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Title

Seven Aquatints

Artist

Robert Mangold

Physical Description

This work is a green colored square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in gray, 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

1999/1.104.6

Medium and Support

aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper

relevance

rank 16.41866

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Seven Aquatints

Artist

Robert Mangold

Physical Description

This work is a slate green square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in dark gray, 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

1999/1.104.3

Medium and Support

aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper

relevance

rank 16.41866

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Seven Aquatints

Artist

Robert Mangold

Physical Description

This work is a grey colored square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in dark 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

1999/1.104.5

Medium and Support

aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper

relevance

rank 16.41866

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Seven Aquatints

Artist

Robert Mangold

Physical Description

This work is an olive green square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in gray, 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

1999/1.104.7

Medium and Support

aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper

relevance

rank 16.41866

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Abstract Form

Artist

Peter Voulkos

Physical Description

Large stoneware abstract sculpture with two balanced lateral crescent-shaped forms branching off a central conical structure. Brown with loosely-painted broad brushstrokes in black and incised decoration of rows of dots in a “stitching-like” pattern

Artist Life Dates

(1924 - 2002)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

1960/1.181

Medium and Support

stoneware

relevance

rank 16.41057

Secondary Keywords

containers

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descriptors

european

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Michael Goldberg

Physical Description

Abstract expressionist painting in pink, black, green and ivory, with squares pressed into the paint while wet to make an impression.

Artist Life Dates

(1924 - 2007)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1986

Accession Number

2008/2.230

Medium and Support

charcoal and oil on paper board

relevance

rank 16.39544

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Dance

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 28 1/10cm & rh 28cm x tw 22 1/10cm & bw 22 1/5cm. Plate size: h 24cm x tw 17 1/10cm & bw 17 3/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Accession Number

2008/2.376

Medium and Support

etching on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 16.37879

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Blah, Blah, Blah

Artist

Mel Bochner

Physical Description

An assembled collage of varying layers. The background is blacks, greys and whites and the top layer is blue, white and green paint in the text "BLAH," in three rows across the painting covering the entire surface.

Artist Life Dates

American, b. 1940

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2013/1.286

Medium and Support

monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper

relevance

rank 16.32980

Secondary Keywords

components

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Title

Untitled [Ohne Titel] (1945) New Year Card for Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris

Artist

Asger Jorn

Physical Description

New Years card with attached print that depicts an abstract figure with one large eye and long hair.

Artist Life Dates

1914-1973

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1945

Accession Number

2013/2.562

Medium and Support

etching on heavy wove paper

relevance

rank 16.31266

Secondary Keywords

layout features

building divisions

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display rooms and spaces

european

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holidays

illustrations

illustrations by form

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national holidays

people and culture

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

styles and periods

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Title

Spitball

Artist

Tony Smith

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1912 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1961; created 1970

Accession Number

1974/2.51

Medium and Support

granite

relevance

rank 16.26099

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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rock

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visual works

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Title

Thinks I to Myself, Thinks I

Artist

George Cruikshank

Artist Life Dates

1782-1878

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

1983/1.124

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 16.25859

Secondary Keywords

image form

animals

architecture

european

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furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

mammals

modern british styles and movements

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objects

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sleeping and reclining furniture

styles and periods

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visual works

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Title

Small Worlds, III (Kleine Welten, III)

Artist

Wassily Kandinsky

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1866 - 1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1922

Accession Number

1948/1.62

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.24180

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Illustration for Tristian Tzara, 'La Bonne Heure'

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

In this Dadaist piece, created by Georges Braque while working with poet Tristan Tzara, a flower emerges from several puddles of ink, which resemble the buds of other plants. Behind the foremost bud and the flower itself, a light blue shadow exists, mimicking the form of the surrounding plants.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1983/1.245

Medium and Support

color etching on paper

relevance

rank 16.22618

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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people and culture

plants

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Kind zwischen Bäumen (Child Among Trees)

Artist

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Physical Description

Drawing featuring a small child seated with its hands in its lap stares out at the viewer amid a forest of birch trees.

