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Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 13; Richard Tuttle
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 13
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 10 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.266.1-10
- Medium and Support
- drawing
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 15; Richard Tuttle
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 15
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 12 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.268.1-12
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 12; Richard Tuttle
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 12
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 7 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.265.1-7
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 14; Richard Tuttle
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 14
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 8 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.267.1-8
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 8; Richard Tuttle
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 8
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 4 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.269.1-4
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26025
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
DCM (Dining Chair Metal); Charles Ormond Eames Jr.; Manufactured by Evans Products, Molded Plywood Division, and distributed by Herman Miller
- Title
- DCM (Dining Chair Metal)
- Artist
- Charles Ormond Eames Jr.
- Physical Description
- Side chair consisting of separate trapezoidal seat and back mounted on a four-legged metal frame.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, 1907-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed circa 1945-1946; produced 1946
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.288
- Medium and Support
- molded oak plywood, welded steel rods and rubber shock mounts
- relevance
- rank 0.26022
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
DCW (Dining Chair Wood); Charles Ormond Eames Jr.; Manufactured by Evans Products, Molded Plywood Division, and distributed by Herman Miller
- Title
- DCW (Dining Chair Wood)
- Artist
- Charles Ormond Eames Jr.
- Physical Description
- Four-legged plywood side chair consisting of a trapezoidal seat and back connected by a wooden spine.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1907-1978
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1945; produced 1946
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.287
- Medium and Support
- molded walnut veneer plywood with rubber shock mounts
- relevance
- rank 0.26022
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Crosstown Traffic; Emilio Sanchez
- Title
- Crosstown Traffic
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A night city traffic view with cars headingn to the same direction, having all the car headlights on.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1987
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.78
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26015
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- electromagnetic radiation
- energy
- energy and related concepts
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- objects we use
- passenger vehicles
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work; Ammi Phillips
- Title
- Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work
- Artist
- Ammi Phillips
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a young man seated in a chair wearing a dark jacket, white shirt with high collar and neck tie with red stick pin; holding a book in his right hand. Plain grayish-brown background; gold frame.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1788-1865
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1823
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.199
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.26015
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- figures
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- man
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
3 square blue/green #121/125; Josef Albers
- Title
- 3 square blue/green #121/125
- Artist
- Josef Albers
- Physical Description
- This square screenprint is a color study in green and blue. There are three squares all nestled within eachother, green, turquoise and blue.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1888-1976
- Object Creation Date
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.3
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26008
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Jue wine cup; Artist Unknown, China
- Title
- Jue wine cup
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- Bronze oval cup with a rounded base supported on three slender legs of triangular cross section; each leg tapers to a point. The vessel has one loop handle attached to the side, a long pouring spout with a U-shaped channel on one side balanced by a pointed tail on the other, and a pair of capped finials rise from the rim. The piece has a rich green patina and minimal surface decoration.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.170
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with green patina
- relevance
- rank 0.26008
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by general era
- three-age system
- vessels for serving and consuming food
Throwing knife; African, Congo (Zaire), Zande
- Title
- Throwing knife
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Zande
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.149
- Medium and Support
- engraved and hand-forged iron and fiber
- relevance
- rank 0.26006
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- fiber and fiber products
- inorganic material
- iron and iron alloy
- knives
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- objects we use
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant
- projectiles with nonexplosive propellant
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing; Charles Edward Chambers; Rusling Wood, Litho. N.Y. (printer)
- Title
- Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing
- Artist
- Charles Edward Chambers
- Physical Description
- Text: Food Will Win the War - You cam here seeking Freedom - You must now help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - Waste nothing - United States Food Administration
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1917-1918
- Accession Number
- 1954/2.35.17
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26005
- Secondary Keywords
- americas
- armed conflicts
- associated concepts
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- events
- figures
- geography
- how we live
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- locality
- materials
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- new york
- north & central america
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- ships
- text-based art
- united states
- war
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- world wars
Leaf from a Book of Hours; Artist Unknown, France
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This manuscript page contains a column of Latin text surrounded by generous margins. A pair of slender flowers with small green leaves run the length of the text along the left margin. Three decorated initials appear on the left edge of the text block. Each initial is painted gold on a pink and blue ground with white scrollwork and enclosed within a frame. Two rectangular line-fillers, colored pink and blue with white scrollwork, appear in the right half of the text column.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1425
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 0.26005
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- design elements
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- document genres by function
- images and ornament
- information form components
- information forms
- layout features
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious texts
Battle in the Streets of Berlin, 1945; Dmitri Baltermants
- Title
- Battle in the Streets of Berlin, 1945
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- A battle-worn Berlin street and soldiers running to a bunker from inside a broken building.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.74
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.26002
- Secondary Keywords
- armed conflicts
- buildings and the land
- europe (continent)
- events
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- military buildings
- military security buildings
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.122
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.25999
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- figures
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
Madonna by the Wall; Albrecht Dürer
- Title
- Madonna by the Wall
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- A young woman, dressed in long robes with her veil drawn over her head, sits next to a wall holding an infant in her lap. She is turned slightly to her right and gazes sweetly upon the child who twists to face the viewer and holds an apple in his left hand. A stream meanders through the landscape of trees and city walls behind them.
