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Title

Bone

Artist

Michele Oka Doner

Physical Description

Realistic bone that looks like a femur. The texture and the glazing give it an aged look. The stoneware is porous like a bone.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1945

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1978

Accession Number

1981/2.97

Medium and Support

stoneware

relevance

rank 11.07573

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological concepts

ceramics

concepts in the arts

descriptors

forms of expression

modern and contemporary art

object genres

object genres by form

object genres by material

people and culture

philosophical concepts

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

pottery (object genre)

scientific concepts

Title

Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)

Artist

Hans Arp

Physical Description

A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.

Artist Life Dates

1886-1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1930; cast 1957

Accession Number

1983/1.399

Medium and Support

polished bronze

relevance

rank 10.10602

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

biological concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

forms of expression

genres

inorganic material

life

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

modern and contemporary art

movement

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

scientific concepts

the human body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Silk crepe dyed black with areas of wax-resist in the shape of kotobuki characters. These characters were brushed with red, which matches the inner red lining of momi plain weave silk above with persimmon silk crepe below.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1940s-1950s

Accession Number

2005/1.390

Medium and Support

black silk crepe with red paint

relevance

rank 9.98476

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

costume

costume by form

main garments

objects we use

people and culture

scientific concepts

Title

Art Attack

Artist

Keith Haring

Physical Description

Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.

Artist Life Dates

1958 - 1990

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

1991/1.137

Medium and Support

screenprint on oak panel

relevance

rank 9.23196

Secondary Keywords

americas

associated concepts

biological concepts

genres

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

illness

international post-1945 styles and movements

locality

modern and contemporary art

north & central america

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

social science concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

united states

visual works

visual works by location or context

Title

The Visitation

Artist

Anonymous

Physical Description

Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1827

Accession Number

2013/2.560

Medium and Support

pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 8.83940

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

associated concepts

biological concepts

chimneys and chimney components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

food

fruit

heating and cooking elements

materials

materials by function

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

Title

Untitled (March 5th) #2

Artist

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Physical Description

Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.

Artist Life Dates

1957-1996

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

1999/2.17

Medium and Support

40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets

relevance

rank 8.43288

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

events

found object sculpture

found objects

furnishings components

genres

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

illness

international post-1945 styles and movements

lighting device components

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

personal life events

physical sciences concepts

physics concepts

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by form

sculpture by material

social science concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Song of Sentient Beings #1612

Artist

Bill Jacobson

Physical Description

Blurred image of a male nude figure bending forward from a standing position so that his hands nearly touch the ground.

Artist Life Dates

born 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1995

Accession Number

1999/1.102

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 8.38328

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

descriptors

figures (representations)

forming

genres

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

illness

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)

Artist

Hans Arp

Physical Description

A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.

Artist Life Dates

1886-1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

1948/2.26

Medium and Support

bronze with wood base

relevance

rank 8.22362

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological concepts

concepts in the arts

copper alloy

copper and copper alloy

descriptors

forms of expression

genres

inorganic material

life

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

modern and contemporary art

movement

nonferrous metal

objects we use

people and culture

plant material

plants

scientific concepts

the natural world

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Three Gold Rings, from Ringed Series

Artist

Todd Hoyer

Physical Description

A bulbous vessel with narrow mouth and base. The wood is burned and cracked and circled by three gold bands, two of which overlap.

burnt wood vessel with gold

Artist Life Dates

b. 1952

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2002/2.145

Medium and Support

eucalyptus, imitation gold leaf

relevance

rank 8.14121

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

containers

containers by form

descriptors

events

groups of people

kinship groups

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

personal life events

physicochemical processes

plant material

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

social groups

social science concepts

surface marking processes and techniques

wood and wood products

Title

Blue-and-white shallow plate with the character shou (longevity), surrounded by 4 crabs

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

18th-19th century

Accession Number

2006/2.53

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 8.13395

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

ceramics

containers

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

dishes

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

pottery (object genre)

scientific concepts

stoneware

vessels for serving and consuming food

Title

Block for Printing "Longevity" Spirit Money, from Taiwan

Artist

Artist Unknown Taiwan

Physical Description

Wooden block painted cinnabar red with a carved floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

late 20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.41.1

Medium and Support

carved wood

relevance

rank 8.09308

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

ball game equipment

ball striking or snaring and throwing equipment

biological concepts

equipment

equipment by process

exchange media

image-making equipment

objects we use

people and culture

printing and printmaking equipment

printing blocks

printing surfaces

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

scientific concepts

sports and athletic equipment

tools and equipment

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

relevance

rank 7.98260

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

austria (nation)

biological concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

constructions (sculpture)

europe (continent)

events

furnishings components

geographic and political locations

lighting device components

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

personal life events

photographic prints

photographic prints by process

photographs

photographs by form

positives

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by technique

social science concepts

vienna state (state)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Study for 'Image in Xhorkom'

Artist

Arshile Gorky

Physical Description

Black and white drawing of organic forms vaguely resembling human figures flowing into one another in a room-like space. On the right hand side of the grouping stands the most recognizably humanoid figure.

