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Title

School Children

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

A group of children stand tightly packed together behind a wooden fence. None of the children appear to be facing the camera except for one girl in a gingham dress at the center of the photo. This girl, slightly smiling, displays the cover of a book she holds in her hand.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1935; printed 1990

Accession Number

2013/2.173

Medium and Support

toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.12512

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

components

components and systems

components by specific context

gates and gate components

gateway components

gateways and gateway components

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

people by family relationship

youth

Title

Rome / San Lorenzo

Artist

Albert Kahn

Artist Life Dates

(1869 - 1942)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

December 30, 1911

Accession Number

1972/2.695

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 2.12424

Secondary Keywords

architecture

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

europe

italy

locality

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Untitled

Artist

Mark Tucker

Physical Description

A woman seated with legs crossed on top of an old white car in a field.

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

2014/2.123

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.12419

Secondary Keywords

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photographs

photographs by form

positives

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

A Rake's Progress. Plate VI (He Gambles)

Artist

William Hogarth

Artist Life Dates

1697-1764

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1735

Accession Number

1962/1.112

Medium and Support

etching and engraving on paper

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

how we live

men

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

Title

Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

Physical Description

Two figures, Anjana and a bull are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1988/1.82

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

mammals

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

Title

Breaking Trail

Artist

Walter Bohl

Artist Life Dates

1907-1990

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1954/1.89

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

animals

events

mammals

natural events

people and culture

the natural world

trails

Title

Standing Parvati

Artist

Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop

Physical Description

Parvati stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders, pointy breasts that fall quite low in the chest and has two arms holding a bowl in her right one and a lotus flower in her left. She wears a d simple tight fitting skirt decorated with incised lines and a corded belt that falls down the center of her body with five rows of cords falling from the center and wrapping around her legs creating a fishbone pattern. She wears necklaces with added pendants on her shoulders and her coiffure is tied in a chignon on the right side at the back of her head wearing a headdress that has decorations that cascade down both shoulders. Like the accompanying Shiva figure she has large eyes and what appear to be two sets of eyebrows, but the tikka on her forehead is of a flame shape.

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

15th century - 16th century

Accession Number

1978/2.127

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Tara, six-armed, with attendant Buddha and Bodhisattva

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1978/2.105

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Three Designs for Mirror Frames

Artist

Butler Clowes

Artist Life Dates

Died 1782

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1761

Accession Number

1960/1.116

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

people and culture

Title

Cover, from the portfolio "Le Café Concert"

Artist

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist Life Dates

1867-1936

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1893

Accession Number

1949/2.75

Medium and Support

lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

architecture

buildings

entertainment events

events

musical performances

people and culture

performances

Title

Bhu Devi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Physical Description

Bhudevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her left arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her right hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She does not wear a band across her breasts, as does Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and Bhudevi.

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.132

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.12363

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

subject matter

Title

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Physical Description

This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.

The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.

Artist Life Dates

1754-1806

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1798

Accession Number

1948/1.185

Medium and Support

oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych

relevance

rank 2.12164

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

east asian

entertainment events

events

japanese

japanese printmaking styles

japanese styles

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in service occupations

performances

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

prostitutes

relief prints

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

'Pompe Funèbre (1e Classe), from "Portfolio of 20 photographs printed by Berenice Abbott"

Artist

Eugène Atget

Artist Life Dates

1856-1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1910

Accession Number

1974/1.110

Medium and Support

gold toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.12156

Secondary Keywords

animals

architecture

ceremonies

cultural ceremonies

events

mammals

modern and contemporary art

objects

people and culture

rites of passage

streets

the natural world

transportation

urban life

vehicles

Title

Mythological Figures from the Judgment of Paris: Juno, no. 1 out of a series of

Artist

Adriaen Collaert

Physical Description

A dark, densely figured decorative background surrounds a central round space containing a nude woman holding a staff before an expansive landscape. At her feet is a striding peacock.

Artist Life Dates

c.1560-1618

Century

16th-17th century

Object Creation Date

1560-1618

Accession Number

1960/2.32

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 2.12039

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

birds

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

image-making processes and techniques

inorganic material

intaglio printing processes

materials

materials by composition

ornamental

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

Title

Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican

Artist

Taddeo Zuccaro

Physical Description

This drawing depicts two addorsed female figures reclining on a triangular slope. The women are partly clothed, and the one on the left wears an elephant-shaped headpiece. Between their shoulders appears a blank escutcheon held by two putti. Nude men in the background strain to hold back piles of objects that include shields and spears.

