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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Left Side) Seki Sanjurô III as sendô (boatman) Gonshirô and Onoe Baiko IV as Ofude (???, female)

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Artist Life Dates

1797 - 1861

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.1

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami)

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Physical Description

Japanese woodblock color print depicting two men standing, while the man on the man standing on the right grabs the arm of the man standing on the left.

Artist Life Dates

1777 - 1835

Century

mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

1815-1868

Accession Number

2011/2.61

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Right Side) boatmen Dairoku, Kanroku, Sadaroku, and Bunroku

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.3

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

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Title

L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois

Artist

Maurice Utrillo

Physical Description

A winter scene with a steepled church (with a bird on top of the steeple) in the center surounded by other buildings and a three-story building on the right hand side. There is snow on the ground and bare trees. Pinks, whites, browns and blues are the colors throughout.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1955

Object Creation Date

circa 1938

Accession Number

2014/1.615

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.42130

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associated concepts

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Title

Soaring Birds (oiseaux au fulgurant)

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

The print features two birds soaring, their beaks almost touching. They are encircled by a ring, reminiscent of a window.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1985/1.107

Medium and Support

color lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 0.42113

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Mask (Kasangu)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1960

Accession Number

1971/2.44

Medium and Support

wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber

relevance

rank 0.42100

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

California Orange Grove

Artist

David Courlander

Physical Description

Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1866-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 0.42094

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

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americas

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descriptors

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fruit

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plants

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weather-related phenomena

woods

woody plants

Title

Duality of Opposites II

Artist

Patricia Olynyk

Physical Description

An abstract image of red, blue, purple, orange and yellow with varying lines going in different directions. One side of the work is the darker colors and slowly changes to the brighter on the right hand side.

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2014/2.103

Medium and Support

color monoprint on paper

relevance

rank 0.42084

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

disciplines

european

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layout features

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Title

Lovers, Palace Theater, NYC

Artist

Weegee

Physical Description

Two people in 3-d glasses kissing inside of a movie theater.

Artist Life Dates

b. Poland, 1899-1968

Object Creation Date

1945; printed 1993

Accession Number

2013/2.187

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42046

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

embraces

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Title

Stormy Valley

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

Mountains and a cloudy, dark sky from a valley.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.34

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42004

Secondary Keywords

downward

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Title

Warsaw

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1943; printed 1963

Accession Number

2011/1.101

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 0.42004

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi's Lapides Capitolini (1762)

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Physical Description

Large double-folio print, with fold marks. Contains various monuments and their text from ancient Rome. Title plate beneath print indicates that the fragments were from ancient Rome and found in various ancient ruins, with the exception of fragment XLIX, currently (at time of print) in the collection of the Collegio Romano, a building then housing the Jesuits' Rome seminary.

Print is patched. Separate plate marks are visible between image and inscription. The image is patched from four segments, while the text below is patched from two segments. Paper bears no watermark. Folio fold marks are noted on copy in file. Large text portions read as follows:

Inscription 1 (in image plate, center): senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita)

Inscription 2 (in separate text plate attached at bottom): Lapides Capitolini / Sive Fastorum fragmenta, quos Verrius Flaccus, Caii et Lucii, Augusti Nepotum, praeceptor ase dispositos in inferiore fori parte conlocaverat, nunc primum edita prout cermuntur in Capitolio servata / nempe characteris et Lapidum forma, additis ad ornatum degantioribus aliquot veteribus sigillis, et anaglyplus / Fragmentum XLIX in Collegio Romano Patrum Societatis Jesu adservatum

Artist Life Dates

Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1762

Accession Number

2007/2.117

Medium and Support

engraving, printed in black ink on paper

relevance

rank 0.42001

Secondary Keywords

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early western world

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italy (nation)

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roma (province)

single built works

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Title

Indian Bronze Ganesha

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.