- Artist Life Dates
- Nüremberg, 1471-1528
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1514
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.95
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25993
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bavaria (state)
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- food
- fruit
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- materials
- materials by function
- mittelfranken (national district)
- objects we use
- parents
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by family relationship
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
Waterfall; Ilse Bing
- Title
- Waterfall
- Artist
- Ilse Bing
- Physical Description
- Top of a waterfall into a sparsely-settled mountain valley.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.33
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25990
- Secondary Keywords
- downward
- upward
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographic processes
- photography and photographic processes and techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Last Supper, from "You and What Army"; Anthony Goicolea
- 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 0.25989
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- descriptors
- electronic images
- historical, theoretical and critical concepts
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- philosophical concepts
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- wilderness
St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child; Artist Unknown, England
- Title
- St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- A standing, bearded figure of St. Christopher, broken off at the knees, holds the Christ child on his right shoulder while leaning upon a staff in his left hand. The child, whose head is encircled by a halo, wears a long cloak over his robe and rests his left hand upon an orb in his lap. The red and brown polychromy is a later addition.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.178
- Medium and Support
- alabaster with polychrome and gilding
- relevance
- rank 0.25989
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- gypsum
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- mineral
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- tools and equipment
- united kingdom (nation)
- walking sticks
Platinum Kairagi Shino Bowl; Takuro Kuwata
- Title
- Platinum Kairagi Shino Bowl
- Artist
- Takuro Kuwata
- Physical Description
- A contemporary tea drinking bowl.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1981
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2011
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.7
- Medium and Support
- porcelain, platinum slip and paint
- relevance
- rank 0.25988
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- east asian
- japanese ceramics styles
- japanese decorative arts styles
- japanese periods
- japanese styles
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels for serving and consuming food
Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala; Artist Unknown, China
- Title
- Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 7th-8th century
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.74
- Medium and Support
- gilt bronze with blue-green patina
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- descriptors
- design elements
- form attributes
- motifs
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- plant-derived motifs
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious visual works
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by function
Chair (model B33); Marcel Breuer; Manufactured by Mücke-Melder (Thonet license)
- Title
- Chair (model B33)
- Artist
- Marcel Breuer
- Physical Description
- Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Pécs, Hungary [now Romania], 1902 - 1981, New York City, New York)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.284
- Medium and Support
- chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Chair (model B33); Marcel Breuer; Manufactured by Mücke-Melder (Thonet license)
- Title
- Chair (model B33)
- Artist
- Marcel Breuer
- Physical Description
- Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.
