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Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyôsho Edition): #40 Chiriu

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

Woodcut print. Title in a red rectangle in the upper right hand corner of the print. Colors are primarily greens and blues for the landscape and clothing, while the hats and straw mats are a faded yellow, and the trees are a solid brown.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1841-1842

Accession Number

1949/1.136

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 5.04807

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Portrait of Zeretelli II

Artist

Max Beckmann

Physical Description

Print featuring the head of a Caucasian man with short dark hair. Text written along a diagonal in lower right.

Artist Life Dates

1884-1950

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1923

Accession Number

1949/1.185

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 5.04472

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain.

In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2006/1.111

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 5.04250

Secondary Keywords

upward

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Title

Untitled, Bronx Storefronts

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

An oil painting of two storefronts. The first store is brightly painted, while the second one is in more neutral shades.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1985-1990

Accession Number

2011/2.135

Medium and Support

oil on board

relevance

rank 5.04208

Secondary Keywords

image form

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walls

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Title

Untitled (Aerial View of Shoreline)

Artist

Al Weber

Physical Description

An aerial view of land meeting water. The water is a deep emerald green and the land, a varying shade of ochre and brown. The lower section is the water and there is a boat dock on the lower right section of the image. The land mass is the upper portion of the image, but seems to be separated at one section in a horizontal format.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1930

Accession Number

2012/1.243

Medium and Support

chromogenic print on paper

relevance

rank 5.04177

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 5.04019

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Effigy Head

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Idoma

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

1982/2.61

Medium and Support

carved wood with paint

relevance

rank 5.03929

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Architectural ceiling boss with two dragons, probably from the Church of St. Andrews at Cullompton

Artist

Artist Unknown, England

Physical Description

Two rampant dragons with open wings, wide flared tails and red-painted eyes stand facing one another with a large plant form held between them.

Century

15th Century

Object Creation Date

circa 1430

Accession Number

1968/2.46

Medium and Support

wood with red polychrome

relevance

rank 5.03911

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Title

Happy Couple

Artist

Mike Disfarmer

Physical Description

A seated couple seen from the waist up. He wears a short sleeve collared shirt and leans to his left, towards the woman. His left arm is around her back. She is to the viewer's right and wears a short sleeve button up shirt. Her arms are bent at the elbows and held in front of her.

Artist Life Dates

American, 1884 - 1959

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

2012/2.26

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper

relevance

rank 5.03409

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Vachere au Bord de l'Eau

Artist

Camille Pissarro

Physical Description

A woman sits at the left on a grassy bank looking at a group of cows standing in water. Behind are trees and a hill rising up in the distance.

Possible watermark at center left (of verso); image shows a fleur de lis over a triangle. Paper size: lh 26 2/5cm & rh 26 1/2cm x w 19 1/2cm. Plate size: lh 19 7/10cm & rh 19 9/10cm x w 13 2/5cm. Image size: lh 19 1/10cm & rh 19cm x tw 12 2/5cm & bw 12 1/2cm.

Artist Life Dates

1830-1903

Accession Number

2008/2.401

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint printed in brown/black ink on light blue laid paper

relevance

rank 5.03335

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 6 - And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser - Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A group of seven men kneel and pray around a radiant figure representing God. God is in the viewer's upper left, and the supplicants are arranged around him. Hands project into the scene from behind God, suggesting additional figures kneeling in prayer behind.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.428

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 5.03329

Secondary Keywords

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Title

W. Jones, Lime-burner, Thames Street, one of the "Sixteen Etchings," or the "Thames Set"

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A man stands within a wooden building, postioned half-way down a deep vista that goes all the way through the building. At the far end of the passageway, a seated figure faces out looking at water and buildings on the opposite shore. The standing man's figure is illuminated by a bright (unseen) overhead light source, such as a skylight, and pairs of ladders are visible on either side of his figure. The foreground of the image consists of dark timbers that frame the view of the passageway and figures; beyond the man, the wooden architecture becomes a jumble of different sloped ceilings and walls, suggesting that this part of the building was constructed at different times or ad hoc.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1859

Accession Number

1986/2.14

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid Japan tissue

relevance

rank 5.03308

Secondary Keywords

architecture

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Title

Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) - Front

Artist

Bo Yang

Physical Description

Rubbing of limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1961

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2008/1.154.1

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 5.03143

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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descriptors

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Title

Art Attack

Artist

Keith Haring

Physical Description

Oak panel with screen print; signed K.Haring 88 along lower right edge.

Artist Life Dates

1958 - 1990

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1988

Accession Number

1991/1.137

Medium and Support

screenprint on oak panel

relevance

rank 5.03043

Secondary Keywords

americas

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Title

Wulai Falls Based on Sketches

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

The Wulai Waterfalls are shown in a “Y” shape configuration, and painted in simple light ink washes. On a hill-path on the center right several tourists are represented as riding some kind of rickshaw.

Artist Life Dates

1906-1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1981

Accession Number

2006/1.121

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 5.03018

Secondary Keywords

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Title

The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.67

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 5.02287

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

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Title

Berlin is Taken, May 1945

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

Taken Berlin. In the foreground is a cannon while in the back hollowed-out buildings burn.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.80

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.02181

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

A small, solid gilt bronze image of the Budddha, shown standing in a slighly swayback pose with both right and left hands in vitarka mudra, the gesture ot teaching. His robe is draped over both shoulders and falls in large, symmentrical V-shaped folds in shallow relief over his torso. His head is small, with the canonical snail-shell curls suggested by tiny knobs of bronze. He has full cheeks, a well-defined mouth, and incised slits for his eyes. There are two incised rings at his neck (instead of the canonical three). He stands on a pedestal of upward, double-petal lotus petals, raised on a hollow base. Some turquoise patina is visible on tthe base and head.

Century

7th century

Object Creation Date

7th century

Accession Number

1964/2.97

Medium and Support

gilt bronze

relevance

rank 5.01797

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Title

Late Autumn Landscape

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The entire top portion of this painting is seemingly blank, but represents the air and atmosphere. Below are mountains hugged by clouds and trees and vegetation in the phase of autumn.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

1966/2.1

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 5.01728

Secondary Keywords

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Title

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

Artist

Joos van Cleve

Physical Description

St. John the Evangelist sits in the foreground with a book open on his knee and quill pen poised over its pages. Two books rest next to him and an eagle has alighted on an adjacent rock. St. John looks up and to his right to see a standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who appear in a glowing mandorla hovering in the sky. A vast panoramic view of a bustling harbor and formidable mountains unfolds behind St. John and extends into the distance.

Artist Life Dates

active 1511 - 1540/1541

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1525

Accession Number

1958/2.77

Medium and Support

oil on panel, mounted on panel

relevance

rank 5.01523

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Title

Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored overglaze enamel painting in repreating floral patterns. A small base curves into a deep, wide bowl with a flaring mouth, in which the lid rests. The lid can be turned upside down to provide a shallow bowl, the base of which (or topmost portion of the lid) is encircled by gold and green bands.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.476A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 5.01429

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Title

Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Physical Description

Covered ceramic jar with brilliantly colored Thai-inspired overglaze enamel painting in floral patterns. The lid mimics the spires of Thai Buddhist architecture, rising from the gentle curve of the lower portion of the lid and alternating between solid bands of green, and multicolored floral patterns. The green covers what would be the underside of each of the colorful three tiers of "roof" segments, culminating in what appears to be a red and gold lotus bud at the top of the lid.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

2005/1.465A&B

Medium and Support

porcelain with overglaze enamel painting

relevance

rank 5.01429

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Title

Sandino en la montana

Artist

Armando Morales

Physical Description

Seven faceless men are shown on horseback riding through a jungle. They have weapons and a dog is leading their group.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1927

Object Creation Date

1993

Accession Number

2011/1.96.1

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 5.01291

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Title

Daikoku-ten (God of Good Fortune)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This woodwork depicts Daikoku, the god of good fortune, who is associated with farmers. Here he is sitting astride two large barrels of rice, while carrying over his shoulder a large sack, brimming with treasure. In his right hand he holds a magic mallet, said to be able to produce anything the heart desires when struck.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1979/2.85

Medium and Support

wood

relevance

rank 5.01051

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Title

Seated Male Nude

Artist

Jean Paul Slusser

Physical Description

A male nude sits on an orange pillow with his knees up and hands on them. The figure, which fills much of the space, is in an interior. The walls, a doorway, and a chair are visible.

Artist Life Dates

1886 -1981

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1935

Accession Number

1983/1.394

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

relevance

rank 5.00826

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Title

Head of a Man Wearing a Turban

Artist

George Chinnery

Physical Description

This sketch depicts a man in profile, facing toward his right. He wears a turban and an elaborate collar.

Artist Life Dates

(1774 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1802-1825

Accession Number

2009/1.525

Medium and Support

pen, ink and pencil on wove paper

relevance

rank 5.00826

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Li River

Artist

Mignonette Yin Cheng

Physical Description

Watercolor painting with very strong vertical lines of aquamarine, ochres, greens and dark blues. The colored sections follow the vertical lines but also reference an almost "poured" look of color.

