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Title

Alexander Dumas (père)

Artist

Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)

Artist Life Dates

1820-1910

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1855

Accession Number

1976/2.12

Medium and Support

albumen print on carte-de-viste mount

relevance

rank 1.29769

Secondary Keywords

document genres

figures

information forms

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in literature

people in literature and related occupations

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Grand Trianon, Bed of Louis-Phillippe I, Versailles (Grand Trianon, Le lit de Lo

Artist

Anonymous French

Artist Life Dates

()

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1985/2.103

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

relevance

rank 1.29654

Secondary Keywords

architecture

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

drapery

europe

furnishings

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furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

locality

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

political figures

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

royalty

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping spaces

Title

The Cluster

Artist

Arthur Osver

Artist Life Dates

born 1912

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1947

Accession Number

1950/1.175

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 1.29594

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings and the land

genres

hydraulic structures

hydraulic structures by function

modern and contemporary art

reservoirs (water distribution structures)

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

water distribution structures

Title

Black Head

Artist

Horst Antes

Artist Life Dates

b. 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968?

Accession Number

1983/1.263

Medium and Support

three-color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.28501

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Zena Mill

Artist

Bolton Brown

Physical Description

This black and white lithograph gives the illusion that it was rendered in pencil. It depicts a building on the right of the composition with a series of wooden planks attached to the structure extending into the foreground. On the left there are large trees. The entire composition appears to be infused with sunlight.

Artist Life Dates

1864-1936

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

2012/2.177

Medium and Support

lithograph on china paper

relevance

rank 1.27850

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

industrial buildings

industrial structures

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

object genres

plants

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Portrait of Rodin

Artist

William Rothenstein

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1897

Accession Number

1977/2.158

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.27737

Secondary Keywords

image form

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

multiple-seating furniture

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

seating furniture

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Untitled

Artist

John Chamberlain

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1931-1997

Accession Number

1997/1.120

Medium and Support

paper, aluminum foil, glue and painted resin

relevance

rank 1.27521

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

found object sculpture

genres

inorganic material

international post-1945 styles and movements

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

non-representational art

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

sculpture

sculpture by material

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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

1983/1.336.8

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 1.27027

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

early western world

forms of expression

genres

greek

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Snake Charmer

Artist

Oskar Kokoschka

Physical Description

Geometrically patterned composition with bright saturated colors composed of a central female figure with mermaid’s tail and bright red mane of hair; skull-headed figure at left with guitar; two green monster-like figures in upper right quadrant; two black fish with blue eyes near center.

Artist Life Dates

1886 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1907-1908

Accession Number

2000/2.180

Medium and Support

tempera on wove paper

relevance

rank 1.26806

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

european

european styles and periods

figures

genres

legendary creatures

mermaids

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

religion

reptiles and amphibians

sound devices

sound devices by function

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

subject matter

the natural world

Title

Dead Souls: Interior

Artist

Marc Chagall

Artist Life Dates

Russia, 1889-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1923-1927

Accession Number

1953/2.38

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 1.26606

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

household objects

modern and contemporary art

objects

objects we use

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping spaces

Title

Portrait of Carlyle

Artist

Richard Josey

Artist Life Dates

1840/41-1906

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1840-1906

Accession Number

1955/1.119

Medium and Support

mezzotint on chine applique

relevance

rank 1.26556

Secondary Keywords

image form

clothing

drapery

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

miners

modern and contemporary art

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

seating furniture

single seating furniture

tools and equipment

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

walking sticks

Title

The Mirror

Artist

Lucio Fontana

Physical Description

Oil-type paint and mixed media on carved 3/8” hardwood veneer wood panel. Grain runs vertical on painted surface. Carved areas expose inner core running horizontal.

Artist Life Dates

1899-1968

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1962

Accession Number

1963/1.88

Medium and Support

oil on carved wood panel

relevance

rank 1.26555

Secondary Keywords

european

european regions

figures

genres

international post-1945 styles and movements

making art

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

sculpture

sculpture by technique

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood

Title

Lamentation

Artist

Barbara Morgan

Artist Life Dates

1900-1992

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1935

Accession Number

1992/1.132

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.26527

Secondary Keywords

arts

arts and related disciplines

disciplines

drapery

genres

humanities

modern and contemporary art

movement

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

performing arts

Title

Untitled, from 'Fragments' suite

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1970/2.131

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 1.26470

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Lincoln Center/Dusk, from "City-Scapes Portfolio"

Artist

Fran Bull

Physical Description

This screenprint depicts two sculptures jutting from a pool in the center right of the composition. The pool takes up the bottom half of the print, and shows the reflections from the top half of the scene. Two trees are at the left with a tall building in the background behind them, and a building with large windows takes up the background in the right two-thirds of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

born 1938

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1979

Accession Number

1991/1.66.5

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 1.26416

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

inorganic material

light-related concepts

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

object genres

objects we use

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

scientific concepts

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Golden Section Painting #6

Artist

Dorothea Rockburne

Physical Description

folded kraft paper marked with blue pencil affixed to linen

Artist Life Dates

b. 1932

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1977/1.160

Medium and Support

kraft paper and blue pencil on linen

relevance

rank 1.25431

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

modern and contemporary art

paperworking techniques

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Dorigen of Bretaigne Longing for the Safe Return of Her Husband

Artist

Edward Burne-Jones

Artist Life Dates

1833-1898

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1870

Accession Number

1966/2.3

Medium and Support

graphite on off-white wove paper

relevance

rank 1.25419

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

architecture

european

european styles and periods

genres

geography

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

people and occupations

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

women

Title

Untitled

Artist

Ilya Bolotowsky

Artist Life Dates

Born 1907

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

2005/2.31

Medium and Support

plexiglas

relevance

rank 1.25391

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Art Attack

Artist

Keith Haring

Physical Description

Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.

Artist Life Dates

1958 - 1990

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

1991/1.137

Medium and Support

screenprint on oak panel

relevance

rank 1.25148

Secondary Keywords

americas

associated concepts

biological concepts

genres

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

illness

international post-1945 styles and movements

locality

modern and contemporary art

north & central america

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

social science concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

united states

visual works

visual works by location or context

Title

Photograph Album

Artist

Anonymous English

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1994/2.19

Medium and Support

168 albumen prints mounted in leather bound album

relevance

rank 1.25136

Secondary Keywords

abbeys

architectural elements

architectural elements by building type

architecture

belgium

bridges

buildings

castle

castles and palaces

christian religious building fixtures

components

components and systems

components by specific context

death

educational buildings

england

europe

france

genres

geography

hotel de ville

how we live

last supper

locality

netherlands

objects

palace

palaces

places of worship

religious building fixtures

rites of passage

screens in christian religious buildings

tomb

united kingdom

Title

Nativity

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Paper trimmed to frame. Tacked down to mat on all four sides. Paper size: h 13 x tw 10 1/10cm & bw 10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Accession Number

2008/2.402

Medium and Support

woodcut on cream laid paper

relevance

rank 1.24468

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

groups of people

kinship groups

motifs

natural element motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

religions

religions and religious concepts

social groups

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

WEG VII (White Embossing on Gray)

Artist

Josef Albers

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1983/1.313

Medium and Support

color line-cut on paper

relevance

rank 1.24176

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

Title

The two elders stoned by the people (one from the set of four prints, The Story

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1555

Accession Number

1956/1.51

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 1.24045

Secondary Keywords

architecture

descriptors

events

figures

figures (representations)

genres

groups

groups of people

groups of people by activity

how we live

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

personal life events

physical activities

physical activities by general context

rites of passage

rock

rock by form

stand

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Fruit

Artist

Pierre Daura

Artist Life Dates

1896 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1955-1974

Accession Number

2001/2.97

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 1.23996

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

coverings and hangings

coverings and hangings by location or context

coverings and hangings by specific type

coverings and hangings for furniture

coverings and hangings for storage and support furniture

culinary containers

dishes

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

genres

objects we use

plants

table coverings

the natural world

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Untitled (I feel most colored...), from Four Etchings

Artist

Glenn Ligon

Physical Description

Stencilled black capital letters on white background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

1993/2.13.1

Medium and Support

softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on white Rives BF

relevance

rank 1.23681

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

document genres

historical, theoretical and critical concepts

information form components

information forms

layout features

modern american styles and periods

modern and contemporary art

modern north american styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

text-based art

the americas

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

words

Title

Song of Sentient Beings #1612

Artist

Bill Jacobson

Physical Description

Blurred image of a male nude figure bending forward from a standing position so that his hands nearly touch the ground.