Artist Life Dates

1904 - 1948

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1936

Accession Number

1964/2.41

Medium and Support

graphite and tempera on off-white laid paper

relevance

rank 7.84597

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

asia

asia (continent)

associated concepts

biological concepts

biomorphic

concepts in the arts

drawings

drawings by function

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

geographic and political locations

groups of people

kinship groups

life

life stages

locality

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

psychological concepts

scientific concepts

social groups

social science concepts

study

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

Pendant in the form of a pregnant woman

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1983/2.143

Medium and Support

brass

relevance

rank 7.76659

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

females

figures

jewelry

jewelry by form

metalwork

object genres

object genres by material

objects

objects of adornment

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

scientific concepts

Title

Growing Forms

Artist

David Smith

Physical Description

A roughly teardrop-shaped sculpture of shiny cast aluminum. Within the basic organic shape are several curls and a shape that appears to be a woman or perhaps a fetus. The sculpture sits atop a tall wooden base composed of a stack of fat disc shapes.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1939

Accession Number

1980/1.213A

Medium and Support

cast aluminum on wood base

relevance

rank 7.75378

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

events

forms of expression

inorganic material

life

materials

materials by composition

metal and metal products

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

personal life events

scientific concepts

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

visual works by subject type

Title

"Longevity" spirit money from Taiwan

Artist

Artist Unknown Taiwan

Physical Description

Print with floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center. Swath of oranga paint and imitation gold foil in the middle.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2008/1.171

Medium and Support

orange paint, imitation gold foil, and red ink on paper

relevance

rank 7.65559

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

biological concepts

descriptors

equipment

equipment by process

exchange media

image-making equipment

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

objects we use

people and culture

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing and printmaking equipment

printing surfaces

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

tools and equipment

Title

"Longevity" Spirit Money, from Taiwan (2 prints)

Artist

Artist Unknown Taiwan

Physical Description

Print with floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.41.2A

Medium and Support

red ink on paper

relevance

rank 7.65559

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

biological concepts

descriptors

equipment

equipment by process

exchange media

image-making equipment

image-making processes and techniques

mammals

objects we use

people and culture

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing and printmaking equipment

printing surfaces

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

tools and equipment

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Multi-colored ink on paper. Prominent reds, yellows and blues. Six figures, three smaller (clothed), three larger (nude or semi-nude). Scene of worship.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.176

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 7.63359

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

biological concepts

forms

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

making art

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

scientific concepts

text-based art

torches and torch holders

visual works

visual works by subject type

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Visit to the Hospital

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Physical Description

A woman sits on the edge of a bed in which a figure lays. A child stands next to the woman. A chair with a bag on it sits in the right bottom corner.

Artist Life Dates

1867 - 1945

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1929

Accession Number

1956/1.59

Medium and Support

woodcut on Japan paper

relevance

rank 7.36391

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

european

european styles and periods

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

offspring

parents

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

physical activities

physical activities by general context

scientific concepts

seating furniture

single seating furniture

sleeping and reclining furniture

spouses

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

Title

The Three Abundant Blessings

Artist

Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)

Physical Description

Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.

Artist Life Dates

act. late 18th to early 19th century

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1818

Accession Number

1965/1.181

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 7.11579

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

dwellings

earth sciences concepts

houses

houses by occupants

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

official residences

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

physical sciences concepts

residential structures

scientific concepts

scroll paintings

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

Cactus

Artist

Graham Sutherland

Physical Description

Three forms that are simulatenously organic and sculptural stand in a line. At their base they appear sculptural or vessel-like, but further up they become more organic and cactus-like in their form. The table and background are yellow. The forms are executed mostly with white, off-white, and gray.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1954/2.39

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.07062

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological concepts

buildings and the land

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

landscapes (environments)

life

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

movement

natural landscapes

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people and culture

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Sandcastle

Artist

Anne Truitt

Physical Description

A long, low rectangular with a painted band of green extends around the rectangle at floor level. The upper half is painted off-white. About three fourths of the length is uniform. The other quarter, at the viewer's right, has several features: two depressed areas, and two raised areas, which are painted in a brighter white.

Artist Life Dates

1921-2004

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

1984/2.57

Medium and Support

acrylic on wood

relevance

rank 6.81914

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

biological concepts

combination inorganic/organic material

culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

genres

international post-1945 styles and movements

life

life stages

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

paintings

paintings by material or technique

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

recreation

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

soil

soil by composition or origin

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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

relevance

rank 6.35127

Secondary Keywords

abstract expressionist

animals and creatures

applied decoration

arthropods

associated concepts

biological components

biological concepts

buildings and the land

built complexes and districts

complexes

complexes by function

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

faces

found object sculpture

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

heads

image-making processes and techniques

international post-1945 styles and movements

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

leisure and competition vehicles

life

life stages

metalwork

object genres

object genres by material

object-making processes and techniques

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people in the arts

people in the arts and related occupations

people in the humanities

people in the performing arts

performing artists

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

recreation areas

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for noncompetitive activities

scientific concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

sculpture techniques

sports complexes

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

the human body

transportation vehicles

upper body

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique