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Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, with a geometric pattern derived from a swastika form.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.402
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.99665
Primary Keywords
geometric motifs
ghana (nation)
Title
Goldweight in geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a a solid, undecorated triangle with a differently-colored, filled-up hole in the middle and flat circles protruding from the three corners.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.493
Medium and Support
brass
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Primary Keywords
geometric motifs
ghana (nation)
Title
Raffia Square
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1994/1.82
Medium and Support
knotted, dyed and woven raffia
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Primary Keywords
clothing
geometric shapes
squares
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Title
The Window
Artist
Anne Ryan
Artist Life Dates
1889-1954
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1943
Accession Number
1980/2.238
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on black paper
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Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
geometric shapes
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square, with a geometric pattern, consisting of variously sized triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.479
Medium and Support
brass
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Primary Keywords
geometric motifs
ghana (nation)
Title
Textile Square
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1950
Accession Number
1991/2.37
Medium and Support
dyed and woven raffia
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rank 5.99665
Primary Keywords
abstraction
geometric shapes
textiles
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Title
Construction in Gray #2
Artist
Norio Azuma
Artist Life Dates
b. Japan, 1928-2004
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1928-1966
Accession Number
1966/2.31
Medium and Support
serigraph on paper
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rank 5.99665
Primary Keywords
abstraction
construction
geometric shapes
Title
Goldweight in a geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of four flat cubes with a geometrical pattern consiting of individual "stars", each attached to two other cubes at two of the corners.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.410
Medium and Support
brass
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rank 5.99665
Primary Keywords
geometric motifs
ghana (nation)
Title
Goldweight with geometric pattern
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a square base, bearing a geometric pattern with squares and triangles in the center and edged teeth along two edges.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.500
Medium and Support
brass
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Primary Keywords
geometric motifs
ghana (nation)
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Title
White Line Square—VI
Artist
Josef Albers
Artist Life Dates
American, born Germany, 1888-1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1966
Accession Number
1983/1.314
Medium and Support
three-color lithograph on Arches paper
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rank 5.99665
Primary Keywords
abstraction
geometric shapes
squares
Title
Goldweight in the shape of a pyramid
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a step pyramid.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.380
Medium and Support
brass
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
ghana (nation)
pyramids (geometric figures)
Title
Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1940
Accession Number
1980/2.157
Medium and Support
ivory with red glass stopper in silver collar
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
ivory
monkeys
spheres (geometric figures)
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan background of four separate rectangles, hemmed edges throughout. One side is diamonds, one is an interlocking "V" pattern, one is joined diamonds and the other is "S" shapes pattern.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.89
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan and black geometric design of triangles intersecting.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.82
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
Title
Goldweight in the shape of a seed pod
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a small ball with a short, slightly curved, angular tail or handle attached to it.
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1986/2.134
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric figures
ghana (nation)
plants
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Two pieces of fabric connected by a seam in the center. Two separate diamond patterns, both in dark brown and tan.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.91
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Herbert Bayer
Physical Description
Square composition with large gray area and the remaining area has a series of curvilinear, multi-colored stripes. The largest stripes are yellow and straight- one runs from the lower left corner and tapers off in the upper right corner of the square; the other runs from the upper left corner and tapers off in the lower right corner. The other stripes, in shades of orange, red, blue and purple, radiate from the yellow stripes like the spokes of a fan.
Artist Life Dates
American, born Austria, 1900-1985
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
2009/2.7
Medium and Support
serigraph in color on paper
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Primary Keywords
abstract
colors
curvilinear
geometric
stripes
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Title
Sta. Eulalia
Artist
Pierre Daura
Artist Life Dates
1896 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
2001/2.105
Medium and Support
watercolor on paper
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Primary Keywords
abstraction
buildings
figures
geometric shapes
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Title
Angler (mit Sonne)
Artist
Lyonel Feininger
Artist Life Dates
1871-1956
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1919
Accession Number
1948/1.350
Medium and Support
woodcut on Japanese paper
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
abstraction
expressionism
figures
geometric shapes
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Three panels, all the same background color sewn together. Interlocking triangles on both sides are dark brown and yellow diamonds in center mixed with brown.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.84
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Untitled (Blue)
Artist
Gordon Newton
Physical Description
A multitude of geometric shapes in blue and white, mostly triangles and rectangles.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1948
Object Creation Date
1974
Accession Number
2013/2.316
Medium and Support
blue crayon on paper
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
rectangles
triangles (polygons)
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan with light beige and dark brown diamond design. Edges are hemmed in tan.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.93
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
Title
White celadon bowl with incised diamond pattern
Artist
Takuo Katô
Physical Description
The large white bowl is round with a wide rim and a narrow bottom; almost like an up-side-down cone shape. Diamond patterns are stamped around the middle of the body. It has no foot. The rim is slightly warped.
Artist Life Dates
1917-2005
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1963/2.68
Medium and Support
Porcelain with white celadon glaze
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
bowl (vessel)
geometric patterns
lozenges
Title
Goldweight in a geometric shape
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Semi-circular goldweight with horizontally incised rays.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.478
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric motifs
ghana (nation)
sun
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Gold and tan in color, interlocking diamond shapes with grass fringe on the sides.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.86
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Delphic Sun Box
Artist
Theodoros Stamos
Artist Life Dates
1922 - 1997
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1965-1967
Accession Number
1983/1.219
Medium and Support
sreenprint on paper
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
abstraction
boxes (containers)
geometric shapes
Title
Goldweight
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a solid pyramid, with a small piece of rope attached to the hole on top.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.403
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
ghana (nation)
pyramids (geometric figures)
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Varying diamond and triangle patterns in tan and brown. Hemmed edge.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.95
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Sabotage
Artist
Marian Spore Bush
Physical Description
Black, tan and white, industrial buldings with steam coming out of the smoke stacks. The steam is in the formation of a snake moving through the painting.
