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Title
Velvet Chausable with embroidered panel of St. Paul
Artist
Anonymous Italian
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1972/2.291
Medium and Support
velvet
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rank 9.61427
Primary Keywords
reading
standing
Title
Reading
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
A seated woman in a long dress and hat sits in profie reading. Her body is positioned looking towards the left. Behind the figure is broad diagonal hatching lines that create a sense of space while leaving the specific setting undescribed. At the lower right is a "butterfly" signature of the artist.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1879
Accession Number
1954/1.422
Medium and Support
lithograph with scraping on china paper, laid down on white wove paper
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rank 9.61427
Primary Keywords
reading
seated
Title
Reading
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
A seated woman in a long dress and hat sits in profie reading. Her body is positioned looking towards the left. Behind the figure is broad diagonal hatching lines that create a sense of space while leaving the specific setting undescribed. At the lower right is a "butterfly" signature of the artist.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1879
Accession Number
1954/1.421
Medium and Support
lithograph wtih scraping on china paper, laid down on white wove paper
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rank 9.61427
Primary Keywords
reading
seated
Title
The Little Nude Model Reading
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
A nude model sits against a cabinet reading. She is shown largely in profile; her head, wraped in a scarf, looks down at the book she holds. She faces left and her left leg is crossed over the right. Behind her on the cabinet are objects including fabric.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1890
Accession Number
1954/1.428
Medium and Support
lithograph on laid paper
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rank 9.50739
Primary Keywords
nudes
reading
seated
Title
Boy Reading Cicero
Artist
John La Farge
Artist Life Dates
1835-1910
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1892-1893
Accession Number
1948/1.26
Medium and Support
watercolor on paper
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rank 9.50739
Primary Keywords
benches
reading
seated
Title
The Little Nude Model Reading
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
A nude model sits against a cabinet reading. She is shown largely in profile; her head, wraped in a scarf, looks down at the book she holds. She faces left and her left leg is crossed over the right. Behind her on the cabinet are objects including fabric.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1890
Accession Number
1954/1.429
Medium and Support
lithograph on laid paper
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rank 9.50739
Primary Keywords
nudes
reading
seated
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Title
Henrietta and her Mother
Artist
Raoul Dufy
Artist Life Dates
(1877 - 1953)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1925
Accession Number
1953/1.68
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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rank 9.40286
Primary Keywords
book
mother
reading
seated
Title
An Apostle
Artist
Wallerant Vaillant
Artist Life Dates
1623-1677
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1623-1677
Accession Number
1978/1.172
Medium and Support
mezzotint on paper
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rank 9.40286
Primary Keywords
apostle
book
figures
reading
Title
Les Beaux Jours de la Vie. Pl. 74: Le format de plus en plus monstre
Artist
Honoré Victorin Daumier
Artist Life Dates
1808-1879
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1845
Accession Number
1957/2.25
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 9.40286
Primary Keywords
hats
reading
seated
table
Title
The Novel--Girl Reading
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
This print shows a standing female figure posed in profile. She is standing with one foot slightly forward, holding an open book. Her face is turned downward toward the book. She has a long skirt, bare feet, a draped cloak around her torso and a bonnet with a tie at the back.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1890
Accession Number
1954/1.434
Medium and Support
lithograph, printed in black ink, laid down on heavy wove paper
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rank 9.30061
Primary Keywords
book
books
girls
reading
standing
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Title
Le Bibliophile
Artist
Luc Moreau
Artist Life Dates
1882-1948
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1882-1948
Accession Number
1954/2.6
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 9.30061
Primary Keywords
book
glasses
males
reading
seated
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Title
Girl with Cigarette
Artist
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Artist Life Dates
1889-1953
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1934
Accession Number
1948/1.64
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
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rank 9.20056
Primary Keywords
cigarette
figures
girl
hats
reading
seated
Title
Three Figures Reading; Verso: Pencil Sketch of an Interior (Fragment of a larger
Artist
William Blake
Artist Life Dates
1757-1827
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1806
Accession Number
1955/1.98
Medium and Support
pen and wash on white paper
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rank 9.20056
Primary Keywords
book
figures
interiors
males
reading
seated
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Title
Untitled (woman reading at bus stop in front of S. Klein on the Square, New York
Artist
Walker Evans
Artist Life Dates
1903-1975
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1929
Accession Number
1990/2.50
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 9.20056
Primary Keywords
figures
new york city
reading
transportation
woman
Title
The Music Room
Artist
James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description
Three figures, two men and a woman, are seen seated around a round table with a lamp; all are engaged in reading in the pool of light provided by the lamp. The rest of the interior is fairly dark, particularly in the portion of the room behind the lamp. The man at the back of the table is shown roughly face-on; the man to the left is leaning back with his legs stretched out in front of him; the woman is closest to the viewer, shown in profile, holding her book fairly closer to her face.
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1858
Accession Number
1954/1.334
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on wove paper
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rank 9.20056
Primary Keywords
interiors
lamp
music
reading
seated
table
Title
The Blessed Virgin
Artist
Adam von Bartsch
Artist Life Dates
1757-1821
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
1757-1821
Accession Number
1949/2.98
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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rank 9.20056
Primary Keywords
bust-length
mary
reading
religious figures
Title
Courtesan Reading a Letter
Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu
Artist Life Dates
1711-1785
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1744-1746
Accession Number
1955/1.129
Medium and Support
long-and-large size hand-colored woodblock print (urushi e) on paper (chôôban)
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rank 9.10263
Primary Keywords
figures
interiors
plants
reading
standing
ukiyo e
window
Title
St. Jerome Reading
Artist
Jusepe de Ribera
Artist Life Dates
c.1591-1652
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1959/1.129
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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rank 8.91291
Primary Keywords
figures
lions
reading
seated
skulls (skeleton components)
st. jerome
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Title
Pastoral
Artist
Edwin Scharff
Artist Life Dates
1887-1955
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1887-1955
Accession Number
1956/1.22
Medium and Support
etching on paper
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rank 8.91291
Primary Keywords
abstraction
baby
child
cliffs
males
mother
mountains
reading
seated
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Title
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
Artist
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Artist Life Dates
(active Chanteloup, France, 1908 - 2004, France)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1944, printed later
Accession Number
1999/1.97
Medium and Support
gelain silver print on paper
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rank 8.82098
Primary Keywords
birds
book
france
glasses
interiors
males
reading
seated
table
window
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Title
Hammock Reader
Artist
Milton Avery
Physical Description
Painting depicting a featureless female figure, in tones of aqua and light blue extending across the center of the canvas in a light gray hammock. There is a bright white shape, perhaps a book, in the middle of the figure. Behind the figure, the rest of the composition is organized in horizontal sections. At top, a yellow sky; below that are two gently-curved mountains in dark brown, followed by two horizontal planes of color in tan and light brown.
Artist Life Dates
1885 - 1965
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1951
Accession Number
1974/2.37
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 8.73093
Primary Keywords
abstract
book
books
figures (representations)
hammock
hammocks
mountains
reading
reclining
shape
Title
Prince and Princess of Schoenbourge-Waldenbourg
Artist
André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri
Artist Life Dates
1819 - 1889/90
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1861
Accession Number
1997/2.4
Medium and Support
albumen print on paper
relevance
rank 8.64270
Primary Keywords
book
child
full-length
globe
prince
reading
seated
standing
statue
woman
workers
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Title
L'homme lisant (Man Reading)
Artist
Paul Delvaux
Artist Life Dates
1897 - 1994
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1997/1.78
Medium and Support
pen and brown ink and grayish-brown wash on cream wove paper
relevance
rank 8.64270
Primary Keywords
bowler
clothed
females
figures
flowers
males
nudes
reading
surrealism
trees
vines
women
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Title
Sibyl with a Child Holding a Torch
Artist
Ugo da Carpi
Physical Description
A woman sits in an interior holding a book in her right arm, which is propped upon a ledge. She reads by the light of a torch held by a child standing next to her. Print trimmed to image frame. Image was previously folded at center (multiple folds). Paper size: lh 27 3/5cm & rh 27 4/5cm x tw 22 3/5cm bw 22 3/10cm.
Artist Life Dates
ca. 1440 - after 1525
Century
16th century
Accession Number
2008/2.420
Medium and Support
chiaroscuro woodcut on beige laid paper
relevance
rank 8.55624
Primary Keywords
books
chiaroscuro woodcuts
children (people by age group)
prophets
reading
torches and torch holders
women
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Title
Les Amours du poète (The Loves of the Poet)
Artist
Paul Delvaux
Artist Life Dates
1897 - 1994
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1940
Accession Number
1997/1.73
Medium and Support
pen and brown ink on cream wove paper mounted on thin board
relevance
rank 8.55624
Primary Keywords
buildings
clothed
figures
flowers
half-length
males
nudes
reading
temples
trees
vines
women
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Title
Two Girls Reading (Deux Enfants Lisant)
Artist
Pablo Picasso
Physical Description
Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
Artist Life Dates
1881 - 1973
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
March 28, 1934
Accession Number
1994/1.67
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 8.28249
Primary Keywords
abstraction
cubist
oil painting
oil paintings
reading
women
Title
Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
Artist
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Physical Description
A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
Artist Life Dates
1796-1875
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1874
Accession Number
1962/2.19
Medium and Support
lithograph on manila "bulle" paper
relevance
rank 8.24919
Primary Keywords
figures (illustrations)
hills
houses
landscapes (environments)
landscapes (representations)
reading
standing
trees
Title
Boyhood of Lincoln
Artist
Eastman Johnson
Physical Description
Painting of a young boy sitting in front of a fireplace reading a book in a dark interior setting.
Artist Life Dates
1824-1906
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1868
Accession Number
1895.90
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
relevance
rank 8.07172
Primary Keywords
abraham lincoln
book
books
boy
boys
bust-length
cabins (houses)
ferdinand i de'medici
fireplaces
interiors
portraits
reading
stools
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