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Title
Clapp Cemetery, Walker County, Texas, April, Grave of Lyle Michael Stubbs, August 20, 1990-October 11, 1994
Artist
Frank Armstrong
Physical Description
Grave site surrounded by hydrangeas on either side.
Artist Life Dates
born 1935
Object Creation Date
1998; printed 1999
Accession Number
2014/2.129
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.74227
Secondary Keywords
buildings and the land
built complexes and districts
complexes
complexes by function
funerary structures
objects we use
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)
Artist
African, Nigeria, Ibo
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1985/1.87
Medium and Support
carved wood
relevance
rank 6.72768
Secondary Keywords
figures
figures (representations)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by family relationship
people by gender
physical activities
physical activities by general context
sculpture
sculpture by function
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
La Sortie du Bain (After the Bath III)
Artist
Edgar Degas
Physical Description
Paper size: lh 32 4/5cm & rh 32 1/10cm x tw 24 7/10cm & bw 24 4/5cm.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1917
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1891-1892
Accession Number
2008/2.428
Medium and Support
lithograph on cream wove paper
relevance
rank 6.71810
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
figures (representations)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by activity
people by gender
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
Baigneuse de Bout en Pied
Artist
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Physical Description
Colors: black, yellow-orange, peach, coarl, blue. Paper size: h 61 7/10cm x tw 45cm & bw 45 3/10cm. Image approximately sized: h 41cm x w 34 1/2cm. [Eight colors: black, clear rose, flesh-pink, red, clear-ocre, dark ocre, blue plus dark blue.]
Artist Life Dates
1841-1919
Accession Number
2008/2.417
Medium and Support
color lithograph on beige laid paper
relevance
rank 6.71810
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
figures (representations)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by activity
people by gender
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
Bust of the Virgin
Artist
Bartolomeo Coriolano
Physical Description
This small print depicts a bust-length portrait of a woman within an oval frame. She turns slightly to her left and gazes downward. A bright halo encircles her head.
Artist Life Dates
(ca. 1599 - ca. 1676)
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
2007/2.141
Medium and Support
chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
relevance
rank 6.70973
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
descriptors
object genres
object genres by form
objects we use
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
relief prints
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
woodcuts
Title
Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
13th century
Object Creation Date
13th century
Accession Number
1973/2.38
Medium and Support
gilt wood
relevance
rank 6.70377
Secondary Keywords
associated concepts
biological components
bodhisattva
buddhist doctrinal concepts
components
components and systems
components by specific context
descriptors
devotional images
doctrinal concepts
object genres
object genres by form
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by state or condition
religions
religions and religious concepts
religious concepts
religious visual works
the human body
upper body
visual works
visual works by function
visual works by subject type
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Title
Jean Arp, 1949
Artist
Arnold Newman
Physical Description
Portrait of a man with his head resting on his hand showing only his right eye, cheek, forehead, hand and a bit of his shirt cuff with a curving unidentifiable vertical form to the right obscuring the sitter’s face.
Artist Life Dates
1918-2006
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1949
Accession Number
1989/2.18
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.67508
Secondary Keywords
arms
biological components
components
components and systems
components by specific context
heads
human body
modern and contemporary art
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by occupation
people in the arts
people in the arts and related occupations
people in the humanities
people in the visual arts
people in the visual arts and related occupations
the human body
the natural world
upper body
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
Poster for the Salon des Cents
Artist
Alphonse Maria Mucha
Physical Description
Colors: olive, beige, pink/red, gold. Paper size: lh 64 1/5cm & rh 64cm x tw 43 1/2cm & bw 43 2/5cm. Image size approximately: h 56 1/5cm x w 41 2/5cm.
