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Study for 'The Dance'; Frederic Leighton

Title: Study for 'The Dance'
Artist: Frederic Leighton
Physical Description: Black chalk drawing with white highlights on a brown colored background. Four female figures, dressed in classical style drapery, standing in various poses playing a tamborine. One (small) with arms down at her side; one (medium) in profile, with arms outstretched; and two large figures, facing front, showing the motions of hitting the tamborine.
Artist Life Dates: 1830-1896
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1883
Accession Number: 1981/2.131
Medium and Support: black and white chalk on brown wove paper
relevance: rank 4.58624
Primary Keywords: dance; figures; figures (representations); half-length; musical instruments; portraits; standing; tambourines; victorian

Trinity Church; Berenice Abbott

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Title: Trinity Church
Artist: Berenice Abbott
Artist Life Dates: 1898-1991
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1898-1991
Accession Number: 1989/1.72
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 4.56244
Primary Keywords: buildings; buses; children; churches; dante alighieri; figures; full-length; funpon; historical figures; portraits

Red Cliff of China; Mori Kansai

Title: Red Cliff of China
Artist: Mori Kansai
Artist Life Dates: 1814-1894
Century: mid- to late 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1844-1894
Accession Number: 1986/1.163
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
relevance: rank 4.56244
Primary Keywords: boat; china; cliffs; figures; figures in landscape; hanging scroll; japan; landscapes; poems; trees; water

Red Devil Bird; Sherman Lambdin

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Title: Red Devil Bird
Artist: Sherman Lambdin
Artist Life Dates: born 1948
Century: late 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1970-1991
Accession Number: 2002/1.211
Medium and Support: painted wood twig
relevance: rank 4.56104
Primary Keywords: birds; figures; figures (representations); red; standing

La Belle Dame Paresseuse; James McNeill Whistler

Title: La Belle Dame Paresseuse
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A seated female faces towards the viewer. She is leaning back in her chair, her chin resting on her left arm; she holds papers in her right hand that are in her lap.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1894
Accession Number: 1954/1.449
Medium and Support: transfer lithograph on laid paper
relevance: rank 4.56104
Primary Keywords: figures; figures (representations); men; seated; sitting

Pomdo Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Benin

Title: Pomdo Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Benin
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1978
Accession Number: 1978/2.16
Medium and Support: soapstone
relevance: rank 4.56104
Primary Keywords: figures; figures (representations); seated; sitting; stone

Piazza di Spagna; Pompeo Molins

Title: Piazza di Spagna
Artist: Pompeo Molins
Artist Life Dates: 1827 - c. 1893
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1860
Accession Number: 1982/1.235
Medium and Support: albumen print on paper
relevance: rank 4.53585
Primary Keywords: albumen prints; buildings; clock; clocks; figures; figures (representations); piazza; piazzas; sculpture; stairs; steps; stone

verso: sketch of airplanes (?) [upside down in relation to image on recto]; Jacob Lawrence

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Title: verso: sketch of airplanes (?) [upside down in relation to image on recto]
Artist: Jacob Lawrence
Physical Description: Eight abstracted figures (three kneeling in front and five standing in back) wearing orange tank tops and white shorts face the viewer; two basketballs and five trophies between figures in the foreground. Figures stand in front of a background of fragmented, arched and circular areas of color in blues and golds.
Artist Life Dates: 1917 - 2000
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1953
Accession Number: 1997/1.530
Medium and Support: tempera over black colored pencil on wood board
relevance: rank 4.50721
Primary Keywords: abstract; abstraction; african american; basketball; basketballs; figures; figures (representations); groups; kneeling; standing; trophies (prizes); trophy

Mountain Hut among Pines; Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)

Title: Mountain Hut among Pines
Artist: Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)
Physical Description: Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.
Artist Life Dates: died 1857
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1831-1844
Accession Number: 1985/2.27
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 4.50721
Primary Keywords: bridges; figures; figures in landscape; gates; hanging scrolls; house; japan; landscapes; mountains; pines; rocks; streams; trees

People; Carlos Lopez

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Title: People
Artist: Carlos Lopez
Artist Life Dates: 1908-1953
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1980/2.235
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper
relevance: rank 4.47498
Primary Keywords: abstraction; figures; historical figures; surrealism

