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Title

Sphere with Colour (Grey and White)

Artist

Barbara Hepworth

Physical Description

Oval-shaped piece of veined, green Swedish marble standing on one of its narrow ends. Three holes of different sizes penetrate into the object's center. The holes are painted respectively in a semi-gloss black and matte white.

Artist Life Dates

1903 - 1975

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

1967/1.43

Medium and Support

Swedish green marble and paint on wood base

relevance

rank 14.67720

Primary Keywords

abstract

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

carvings

circles

geometric abstraction

round (shape)

sculpture

stone

Title

Composition

Artist

Auguste Herbin

Physical Description

Flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms

Artist Life Dates

1882 - 1960

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1927

Accession Number

1955/2.10

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 14.52945

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

face

geometric abstraction

oil painting

rubenism

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 14.07264

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

bronze (metal)

growth

sculpture

surrealism

torsos

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 14.07264

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

bronze (metal)

fruit

growth

sculpture

surrealism

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 14.05046

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

cacti

growth

oil painting

still lifes

surrealism

surrealist

Title

The Student (L'Etudiante)

Artist

Gerome Kamrowski

Physical Description

On a narrow canvas a background of overlapping, rounded segments of blues, grays, and greens suggests rock. These layers build up to warmer colors, and on the surface of the layers are several shapes executed in white line suggestive of cave-painting. The shapes looks like microscopic organisms and are connected by the nerve-like white lines. As a whole, the visual elements are also suggestive of a seated figure, and the white shapes then appear as organs.

Artist Life Dates

1914 - 2004

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950

Accession Number

1975/1.77

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 14.05046

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

figures (representations)

oil painting

spirituality

surrealism

surrealist

Title

Man in Motion (Uomo in movimento)

Artist

Mino Rosso

Physical Description

A bronze sculpture of an abstracted male figure in motion. His knees are bent as he leans into his movement. His arms are tucked along his torso, and he appears to be propelling his movement with great force. The surface is a bright bronze color but with some patina.

Artist Life Dates

1904 - 1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934

Accession Number

1959/2.100

Medium and Support

bronze with wood base

relevance

rank 14.00570

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

bronze (metal)

figures (representations)

futurist

men

motion

sculpture

Title

Standing Figure

Artist

Alberto Giacometti

Physical Description

An elongated figure with minimal features stands on a small rectangular base with left foot slightly forward. The metal has a texture resembling molten wax.

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1966

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1957

Accession Number

1958/1.137

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 14.00570

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

bronze (metal)

casting (process)

figures (representations)

sculpture

standing

Title

Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations"

Artist

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Physical Description

A highly abstracted photographic composition in which the viewer catches glimpses of a female nude seen in the stomach at center and the keyhole glimpse of a breast to the viewer's right; the overall composition is dark with patterned, textured overlapping fabrics

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934-1935; printed 1967

Accession Number

1971/2.150.4

Medium and Support

clichés-verre on paper

relevance

rank 13.94489

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

clichès-verre

mandolins

musical instruments

nudes

surrealism

surrealist

women

Title

Untitled

Artist

Lee Bontecou

Physical Description

graphite drawing on cream paper, unframed

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1962/1.97

Medium and Support

graphite on cream paper

relevance

rank 13.86827

Primary Keywords

abstraction

biomorphic abstraction

drawings

openings by form

Title

Young Girl Dreaming (Jeune fille rêvant), Plate IX, from "Transmutations"

Artist

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Physical Description

A female figure reclines on a divan on her side with her back toward the viewer; Beneath the divan the dark background is lined with a diamond patterning. Behind the figure are textures suggesting pillows or other textiles.

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934-1935; printed 1967

Accession Number

1971/2.150.9

Medium and Support

clichés-verre on paper

relevance

rank 13.61299

Primary Keywords

abstraction

beds (furniture)

biomorphic abstraction

clichès-verre

dreams

girls

guitars

musical instruments

nudes

reclining

surrealism

surrealist

Title

Small Worlds, III (Kleine Welten, III)

Artist

Wassily Kandinsky

Physical Description

Positioned within a black background a vertically stationed white oval shape sits at center; within the oval are a series of abstracted forms and lines in primary colors all characteristic of Kandinsky's style.

Artist Life Dates

1866 - 1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1922

Accession Number

1948/1.62

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 13.13817

Primary Keywords

abstract

biomorphic abstraction

color lithographs

expressionism

expressionist

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 12.86433

Primary Keywords

biomorphic abstraction

births

figures (representations)

growth

metal

sculpture

surrealist

Title

Pop Dots

Artist

Barbara Levine

Physical Description

Abstract shape rendered in Styrofoam that has been covered with modeling compound. Base with four columns, three of which have “pop dots” attached to them. Partially painted a bright minty green, which gets darker in the “back” of the sculpture (the side that doesn’t have dots).

Artist Life Dates

(1953 - )

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2008/2.243

Medium and Support

oil on modeling compound-covered Styrofoam

relevance

rank 12.47433

Primary Keywords

atolls

bastarda

biomorphic abstraction

dots

object art

painting techniques by application method

pop

Title

Early Stage of Proposal for General Mills Commission (Egyptian Beauty)

Artist

Jene Highstein

Physical Description

Heavily worked and reworked pencil drawing on large square of grid paper. Form is an ovoid shape with longitudinal and lateral lines, thinner than it is tall, fit into a rectangular box that represents the block of stone to be carved. At the bottom right of the sketched image, Highstein has noted the dimensions (7’ x 7’ x 2’) x 7. Seven blocks of granite at 2’ x 2’ x 7’ were meant to be stacked and carved into the proposed shape.

Artist Life Dates

(1942 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1987

Accession Number

2008/2.232

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 11.95443

Primary Keywords

biomorphic abstraction

egg

minimal

preliminary sketches

sketches

stone

Title

Tacpere Maptom

Artist

Lynda Benglis

Physical Description

Hollow glass piece. The bottom half (whose end is flat and thus serves as a base) is a solid spring green separated by a band of translucent yellow. The top half is a darker olive green with a Kelly green stripe that winds from the yellow band at center to the hole at this end of the piece.

Artist Life Dates

(1941 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2008/2.223

Medium and Support

glass

relevance

rank 11.90636

Primary Keywords

abstract

biomorphic abstraction

glassworking

object genres by form

post-minimalism

sculpture by form

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 11.65039

Primary Keywords

armenia

armenia (historical region)

biomorphic abstraction

childhood

families

figures (representations)

memory

preparatory drawings

surrealism

surrealist