Accession Number

2012/1.270

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 0.41997

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

inorganic material

mammals

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Uchikake (Wedding Cloak)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1980

Accession Number

1986/1.215

Medium and Support

silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads

relevance

rank 0.41997

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

costume

costume by form

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descriptors

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events

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motifs

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needleworking and needleworking techniques

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plant-derived motifs

processes and techniques

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textile working processes and techniques

Title

Gentleman at a Courtesan's House by the Bay

Artist

Utagawa Yoshitora

Artist Life Dates

(Tokyo, ca. 1815 - ca. 1880)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1855-1870

Accession Number

1985/1.179

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.41987

Secondary Keywords

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

seating furniture

ships

single seating furniture

standing

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Duo S-Z

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

This object is a cream colored sheet of paper in a horizontal rectangular shape with geometric forms embossed in the center section. There is no color and the geometric forms are created by raised lines. There is a long rectangle that contains two sets of intersecting cubes. The object title, edition number, artist signature and date are written in pencil below the rectangle.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

2009/2.15

Medium and Support

Intaglio on paper

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

A close-up of skunk cabbage beginning to grow from a reddish tear-drop shaped pod. It is sprouting from a wet, mossy area where snow, still visible in the background, has melted.

Artist Life Dates

(1917 - 2009)

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.7

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

wetlands

Title

Tile fragment with inscription

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1972/2.152

Medium and Support

molded fritware with turquoise glaze

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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descriptors

forming

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religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Golddust Spoon

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.363

Medium and Support

hammered brass

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

culinary equipment

culinary equipment by function

culinary equipment for serving and consuming food

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

metalwork

object genres

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objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

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tools and equipment

utensils for serving food

Title

MS Leaf: Hymnal

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia

Century

Mid-17th century

Object Creation Date

mid 17th century

Accession Number

1959/1.151

Medium and Support

Ink on vellum

relevance

rank 0.41930

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by form

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descriptors

gothic scripts

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latin and greek alphabet scripts

leaves

materials

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people and culture

plant material

religions and religious concepts

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scripts (writing)

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text-based art

Title

Landscape of Quito

Artist

Oswaldo Guayasamin

Physical Description

This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.

Artist Life Dates

1919-1999

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

2009/2.93

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.41921

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Early Morning

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

Two men sit on a bench at the lower right. Behind them is a large expanse of water; barges ply the water while smokestacks and buildings are visible on the opposite shore. The overall impression is one of foggy weather and features are generally indistinct.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1878

Accession Number

1954/1.415

Medium and Support

lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on wove paper

relevance

rank 0.41921

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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Title

Power Figure (nkisi kozo)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic

Physical Description

Small wooden animal, possibly a dog or warthog, stands with medicinal pack and mirror embedded into its back; face has long sneering mouth and snout, bearing teeth. short pointed ears; tail curls at end. Two “guns” or pointy projections would have come out above the dog’s front legs, but they have broken off.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1825-1899

Accession Number

2005/1.182

Medium and Support

wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder, medicinal substances

relevance

rank 0.41915

Secondary Keywords

analytical functions

animal

associated concepts

disciplines

fetish figures

functions

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health sciences

objects we use

occult sciences

people and culture

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science

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visual works

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Title

Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 4#

Artist

John T. Scott

Physical Description

Two pieces of artwork consist of colorful shapes and lines.

Artist Life Dates

1940-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

2011/2.186.3-4

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

relevance

rank 0.41915

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

arthropods

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Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Accession Number

2001/2.41

Medium and Support

wood with metal

relevance

rank 0.41867

Secondary Keywords

african

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descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

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object genres

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objects we use

people and culture

southern nigerian styles

styles and periods

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tools and equipment

west african styles

Title

Boy with a Sailboat Near a Dock with Two Rowboats

Artist

John Sell Cotman

Artist Life Dates

1782-1842

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1782-1842

Accession Number

1983/1.84

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 0.41856

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings and the land

child

objects

objects we use

open spaces

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people and occupations

sailing vessels

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the natural world

toys

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vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

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waterfront spaces

waterfronts and waterfront spaces

waterscapes

Title

Untitled

Artist

Hans Hofmann

Physical Description

Abstract painting dominated by brushstrokes in vivid yellows on white background with light blues in center and left side of canvas, large area of light brown in upper right and lower left, and brushstrokes in dark red in left center of canvas. Signed “hans hofmann” in lower right.

