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Title

UtopianCannibal.org

Artist

Enrique Chagoya

Physical Description

Codex book connected by a series of eight accordian folds composed of lithographs, woodcuts, chine collé, and collage. The work reads right to left with the rightmost page titled "UtopianCannibal.org" and the leftmost page with the single word "Fin" (translates to "end").

Artist Life Dates

born 1953

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2001/2.81

Medium and Support

color lithograph, woodcut, chine collé, and collage

relevance

rank 14.39681

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

american regions

art genres

artistic concepts

artistic devices

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

how we live

north american

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Americans All! Victory Liberty Loan

Artist

Howard Chandler Christy

Physical Description

Text: American's All! Victory Liberty Loan - (right) Honor Roll - Du Bois, Smith, O'Brien, Cjeka, Hauke, Pappandrikopolous, Andrassi, Villotto, Levy, Turovich, Kowalski, Chirczanevicz, Knutson, Gonzales

Artist Life Dates

1873-1952

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1919

Accession Number

1954/2.35.21

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 13.74975

Secondary Keywords

american regions

armed conflicts

declaratory and advertising artifacts

events

figures

how we live

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

modern and contemporary art

north american

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

text-based art

the americas

war

world wars

Title

Untitled (Paint Cans)

Artist

Tyree Guyton

Physical Description

A "Norton Abrasives" wooden crate filled with empty gallon paint containers, a cracked rearview mirror attached to the side and an American flag smushed into one side of the box.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1955

Object Creation Date

1980-2010

Accession Number

2013/2.310

Medium and Support

paint cans, wooden crate, American flag, rearview mirror and ceramic figurine

relevance

rank 13.48543

Secondary Keywords

american regions

coating (material)

coating by form

containers

containers by form

descriptors

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

materials

materials by function

north american

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

Title

Untitled (bird cage, re-lynching)

Artist

Tyree Guyton

Physical Description

A splatter painted bird cage stand with a rounded top cage on top in red, green, orange, white and blue. There is mesh on one side of the bottom of the cage that is also splatter painted. Inside the cage hanging from the top is a small bell, part of an American flag and a replica of a human penis, painted black, hanging upside down.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1955

Object Creation Date

1980-2010

Accession Number

2013/2.312

Medium and Support

metal bird cage stand, American flag, rubber elements, metal bell and rectangular-shaped screen

relevance

rank 12.78070

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

american regions

animal husbandry containers

bells and sets of bells

chordophones

containers

containers by function or context

directly struck idiophones

identifying artifacts

information artifacts

information artifacts by function

information forms

north american

objects we use

people and culture

percussion idiophones

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

struck idiophones

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

Title

Architectural Cadences

Artist

Charles Sheeler

Physical Description

Multiple color screenprint of an abstracted industrial landscape. In the foreground is a small strip of land, and in the middle ground are buildings of various geometric shapes and sizes. In the background, the rooflines of the buildings start to blend in and emerge from the cloudy sky.

Artist Life Dates

1883-1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1954

Accession Number

1983/1.216

Medium and Support

six-color screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 10.67407

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

american regions

architectural elements

associated concepts

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

industrial structures

modern and contemporary art

north american

object genres

objects we use

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

scientific concepts

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

windows and window components

Title

Untitled

Artist

Steve Keister

Physical Description

Drawing on spiral sketchbook paper in terra cotta and ivory gouache with graphite pencil.

Artist Life Dates

(1949 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2008/2.236

Medium and Support

gouache on paper

relevance

rank 9.95111

Secondary Keywords

american regions

descriptors

drawing and drawing techniques

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

pottery (object genre)

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture

sculpture by material

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sugarcane Workers with Machetes Raised, Cuba

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A group of Cuban sugarcane workers cry out and raise their machetes.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.81

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.56888

Secondary Keywords

american regions

caribbean

cutting equipment

cutting tools

equipment

equipment by process

knives (cutting tools)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

tools and equipment

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

relevance

rank 9.33891

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

School Recess, Cuba, 1970

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A group of young children in Cuba. The title states that they have been let out for recess, and the children are smiling and running out of the school as well as waving their arms, possibly at the photographer.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.83

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.29655

Secondary Keywords

american regions

buildings and the land

caribbean

descriptors

image-making processes and techniques

institutional buildings

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

photographic processes

photography and photographic processes and techniques

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

youth

Title

The Attack on an Emigrant Train

Artist

Charles Ferdinand Wimar

Physical Description

The painting depicts a group of American settlers attempting to defend themselves against attack by a band of Native Americans. A covered wagon pulled by two horses is at the center of the composition; at left, two Native Americans attack the wagon with war clubs and tomahawks; a figure on the lead horse points a pistol directly at the head of one of his attackers, while a figure at the rear of the wagon shoots another attacker. At right other warriors on horseback ride past the train shooting arrows and wielding tomahawks.

Artist Life Dates

1828-1862

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1856

Accession Number

1895.80

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 8.98609

Secondary Keywords

american regions

americas

animals

animals and creatures

armed conflicts

associated concepts

atmospheric effects

buildings and the land

cargo vehicles

cargo vehicles by form

cutting equipment

cutting tools

earth sciences concepts

edged weapons

equipment

equipment by process

events

fights

firearms

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

grassland

how we live

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

landscapes (environments)

locality

long guns

mammals

natural landscapes

north & central america

north american

objects

objects we use

passenger vehicles

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

physical activities

physical activities by general context

physical sciences concepts

plant communities

projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with explosive propellant

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

small arms by form

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the americas

the natural world

tools and equipment

transportation vehicles

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vehicles

war

weaponry

weapons

weapons and ammunition