Artist Life Dates

1876 - 1907

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1905

Accession Number

2000/2.176

Medium and Support

black chalk on medium thick cream laid paper

relevance

rank 16.22281

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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plants

settlements and landscapes

sketches

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woods

woody plants

youth

Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.65

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 16.21725

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.67

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 16.21725

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.66

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 16.21725

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

White Front

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

A white rectangle stretches from near the left edge to the right edge. It has two small verticle ochre rectangles close to either end. Around the white rectangle are sections of yellow and ochre.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1958/2.72

Medium and Support

oil on masonite

relevance

rank 16.19977

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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visual and tactile

Title

Death of Chatterton, from "Pictures of Chocolate"

Artist

Vik Muniz

Physical Description

Photograph of a drawing executed using chocolate syrup on a piece of white plexi-glass.

Artist Life Dates

born 1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2006/1.153

Medium and Support

Cibachrome mounted on aluminum on paper

relevance

rank 16.19415

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

Seven Aquatints

Artist

Robert Mangold

Physical Description

This work is a burnt orange square. Within this color area is a circle outlined in brown, 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

1999/1.104.2

Medium and Support

aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper

relevance

rank 16.17885

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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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

1983/1.336.13

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 16.17885

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1962

Accession Number

1964/1.116

Medium and Support

embossed color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.16326

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

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Title

Composition: from 'Quantum Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1971/1.193

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.16326

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

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visual works

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Title

Sunday of the Bookkeeper

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927-1978

Accession Number

1978/2.64

Medium and Support

etching on ledger paper

relevance

rank 16.16326

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Composition: from 'Octet Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1971/1.192

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.16326

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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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 16.15860

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Castronauts

Artist

Roberto Sebastián Antonio Echaurren Matta

Physical Description

An abstract arrangement of coils, arcs, angular and organic forms in "space" shading from rose to blue.

Artist Life Dates

1911-2002

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2011/2.209

Medium and Support

color etching and aquatint on paper

relevance

rank 16.09357

Secondary Keywords

intaglio

air and space transportation vehicles

descriptors

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transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Callecita

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white sketch of a building.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

circa 1959

Accession Number

2011/2.108

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 16.07538

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

assembling

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Title

Figure

Artist

Henry Moore

Physical Description

A small carved wood sculpture depicting a seated figure with legs crossed.

Artist Life Dates

(Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1932

Accession Number

1953/1.27

Medium and Support

lignum vitae with wood base

relevance

rank 16.07360

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descriptors

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plant material

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visual works

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wood and wood products

Title

Growing Forms

Artist

David Smith

Physical Description

A roughly teardrop-shaped sculpture of shiny cast aluminum. Within the basic organic shape are several curls and a shape that appears to be a woman or perhaps a fetus. The sculpture sits atop a tall wooden base composed of a stack of fat disc shapes.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1939

Accession Number

1980/1.213A

Medium and Support

cast aluminum on wood base

relevance

rank 16.02398

Secondary Keywords

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life

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Title

Requiem

Artist

Erwin Binder

Physical Description

bronze abstract sculpture

Artist Life Dates

1934-1993

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2004/2.107

Medium and Support

bronze on concrete

relevance

rank 16.02398

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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copper and copper alloy

descriptors

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figures

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Maitina

Artist

Atta Kwami

Physical Description

An abstract oil painting in various colors. The colors are set into their own rows or columns and do not run together.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1956

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2011/1.88

Medium and Support

oil on linen

relevance

rank 15.99291

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

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Title

Color Messages B

Artist

Carroll Dunham

Physical Description

A print in primary colors as well as green.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1949

Object Creation Date

1986

Accession Number

2011/1.68

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 15.96972

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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Title

twilight

Artist

Dwight William Tryon

Physical Description

Landscape painting featuring a row of trees in the middle distance, separating a glowing sky above and a meadow in the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1849 - 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1905

Accession Number

1955/1.87

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 15.95497

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sunset

Artist

George Inness

Physical Description

Landscape scene depicting trees silhouetted against a reddening sky with a dead fallen tree trunk lying diagonally across the foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1825-1894

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1886

Accession Number

1954/1.170

Medium and Support

oil on canvas, laid down on panel

relevance

rank 15.90489

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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woods

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Title

Dans L'Atelier de Cannes

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Physical Description

Colors: black, blue, orange, brown, yellow-green, green. Paper size: h 39 9/10cm x tw 32 1/2cm & bw 32 3/10cm.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1973

Accession Number

2008/2.433

Medium and Support

color lithograph on beige wove paper

relevance

rank 15.86681

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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lithographs

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Title

Black Excursion No. 13

Artist

Louise Nevelson

Physical Description

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

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1988

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1964

Accession Number

1997/1.131

Medium and Support

painted wood and black formica

relevance

rank 15.86511

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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wood and wood products

Title

Self-Portrait with Housegable

Artist

Max Beckmann

Physical Description

Bust-length self-portrait with housegable visible at left.