Divination figure; Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Pa Santigie Kahn, Temene

Title: Divination figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Sierra Leone, Pa Santigie Kahn, Temene
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1910
Accession Number: 1986/1.159
Medium and Support: wood and glass beads
relevance: rank 4.47498
Primary Keywords: beads; figures; figures (representations); standing

Kneeling Cleric; Eustache Le Sueur

Title: Kneeling Cleric
Artist: Eustache Le Sueur
Artist Life Dates: 1616/17-1655
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1966/1.107
Medium and Support: black chalk, heightened with white on cream-colored paper
relevance: rank 4.47498
Primary Keywords: figures; kneeling; males; religious figures

Tom Mooney, from "The American Scene, Series 1"; George Biddle

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Title: Tom Mooney, from "The American Scene, Series 1"
Artist: George Biddle
Artist Life Dates: 1885-1973
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1933
Accession Number: 1935.17
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 4.47498
Primary Keywords: figures; head; historical figures; portraits

Figure; African, Congo (Zaire), Zombo

Title: Figure
Artist: African, Congo (Zaire), Zombo
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1925
Accession Number: 1985/1.186
Medium and Support: wood, cotton cloth, fiber, seed pod, and animal skin
relevance: rank 4.47498
Primary Keywords: bound; figures; figures (representations); standing

Manet's Olympia; Mel Ramos

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Title: Manet's Olympia
Artist: Mel Ramos
Physical Description: A female nude reclining on a bed wearing one yellow slipper on her left foot, a gold bracelet on her right arm and a black ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. An African American woman in a blue dress stands behind her holding a bouquet of yellow and white flowers. A small monkey sits at the foot of the bed. All subjects look directly at the viewer.
Artist Life Dates: born 1935
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1974
Accession Number: 1991/2.102.1
Medium and Support: collotype on wove paper
relevance: rank 4.34851
Primary Keywords: african american; appropriation; baby; beauty; eroticism; figures; figures (representations); flowers (plants); lovers; monkeys; nudes; pop art; portraits; prostitutes; realism; women

Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg; Master AG

Title: Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg
Artist: Master AG
Artist Life Dates: (active 1475 - 1490)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1482
Accession Number: 1984/2.42
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
relevance: rank 4.32959
Primary Keywords: angel; coat of arms; figures; figures (representations); lions; staff; staffs (staff weapon components); winged

Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1300-1335
Accession Number: 1964/2.104
Medium and Support: handscroll, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 4.32959
Primary Keywords: buddhism; calligraphy; deity; dragon; dragons; figures; figures (representations); handscroll; handscrolls; japan; japan (nation)

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42); Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Title: Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description: This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.166
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 4.32619
Primary Keywords: deity; figures; figures (representations); flowers; flowers (plants); nudes; seated; shiva; sitting; sivaism; sun; vishnu

Staff; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?

Title: Staff
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Lunda Circle Lwena?
Accession Number: 2001/2.24
Medium and Support: wood
relevance: rank 4.32583
Primary Keywords: bust; busts; figures; figures (representations); heads (representations); staff; staffs (walking sticks); woodwork

Ups and Downs; Tyree Guyton

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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 4.32583
Primary Keywords: abstract; african american; figures; figures (representations); folk art; men; outsider art; women

Arabes d'Oran; Eugène Delacroix

Title: Arabes d'Oran
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Physical Description: This black and white print shows an outdoor setting with two men, one reclining and facing the viewer, the other seated with his legs drawn into his chest and gazing out to the right. They are dressed in robes and wear Arabic headdresses ("Guhtra"). There are rifles at their sides. In the background on the right are two men, one riding a horse, who walk toward a group of buildings in the distance. There is a French inscription below this scene that identifies the artist, title and publisher of the print.
Artist Life Dates: 1798-1863
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1833
Accession Number: 1953/2.25
Medium and Support: etching, drypoint and roulette laid down on woven plate paper
relevance: rank 4.31258
Primary Keywords: figures; guns; historical figures; horses; reclining; seated; st. mark; st. peter

