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Title
Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series
Artist
Frank Stella
Physical Description
Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.
Artist Life Dates
born 1936
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1989/2.1
Medium and Support
patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint
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Apsara Warrior
Artist
Ouk Chim Vichet
Physical Description
metal figural sculpture made of decommissioned AK-47s welded together
Artist Life Dates
b. 1981
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 2004
Accession Number
2007/2.79
Medium and Support
metal
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Title
Cube 10
Artist
Larry Bell
Artist Life Dates
b. 1938
Object Creation Date
2006
Accession Number
2013/2.84
Medium and Support
colored glass coated with Inconel
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Kara Walker
Physical Description
A horizontal lighbox enclosed by a wide, black molded frame in which Kara Walker's signature silhouettes are encased in linen and lit from behind. Silhouettes represent four figures: a man and child at viewer's left, two women at right.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1969
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1996-1997
Accession Number
2006/1.152
Medium and Support
cut paper between linen, mounted in wooden light box
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Title
Monument to the Lycée Chases
Artist
Christian Boltanski
Physical Description
Three black and white photographs of young people's faces are vertically arranged. Above each and below the center image are smaller versions of similar portrait photographs. Four of these smaller photos are also arranged in the line of the large photographs, one on each end, and two separating the larger pictues. All the photos are surrounded by an arrangement of light bulbs, which are connected by a network of electrical cables that snake along the walls and over the photos.
Artist Life Dates
Born 1944
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1989
Accession Number
2006/1.154
Medium and Support
gelatin silver prints, biscuit tins, electric cables, and sixty-eight lightbulbs
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Title
Wrapped Roses
Artist
Christo
Physical Description
Three plastic long-stemmed red roses wrapped in thick transparent polyethylene, tied with twine, ends stapled
Artist Life Dates
born 1935
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
1974/2.28
Medium and Support
plastic, cord and staples
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Title
scripted
Artist
Ann Hamilton
Physical Description
A long wooden box divided into two compartments, one small and one large. The small compartment contains an intricately worked gold thimble inscribed with a poem. The long compartment contains a silver thimble in which horse hairs have been threaded. The tuft of horse hair runs the length of the long compartment.
Artist Life Dates
born 1956
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1997
Accession Number
1999/2.15
Medium and Support
gold thimble, silver thimble, horsehair, wood and glass
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Title
Do yu Get it
Artist
Martin Johnson
Physical Description
7-sided frame made of reclaimed wood moulding and slats nailed together and backed with strips of green felt, possibly from a pool table. Gold wire traces the wood frame, and is accented with a fuzz ball or googly eye at each corner. A toy car is placed on the gold wire “track” at bottom center; car racing flag stickers attached to the frame in a couple places. Three pieces of thread are strung horizontally across the frame, a “spider web” attached to top two lines with puffy paint. A wood (?) cutout of a smiling joker mouth hung from web by wire.
Artist Life Dates
(1951 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1996
Accession Number
2008/2.235
Medium and Support
mixed media consruction, paint, wood, wire, toy car
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Title
What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous)
Artist
Man Ray
Physical Description
A clear glass bubble rests on the bowl of a plain white clay pipe. Along the stem of the pipe are the words, "Ce que [sic] manque à nous tous."
Artist Life Dates
1890 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1962
Accession Number
1997/1.129
Medium and Support
blown glass, clay, and wood
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Title
Black Excursion No. 13
Artist
Louise Nevelson
Physical Description
Square, rectangular, and circular pieces of wood and formica are assembled in rectilinear, cabinet-like compartments. The entire object is painted black.
Artist Life Dates
1899 - 1988
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1964
Accession Number
1997/1.131
Medium and Support
painted wood and black formica
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Title
Colored
Artist
Betye Saar
Physical Description
Assemblage of found objects: salvaged wood frame, four portrait photographs of African American females, nine thread samples, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer's right of the frame.
Artist Life Dates
born 1926
Century
21st century
Object Creation Date
2002
Accession Number
2003/1.406
Medium and Support
mixed media assemblage with hand mirror
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Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
Artist
Yinka Shonibare
Physical Description
Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”
Artist Life Dates
born 1962
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
2002
Accession Number
2008/2.256
Medium and Support
resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric
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