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- Title
- To Benjamin B.
- Artist
- Howard Ben Tré
- Physical Description
- Three large, rectangular blocks of translucent green glass hang in vertical succession on a newtwork of copper rods. The glass has bubbles embedded within it and shows evidence of the sandcasting process.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1949
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.116
- Medium and Support
- cast glass and copper
- relevance
- rank 3.03838
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- casting (process)
- glass
- glassworking and glassworking processes and techniques
- offspring
- Title
- Holocaust 6
- Artist
- Eduard Bargheer
- Physical Description
- A menage of female figures lie entangled together, painted in many different colors. Certain body parts appear identifiable and are emphasized with bleeding lines. In the background appears straight-lined brush strokes emoting a fence or barricade much like one would see within a concentration camp. Beneath the watery brushstrokes are thin, precise lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1979
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.1
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.03838
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- figures (illustrations)
- judaica
- judaism
- labor camps
- prison camps
- war
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- John Chamberlain
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1931-1997
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.120
- Medium and Support
- paper, aluminum foil, glue and painted resin
- relevance
- rank 3.03838
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- junk sculpture
- metal and metal products
- neo-dada
- pop art
- Title
- Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)
- Artist
- Bridget Riley
- Physical Description
- pencil drawing and gouache on paper
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1931
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.170
- Medium and Support
- gouache and pencil on paper
- relevance
- rank 3.02870
- Primary Keywords
- drawings
- geometric abstraction
- geometric shapes
- gouaches
- hard-edge
- op art
- triangles
- Title
- Tacpere Maptom
- Artist
- Lynda Benglis
- Physical Description
- Hollow glass piece. The bottom half (whose end is flat and thus serves as a base) is a solid spring green separated by a band of translucent yellow. The top half is a darker olive green with a Kelly green stripe that winds from the yellow band at center to the hole at this end of the piece.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1941 - )
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1985
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.223
- Medium and Support
- glass
- relevance
- rank 3.02870
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- biomorphic abstraction
- glassworking
- object genres by form
- post-minimalism
- sculpture by form
- Title
- Fire Engine Red
- Artist
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Physical Description
- Two large panels painted red panels of aluminum, situated against one another so that the seam is visible at center. A line of white runs along each panel's outer edge.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1932
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.136.1-2
- Medium and Support
- wrinkle finish paint (oil) on aluminum
- relevance
- rank 3.02870
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- acrylic painting (technique)
- acrylic paintings
- color-field
- fire engines
- minimal
- Title
- Abstract Form
- Artist
- Peter Voulkos
- Physical Description
- Large stoneware abstract sculpture with two balanced lateral crescent-shaped forms branching off a central conical structure. Brown with loosely-painted broad brushstrokes in black and incised decoration of rows of dots in a “stitching-like” pattern
- Artist Life Dates
- (1924 - 2002)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.181
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- relevance
- rank 3.02816
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstract expressionist
- abstraction
- ceramics
- sculpture
- vessels
- 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 3.01555
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- bottle
- cubist
- cups
- flasks (bottles)
- oil painting
- oil paintings
- still lifes
- Title
- Portrait of Françoise (Buste de Femme)
- Artist
- Pablo Picasso
- Physical Description
- Bust portrait of woman. Her hair is brown, shoulder length, and curls at the bottom. Her high-collared blouse has off-white and light blue vertical stripes. She looks directly at the viewer
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1973
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- February 28, 1949
- Accession Number
- 1994/1.68
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 3.01555
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- bust-length
- cubist
- oil painting
- oil paintings
- portraits
- wives
- woman
- women
- Title
- White Territory
- Artist
- Joan Mitchell
- Physical Description
- Abstract painting, primarily white with a large squarish area of dark green in the top left quadrant. Loose brushwork varies from wide, full strokes to the short, rapid strokes at the compositions center. Pigment application ranges from a very thin wash to heavy impasto.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Chicago, Illinois , 2/12/1925 - 10/30/1992, Paris, France)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1971
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.21
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 2.99898
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstract expressionist
- abstraction
- landscapes (environments)
- Title
- Broadway Melody
- Artist
- Mark Tobey
- Physical Description
- abstract painting, tempera on board
- Artist Life Dates
- 1890-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.152
- Medium and Support
- tempera on board
- relevance
- rank 2.99898
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- calligraphy
- city
- cityscapes
- new york city
- Title
- Sundancer
- Artist
- Stanley William Hayter
- Physical Description
- Paper folded under approximately 1 cm at bottom. Colors: black, aqua-green, yellow, rose, blue, yellow-green. Plate size: h 39 1/2cm x w 23 9/10cm.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901-1988
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.375
- Medium and Support
- color engraving and soft-ground with scorper on beige Arches wove paper
- relevance
- rank 2.98241
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- color prints
- dancers
- embossed prints
- engraving (printing process)
- engravings
- soft-ground etchings
- sun
- Title
- Untitled (Structural Constellation drawing)
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- pen and ink drawing on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1955
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.5
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue
- relevance
- rank 2.96358
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- conceptual
- drawing and drawing techniques
- geometric abstraction
- graphic document genres
- hard-edge
- ink
- line drawings
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- Title
- verso: sketch of airplanes (?) [upside down in relation to image on recto]
- Artist
- Jacob Lawrence
- Physical Description
- Eight abstracted figures (three kneeling in front and five standing in back) wearing orange tank tops and white shorts face the viewer; two basketballs and five trophies between figures in the foreground. Figures stand in front of a background of fragmented, arched and circular areas of color in blues and golds.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917 - 2000
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1953
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.530
- Medium and Support
- tempera over black colored pencil on wood board
- relevance
- rank 2.96358
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- african american
- basketball
- basketballs
- figures
- figures (representations)
- groups
- kneeling
- standing
- trophies (prizes)
- trophy
- Title
- Study for 'Image in Xhorkom'
- Artist
- Arshile Gorky
- Physical Description
- Black and white drawing of organic forms vaguely resembling human figures flowing into one another in a room-like space. On the right hand side of the grouping stands the most recognizably humanoid figure.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904 - 1948
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1936
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.41
- Medium and Support
- graphite and tempera on off-white laid paper
- relevance
- rank 2.96358
- Primary Keywords
- armenia
- armenia (historical region)
- biomorphic abstraction
- childhood
- families
- figures (representations)
- memory
- preparatory drawings
- surrealism
- surrealist
- Title
- Untitled (March 5th) #2
- Artist
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Physical Description
- Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1957-1996
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1991
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.17
- Medium and Support
- 40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets
- relevance
- rank 2.96354
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- aids
- conceptual
- deaths
- installations (sculpture)
- lamps (lighting device components)
- light art
- lovers
- memory
- minimal
- mortality
- ready-mades
- time
- Title
- People
- Artist
- Carlos Lopez
- Artist Life Dates
- 1908-1953
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.235
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.94239
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- figures
- historical figures
- surrealism
- Title
- Marriage of Reason and Squalor
- Artist
- Frank Stella
- Physical Description
- This print shows a black horizontal rectangle in the lower left portion of an off-white background. The rectangle is divided in half and each side has a pattern of stripes that create the appearance of inverted u-shaped forms stacked one on top of the other.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.25
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on Paper
- relevance
- rank 2.94239
- Primary Keywords
- geometric abstraction
- geometric patterns
- lithographs
- Title
- Quilt with Central Diamond Pattern
- Artist
- Anonymous Amish, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Physical Description
- A black diamond in the center is positioned within a lavender square surrounded by a pink frame. The entire is surrounded by thick frame of black.
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.321
- Medium and Support
- cotton and wool
- relevance
- rank 2.86963
- Primary Keywords
- amish
- blocks (quilt components)
- cotton (textile)
- fiberwork
- geometric abstraction
- geometric patterns
- geometric shapes
- lozenges
- quilts
- wool (hair)
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Henry Moore
- Physical Description
- A small carved wood sculpture depicting a seated figure with legs crossed.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Castleford, England, 7/30/1898 - 8/31/1986, Hertforshire, England)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1932
- Accession Number
- 1953/1.27
- Medium and Support
- lignum vitae with wood base
- relevance
- rank 2.83560
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- carvings
- figures
- sitting
- wood (plant material)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- Title
- Untitled, from 'Spectral Cadmiums'
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.1
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.78958
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- geometric
- screen prints
- squares
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- (El Sereno) The Watchman
- Artist
- Afro (Afro Basaldella)
- Artist Life Dates
- (Udine, Italy, 1912 - 1976, Zurich, Switzerland)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1912-1956
- Accession Number
- 1956/1.85
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.78958
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- color lithographs
- figures
- figures (representations)
- lithographs
- walking
- 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 2.75741
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- color-field
- landscapes
- landscapes (representations)
- minimal
- natural landscapes
- oil painting
- oil paintings
- sky
- spirituality
- sun
- 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 2.74275
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- industrial buildings
- industrial complexes
- industrial landscapes
- landscapes
- oil painting
- scaffolds
- surrealism
- surrealist
- tower
- towers (single built works)
- water
- Title
- Untitled, from 'Spectral Cadmiums'
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 1969/1.120
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.67348
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- geometric
- squares
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.11
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.66093
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- geometric
- geometric abstraction
- geometric shapes
- screen printing
- screen prints
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.12
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.62462
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- geometric
- geometric abstraction
- geometric shapes
- screen prints
- squares
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.15
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.57662
- Primary Keywords
- geometric
- geometric abstraction
- geometric patterns
- geometric shapes
- screen printing
- screen prints
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.2
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.56778
- Primary Keywords
- geometric
- geometric abstraction
- geometric patterns
- geometric shapes
- screen prints
- squares
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.1
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.50858
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- geometric
- geometric abstraction
- geometric shapes
- squares
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.336.42
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 2.45575
- Primary Keywords
- geometric
- geometric abstraction
- geometric shapes
- screen printing
- screen prints
- squares
- squares (geometric figures)