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Title

Suaga Helmet Mask

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Mambila

Physical Description

A wooden helmet with elongated beak and small dark brown feather on top. The colors overall are dark brown, white and rust.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.74

Medium and Support

wood, hair, pigment

relevance

rank 9.08460

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Yellow, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"

Artist

Sol LeWitt

Physical Description

A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1978/2.61.1

Medium and Support

lithograph on Italia paper

relevance

rank 9.08460

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Yellow - Black - Blue, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"

Artist

Sol LeWitt

Physical Description

A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1978/2.61.12

Medium and Support

lithograph on Italia paper

relevance

rank 9.08460

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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genres

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Tension

Artist

Piero Dorazio

Artist Life Dates

Rome, Italy, 1927 - 2005, Todi, Umbria, Italy

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1983/1.413

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 9.08460

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Yellow - Red - Blue, from "Sixteen Lithographs in Color"

Artist

Sol LeWitt

Physical Description

A suite of 15 lithographs and a composite gage in four colors hand drawn on aluminum plates and printed from those plates by hand. Printed in an edition of 50 on Italia paper by Landfall Press, Inc. Size: 23 x 23”. Contained in a paper box designed by Sol LeWitt with the cooperation of Service Bindery of Chicago, Ill.

Artist Life Dates

1928-2007

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1978/2.61.11

Medium and Support

lithograph on Italia paper

relevance

rank 9.08460

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

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modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Untitled

Artist

Giuseppe Santomaso

Physical Description

This abstract lithograph consists of a gray background with some yellow and black tones at the corners. An uneven red lines cuts vertically through the center-right of the composition. A black line cuts diagonally across the bottom left corner, curving to the right at the top. White sections cut into the gray background on the left side of the composition.

Artist Life Dates

1907 - 1990

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1970/2.140

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 9.07022

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

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modern and contemporary art

people and culture

Title

Feather Headdress from Cameroon Ensemble

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

Physical Description

Cone-like in shape with feathers tems on top, wrapped in fibers, The feathers are purple and green, with fluffy feathers coming out of the top.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.78.3

Medium and Support

feathers, fabric and palm fiber

relevance

rank 9.03718

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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people and culture

Title

Power figure (nkisi)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Vili

Physical Description

Carved wooden figure of a human. The umbilicus protrudes and is concave, which would have held magical/medicinal substances. The figure is posed with crossed legs and one hand supprting the head. The face is detailed.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850

Accession Number

2005/1.183

Medium and Support

wood, woven cotton fiber, glass, split cane, elephant hair, metal, resin

relevance

rank 8.97975

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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forms of expression

healing

people and culture

Title

Starlight

Artist

Chun Wen Wang

Artist Life Dates

born 1956

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

1998/1.137

Medium and Support

stoneware with black glaze with “oil spot” design

relevance

rank 8.88982

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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associated concepts

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people and culture

Title

Smoke Rings June 14, 2001

Artist

Donald Sultan

Physical Description

Against a black background three smoke rings hang, connected by wafts of smoke. Two of the rings are in the viewer's lower left. One is in the viewer's upper right.

Artist Life Dates

Born 1951

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2001

Accession Number

2006/1.159A-D

Medium and Support

spackle and tar on tile over masonite

relevance

rank 8.36214

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Daedalus

Artist

Charles Ginnever

Physical Description

Cor-Ten steel abstract sculpture

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1977/2.9

Medium and Support

Cor-Ten steel

relevance

rank 8.20974

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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sculpture by form

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled [Four cranes and a person]

Artist

Kawano Kaoru

Physical Description

This work is an abstrated depiction of four cranes and a person.

Artist Life Dates

1916 - 1965

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

1998/2.27

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.19224

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animals and creatures

artistic concepts

asia (continent)

associated concepts

birds

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

geographic and political locations

objects we use

people and culture

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled

Artist

Karel Appel

Artist Life Dates

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1921 - 2006, Zurich, Switzerland

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

1986/2.47

Medium and Support

lithograph on off-white paper

relevance

rank 8.08095

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

heads

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

the human body

upper body

Title

Broadway Melody

Artist

Mark Tobey

Physical Description

abstract painting, tempera on board

Artist Life Dates

1890-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1945

Accession Number

1949/1.152

Medium and Support

tempera on board

relevance

rank 8.07167

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

americas

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres

locality

modern and contemporary art

new york

north & central america

objects we use

people and culture

united states

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Physical Description

This work is a depiction of haniwa, clay figures used as tomb burial objects during the Kôfun Period (250–338 CE) that have come to be emblematic of Japanese art and cultural traditions.

