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- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 7/22
- 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
- 2002/2.153H
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl
- relevance
- rank 1.11754
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Stones from the River, vessel 16/22
- 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
- 2002/2.153Q
- Medium and Support
- Nigerian black ebony
- relevance
- rank 1.11754
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- wood and wood products
- Title
- Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with woven metallic threads. Lining is made of white damask silk with sayagata pattern; white gofun painted lines between pattern repeats and then bokashizome in "stripes" of colors. Woven design of sparrow and bamboo is on the back only.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.353
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with woven metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 1.11739
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
- Title
- Needlework
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- A young woman seated at a slight angle in an upholstered armchair looks towards the viewer. In her lap and hands is a piece of fabric. The woman has a dark dress and hair worn back and bangs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1896
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.390
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph on cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11700
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- Smiling Woman in Floral Dress
- Artist
- Mike Disfarmer
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a woman, seen from the waist up, wearing a short sleeve, floral dress and smiling. Her shoulder length, dark hair is curled and tied back with a ribbon.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1884 - 1959
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.27
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11700
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- 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 1.11687
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- form attributes
- forms of expression
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- shape
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.370A&B
- Medium and Support
- black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
- relevance
- rank 1.11678
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- footwear
- footwear by form
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
- Title
- Design for a square plate, signed
- Artist
- Hamada Shôji
- Physical Description
- Design for a square plate with stylized plant design painted on paper in ink. Signed.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894 - 1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.221
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper, unmounted
- relevance
- rank 1.11627
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- dishes
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Black crepe haori with kotobuki designs in several colors
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with wax-resist design in several colors, touch of gold paint. White silk damask lining with stenciled (katztome) (?) designs of large, abstract flowers (design of white flowers on red ground)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.352
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with wax resist design with red and white silk twill lining
- relevance
- rank 1.11615
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- equipment
- equipment by process
- image-making equipment
- image-making processes and techniques
- main garments
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- salted paper processes
- tools and equipment
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Buddhist Bronze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- mid 7th-early 8th centuries
- Object Creation Date
- circa 650-725
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.78
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.11600
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- 3 square red #79/125
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- This square screenprint is a color study in red. There are three squares all nestled within eachother with the lightest red on the outside, becoming darker towards the smallest square.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.5
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11527
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- 3 square red #12/125
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- This square screenprint is a color study in red. There are three squares all nestled within eachother,with the darkest red on the outside, becoming lighter towards the smallest square.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.6
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11527
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Empedocles
- Artist
- René Boyvin
- Physical Description
- A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun's rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1525-1598
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1539-1540
- Accession Number
- 1990/1.189
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11524
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- outerwear
- overcoats
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- 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
- religious figures
- scientific concepts
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- worshippers
- Title
- Black Roses, Sept. 30
- Artist
- Donald Sultan
- Physical Description
- Dense foliage concentrated in the center of the paper. Signature, date and title are largely written and on the top and side of the work in pencil. Chunks of charcoal stuck on the paper in small areas.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.16
- Medium and Support
- charcoal on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11520
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- european
- european styles and periods
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plant components
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- trees (components)
- Title
- La Cigarette
- Artist
- Jacques Villon
- Physical Description
- Colors: rose, brown, blue, green, grey, yellow. Paper size: lh 63 1/5cm & rh 63cm x w 45cm. Image size: lh 41 4/5cm & rh 41 1/2cm x w 34 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1875-1963
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.369
- Medium and Support
- color etching and aquatint on calendered beige wove paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11520
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- leaf (plant material)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- plant material
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- tobacco
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Way to Deadman's Cove
- Artist
- Warren Lombard
- Physical Description
- This forest scene has three trees in the middle of the composition; a straight narrow tree lies in the middle, with a tree next to it leaning diagonally to the right, and a smaller tree in the background to the left. On either side of the composition are more trees. Behind the middle trees we can see the forest open up with a lighter space. The bottom third of the composition shows the forest floor, a faint path, and shadows cast by the trees.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855-1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1926
- Accession Number
- 1940.36
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11507
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- descriptors
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- light-related concepts
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- plant material
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- walkways
- wilderness
- woody plants
- Title
- 'Les Gueux' or 'Les Mendiants'. Les Deux Pèlerins (The Two Pilgrims)
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- Two rough figures dominate the composition with a lightly etched landscape behind them. Both figures hold a staff and each is dressed in ragged clothes. In addition, the scallop shell, indicating that they are pilgrims to the shrine of St. James the Greater at Santiago de Compostela, is visible on the brims of their hats, and on the left shoulder of the man standing to the right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592/3-1635
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1622-1628
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.146
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11489
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- farmers
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- religious figures
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- shell and shell material
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- worshippers
- Title
- Head of a Buddha, probably a 'kebutsu' (Buddha in a transformation body) from the crown of an Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.38
- Medium and Support
- gilt wood
- relevance
- rank 1.11471
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- bodhisattva
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- devotional images
- doctrinal concepts
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious visual works
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by function
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- The Hermit Tao Yuanming Enjoying Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Li Shida (Li Shih-ta)
- Physical Description
- Inscription: Painted in the fall of 1619. Li Shida
- Two seals of the artist
- Ten collectors’ seals, including five imperial seals of the Qing dynasty
- Tao Yuanming intently watches an attendant water the chrysanthemums. His brushwork is detailed and the composition elegant.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1573 - 1619)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1619
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.184
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.11443
- Secondary Keywords
- authors
- buildings and the land
- costumes
- descriptors
- geography
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in literature
- people in literature and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Bodhisattva or royal donor figure: part of a Buddhist altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.76
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.11414
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, seated in lalitasana and holding a lotus bud in the left hand: part of a Buddhist altar group
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.71
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.11414
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- doctrinal concepts
- form attributes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
- Title
- Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux"
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Physical Description
- The single figure of a beggar dominates the composition. Dressed in rags and leaning on a staff, the figure faces the viewer and is shown walking with only slight indication of setting, principally the man's shadows.
- Two punctures approximately 4cm apart at the upper center. Paper size: h 21 2/5cm x w 15 1/10cm. Plate size: lh 13 7/10cm & rh 13 2/5cm x tw 8 3/5cm & bw 8 7/10cm.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1621
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.383.2
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11388
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- intaglio prints
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- people by gender
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Una Casita
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of a house on a street corner. The image is crisp with stark black and white contrast and textures in shades of gray. The house appears to have a covered walkway in which stands a woman wearing a hat.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.91
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11382
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- residential structures
- roads
- roads by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation spaces
- Title
- Cloudy Mountains and Misty Trees, after Dong Yuan
- Artist
- Zha Shibiao (Cha Shih-piao)
- Physical Description
- This vertical composition consists of tall, thin trees in the foreground, with a lone boatman floating beneath and behind them. As the scene stretches upwars, mountains take up a dominant position in the picture, stretching toward the sky. Above them is calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Haiyang, Anhui, 1615 - 1698)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.73
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11372
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.19
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- relevance
- rank 1.11288
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buddhist doctrinal concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- doctrinal concepts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- form attributes
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
![Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn; Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.60/1978_2.60.JPG?back=back1338892982;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=3146;size=50;sort=relevance;start=3121;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_keywords2;q1=descriptors){kind=link}
- Title
- Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn
- Artist
- Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]
- Physical Description
- Inscription: … painted at Mr. Zhu’s Plum Hut Studio in the winter of 1639. Zhang Hong of Suzhou
- Two seals of the artist
- One collector’s seal
- A solitary scholar, dwarfed by the surrounding autumnal landscape, seated inside a pavilion as he contemplates the ancient classic, The Book of Changes.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1577 - after 1668
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1639
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.60
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.11265
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- architecture
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- figures
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- waterscapes
- Title
- Sketch Drawing for North Elevation at Main Lobby, Mott Children's Hospital
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- This is a drawing for the installation of a terrazzo floor installation at the Mott Children's Hospital in Michigan. It includes notes and comments by the artist.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.1
- Medium and Support
- pencil and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11214
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- drafting, drawing and writing equipment
- drawing and drawing techniques
- equipment
- equipment by process
- floors and floor components
- image-making equipment
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- surface elements
- surface elements and surface element components
- tools and equipment
- Title
