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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.24A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.40A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.49A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.1A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

card, table and board game elements

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.17A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

card, table and board game elements

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.32A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

card, table and board game elements

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.10A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

card, table and board game elements

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.26A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

card, table and board game elements

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Title

Algebre de l'Hourloupe

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

2010/2.22.42A&B

Medium and Support

screenprinted on thick wove board

relevance

rank 0.42251

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tôkyô nijûkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo)

Artist

Kawase Hasui

Physical Description

A large, dark tree looms over a field with neat rows of crops. A full moon hangs low in the sky, peeking from behind tree branches and thin gray clouds.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1930

Accession Number

1993/2.29

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42243

Secondary Keywords

agricultural complexes

associated concepts

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Lee Bontecou

Physical Description

graphite drawing on cream paper, unframed

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1962/1.97

Medium and Support

graphite on cream paper

relevance

rank 0.42243

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Knife with wooden scabbard

Artist

African, Southern Songye

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1985/2.123A-B

Medium and Support

iron, wood, copper and twine

relevance

rank 0.42197

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

cases (containers)

central and equatorial african styles

containers

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luba region

objects

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styles and periods

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weapons and ammunition

western democratic republic of congo styles

Title

Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing

Artist

Takuma Tametô

Artist Life Dates

active 1132-1174

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

mid 12th century

Accession Number

1963/1.99

Medium and Support

handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 0.42158

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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religions and religious concepts

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Title

Seated Nude

Artist

Richard Diebenkorn

Artist Life Dates

1922 - 1993

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

2000/2.221

Medium and Support

wash and graphite on wove paper

relevance

rank 0.42157

Secondary Keywords

figures

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

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objects

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single seating furniture

Title

Illustration to "Beneath the Wrinkle," from "Camera Work - A Photographic Quarterly, Issue No. 9, January, 1905"

Artist

Clarence H. White

Artist Life Dates

1871 - 1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1905

Accession Number

2000/2.142.2

Medium and Support

photogravure on paper

relevance

rank 0.42157

Secondary Keywords

furnishings

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objects

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single seating furniture

standing

Title

Two Builders Playing Chess

Artist

Jacob Lawrence

Artist Life Dates

1917 - 2000

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1996

Accession Number

2000/2.124

Medium and Support

soft ground etching and aquatint on paper

relevance

rank 0.42157

Secondary Keywords

chess

furnishings

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objects

objects we use

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seating furniture

single seating furniture

Title

Edward Everett (1794-1865)

Artist

Bass Otis

Artist Life Dates

1784-1865

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1800-1865

Accession Number

1895.66

Medium and Support

oil on canvas mounted on panel

relevance

rank 0.42157

Secondary Keywords

figures

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Title

Portrait

Artist

William Bicknell

Artist Life Dates

1860-1947

Accession Number

1940.388

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 0.42157

Secondary Keywords

figures

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Title

Jacintha

Artist

Célestin Francois Nanteuil

Artist Life Dates

(active 1813 - 1873)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1866

Accession Number

1973/1.783

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 0.42157

Secondary Keywords

figures

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Title

Shallow bowl with bands of turquoise glaze and central floral pattern

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.159

Medium and Support

fritware with turquoise glaze

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

containers

containers by function or context

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religions

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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Left Side) Seki Sanjurô III as sendô (boatman) Gonshirô and Onoe Baiko IV as Ofude (???, female)

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Artist Life Dates

1797 - 1861

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.1

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

Two Actors in a Kabuki Play (Natsumatsuri Naniwano Kagami)

Artist

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

Physical Description

Japanese woodblock color print depicting two men standing, while the man on the man standing on the right grabs the arm of the man standing on the left.

Artist Life Dates

1777 - 1835

Century

mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

1815-1868

Accession Number

2011/2.61

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Oban Triptych: Kabuki Scene (Right Side) boatmen Dairoku, Kanroku, Sadaroku, and Bunroku

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki (???????)

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Physical Description

One of a set of three woodblock prints in traditional Japanese style depicting a Kabuki scene, the classical form of dance-drama in Japan.

Object Creation Date

1849-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.193.3

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42150

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

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Title

L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois

Artist

Maurice Utrillo

Physical Description

A winter scene with a steepled church (with a bird on top of the steeple) in the center surounded by other buildings and a three-story building on the right hand side. There is snow on the ground and bare trees. Pinks, whites, browns and blues are the colors throughout.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1955

Object Creation Date

circa 1938

Accession Number

2014/1.615

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.42130

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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massachusetts (state)

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religious structures

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Title

Soaring Birds (oiseaux au fulgurant)

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

The print features two birds soaring, their beaks almost touching. They are encircled by a ring, reminiscent of a window.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1985/1.107

Medium and Support

color lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 0.42113

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Mask (Kasangu)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1960

Accession Number

1971/2.44

Medium and Support

wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber

relevance

rank 0.42100

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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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 0.42094

Secondary Keywords

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americas

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Title

Duality of Opposites II

Artist

Patricia Olynyk

Physical Description

An abstract image of red, blue, purple, orange and yellow with varying lines going in different directions. One side of the work is the darker colors and slowly changes to the brighter on the right hand side.