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1954

Accession Number

1958/2.25

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 8.01731

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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containers

containers by form

forms of expression

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

vessels

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 7.82389

Secondary Keywords

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pottery (object genre)

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Title

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

An abstracted image of a milkweed plant. Two blossoms in the center, facing opposite directions, create white halo-like shapes around their dark, oblong centers. The bottom of the image has a white streak, while the rest of the print is composed of dark, ink-like background speckled with yellow and reddish out of focus shapes.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2009

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.18

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 7.76353

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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associated concepts

buildings and the land

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landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

people and culture

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

Title

Key and Cue No. 1182 (Remembrance has a rear and front)

Artist

Roni Horn

Physical Description

Aluminum shaft with block letters cast in black plastic.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2009/1.470

Medium and Support

cast plastic and aluminum

relevance

rank 7.76324

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

genres in the arts

information form components

layout features

literary, oral and motion picture genres

people and culture

psychological concepts

social science concepts

Title

Untitled, from 'Quantum Suite'

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

1967/2.46

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.73535

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

aegean

aegean periods

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

early western world

forms of expression

genres

greek

mediterranean

modern and contemporary art

people and culture

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual and tactile

Title

Funerary Post

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Mahafaly, Madagascar

Physical Description

A wooden post of stacked geometric forms and a small seated figure on top, seated at a table.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.72

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 7.72947

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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events

forms of expression

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rites of passage

sculpture

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visual works by medium or technique

Title

Human Figure

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Namji

Physical Description

Carved wooden figure of a human form. String atatched to the head to represent hair.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

1997/1.351

Medium and Support

carved wood, string and human hair

relevance

rank 7.72947

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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figurines

forms of expression

healing

objects we use

people and culture

people and occupations

sculpture

sculpture by subject type

statues

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Buddhist Nara

Artist

Saitô Kiyoshi

Artist Life Dates

(active 1907 - 1997)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1959/2.17

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 7.71796

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

objects we use

people and culture

religions

religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Grandfather Chair

Artist

Artist Unknown, Dan Peoples, African, Liberia

Physical Description

A small wooden chair with four rounded posts and an arched wooden bar on the back. There are carved triangle designs on the seat and finishing nails appear to be decorative.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.76

Medium and Support

wood and metal

relevance

rank 7.71426

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Elsewhere, Therefore Here

Artist

Pierre Alechinsky

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1963/1.86

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 7.71426

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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modern and contemporary art

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paintings by material or technique

people and culture

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Reclining Chair

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Burkina Faso, Lobi

Physical Description

A long reclining board with three posts on the bottom. The angle is at approximately 45 degrees. All of the edges are rounded.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.77

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 7.71426

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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furnishings

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furniture

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sculpture

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Prestige Chair

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Baule Peoples, Côte D'Ivoire

Physical Description

A highly decorated wooden chair with a single arched backing rod for support. There are large bulb-like posts on top with graphic decorations throughout. There are large metal domed hardware on the seat and upper posts.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.75

Medium and Support

wood and metal

relevance

rank 7.71426

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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visual works by medium or technique

Title

Rock Cliff

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1959/1.119

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 7.67913

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

buildings and the land

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forms of expression

genres

inorganic material

landform components

landforms and landform components

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materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

natural landscapes

people and culture

settlements and landscapes

Title

Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana

Physical Description

An extremely large sundial circle top, separated into triangular sections with eyes and a mouth carved out. The colors are in blue, red, white and black. There is a narrow center to represent two black arms and a chin. The triangluar colored pattern is continued onto the bottom with a geometric pattern.

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

2014/2.73

Medium and Support

wood, fiber, metal

relevance

rank 7.65703

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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associated concepts

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Title

Abstract Circles

Artist

Fukui Ryonosuke

Physical Description

This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.

Artist Life Dates

1924-1986

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

mid 20th century

Accession Number

2010/2.33

Medium and Support

color print on paper

relevance

rank 7.53790

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

abstraction

animals and creatures

arthropods

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plane figures

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

One of a Pair of Casement Windows from the Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, NY

Artist

Frank Lloyd Wright

Physical Description

One of a pair of windows with a highly regular, rectilinear, although asymetric, design in both clear and colored glass. Window has an oak frame. Window design consists of vertical and horizontal bands of green and amber colorerd glass at top and bottom of window; along one side are colored squares of glass; along the other is a chevron-shaped column of glass. The overall effect is of colored pieces of glass suspended within a clear window subdivided by abstract bands and patterns of lead caming.

Artist Life Dates

1867-1959

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1904

Accession Number

1968/2.52

Medium and Support

glass, oak and lead

relevance

rank 7.44488

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

architectural elements

artistic concepts

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forms of expression

openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

openings by form

people and culture

windows and window components

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 7.43259

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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faces

forms of expression

genres

image-making processes and techniques

modern and contemporary art

painting and painting techniques

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people and culture

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Title

Untitled [Zebra] or horse

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The sweeping stripes of black and white that arch across the body of this galloping creature give the appearance of a zebra, yet the long, flowing mane is characteristic of a horse. A series of circles and crescents over and underlay the horse, and the background uses gold leaf.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1998/2.22

Medium and Support

color woodblock print with gold on paper

relevance

rank 7.26172

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

animal

animals and creatures

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geometric figures

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patterns (design elements)

patterns by specific type

people and culture

plane figures

scientific concepts

Title

113, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

This black and white photograph shows a partial view of a guitar against a solid black background. It is a cropped, close-up image showing a portion of the fingerboard and upper bout.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2010/2.47.5