Artist Life Dates

1880 - 1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1962

Accession Number

1997/1.125

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

european

european styles and periods

genres

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people and culture

styles and periods

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Title

Cast Form Type VIII

Artist

Howard Ben Tré

Artist Life Dates

born 1949

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1979

Accession Number

1997/1.118

Medium and Support

cast glass and copper

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

european

european styles and periods

genres

modern and contemporary art

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modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

The Concierge

Artist

Medardo Rosso

Artist Life Dates

1858-1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1883-1918

Accession Number

1973/1.809

Medium and Support

wax over plaster on wood base

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

european

european styles and periods

genres

modern and contemporary art

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modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Sancai Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robe and tall hat, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is colored; his robes are green, while his sash, end of sleeves and collar are a reddish/oragne color, which also corresponds to the colors on the platform. His tall hat is colored black. The head of the figure is detachable from the body of the figure.

Object Creation Date

1368-1644

Accession Number

2009/2.105

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

asian

chinese ceramics styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

descriptors

east asian

object genres

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people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra

Artist

Artist Unknown, Cambodia (Khmer)

Century

Late 11th century

Object Creation Date

circa late 11th century

Accession Number

1974/2.31

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 0.41789

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

figures (representations)

form attributes

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

size (extent)

size by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Kanage Mask

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1971/2.27

Medium and Support

wood, metal and paint

relevance

rank 0.41789

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

costume

costume by function

descriptors

gur-speaking peoples styles

object genres

object genres by material

objects

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

west african styles

western sudanese styles

Title

Ivory snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.63

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 0.41782

Secondary Keywords

bone

bone by form

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

containers

containers by function or context

containers for personal use

containers for smoking and tobacco use

dentin

descriptors

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people and culture

tooth and tooth components

tooth components

Title

Silvery white hitoe obi for summer with appliquéd patches of Saga brocade with rhododendrum blossom (shakunage) design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Single layer (hitoe) white silk weft with silver-coated threads for warp; appliqued patches in kinran brocade (paper, coated with gold in several tones) featuring rhododendrum blossoms.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.338

Medium and Support

silk thread weft with silver-coated threads for warp, appliquéd patches

relevance

rank 0.41782

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn at the waist or below

associated concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

costume by form

descriptors

design elements

earth sciences concepts

main garments

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

scientific concepts

seasons

Title

Star-shaped tile with floral and calligraphic patterns

Artist

Iran, Kashan

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

1193

Accession Number

1960/1.133

Medium and Support

fritware with blue underglaze & lustre overglaze painting

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rank 0.41779

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Title

Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg (Elderly Couple Feeding Birds)

Artist

Louis Stettner

Physical Description

An elderly couple seated on a park bench with pigeons at their feet. There is a close-up of a hand on the left hand side that is feeding a white pigeon, mid-air.

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Object Creation Date

printed 1998

Accession Number

2013/2.294

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 0.41779

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Title

Art Deco Red Satin Glass Inkwell, applied silver corners, brass sculptured lid

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A square, red satin glass inkwell with a flat, brass lid. Silver designs are applied to the corners.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.280

Medium and Support

glass, metal

relevance

rank 0.41768

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Title

Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset

Artist

John Varley I

Physical Description

A watercolor painting of a wide path leading down to a waterfront. The path is flanked by small hills and shaded with large trees. In the distance across the water are faint outlines of buildings, possibly a city on the shore, and a sunset indicated by the orange tint in the clear sky.

Artist Life Dates

1778-1842

Object Creation Date

1800-1842

Accession Number

2009/1.518

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

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rank 0.41768

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Title

Northern Hill

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

This grayscale print depicts what appears to be an abstracted landscape suggestive of a hill on a horizon line. The lower two-thirds of the square composition are quite uniformly black while the upper third becomes increasingly lighter in value. The print shimmers with varying intensity when looked at under direct light as there appears to be mica incorporated in the ink.

