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- Title
- Rectangular Bronze Form No. 2
- Artist
- Robert Adams
- Physical Description
- Thin, double-side, H-shaped bronze sculpture. Each side is made up of a collection of rough rectangle shapes overlapping and butting up against one another. Two rectangle-shaped openings penetrate the piece.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-1984
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1953
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.40
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- geometric shapes
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- mathematical concepts
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- non-representational art
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Human Puppet Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamana Peoples, Mali
- Physical Description
- A stylized rendering of a human face with long narrow nose, round eyes set close to bridge of nose, and open, ellipitical mouth. The head is carved in shape of a coiffure that resembles a helmet which extends down the sides of the head. The head is topped with a high arched sagital crest. Patina is dark brown in color with traces of red and blue pigment. Sheet metal cut in circles and long strips embellish the top of the head.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.21
- Medium and Support
- wood, sheet metal, cloth and pigment
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- performing arts structures
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the human body
- upper body
- Title
- Feather Headdress from Cameroon Ensemble
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Cone-like in shape with feathers tems on top, wrapped in fibers, The feathers are purple and green, with fluffy feathers coming out of the top.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.78.3
- Medium and Support
- feathers, fabric and palm fiber
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- events
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- Title
- Prestige Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples, Côte D'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A highly decorated wooden chair with a single arched backing rod for support. There are large bulb-like posts on top with graphic decorations throughout. There are large metal domed hardware on the seat and upper posts.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.75
- Medium and Support
- wood and metal
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Wall Hanging
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Beninese, Fon
- Physical Description
- Black background with red trim on either side, but not on the top and bottom. There is a large orange tiger in the center with a red donkey and blue bird on the left side. Colors of blacks, greens, reds, blues, oranges and yellow. There is lilac trim on the top and bottom of the cloth.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.96
- Medium and Support
- appliqued cotton cloth
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- bed coverings
- bedcovers
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings components
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
- events
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furnishings components
- objects we use
- people and culture
- quilts
- quilts by patter or motif
- Title
- Wall Hanging
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Beninese, Fon
- Physical Description
- Off-white background with a red man in the center, arms outstretched holding a half moon and a red circle. Above and below him are red and black men with clubs.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.97
- Medium and Support
- appliqued cotton cloth
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- bed coverings
- bedcovers
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings components
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
- events
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furnishings components
- objects we use
- people and culture
- quilts
- quilts by patter or motif
- Title
- Reclining Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi
- Physical Description
- A long reclining board with three posts on the bottom. The angle is at approximately 45 degrees. All of the edges are rounded.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.77
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Suaga Helmet Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Mambila
- Physical Description
- A wooden helmet with elongated beak and small dark brown feather on top. The colors overall are dark brown, white and rust.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.74
- Medium and Support
- wood, hair, pigment
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- animals and creatures
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- Title
- Human Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Namji
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human form. String atatched to the head to represent hair.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.351
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, string and human hair
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- figurines
- forms of expression
- healing
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- statues
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Power figure (nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden figure of a human. The umbilicus protrudes and is concave, which would have held magical/medicinal substances. The figure is posed with crossed legs and one hand supprting the head. The face is detailed.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.183
- Medium and Support
- wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, resin
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- healing
- people and culture
- Title
- Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.211
- Medium and Support
- Pottery
- Secondary Keywords
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- concepts relating to the creative process
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- Title
- Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Physical Description
- An extremely large sundial circle top, separated into triangular sections with eyes and a mouth carved out. The colors are in blue, red, white and black. There is a narrow center to represent two black arms and a chin. The triangluar colored pattern is continued onto the bottom with a geometric pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, fiber, metal
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- costume by function
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Gong of the Ogboni Secret Society
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ogboni
- Physical Description
- Brass bell or gong in the form of a human head. A loop on the top would have served as a handhold or place to tie the instrument. The opening of the the instrument is squared and flat in order to rest upright.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.242
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- african
- african styles by region
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- ceremonies
- concepts in the arts
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- forms of expression
- object genres
- object genres by function
- objects
- people and culture
- rites of passage
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- west african styles
- Title
- Opposite
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1933
- Accession Number
- 1953/2.2
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- non-representational art
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Umgeben
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1933
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.43
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- non-representational art
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- WEG VII (White Embossing on Gray)
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.313
- Medium and Support
- color line-cut on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- 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
- 1983/1.336.10
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- greek
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- early western world
- forms of expression
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- design elements
- early western world
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- abstraction
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- early western world
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- 1983/1.336.8
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- forms of expression
- genres
- greek
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- White Front
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- A white rectangle stretches from near the left edge to the right edge. It has two small verticle ochre rectangles close to either end. Around the white rectangle are sections of yellow and ochre.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.72
- Medium and Support
- oil on masonite
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- geometric shapes
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- mathematical concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- diagrams
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- I-S Va 4 (Six Variants)
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- Geometric abstract rectangular arches in shades of red and orange
