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Title

Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings

Artist

Glenn Ligon

Physical Description

Stencilled black letters on black background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

1993/2.13.4

Medium and Support

softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Muril

relevance

rank 9.82124

Primary Keywords

african american

appropriation

literature (writings)

text

Title

Death of Chatterton, from "Pictures of Chocolate"

Artist

Vik Muniz

Physical Description

Photograph of a drawing executed using chocolate syrup on a piece of white plexi-glass.

Artist Life Dates

born 1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2006/1.153

Medium and Support

Cibachrome mounted on aluminum on paper

relevance

rank 9.82124

Primary Keywords

appropriation

boys

deaths

photography

romantic

suicides

Title

Untitled (I am an invisible man...), from Four Etchings

Artist

Glenn Ligon

Physical Description

Stencilled black letters on black background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

1993/2.13.3

Medium and Support

softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Muril

relevance

rank 9.82124

Primary Keywords

african american

appropriation

literature (writings)

text

Title

Haystacks

Artist

Roy Lichtenstein

Physical Description

Brightly colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in red-orange and navy blue depicting a field, with high horizon line, two haystacks, trees, shrubs and mountains in the background, and two strips of clouds in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2005/2.25

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.61438

Primary Keywords

appropriation

color lithographs

fields

hay

landscape

pop art

Title

The Village Voice

Artist

Conrad Atkinson

Physical Description

The cover format of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice is appropriated, with satirical headlines related to topical current events.

Artist Life Dates

born 1940

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2004/2.36

Medium and Support

acrylic on canvas

relevance

rank 9.61438

Primary Keywords

appropriation

artists

newspapers

nuclear wars

political art

satire

Title

Untitled (I feel most colored...), from Four Etchings

Artist

Glenn Ligon

Physical Description

Stencilled black capital letters on white background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

1993/2.13.1

Medium and Support

softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on white Rives BF

relevance

rank 9.61438

Primary Keywords

african american

appropriation

literature (writings)

stencils (images)

text

Title

Campbell's Soup I, Pepper Pot

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Print depicting a can of Campbell’s condensed soup with “Pepper Pot” written in red capital letters across bottom half of can.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

1969/1.95

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 9.51419

Primary Keywords

appropriation

can

food

neo-dada

pop

pots

screen printing

soup

Title

Caravaggio's Medusa (Medusa Marinara), from The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project

Artist

Vik Muniz

Physical Description

Porcelain plate imprinted with the photographic image of a female head in pasta and marinara sauce.

Artist Life Dates

born 1961

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1999

Accession Number

1999/1.108

Medium and Support

photographic image on porcelain

relevance

rank 9.51419

Primary Keywords

appropriation

food

heads (representations)

mythology (literary genre)

plates (dishes)

Title

Campbell's Soup I, Green Pea

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Print depicting a can of Campbell’s condensed soup with “Green Pea” written in red capital letters across bottom half of can.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968

Accession Number

1969/1.96

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 9.51419

Primary Keywords

appropriation

can

food

green

neo-dada

pop

screen printing

soup

Title

After Manet, from May Days Long Forgotten

Artist

Carrie Mae Weems

Physical Description

Black and white photograph in circular format depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1953

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2004/2.3

Medium and Support

chromogenic color print on paper

relevance

rank 9.41606

Primary Keywords

african american

appropriation

figures (representations)

girls

grass (plant material)

photographs

Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1969/1.84

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 9.31993

Primary Keywords

actors

appropriation

celebrity

film stills

neo-dada

portraits

screen printing

suicides

Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1969/1.85

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 9.13345

Primary Keywords

actors

appropriation

celebrity

entertainers

head

neo-dada

pop

portraits

screen prints

suicides

woman

Title

Last Supper, from "You and What Army"

Artist

Anthony Goicolea

Physical Description

Large color photograph depicting a grouping of eight boys in a triangular horizontal arrangement parallel to the picture plane wearing navy blue hooded coats. Figures are grouped around a large boulder in a wooded area feasting on sliced white “Wonder” bread.

Artist Life Dates

born 1971

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1999

Accession Number

2004/2.9

Medium and Support

color c-print on paper

relevance

rank 9.13345

Primary Keywords

appropriation

boys

bread

digital image

eating

figures (representations)

food

forests

nature

photographs

rock

Title

Akbar's Bounty

Artist

Michael Mode

Physical Description

A wide-mouthed bowl narrows steeply to a small base. A brown and white checker board pattern covers the interior and exterior and scales down as the diameter decreases toward the bottom.

wood bowl with geometric patterning in concentric rings, decreasing in size top to bottom

Artist Life Dates

born 1946

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

2000

Accession Number

2002/2.166

Medium and Support

holly and morado

relevance

rank 9.13345

Primary Keywords

appropriation

bowls (vessels)

checker pattern

geometric abstraction

mughal styles

wood (plant material)

woodworking

Title

Marilyn

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

1969/1.86

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 9.13345

Primary Keywords

actors

appropriation

celebrity

entertainers

head

neo-dada

pop

portraits

screen prints

suicides

woman

Title

Napoleon Standing Next to Chair

Artist

Larry Rivers

Physical Description

Sketch of a standing male figure outlined in dark blue spray paint to the left of a color rendering of the same male figure outlined in light blue standing next to a chair. The name “DAVID” stenciled at bottom left of center. Composed of various materials, including patent leather, felt, plastic, wool and spray paint on canvas.

Artist Life Dates

1923 - 2002

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

1997/1.135

Medium and Support

patent leather, felt, plastic, wool and spray paint on canvas

relevance

rank 8.95429

Primary Keywords

appliquè

appropriation

chairs

figures

history paintings

males

napoleon

neo-dada

pop art

portraits

postmodern

standing

Title

Marilyn Monroe

Artist

Keith Haring

Physical Description

Bust-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe positioned in front of a red background; Haring used a poster of the actress onto which he applied sumi ink in a series of outlines, marks and drips over the face, neck, chest and shoulders.

Artist Life Dates

1958 - 1990

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1981

Accession Number

1997/1.123

Medium and Support

Sumi ink on poster

relevance

rank 8.80569

Primary Keywords

appropriation

bust-length

celebrity

figures

figures (representations)

pop art

portraits

women

Title

Manet's Olympia

Artist

Mel Ramos

Physical Description

A female nude reclining on a bed wearing one yellow slipper on her left foot, a gold bracelet on her right arm and a black ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. An African American woman in a blue dress stands behind her holding a bouquet of yellow and white flowers. A small monkey sits at the foot of the bed. All subjects look directly at the viewer.

Artist Life Dates

born 1935

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

1991/2.102.1

Medium and Support

collotype on wove paper

relevance

rank 8.31298

Primary Keywords

african american

appropriation

baby

beauty

eroticism

figures

figures (representations)

flowers (plants)

lovers

monkeys

nudes

pop art

portraits

prostitutes

realism

women