Search Results

Title

Kocho (A) Butterflies

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl on the right is looking at the colorful butterfly in the middle of the printing, there are a few more butterflies flying around the girl. The background is composed of plain patterns and lines.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2011/2.53

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 23.56605

Primary Keywords

butterfiles

girl

patterns (design elements)

Title

Girl in Green Wind (large)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl in the middle front on the printing is walking to right. The background is full of thick strokes of line patterns in black, green and orange.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.52

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 23.56605

Primary Keywords

girl

patterns (design elements)

wind

Title

Phulkari Shawl with Stylized Floral Patterns arranged in 54 squares

Artist

India, Eastern Punjab

Physical Description

This piece of brick red cloth is covered with geometric patterns in tones of red, greenish yellow, white and orange. Along the top and bottom edges (if the piece were vertical) are border grids made up of 6 squares with triangular patterns of thread inside them. The main body of the phulkari is a 6 by 9 square grid, each box housing a stylized floral pattern made from embroidery.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2005/2.10

Medium and Support

silk embroidery on homespun cotton cloth

relevance

rank 23.31254

Primary Keywords

cloth

patterns (design elements)

triangles (polygons)

Title

Kocho (B) Butterflies

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl on the right is looking at the butterflies in the center of the printing. The butterflies are in blue, yellow, white and pink colors, and they respond to the color and patterns in the background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2011/2.49

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 23.31254

Primary Keywords

blue

butterfiles

girl

patterns (design elements)

Title

Flat Basket with swastika motif, from Taiwan

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Flat woven bamboo basket with geometric pattern in red and black

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.36

Medium and Support

woven bamboo

relevance

rank 23.31254

Primary Keywords

bamboo

basket

basketry

patterns (design elements)

Title

Cho no kaze (Butterfly Wind)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl with a butterfly sitting on her hair on the bottom left is looking at a group of cclourful patterned hourses running to the right.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

2011/2.48

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 23.06442

Primary Keywords

butterfiles

girls

horses

patterns (design elements)

wind

Title

Road of the Butterflies - Spring

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

The girl in the middle of the printing is surrounded by lots of butterflies, and the butterflies have similar color and pattern with the background. The background consists of a variation of colors and shapes.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1991

Accession Number

2011/2.50

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 23.06442

Primary Keywords

butterfiles

girl

patterns (design elements)

roads

spring