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Title

Textile fragment

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1930.40.1

Medium and Support

wool embroidery on red wool fabric

Secondary Keywords

asian

figures

human body

making art

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

types

Title

Textile fragment

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1930.40.2

Medium and Support

silk brocade with metallic threads

Secondary Keywords

animals

asian

figures

human body

making art

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

types

Title

Textile fragment

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1930.41

Medium and Support

embroidery

Secondary Keywords

asian

figures

human body

making art

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

types

Title

Textile fragment

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Kashmir

Physical Description

This is a rectangular fragment of a larger garment, probably a shawl, woven from very fine woolen threads with a white/natural ground and alternating rows of intricately detailed 'boteh' (paisley) patterns in red and blue.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1930.42

Medium and Support

wool

Secondary Keywords

asian

figures

human body

making art

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

types

Title

Textile fragment

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1930.43

Medium and Support

printed cotton

Secondary Keywords

asian

figures

human body

making art

objects we use

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

types

Title

East Side Interior

Artist

Edward Hopper

Artist Life Dates

1882-1967

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1882-1931

Accession Number

1931.9

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Secondary Keywords

architecture

child

family

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

how we live

making art

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and occupations

relationships

seating furniture

single seating furniture

Title

In Front of the Matsubaya Tea Shop

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Artist Life Dates

(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1789-1801

Accession Number

1938.9

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Lobed Chalice

Artist

Artist Unknown, Syria

Physical Description

A deep lobed chalice

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1948/1.116

Medium and Support

fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with blue underglaze

Secondary Keywords

asian

ayyubid

ayyubid pottery styles

egyptian, syrian and iraqi islamic styles and periods

islamic world dynastic styles and periods

making art

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the islamic world

types

Title

[Reproduction] A Woman and a Child

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Artist Life Dates

1725-1770

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

1948/1.154

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

genres

making art

modern and contemporary art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Young Girl Crossing a Bridge on a Windy Day; Calendar Print: Parody of "Crossing at the Sano Ford" (Hashi wo wataru musume: Egoyomi, Mitate Sano no watari)

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Artist Life Dates

1725-1770

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1765

Accession Number

1948/1.155

Medium and Support

color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, medium-size (chûban)

Secondary Keywords

asian

child

events

family

forms

how we live

making art

men

natural events

people and culture

people and occupations

relationships

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

[Reproduction]: Six Famous Poets: Figures Grouped about a Charcoal Brazier

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Artist Life Dates

1725-1770

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

1948/1.157

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

genres

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Young Woman Lacing a Hawking Gauntlet

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Artist Life Dates

1725-1770

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1765-1770

Accession Number

1948/1.158

Medium and Support

Pillar-format full color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Beauties of the East as Reflected in Fashions (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Artist Life Dates

1752 - 1815

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1784

Accession Number

1948/1.159

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, ôban-e size

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

An Outing near Mimeguri Shrine

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Artist Life Dates

1752 - 1815

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1787

Accession Number

1948/1.160

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

family

forms

how we live

making art

objects

relationships

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

A Young Woman Carrying an Open Parasol

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Artist Life Dates

1752 - 1815

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1783

Accession Number

1948/1.161

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Three Poems of the Dusk (Sanseki no waka): Courtesan Tying Her Sash

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Artist Life Dates

1752 - 1815

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1785

Accession Number

1948/1.162

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

genres

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

A young woman carrying a basket of eggplants, with Mt Fuji in the background

Artist

Isoda Koryûsai

Artist Life Dates

active 1764 - 1788

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1764-1788

Accession Number

1948/1.165

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper, pillar print

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Courtesan Tasting a Morning-glory Bud

Artist

Isoda Koryûsai

Artist Life Dates

active 1764 - 1788

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

early 1770

Accession Number

1948/1.166

Medium and Support

Pillar-format full-color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)

Secondary Keywords

asian

entertainers

forms

making art

people and occupations

plants

schools of japanese paintings and prints

the natural world

Title

Chôzan of the Chôjiya House and Her Attendants

Artist

Isoda Koryûsai

Artist Life Dates

active 1764 - 1788

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1770s

Accession Number

1948/1.167

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

A Tea-house Girl from the Iseya

Artist

Isoda Koryûsai

Artist Life Dates

active 1764 - 1788

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1778

Accession Number

1948/1.168

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

[Reproduction] Chûshingura: Lady Receiving a Love Letter

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Artist Life Dates

(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880-1930

Accession Number

1948/1.183

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

people and occupations

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Winter

Artist

Kikugawa Eizan

Artist Life Dates

1787-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1948/1.194

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Imperial Visit to Yoshino (Fûryû yoshino gyôkô), Right-hand sheet of a triptych, "Three Women"

Artist

Kikugawa Eizan

Artist Life Dates

1787-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1948/1.195

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

objects

schools of japanese paintings and prints

tools

Title

Imperial Visit to Yoshino (Fûryû yoshino gyôkô), Middle sheet of a triptych, "Three Women"

Artist

Kikugawa Eizan

Artist Life Dates

1787-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1948/1.196

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Imperial Visit to Yoshino (Fûryû yoshino gyôkô), Left-hand sheet of a triptych, "Three Women"

Artist

Kikugawa Eizan

Artist Life Dates

1787-1867

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1948/1.197

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

forms

making art

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Ants (Ameisen), from "In the Shadows" ("Im Schatten")

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

A group of laborers, wearing hats and jackets, walks from viewer's right to left along a street littered with garbage. The two in the front carry shovels. In the background is an industrial landscape, dirty and in disrepair.

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920

Accession Number

1948/1.22

Medium and Support

photolithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

clothing

descriptors

europe (continent)

figures

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

image-making processes and techniques

industrial buildings

industrial structures

lithography

modern and contemporary art

movement

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by occupation

planographic printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Northern Summer Window

Artist

Marsden Hartley

Physical Description

A vase with flowers sits before a window, between two books that lie on a table, and framed by open red curtains. The landscape outside the window shows a blue cloud sky above a body of water.

Artist Life Dates

1877 - 1943

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1936

Accession Number

1949/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

atmospheric effects

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

genres

geographic and political locations

herbaceous plants

image-making processes and techniques

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landscapes (environments)

marine bodies

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

north and central america (continent)

objects

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

paintings

paintings by material or technique

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

seasons

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

united states (nation)

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Women's Occupations: Sericulture (1 of a series of 12 prints): weaving

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754–1806)

Artist Life Dates

(Edo, 1754 - 1806, Edo)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1802

Accession Number

1950/1.207

Medium and Support

full color woodblock print (nishiki e), reprodution

Secondary Keywords

asian

figures

forms

making art

people and occupations

schools of japanese paintings and prints

Title

Still Life

Artist

Ben Nicholson

Physical Description

An angular bottle executed in two tones of white stands tall just to the (viewer's) right of center. To its left is a stack of gray drinking cups. Irregular blocks of various sizes and colors make up the rest of the field.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1982

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1945

Accession Number

1951/2.25

Medium and Support

oil on board

Secondary Keywords

bottles

bottles by form

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

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

vessels

vessels for serving and consuming food

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Two carp among waves

Artist

Kanô School

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1954/1.208

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

animals

asian

fish

forms

making art

techniques

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

His Home Over There - More than 2000 such homes for our boys - United War Work Campaign, November 11th - 18th

Artist

Albert Herter

Artist Life Dates

Born 1871

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.50

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

atmospheric effects

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

houses

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

making art

military

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

seasons

text-based art

the natural world

time

war

world wars

Title

Cactus

Artist

Graham Sutherland

Physical Description

Three forms that are simulatenously organic and sculptural stand in a line. At their base they appear sculptural or vessel-like, but further up they become more organic and cactus-like in their form. The table and background are yellow. The forms are executed mostly with white, off-white, and gray.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1954/2.39

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

life

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

natural landscapes

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Artist

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Artist Life Dates

1711-1785

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1744-1746

Accession Number

1955/1.129

Medium and Support

long-and-large size hand-colored woodblock print (urushi e) on paper (chôôban)