Artist Life Dates
1860 - 1939
Accession Number
2008/2.398
Medium and Support
color lithograph on heavy cream wove paper
relevance
rank 6.67435
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
descriptors
design elements
figures (representations)
lithographs
motifs
natural element motifs
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
stars
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
Bell Ropes, Steeple Langford, from "English Churches"
Artist
Howard Bond
Artist Life Dates
Born 1931
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1982
Accession Number
1982/2.72
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.66834
Secondary Keywords
architecture
buildings
modern and contemporary art
objects
objects we use
places of worship
portfolios
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
The Helicopters (Les Hélicoptères), from "Portfolio of Photographs, 1979"
Artist
Robert Doisneau
Artist Life Dates
1912-1994
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1972; printed 1979
Accession Number
1984/1.259.1
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.66834
Secondary Keywords
figures
modern and contemporary art
objects
objects we use
people and occupations
sky
transportation
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
The General
Artist
Jack Levine
Artist Life Dates
born 1915
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1915-1964
Accession Number
1964/1.124
Medium and Support
aquatint and etching on paper
relevance
rank 6.66797
Secondary Keywords
image form
army
figures
man
modern and contemporary art
objects we use
people and occupations
soldiers
visual works
visual works by form
Title
The Crawlers: from "Street Life in London"
Artist
John Thomson
Artist Life Dates
(1837 - 1921)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1876-1877
Accession Number
1972/2.383
Medium and Support
woodburytype print on paper
relevance
rank 6.66797
Secondary Keywords
architecture
family
figures
how we live
objects
objects we use
people and occupations
relationships
streets
vessels
visual works
visual works by subject type
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Title
Yellow House
Artist
Blanche Ackers
Artist Life Dates
b. 1916
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1990-1999
Accession Number
2002/1.195
Medium and Support
crayon on paper
relevance
rank 6.66630
Secondary Keywords
animals
animals and creatures
buildings and the land
colors
descriptors
dwellings
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by origin
natural landscapes
objects we use
people and occupations
plant material
plants
residential structures
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
the natural world
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual and tactile
visual works
visual works by subject type
woody plants
Title
Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Physical Description
Image of a man on horseback with two men flanking him
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840
Accession Number
1992/1.118
Medium and Support
opaque watercolor on paper
relevance
rank 6.65999
Secondary Keywords
animals
animals and creatures
mammals
objects we use
people and occupations
political figures
royalty
the natural world
visual works
visual works by subject type
Title
Goldweight in the shape of a human figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a human figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels and the hands at the side of the head, wearing elaborate headgear. Evidence of calcification.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.453
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 6.65999
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
geographic and political locations
goldweights
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by subject type
statues
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Model of goat
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century?
Object Creation Date
19th century (?)
Accession Number
1972/2.101
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 6.65921
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
mammals
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by subject type
statues
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Equestrian figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1980/2.259
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 6.65921
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
mammals
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by subject type
statues
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Model of a granary with bear-shaped feet
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
1st century BCE
Object Creation Date
1st century BCE
Accession Number
1996/2.17
Medium and Support
earthenware, unglazed
relevance
rank 6.64762
Secondary Keywords
agricultural buildings
agricultural structures
buildings and the land
descriptors
design elements
motifs
objects we use
plant-derived motifs
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
visual works
visual works by function
Title
Male Ibeji Figure
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1978
Accession Number
1978/2.15
Medium and Support
carved wood and pigment
relevance
rank 6.64623
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
object genres
object genres by material
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by gender
sculpture
sculpture by technique
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
View of a Statue 'California' by his Father Hiram Powers
Artist
Longworth Powers
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1987/1.336
Medium and Support
albumen print on paper
relevance
rank 6.64587
Secondary Keywords
americas
locality
north & central america
objects
objects we use
people and occupations
statues
united states
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Monument to Dante Alighieri, Santa Croce, Florence (Firenze - Chiesa di S. Croce)
Artist
Fratelli Alinari
Artist Life Dates
(active 1854 - 1920)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1854-1920
Accession Number
1990/2.12
Medium and Support
albumen print on paper
relevance
rank 6.64587
Secondary Keywords
architecture
buildings
europe
figures
italy
locality
modern and contemporary art
objects
objects we use
people and occupations
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Old Well at Sion
Artist
Auguste Louis Lepère
Physical Description
Size: h 27cm x tw 39 1/2cm & bw 39 2/5cm.
Artist Life Dates
1849-1918
Accession Number
2008/2.362
Medium and Support
black chalk, charcol and gauge on brown artist board
relevance
rank 6.63855
Secondary Keywords
topographical
buildings and the land
descriptors
drawing and drawing techniques
dwellings
earthworks (engineering works)
houses
houses by form
image-making processes and techniques
objects we use
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
residential structures
settlements and landscapes
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by location
single built works by location or context
single built works by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Hana Hamplová
Artist Life Dates
b. 1951
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1979
Accession Number
1990/1.216
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.63806
Secondary Keywords
figures
medium
modern and contemporary art
objects we use
people and occupations
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Indian Terracottas
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
Terracotta fragment of two figures carved on one side of the peice in raised relief. One figure has head and shoulders visible, the second figure has only the head visible.
Object Creation Date
n. d.
Accession Number
2009/2.161
Medium and Support
terracotta
relevance
rank 6.63633
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
object genres
object genres by form
object genres by material
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by material
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
When was the future?
Artist
Jakob Kolding
Physical Description
A collage drawing with "When was the future?" in the middle of the object. The words are cut out of pictures of trees and a city's skyline. The background of the collage is the view of of a tall building and a cutout of a youth doing a handstand is placed on the balcony. A picture of a tree is included by the person.
Artist Life Dates
born 1971
Century
21st century
Object Creation Date
2008
Accession Number
2010/2.21
Medium and Support
collage on paper
relevance
rank 6.63633
Secondary Keywords
image form
descriptors
image-making processes and techniques
objects we use
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
visual works
visual works by form
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Casita Blanca
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A black and white print of a shed in front of a field. Three people are standing around it.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
2011/2.109
Medium and Support
black and white lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 6.62758
Secondary Keywords
buildings and the land
descriptors
design elements
dwellings
houses
houses by form
objects we use
ornament areas
people and culture
photographic prints
photographic prints by color
photographs
photographs by form
positives
residential structures
single built works
single built works by function
single built works by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Equestrian Statue of Nicholas I by Peter Klodt, St. Petersburg
Artist
E. Huard
Artist Life Dates
active 1860-1865, Russia
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1865
Accession Number
1990/2.19.1
Medium and Support
albumen print on paper, laid down
relevance
rank 6.62678
Secondary Keywords
animals
architecture
asia
cityscapes
horsemen
locality
mammals
objects
objects we use
russia
statues
streets
the natural world
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Netsuke of seated Hotei
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2002/2.33
Medium and Support
ivory
relevance
rank 6.62669
Secondary Keywords
attributes and properties
attributes and properties by specific type
descriptors
form attributes
objects we use
sculpture by material
size (extent)
size by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
Title
Hercules
Artist
James Anderson
Artist Life Dates
1813-1877
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1880
Accession Number
1980/1.198
Medium and Support
albumen print on paper
relevance
rank 6.62504
Secondary Keywords
allegory and literature
descriptors
figures
figures (representations)
iconography
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
mythology
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people and occupations
people by state or condition
rock
rock by form
sculpture by subject type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
Sheet of Studies with Male Portrait
Artist
Artist Unknown, Italy
Physical Description
This graphite and ink drawing is of a bearded man who wears a large hat. There are two stamps in the center left side near his head.
A bust-length study of a bearded man appears on one side of this sheet. His torso faces frontally, but his head is turned in ? profile to his left. He wears a shirt with a collar and a hat with a plume. The reverse of the sheet is filled with approximately 12 small sketches of heads, faces, limbs, and full-length figures. A sketch of a radial star shaped decorative pattern is on the right edge. In the middle of the sheet is a basket of fruit and flowers and in the upper left there is a drawing of a figure rowing a boat in a landscape.
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
2009/1.495
Medium and Support
graphite, brown and black ink on paper
relevance
rank 6.62199
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
drawing and drawing techniques
image-making processes and techniques
objects we use
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
visual works by subject type
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Title
Bohemes
Artist
Honoré Victorin Daumier
Physical Description
Paper size: h 42 3/5cm x tw 29 1/10cm & bw 29 1/2cm. Image size: h 29cm x w 19cm.
Artist Life Dates
1808-1879
Accession Number
2008/2.461
Medium and Support
lithograph on beige wove paper
relevance
rank 6.61915
Secondary Keywords
image form
transfer method
california (state)
geographic and political locations
los angeles (county)
north and central america (continent)
objects we use
people
people (agents)
people and culture
people by gender
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
united states (nation)
visual works
visual works by form
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Nueva York
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A sunset cityscape view with the sun right above the high-rise buiildings in New York City.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
circa 1977
Accession Number
2011/2.81
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 6.61846
Secondary Keywords
height
associated concepts
buildings and the land
earth sciences concepts
geographic and political locations
multistory buildings
north and central america (continent)
objects we use
people and culture
physical sciences concepts
scientific concepts
single built works
single built works by form
single built works by specific type
united states (nation)
visual works
visual works by subject type
Title
Goldweight in the shape of a snake
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a coiling snake.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.504
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 6.60363
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
animals and creatures
geographic and political locations
goldweights
objects we use
reptiles
sculpture
sculpture by subject type
statues
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.508
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 6.60363
Secondary Keywords
africa (continent)
animals and creatures
geographic and political locations
goldweights
objects we use
reptiles
sculpture
sculpture by subject type
statues
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Two girls and one boy sitting on a tan sofaa with food in front of them. There are two lamps behind them and one girl is hugging the boy.
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.132
Medium and Support
color photograph on Kodak Pro paper
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
materials
materials by function
objects we use
people and culture
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Ganesh (Elephant God)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
A relief of the elephant god, Ganesh. He has the head of an elephant with the body of a man. He is seated inside of an arch.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2012/2.162
Medium and Support
terracotta
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
animals and creatures
mammals
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by material
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
A Rather Famous Neapolitan Musician (Signor Pasqualino Musico Napolitano assai noto)
Artist
Pier Ghezzi
Artist Life Dates
1674-1755
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1976/1.213
Medium and Support
pen and ink
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
image form
allegory and literature
man
objects we use
people and occupations
visual works
visual works by form
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Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo
Physical Description
A lighter wood with a semi-matte finish. A woman figurine on the top, hands on her thighs and a bun on top of her head.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.79
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
events
objects we use
people and culture
sculpture
sculpture by material
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Untitled (Triptych)
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
Three photographs of two people standing, a pair of fee and one person lying on the grass.
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.107.1-3
Medium and Support
color and black and white photographs on paper
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
objects we use
people and culture
photographs
photographs by form
positives
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Makara - Architectural Fragment
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
The head of a makara sea creature with large swirled waves behind it.
Century
5th century
Object Creation Date
400-499
Accession Number
2012/2.161
Medium and Support
terracotta
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
allegory and literature
mythology
objects we use
sculpture
sculpture by material
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Scott Van Allsburg
Physical Description
Apple on a table with paint drips on the bottom.
Artist Life Dates
20th - 21st century
Accession Number
2013/1.264
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
descriptors
food
fruit
materials
materials by function
objects we use
visual works
visual works by subject type
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Title
Untitled #2, from "At Liberty"
Artist
Frank Armstrong
Physical Description
Three people, one person is signing the other person's shoe.
Artist Life Dates
born 1935
Object Creation Date
2000
Accession Number
2014/2.112
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
objects we use
people and culture
photographs
photographs by form
positives
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
Staff
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Zulu Peoples, South Africa
Physical Description
Dark wood, swirled design on the top, decorated with three heads, one on top and the other two lower.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.80
Medium and Support
wood
relevance
rank 6.60157
Secondary Keywords
events
objects we use
people and culture
sculpture
sculpture by material
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Title
Schonen Madonna
Artist
Artist Unknown, Czech Republic, Prague
Physical Description
Bust of Madonna with head facing down and to the side. The main sculpture is of wood with a layers of paint on the face and veil.
Object Creation Date
circa 1400
Accession Number
2013/1.227
Medium and Support
polychromed wood
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rank 6.59928
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Title
Despedida
Artist
Armando Morales
Physical Description
Three nude women stand on a dock in front of a ship. Two of the women's faces are turned to look at the ship, while the middle woman is facing the artist. Her face is in blue. They each seem to be holding an object.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1927
Object Creation Date
1980
Accession Number
2011/1.91
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 6.59689
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Title
Mujeres de Puerto Cabezas
Artist
Armando Morales
Physical Description
Several nude women are in a body of water. A ship with a serchlight is to the side of them. One woman is holding a flashlight.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1927
Object Creation Date
1993
Accession Number
2011/1.96.2
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 6.59689
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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
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rank 6.58998
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Title
Teichos Dymaion, Greece
Artist
Marilyn Bridges
Physical Description
An aerial view of the remains of a hilltop settlement in Teichos Dymaion, Greece.
Artist Life Dates
American, born 1957
Object Creation Date
2004
Accession Number
2012/2.55
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 6.58715
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Title
Susanna and the Elders
Artist
Annibale Carracci
Physical Description
A nude woman sits at the edge of a pool in a garden with a fountain visible in the foreground. Two bearded men lean on a gate next to her. The closer figure extends his left hand toward the woman, while the other points toward a town visible in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
1560-1609
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1590
Accession Number
1959/1.125
Medium and Support
etching and engraving on paper
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rank 6.58431
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Title
Element from a mosaic frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House, New York
Artist
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Physical Description
This mosaic panel depicts flowers and tendrils against a background with both a chevron pattern and a round flower-like patten. Along either side is a tapering beige element that is half of a blade of a plant; when joined with another panel, they create a full plant blade.
Artist Life Dates
1848-1933
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1890-1891
Accession Number
1986.146.8B
Medium and Support
iridescent glass on plaster
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rank 6.58278
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