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![Untitled [Owls]; Kawano Kaoru](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.29/1998_2.29.JPG?back=back1337644896;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=1;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ty2;q1=abstract){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Owls]
- Artist
- Kawano Kaoru
- Physical Description
- This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.29
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Young Woman with Mandolin
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- This painting depicts the abstract form of a woman sitting in a chair with her head, shown in profile and tilted upward. There is a stringed instrument in her lap and her hands rest on the arms of the chair. It is painted in muted colors of aqua and lavender with brighter areas of yellow, orange and blue. The figure, chair and instrument are created with just a few black lines to suggest their forms.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881-1973
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1932
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.69
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is a green colored square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in gray, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.6
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seascape (I), from the portfolio "New York Ten" (C.34)
- Artist
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Physical Description
- Colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in blue to depict an abstract seascape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1964; published 1965
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.128
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on translucent Rowlux
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Gio Ponti's Mirror
- Artist
- Lucio Pozzi
- Physical Description
- A small, squat rectangle divided into two halves is centered on a large sheet of paper. The left half is a blue wash with black marks; the right half is a light gray wash with blue marks.
- Artist Life Dates
- born Italy, 1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.254
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Abstract Circles
- Artist
- Fukui Ryonosuke
- Physical Description
- This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1924-1986
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.33
- Medium and Support
- color print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is a dark gold square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in green, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.1
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water
- Artist
- Kay Sage
- Physical Description
- Four spare industrial structures rise at different angles into an empty landscape. On the viewer's right, a scaffolding rises from the lower corner and angles to the left. On the left, another scaffold structure runs from the bottom corner along the left edge. In the middle, a building-like structure rises from the bottom of the composition and leans into the visual space, resting on a long rectangular solid that is draped with a cloth.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898 - 1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.1
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
![Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]; Kawano Kaoru](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.25/1998_2.25.JPG?back=back1337644896;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=9;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ty2;q1=abstract){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]
- Artist
- Kawano Kaoru
- Physical Description
- This print, as the title indicates, portrays woodpeckers percehed on the side of a tree.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.25
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is a slate green square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in dark gray, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.3
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- This work portrays a dynamic, umbrella-studded view of the University of Michigan Diag, based on sketches Saitô made during his trip to Ann Arbor in the fifties.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1956
- Accession Number
- 1959/2.28
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
![Untitled [Four cranes and a person]; Kawano Kaoru](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.27/1998_2.27.JPG?back=back1337644896;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=12;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ty2;q1=abstract){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Four cranes and a person]
- Artist
- Kawano Kaoru
- Physical Description
- This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.27
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is a grey colored square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in dark green, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.5
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
![Die Säule [The Piillar]; Paul Klee](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.160/2000_2.160.JPG?back=back1337644896;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=14;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ty2;q1=abstract){kind=link}
- Title
- Die Säule [The Piillar]
- Artist
- Paul Klee
- Physical Description
- watercolor and ink on paper
- Artist Life Dates
- 1879-1940
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1926
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.160
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Niemeyer's Fancy
- Artist
- Lucio Pozzi
- Physical Description
- A small, squat rectangle divided into two halves is centered on a large sheet of paper. The left half is orange at top, red at bottom, with swirling lines of tan and gray; the right half is orange at top, red at bottom, with swirling lines of blue and green. Both sides are dotted with black.
- Artist Life Dates
- born Italy, 1935
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1993
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.253
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is an olive green square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in gray, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.7
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seat 4
- Artist
- Maki Haku
- Artist Life Dates
- (Ibaraki Prefecture, 1924 - 2000)
- Century
- 20th-21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960-2000
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.320
- Medium and Support
- woodblock and cement block print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)
- Artist
- Bridget Riley
- Physical Description
- pencil drawing and gouache on paper
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.170
- Medium and Support
- gouache and pencil on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- 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 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Actress
- Artist
- Emil Nolde
- Physical Description
- Abstract portrait of an actress, formed by abstract pools of watercolor with only slight detailing laid in after to suggest a bowed head and curved neck.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1956
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1912
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.102
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on brown wove medium-weight paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is a burnt orange square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in brown, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.2
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1954
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.25
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
![Untitled [Two cranes]; Kaoru Kawano](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.26/1998_2.26.JPG?back=back1337644896;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=23;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ty2;q1=abstract){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [Two cranes]
- Artist
- Kaoru Kawano
- Physical Description
- This work is an abstrated representation of two cranes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1916 - 1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.26
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Seven Aquatints
- Artist
- Robert Mangold
- Physical Description
- This work is a dark yellow square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in green, that touches all four edges of the square, and a smaller square outlined in white.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1937
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 1999/1.104.4
- Medium and Support
- aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
![Untitled [same as 1987/1.241, entitled "Buddha (B)"; Kannon]; image of a famous 7th-century sculpture at Hôryûji, Nara; Saitô Kiyoshi](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.240/1987_1.240.JPG?back=back1337644896;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=25;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ty2;q1=abstract){kind=link}
- Title
- Untitled [same as 1987/1.241, entitled "Buddha (B)"; Kannon]; image of a famous 7th-century sculpture at Hôryûji, Nara
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Physical Description
- Despite the title given by the artist, this print is a highly abstracted representation of a famous 7th century sculpture of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (J. Kannon), in the collection of Hôryûji Temple, Nara.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.240
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.11152
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Title
- Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930; cast 1957
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.399
- Medium and Support
- polished bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- 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 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Henry Moore
- Physical Description
- A small carved wood sculpture depicting a seated figure with legs crossed.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1932
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.27
- Medium and Support
- lignum vitae with wood base
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Title
- Strider
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculptures resembling headless human figures standing with one foot forward. The surface textures are all uniquely irregular and rough, with long vertical striations. All have colored patina, one is gold, one is green, and one is whiteish gray.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.468
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Title
- Angry Neptune
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has a whitish tinge.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.466
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Title
- Growing Forms
- Artist
- David Smith
- Physical Description
- A roughly teardrop-shaped sculpture of shiny cast aluminum. Within the basic organic shape are several curls and a shape that appears to be a woman or perhaps a fetus. The sculpture sits atop a tall wooden base composed of a stack of fat disc shapes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1965
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1980/1.213A
- Medium and Support
- cast aluminum on wood base
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Title
- Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Physical Description
- A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.26
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Title
- Salacia
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- Large bronze sculpture resembling a headless human figure. The surface texture is very rough with deep voids and coarse patches of metal. The brown patina has areas with a greenish tinge.
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.467
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 9.99785
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture