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Title

Opposite

Artist

Josef Albers

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1933

Accession Number

1953/2.2

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 7.63390

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Frank Stella

Physical Description

Two sets of concentric arcs of bright colors radiate toward one another from the lower left corner and the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

1993/2.6

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

relevance

rank 7.57714

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Cactus

Artist

Graham Sutherland

Physical Description

Three forms that are simulatenously organic and sculptural stand in a line. At their base they appear sculptural or vessel-like, but further up they become more organic and cactus-like in their form. The table and background are yellow. The forms are executed mostly with white, off-white, and gray.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1954/2.39

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.54449

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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life

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people and culture

plants

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scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

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Title

Construction #45

Artist

José de Rivera

Artist Life Dates

1904-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1957

Accession Number

1983/1.401

Medium and Support

stainless steel with wood base

relevance

rank 7.51535

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Title

White Line Square XII (Series II)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

Squares in progressing sizes and shades of orange

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

2011/1.119

Medium and Support

three color alumninum plate lithographs on hand cut Arches cover paper

relevance

rank 7.50662

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

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coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by form

coverings and hangings by specific type

european

european styles and periods

flatweaves

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

ingrain carpets

modern european fine arts styles and movements

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objects we use

people and culture

rugs

rugs by technique

styles and periods

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Title

20 décembre 1952

Artist

Pierre Soulages

Physical Description

Abstract painting in muted colors with shades of blacks, browns, and white. The composition consists of bold diagonal lines and blocks of black, brown, and white.

Artist Life Dates

born 1919

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1952

Accession Number

1954/2.61

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.50045

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Title

9-69

Artist

David Brown

Artist Life Dates

Born 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1983/1.400

Medium and Support

stainless steel with painted wood base

relevance

rank 7.50045

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Title

I-S Va 4 (Six Variants)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

Geometric abstract rectangular arches in shades of red and orange

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/1.116

Medium and Support

screenprint on Arches

relevance

rank 7.47409

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

arches and arch components

architectural elements

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components and systems

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european

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people and culture

spanning and projecting structural elements

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Construction (Konstruktion)

Artist

László Moholy-Nagy

Physical Description

Two tall, rectangular intersecting planes, one black and one white, create the appearance of a tall, minimal structure. Vertical lines of black and white add to the structure, which at its base projects slightly into a rough square shape that seems to delineate a kind of ground or base. The space around the structure is ochre.

Artist Life Dates

Hungary, 1895-1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

1957/1.30

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.43434

Secondary Keywords

height

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lithographs

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multistory buildings

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

planographic prints

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prints

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quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

single built works

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styles and periods

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Durango I

Artist

Sean Scully

Physical Description

Rectangles of offwhite and blue-grey, of various sizes, arranged on a grid.

Artist Life Dates

active b. 1945

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2002/2.54

Medium and Support

spitbite aquatint on paper

relevance

rank 7.39936

Secondary Keywords

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Small Worlds, III (Kleine Welten, III)

Artist

Wassily Kandinsky

Physical Description

Positioned within a black background a vertically stationed white oval shape sits at center; within the oval are a series of abstracted forms and lines in primary colors all characteristic of Kandinsky's style.

Artist Life Dates

1866 - 1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1922

Accession Number

1948/1.62

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.38169

Secondary Keywords

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.65

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 7.37053

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Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.67

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 7.37053

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.66

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 7.37053

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

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Title

Rectangular Bronze Form No. 2

Artist

Robert Adams

Physical Description

Thin, double-side, H-shaped bronze sculpture. Each side is made up of a collection of rough rectangle shapes overlapping and butting up against one another. Two rectangle-shaped openings penetrate the piece.

