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- Title
- My Brothers, Budapest, from "Hungarian Memories"
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- Two men hold hands using the other to support themselves in a seated position. They appear to be playing in a wooden room where men in towels can be seen in the distance.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1919; printed 1981
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.125.5
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 20.73868
- Primary Keywords
- bending
- jewish
- play (recreation)
- public baths
- reclining
- underwear
- Title
- A celebration of the rains
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
- Physical Description
- Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.114
- Medium and Support
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 20.52256
- Primary Keywords
- balcony
- celebration
- marble
- painting
- palace
- play (recreation)
- tree
- women
- Title
- Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series
- Artist
- Frank Stella
- Physical Description
- Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.1
- Medium and Support
- patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint
- relevance
- rank 19.50615
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- found objects
- junk sculpture
- neo-dada
- play (recreation)
- pop art
- toys (recreational artifacts)
- Title
- Sandcastle
- Artist
- Anne Truitt
- Physical Description
- A long, low rectangular with a painted band of green extends around the rectangle at floor level. The upper half is painted off-white. About three fourths of the length is uniform. The other quarter, at the viewer's right, has several features: two depressed areas, and two raised areas, which are painted in a brighter white.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1921-2004
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.57
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on wood
- relevance
- rank 19.50615
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- acrylic painting (visual work)
- childhood
- minimal
- play (recreation)
- sand
- wood (sculpture by material)
- Title
- Cubes and Cylinders
- Artist
- Judy Chicago
- Physical Description
- Twelve identical cubes and twelve identical cylinders of gold-plated steel. They are rearrangeable.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.121A-X
- Medium and Support
- milled steel, gold-plating
- relevance
- rank 17.31503
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- cubes (geometric figures)
- geometric abstraction
- play (recreation)
- sculpture
- sets (groups)
- solids (geometric)
- steelwork
- Title
- Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
- Artist
- Yinka Shonibare
- Physical Description
- Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1962
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2002
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.256
- Medium and Support
- resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric
- relevance
- rank 16.09395
- Primary Keywords
- african
- assemblage (sculpture technique)
- beds (furniture)
- bookshelves
- cabinets (case furniture)
- chairs
- collage
- copies (derivative objects)
- dollmaking
- english
- fireplaces
- furniture
- london (inhabited place)
- miniatures (paintings)
- play (recreation)
- table (support furniture)
- toys (recreational artifacts)
- victorian