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2014/2.103

Medium and Support

color monoprint on paper

relevance

rank 0.42084

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

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disciplines

european

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Title

Lovers, Palace Theater, NYC

Artist

Weegee

Physical Description

Two people in 3-d glasses kissing inside of a movie theater.

Artist Life Dates

b. Poland, 1899-1968

Object Creation Date

1945; printed 1993

Accession Number

2013/2.187

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42046

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

embraces

people and culture

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Title

Stormy Valley

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

Mountains and a cloudy, dark sky from a valley.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.34

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 0.42004

Secondary Keywords

downward

upward

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descriptors

events

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natural events

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people and culture

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

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Title

Warsaw

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1943; printed 1963

Accession Number

2011/1.101

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 0.42004

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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writing (processes)

Title

Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi's Lapides Capitolini (1762)

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Physical Description

Large double-folio print, with fold marks. Contains various monuments and their text from ancient Rome. Title plate beneath print indicates that the fragments were from ancient Rome and found in various ancient ruins, with the exception of fragment XLIX, currently (at time of print) in the collection of the Collegio Romano, a building then housing the Jesuits' Rome seminary.

Print is patched. Separate plate marks are visible between image and inscription. The image is patched from four segments, while the text below is patched from two segments. Paper bears no watermark. Folio fold marks are noted on copy in file. Large text portions read as follows:

Inscription 1 (in image plate, center): senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita)

Inscription 2 (in separate text plate attached at bottom): Lapides Capitolini / Sive Fastorum fragmenta, quos Verrius Flaccus, Caii et Lucii, Augusti Nepotum, praeceptor ase dispositos in inferiore fori parte conlocaverat, nunc primum edita prout cermuntur in Capitolio servata / nempe characteris et Lapidum forma, additis ad ornatum degantioribus aliquot veteribus sigillis, et anaglyplus / Fragmentum XLIX in Collegio Romano Patrum Societatis Jesu adservatum

Artist Life Dates

Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1762

Accession Number

2007/2.117

Medium and Support

engraving, printed in black ink on paper

relevance

rank 0.42001

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

document genres

document genres by form

early western world

europe (continent)

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information forms

italy (nation)

lazio (region)

mediterranean

objects we use

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roma (province)

single built works

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

Indian Bronze Ganesha

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A bronze statue of an Hindu god. The figure has an elephant head attached to a human body.

Accession Number

2012/1.270

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 0.41997

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

inorganic material

mammals

materials

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metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Uchikake (Wedding Cloak)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1980

Accession Number

1986/1.215

Medium and Support

silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads

relevance

rank 0.41997

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

costume

costume by form

cultural ceremonies

descriptors

design elements

events

main garments

motifs

needleworking

needleworking and needleworking techniques

objects we use

people and culture

plant-derived motifs

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

rites of passage

textile processes and techniques

textile working processes and techniques

Title

Gentleman at a Courtesan's House by the Bay

Artist

Utagawa Yoshitora

Artist Life Dates

(Tokyo, ca. 1815 - ca. 1880)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1855-1870

Accession Number

1985/1.179

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 0.41987

Secondary Keywords

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

objects

objects we use

people and occupations

seating furniture

ships

single seating furniture

standing

the natural world

waterscapes

Title

Duo S-Z

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

This object is a cream colored sheet of paper in a horizontal rectangular shape with geometric forms embossed in the center section. There is no color and the geometric forms are created by raised lines. There is a long rectangle that contains two sets of intersecting cubes. The object title, edition number, artist signature and date are written in pencil below the rectangle.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

2009/2.15

Medium and Support

Intaglio on paper

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

associated concepts

geometric concepts

geometric figures

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objects we use

people and culture

plane figures

polygons

prints

prints by process

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quadrilaterals

scientific concepts

solids (geometric)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Skunk-cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

A close-up of skunk cabbage beginning to grow from a reddish tear-drop shaped pod. It is sprouting from a wet, mossy area where snow, still visible in the background, has melted.

Artist Life Dates

(1917 - 2009)

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.7

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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people and culture

physical sciences concepts

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scientific concepts

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weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

wetlands

Title

Tile fragment with inscription

Artist

Artist Unknown, Iran

Century

12th-13th century

Object Creation Date

12th century - 13th century

Accession Number

1972/2.152

Medium and Support

molded fritware with turquoise glaze

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

components

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descriptors

forming

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materials

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religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Golddust Spoon

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.363

Medium and Support

hammered brass

relevance

rank 0.41967

Secondary Keywords

culinary equipment

culinary equipment by function

culinary equipment for serving and consuming food

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

metalwork

object genres

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people and culture

styles and periods

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tools and equipment

utensils for serving food

Title

MS Leaf: Hymnal

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia

Century

Mid-17th century

Object Creation Date

mid 17th century

Accession Number

1959/1.151

Medium and Support

Ink on vellum

relevance

rank 0.41930

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

coating (material)

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descriptors

gothic scripts

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latin and greek alphabet scripts

leaves

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people and culture

plant material

religions and religious concepts

script and type forms

scripts (writing)

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text-based art

Title

Landscape of Quito

Artist

Oswaldo Guayasamin

Physical Description

This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.

Artist Life Dates

1919-1999

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

2009/2.93

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 0.41921

Secondary Keywords

upward

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

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international post-1945 styles and movements

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styles and periods

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Title

Early Morning

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

Two men sit on a bench at the lower right. Behind them is a large expanse of water; barges ply the water while smokestacks and buildings are visible on the opposite shore. The overall impression is one of foggy weather and features are generally indistinct.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1878

Accession Number

1954/1.415

Medium and Support

lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground on wove paper

relevance

rank 0.41921

Secondary Keywords

architecture

associated concepts

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

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Title

Power Figure (nkisi kozo)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Vili Peoples, Congo Republic

Physical Description

Small wooden animal, possibly a dog or warthog, stands with medicinal pack and mirror embedded into its back; face has long sneering mouth and snout, bearing teeth. short pointed ears; tail curls at end. Two “guns” or pointy projections would have come out above the dog’s front legs, but they have broken off.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1825-1899

Accession Number

2005/1.182

Medium and Support

wood, mirrors, resin, tukula powder, medicinal substances

relevance

rank 0.41915

Secondary Keywords

analytical functions

animal

associated concepts

disciplines

fetish figures

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sculpture

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Title

Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 4#

Artist

John T. Scott

Physical Description

Two pieces of artwork consist of colorful shapes and lines.

Artist Life Dates

1940-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1977

Accession Number

2011/2.186.3-4

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

relevance

rank 0.41915

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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descriptors

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rectangles

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Title

Staff

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Accession Number

2001/2.41

Medium and Support

wood with metal

relevance

rank 0.41867

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

descriptors

equipment

equipment by context

equipment for personal use

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people and culture

southern nigerian styles

styles and periods

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tools and equipment

west african styles

Title

Boy with a Sailboat Near a Dock with Two Rowboats

Artist

John Sell Cotman

Artist Life Dates

1782-1842

Century

18th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1782-1842

Accession Number

1983/1.84

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 0.41856

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings and the land

child

objects

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

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people and occupations

sailing vessels

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the natural world

toys

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by method of propulsion

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waterfront spaces

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Title

Cast Form Type VIII

Artist

Howard Ben Tré

Artist Life Dates

born 1949

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1979

Accession Number

1997/1.118

Medium and Support

cast glass and copper

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

european

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genres

modern and contemporary art

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people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

The Concierge

Artist

Medardo Rosso

Artist Life Dates

1858-1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1883-1918

Accession Number

1973/1.809

Medium and Support

wax over plaster on wood base

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

european

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genres

modern and contemporary art

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Title

Sancai Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Chinese ceramic Sancai figure of a man in robe and tall hat, standing on an octagonal platform. The figure is colored; his robes are green, while his sash, end of sleeves and collar are a reddish/oragne color, which also corresponds to the colors on the platform. His tall hat is colored black. The head of the figure is detachable from the body of the figure.

Object Creation Date

1368-1644

Accession Number

2009/2.105

Medium and Support

ceramic

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

asian

chinese ceramics styles

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descriptors

east asian

object genres

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styles and periods

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Hans Hofmann

Physical Description

Abstract painting dominated by brushstrokes in vivid yellows on white background with light blues in center and left side of canvas, large area of light brown in upper right and lower left, and brushstrokes in dark red in left center of canvas. Signed “hans hofmann” in lower right.

Artist Life Dates

1880 - 1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1962

Accession Number

1997/1.125

Medium and Support

oil on canvas board

relevance

rank 0.41805

Secondary Keywords

european

european styles and periods

genres

modern and contemporary art

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