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2012/2.211

Medium and Support

mezzotint on heavy ivory wove paper

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rank 0.41768

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Title

Nail figure (nkisi nkondi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Vili Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Wood-carved, standing male figure 40 inches in height. Its shoulders and torso are impaled with iron blades, nails and fragments. The torso is long, arms at side are bent at elbow and hands rest on lower abdomen. The right wrist wears a bracelet with attachments. The legs are truncated, with twisted metal anklet on right foot. The face is naturalistic, the mouth slightly open, the nose long and narrow with slightly flared nostrils. Eyes are almost shaped, may have had inlay that is now gone. The top of the head shows a tiered, "layer cake like" coiffure. The figure has a long and deep crack down the entire length of its left side, from top of the head to the left ankle.

Century

Late 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2005/1.192

Medium and Support

wood, iron nails, blades and fragments, fiber cord

relevance

rank 0.41746

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Title

Bedtime

Artist

Joseph LeBoit

Artist Life Dates

Born 1907

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1939

Accession Number

1943.74

Medium and Support

etching and aquatint on paper

relevance

rank 0.41695

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Title

Beaumont/Oise from George Duchamel's "Maurice De Vlamnick"

Artist

Maurice de Vlaminck

Physical Description

A row of houses on the right hand side, all with side gables facing the street. There are swirled clouds above and a road leading off into the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1876-1958

Century

20th century

Accession Number

2013/2.551

Medium and Support

etching, drypoint on light brown wove paper

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rank 0.41695

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Title

Pot

Artist

Maria Martínez

Physical Description

A blackware bowl with black on black decoration. The bowl is nearly spherical in profile, with a narrow and wide mouth. Around the upper half is a feather design, which looks like individual feathers hanging down from the mouth forming a ring around the circumference.

Artist Life Dates

1887 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1935

Accession Number

1991/1.88

Medium and Support

blackware

relevance

rank 0.41695

Secondary Keywords

ceramics

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Title

Sancai Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robes and tall hat on his head, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is painted; the robes and cuffs of the sleeves are a dark green color, and the sleeves and under robe are a reddish orange color. The hat of the figure is also colored white and reddish orange. The head of the figure can detache from the body of the figure.

Object Creation Date

1368-1644

Accession Number

2009/2.106

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 0.41678

Secondary Keywords

asian

chinese

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Title

Kubera, god of wealth, seated on a lion

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Physical Description

A miniature, cast bronze sculpture of Kubera, the god of wealth, seated sideways on a lion. Kubera sits in the lalitasana pose (the pose of royal ease, with one leg drawn up and the other relaxed); his right hand is outstretched to rest on the knee, while his left arm is akimbo and his hand rests on his hip. The base has a simple, single lotus petal design.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

15th century

Accession Number

2000/2.155

Medium and Support

copper

relevance

rank 0.41673

Secondary Keywords

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asian

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mammals

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Title

Untitled (Abstract)

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

An image of various abstract shapes, resembling body parts. The silhouettes are going in a vertical format from the upper right corner down to the lower left corner.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2013/2.529

Medium and Support

drypoint on wove paper

relevance

rank 0.41673

Secondary Keywords

abstract expressionist

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Title

Mat

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Flat raffia mat with woven geometric, diamond-lke pattern of interlocking lines in green, natural and purple.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1970

Accession Number

1985/1.165

Medium and Support

Raffia fiber

relevance

rank 0.41637

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Title

Whistle (nsiba)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic

Physical Description

Two components make up this vertical whistle. The superstructure is a wooden carving of two birds that face each other, bellies touching, with a small round object between them, so that each is holding it in their beaks. The birds' talons clutch the base of the sculpture. The base has a hole in the center into which the antelope horn is pegged.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

2005/1.181

Medium and Support

wood, antelope horn

relevance

rank 0.41633

Secondary Keywords

aerophones

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duct flutes

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Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Angola, Chokwe

Accession Number

2001/2.50

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 0.41633

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Title

Celadon Bowl

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Glossy finish gray colored bowl. Contains a ring near the rim on the inside and an indentation in the center.

Accession Number

2014/2.106

Medium and Support

ceramic with glaze

relevance

rank 0.41623

Secondary Keywords

asian

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