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.116
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on Arches
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- arches and arch components
- architectural elements
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- spanning and projecting structural elements
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- I-S Va 5 (Six Variants)
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- An abstract print of six rectangular shapes in neutral shades
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.118
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on Arches
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- mathematical concepts
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- White Line Square XII (Series II)
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- Squares in progressing sizes and shades of orange
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.119
- Medium and Support
- three color alumninum plate lithographs on hand cut Arches cover paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by form
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- european
- european styles and periods
- flatweaves
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- ingrain carpets
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- rugs
- rugs by technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Sunday of the Bookkeeper
- Artist
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.64
- Medium and Support
- etching on ledger paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Sunday of the Bookkeeper
- Artist
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.65
- Medium and Support
- etching on ledger paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- intaglio prints
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sunday of the Bookkeeper
- Artist
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.66
- Medium and Support
- etching on ledger paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- intaglio prints
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Sunday of the Bookkeeper
- Artist
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1927-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.67
- Medium and Support
- etching on ledger paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- intaglio prints
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Elsewhere, Therefore Here
- Artist
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1961
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.86
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Famous Picnic at Val Kill
- Artist
- Ann Murfee Allen
- Physical Description
- Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1923 - 1995
- Century
- late 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.178
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Secondary Keywords
- american regions
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- dwellings
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- how we live
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- north american
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- plants
- political and social issues
- residential structures
- sailing vessels by size
- seating furniture
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- single seating furniture
- standing
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by function
- the americas
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- waterscapes
- woody plants
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Glen Alps
- Artist Life Dates
- 1914-1996
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1914-1964
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.115
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- non-representational art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- animal material
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- bed coverings
- bedcovers
- christianity
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- coverings and hangings
- coverings and hangings by location or context
- coverings and hangings by specific type
- coverings and hangings components
- coverings and hangings for furniture
- coverings and hangings for sleeping and reclining furnitur
- descriptors
- design elements
- fiber and fiber products
- fiber products
- forms of expression
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furnishings components
- geometric motifs
- hair
- hair and hair components
- hair by form
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by origin
- materials by physical form
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- protestantism
- quilt components
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- textile materials
- textile materials by composition or origin
- visual and tactile
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- transfer method
- upward
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- earth sciences concepts
- forms of expression
- lacustrine bodies
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Eight Views of Ômi: #2 Night Rain at Karasaki
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant tree on an island looms over the image, surrounded by water. A poem in the upper left corner reads:
- "Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze
- that has made the pine of Karasaki famous; the voice of the
- wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1834
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.135
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- evergreens
- forms of expression
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Funerary Shrine Cloth
- Artist
- Okun Akan Abuje of Ikot Obong, Annang-Ibibio Peoples, Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Square applique cloth with two narrative registers separated by two rows of squares, each bisected with solid and factory printed/plaid cloth; top and bottom border in similar checked motif. Red, black and white predominate. Top narrative panel has a stylized leopard and six human figures in festive dress, playing musical instruments. Lower panel shows 4 figures in festive dress, and an ox feeding from a bucket. All images and figures in applique.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.251
- Medium and Support
- cotton applique and patchwork
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- Title
- The Detraction of Good Things [Detractio Bonorum] from Sebastian Brant's "Stultifera navis [The Ship of Fools]" published by Johann Bergmann
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- Text on both sides. One side has the image of a man with dogs at his feet. There is also a jester at his feet, kneeling down.
- Century
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.550.1-2
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- artistic concepts
- artistic devices
- associated concepts
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- heads
- hydraulic structures
- hydraulic structures by function
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people and culture
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the human body
- tools and equipment
- upper body
- walking sticks
- water distribution structures
- Title
- Black Head
- Artist
- Horst Antes
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1936
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1968?
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.263
- Medium and Support
- three-color lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Rock Cliff
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.119
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- forms of expression
- genres
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- settlements and landscapes
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 1964/1.116
- Medium and Support
- embossed color lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled, from 'Quantum Suite'
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.46
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- forms of expression
- genres
- greek
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- Title
- Composition: from 'Octet Suite'
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 1971/1.192
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Composition: from 'Quantum Suite'
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 1971/1.193
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- planographic prints
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Untitled, from 'Fragments' suite
- Artist
- Garo Zareh Antreasian
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1922
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1961
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.131
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Title
- Mercurius in the Vessel
- Artist
- Richard Anuszkiewicz
- Physical Description
- Concentric lines of bright red alternate with lines of blue and green to create an optical illusion of receeding squares. The juxtaposition of these colors also creates an appearance of intersecting orange lines and hues of purple.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1930
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.137
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- aegean
- aegean periods
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- early western world
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- geometric shapes
- greek
- mathematical concepts
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- people and culture
- plane figures
- polygons
- quadrilaterals
- rectangles
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile