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Title

Amaryllis-Solar

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

A single amaryllis flower against a black background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1990

Accession Number

2014/1.596

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Tulip, from "The Secret Garden 100 Floral Radiographs"

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

A single tulip with two leaves, light grey background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1996

Accession Number

2014/1.592

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Cyclamen-Frilly-Solar

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

Three flowers and stems against a black background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1990

Accession Number

2014/1.598

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Amaryllis (Horizontal), from "The Secret Garden 100 Floral Radiographs"

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

As single amarylis flower and partial stem on an angle.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1990-2000

Accession Number

2014/1.602

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Cyclamen-Frilly, from "The Secret Garden 100 Floral Radiographs"

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

Three blooms on their individual stems, light grey background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1990-2000

Accession Number

2014/1.587

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Cup and Saucer Campanula, from "The Secret Garden 100 Floral Radiographs"

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

Two campanula with stems and leaves, the one on the left is positioned higher than the other one.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1990-2000

Accession Number

2014/1.604

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Hibiscus, from "The Secret Garden 100 Floral Radiographs"

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

A single hibiscus flower and stem coming from the bottom to the center of the image, light grey background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

1996

Accession Number

2014/1.589

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.75100

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Day Lily and Bulb

Artist

Li Shan

Artist Life Dates

1686 - after 1762

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1686 - after 1760

Accession Number

1985/2.31

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 3.74958

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

descriptors

herbaceous plants

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Title

Gogo (Hana to shojo to cho) Afternoon (Flowers, Girl and Butterfly)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl on the right is looking at the big bright coloured flowers on the left, and there is a butterfly right behind the flowers.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1972

Accession Number

2011/2.22

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.74544

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Calendar

Artist

Serizawa Keisuke

Physical Description

This print of a calendar for the month of January, 1964, is dominated by red. Blues and purples round out the composition. Sundays are indicated with red numbers and purple boxes, while the rest of the calendar days sit in red boxes with the numbered date showing as paper through negative space. The year 1963 is printed at top center in a rounded and pointed red rectangular shape. Birds, flowers, and kanji are used to decorate the upper register.

Artist Life Dates

1895-1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1962

Accession Number

2010/2.48.1

Medium and Support

color print (kataezome) on handmade mulberry paper

relevance

rank 3.74491

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Pottery Snuff Bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.126

Medium and Support

stoneware and glass

relevance

rank 3.74372

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

ceramics

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Title

Cypripedium Euphrasia var. Oyamazaki M.S.K., from 'A Record of an Orchid Collection'

Artist

Ikeda Zuigetsu

Physical Description

Single, white, dark red, and yellow orchid on stem with six leaves at the base. Ink on paper, print.

Artist Life Dates

1877-1944

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.371.27.2

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.73232

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Flowers and Grasses

Artist

Watanabe Shikô

Physical Description

Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.

Artist Life Dates

1683-1755

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 18th century

Accession Number

1964/2.65

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 3.72511

Secondary Keywords

asia (continent)

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Title

Self-Portrait with carnations

Artist

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder

Physical Description

This elegant self-portrait depicts a half-length figure of a man in three-quarters profile with his left arm resting on a stone ledge. The somber colors of his garb, consisting of a white shirt with a dark robe, is offset by luxurious details: the fur collar of his robe, the black ribbon and gold chain around his neck, the embroidered collar and cuffs of his shirt, and the three rings on his right hand. Two pink carnations appear on the ledge before him.

Artist Life Dates

1493-1555

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1525

Accession Number

1963/2.43

Medium and Support

oil on panel

relevance

rank 3.72492

Secondary Keywords

accessories worn on the head

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Title

Flower Basket

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2006/2.35

Medium and Support

woven bamboo

relevance

rank 3.72189

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Shojo to akai hana (Pechunia) Girl and Flowers (Petunias)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl is depicted on the right side of the printing and is facing two huge red and white colored flowers on the left.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

2011/2.28

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.72189

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Flower Girl

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A yound girl, with yellow and purple flowers on her hair on her clothes, is in the center of the printing, facing front.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1957

Accession Number

2011/2.51

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.72189

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of three pawlownia crests and vines

Artist

Kinai School

Physical Description

This small, flat metal piece has a circular shape and an openwork design. It has a triangular shaped sword hole in the center, flanked by two other holes, which are filled with shakudô (copper-gold alloy). The sword hole is mended with gold. Three crests, consisting of pawlownia leaves and flowers, are interconnected with vines. There are some abrasions on the center oval shape around the sword hole. The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling. The outer rim is slightly elevated from the inner design. This openwork carving technique is called "marubori" (round carving).

Artist Life Dates

17th century - 19th century

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1750

Accession Number

1978/2.4

Medium and Support

iron, gold and shakudô (copper-gold alloy)

relevance

rank 3.71846

Secondary Keywords

biological components

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Title

Porcelain Inkwell with flowers and butterfly and rounded corners

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A porcelain inkwell with rounded corners. Painted flowers and butterflies decorate the base and the lid. The flowers are blue while the butterfly is gold.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.268

Medium and Support

porcelain, metal

relevance

rank 3.71288

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Stirrup cup with inlaid sgraffito chrysanthemum and scroll designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Korea

Physical Description

Earthenware stirrup cup with sgraffito design and celadon glaze. A chrysanthemum blossom decorates the tapered base of the cup, and widens into a large middle register with four stylized chrysanthemum medallions. The cup curves back inward toward the rim of the cup, decorated with a fret pattern just below.

Century

13th century

Object Creation Date

13th century

Accession Number

2004/1.230

Medium and Support

stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze

relevance

rank 3.66730

Secondary Keywords

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drinking vessels

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Title

Untitled, San Francisco

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a man holding his hands behind his back. In his hands is a white rose.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960

Accession Number

2011/2.144

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 3.65851

Secondary Keywords

color

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Title

Plum Blossoms and Bird

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.

Artist Life Dates

(1864 - 1957)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930

Accession Number

1949/1.192

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 3.65167

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Aqua and gold ffukuro obi with gold daffodil design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Aqua-gold fabric woven from turquoise warp and aqua-and pale gold-covered paper (kinran) weft, for a shimmering aqua-gold ground. The deco-style daffodil patterns are surihaku in three shades of gold. Plain weave aqua silk lining.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

late 1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.333

Medium and Support

aqua-gold fabric woven from turquoise silk warp and gold-covered paper weft

relevance

rank 3.65026

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Salvation of the Elephant (Gaj Mokasha)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

An elephant seems to walk on water from the bottom right corner of the composition, rising towards Vishnu in the upper left with a single lotus flower in its trunk. Vishnu, with 4 arms, steps on green hills surrounding the lotus covered pond, bending towards the elephant. Garuda flies in the upper right.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1815

Accession Number

2010/2.27

Medium and Support

paint on canvas

relevance

rank 3.64790

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Black crested haori with faux-resist dyed designs of chrysanthemum arabesques in yellow, red, and blue on crackled orange ground with embroidery

Artist

Minagawa Gekka

Physical Description

It is a black silk damask haori (short jacket for kimono) with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The haori is in medium length, covering just underneath hip. It has elongated sleeves. The silk fabric is woven in a twill pattern of palace carts and flower baskets. Then the fabric is dyed with black. The white family crest under the collar and the diagonal part where chrysanthemum design would appear are left out from dying. The pinkish orange scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Chrysanthemum design is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and blue colors. Finally embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of the chrysanthemum petals and leaves.

Orange satin damask lining with woven wave design, with stenciled (?) designs of white flying cranes. Silver cord on one side, gold on the other, both with tassels.

Artist Life Dates

1892-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2005/1.351

Medium and Support

Black damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery

relevance

rank 3.64471

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Snowflake

Artist

Albert G. Richards

Physical Description

A large white snowflake on a speckled black background.

Artist Life Dates

1917-2008

Object Creation Date

circa 1998

Accession Number

2014/1.599

Medium and Support

radiograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.64140

Secondary Keywords

image form

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Title

Florecitas

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A color print of flowers in a silver vase. The flowers are bright shades of purple, red, orange, and gold.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

2011/2.107

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.64140

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Jina and devotees from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude Jina sitting on altar-like structure in center of image. The "altar" is sitting on a lotus flower. There are devotees on all four sides of Jina, a total of five persons. The devotee at the left is also nude. There are red and yellow flags, and various flowers scattered all over the image. There is a red and green border. The colors present are vivid reds, greens, yellows and deep blues.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.175

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 3.64058

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Two Girls

Artist

Blanche Ackers

Artist Life Dates

b. 1916

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1990-1999

Accession Number

2002/1.194

Medium and Support

crayon on paper

relevance

rank 3.63190

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Kimono

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Silk dyed with a black background and festive drum and flower designs in the bottom portion. Three family crests below shoulders and back collor.

Century

Early 20th century

Object Creation Date

early 20th century

Accession Number

2009/2.3

Medium and Support

silk

relevance

rank 3.62097

Secondary Keywords

double-headed

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Title

Plate with painted design of a covered jar, 'Fragrant Orchid'

Artist

Tomimoto Kenkichi

Physical Description

Porcelain plate with raised brown rim. The inner circle uses blue underglaze painting to illustrate a jar with a lid that reads in kanji "fragrant orchid"

Artist Life Dates

1886-1963

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900-1963

Accession Number

1978/1.165

Medium and Support

Porcelain with blue underglaze painting and iron glaze

relevance

rank 3.61618

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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dishes

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Title

Orchids Room

Artist

Unge (Taigan)

Physical Description

Horizontally oriented. Begins with two large characters then a series of folliage imagery proceeded by calligraphy. Ink on paper, hand scroll.

Artist Life Dates

1773-1850

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1823

Accession Number

1968/2.25

Medium and Support

handscroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 3.60663

Secondary Keywords

animals

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Title

Gogo no shojo (Girl in the Afternoon)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A color print of a girl and a dog looking to the left. Sunflowers grown in the background.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970

Accession Number

2011/2.18

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.58829

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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mammals

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Title

Blue-and-white miniature covered box with floral medallion on lid

Artist

Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Physical Description

A tiny, rounded stoneware box with a flat-topped lid, the lid decorated with a floral medallion in blue cobalt pigment before the entire box was coated with a whitish glaze.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1993/2.24.1-2

Medium and Support

stoneware with blue underglaze painting

relevance

rank 3.57513

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Hana to Shojo (Girl with Flowers)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A young girl with her face turned towards two poppies.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1956

Accession Number

2011/2.11

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.56751

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Sumire (Violet)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A young girl faces a multicolored violet. The sun shines down on them.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1969

Accession Number

2011/2.16

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.56751

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Shojo to keshi (Girl and Poppies)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl looks to the right of the print and a group of poppies takes up the lower right corner. Her hair is made up of shades of gold, white, and black.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2011/2.20

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.56751

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Mountain Grain

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

A rocky mountain outcrop with tall grains and grasses growing.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1939

Accession Number

2012/2.38

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 3.55922

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Chez Mondrian (Mondrian's studio in Paris)

Artist

André Kertész

Physical Description

A flower is perched inside a vase that rests upon a wooden table. Behind it begins the start of a curved staircase.

Artist Life Dates

1894-1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1926

Accession Number

1976/2.14

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 3.54936

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Ring with two conical forms

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Ivory Coast or Ghana?

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

1986/2.148

Medium and Support

bronze

relevance

rank 3.52384

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Jina and a devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript

Artist

Artist Unknown, India

Physical Description

Nude (Jina, center) and a devotees (nude on left, and other clothed figures) depicted in a folio of a Jain manuscript.

The image contains trees, lotus flowers and dark clouds. The the colors are composed of vivid reds, browns, yellows, greens and blues. The image is surrounded by a red and green pattereed border which resembles a chain.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.174

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

relevance

rank 3.51368

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Margaritas

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of flowers in a vase of water.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1998

Accession Number

2011/2.106

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.50828

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Chrysanthemum and Rock

Artist

Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong

Physical Description

A cluster of chrysanthemum grow upwards, standing out over a rock below. Next to them, in the upper left corner, is calligraphic text.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.133

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 3.50718

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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Title

Flower Vendor

Artist

Emilio Amero

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1976

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1958

Accession Number

1983/1.274

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 3.49946

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Magpies and Hibiscus

Artist

Yamamoto Baiitsu

Physical Description

Two magpies rest among hibiscus flowers. “Boneless” washes for the hibiscus flowers are contrasted with ink outlines of bamboo.

Artist Life Dates

1783-1856

Century

early to mid-19th century

Object Creation Date

1831

Accession Number

1986/1.165

Medium and Support

Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 3.47239

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy

Artist

Ikeno Gyokuran

Physical Description

Hanging scroll with calligraphy and landscape imagery. Three lines of calligraphy adorn the upper left side while opposite is imagery of orchids, grass and a rock.

Artist Life Dates

1728-1884

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1750-1784

Accession Number

2006/2.9

Medium and Support

ink on silk

relevance

rank 3.46872

Secondary Keywords

asian

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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 3.46127

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

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Title

Plate with gourd and vine design (one of five with 1964/1.100 and 102-104)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan

Physical Description

The circular, smaller white porcelain plate has a design of gourds, flowers, vines and leaves around the rim. The gourds are outlined with blue underglaze and colored with yellow overglaze. Blue underglaze and transparent green overglaze are used for the leaves. The flowers and vines are drawn with red. The red enamel is worn off from some of the tendrils, a characteristic of 18th century Nabeshima. The reverse side has four clustered jewel or treasure motifs with four bows and streamers repeated three times. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.")

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.101

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 3.45444

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.), from "Woodland Portraits"

Artist

Jeannette Klute

Physical Description

A close-up image of small blue flowers blooming from tall grass-like shoots. The background is out of focus, green with a few bright colors of other plants.

Artist Life Dates

(1917 - 2009)

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

2012/2.14.6

Medium and Support

vintage dye transfer print on paper

relevance

rank 3.44950

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Glassu ni sashita hana (Flowers in a Glass)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl with patterned dress is holding and looking at a drinking wine glass, in which there is a flower inside the wine glass.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1975

Accession Number

2011/2.30

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 3.44425

Secondary Keywords

buildings and the land

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