- Artist Life Dates
- born Hungary, 1902-1981
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.286
- Medium and Support
- chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Chair (model B33); Marcel Breuer; Manufactured by Mücke-Melder (Thonet license)
- Title
- Chair (model B33)
- Artist
- Marcel Breuer
- Physical Description
- Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Pécs, Hungary [now Romania], 1902 - 1981, New York City, New York)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1927-1928; produced circa 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.285
- Medium and Support
- chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25986
- Secondary Keywords
- arts and related disciplines
- arts-related disciplines
- descriptors
- disciplines
- european
- european styles and periods
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- humanities
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal and metal products
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
Female Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.123
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, blue coral and Venetian beads
- relevance
- rank 0.25977
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.125
- Medium and Support
- wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.25977
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
Male Ibeji Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.124
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, and blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 0.25977
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- beads and sets of beads
- beadwork
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- southern nigerian styles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- west african styles
Stopped Bar Series, Two Up; Richard Nonas
- Title
- Stopped Bar Series, Two Up
- Artist
- Richard Nonas
- Physical Description
- “BURRILL” 2x4” wood beam resting on two 2x4” cut into squares and placed at either end of the beam; signed on top “Richard Nonas Jan 1974.”
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1936
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1974
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.248
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 0.25970
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- sculpture by technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- wood and wood products
La Fortaleza; Emilio Sanchez
- Title
- La Fortaleza
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A two-point perspective drawing of a big yellow building with red rooftop around the corner on the street.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1975
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.63
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 0.25969
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- colors
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by method of projection
- drawings by method of representation
- dwellings
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- perspective and shading techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
New City Hall, Boston City Hall; Emilio Sanchez
- Title
- New City Hall, Boston City Hall
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A black and white print of three pillars and their shadows.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.130
- Medium and Support
- black and white lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25967
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- columns and column components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- energy and related concepts
- energy-related concepts
- light-related concepts
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- scientific concepts
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- supporting and resisting elements
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Stay Alert (Matauri Bay, New Zealand); Jill Mathis
- Title
- Stay Alert (Matauri Bay, New Zealand)
- Artist
- Jill Mathis
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of a rocky coastline and the water that meets it. The words "stay alert" appear on the path leading to the edge of the cliff.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Century
- 20th-21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 1995-2005
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.171
- Medium and Support
- digital image, chromogenic print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25955
- Secondary Keywords
- color
- relation to water
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by location
- buildings and the land
- landform components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- photographs
- photographs by form
- settlements and landscapes
- shores (landforms)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Blue-and-white small jar with peony and 'cloud collar' designs; Artist Unknown, Korea
- Title
- Blue-and-white small jar with peony and 'cloud collar' designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.285
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 0.25948
- Secondary Keywords
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buildings and the land
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- form attributes
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- size (extent)
- size by specific type
- stoneware
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
Himawari o dako (Holding a Sunflower); Nakayama Tadashi
- Title
- Himawari o dako (Holding a Sunflower)
- Artist
- Nakayama Tadashi
- Physical Description
- A young girl in a checkered shirt holds a sunflower in her arms. She is looking down at the flower and her hair is brushed to the side.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1927
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.12
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25948
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- geometric patterns
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- plants
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
We Shall Overcome; Ben Shahn
- Title
- We Shall Overcome
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.
- Artist Life Dates
- Lithuania, 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.104
- Medium and Support
- offset photolithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25948
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- heads
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social science concepts
- sociological concepts
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"; Josef Albers
- 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
- 1983/1.336.55
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25946
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- descriptors
- early western world
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Articulation: Formulation, from the portfolio "Formulation: Articulation"; Josef Albers
- 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
- 1983/1.336.14
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25946
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- aegean
- aegean periods
- descriptors
- early western world
- greek
- image-making processes and techniques
- mediterranean
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
Casita de Madera; Emilio Sanchez
- Title
- Casita de Madera
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A color print of a house with open doors and shutters. The view through one of the doors is of palm trees. In front of the house is a white picket fence.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1998
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.104
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25946
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- balustrade and railing components
- balustrades, railings and their components
- barrier elements
- barriers and barrier elements
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- doors and door components
- doorway components
- doorways and doorway components
- fences
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- site elements
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka; Andô Hiroshige
- Title
- The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #31 Maisaka
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Physical Description
- Boats with white and yellow bowed square sails on a coastal inlet.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.329
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25943
- Secondary Keywords
- relation to water
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- sailing vessels
- sailing vessels by size
- schools of japanese paintings and prints
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- woody plants
Chief's hat; Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Title
- Chief's hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Miter-shaped hat with double layer of fabric made from whorls of light-colored cotton applique on dark green velveteen ground. Sides of hat terminate in red tassels. Front edge of hat is trimmed with red fabric.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.171
- Medium and Support
- cotton appliqué with tassels
- relevance
- rank 0.25937
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- headgear
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- people and culture
- political concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
A Call to Arms, 1941-45; Dmitri Baltermants
- Title
- A Call to Arms, 1941-45
- Artist
- Dmitri Baltermants
- Physical Description
- An officer holding binoculars looking across a field seated next to a cannon calls out. A group of soldiers run to the scene to prepare for battle.
