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Title

Untitled (Paint Cans)

Artist

Tyree Guyton

Physical Description

A "Norton Abrasives" wooden crate filled with empty gallon paint containers, a cracked rearview mirror attached to the side and an American flag smushed into one side of the box.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1955

Object Creation Date

1980-2010

Accession Number

2013/2.310

Medium and Support

paint cans, wooden crate, American flag, rearview mirror and ceramic figurine

Secondary Keywords

american regions

coating (material)

coating by form

containers

containers by form

descriptors

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

materials

materials by function

north american

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

Title

Untitled (Reflective Water)

Artist

Henry Gilpin

Physical Description

An aerial view of a pond that creates a reflective pool and a silver ring around it. The surrounding area is an intense black.

Artist Life Dates

1922-2011

Accession Number

2012/1.242

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

lacustrine bodies

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

photographic techniques

photography and photographic processes and techniques

picture-taking techniques

picture-taking techniques by location or context

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Untitled (Rooster)

Artist

Cåndido Portinari

Physical Description

This is an ink drawing of a rooster. The rooster is centered and has its left foot raised, its right foot grounded, and its neck arched to its right.

Artist Life Dates

Rio de Janeiro, 1903 - 1962, Rio de Janeiro

Object Creation Date

1910-1960

Accession Number

2009/1.482

Medium and Support

ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

birds

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

materials

materials by function

objects we use

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled (Structural Constellation drawing)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1955

Accession Number

2007/2.5

Medium and Support

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

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

coating (material)

coating by form

concepts in the arts

descriptors

diagrams

document genres

document genres by form

drawings

drawings by technique

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

international post-1945 styles and movements

materials

materials by function

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled (Two Nudes on Rock)

Artist

Rutger ten Broken

Artist Life Dates

born 1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2nd half of 20th century

Accession Number

1987/1.232

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

Title

Untitled (Woman)

Artist

Claudia deMonte

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

(1947 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1979

Accession Number

2008/2.228

Medium and Support

acrylic on papier-mâché

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

costume

costume by form

descriptors

figural toys

figurines

international post-1945 styles and movements

main garments

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

recreational dolls

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

toys (recreational artifacts)

toys by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled (Zoe Shower)

Artist

Brandon Herman

Physical Description

Head and shoulders of a girl in the shower, water streaming down her face.

Object Creation Date

2006; printed 2007

Accession Number

2013/2.145

Medium and Support

Fujicolor c-print on paper

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

plumbing and stormwater system components

plumbing fixtures

system components

Title

Untitled Cube

Artist

Alvin D. Loving

Physical Description

A framework three-dimensional cube sits at an angle so that one of its corners appears to protrude from the center of the piece. The cube is gray, with dark gray shading on the shadowed edges, and dark and light yellow shading on the lit edges. The canvas is cut to the dimensions of the cube.

Artist Life Dates

1935-2005

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1969/2.25

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

mathematical concepts

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

perspective

perspective and shading techniques

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled vessel

Artist

Ray Allen

Physical Description

A bulbous vessel with a narrow base and wide mouth that is flanged. The vessel is made up of small, glued pieces of wood that are then turned, creating an intricate pattern in the wood's fine, finished surface. The predominate decorations are bands of diamonds and triangles that run around the widest point of the vessel and beneath the flanged mouth.

Large wood vessel with rings of Native American-inspired design patterns

Artist Life Dates

(Dickson, Tennessee, 1930 - 2000, Yuma, Arizona)

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

2002/2.119

Medium and Support

mesquite, satin wood, blood wood, rose wood, curly maple, ebony, dyed veneer

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

design elements

materials

materials by origin

native north american styles

objects we use

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

wood and wood products

Title

Untitled [Child with straw leggings]

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

A child ventures out into the deep snow, holding up his broad leggings which are insulated with straw. Behind him, the house wall is plastered with two messages: "Careful with fire!" and "Felecitations for the Spring Equinox".