Artist Life Dates

(1529 - 1566)

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1564

Accession Number

1966/1.93

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink with brown wash on buff paper

relevance

rank 2.11928

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

drawing and drawing techniques

drawings

drawings by function

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

italy (nation)

lazio (region)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

roma (province)

symbolism

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Man with Apple Peeler, Virginia late 1930's / printed later

Artist

Arthur Rothstein

Physical Description

A black and white photograph of an older, bearded man with a large machine to peel apples. The man, wearing a straw hat, looks down at his hands as he works peeling the apple, whose skin hangs down in one long ribbon.

Artist Life Dates

1915 - 1985

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

2012/1.218

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.11926

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

food

fruit

headgear

image-making processes and techniques

materials

materials by function

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

Title

Royal Attendant for a Buddhist Shrine (one of a pair)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Burma

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.448.2

Medium and Support

gilt and lacquered wood with glass and tin inlay

relevance

rank 2.11866

Secondary Keywords

aristocracy

associated concepts

groups of people

nobility

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

social classes

social classes by specific type

social groups

upper class

visual works

visual works by function

Title

For Your Boy - United War Work Campaign, Y.M.C.A.

Artist

Arthur William Brown

Artist Life Dates

Canada, 1881-1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

November 11, 1918 - November 18, 1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.13

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11861

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

figures

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

military

modern and contemporary art

objects

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

text-based art

vessels

war

world wars

Title

"Hey Fellows!" Your Money Brings the Books We Need When We Want It - American Library Association, United War Work Campaign, Week of November 11, 1918

Artist

John E. Sheridan

Artist Life Dates

1880-1948

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.85

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11861

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

figures

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

military

modern and contemporary art

objects

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

soldiers

text-based art

war

world wars

Title

All Together! Enlist in the Navy

Artist

Henry Reuterdahl

Artist Life Dates

American, born Sweden, 1871-1925

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1917

Accession Number

1954/2.35.83

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11861

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

armed forces

army

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

military

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

organizations

people and culture

people and occupations

text-based art

war

world wars

Title

Nothing Stops These Men - Let Nothing Stop You - United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation

Artist

Howard Giles

Artist Life Dates

1876-1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.45

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11861

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

figures

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

military

modern and contemporary art

objects

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

soldiers

text-based art

war

world wars

Title

The Road to France - He is Keeping It Open, But - The Liberty Bond You Buy - It Backs Them All

Artist

James Montgomery Flagg

Physical Description

Text: The Road to Frace - He is Keeping It Open -- The Road to Berlin - He is Building It -- The Gunds that Do It - He is Making Them -- But - The Liberty Bond You Buy - It Backs Them All

Artist Life Dates

1877-1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1917

Accession Number

1954/2.35.37

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11861

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

clothing

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

figures

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

military

modern and contemporary art

objects

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

text-based art

war

world wars

Title

Le Paysan rentrant du fumier (Man with a Wheelbarrow or Peasant Returning from the Dung Heap)

Artist

Jean-François Millet

Artist Life Dates

1814-1875

Century

19th Century

Object Creation Date

1855-1856

Accession Number

1968/2.32

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.11858

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

dung

farmers

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

man

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in agriculture

people in agriculture or natural resource occupations

people in science-related occupations

printing

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientists and people in science-related occupations

service and utility vehicles

transportation vehicles

vehicles

Title

Untitled

Artist

Sergio di Giusti

Physical Description

A sculpture with a man wrapped in cloths, covering his face. One arm is behind him, the other across his chest and is bare. The colors are reds, gold, blue and black paints. The sculpture has a base and it looks like a corner of a wall with the man standing on the end.

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2013/2.303

Medium and Support

bronze, wood, plaster, paint

relevance

rank 2.11854

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

fiber and fiber products

fiber products

figures (representations)

materials

materials by form

materials by physical form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

textile materials

textile materials by form

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Fighting in France for Freedom! Are You Helping at Home? - Connecticut State Council of Defense

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

Text: Fighting in France for Freedom!--Are YOU Helping at Home? - Wild and enthusiastic times marked the victory day's celebration all over the country. Every city vied in having celebrations on Monday when hostilities ceased and it was one joyful day in every place in the United States. New York was a pandemonium of joy and everybody knows they celebrate with a vengeance. Photograph shows one instance of the crowds which Mayor Hyland addressed. - THE TRAILS OF "OUR BOYS" WON'T CEASE WITH PEACE. - When the fighting ends, American soldiers will have to be kept in France a long time. Without the excitement of battle they'll be more homesick and restless than ever before. An that's why every man and every woman must contribute to the United War Work Fund. - IS ANYTHING TOO MUCH?