- Artist Life Dates
- Russian, 1912-1990
- Object Creation Date
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.75
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25933
- Secondary Keywords
- vision
- armed conflicts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- events
- firearms
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in military occupations
- photographic prints
- photographic prints by process
- photographs
- photographs by form
- positives
- projectile weapons
- projectile weapons with explosive propellant
- small arms
- small arms by form
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry; Chang Ku-nien
- Title
- In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.120
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25926
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- genres in the arts
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Fan); Wang Mengbai
- Title
- Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Fan)
- Artist
- Wang Mengbai
- Physical Description
- Chinese ink painting on a fan with drawings on the front and a poem on the back.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1888-1934
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.189
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25926
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- birds
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- east asian
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- writing (processes)
What I See When I Look at You; Chris Doyle
- Title
- What I See When I Look at You
- Artist
- Chris Doyle
- Physical Description
- 15-minute video projected onto a building
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1959
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Accession Number
- 2001/1.371
- Medium and Support
- video (DV Cam)
- relevance
- rank 0.25925
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- architectural elements by building type
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- perspective and shading techniques
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- sculpture
- sculpture by location or context
- time-based works
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
West Boston, MA, March 29th, Armstrong's House (David's Visit), from "Dinner Table Series"; Stephen Dirado
- Title
- West Boston, MA, March 29th, Armstrong's House (David's Visit), from "Dinner Table Series"
- Artist
- Stephen Dirado
- Physical Description
- Family members sitting around a dining table.
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.121
- Medium and Support
- toned gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25925
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- dishes
- dwellings
- events
- groups of people
- kinship groups
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- plates (dishes)
- residential structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- social groups
- vessels for serving and consuming food
Untitled; Grace Hartigan
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Grace Hartigan
- Physical Description
- A drawing of the outline of a woman and her dress. The outline is in black and filled in with shades of orange and red.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1922 - 2008
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.65
- Medium and Support
- collage, watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25921
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- image-making processes and techniques
- images and ornament
- information form components
- layout features
- main garments
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
Sugarcane Workers with Machetes Raised, Cuba; Dmitri Baltermants
- 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 0.25921
- 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
Portait of Berthe Morisot; Marcellin Desboutin
- Title
- Portait of Berthe Morisot
- Artist
- Marcellin Desboutin
- Physical Description
- This etching and drypoint is a full-length portrait of a woman dressed in black and seated in an armchair holding a fan at her knees. The chair is turned to the side but the figure is seen frontally and looks directly out at the viewer. The figure and her costume are described in full while the chair and fan are depicted loosely in outline.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1823-1902
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.190
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint on heavy wove paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25917
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
Joseph Beuys; Andy Warhol
- Title
- Joseph Beuys
- Artist
- Andy Warhol
- Physical Description
- Four identical portraits, two by two, of a portrait of man wearing a cowboy hat. The upper two prints are black, purple, green and red, while the bottom two are yellow, green and white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1928-1987
- Object Creation Date
- 1980; printed 1983
- Accession Number
- 2014/1.583
- Medium and Support
- screenprint and rayon flock on Lenox Museum board
- relevance
- rank 0.25915
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- headgear
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
La Ventanita; Emilio Sanchez
- Title
- La Ventanita
- Artist
- Emilio Sanchez
- Physical Description
- A color print of a small, square door in a wall. The opened door casts a long shadow on the wall.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1921
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.103
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 0.25902
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- doors and door components
- doorway components
- doorways and doorway components
- enclosing structural elements
- objects we use
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- prints
- prints by process or technique
- structural elements
- structural elements and structural element components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- walls and wall components