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Title
Machines and El Patterns
Artist
Ida Abelman
Artist Life Dates
1910-2002
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1938
Accession Number
1943.1
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Abelman, Ida
Primary Keywords
abstraction
machine
surrealism
wpa
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Title
The Elements: Leaf transformed into a torso
Artist
Hans Arp
Artist Life Dates
1886-1966
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1887-1962
Accession Number
1962/2.32
Medium and Support
color woodcut on paper
Artist
Arp, Hans
Primary Keywords
abstraction
leaf
surrealism
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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
Artist
Arp, Hans
Primary Keywords
abstraction
biomorphic abstraction
bronze (metal)
growth
sculpture
surrealism
torsos
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Title
Sail-Maker VI (Voilier VI), from'Mirror of the Poet (Miroir du poète)'
Artist
Hans Arp
Artist Life Dates
1886-1966
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1957
Accession Number
1983/1.330
Medium and Support
color woodcut on paper
Artist
Arp, Hans
Primary Keywords
abstraction
surrealism
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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
Artist
Arp, Hans
Primary Keywords
abstraction
biomorphic abstraction
bronze (metal)
fruit
growth
sculpture
surrealism
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Title
Placed According the the Laws of Chance, from Dreams and Projects. Book in portfolio form. English, French and German text with 28 Original Woodcuts.
Artist
Hans Arp
Artist Life Dates
1886-1966
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1952
Accession Number
1953/1.24
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
Artist
Arp, Hans
Primary Keywords
abstraction
surrealism
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Title
Haman
Artist
Leonard Baskin
Artist Life Dates
1922-2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1955
Accession Number
1971/2.118
Medium and Support
ink and graphite on paper
Artist
Baskin, Leonard
Primary Keywords
abstraction
face
surrealism
Title
Fair (Fête foraine), 1934-35, Plate XII, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.12
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
masks
surrealism
Title
Odalisque, Plate III, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.3
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
musical instruments
nudes
surrealism
violins
Title
Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Physical Description
A highly abstracted photographic composition in which the viewer catches glimpses of a female nude seen in the stomach at center and the keyhole glimpse of a breast to the viewer's right; the overall composition is dark with patterned, textured overlapping fabrics
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.4
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
biomorphic abstraction
clichès-verre
mandolins
musical instruments
nudes
surrealism
surrealist
women
Title
Amphora Woman (Femme-amphore), from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.5
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
nudes
surrealism
Title
Girl Undressing (Fille de joie se déshabillant), Plate VI, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.6
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
mandolins
musical instruments
nudes
surrealism
Title
Fruit Woman (Femme-fruit), Plate I, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.1
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
surrealism
Title
Offering (Offrande), Plate X, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.10
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
nudes
surrealism
Title
Woman in Veils (Femme aux voiles), Plate XI, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.11
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
nudes
surrealism
Title
Stripped Woman of Seville (Sévillane dénudée), Plate II, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.2
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
musical instruments
portraits
saint
standing
surrealism
Title
Mineral Countenance (Visage Minéral), Plate VII, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.7
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
face
masks
surrealism
Title
Temptation of Saint Anthony (Tentation de Saint Antoine), Plate VII, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.8
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
masks
nudes
reclining
surrealism
Title
Young Girl Dreaming (Jeune fille rêvant), Plate IX, from "Transmutations"
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Physical Description
A female figure reclines on a divan on her side with her back toward the viewer; Beneath the divan the dark background is lined with a diamond patterning. Behind the figure are textures suggesting pillows or other textiles.
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1984
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934-1935; printed 1967
Accession Number
1971/2.150.9
Medium and Support
clichés-verre on paper
Artist
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
Primary Keywords
abstraction
beds (furniture)
biomorphic abstraction
clichès-verre
dreams
girls
guitars
musical instruments
nudes
reclining
surrealism
surrealist
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Title
The Operation
Artist
Harry Brorby
Artist Life Dates
20th century
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1965/2.16
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Brorby, Harry
Primary Keywords
figures
groups
reclining
standing
surrealism
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Title
The Crocodile Hunters
Artist
Nancy Brorby
Artist Life Dates
20th century
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1965/2.18
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Brorby, Nancy
Primary Keywords
abstraction
airplanes
animals
surrealism
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Title
School of Gladiators (Scuola di Gladiatori II), from the suite 'Metamorphosis'
Artist
Giorgio de Chirico
Artist Life Dates
Greece, 1888-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1929
Accession Number
1954/1.149
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
Artist
Chirico, Giorgio de
Primary Keywords
gladiators
males
surrealism
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Title
The Return of the Prodigal Son (Il ritorno del figlio prodigo I), Plate I from the suite "Metamorphosis"
Artist
Giorgio de Chirico
Artist Life Dates
Greece, 1888-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1929
Accession Number
1948/1.336
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
Artist
Chirico, Giorgio de
Primary Keywords
automaton
father
males
mannequins
prodigal
son
surrealism
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Title
The Archeologists IV (Gli Archeologi IV); Plate VI from the suite "Metamorphosis" (Metamorphosis is underlined)
Artist
Giorgio de Chirico
Artist Life Dates
Greece, 1888-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1929
Accession Number
1948/1.54
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
Artist
Chirico, Giorgio de
Primary Keywords
automaton
heraldic shield
mannequins
ruins
surrealism
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Title
Hebdomeros, from the suite Metamorphosis
Artist
Giorgio de Chirico
Artist Life Dates
Greece, 1888-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1929
Accession Number
1948/1.335
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
Artist
Chirico, Giorgio de
Primary Keywords
bust
males
surrealism
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Title
Greeks and Amazons
Artist
Warrington Colescott
Artist Life Dates
born 1921
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1965/2.22
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Colescott, Warrington
Primary Keywords
figures
greek
surrealism
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Title
To Isadora Duncan
Artist
Warrington Colescott
Artist Life Dates
born 1921
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1965/2.23
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Colescott, Warrington
Primary Keywords
abstraction
groups
surrealism
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Title
Ephemera Relating to Works by Salvador Dalí from the Julian Levy Gallery, New York
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1941
Accession Number
1986/1.181
Medium and Support
photomechanical reproduction on cardboard
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
automaton
figures
mannequins
masks
portraits
surrealism
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Title
Lunettes à hologrammes et ordinateurs pour voir les objets imaginés, from 'Imagi
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.1
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
head
surrealism
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Title
Téléphone-homard cybernétique, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Future' por
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.10
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
lobster
surrealism
telephone
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Title
Baignoire à tornade liquide, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Future' portf
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.2
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
face
helicopters
surrealism
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Title
Télévision liquide et gazeuse, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Future' por
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.3
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
eyes
seated
surrealism
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Title
Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Fut
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.4
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
road
surrealism
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Title
Fauteuil à sespirer pneumatique, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Future' p
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.5
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
chairs
lions
surrealism
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Title
Maquillage Cyclopéen, from the portfolio "Imaginations and Objects of the Future
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.6
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
eyes
head
surrealism
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Title
Jardin Biologique, from the portfolio "Imaginations and Objects of the Future"
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.7
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
islands
surrealism
water
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Title
Espace-temps en fusion, from the portfolio "Imaginations and Objects of the Future"
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.8
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
landscapes
road
surrealism
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Title
Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides, from 'Imaginations and Objects of the Fut
Artist
Salvador Dali
Artist Life Dates
1904-1989
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1975-1976
Accession Number
1981/2.110.9
Medium and Support
mixed media on Rives BFK paper
Artist
Dali, Salvador
Primary Keywords
boat
face
surrealism
umbrella
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Title
Two Figures & El
Artist
Stuart Davis
Artist Life Dates
(1892 - 1964)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1931
Accession Number
1948/2.32
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Davis, Stuart
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
surrealism
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Title
City Scene
Artist
Paul Delvaux
Artist Life Dates
1897 - 1994
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1942
Accession Number
1997/1.74
Medium and Support
pen and black ink on cream wove paper
Artist
Delvaux, Paul
Primary Keywords
benches
buildings
city
females
groups
nudes
seated
surrealism
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Title
Homme et trois femmes (Man and Three Women)
Artist
Paul Delvaux
Artist Life Dates
1897 - 1994
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1997/1.76
Medium and Support
pen and black, gray, and violet inks and watercolor on tan wove paper
Artist
Delvaux, Paul
Primary Keywords
bowler
clothed
figures
flowers
males
nudes
surrealism
trees
woman
women
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Title
L'homme lisant (Man Reading)
Artist
Paul Delvaux
Artist Life Dates
1897 - 1994
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1997/1.78
Medium and Support
pen and brown ink and grayish-brown wash on cream wove paper
Artist
Delvaux, Paul
Primary Keywords
bowler
clothed
females
figures
flowers
males
nudes
reading
surrealism
trees
vines
women
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Title
The Reign of Antiquities
Artist
Carl Demeulenaere
Artist Life Dates
born 1956
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1979
Accession Number
2001/2.83
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Artist
Demeulenaere, Carl
Primary Keywords
landscapes
mythology
surrealism
symbols
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Title
Dangerous Communications (Correspondances dangereuses), Plate II from The Brunidor Portfolio No. One
Artist
Max Ernst
Artist Life Dates
1891 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1947
Accession Number
1947/2.10
Medium and Support
etching on Vélin Arches
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
abstraction
birds
surrealism
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Title
Light of Impassable Decay (Lumière infranchissable pourriture)
Artist
Max Ernst
Artist Life Dates
1891 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1986/2.98
Medium and Support
color etching and aquatint on off-white wove paper
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
abstraction
surrealism
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Title
Portrait of August Bolte (Portrait Auguste Bolte), from Kurt Schwitters, "Auguste Bolte"
Artist
Max Ernst
Artist Life Dates
1891 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
1986/2.99
Medium and Support
lithograph on chine collé
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
abstraction
doll
portraits
surrealism
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Title
Janus Bird (Oiseau Janus)
Artist
Max Ernst
Physical Description
Standing bronze figure with recto/verso. The silhouette of the body is rectangular in shape. The heads on both side are simply rendered with rounded eyes and a pursed -lip mouth on one, a button nose on the other; bodies are supported by short legs; sides loosely suggest representations of male and female anatomy with side-by-side scallop shells suggesting a breasted chest on one side, an upward facing frog/toad in the phallus area on the reverse side.
Artist Life Dates
1891-1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
1987/1.160
Medium and Support
bronze
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
birds
bronze (metal)
ducks
figures (representations)
frogs
sculpture
shells
surrealism
surrealist
turtles
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Title
Four Shoes, from 'La Ballade du Soldat'
Artist
Max Ernst
Artist Life Dates
1891 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1972
Accession Number
1983/2.240
Medium and Support
etching, printed in red ink on paper
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
shoes
surrealism
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Title
At the Crossroads (En Rade)
Artist
Max Ernst
Physical Description
Three birds, executed with spare line and simple form, are set within an abstracted landscape of bright yellows and oranges.
Artist Life Dates
1891 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1955
Accession Number
1983/1.414
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
birds
oil painting
sky
sunlight
surrealism
surrealist
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Title
Dancers (Danseuses)
Artist
Max Ernst
Artist Life Dates
1891 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1950
Accession Number
1987/1.264
Medium and Support
lithograph
Artist
Ernst, Max
Primary Keywords
abstraction
dancers
surrealism
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