- The Sisters
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Physical Description
- Two women dressed in dark clothing sit in an interior setting. The nearer woman leans far back in an armchair, head resting on her left hand, legs crossed. The other woman is sitting more upright at the center of the composition. The women look at one another in an attitude of quiet conversation. To the left of the composition is a round table.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1894-1895
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.75
- Medium and Support
- transfer lithograph, with scraping on antique cream laid paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11164
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- lithography
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- people by gender
- planographic printing processes
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- Title
- Souvenir d'Italie
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- Physical Description
- Vertically orientated image with trees along a hil like sketching on the right side of the image. Two tree trunks and foliage are distinguishable in the foreground. To the left of the trees and in the bottom third of the image is a small church-like structure barely visible at all. There is a a cloud in the upper half of the left side of the image, just barely extending into the tree foliage, also very faint in tone.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1875
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1973/1.722
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11079
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- 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
- 1983/1.336.57
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11062
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- early western world
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- prints
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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
- Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Bamileke
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.101
- Medium and Support
- metal blade with wood handle
- relevance
- rank 1.11053
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- cameroon grassfields
- cameroon styles
- cutting equipment
- cutting tools
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- equipment
- equipment by process
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects
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- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- weapons
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- west african styles
- Title
- Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.158
- Medium and Support
- red and black ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.11013
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
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- processes and techniques
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- religions
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- scroll paintings
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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- Title
- _sen Edo Meisho: Ryogoku Bridge, Evening Fireworks
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige III
- Physical Description
- People are standing on the huge arch bridge over water, viewing the boats with red lanterns sailing on the water.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1843 - 1894)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1865-1875
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.143
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
- relevance
- rank 1.10967
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- prints
- prints by process
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- relief prints
- single built works
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- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
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- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- watercraft
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- woodcuts
- Title
- School Recess, Cuba, 1970
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A group of young children in Cuba. The title states that they have been let out for recess, and the children are smiling and running out of the school as well as waving their arms, possibly at the photographer.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.83
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.10967
- Secondary Keywords
- american regions
- buildings and the land
- caribbean
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- institutional buildings
- people
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- styles and periods
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- the americas
- youth
- Title
- Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- It is a grayish purple silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with purple, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The dark purple scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, pale and blue green, and black colors. The half bottom of the family crest is also dyed with pink. There are mix of tropical flowers and foliage including four kinds of orchids, gladiolus, ferns, and ginger in red, yellow, green, purple, black and white hue. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.359
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 1.10881
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- nonwoody plants
- objects we use
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- salted paper processes
- settlements and landscapes
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Title
- Phra Malai (The Monk)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Physical Description
- Gilt bronze statue of monk with a begging bowl over his shoulder. This is Phra Malai, who achieved extraordinary powers through his accumulated merit and was able to visit numerous hells and heavens and then travel back to report on what he had seen. Phrai Malai has elongated ears and stands on a wooden base wearing a detailed robe.
- Century
- 19th- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.453
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.10877
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in religion
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- people in the humanities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious (people)
- southeast asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- The Spirit of War Camp Community Service - A Club Dinner - United War Work Campaign
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- Text: (photo caption) A Club Dinner - The Spirit of War Camp Community Service - United War Work Campaign - 4C
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.129
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.10871
- Secondary Keywords
- albums
- army
- candles and candleholders
- containers
- containers by function or context
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- descriptors
- dishes
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- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
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- furniture by form or function
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- people and occupations
- posters
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- soldiers
- text-based art
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- war
- Title
- Plate with incised floral scrolls
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Physical Description
- A plate with incised floral patterns and splashed green glaze.