Artist Life Dates

1917-1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1953

Accession Number

1954/2.40

Medium and Support

bronze with wood base

relevance

rank 7.36861

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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copper alloy

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european

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geometric figures

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metal

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objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

processes and techniques

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quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Akbar's Bounty

Artist

Michael Mode

Physical Description

A wide-mouthed bowl narrows steeply to a small base. A brown and white checker board pattern covers the interior and exterior and scales down as the diameter decreases toward the bottom.

wood bowl with geometric patterning in concentric rings, decreasing in size top to bottom

Artist Life Dates

born 1946

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2002/2.166

Medium and Support

holly and morado

relevance

rank 7.34713

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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asian

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containers

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descriptors

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forms of expression

geometric patterns

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

indian

indian styles and periods

islamic indian styles and periods

materials

materials by origin

mughal

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

plant material

processes and techniques

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processes and techniques by specific type

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels

wood and wood products

woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques

Title

Composition: from 'Quantum Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1971/1.193

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.34599

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1962

Accession Number

1964/1.116

Medium and Support

embossed color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.34599

Secondary Keywords

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visual arts

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visual works

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Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.64

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 7.34599

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Composition: from 'Octet Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1971/1.192

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.34599

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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prints

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Early Stage of Proposal for General Mills Commission (Egyptian Beauty)

Artist

Jene Highstein

Physical Description

Heavily worked and reworked pencil drawing on large square of grid paper. Form is an ovoid shape with longitudinal and lateral lines, thinner than it is tall, fit into a rectangular box that represents the block of stone to be carved. At the bottom right of the sketched image, Highstein has noted the dimensions (7’ x 7’ x 2’) x 7. Seven blocks of granite at 2’ x 2’ x 7’ were meant to be stacked and carved into the proposed shape.

Artist Life Dates

(1942 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2008/2.232

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 7.33274

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animal material

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forms of expression

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materials

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objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

rock

rock by form

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ups and Downs

Artist

Tyree Guyton

Physical Description

Two abstracted bust-length figures, one male and one female, look directly at the viewer with large smiles against a tan background filled with swirling lines and scribbles. The face and eyes of each figure are outlined in thick green, the mouths in thick yellow. The “whites” of the eyes are red, while the pupils are circles of pale purple. From the eyes of the male figure, purple paint drips down his checks; in the female figure, the paint drips upwards.

Artist Life Dates

born 8/24/1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2002/1.202

Medium and Support

acrylic on masonite

relevance

rank 7.31432

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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mouths

objects we use

people

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the americas

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Title

Standing Figure

Artist

Alberto Giacometti

Physical Description

An elongated figure with minimal features stands on a small rectangular base with left foot slightly forward. The metal has a texture resembling molten wax.

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1957

Accession Number

1958/1.137

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 7.28829

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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associated concepts

concepts in the arts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

figures

forming

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genres

inorganic material

materials

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metal

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objects we use

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physical activities

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processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Saint Amond

Artist

Jacques Callot

Physical Description

Entire print is backed with a peice of beige laid paper. There is a hole in the print at the left-cetner. A tear has been repared at the lower left corner. Print was trimmed just larger than the frame, leaving more space at the bottom of the image. Paper size: h 20 3/5cm x tw 28 1/5cm & bw 28 2/5cm. Image size: h 19 1/2cm x tw 27 9/10cm & bw 28 1/10cm.

Accession Number

2008/2.382

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper & backed with beige laid paper

relevance

rank 7.25993

Secondary Keywords

art genres

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associated concepts

buildings and the land

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religious buildings

religious structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Chess Set (Board)

Artist

Victor Vasarely

Physical Description

Acrylic chess set. The playing pieces are of various geometric shapes. The board and the space that surrounds it are covered with a colorful grid pattern, which each square filled with a circle.

Artist Life Dates

1908 - 1997

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1980

Accession Number

2004/2.86II

Medium and Support

acrylic sculpture

relevance

rank 7.17535

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

card, table and board game elements

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gameboards

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recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Chess Set (Chess Pieces and Base of Table)

Artist

Victor Vasarely

Physical Description

Acrylic chess set. The playing pieces are of various geometric shapes. The board and the space that surrounds it are covered with a colorful grid pattern in shades of blues and purples,.