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.124

Medium and Support

halftone on paper

relevance

rank 2.11772

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

cityscapes

declaratory and advertising artifacts

europe

events

figures

how we live

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

locality

military

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

photographs

soldiers

streets

text-based art

war

world wars

Title

The Weavers Cycle: March of the Weavers (from a set of 6 prints)

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Physical Description

The scene depicts a group of figures marching in the foreground from the left to the right of the composition. A thin sliver of land can be seen in the background. A man in the center carries a scythe over his shoulder. A woman in the center right carries a child on her back.

Artist Life Dates

1867-1945

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1897

Accession Number

1956/1.21

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 2.11767

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

cultural landscapes

cultural landscapes by function

equipment

equipment by general type

european

european styles and periods

landscapes (environments)

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

people by occupation

physical activities

physical activities by general context

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

tools and equipment

youth

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

The image is divided in to two main halves.

The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.

The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.179

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 2.11657

Secondary Keywords

image form

layout features

components

components and systems

components by specific context

figures (representations)

groups of people

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

kinship groups

layout features

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

social groups

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

weapons and ammunition

Title

Jina and a devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude (Jina, center) and a devotees (nude on left, and other clothed figures) depicted in a folio of a Jain manuscript.

The image contains trees, lotus flowers and dark clouds. The the colors are composed of vivid reds, browns, yellows, greens and blues. The image is surrounded by a red and green pattereed border which resembles a chain.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.174

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 2.11583

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

design elements

herbaceous plants

landscapes (environments)

motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plant-derived motifs

plants

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work

Artist

Ammi Phillips

Physical Description

Portrait of a young man seated in a chair wearing a dark jacket, white shirt with high collar and neck tie with red stick pin; holding a book in his right hand. Plain grayish-brown background; gold frame.

Artist Life Dates

1788-1865

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1823

Accession Number

2002/1.199

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 2.11497

Secondary Keywords

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

figures

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

man

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

seating furniture

single seating furniture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Actualités. 4th series: Emotion du Docteur Véron...

Artist

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Artist Life Dates

1808-1879

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1852

Accession Number

1954/1.100

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11479

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

clothing

mammals

man

objects

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

the natural world

Title

In Giorgione's Land

Artist

Donald MacLaughlan

Artist Life Dates

1876-1938

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1912

Accession Number

1959/1.138

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 2.11479

Secondary Keywords

animals

fortresses

geography

mammals

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

the natural world

Title

Battle in the Streets of Berlin, 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A battle-worn Berlin street and soldiers running to a bunker from inside a broken building.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.74

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.11387

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

buildings and the land

europe (continent)

events

geographic and political locations

germany (nation)

military buildings

military security buildings

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in military occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Male Ibeji Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

1986/2.122

Medium and Support

carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment

relevance

rank 2.11363

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

beads and sets of beads

beadwork

descriptors

figures

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

southern nigerian styles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by subject type

west african styles

Title

Bar on the Beach, from "Galveston, Texas"

Artist

Danny Lyon

Physical Description

Interior of a room with mesh screened windows. On the wall is a pay phone, ont he table is an ashtray and a stuffed bird, with the wings raised. Two kids are in the other room, viewable through the screen.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1942

Object Creation Date

1967; printed 2010

Accession Number

2013/2.349

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.11192

Secondary Keywords

building divisions

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

dwellings

exterior covered spaces

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

residential structures

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by location or context

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

Title

Watching Geese

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

This landscape makes use of the wide range of tones possible from black ink and water. A man stands in a mountain clearing, gazing at geese in the distance. Calligraphic text is written vertically in the upper left corner.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.124

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 2.11192

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

coating (material)

coating by form

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

information forms

materials

materials by function

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Male Ibeji Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

1986/2.125

Medium and Support

wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment

relevance

rank 2.11189

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

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people

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Title

Male Ibeji Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

1986/2.124

Medium and Support

carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment

relevance

rank 2.11189

Secondary Keywords

african

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beadwork

descriptors

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southern nigerian styles

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visual works

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west african styles

Title

Female Ibeji Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

1986/2.123

Medium and Support

carved wood, blue coral and Venetian beads

relevance

rank 2.11189

Secondary Keywords

african

african styles by region

beads and sets of beads

beadwork

descriptors

object genres

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objects we use

people

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physical activities

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southern nigerian styles

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visual works

visual works by subject type

west african styles

Title

For Home and Country - Victory Liberty Loan

Artist

Alfred Everitt Orr

Artist Life Dates

b. 1886

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.70

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11107

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

army

child

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events

how we live

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military

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objects

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people and occupations

soldiers

text-based art

war

women

world wars

Title

Y.M.C.A. United War Work Campaign - Pershing

Artist

Samuel Johnson Woolf

Physical Description

Text: YMCA - Cabled From France August 21st, 1918 - "A sense of obligation for the varied and useful service rendered to the army in France by the Y.M.C.A. prompts me to join in the appeal for its further financial support. I have opportunity to observe its operations, measure the quality of its personnel and mark its beneficial influence upon our troops, and I wish unreservedly to commend its work for the Army." - Pershing - United War Work Campaign - November 11-18, 1918

