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- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.39
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- #7930
- Artist
- Philip Moulthrop
- Physical Description
- highly polished round wood vessel
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Atlanta, Georgia, 1947 - )
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.171
- Medium and Support
- ash leaf maple
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 21/22
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153V
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- The corner of a massive building with awnings on both sides is seen on the right side; it has arched windows above the street level windows and several stories with balconies above. To the left is a long sloping stairway with awnings projecting above the stairway. In the distance beyond the stairway can be see the tower of a church. Buildings at the far left of the composition are barely indicated. Pediestrians are visible throughout, adjacent to the buildings on either side as well as ascending the stairs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.3
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Asian laid paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Icy Street
- Artist
- Don Freeman
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 1935.7
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Pitcher from a tea service
- Artist
- Tiffany & Company
- Physical Description
- Silver pitcher-shaped vessel with handle and a band of decoration around center of the body
- Artist Life Dates
- established 1837
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1885
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.158.3
- Medium and Support
- silver
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- To Everyone In This Plant - Our Country is Depending on You - Emergency Fleet Corporation
- Artist
- L. N. Britton
- Physical Description
- Text: To Everyone in This Plan: This Plant is Engaged Upon Government Work Every Person Here Owes The United States A Duty To Do His Utmost To Make Material For Our Ships Carefully And Speedily... Let This Be Your Part - Our Country Is Depending On You - Emergency Fleet Corporation
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858-1934
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.11
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Line A-B
- Artist
- Buky Schwartz
- Physical Description
- A line of wool thread connecting from point A to point B, with a layer effect of wool in the central area of the piece.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1932
- Object Creation Date
- October 30, 1971
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.221
- Medium and Support
- wool, paint, mixed media collage on canvas
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.53
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Moon Shot
- Artist
- Lowell Nesbitt
- Physical Description
- The scene depicts a quarter section of the moon on the left side of the composition. The face of the moon is made up of swirling, circular shapes, with two lines that cut through vertically, and two shorter lines on the top left that cut through horizontally. The right side of the composition is solid black, and the details of the moon fade to black near the bottom.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1933-1993
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.109.3
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Dancing in the Field, from "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- Artist
- David Levinthal
- Physical Description
- One in a series of eight photogravures of tin toy figures cast in stark light creating long shadows before a pitch black background.
- Solitary figure at center with back turned to viewer with uplifted arms and lifted leg; positioned within grove of trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1949
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1999
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.11.8
- Medium and Support
- photogravure on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Richard Wilt
- Physical Description
- This is a multi-colored abstract watercolor painted in tones of bright blue, red and yellow. There are areas with sharp lines of color and other areas where the colors have bled together.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1981
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.546
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- (Christmas Card)
- Artist
- Sears Gallagher
- Artist Life Dates
- 1869-1955
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1869-1940
- Accession Number
- 1940.165
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- This iridescent blue and green glass vase has surface decorations that resemble peacock feather "eyes". Along the bottom is a raised design of a branch or leaves that was added to the vessel late in its creation.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1896-1900
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.201
- Medium and Support
- iridescent blue, green and amethyst glass
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- The Ninth Hour
- Artist
- Clarence Holbrook Carter
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904 - 2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 2007/1.90
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Portrait of Frederick Douglass
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A man is potrayed with curly hair and beard, a stern facial expression, and a formal suit and bowtie. His head and gaze is turned to the right of the piece. The words "Frederick Douglass" borders the piece along with the artist's signatures and the screenprint number.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1965
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.41.4
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Bisontennial
- Artist
- Harold Allen
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1912
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1976
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.29
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- For Home and Country - Victory Liberty Loan
- Artist
- Alfred Everitt Orr
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1886
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.70
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Yellow - Black, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"
- Artist
- Sol LeWitt
- Physical Description
- A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.61.5
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Italia paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Three Guitar Players
- Artist
- Purvis Young
- Artist Life Dates
- (active Florida, 1969 - 2010)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1997
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.210
- Medium and Support
- paint on composition board, mounted on three wood planks
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Tosca
- Artist
- Dewey Garrett
- Artist Life Dates
- (active California, 1969 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.138
- Medium and Support
- dyed palm wood
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Physical Description
- This large vase consists of dark iridescent glass with diagonal swril pattern in the glass. The vessel has dark scalloped desgins cut into the surface.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.217
- Medium and Support
- iridescent glass with black decoration
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Sharing a Boat in the Wind and Rain
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Three figures in a boat withstand wind and rain as they navigate river waters. Trees along the banks seem to bend under the force of the wind. Water saturdated ink and washes blur distinctions and imply the extremity of the weather.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.125
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a face with colorful markings. The face is of a dark complexion with bold, white sections that highlight raised features. There are also colorful lines that accent both the light and dark areas of the face.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.111
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Side Chair (one of a pair)
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.32
- Medium and Support
- painted birch?
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth - Buy Liberty Bonds - Fourth Liberty Loan
- Artist
- Joseph Pennell
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857-1926
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.75
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Beams of Light through Glass, from "The Science Pictures"
- Artist
- Berenice Abbott
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1991
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.331.1
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Sandwich and Soda, from "Ten Works + Ten Painters"
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Physical Description
- This work shows a plate on which is placed a sandwich, a glass and drinking straws. These items are shown as white forms against a band of red in the upper area and a band of blue in the lower portion of the work that serve as a background. The image looks like a comic book page with the items created in outline form against contrasting colors.
