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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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