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Action (Handlung), pl. 2 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI; Max Klinger

Title: Action (Handlung), pl. 2 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI
Artist: Max Klinger
Artist Life Dates: 1857-1920
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1878-1881
Accession Number: 1986/1.155.2
Medium and Support: etching on off-white wove paper
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Primary Keywords: buildings; fences; figures; gloves; hats; trees

Mother's Kisses: detail of hand holding orb; Dotty Attie

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Title: Mother's Kisses: detail of hand holding orb
Artist: Dotty Attie
Artist Life Dates: (1938 - )
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1982
Accession Number: 1993/1.115.12
Medium and Support: lithograph, touched with watercolor on B.F.K cream wove paper
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Primary Keywords: ball; crouching; figures; nudes; seated; venus

Standing Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Chamba

Title: Standing Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Chamba
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920
Accession Number: 1982/1.275
Medium and Support: carved wood
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Primary Keywords: figures (representations); standing; wood (plant material)

Children of Niobe; Stanley William Hayter

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Title: Children of Niobe
Artist: Stanley William Hayter
Artist Life Dates: 1901-1988
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1954
Accession Number: 1983/2.38
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
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Primary Keywords: abstraction; children; figures; roman; surrealism; women

Aux Armes Citoyens! Formez Vos Bataillons!; Nicolas Charlet

Title: Aux Armes Citoyens! Formez Vos Bataillons!
Artist: Nicolas Charlet
Artist Life Dates: 1792-1845
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1792-1845
Accession Number: 1976/1.222
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
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Primary Keywords: figures; guns; soldiers; standing; weaponry; weapons

Thoughts in a Kibbutz, from "Expedition to the Holyland"; A.R. Penck

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Title: Thoughts in a Kibbutz, from "Expedition to the Holyland"
Artist: A.R. Penck
Artist Life Dates: born 1939
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1983
Accession Number: 1984/2.2.1
Medium and Support: drypoint on Arches vellum paper
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Primary Keywords: abstraction; animals; figures; geometric shapes; nudes

Portrait of a Woman in Profile; Eugène Delacroix

Title: Portrait of a Woman in Profile
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1798-1863
Accession Number: 1997/1.65
Medium and Support: graphite on thin, very smooth yellowish beige wove paper
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Primary Keywords: bust-length; figures; portraits; profile views

Scholars under the Juniper Tree; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Scholars under the Juniper Tree
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 15th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.140
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Primary Keywords: figures in landscape; landscapes; rocks; streams; trees

Civil War Sketches; William Lewis

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Title: Civil War Sketches
Artist: William Lewis
Artist Life Dates: born 1918
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960
Accession Number: 1977/1.176
Medium and Support: pen, ink and wash on paper
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Primary Keywords: figures; groups; seated; soldiers; standing; war

Yao Ritual Scroll; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Yao Ritual Scroll
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: mid 19th century–mid 20th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number: 1983/2.119
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on cotton
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Primary Keywords: birds; boat; figures; rites and rituals; water

Danville, Virginia, from "Photographs Rhode Island School of Design"; Emmet Gowin

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Title: Danville, Virginia, from "Photographs Rhode Island School of Design"
Artist: Emmet Gowin
Artist Life Dates: born 1941
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1966
Accession Number: 2000/2.139.2
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
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Primary Keywords: boy; car; figures; girl; house; trees

Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating 'The Ramakien from Wat Phra, Jetubon, Bangk; Artist Unknown, Thailand

Title: Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating 'The Ramakien from Wat Phra, Jetubon, Bangk
Artist: Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1945-1976
Accession Number: 1976/2.26
Medium and Support: ink on paper
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Primary Keywords: chariots; deity; figures; horses; portraits; wheel

The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington; Anonymous British

Title: The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington
Artist: Anonymous British
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1785
Accession Number: 1972/2.337B
Medium and Support: silk
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Primary Keywords: cart; figures; seated; sword; water; wheel