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.31

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

costume by form

declaratory and advertising artifacts

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

image-making processes and techniques

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

main garments

main garments for the lower body

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

open spaces and site elements

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

physical activities

physical activities by general context

physical sciences concepts

precipitation

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

site elements

visual works

visual works by subject type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

writing (processes)

youth

Title

Untitled [Owls]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.29

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

descriptors

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

relief printing processes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled [Woodpeckers perched on the side of a tree]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This print, as the title indicates, portrays woodpeckers percehed on the side of a tree.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.25

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

asia (continent)

biological components

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

geographic and political locations

heads

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

plant material

plants

settlements and landscapes

the human body

upper body

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

wood and wood products

woody plants

Title

Untitled [Zebra] or horse

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The sweeping stripes of black and white that arch across the body of this galloping creature give the appearance of a zebra, yet the long, flowing mane is characteristic of a horse. A series of circles and crescents over and underlay the horse, and the background uses gold leaf.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1998/2.22

Medium and Support

color woodblock print with gold on paper

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animal

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

forms of expression

geometric concepts

geometric figures

geometric patterns

mammals

mathematical concepts

patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

Title

Untitled, #47, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

The rear view of a nude woman, lower back down. Her left leg is lifted and the right is straight. Her body is very overexposed and the background is very dark.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2009

Accession Number

2013/2.365

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #55, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A nude woman from the top of the chest to the knees leaning up against a wooden fence. The rustic fence is held together by tounge and groove joints.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2013/2.366

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #56, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

Bare leg and foot being outstretched towards the viewer. The background is very dark.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2013/2.367

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #78, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A side view of a nude woman with her left leg raised. Her body is against a wooden board and she is leaning forward.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2013/2.368

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #95, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A nude woman and an arched column. Her back is arched and she has her right hand on the column leaning into it.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2013/2.369

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #96, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A side view of a nude woman with one leg straight and the other bent back. She is leaning forward.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2007

Accession Number

2013/2.370

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, (Pond, Boulder & Plants)

Artist

Brett Weston

Physical Description

A black and white photo of two boulders in a pond. Plant life extends out of the water in the bottom of the photo.

Artist Life Dates

1911-1993

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/2.155

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

color

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

inorganic material

lacustrine bodies

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled, (Roadside Pond, California)

Artist

Brett Weston

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a pond with plant life growing out of it.

Artist Life Dates

1911-1993

Object Creation Date

1952

Accession Number

2011/2.156

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

color

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

descriptors

lacustrine bodies

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

photographs

photographs by form

plant material

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled, Barn in Pennsylvania

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

An oil painting of a farmhouse in Pennsylvania. To the side of the building, three figures are standing along with a farm animal.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2011/2.140

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

agricultural buildings

agricultural complexes

agricultural structures

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Untitled, Bronx Storefronts

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

An oil painting of two storefronts. The first store is brightly painted, while the second one is in more neutral shades.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1985-1990

Accession Number

2011/2.135

Medium and Support

oil on board

Secondary Keywords

image form

architectural elements

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

enclosing structural elements

exterior walls

facades

facades and facade components

image-making processes and techniques

mercantile buildings

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

walls

walls and wall components

walls by location or context

Title

Untitled, from "Sighs and Whispers, Bloomingdales"

Artist

Guy Bourdin

Artist Life Dates

1928-1991

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1976

Accession Number

1989/1.74.6

Medium and Support

Type-C print on paper

Secondary Keywords

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

figures

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

people and occupations

shell and shell material

Title

Untitled, from Suspended Sphere Series

Artist

Todd Hoyer

Physical Description

A sphere, wrapped in rusted wire, is sandwiched between two hefty, rough hewn, chunks of wood.

freestanding multimedia wood sculpture, with rectangular wood base and top sandwiching a small wire-covered sphere at center

Artist Life Dates

b. 1952

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2002/2.146

Medium and Support

eucalyptus, wire

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

geometric concepts

geometric figures

materials

materials by origin

mathematical concepts

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

sculpture by material

sculpture by technique

solids (geometric)

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood and wood products

woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques

Title

Untitled, New York Sunset

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

An oil painting of New York City skyscrapers against a sunset. A large cloud is set in the middle of the sky.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2011/2.141

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

height

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

high-rise buildings

image-making processes and techniques

multistory buildings

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Untitled, Still Life

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A black and white photograph of sea shells and a feather on a wooden table.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2010

Accession Number

2011/2.143

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

Secondary Keywords

animal material

british renaissance-baroque architecture styles

british renaissance-baroque styles

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

keratinous material

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

objects we use

people and culture

renaissance-baroque regional styles

renaissance-baroque styles

renaissance-baroque styles and periods

shell and shell material

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

Title

Untitled, Vista al Mar

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A color lithograph print depicting a one point perspective view of a series of door entrances.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2011/2.69

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

architectural elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

doors and door components

doorway components

doorways and doorway components

image-making processes and techniques

lithographs

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

perspective and shading techniques

planographic prints

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

Upright Ornament with Bull and Satyrs

Artist

Agostino Musi

Physical Description

This decorative image is organized along a vertical axis wtih fanciful creatures, grotesque heads, depictions of carved gems and harpies.