Artist Life Dates

born 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

1999/1.102

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 1.23208

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

descriptors

figures (representations)

forming

genres

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

illness

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

La Cardeuse (The Wool Carder)

Artist

Jean-François Millet

Physical Description

A woman is shown seated in a simple interior. She is holding carding combs and is seated next to a pile of uncarded wool on one side and skeins of yarn on the other. Behind her is the wheel of a spinning wheel.

Artist Life Dates

1814-1875

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

1855-1856

Accession Number

1955/1.120

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid paper

relevance

rank 1.22752

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

fabric

figures

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

seating furniture

single seating furniture

textiles

Title

Hiroshima Series

Artist

Jacob Lawrence

Artist Life Dates

1917 - 2000

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

1997/1.533.6

Medium and Support

screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper

relevance

rank 1.22539

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

animals

architecture

descriptors

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

materials

materials by origin

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

seating furniture

single seating furniture

skeleton and skeleton components

skeleton components

the natural world

Title

Fallen Head

Artist

Karel Appel

Artist Life Dates

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1921 - 2006, Zurich, Switzerland

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960

Accession Number

1963/1.74

Medium and Support

gouache and crayon on white wove paper

relevance

rank 1.22430

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

upper body

Title

Combat of Romans and Dacians (after a relief on the Arch of Constantine, Rome)

Artist

Nicolas Beatrizet

Physical Description

This engraving reproduces a relief sculpture from the second century CE of Roman soldiers under Emperor Trajan conquering the Dacians in what is today Romania. The sculpture was later removed from its original monument built to honor Trajan and incorporated into the Arch of Constantine, erected in Rome by the emperor Constantine between 312 and 315.

The relief depicts mounted Roman soldiers, dressed in their characteristic armor and helmets, surging to the left and right from the center of the scene. A group of soldiers sounding horns stands in their midst. The Romans' vanquished Dacian foes lie trampled beneath the horses' hooves.

Artist Life Dates

c.1515 - after 1565

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1553

Accession Number

1960/2.41

Medium and Support

engraving on laid paper

relevance

rank 1.22315

Secondary Keywords

copies (derivative objects)

derivative objects

descriptors

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

italy (nation)

lazio (region)

object genres

originals and derivative objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by occupation

people in military occupations

physical activities

physical activities by general context

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

roma (province)

Title

Blue and Red Hackers Ax

Artist

Jim Pallas

Physical Description

A red and blue painted object with matte and shiny finishes. A long wooden ax handle attached to a computer keyboard wrapped with a curly telephone cord towards the base of the handle.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1941

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

2014/1.594

Medium and Support

pigmented epoxy on computer keyboard and cord with wooden ax handle

relevance

rank 1.22297

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

object-making processes and techniques

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture techniques

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Under the Lamp (Sous la Lampe)

Artist

Albert Dubois-Pillet

Physical Description

This is a tondo painting with a circular frame that is painted in tones of violet. It is a still-life scene that shows a lamp, resting on a table, set against a green wall. On the wall behind the lamp is a painting, but only the lower right-hand corner is visible due to the sharp curve of the circular format of the painting. On the table, beside the lamp, is a piece of paper and an ink well in the shape of a human figure. The base of the lamp has a curvilinear profile and the pleated shade is painted in bright colors of orange, pink, green and yellow. Both the scene and the frame are painted with short, dot-like brushstrokes.

Artist Life Dates

1846 - 1890

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1888

Accession Number

1988/1.140

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 1.22050

Secondary Keywords

placement

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

form attributes

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furnishings components

genres

lamps by location or context

lighting device components

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

objects

objects we use

shape

Title

Sur le Flat-Iron

Artist

Albert Gleizes

Physical Description

Ink and gouache drawing in black, gray and white on tan paper with tall vertical structure at center of composition rendered in a series of quick vertical and diagonal lines.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1953

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1916

Accession Number

2000/2.172

Medium and Support

graphite, ink, gouache, and white heightening on tannish-gray wove paper

relevance

rank 1.21938

Secondary Keywords

additive and joining processes and techniques

assembling

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

genres

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

non-representational art

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

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

watercolors

Title

Seated Nude

Artist

Henri Laurens

Artist Life Dates

1885-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1940

Accession Number

1948/2.27

Medium and Support

terracotta

relevance

rank 1.21756

Secondary Keywords

european

european styles and periods

figures

figures (representations)

genres

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

studies (visual works)

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work

Artist

Ammi Phillips

Physical Description

Portrait of a young man seated in a chair wearing a dark jacket, white shirt with high collar and neck tie with red stick pin; holding a book in his right hand. Plain grayish-brown background; gold frame.