Artist Life Dates

1908 - 1997

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1980

Accession Number

2004/2.86A-EE & HH

Medium and Support

acrylic sculpture

relevance

rank 7.17535

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

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recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn

Physical Description

Trimmed to frame. Paper size: h 10 7/10cm x tw 9 3/5cm & bw 9 2/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1606-1669

Object Creation Date

1634

Accession Number

2008/2.408

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 7.09347

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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religions

religions and religious concepts

single built works

single built works by condition

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sphere with Colour (Grey and White)

Artist

Barbara Hepworth

Physical Description

Oval-shaped piece of veined, green Swedish marble standing on one of its narrow ends. Three holes of different sizes penetrate into the object's center. The holes are painted respectively in a semi-gloss black and matte white.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1975

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

1967/1.43

Medium and Support

Swedish green marble and paint on wood base

relevance

rank 7.08981

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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objects we use

people and culture

rock

rock by form

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shape

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Spitball

Artist

Tony Smith

Physical Description

A black granite abstract sculpute. Two "legs" rise up toward one another to meet at a point, making a basic triangle shape. At the bottom of the "legs," two horizontal "feet" protrude away from the object's center and end in four-sided points.

Artist Life Dates

1912 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1961; created 1970

Accession Number

1974/2.51

Medium and Support

granite

relevance

rank 7.08726

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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european

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people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

rock

rock by form

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Black Excursion No. 13

Artist

Louise Nevelson

Physical Description

Square, rectangular, and circular pieces of wood and formica are assembled in rectilinear, cabinet-like compartments. The entire object is painted black.

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1988

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1964

Accession Number

1997/1.131

Medium and Support

painted wood and black formica

relevance

rank 6.91472

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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descriptors

european

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geometric shapes

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modern european fine arts styles and movements

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object-making processes and techniques

people and culture

plant material

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

rectangles

sculpture techniques

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

wood and wood products

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

1983/1.336.15

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 6.88869

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

abstraction

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

early western world

forms of expression

greek

image-making processes and techniques

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii

Artist

Randolph Rogers

Physical Description

A white marble statue of a young female figure, leaning forward holding a staff with eyes closed, her left hand held up to her right ear. A flowing, wind-swept garment drapes the figure. On the base to the left of the figure is a broken capital of a Corinthian column lying on its side.

Artist Life Dates

1825-1892

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1861

Accession Number

1862.1

Medium and Support

Carrara marble

relevance

rank 6.88852

Secondary Keywords

aegean

aegean architecture styles

aegean styles

allegory and literature

architectural elements

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

campania (region)

capitals and capital components

card, table and board game elements

child

column components

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

descriptors

early western world

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

europe

europe (continent)

european

european styles and periods

exceptional people

figures

game pieces

genres in the arts

geographic and political locations

handicapped

iconography

inorganic material

italy

italy (nation)

literary, oral and motion picture genres

locality

materials

materials by composition

mediterranean

modern european styles and movements

napoli (province)

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by state or condition

physically handicapped

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

rock

rock by form

sculpture by subject type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

supporting and resisting elements

symbolism

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

walking sticks

Title

Tacpere Maptom

Artist

Lynda Benglis

Physical Description

Hollow glass piece. The bottom half (whose end is flat and thus serves as a base) is a solid spring green separated by a band of translucent yellow. The top half is a darker olive green with a Kelly green stripe that winds from the yellow band at center to the hole at this end of the piece.

Artist Life Dates

(1941 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2008/2.223

Medium and Support

glass

relevance

rank 6.85495

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

glassworking and glassworking processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object genres

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

D&H Rogue

Artist

Richard Francisco

Physical Description

Ombre orange and black abstract forms painted on paper cut out and attached to wood, laid on top of another larger cutout of pink abstract form with “shadows” from the cutout above it painted in red; the paper collage is centered on a large sheet of white paper. Signed “D[orothy] & H[erb] Rogue” in bottom left corner, “R. J. Francisco ‘82” in bottom right corner.

Artist Life Dates

(1942 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1982

Accession Number

2008/2.229

Medium and Support

watercolor and ink wash on paper and painted wood

relevance

rank 6.80966

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

image-making processes and techniques

materials

materials by origin

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood and wood products

Title

Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.1) with human face

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Earthenware ceramic figure with tri-color glaze (in amber, cream and green) in the form of a creature with a human face

Century

7th-8th century

Object Creation Date

circa 675-750

Accession Number

2004/2.132.2

Medium and Support

earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

relevance

rank 6.79115

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

ceremonial objects

chinese

chinese ceramics styles

chinese styles

chinese styles and periods

concepts in the arts

descriptors

east asian

funerary structures

object genres

object genres by function

object genres by material

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

pottery (object genre)

sculpture

sculpture by function

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled (Woman)

Artist

Claudia deMonte

Physical Description

Figure of a woman wearing a long dress made in papier-mâché; features painted in acrylic paint; dress is red stippled with white; hair is brown; signed on the back “1986 For Herb & Dorothy Vogel from Claudia DeMonte.”

Artist Life Dates

(1947 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1979

Accession Number

2008/2.228

Medium and Support

acrylic on papier-mâché

relevance

rank 6.74785

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

costume

costume by form

descriptors

figural toys

figurines

international post-1945 styles and movements

main garments

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

recreational dolls

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

toys (recreational artifacts)

toys by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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

1983/1.336.11

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 6.73304

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

abstraction

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

early western world

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

greek

image-making processes and techniques

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Progress of Beauty 1

Artist

Mark Kostabi

Physical Description

Line drawing in felt tip marker on ivory ~ 10x13” paper.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.241

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.68322

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

business and related functions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

derivative objects

descriptors

european

european regions

functions

functions (activities)

functions by specific context

image-making processes and techniques

netherlandish

object genres

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

originals and derivative objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels

windows and window components

Title

Progress of Beauty 3

Artist

Mark Kostabi

Physical Description

Line drawing in felt tip marker on ivory ~ 10x13” paper with shading. Woman’s arm and dress and the cash register are partially filled in with black, as well as a pane of the stained glass window that she holds. The wall, pitcher, parts of the woman’s head and shoulder covering and bodice, and cash register have been modeled in stylized “half tone” of zigzag separating white and black; shadows take the form of dense curlicues. The tablecloth bears a “pattern” of crosses and eye-shaped forms. The map has been filled in with fingerprints.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.239

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.68322

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

business and related functions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

derivative objects

descriptors

european

european regions

functions

functions (activities)

functions by specific context

image-making processes and techniques

netherlandish

object genres

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

originals and derivative objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels

windows and window components

Title

Progress of Beauty 2

Artist

Mark Kostabi

Physical Description

Line drawing in felt tip marker on ivory ~ 10x13” paper with shading. Woman’s arm and dress filled in completely with black, as well as a pane of the stained glass window that she holds. The wall, pitcher, parts of the woman’s head and shoulder covering and bodice, and cash register have been modeled in stylized “half tone” of zigzag separating white and black; shadows take the form of dense curlicues. The tablecloth bears splotches of black ink that were possibly made by blowing air on wet ink through a straw. The map has been filled in with ink drips and splatters.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.238

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 6.68322

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

business and related functions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

containers

containers by form

derivative objects

descriptors

european

european regions

functions

functions (activities)

functions by specific context

image-making processes and techniques

netherlandish

object genres

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

originals and derivative objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels

windows and window components

Title

Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations"

Artist

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Physical Description

A highly abstracted photographic composition in which the viewer catches glimpses of a female nude seen in the stomach at center and the keyhole glimpse of a breast to the viewer's right; the overall composition is dark with patterned, textured overlapping fabrics

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934-1935; printed 1967

Accession Number

1971/2.150.4

Medium and Support

clichés-verre on paper

relevance

rank 6.61609

Secondary Keywords

plucked

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

breasts

chordophones

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

figures

figures (representations)

forms of expression

genres

lutelike chordophones

lutelike chordophones with short neck

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

photographs

photographs by processing or presentation technique

photographs by technique

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern

Artist

Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Physical Description

A black diamond in the center is positioned within a lavender square surrounded by a pink frame. The entire is surrounded by thick frame of black.