Self-Portrait; Jean Paul Slusser

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Title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Jean Paul Slusser
Physical Description: A middle-aged man in a gray-green button up shirt and wearing glasses looks at the viewer. He is shown in bust.
Artist Life Dates: 1886 -1981
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1930
Accession Number: 1982/2.28
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 4.31258
Primary Keywords: bust-length; figures; figures (representations); men; oil paintings; portraits; self-portrait; self-portraits

Immortal Lü Tung-pin with a Ghost Attendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Immortal Lü Tung-pin with a Ghost Attendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 1996/2.23
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 4.31242
Primary Keywords: figures; immortals; legendary figures

New York City, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"; Garry Winogrand

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Title: New York City, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"
Artist: Garry Winogrand
Artist Life Dates: 1928 - 1984
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1967; printed 1978
Accession Number: 1981/2.65.4
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 4.31242
Primary Keywords: figures; groups; historical figures

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144); India, Orissa

Title: Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144)
Artist: India, Orissa
Physical Description: In this scene, a young prince, seen at right in his bejeweled splendor, offers reverence to an ascetic. The sage, nearly naked and with matted hair, sits on an animal skin. His right hand is in the gesture of exposition, suggesting that he is preaching to his courtly audience.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/2.40
Medium and Support: charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf
relevance: rank 4.28648
Primary Keywords: ascetic; calligraphy; figures; figures (illustrations); leaf; leaf (object component); manuscripts

Maruru (Offering to the Gods); Paul Gauguin

Title: Maruru (Offering to the Gods)
Artist: Paul Gauguin
Physical Description: Landscape scene with three figures (two standing and one kneeling) near a large sculpture of a God with a figure on horseback in the distance. Image consists of sharply cut and defined elements.
Artist Life Dates: 1848 - 1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1894
Accession Number: 1949/1.178
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
relevance: rank 4.28648
Primary Keywords: figures (representations); figures in landscape; gods; kneeling; religions; religions and religious concepts

Negro Holiday; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Negro Holiday
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Artist Life Dates: 1887-1953
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1933
Accession Number: 1940.265
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 4.28648
Primary Keywords: figures; fishing; fishing pole; historical figures; rocks; saint; trees; water

The Road to Shu; Matsumura Goshun

Title: The Road to Shu
Artist: Matsumura Goshun
Physical Description: Travelers are seen on a winding mountain pathway, among overlapping layers of mountains.
Artist Life Dates: 1752-1811
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1970/2.152
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 4.28230
Primary Keywords: bridge (built work); bridges; child; emperor; figures; figures in landscape; horse; horses; landscapes; mountains; passes; rivers; road; saint; snow; travelers; trees; warriors; winter

Linji, from triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma and Deshan; Yiran Xingrong (J. Itsunen)

Title: Linji, from triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma and Deshan
Artist: Yiran Xingrong (J. Itsunen)
Artist Life Dates: 1601-1668
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1658
Accession Number: 1975/2.183
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
relevance: rank 4.24258
Primary Keywords: buddhist; calligraphy; figures; religious figures; triptych; zen; zen masters

(El Sereno) The Watchman; Afro (Afro Basaldella)

Title: (El Sereno) The Watchman
Artist: Afro (Afro Basaldella)
Artist Life Dates: (Udine, Italy, 1912 - 1976, Zurich, Switzerland)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1912-1956
Accession Number: 1956/1.85
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
relevance: rank 4.24258
Primary Keywords: abstract; abstraction; color lithographs; figures; figures (representations); lithographs; walking

Deshan, from triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma and Deshan; Yiran Xingrong (J. Itsunen)

Title: Deshan, from triptych of Three Zen Masters: Linji, Bodhidharma and Deshan
Artist: Yiran Xingrong (J. Itsunen)
Artist Life Dates: 1601-1668
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1658
Accession Number: 1975/2.181
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
relevance: rank 4.24258
Primary Keywords: buddhist; calligraphy; figures; religious figures; triptych; zen; zen masters

The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"; James McNeill Whistler

Title: The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: The corner of a massive building with awnings on both sides is seen on the right side; it has arched windows above the street level windows and several stories with balconies above. To the left is a long sloping stairway with awnings projecting above the stairway. In the distance beyond the stairway can be see the tower of a church. Buildings at the far left of the composition are barely indicated. Pediestrians are visible throughout, adjacent to the buildings on either side as well as ascending the stairs.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1993/2.3
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Asian laid paper
relevance: rank 4.22472
Primary Keywords: artists; child; children (people by age group); figures; figures (representations); half-length; portraits; rialto bridge; saint; standing; venice; venice (inhabited place)

Proserpine; Hiram Powers

Title: Proserpine
Artist: Hiram Powers
Physical Description: Bust-length white marble sculpture of a young female figure crowned with a plait of wheat and framed along the bottom with a wreath of sculpted acanthus leaves.
Artist Life Dates: 1805 - 1873
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: second version: modeled 1844; cut 1847
Accession Number: 1991/2.40
Medium and Support: Seravezza marble
relevance: rank 4.11369
Primary Keywords: bust; bust-length; busts; classical; figures (representations); legendary figures; marble; mythology; mythology (literary genre); neoclassical; sculpture; woman; women

Pipe; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Babanki

Title: Pipe
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Babanki
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1987
Accession Number: 1987/1.345
Medium and Support: wood and metal
relevance: rank 4.06600
Primary Keywords: figures; figures (representations); pipes; pipes (smoking equipment)

The Famous Picnic at Val Kill; Ann Murfee Allen

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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 4.06253
Primary Keywords: american; chairs; figures; figures (representations); flags; folk art; food; house; houses; outsider art; picnic tables; sailboats; sailing vessels; seated; tables; trees; water

White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire; Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon

Title: White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire
Artist: Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon
Physical Description: Landscape with trees in foreground, valley in middle ground dotted with minute figures of sheep and a farmer with a team of oxen pulling well-filled haywain. Mountains in distance with a snow-capped mountain in center background.
Artist Life Dates: 1830 - 1906
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1853
Accession Number: 1895.57
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
relevance: rank 4.06253
Primary Keywords: carts; farmers; field; fields; figures; figures (representations); hay; landscapes; landscapes (environments); mountains; new hampshire; new hampshire (state); oxen; seasons; sheep; trees; valleys (landforms); workers

Eight Immortals; Wan Shouqi; Attributed to

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Title: Eight Immortals
Artist: Wan Shouqi
Artist Life Dates: 19th century
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1850-1900
Accession Number: 2000/1.37
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
relevance: rank 3.98677
Primary Keywords: figures; legendary figures

Arlequin Jésuite; Jean Lurçat

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Title: Arlequin Jésuite
Artist: Jean Lurçat
Artist Life Dates: (Lorraine, France, 1892 - 1966)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1892-1934
Accession Number: 1948/1.398
Medium and Support: etching, hand-colored on paper
relevance: rank 3.98677
Primary Keywords: figures; religious figures

Arlequin Jésuite; Jean Lurçat

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Title: Arlequin Jésuite
Artist: Jean Lurçat
Artist Life Dates: (Lorraine, France, 1892 - 1966)
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1892-1934
Accession Number: 1948/1.399
Medium and Support: etching, hand-colored on paper
relevance: rank 3.98677
Primary Keywords: figures; religious figures

Landscape; Aoki Shukuya; Attributed to

Title: Landscape
Artist: Aoki Shukuya
Artist Life Dates: 1737-1802
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1760-1802
Accession Number: 1967/2.3
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 3.86508
Primary Keywords: bridges; bridges (built works); figures (representations); figures in landscape; hanging scroll; hanging scrolls; japan; landscapes; landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; rivers; trees

Untitled; Don Hazlitt

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Don Hazlitt
Physical Description: Sketch of tightly grouped volumetric forms rendered in thick dark lines with some shading; signed “DH” in upper left corner, “7/84” in upper right corner.
Artist Life Dates: (1948 - )
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1984
Accession Number: 2008/2.231
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
relevance: rank 3.65090
Primary Keywords: abstraction; cubes (geometric figures); drawing (image-making); freehand drawings; geometric; geometric abstraction; geometric figures; geometric motifs; perspective drawings

California Orange Grove; David Courlander

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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 3.64482
Primary Keywords: california; california (state); clouds; figures; figures (representations); fishing; fishing pole; folk art; groves; houses; landscapes (environments); mountains; orange tree; orange trees; oranges; outsider art; rock; rocks; rod; rural houses; sky; streams; sun