Artist Life Dates

1788-1865

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1823

Accession Number

2002/1.199

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 1.21690

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

figures

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

man

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

seating furniture

single seating furniture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

La Marchande de Moutarde, one of the "Twelve Etchings from Nature," or the "French Set"

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A young woman at the left stands at the threshold of a stone doorway; in the interior beyond her, a woman in a white cap is preparing a jar at a desk or counter. Above the desk is a row of jars on a shelf.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1858

Accession Number

1954/1.329

Medium and Support

etching, printed in black ink on Japan paper, laid down on white wove plate paper

relevance

rank 1.21481

Secondary Keywords

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Title

I-S Va 2 (Six Variants)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

An abstract print of six red rectangluar shapes

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/1.117

Medium and Support

screenprint on Arches

relevance

rank 1.21160

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

White Territory

Artist

Joan Mitchell

Physical Description

Abstract painting, primarily white with a large squarish area of dark green in the top left quadrant. Loose brushwork varies from wide, full strokes to the short, rapid strokes at the compositions center. Pigment application ranges from a very thin wash to heavy impasto.

Artist Life Dates

(Chicago, Illinois , 2/12/1925 - 10/30/1992, Paris, France)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970-1971

Accession Number

1974/2.21

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 1.21151

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buildings and the land

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Title

Mercurius in the Vessel

Artist

Richard Anuszkiewicz

Physical Description

Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.

Artist Life Dates

born 1930

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1988/1.137

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 1.20941

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Title

Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)

Artist

Hans Arp

Physical Description

A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.

Artist Life Dates

1886-1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

1948/2.26

Medium and Support

bronze with wood base

relevance

rank 1.20861

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Title

To Benjamin B.

Artist

Howard Ben Tré

Physical Description

Three large, rectangular blocks of translucent green glass hang in vertical succession on a newtwork of copper rods. The glass has bubbles embedded within it and shows evidence of the sandcasting process.

Artist Life Dates

born 1949

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

1997/1.116

Medium and Support

cast glass and copper

relevance

rank 1.20698

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descriptors

european

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forming

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Title

Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series

Artist

Frank Stella

Physical Description

Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

1989/2.1

Medium and Support

patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint

relevance

rank 1.20588

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Still Life

Artist

Emil Ganso

Artist Life Dates

1895 - 1941

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920-1939

Accession Number

1997/1.270

Medium and Support

wood engraving on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 1.20260

Secondary Keywords

containers

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table coverings

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Title

Illuminated Landscape

Artist

Chet LaMore

Physical Description

Nocturnal scene with landscape populated by otherworldly pink, green, and blue flora and fauna resembling marine life or celestial bodies.

Artist Life Dates

1908-1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1982/1.199

Medium and Support

casein on board

relevance

rank 1.19833

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Title

Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)

Artist

Hans Arp

Physical Description

A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.

Artist Life Dates

1886-1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1930; cast 1957

Accession Number

1983/1.399

Medium and Support

polished bronze

relevance

rank 1.19710

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

e e cummings

Physical Description

Abstract painting with low horizon line, deep blue above horizon and dark greenish-brown below horizon; brown abstract form left of center, and bright white swirling brushstroke right of center.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1988/1.120

Medium and Support

oil on cardboard

relevance

rank 1.19689

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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Title

The Father's Leave-Taking

Artist

William Holman Hunt

Artist Life Dates

(1827 - 1910)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1879

Accession Number

1977/2.7

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 1.19602

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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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 1.19517

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Frank Stella

Physical Description

Two sets of concentric arcs of bright colors radiate toward one another from the lower left corner and the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

1993/2.6

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

relevance

rank 1.18563

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Franz Kline

Physical Description

Abstract painting composed of long broad brushstrokes in black and white with a small area of red in the upper left quadrant.

Artist Life Dates

1910 - 1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1988/1.136

Medium and Support

oil on cardboard mounted on board

relevance

rank 1.17860

Secondary Keywords

european

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the americas