Artist Life Dates

Active 1514-1536

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1520

Accession Number

1960/2.133

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animal material

animals and creatures

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

genres in the arts

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio prints

keratinous material

literary, oral and motion picture genres

mammals

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

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

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Urn Decorated with Two Seated Putti, Rams' Heads as Handles, Garlands and Cornuc

Artist

Anonymous Italian

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

mid 18th century

Accession Number

1959/2.50

Medium and Support

graphite, pen and bistre ink with gray wash

Secondary Keywords

animals

descriptors

design elements

figure- and animal-derived motifs

figures

mammals

motifs

objects

people and occupations

plants

sheep

spears

study

the natural world

vessels

weaponry

Title

Vachere au Bord de l'Eau

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Physical Description

A woman sits at the left on a grassy bank looking at a group of cows standing in water. Behind are trees and a hill rising up in the distance.

Possible watermark at center left (of verso); image shows a fleur de lis over a triangle. Paper size: lh 26 2/5cm & rh 26 1/2cm x w 19 1/2cm. Plate size: lh 19 7/10cm & rh 19 9/10cm x w 13 2/5cm. Image size: lh 19 1/10cm & rh 19cm x tw 12 2/5cm & bw 12 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

1830-1903

Accession Number

2008/2.401

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint printed in brown/black ink on light blue laid paper

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio prints

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

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

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2003/2.59.3

Medium and Support

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2003/2.59.4

Medium and Support

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

design elements

motifs

objects we use

plant-derived motifs

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

A figure is sitting on a lotus-shaped pedestal, which is itself placed on an hexagonal pedestal. The figure wears a drape hanging from the left shoulder and covering the bottom. The arms are placed in front; right hand holding the left index finger. The facial expression is calm; the two eyes looking down; a dot on the forehead. Two elongated ears. A tall crown on the head. The two halos are on the back of the figure; one behind the head and other behind the torso. Two halos are surrounded by an oval-shaped dais. The statue and pedestals are guilded with gold; some polychrome remnants.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

2003/2.59.1

Medium and Support

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buddhist doctrinal concepts

descriptors

design elements

doctrinal concepts

earth sciences concepts

figures (representations)

motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical sciences concepts

plant-derived motifs

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

Title

Vairocana Buddha, Seated in the Mudra of the Union of Six Elements

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa 10th century

Accession Number

2005/2.78

Medium and Support

bronze with copper, tin and zinc

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

form attributes

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

size (extent)

size by specific type

Title

Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Physical Description

This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”

Century

16th -17th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 17th century

Accession Number

1957/2.54

Medium and Support

bronze

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

associated concepts

bells and sets of bells

biological components

buddhism

buddhist doctrinal concepts

chordophones

components

components and systems

components by specific context

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

doctrinal concepts

heads

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

nonferrous metal

objects

objects we use

people and culture

percussion idiophones

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck idiophones

the human body

upper body

Title

Vale of Desolation, Bolton Woods

Artist

George W. Wilson

Artist Life Dates

1823-1893

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850-1893

Accession Number

1995/1.77

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

geography

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

motion

plants

the natural world

woods

Title

Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup

Artist

Willem Claesz Heda

Physical Description

This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.

Artist Life Dates

1594-1680

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1633-1635

Accession Number

1965/2.55

Medium and Support

oil on panel

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

candleholders

candles and candleholders

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

european

european styles and periods

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

people and culture

renaissance-baroque styles and periods

skeleton and skeleton components

skeleton components

still lifes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vessels for serving and consuming food

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Varahi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nandu, Kanchipuran

Physical Description

Varahi has a crowned boar’s head on a woman’s body. She sits with her ankles crosses and originally had four arms, the back two have broken away as has the front right hand which had probably been held up in a reassuring gesture. Her left from hand is held down at her left knee with the palm held facing out in a gesture of giving. Her body is softly modeled with a narrow waist and full breasts. She wears jewelry that is in sharp but low relief and includes a series of necklaces forming a collar of decoration and a longer one that falls between her breasts which suggests the sacred thread extending down to her waist at her right. She is naked from the waist up and the lower garment is merely suggested by the heavier folds at the waist. Her head is tilted and her chin/snout had jutted out to the left, but the lower snout is broken away. She wears a conical crown that accents the long diagonal of her face. Originally there was an arch behind the image which would have supported her back arms, so the image would have appeared denser, with only the cut away empty space to the sides of her waist.

Century

10th century

Object Creation Date

circa early 10th century

Accession Number

1960/1.113

Medium and Support

granite

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

descriptors

inorganic material

mammals

materials

materials by composition

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

rock

rock by form

Title

Vase

Artist

François-Emile Décorchemont

Physical Description

Inverted cone-shaped vessel of brown, yellow and green glass

Artist Life Dates

(1880 - 1971)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1904-1971

Accession Number

1972/2.228

Medium and Support

brown, yellow, and green glass

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

vessels

Title

Vase

Artist

Kelly Dunn

Artist Life Dates

born 1951

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

2002/2.130

Medium and Support

norfolk pine

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

plant material

wood and wood products

Title

Vase

Artist

Kawai Kanjirô

Physical Description

Asymmetrical vase with red, black, green, splotches of design on off-white glazed ground.

Artist Life Dates

(1890 - 1966)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960-1963

Accession Number

1963/2.70

Medium and Support

stoneware with off-white and colored glazes

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

vessels

Title

Vase

Artist

Kôyama Kiyoko

Physical Description

The exterior of this three-sided triangular based vase is decorated with lines that curve together from one edge of the vase to the next. The ash glaze creates a greenish brown color, which pools and creates darker tones in some areas. The edges are not straight, but rough and bumpy.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Object Creation Date

circa 2000

Accession Number

2010/1.211

Medium and Support

stoneware with natural ash glaze

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

pottery (object genre)

vessels

Title

Vase

Artist

Kôyama Kiyoko

Physical Description

This rectangular vase is decorated in one corber with a wheel or foral design carved into the clay. The opening edges of the vase are not straight, but asymmetrical. The natural ash glaze decorates the vase with varyig shades of gray.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1936

Object Creation Date

circa 2000

Accession Number

2010/1.204

Medium and Support

stoneware with natural ash glaze

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

flowers (plants)

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

plants

pottery (object genre)

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

woody plants

Title

Vase

Artist

Rookwood Pottery

Physical Description

Slender blue-glazed vase with a streamlined form that tapers to a base narrower than the shoulder of vessel. The work has a modeled and stylized motif of peacock feathers. Overall effect is of simplicity and refinement.

Artist Life Dates

founded 1880

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1929

Accession Number

1983/1.438

Medium and Support

stoneware with modeled matte blue glaze

Secondary Keywords

ceramics

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

vessels

Title

Vase

Artist

Rookwood Pottery

Physical Description

Vessel is a tall vase with a flaring lip and a slight flaring at the base. The overall glaze is a blue matte "vellum" glaze with underglaze decoration depicting a band of white peonies below the lip. The lip itself modulates to a rosy pink color.

Artist Life Dates

founded 1880

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1909

Accession Number

2005/2.59

Medium and Support

white body with slip decoration and vellum glaze

Secondary Keywords

ceramics

containers

containers by form

descriptors

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

vessels

Title

Vase

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Physical Description

This iridescent blue and green glass vase has surface decorations that resemble peacock feather "eyes". Along the bottom is a raised design of a branch or leaves that was added to the vessel late in its creation.

Artist Life Dates

1848-1933

Century

late 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1896-1900

Accession Number

1972/2.201

Medium and Support

iridescent blue, green and amethyst glass

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

medium

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

Title

Vase

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Physical Description

This small bottle consists of iridescent glass with both a mirror-like quality and swirling leaf-like design the extends from the bottom of the vessel to the neck.

Artist Life Dates

1848-1933

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1892-1896

Accession Number

1972/2.215

Medium and Support

glass with design in silver luster and brown and green striations

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

medium

objects we use

Title

Vase

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Physical Description

This small bottle consists of orange and green iridescent glass with a brown pointed leaf or blade design. The bottle has been pinched in at the sides.

Artist Life Dates

1848-1933

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1892-1896

Accession Number

1972/2.216

Medium and Support

glass with silver luster and brown and amber striations

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

medium

objects we use

Title

Vase

Artist

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Physical Description

This large vase consists of dark iridescent glass with diagonal swril pattern in the glass. The vessel has dark scalloped desgins cut into the surface.

Artist Life Dates

1848-1933

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900

Accession Number

1972/2.217

Medium and Support

iridescent glass with black decoration

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

descriptors

glass and glassmaking mixtures

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

medium

modern and contemporary art

objects we use