Artist Life Dates

1880 - 1948

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

November 11, 1918 - November 18, 1918

Accession Number

1954/2.35.107

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 2.11107

Secondary Keywords

armed conflicts

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text-based art

war

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Title

Becquet, one of the "Sixteen Etchings," or the "Thames Set"

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A man with and a moustache and scraggly hair visible under a cap sits facing the viewer, a cello cradled between his arms. The lower portion of both the figure and the musical instrument are only summarily indicated; the background consists of passages of rapidly drawn parallel lines.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1859

Accession Number

1954/1.340

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid paper

relevance

rank 2.11100

Secondary Keywords

bowed

accessories worn on the head

allegory and literature

arts

arts and related disciplines

chordophones

clothing

costume

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disciplines

fiddles

figures

headgear

humanities

lutelike chordophones

objects

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people

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people and culture

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performing arts

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sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

sound devices by function

violin family instruments

Title

Durante el Viaje...

Artist

Fernando Ramos Prida

Physical Description

This print shows an abstract human form with a large head. The features are created by brown striations and the figure is surrounded by a brownish background. There is a circular form in the upper right corner of the work.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1937

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2010/2.34

Medium and Support

intaglio on paper

relevance

rank 2.11047

Secondary Keywords

european

european styles and periods

figures (representations)

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people

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visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra

Artist

Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Physical Description

A hollow cast bronze sculpture of the Buddha, including a lotus base. The bronze has a dark, shiny patina over most of its surface.

The Buddha sits with his legs crossed in the padmasana pose; his right hand reaches down, palm inwards, to touch the earth, in an elegant gesture with just the tip of his third finger making contact, while his right hand rests in his lap. His torso is tall and erect. His dhoti (a skirt-like garment) is tied high on his torso, while his outer robe covers his left shoulder completely and just brushes against his right shoulder. His face is shaped like a tall and narrow "U," with wide, gently arching brows, downcast eyes under swelling lids, a long and high nose, and full, cupid's-bow lips. The urna, an auspicious mark on his forehead, is indicated here by a small bump with an incised outline. His hair is arranged in rows of snail-shell curls, which are repeated in a larger size on his ushnisha, culminating in a lotus bud.

The upward-pointing lotus petals on the dais are in high relief, with curling tips.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1995/1.58

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 2.11040

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

descriptors

design elements

devotional images

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motifs

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people

people (agents)

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people by state or condition

plant-derived motifs

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious visual works

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

Title

Elephant Mask (mbap mteng)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

Physical Description

Face mask embroidered extensively wtih glass beads. Two long panels hang down the front and back of the wearer. Humanoid face at top has two round eye holes allowing the wearer to see, a strip of fabric for nose and open, upturned mouth. Ears are protruding disks attached on either side of the face . Top of the head is covered with small, corklike knobs covered with black cloth. The beadwork is predominantly green, with intricate, scallop-shaped patterns along edge of panels, and vertical, star-like patterns filling center of the panels. Interior of panels is lined with damask.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950-1999

Accession Number

1997/1.319

Medium and Support

cloth, glass beads, fiber

relevance

rank 2.11025

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

aristocracy

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

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descriptors

events

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mammals

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

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political concepts

social classes

social classes by specific type

social groups

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

upper class

Title

Untitled, #55, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A nude woman from the top of the chest to the knees leaning up against a wooden fence. The rustic fence is held together by tounge and groove joints.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2013/2.366

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.10927

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

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visual works

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Title

Untitled, #78, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A side view of a nude woman with her left leg raised. Her body is against a wooden board and she is leaning forward.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2011

Accession Number

2013/2.368

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.10927

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

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visual works

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Title

Untitled, #96, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A side view of a nude woman with one leg straight and the other bent back. She is leaning forward.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2007

Accession Number

2013/2.370

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.10927

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

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visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #47, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

The rear view of a nude woman, lower back down. Her left leg is lifted and the right is straight. Her body is very overexposed and the background is very dark.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2009

Accession Number

2013/2.365

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.10927

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

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visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #56, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

Bare leg and foot being outstretched towards the viewer. The background is very dark.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2013/2.367

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.10927

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled, #95, from "Infanta Series"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A nude woman and an arched column. Her back is arched and she has her right hand on the column leaning into it.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1939

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2013/2.369

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 2.10927

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

figures (representations)

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

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visual works

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