Artist Life Dates
1878-1946
Object Creation Date
late 1930s
Accession Number
2014/2.198
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
architecture (object genre)
geometric
snakes
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan and dark brown design in four separate squares - interconnected forms, smaller horizontal diamonds, medium sized diamonds and large diamonds.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.88
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Dark tan chevron stripes on a light tan background. The lighter tan is textured and is in a notched "V" pattern.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.81
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
Title
Black kimono with overall shibori design of alternating diagonal columns of rectangular blocks of patterns against black ground
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
White plain-weave with overall black tie-dye design (black acid dye) in hitta kanoko. The pattern consists of rectangular blocks of densely-packed tie-dye knots in rows of 5 x 12. Lining is plain weave white silk with bokashi blue borders.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1950s-1970s
Accession Number
2005/1.361
Medium and Support
white silk with black tie-dye design
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric designs
kimono
tie-dyed
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan squares with interlocking multiple sized triangles. The edges are tan and hemmed.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.90
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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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 5.93144
Primary Keywords
abstract
geometric abstraction
squares, art
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Dark brown rectangled with two rounded edges on one end. Interlocing triangles of tan and brown. Textured and braided designs.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.83
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Background is dark brown and over the top is a large interlocking square pattern with smaller squares. The insides of the larger squares are half dark brown and half tan.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.92
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Back in tan in color and textured with dark brown and lighter brown diamnd shapes. There are four sections and a long brown running stripe. All the edges are hemmed.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.85
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
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rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Circle, Square, and Circle
Artist
Jeanne Patterson Miles
Artist Life Dates
1908-1999
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1987
Accession Number
1988/2.4.26
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
abstraction
circles
geometric shapes
squares
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Title
Crystal two-pyramid lid
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
A two-bottle inkwell shaped to look like two square pyramids.
Object Creation Date
1875-1975
Accession Number
2010/1.261
Medium and Support
glass, metal
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
glass
inkwell
pyramid (geometric figure)
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Interlocking diamonds in beige and off-white. Tan hemmed edges.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.94
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
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Title
Design Cloth
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Tan background with dark brown and white trimmed diamond pattern throughout. The sides are all hemmed with a tan fabric.
Object Creation Date
19th century - 20th century
Accession Number
2014/2.87
Medium and Support
raffia and pile cloth
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
raffiawork
textile components
Title
Palm Wine Drinking Horn
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Description
Buffalo horn with concentric circles, geometric shapes and beadlike bands carved in relief follow the natural contours of the horn to its pointed tip. Has a local repair—a metal suture sewn at the mouth to stabilize a crack. Has cord pierced through tip.
Century
late 18th - early 19th century
Object Creation Date
1800-1850
Accession Number
2005/1.209
Medium and Support
buffalo horn
relevance
rank 5.93144
Primary Keywords
drinking horns
geometric motifs
prestige
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Title
Thoughts in a Kibbutz, from "Expedition to the Holyland"
Artist
A.R. Penck
Artist Life Dates
born 1939
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1984/2.2.1
Medium and Support
drypoint on Arches vellum paper
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
abstraction
animals
figures
geometric shapes
nudes
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Title
Inkwell made of sterling silver overlay on crystal glass
Artist
Artist Unknown
Physical Description
This is a spherical shaped glass inkwell with sterling silver overlay in intricate designs of flowers and plants. The top half of the sphere, which opens horizontally, is the lid.
Object Creation Date
1875-1975
Accession Number
2010/1.221
Medium and Support
glass, metal
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
inkwell
silver plate
spheres (geometric figures)
Title
Goldweight in the shape of a pyramid with a bird on top
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a step pyramid topped by a bird.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.448
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
birds
ghana (nation)
pyramids (geometric figures)
Title
Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description
Purple silk crepe with hitta miura and hand tie-dyed design achieving the effect of many diagonal rows of tiny squares. Upper lining is plain weave momi (red silk) and lower and cuff linings are mauve pink.
Century
mid-20th century
Object Creation Date
1930s-1940s
Accession Number
2005/1.376
Medium and Support
purple silk crepe with tie dye design
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
kimono
squares (geometric figures)
tie-dyed
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Title
#97-18
Artist
Gary Johnson
Physical Description
wood vase with geometric patterning that wraps across a top-bottom, left-right diagonal
Artist Life Dates
(active Webster City, Iowa, 1936 - )
Century
late 20th century
Object Creation Date
1996
Accession Number
2002/2.149
Medium and Support
maple, paela, bloodwood
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
geometric patterns
vessels
wood (plant material)
Title
Mother-of-pearl inlayed lacquer tray with geometric designs
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Physical Description
A square shaped, wood tray with curved corners tray. The interior is red lacquered, and the exterior is coated with black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlays in geometric shapes.
Century
Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2005/1.468
Medium and Support
lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
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rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
betel nuts
geometric motifs
inlays
trays
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Title
Shift, Orange and Green
Artist
Julian Stanczak
Physical Description
This is a square painting with skinny vertical lines of green on a background of red. There are two square forms in the center, each with a diagonal line from the upper left to lower right corners. One square is created by a pinkish, purple line and the other is created by a reddish orange line.
Artist Life Dates
born 1928
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1991
Accession Number
2009/2.12
Medium and Support
acrylic on canvas and wood
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
line spacing
squares (geometric figures)
stripes
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Richard Lindner
Artist Life Dates
1901-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1901-1978
Accession Number
1983/1.198
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
relevance
rank 5.86763
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
geometric shapes
lingerie
standing
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