Medium and Support

photograph on fiber paper

relevance

rank 7.23961

Secondary Keywords

plucked

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

chordophones

concepts in the arts

forms of expression

lutelike chordophones

lutelike chordophones with long neck

objects we use

people and culture

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sources + Structures/Lake Garda

Artist

Robert Stackhouse

Artist Life Dates

Born 1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

1989/2.5

Medium and Support

etching, softground, and spitbite printed in color on Hahnemuhle paper

relevance

rank 7.23411

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

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intaglio prints

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prints

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Sources + Structures/Gokstad

Artist

Robert Stackhouse

Artist Life Dates

Born 1942

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

1989/2.4

Medium and Support

etching, softground, and spitbite printed in color on Hahnemuhle paper

relevance

rank 7.23411

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

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prints

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

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 7.18961

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

architectural elements

artistic concepts

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genres

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openings (architectural elements)

openings and opening components

people and culture

sketches

study

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Physical Description

Lithograph on cream wove paper using ink and charcoal. Strong attention to lines and atmosphere, using charcoal to place subject in space.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1973

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1948

Accession Number

1996/1.64

Medium and Support

lithograph on cream wove paper

relevance

rank 7.04076

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

styles and periods

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visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Untitled

Artist

Glen Alps

Artist Life Dates

1914-1996

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1914-1964

Accession Number

1964/1.115

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 6.91993

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

art genres

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modern and contemporary art

non-representational art

objects we use

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planographic prints

prints

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visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Gong of the Ogboni Secret Society

Artist

African, Nigeria, Ogboni

Physical Description

Brass bell or gong in the form of a human head. A loop on the top would have served as a handhold or place to tie the instrument. The opening of the the instrument is squared and flat in order to rest upright.

Accession Number

2005/1.242

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 6.91924

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

african

african styles by region

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

ceremonies

concepts in the arts

cultural ceremonies

descriptors

events

forms of expression

object genres

object genres by function

objects

people and culture

rites of passage

southern nigerian styles

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

west african styles

Title

Black Head

Artist

Horst Antes

Artist Life Dates

b. 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1968?

Accession Number

1983/1.263

Medium and Support

three-color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 6.90251

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

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genres

modern and contemporary art

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planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Marriage of Reason and Squalor

Artist

Frank Stella

Physical Description

This print shows a black horizontal rectangle in the lower left portion of an off-white background. The rectangle is divided in half and each side has a pattern of stripes that create the appearance of inverted u-shaped forms stacked one on top of the other.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2010/2.25

Medium and Support

lithograph on Paper

relevance

rank 6.89010

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

visual arts

abstraction

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planographic prints

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Seascape (I), from the portfolio "New York Ten" (C.34)

Artist

Roy Lichtenstein

Physical Description

Colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in blue to depict an abstract seascape.

Artist Life Dates

10/28/1923 - 9/29/1997

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1964; published 1965

Accession Number

1997/1.128

Medium and Support

screenprint on translucent Rowlux

relevance

rank 6.86382

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"

Artist

Josef Albers

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1983/1.336.8

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 6.82331

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled (Structural Constellation drawing)

Artist

Josef Albers

Physical Description

pen and ink drawing on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1955

Accession Number

2007/2.5

Medium and Support

pen and ink on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue

relevance

rank 6.81506

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Untitled, from 'Fragments' suite

Artist

Garo Zareh Antreasian

Artist Life Dates

born 1922

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1961

Accession Number

1970/2.131

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 6.79342

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Title

Golden Section Painting #6

Artist

Dorothea Rockburne

Physical Description

folded kraft paper marked with blue pencil affixed to linen

Artist Life Dates

b. 1932

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

1977/1.160

Medium and Support

kraft paper and blue pencil on linen

relevance

rank 6.73760

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Title

Illustration for Tristian Tzara, 'La Bonne Heure'

Artist

Georges Braque

Physical Description

In this Dadaist piece, created by Georges Braque while working with poet Tristan Tzara, a flower emerges from several puddles of ink, which resemble the buds of other plants. Behind the foremost bud and the flower itself, a light blue shadow exists, mimicking the form of the surrounding plants.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1955

Accession Number

1983/1.245

Medium and Support

color etching on paper

relevance

rank 6.71386

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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buildings and the land

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vegetation and vegetation components

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Title

WEG VII (White Embossing on Gray)

Artist

Josef Albers

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1983/1.313

Medium and Support

color line-cut on paper

relevance

rank 6.67018

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Title

Drawing RIII 7 (Interlacing Triangles)

Artist

Bridget Riley

Physical Description

pencil drawing and gouache on paper

Artist Life Dates

born 1931

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1983/1.170

Medium and Support

gouache and pencil on paper

relevance

rank 6.65524

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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watercolors

Title

Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"

Artist

Josef Albers

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1888-1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

1983/1.336.10

Medium and Support

screenprint on paper

relevance

rank 6.62032

Secondary Keywords

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