Deem May Wilson as a Rug 1969 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| George Deem Lady of Spain (portrait of Gail Rutherford) 1972 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Mayakovsky Cloud in Pants 1979 oil on paper New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Me and Mayakovsky 1981 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Driving away from Ronald Vance (Study #2) 1981 photocopy collage New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Studio with one Light Source 1981 acrylic on paper New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Courbet Palette 1982 oil on wooden palette New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Mayakovsky Place-Mat 1982 watercolor on paper New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Self Portrait Place-Mat 1983 watercolor on paper New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Mayakovsky Shadow-Boxing 1984 watercolor on paper New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Mayakovsky Bricks 1987 oil paint on bricks New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem The Fauve School 1989 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Homage to William Merritt Chase 1990 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Lili Brik and Mayakovsky 1991 oil on paper New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| Peter Angelo Simon George Deem 1993 gelatin silver print Archives of American Art, Washington DC |
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| George Deem Male Nude 1998 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
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| George Deem Early Bird 1998 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
from Ode 29, Book 3, paraphrased in Pindarique Verse
Fortune, that with malicious joy,
Does Man her slave oppress,
Proud of her Office to destroy,
Is seldome pleased to bless –
Still various and unconstant still;
But with an inclination to be ill;
Promotes, degrades, delights in strife,
And makes a Lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind;
But when she dances in the wind,
And shakes her wings, and will not stay,
I puff the Prostitute away:
The little or the much she gave, is quietly resigned:
Content with poverty, my Soul I arm:
And Vertue, tho' in rags, will keep me warm.
What is't to me,
Who never sail in her unfaithful Sea,
If Storms arise, and Clouds grow black;
If the Mast split and threaten wreck,
Then let the greedy Merchant fear
For his ill gotten gain;
And pray to Gods that will not hear,
While the debating winds and billows bear
His Wealth into the Main.
For me secure from Fortune's blows
(Secure of what I cannot lose)
In my small Pinnace I can sail,
Contemning all the blustring roar;
With friendly Stars my safety seek
Within some little winding Creek;
And see the storm ashore.
– Horace (65-8 BC), translated by John Dryden (1685)