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Title
Pyramid Lake
Artist
Nancy Hanes
Artist Life Dates
b. 1947
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1948/1.366
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
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rank 3.41473
Primary Keywords
abstraction
lakes
landscapes
mountains
trees
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Title
Head
Artist
George Constant
Artist Life Dates
1892-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1937
Accession Number
1943.21
Medium and Support
drypoint on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
face
head
portraits
woman
wpa
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Title
Untitled [Zebra] or horse
Artist
Nakayama Tadashi
Physical Description
The sweeping stripes of black and white that arch across the body of this galloping creature give the appearance of a zebra, yet the long, flowing mane is characteristic of a horse. A series of circles and crescents over and underlay the horse, and the background uses gold leaf.
Artist Life Dates
born 1927
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1958
Accession Number
1998/2.22
Medium and Support
color woodblock print with gold on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
circles (plane figures)
horse
stripes
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Title
Actress
Artist
Emil Nolde
Physical Description
Abstract portrait of an actress, formed by abstract pools of watercolor with only slight detailing laid in after to suggest a bowed head and curved neck.
Artist Life Dates
1867-1956
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1912
Accession Number
2007/2.102
Medium and Support
watercolor on brown wove medium-weight paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
actors
berlin (state)
theater spaces
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Title
Nude (Akt von hintern)
Artist
Toni Stadler
Artist Life Dates
born 1888
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1971/1.207
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
artists
boy
figures
fragment
nudes
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Title
Hiroshima Series
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Artist Life Dates
1917 - 2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1997/1.533.7
Medium and Support
screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
fragment
skulls (skeleton components)
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Title
Young Woman with Mandolin
Artist
Pablo Picasso
Physical Description
This painting depicts the abstract form of a woman sitting in a chair with her head, shown in profile and tilted upward. There is a stringed instrument in her lap and her hands rest on the arms of the chair. It is painted in muted colors of aqua and lavender with brighter areas of yellow, orange and blue. The figure, chair and instrument are created with just a few black lines to suggest their forms.
Artist Life Dates
1881-1973
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1932
Accession Number
1994/1.69
Medium and Support
oil on board
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
mandolins
music
portraits
surrealism
woman
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Title
Dotty Wotty 1
Artist
Tyree Guyton
Artist Life Dates
born 8/24/1955
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1994
Accession Number
1995/1.50
Medium and Support
sugarlift on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
african american
car
figures
house
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Title
Man with Hands Crossed
Artist
Rufino Tamayo
Artist Life Dates
1899-1991
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1948
Accession Number
1956/1.54
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
hand
hands
males
nudes
seated
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Title
Thoughts in a Kibbutz, from "Expedition to the Holyland"
Artist
A.R. Penck
Artist Life Dates
born 1939
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1984/2.2.1
Medium and Support
drypoint on Arches vellum paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
animals
figures
geometric shapes
nudes
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Title
Acteon, Plate VI, from "The Brunidor Portfolio No. One"
Artist
Kurt Seligmann
Artist Life Dates
1900-1962
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1947
Accession Number
1947/2.15
Medium and Support
etching on Strathmore Rhododendron Cover
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
acteon
artemis
hounds
skeletons
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
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
mandolins
musical instruments
nudes
surrealism
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Jean Paul Slusser
Physical Description
A collage composed of different colored pieces of sandpaper of different grades or textures, construction paper, printed papers, and a piece of embossed leather. Most of the sandpaper pieces are in an overlapping group in the center of the piece. In the viewer's upper right there is a purple piece of paper printed with a throng of human figures.