Artist Life Dates

1884-1950

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1918

Accession Number

1948/2.21

Medium and Support

drypoint on wove paper

relevance

rank 15.86469

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

components

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enclosing structural elements

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man

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Title

Hesiod's Theogony. Abstract Composition

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

Abstract etching on paper. Braque works wih line, evident in the fluidity of the mark and crosshatching. This exploration of line gives the piece three-dimensionality, common in his other abstract works.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1932

Accession Number

1953/1.66

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 15.85699

Secondary Keywords

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Title

3 square yellow #42/100

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

This square screenprint is a color study in yellow. There are three squares all nestled within eachother.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2012/2.4

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 15.84416

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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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

1983/1.336.12

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 15.84160

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Illuminated Manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

One column of text with gold leaf, red and blue lettering. Picture and figures on the right.

Object Creation Date

1462

Accession Number

2015/2.6A&B

Medium and Support

ink and gold leaf on paper

relevance

rank 15.83278

Secondary Keywords

ceremonial objects

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Title

We Will Accept Our Offering of the End of Autumn

Artist

Grace Hartigan

Physical Description

A black and white ink print. Possibly a room in a house.

Artist Life Dates

1922 - 2008

Object Creation Date

1962-1966

Accession Number

2011/1.67

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 15.82008

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Weavers Cycle: March of the Weavers (from a set of 6 prints)

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Physical Description

The scene depicts a group of figures marching in the foreground from the left to the right of the composition. A thin sliver of land can be seen in the background. A man in the center carries a scythe over his shoulder. A woman in the center right carries a child on her back.

Artist Life Dates

1867-1945

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1897

Accession Number

1956/1.21

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 15.81815

Secondary Keywords

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Title

DCM (Dining Chair Metal)

Artist

Charles Ormond Eames Jr.

Physical Description

Side chair consisting of separate trapezoidal seat and back mounted on a four-legged metal frame.

Artist Life Dates

American, 1907-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed circa 1945-1946; produced 1946

Accession Number

2012/1.288

Medium and Support

molded oak plywood, welded steel rods and rubber shock mounts

relevance

rank 15.80230

Secondary Keywords

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Title

DCW (Dining Chair Wood)

Artist

Charles Ormond Eames Jr.

Physical Description

Four-legged plywood side chair consisting of a trapezoidal seat and back connected by a wooden spine.

Artist Life Dates

1907-1978

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1945; produced 1946

Accession Number

2012/1.287

Medium and Support

molded walnut veneer plywood with rubber shock mounts

relevance

rank 15.80230

Secondary Keywords

arts and related disciplines

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disciplines

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Title

Hydra Study

Artist

Brice Marden

Physical Description

At the outer edge a long black rectangle composed of graphite and wax extends upward. Within this border is a white rectangular stripe, following the same arc as the outer black rectangle, which is exposed Arches heavy white paper. An inner black stripe sits at the composition's center composed of the same wax and graphite.

Artist Life Dates

born, Bronxville, New York, 1938

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1976/1.231

Medium and Support

graphite and wax on Arches heavy white paper

relevance

rank 15.78542

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Chair (model B33)

Artist

Marcel Breuer

Physical Description

Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.

Artist Life Dates

(Pécs, Hungary [now Romania], 1902 - 1981, New York City, New York)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935

Accession Number

2012/1.284

Medium and Support

chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas

relevance

rank 15.78041

Secondary Keywords

arts and related disciplines

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Title

Chair (model B33)

Artist

Marcel Breuer

Physical Description

Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.

Artist Life Dates

born Hungary, 1902-1981

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935

Accession Number

2012/1.286

Medium and Support

chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas

relevance

rank 15.78041

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Title

Chair (model B33)

Artist

Marcel Breuer

Physical Description

Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.

Artist Life Dates

(Pécs, Hungary [now Romania], 1902 - 1981, New York City, New York)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935

Accession Number

2012/1.285

Medium and Support

chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas

relevance

rank 15.78041

Secondary Keywords

arts and related disciplines

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