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Title
Budweiser Sign, Saint Louis
Artist
Joel Meyerowitz
Physical Description
The Budweiser Building sign in Saint Louis during the day. An upclose shot of the sign and rooftops of other close by buildings.
Artist Life Dates
born 1938
Object Creation Date
1978
Accession Number
2012/2.128
Medium and Support
vintage chromogenic contact print on paper
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rank 10.63165
Primary Keywords
bottles
signs
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Title
Two Women Hold Signs at Women's Rights Demonstration, New York City, USA
Artist
Leonard Freed
Physical Description
Two women holding signs at a protest march. They are talking together on the side of a street.
Object Creation Date
1972; printed later
Accession Number
2014/2.333
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 10.51347
Primary Keywords
signs and signboards
women
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Title
Exterior of Cafe, Paris, France
Artist
Leonard Freed
Physical Description
Looking at a window into a restaurant. The sign on the window goes in line with a person seated at a table.
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2014/2.337
Medium and Support
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
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rank 10.39788
Primary Keywords
restaurant
signs and signboards
street
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Title
Force
Artist
Craig Hickman
Physical Description
A sign that reads "Force" by railroad tracks.
Object Creation Date
2013
Accession Number
2014/2.115
Medium and Support
archival inkjet print on paper
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rank 10.39788
Primary Keywords
photographic prints
signs
text
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Title
Election Day at Battlesboro High School
Artist
Robert F. George
Physical Description
People standing in a grassy field holding politcal signs.
Object Creation Date
November 7, 2000; printed 2013
Accession Number
2014/2.188
Medium and Support
postcard on paper
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rank 10.39788
Primary Keywords
photographs
political art
signs
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Carl Weese
Physical Description
A sign in a landscape. The sign reads "Pike Closed God Bless America" surrounded by an uneven black border.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1949
Object Creation Date
2001; printed 2010
Accession Number
2014/2.121
Medium and Support
toned black and white photograph on paper
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rank 10.39788
Primary Keywords
photographic prints
signs
text
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Title
Soneto Burlesco. A Licito... from the "Góngora: vight poëmes" by Luis de Góngora y Argote
Artist
Pablo Picasso
Physical Description
Text of poem on left and two portraits of men on either side of text.
Artist Life Dates
1881-1973
Century
Mid-20th century
Accession Number
2013/2.574
Medium and Support
aquatint on laid paper
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rank 10.28481
Primary Keywords
letters (signs)
men
poems
portraits
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Title
Anton's Letter
Artist
David Grant Hopper
Physical Description
A glass sculpture of a figure. The background is rectangular in shape and there is a man standing in front holding a sign. The pieces of metal are imbedded in the glass and have colors of blues, reds, blacks, purples and pinks.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1946
Object Creation Date
1990
Accession Number
2013/1.293
Medium and Support
hot-sculpted and cased glass, paint, metal
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rank 10.28481
Primary Keywords
glass and glassmaking mixtures
man
signs
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Title
Drawing of a Point in Summer
Artist
Richard Tuttle
Physical Description
Two sweeping marks made with crayon in the middle of the page. This abstract form resembles the letter “T” with ends that curve back in, or a “P” whose loop isn’t closed.
Artist Life Dates
Born 1941
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2008/2.260
Medium and Support
black crayon on paper
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rank 10.06588
Primary Keywords
conceptual
crayon manner
letters (signs)
writing (processes)
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Title
Untitled [Child with straw leggings]
Artist
Saitô Kiyoshi
Physical Description
A child ventures out into the deep snow, holding up his broad leggings which are insulated with straw. Behind him, the house wall is plastered with two messages: "Careful with fire!" and "Felecitations for the Spring Equinox".
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
mid 20th century
Accession Number
1998/2.31
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
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rank 9.36794
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
children (people by age group)
fences
figures (representations)
leggings
signs
snow
straw work
walking
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Title
Orange "X" with Yellow
Artist
Richard Tuttle
Physical Description
Orange “X” at center. Lower left arm of the “X” has four horizontal hash marks in yellow.
Artist Life Dates
Born 1941
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2008/2.263
Medium and Support
watercolor on paper
relevance
rank 9.15128
Primary Keywords
conceptual
geometric
gesture drawings
letters (signs)
line drawings
writing (processes)
Title
Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.383.2)
Artist
Yoshikawa Kôkei
Physical Description
The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
Artist Life Dates
active 1920's
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1924
Accession Number
2003/1.383.1
Medium and Support
one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
relevance
rank 9.15128
Primary Keywords
dragon
ox
rabbit
screen (furniture)
tiger
zodiac signs
zodiac symbol
Title
New Year's Eve, NYC, (Kiss me, stupid), from "Photographs: The Early Works"
Artist
Joel Meyerowitz
Physical Description
Black and white gelatin silver print capturing a man and woman embracing surrounded by pedestrians and below a movie theater marquee bearing the words "Kiss me, stupid."
Artist Life Dates
born 1938
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2000/2.158.11
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
relevance
rank 9.15128
Primary Keywords
buildings
celebrations
embraces
entertainment buildings
figures
kissing
sign
signs
walking
Title
Animals of the Zodiac (pair with 2003/1.282.1)
Artist
Yoshikawa Kôkei
Physical Description
The animals are presented in zodiac sequence, from right to left: mouse, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and boar. The eight-fold screen allows the animals to seem to walk across the space. Negative space plays a significant role in the screen, creating a place for the animals to exist and at the same time extending into the room.
Artist Life Dates
active 1920's
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1924
Accession Number
2003/1.383.2
Medium and Support
one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink and color on silk
relevance
rank 8.75727
Primary Keywords
horse
ink
screen (furniture)
zodiac in art
zodiac signs
zodiac symbol
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