Artist Life Dates
1886 -1981
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960
Accession Number
1982/2.35
Medium and Support
sandpaper, construction paper, printed papers, and leather mounted on board
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
collage
paper (fiber product)
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Title
Painted Words (Paroles Peintes), Plate I from 'Painted Words (Parole Peintes)
Artist
Roberto Sebastián Antonio Echaurren Matta
Artist Life Dates
1911 - 2002
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1959
Accession Number
1966/2.22
Medium and Support
color etching and aquatint with soft-ground etching on chine collé, laid down on
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
half-length
portraits
surrealism
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Title
Still Life
Artist
Gustav Beck
Artist Life Dates
1902-1983
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1902-1954
Accession Number
1954/2.62
Medium and Support
linoleum cut on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
bowl
food
fruit
plates (dishes)
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Title
Quilt
Artist
Alexander Calder
Artist Life Dates
1898 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1898-1969
Accession Number
1969/2.137
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
circles
geometric shapes
quilts
triangles
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Richard Lindner
Artist Life Dates
1901-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1901-1978
Accession Number
1983/1.198
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
geometric shapes
lingerie
standing
Title
Untitled
Artist
Bernard Descamps
Artist Life Dates
born 1947
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
2000/2.133
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
japan
pines
sculpture
stone
water
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
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
musical instruments
nudes
surrealism
violins
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Title
Seated Nude
Artist
Henri Laurens
Artist Life Dates
1885-1954
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1940
Accession Number
1948/2.27
Medium and Support
terracotta
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
figural studies
nudes
seated
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Title
Children of Niobe
Artist
Stanley William Hayter
Artist Life Dates
1901-1988
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1954
Accession Number
1983/2.38
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
children
figures
roman
surrealism
women
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Title
Hiroshima Series
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Artist Life Dates
1917 - 2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1997/1.533.1
Medium and Support
screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
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rank 3.37799
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
skulls (skeleton components)
swords
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Title
Art Attack
Artist
Keith Haring
Physical Description
Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.
Artist Life Dates
1958 - 1990
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1988
Accession Number
1991/1.137
Medium and Support
screenprint on oak panel
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
aids
graffiti
homosexuality
minimal
new york
sexuality
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Robert Morris
Physical Description
three aluminum-painted canvas panels joined in the back to form a square, with five inlays of Sculptmetal, zinc photographic plates and lead
Artist Life Dates
Born 1931
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
1997/1.130
Medium and Support
sculptmetal, plaster, oil, zinc photographic plate, lead plate and burlap on canvas
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
conceptual
hand
minimal
pointing hands
squares
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Title
Untitled [Four cranes and a person]
Artist
Kawano Kaoru
Physical Description
This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.
Artist Life Dates
1916 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.27
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
cranes (birds)
figures (representations)
japan (nation)
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Title
The Paris Review
Artist
Richard Lindner
Artist Life Dates
1901-1978
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1901-1978
Accession Number
1983/1.197
Medium and Support
10-color lithograph on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
geometric shapes
head
paris
profile views
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Title
What Is, Is
Artist
Ronnie Landfield
Physical Description
Abstract painting. Orange (left), red (right) and pink (bottom) bands painted with a zigzag pattern frame an abstract image in the center painted with vigorous upward strokes.
Artist Life Dates
(1947 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1989
Accession Number
2008/2.242
Medium and Support
acrylic on canvas
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstract
landscapes (representations)
lyrical abstraction
spirituality
tachiste
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Title
Abstract Circles
Artist
Fukui Ryonosuke
Physical Description
This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.
Artist Life Dates
1924-1986
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
2010/2.33
Medium and Support
color print on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction, geometric
circles (plane figures)
insects
prints
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Title
Jutta sur Canapé
Artist
Paul Wunderlich
Artist Life Dates
born 1927
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1970
Accession Number
1970/2.143
Medium and Support
etching on brown paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
fragment
interiors
nudes
portraits
seated
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Title
Ward Heelers
Artist
Augustus Peck
Artist Life Dates
1906-1975
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1937
Accession Number
1943.105
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
bowler
groups
hats
males
standing
wpa
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Title
Dancer (Danseuse)
Artist
Gino Severini
Physical Description
An explosion of colorful forms suggests the human form in dynamic movement. Yellows and reds predominate in shapes that draw the eye toward the viewer's upper right where three roughy triangular yellow shapes suggest a head and upraised arms.
Artist Life Dates
1883 - 1966
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1955
Accession Number
1967/2.43
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
color lithographs
cubist
dancers
futurist
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Title
Untitled
Artist
e e cummings
Physical Description
Abstract painting with low horizon line, deep blue above horizon and dark greenish-brown below horizon; brown abstract form left of center, and bright white swirling brushstroke right of center.
Artist Life Dates
1894-1962
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1950
Accession Number
1988/1.120
Medium and Support
oil on cardboard
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
landscapes (environments)
moon
night
trees
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Title
Figure with Birds
Artist
Misch Kohn
Artist Life Dates
Born 1916
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1950
Accession Number
1955/2.4
Medium and Support
black crayon on thin, slightly textured, dark cream paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
birds
bust-length
figures
profile views
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Title
Seated Harlequin
Artist
Heinrich Campendonk
Artist Life Dates
(1889 - 1957)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1922
Accession Number
1954/1.165
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
birds
bowl
fruit
horses
plants
seated
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Title
Self-Portrait
Artist
Max Beckmann
Artist Life Dates
1884-1950
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1922
Accession Number
1956/1.26
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
bust-length
expressionism
face
males
self-portrait
Title
Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
Artist
Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description
The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads:
He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of
Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the
flowers are fully blown.
Artist Life Dates
1797-1858
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1834
Accession Number
1948/1.134
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
lake
mountains
snow
villages
woodblock prints
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Title
Chess Set (Legs to Base of Chess Board)
Artist
Victor Vasarely
Physical Description
Acrylic chess set. The playing pieces are of various geometric shapes. The board and the space that surrounds it are covered with a colorful grid pattern, which each square filled with a circle.
Artist Life Dates
1908 - 1997
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1980
Accession Number
2004/2.86FF&GG
Medium and Support
acrylic sculpture
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
chessboards
chessmen
geometric abstraction
molding
op art
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Title
Lenox Avenue
Artist
Sargent Johnson
Artist Life Dates
1888?-1967
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1938
Accession Number
1943.63
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
face
music
musical instruments
pianos
wpa
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Title
Small Worlds, III (Kleine Welten, III)
Artist
Wassily Kandinsky
Physical Description
Positioned within a black background a vertically stationed white oval shape sits at center; within the oval are a series of abstracted forms and lines in primary colors all characteristic of Kandinsky's style.
Artist Life Dates
1866 - 1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1922
Accession Number
1948/1.62
Medium and Support
color lithograph on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstract
biomorphic abstraction
color lithographs
expressionism
expressionist
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Title
Nude #38, East Sussex Coast
Artist
Bill Brandt
Artist Life Dates
1904-1983
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1953
Accession Number
1985/1.192
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
mountains
nudes
reclining
rocks
shores
water
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Title
Cuyahoga
Artist
Kalman Kubinyi
Artist Life Dates
1906
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1936
Accession Number
1943.68
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 3.34204
Primary Keywords
abstraction
boats
bridges
city
rivers
surrealism
wpa
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Title
Song of Sentient Beings #1612
Artist
Bill Jacobson
Physical Description
Blurred image of a male nude figure bending forward from a standing position so that his hands nearly touch the ground.
Artist Life Dates
born 1955
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1995
Accession Number
1999/1.102
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
aids
bending
figures
gelatin silver prints
nudes
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Title
Haystack
Artist
Eleanor Coen
Artist Life Dates
Born 1916
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1941
Accession Number
1943.18
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
barns
cows
farmyards
hills
ladders
trees
wpa
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Title
Mining Town
Artist
Blanche Grambs
Artist Life Dates
Born 1916
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1935
Accession Number
1943.43
Medium and Support
softground etching on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
buildings
factory
fences
mine
road
walking
wpa
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Title
Harlem Dancers
Artist
Elizabeth Olds
Artist Life Dates
1896-1991
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1939
Accession Number
1943.100
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
dancers
entertainment
groups
interiors
males
standing
wpa
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Title
Stringed Reclining Figure
Artist
Henry Moore
Physical Description
Abstracted human figure reclining on its side. Eight strings resembling the strings of a harp extend from the chest area to the hip.
Artist Life Dates
1898 - 1986
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1939
Accession Number
1968/1.98
Medium and Support
bronze and string on wood base
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstract
abstraction
bronzes
figures (representations)
reclining
stringed instruments
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Title
Hiroshima Series
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Artist Life Dates
1917 - 2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1997/1.533.4
Medium and Support
screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
birds
creatures
figures
reclining
skulls (skeleton components)
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Title
The Three Crosses
Artist
Charles Dufresne
Artist Life Dates
1876-1938
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1876-1938
Accession Number
1954/2.26
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
crucifix
crucifixion (religious theme)
groups
jesus christ
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Title
The Accordion
Artist
Fernand Léger
Artist Life Dates
1881-1955
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1950-1951
Accession Number
1954/2.60
Medium and Support
color screenprint on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
flowers
musical instruments
nudes
reclining
seated
standing
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Title
Sea Wall
Artist
Hyman Warsager
Artist Life Dates
(1909 - 1974)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1939
Accession Number
1943.143
Medium and Support
woodcut on paper
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rank 3.30684
Primary Keywords
abstraction
cliffs
clouds
males
nudes
seas
shores
wpa
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