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #13 Numazu; Andô Hiroshige

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Title: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #13 Numazu
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description: Small group of figures with a palanquin and horse along with shops and a rounded hill in the distance.
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Object Creation Date: circa 1850
Accession Number: 2008/2.319
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
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Primary Keywords: figures (illustrations); horses; huts; mountains; trees

Tribute to the Graphicstudio: Portrait of Philip Pearlstein; Theo Wujcik

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Title: Tribute to the Graphicstudio: Portrait of Philip Pearlstein
Artist: Theo Wujcik
Artist Life Dates: born 1936
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1976
Accession Number: 1976/2.135
Medium and Support: silverpoint on clay-coated Morilla paper
relevance: rank 3.03427
Primary Keywords: figures; glasses; head; males; profile views

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Title: Staff
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
Physical Description: Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 2001/2.45
Medium and Support: wood with beads, metal, cloth
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Primary Keywords: beadwork; equestrians; figures; figurines; staff; staffs

Râmâyana series, modern work in an 18th century style; India, Rajasthan, Mewar School; After

Title: Râmâyana series, modern work in an 18th century style
Artist: India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1975
Accession Number: 1983/2.107
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 3.03427
Primary Keywords: buildings; doorways; figures; hills; trees; worshippers

Mayvest; Saitô Kiyoshi

Title: Mayvest
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi
Artist Life Dates: (active 1907 - 1997)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1950
Accession Number: 1958/2.13
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
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Primary Keywords: bust-length; figures; flowers; profile views

Inkwell made of sterling silver overlay on crystal glass; Artist Unknown

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Title: Inkwell made of sterling silver overlay on crystal glass
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: This is a spherical shaped glass inkwell with sterling silver overlay in intricate designs of flowers and plants. The top half of the sphere, which opens horizontally, is the lid.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.221
Medium and Support: glass, metal
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Primary Keywords: inkwell; silver plate; spheres (geometric figures)

Dotty Wotty 1; Tyree Guyton

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Title: Dotty Wotty 1
Artist: Tyree Guyton
Artist Life Dates: born 8/24/1955
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1994
Accession Number: 1995/1.50
Medium and Support: sugarlift on paper
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Primary Keywords: abstraction; african american; car; figures; house

Lobster Fisherman; John Marin

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Title: Lobster Fisherman
Artist: John Marin
Artist Life Dates: 1870-1953
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1948
Accession Number: 1985/1.110
Medium and Support: etching on off-white paper
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Primary Keywords: birds; boat; figures; fishing; lobster; water

Woman with Earing (Arbeitfrau mit Ohrring); Käthe Kollwitz

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Title: Woman with Earing (Arbeitfrau mit Ohrring)
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Artist Life Dates: 1867 - 1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1910
Accession Number: 1983/1.265
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: bust-length; expressionism; figures; jewelry; portraits; woman

Grandi Come Li Originali, unbound page, from "Le Antichita di Eroclano Esposte" (Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed); Giovanni Battista Casanova

Title: Grandi Come Li Originali, unbound page, from "Le Antichita di Eroclano Esposte" (Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Casanova
Artist Life Dates: 1730-1795
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1757-1792
Accession Number: 1977/2.28
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: clothed; figures; helmet; males; nudes; standing; statues

Display figure; Artist Unknown, African, Osei Bonsu, Asante (Akan) Peoples, Ghana

Title: Display figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Osei Bonsu, Asante (Akan) Peoples, Ghana
Physical Description: A poised, naturalistic male figure sits on a stool, holding an egg in his right hand, his left hand resting on his left knee. The head is round, almost egg-shaped, with a high, sloping forehead rising from pronounced eyebrows. The eyes are almond-shped, the nost long and slender, the mouth a small straight line. The neck is long and ringed. Its surface is smooth, and carefully finished, golden brown in color, though worn or mottled in places.
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1977
Object Creation Date: circa 1950
Accession Number: 2001/2.33
Medium and Support: wood
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Primary Keywords: akan; egg; figures (representations); males, human; stool

Design For a Fireplace; Artist Unknown, Germany

Title: Design For a Fireplace
Artist: Artist Unknown, Germany
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: late 16th century
Accession Number: 1968/2.63
Medium and Support: pen, ink and wash
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: figures; interiors; portraits; scales (weighing devices); sword

The Five Orders of Architecture; Herbert W. Johe

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Title: The Five Orders of Architecture
Artist: Herbert W. Johe
Artist Life Dates: born 1914
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1993
Accession Number: 1998/1.173
Medium and Support: watercolor on paper
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Primary Keywords: columns; figures; lions; nudes; skulls (skeleton components)

The Digby Children; John Hoppner; Attributed to

Title: The Digby Children
Artist: John Hoppner
Artist Life Dates: 1758-1810
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1778-1810
Accession Number: 1978/2.21
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
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Primary Keywords: apple; children; dogs; figures; males; portraits; trees

Proof No. 2; Carlos Lopez

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Title: Proof No. 2
Artist: Carlos Lopez
Artist Life Dates: 1908-1953
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1908-1953
Accession Number: 1983/2.26
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: animals; costume; curtain; doors; figures; masks; seated

A Square - Ronda, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 45, January, 1914"; J. Craig Annan

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Title: A Square - Ronda, from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 45, January, 1914"
Artist: J. Craig Annan
Artist Life Dates: 1864 - 1946
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1914
Accession Number: 2000/2.143.7
Medium and Support: photogravure on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: balcony; benches; buildings; figures; horses; trees; walking

Donne Castle, on the Forth; John Ewbank

Title: Donne Castle, on the Forth
Artist: John Ewbank
Artist Life Dates: 1799-1847
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1835-1836
Accession Number: 1949/2.96
Medium and Support: graphite on cream-colored paper
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Primary Keywords: boats; bridges; castles; children; figures; trees; water

Girl with a Straw Hat; Oskar Kokoschka

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Title: Girl with a Straw Hat
Artist: Oskar Kokoschka
Artist Life Dates: 1886 - 1980
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1933
Accession Number: 1949/2.60
Medium and Support: lithograph printed in Sanguine ink on paper
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Primary Keywords: figures; full-length; girl; hats; seated; straw

Villagers Bringing Home a Boar; Indonesia, Bali

Title: Villagers Bringing Home a Boar
Artist: Indonesia, Bali
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: mid 20th century
Accession Number: 2001/1.369
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: basket; boars; buildings; figures; palm tree; walking

Portrait of Theodore Chase; Frederick Vinton

Title: Portrait of Theodore Chase
Artist: Frederick Vinton
Artist Life Dates: 1846-1911
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1886
Accession Number: 1988/2.33
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
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Primary Keywords: artists; figures; half-length; james rosenquist; portraits

Tobit Burying the Dead; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Title: Tobit Burying the Dead
Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Artist Life Dates: 1609-1664
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1647-1651
Accession Number: 1977/2.6
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: bending; deaths; figures (representations); rocks; standing; steps

La Rentrée, no. 15 of a series of 25 prints (The Return); Charles Emile Jacque

Title: La Rentrée, no. 15 of a series of 25 prints (The Return)
Artist: Charles Emile Jacque
Artist Life Dates: 1813-1894
Century: 19th Century
Object Creation Date: 1878
Accession Number: 1949/1.88
Medium and Support: etching and roulette on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: chickens; child; dogs; doorways; figures; sheep; standing

Untitled [Ohne Titel] (1945) New Year Card for Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris; Asger Jorn

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Title: Untitled [Ohne Titel] (1945) New Year Card for Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris
Artist: Asger Jorn
Physical Description: New Years card with attached print that depicts an abstract figure with one large eye and long hair.
Artist Life Dates: 1914-1973
Century: Mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1945
Accession Number: 2013/2.562
Medium and Support: etching on heavy wove paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: abstract; figures (illustrations); galleries (display spaces); new year

Self-Portrait; Alexander Ransom; Attributed to

Title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Alexander Ransom
Artist Life Dates: (active 1842-1865)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1850-1855
Accession Number: 1895.54
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
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Primary Keywords: bust-length; figures; males; portraits; president; self-portrait

Design for an Altar; Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli; Circle of

Title: Design for an Altar
Artist: Ludovico Cardi Da Cigoli
Physical Description: Two kneeling winged figures in niches on the first level of this design flank a tree growing at the top of a small doorway. These elements are contained within a larger structure with pilasters and a coifered ceiling. Above the ceiling are two winged figures holding small branches. Situated directly above the tree on the first level are a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and another, larger crown sits above the architecture.
Artist Life Dates: 1559-1613
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1559-1613
Accession Number: 1958/2.54
Medium and Support: pen and bistre ink with ink and blue wash
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: agricultural buildings; angels; designs; figures (illustrations); plants

Young Girl Crossing a Bridge on a Windy Day; Calendar Print: Parody of "Crossing at the Sano Ford" (Hashi wo wataru musume: Egoyomi, Mitate Sano no watari); Suzuki Harunobu

Title: Young Girl Crossing a Bridge on a Windy Day; Calendar Print: Parody of "Crossing at the Sano Ford" (Hashi wo wataru musume: Egoyomi, Mitate Sano no watari)
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Artist Life Dates: 1725-1770
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1765
Accession Number: 1948/1.155
Medium and Support: color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, medium-size (chûban)
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Primary Keywords: children; figures; girl; standing; storms; ukiyo e; women

Untitled; Ida Bagus Putu Astawa Tjari Batuan

Title: Untitled
Artist: Ida Bagus Putu Astawa Tjari Batuan
Artist Life Dates: active 20th century
Object Creation Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 1986/2.7
Medium and Support: ink and watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: animals; buildings; figures; palm tree; plants; water

Self-Portrait (Edgar Degas, par lui-même); Edgar Degas

Title: Self-Portrait (Edgar Degas, par lui-même)
Artist: Edgar Degas
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1917
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1877
Accession Number: 1959/1.96
Medium and Support: etching on paper
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Primary Keywords: figures; girl; half-length; hats; self-portrait; women

Portrait of Sir Francis Seymour Haden; Alphonse Legros

Title: Portrait of Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Artist: Alphonse Legros
Artist Life Dates: 1837-1911
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880
Accession Number: 1986/2.18
Medium and Support: mezzotint on cream colored stiff weave paper
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Primary Keywords: bust-length; figures; males; portraits; profile views

Portrait of R; Saul Steinberg

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Title: Portrait of R
Artist: Saul Steinberg
Artist Life Dates: Romania, 1914 - 1999
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1970
Accession Number: 1983/1.220
Medium and Support: color screenprint on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: dogs; figures; interiors; plants; tile; vases; window

Elisa's Fountain (Fontaine d' Elisée); Felix Bonfils

Title: Elisa's Fountain (Fontaine d' Elisée)
Artist: Felix Bonfils
Artist Life Dates: 1831-1885
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1985/2.100
Medium and Support: albumen print on paper
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: figures; fountains; hills; pond; rocks; seated; trees

Portrait of a Man; Anonymous American

Title: Portrait of a Man
Artist: Anonymous American
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1895.50
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 3.00198
Primary Keywords: bust-length; busts; figures; males; men; portraits

Elymas the Prophet, Struck with Blindness by St. Paul; Giorgio Giulio Clovio; Attributed to; after Raphael

Title: Elymas the Prophet, Struck with Blindness by St. Paul
Artist: Giorgio Giulio Clovio
Artist Life Dates: 1498-1578
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 1498-1578
Accession Number: 1973/2.80
Medium and Support: gouache on vellum
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Primary Keywords: blind; figures; interiors; saint; seated; standing; statue