- Artist Life Dates
- 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.194.7
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on mylar
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Adolph Gottlieb
- Physical Description
- A landscape reduced to minimal abstract elements. The lower half of the painting is black. The upper half, various shades of white and blue. Two black squares are suspended in the white above the black. A small pale blue circle is between the squares.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1903 - 1974)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1952
- Accession Number
- 1968/1.81
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Element from a mosiac frieze, entrance hall of the H.O. Havemeyer House New York (one of 10 elements)
- 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. [fragment]
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1890-1891
- Accession Number
- 1986.146.8G
- Medium and Support
- iridescent glass and plaster
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Wrapped Roses
- Artist
- Christo
- Physical Description
- Three plastic long-stemmed red roses wrapped in thick transparent polyethylene, tied with twine, ends stapled
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.28
- Medium and Support
- plastic, cord and staples
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Rivets are Bayonets - Drive Them Home!
- Artist
- John E. Sheridan
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1948
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.87
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Patchwork Quilt
- Artist
- Anonymous American
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.146
- Medium and Support
- cotton
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Pewabic Pottery
- Physical Description
- Ceramic vessel with round body wide mouth and slightly flared lip covered in a bright blue-gold iridescent glaze
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th c.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.169
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with bright blue-gold iridescent glaze
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Bowl
- Artist
- J.T. Abernathy
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1933
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1945
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.158
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Boxing (La Boxe; Series of Six Prints)
- Artist
- William Horace Littlefield
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.385
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- This is what God gives us - What are you giving so that others may live? Eat less wheat, meat, fats, sugar - Send more to Europe or they will starve
- Artist
- Albert Hendee
- Physical Description
- Text: This is what GOD gives us - What are you going so that others may live? - Eat less - WHEAT - MEAT - FATS - SUGAR - Send more to Europe or they will Starve - United States Food Administration
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1917
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.49
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Gox Model T-3
- Artist
- Ernest Trova
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.81
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Scene in the Catskills
- Artist
- Thomas Cole
- Physical Description
- This landscape painting depicts a rocky hillside beneath a blue sky and towering cloud formations. In the foreground area, a stream flows between boulders and cascades over rocks. There is a large square boulder with the roots and stump of a dead tree. The right side of the painting has green vegetation along the edege of the stream and tall green-leafed trees further back on the side of the hill. On the left, beyond the hill, there is a glimpse of far distant mountains. This scene is painted in warm tones of green and brown in a realistic manner. Patches of sunlight highlight areas of the hillside, boulders and the stream.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born England, 1801-1848
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1801-1848
- Accession Number
- 1919.2
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Have You a Red Cross Service Flag?
- Artist
- Jessie Willcox Smith
- Artist Life Dates
- 1863-1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.88
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Condensation
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2005/2.12
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas and board
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Pewabic Pottery
- Physical Description
- Ceramic vessel with short neck, rounded shoulder, flared lip and wide mouth covered in iridescent gray-green glaze
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th c.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.199
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iridescent glaze
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Teklanika River, Mount McKinley National Park
- Artist
- Ansel Adams
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1964
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.238
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Monhegan Sketches: Landscape with Buildings
- Artist
- Warren Lombard
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855-1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1918-1919
- Accession Number
- 1940.347
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- In the Mountain Fastness
- Artist
- Daniel Huntington
- Physical Description
- Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816 - 1906
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1850
- Accession Number
- 1916.1
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Abstract Form
- Artist
- Peter Voulkos
- Physical Description
- Large stoneware abstract sculpture with two balanced lateral crescent-shaped forms branching off a central conical structure. Brown with loosely-painted broad brushstrokes in black and incised decoration of rows of dots in a “stitching-like” pattern
- Artist Life Dates
- (1924 - 2002)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.181
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Indio, California, from "The Fault Zone"
- Artist
- Joe Deal
- Physical Description
- This is a black and white photograph depicting a rocky hillside in a barren landscape. There are craggy peaks in the background and some scrub type vegetation. The viewpoint is from above looking down.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1947 - 2010)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.130.1
- Medium and Support
- gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Sand Dunes, Ogunquit
- Artist
- Jane C. Stanley
- Artist Life Dates
- 1863-1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1863-1940
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.192
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Remember the Boys in France!--Write Them Often - Connecticut State Council of Defense
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Text: REMEMBER THE BOYS IN FRANCE!--WRITE THEM OFTEN - Armistice Results in a Reduction of $1,180,315,000 in Naval Estimates for 1920 Secretary Daniels Reports. However no reduction is made in the estimate of $600,000,000 for a second three years building program of 156 ships including ten super dreadnoughts, six battle cruisers and 140 smaller warships. Photo [signed E. Muller] shows the Minnesota and when the program is carried out the U.S. Navy will be the second largest in the world. - Solf Wants To Separate The Allies; His Whining Notes Must'nt [sic.] Fool You - Germany's recent appeals for mercy were directed at certain sentimental and misguided Americans. Their purpose was to make the Allies wrangle and so allow Germany easy peace terms. Then Germany would be strong enough in a few years to start another war. - We Must Fight This Latest Hun Propaganda
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.128
- Medium and Support
- halftone on paper
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Pewabic Pottery
- Physical Description
- Footed vessel with round body and covered in iridescent muddy gray-ish glaze
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th c.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.181
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iridescent glaze
- relevance
- rank 7.85366
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)