Century

early 20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2000/2.321

Medium and Support

cotton and wool

relevance

rank 6.37125

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animal material

artistic concepts

associated concepts

bed coverings

bedcovers

christianity

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

coverings and hangings by specific type

coverings and hangings components

coverings and hangings for furniture

coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur

descriptors

design elements

fiber and fiber products

fiber products

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furnishings components

geometric motifs

hair

hair and hair components

hair by form

keratinous material

materials

materials by form

materials by origin

materials by physical form

motifs

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

protestantism

quilt components

religions

religions and religious concepts

textile materials

textile materials by composition or origin

visual and tactile

Title

Untitled (Structural Constellation drawing)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

pen and ink drawing on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1955

Accession Number

2007/2.5

Medium and Support

pen and ink on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue

relevance

rank 6.35347

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by form

concepts in the arts

descriptors

diagrams

document genres

document genres by form

drawings

drawings by technique

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

international post-1945 styles and movements

materials

materials by function

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Young Girl Dreaming (Jeune fille rêvant), Plate IX, from "Transmutations"

Artist

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Physical Description

A female figure reclines on a divan on her side with her back toward the viewer; Beneath the divan the dark background is lined with a diamond patterning. Behind the figure are textures suggesting pillows or other textiles.

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934-1935; printed 1967

Accession Number

1971/2.150.9

Medium and Support

clichés-verre on paper

relevance

rank 6.21733

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

events

figures

figures (representations)

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

personal life events

photographs

photographs by processing or presentation technique

photographs by technique

physical activities

physical activities by general context

sleeping and reclining furniture

sound devices

sound devices by function

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Pop Dots

Artist

Barbara Levine

Physical Description

Abstract shape rendered in Styrofoam that has been covered with modeling compound. Base with four columns, three of which have “pop dots” attached to them. Partially painted a bright minty green, which gets darker in the “back” of the sculpture (the side that doesn’t have dots).

Artist Life Dates

(1953 - )

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.243

Medium and Support

oil on modeling compound-covered Styrofoam

relevance

rank 6.01886

Secondary Keywords

relation to water

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

constructions (sculpture)

descriptors

design elements

forms of expression

geometric motifs

gothic scripts

image-making processes and techniques

information form components

international post-1945 styles and movements

islands

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by position

landforms by shape or position

landscapes (environments)

latin and greek alphabet scripts

motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

script and type forms

scripts (writing)

scripts by form

sculpture

sculpture by technique

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

California Orange Grove

Artist

David Courlander

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1866-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 5.96359

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

upward

americas

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

deciduous trees

descriptors

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

equipment

equipment by context

fishing and trapping tools and equipment

food

fruit

geographic and political locations

geography

houses by location

houses by location or context

inorganic material

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

locality

materials

materials by composition

materials by function

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

north & central america

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

physical activities

physical activities by location

physical activities by specific context

physical sciences concepts

plant communities

plants

residential structures

riverine bodies

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

the natural world

tools and equipment

trees

trees by leaf life

united states

united states (nation)

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

water activities

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woods

woody plants

Title

The Famous Picnic at Val Kill

Artist

Ann Murfee Allen

Physical Description

Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1923 - 1995

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2002/1.178

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.76133

Secondary Keywords

american regions

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

dwellings

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

how we live

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

north american

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

political and social issues

residential structures

sailing vessels by size

seating furniture

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

single seating furniture

standing

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

tables (support furniture)

tables by function

the americas

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

waterscapes

woody plants