Secondary Keywords

architecture

asian

forms

genres

making art

people and culture

people and occupations

physical activities

physical activities by general context

schools of japanese paintings and prints

the natural world

Title

Carpet

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.182

Medium and Support

blue and red wool

Secondary Keywords

asian

fabric

making art

objects we use

textiles

types

Title

Hamadan Carpet

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1880-1920

Accession Number

1955/1.183

Medium and Support

wool pile

Secondary Keywords

asian

fabric

illuminated manuscript

making art

manuscripts

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

text-based art

types

Title

Carpet

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.184

Medium and Support

tan and rose wool

Secondary Keywords

asian

fabric

making art

objects we use

textiles

types

Title

Carpet

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.185

Medium and Support

tan, blue and rose wool

Secondary Keywords

asian

fabric

making art

objects we use

textiles

types

Title

Lakeside Temple (Landscape in Shûbun style)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

15th–16th century

Object Creation Date

late 15th century - early 16th century

Accession Number

1955/1.264

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

Secondary Keywords

asian

geography

making art

plants

techniques

the natural world

Title

Scholars Playing Go by a Waterfall

Artist

Maruyama Ôkyo

Artist Life Dates

(Tamba Province, 1733 - 1795)

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1778

Accession Number

1955/1.265

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

Secondary Keywords

asia

asian

descriptors

figures

forms

geography

inorganic material

locality

making art

materials

materials by composition

objects

people and occupations

plants

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Chyrsanthemum and Bamboo, from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.66

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

flowers

gardens

leaves

making art

plants

the natural world

Title

Chrysanthemum and Rock, from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.67

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

flowers

geography

inorganic material

leaves

making art

materials

materials by composition

plants

the natural world

Title

Plum Blossoms and Rock, from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.68

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

branches

making art

plants

the natural world

trees

Title

Autumn Chrysanthemum, from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1955/1.69

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Secondary Keywords

atmospheric effects

flowers

leaves

making art

plants

seasons

the natural world

Title

Composition

Artist

Auguste Herbin

Physical Description

Flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms

Artist Life Dates

1882 - 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927

Accession Number

1955/2.10

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

faces

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Hunger

Artist

George Grosz

Physical Description

This sparely executed lithograph depicts, from left to right, a young boy, an aged man in a hat, and an aged woman in a shawl looking at the food on display in a shop window, bananas, cheese, sausage, and wine, among other items.

Artist Life Dates

1893-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1924

Accession Number

1957/1.105

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

architecture

buildings and the land

commercial buildings

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

figures

image-making processes and techniques

lithography

materials

materials by function

mercantile buildings

modern and contemporary art

movement

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

planographic printing processes

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

stores

stores by commodity sold

windows and window components

Title

Dish with painted bird design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

12th century

Accession Number

1957/1.49

Medium and Support

underglaze painting

Secondary Keywords

animals

asian

making art

objects we use

the natural world

types

vessels

Title

Plate with brown-and-white ornamental design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

10th-11th century

Object Creation Date

10th century - 11th century

Accession Number

1957/1.50

Medium and Support

buff earthenware coated with sgraffito design in white slip

Secondary Keywords

asian

household objects

making art

types

Title

Plate with tri-colored glaze

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Physical Description

A plate with missing rim sections and geometric patterns.

Century

9th-10th century

Object Creation Date

10th century

Accession Number

1957/1.51

Medium and Support

fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with green, amber, and deep purple glaze

Secondary Keywords

asian

geographic and political locations

household objects

making art

middle east (general region)

types

Title

Bowl with calligraphic inscriptions and floral designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

13th century

Object Creation Date

13th century

Accession Number

1957/1.57

Medium and Support

fritware with underglaze painting; heavily calcinated

Secondary Keywords

asian

making art

objects

types

Title

Bowl

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Physical Description

A deep bowl with wide mouth. A part of the rim is broken. The bowl has incised patterns.

Century

late 12th - early 13th century

Object Creation Date

late 12th century - early 13th century

Accession Number

1957/1.59

Medium and Support

fritware (ground quartz and white clay) with punched and glaze design

Secondary Keywords

asian

descriptors

geographic and political locations

making art

middle east (general region)

object-making processes and techniques

objects

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture techniques

types