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Title

Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water

Artist

Kay Sage

Physical Description

Four spare industrial structures rise at different angles into an empty landscape. On the viewer's right, a scaffolding rises from the lower corner and angles to the left. On the left, another scaffold structure runs from the bottom corner along the left edge. In the middle, a building-like structure rises from the bottom of the composition and leans into the visual space, resting on a long rectangular solid that is draped with a cloth.

Artist Life Dates

1898 - 1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1946

Accession Number

1963/2.1

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.98503

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

architecture

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by location or context

descriptors

equipment

equipment by process

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

industrial structures

landscapes (environments)

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

supporting equipment

the natural world

tools and equipment

waterscapes

Title

Construction (Konstruktion)

Artist

László Moholy-Nagy

Physical Description

Two tall, rectangular intersecting planes, one black and one white, create the appearance of a tall, minimal structure. Vertical lines of black and white add to the structure, which at its base projects slightly into a rough square shape that seems to delineate a kind of ground or base. The space around the structure is ochre.

Artist Life Dates

Hungary, 1895-1946

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

1957/1.30

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 0.98201

Secondary Keywords

height

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

international post-1945 styles and movements

lithographs

mathematical concepts

modern and contemporary art

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

modern german styles and movements

multistory buildings

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

planographic prints

polygons

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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

relevance

rank 0.97747

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

Still Life with Apples (Nature Morte aux Pommes)

Artist

Maurice de Vlaminck

Physical Description

A bowl containing apples rests in the center, flanked by two conical drinking cups.

Artist Life Dates

1876-1958

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1910

Accession Number

1984/1.288

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.97641

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

drinking vessels

european

european styles and periods

food

fruit

genres

image-making processes and techniques

materials

materials by function

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

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objects

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

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paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

vessels

vessels for serving and consuming food

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Rectangular Bronze Form No. 2

Artist

Robert Adams

Physical Description

Thin, double-side, H-shaped bronze sculpture. Each side is made up of a collection of rough rectangle shapes overlapping and butting up against one another. Two rectangle-shaped openings penetrate the piece.

Artist Life Dates

1917-1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1953

Accession Number

1954/2.40

Medium and Support

bronze with wood base

relevance

rank 0.97333

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

geometric concepts

geometric figures

geometric shapes

inorganic material

materials

materials by composition

mathematical concepts

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

non-representational art

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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

relevance

rank 0.97286

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

events

figures

figures (representations)

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

genres

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

personal life events

photographs

photographs by processing or presentation technique

photographs by technique

physical activities

physical activities by general context

sleeping and reclining furniture

sound devices

sound devices by function

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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

relevance

rank 0.97174

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

Landscape

Artist

Adolph Gottlieb

Physical Description

A landscape reduced to minimal abstract elements. The lower half of the painting is black. The upper half, various shades of white and blue. Two black squares are suspended in the white above the black. A small pale blue circle is between the squares.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1974)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1952

Accession Number

1968/1.81

Medium and Support

oil on board

relevance

rank 0.96719

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

landscapes (environments)

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the natural world

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

The Bullfight (Courses de taureaux)

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Physical Description

A bull in the center charges to the left toward a horse rearing up with a bullfighter on its back. The bullfighter leans forward to plunge a spear into the bull's shoulder area. Flags and spectator stands lie in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1973

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934

Accession Number

1994/1.70

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.96330

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

genres

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation buildings

recreation structures

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

sports buildings

sports buildings by function

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Famous Picnic at Val Kill

Artist

Ann Murfee Allen

Physical Description

Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1923 - 1995

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2002/1.178

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.90150

Secondary Keywords

american regions

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

dwellings

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

how we live

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by function

natural landscapes

north american

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

plants

political and social issues

residential structures

sailing vessels by size

seating furniture

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

single seating furniture

standing

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

tables (support furniture)

tables by function

the americas

the natural world

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

visual works

visual works by subject type

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

watercraft by specific type

waterscapes

woody plants

Title

Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project

Artist

Yinka Shonibare

Physical Description

Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”

Artist Life Dates

born 1962

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2008/2.256

Medium and Support

resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric

relevance

rank 0.86550

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

british

case furniture

components

components and systems

components by specific context

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

derivative objects

descriptors

england (country)

europe (continent)

european

european regions

european styles and periods

fireplaces and fireplace components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture by form or function

geographic and political locations

greater london (metropolitan area)

heating and cooking elements

image-making processes and techniques

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

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object genres

object-making processes and techniques

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paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

processes and techniques

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recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

sculpture techniques

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping and reclining furniture

storage and display furniture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

support furniture

united kingdom (nation)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

California Orange Grove

Artist

David Courlander

Physical Description

Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.

Artist Life Dates

1866-1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.89

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 0.78774

Secondary Keywords

settlement area

upward

americas

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

bodies of water

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bodies of water by size

buildings and the land

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descriptors

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

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equipment by context

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fruit

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houses by location or context

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landforms

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materials

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modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

north & central america

north and central america (continent)

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people and culture

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physical sciences concepts

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visual works

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water activities

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woods

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