- Century
- 11th-12th century
- Object Creation Date
- 11th century - 12th century
- Accession Number
- 1957/1.52
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with cream-colored slip and splashed green glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.10871
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- dishes
- geographic and political locations
- middle east (general region)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- surface marking processes and techniques
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Title
- Sancai tomb guardian (one of a pair w/2004/2.132.2) with animal face and horns
- 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 an animal face and horns
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 675-750
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.132.1
- Medium and Support
- earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
- relevance
- rank 1.10859
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- buildings and the land
- chinese
- chinese ceramics styles
- chinese styles
- chinese styles and periods
- creature
- descriptors
- east asian
- funerary structures
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- pottery (object genre)
- single built works
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- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- 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
- 1983/1.336.58
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.10845
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- early western world
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
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- plane figures
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- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
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- visual works
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- Title
- Old Well at Sion
- Artist
- Auguste Louis Lepère
- Physical Description
- Size: h 27cm x tw 39 1/2cm & bw 39 2/5cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1849-1918
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.362
- Medium and Support
- black chalk, charcol and gauge on brown artist board
- relevance
- rank 1.10812
- Secondary Keywords
- topographical
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- dwellings
- earthworks (engineering works)
- houses
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- objects we use
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- Title
- La Couture
- Artist
- Bernard Gaillot
- Artist Life Dates
- 1780-1847
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1828
- Accession Number
- 1977/1.165
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.10802
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
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- needleworking and needleworking techniques
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- Title
- Niki 1
- Artist
- Chet LaMore
- Physical Description
- An abstract sculpture in bronze.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-1980
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.97
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 1.10761
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
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- Title
- Field Notes II
- Artist
- Larry Cressman
- Physical Description
- Small, thin raspberry twigs are organized in horizental rows to form a square on a white background.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1945
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.103
- Medium and Support
- raspberry twigs, polymer, pins
- relevance
- rank 1.10729
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by function
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- equipment
- equipment by process
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- piercing tools
- plant components
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- tools and equipment
- trees (components)
- Title
- Skulls
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- A large skull with zigzag lines on the one side. The skull is a black outline and there are varying shapes behind in grey, green, blue, white and black.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-1987
- Object Creation Date
- 1976
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.578
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on Strathmore Bristol paper
- relevance
- rank 1.10702
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
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- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- TSBC3
- Artist
- Jordan Eagles
- Physical Description
- An abstract painting of blood in a sunburst pattern.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1977 - )
- Object Creation Date
- 2011
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.1
- Medium and Support
- blood, copper preserved on plexiglass, UV resin
- relevance
- rank 1.10702
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
- constructions (sculpture)
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- materials
- materials by origin
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
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- organ (animal material)
- people and culture
- sculpture
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- visual works
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- Title
- Profile Airflow—Test Mold, Front End
- Artist
- Claes Oldenburg
- Physical Description
- A polyurethane relief sculpture of the front end of an automobile superimposed over a silkscreen image of the car in an aluminum frame.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Sweden, 1929
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968-1972
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.80
- Medium and Support
- polyurethane relief over one-color silkscreen on Plexiglas
- relevance
- rank 1.10638
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- forming
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- modern and contemporary art
- object-making processes and techniques
- objects
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
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- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- transportation
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- vehicles
- Title
- Women on a Balcony
- Artist
- Jacob Epstein
- Physical Description
- Eight women appear on a balcony in this drawing with a vaguely indicated crowd looking up at them from below. Most of the women appear at least partly nude, and several wear headdresses and necklaces reminiscent of Egyptian costume.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1880 - 1959)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1959
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.498
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 1.10609
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
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- rooms and spaces by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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- 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 1.10541
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- descriptors
- design elements
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Noh Dancer as Empress Jingû with a Trout
- Artist
- Yamawaki Tôki
- Physical Description
- An masked Noh actor dressed as Empress Jingû is holds a catch of a river trout on a pole. The actor wears a brocade kimono with a floral scroll design, tucked into a stiffly starched pair of brocade trousers. His cloak is a green gauze silk with woven gold phoenix designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777-1839
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1831
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.397
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 1.10479
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plant material
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- wood and wood products
- wood products