Artist Life Dates

(China, 1933 - 2009)

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/1.226

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 5.00670

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Color Messages C

Artist

Carroll Dunham

Physical Description

A colorful abstract print.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1949

Object Creation Date

1986

Accession Number

2011/1.62

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 5.00670

Secondary Keywords

european

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Richard Wilt

Physical Description

This is a multi-colored abstract watercolor painted in tones of bright blue, red and yellow. There are areas with sharp lines of color and other areas where the colors have bled together.

Artist Life Dates

1915-1981

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2009/1.546

Medium and Support

watercolor on paper

relevance

rank 5.00670

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Views of Edo: Tenmangu Shrine in Kameido

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A woodblock print depicting men and women in traditional japanese clothing crossing three red bridges in the central foreground that lead to a red temple in the central background. An island with trees is in the center of the scene. There are white clouds covering the horizon and surrounding the temple.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1851-1853

Accession Number

2011/2.198

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 5.00597

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

asian

associated concepts

buildings and the land

costume

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east asian

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physical sciences concepts

plants

prints

prints by process

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relief prints

religious buildings

religious structures

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by function

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styles and periods

styles and periods by region

transportation structures

transportation structures by form

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

weather and related phenomena

weather-related phenomena

woody plants

Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Giant Antaeus (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.66

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 5.00573

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

clubs

fights

figures

figures (representations)

iconography

mammals

objects

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

stand

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Ken Moody, New York City (Dancer #31)

Artist

Lynn Davis

Physical Description

A nude posing in front of a white background. The man is posed with a slight lean and flexing his muscles, with a light source from the top-right casting a shadow on the background wall.

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1944

Object Creation Date

1985; printed 1990

Accession Number

2012/2.99

Medium and Support

selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 5.00342

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

descriptors

energy and related concepts

energy-related concepts

figures (representations)

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light-related concepts

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people and culture

photographic processes

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physical sciences concepts

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processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

scientific concepts

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Nativity

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

Paper trimmed to frame. Tacked down to mat on all four sides. Paper size: h 13 x tw 10 1/10cm & bw 10cm.

Artist Life Dates

Nüremberg, 1471-1528

Accession Number

2008/2.402

Medium and Support

woodcut on cream laid paper

relevance

rank 5.00310

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

art genres

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

design elements

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kinship groups

motifs

natural element motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

relief prints

religions

religions and religious concepts

social groups

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

The Labors of Hercules: The Nemean Lion (one of the set of 13 prints)

Artist

Heinrich Aldegrever

Artist Life Dates

1502- circa 1561

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1550

Accession Number

1956/1.62

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 5.00291

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

descriptors

figures

figures (representations)

iconography

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

mammals

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by gender

plants

settlements and landscapes

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woods

woody plants

Title

Untitled (Four of Four), from "Portfolio of Four Lithographs"

Artist

Henry Moore

Physical Description

A black and white lithograph of a tree.

Object Creation Date

1973

Accession Number

2011/1.124

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.99934

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

buildings and the land

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

photographic prints

photographic prints by color

photographs

photographs by form

planographic prints

plants

positives

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

woody plants

Title

Architectural ceiling boss with four faces, probably from the Church of St. Andrew at Cullompton

Artist

Artist Unknown, England

Physical Description

This ceiling boss features four faces with traces of paint that are arranged in a radial pattern with the crowns of their heads converging on a single, central point. Two of the faces are female, identifiable by the wimples worn on their heads, while the other two, wearing small pointed caps and sporting beards, are male. The symmetrical regularity of the piece is counterbalanced by subtle asymmetries introduced by differences in detail and the sequence of facial types.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1430

Accession Number

1968/2.47

Medium and Support

wood with polychrome

relevance

rank 4.99906

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

biological components

components

components and systems

components by general context

components by specific context

devon (county)

enclosing structural elements

england (country)

europe (continent)

geographic and political locations

heads

objects we use

sculpture

sculpture by material

sculpture by technique

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

the human body

united kingdom (nation)

upper body

vaults and vault components

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

New City Hall, Boston City Hall

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

A black and white print of the support columns of Boston City Hall.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

2011/2.132

Medium and Support

black and white lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 4.99895

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

columns and column components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

enclosing structural elements

objects we use

prints

prints by process or technique

structural elements

structural elements and structural element components

supporting and resisting elements

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

walls

walls and wall components

walls by location or context

Title

Portrait of a Woman

Artist

Anonymous American

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1940.385

Medium and Support

oil on canvas, mounted on panel

relevance

rank 4.99895

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

figures

image-making processes and techniques

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

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people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Spitball

Artist

Tony Smith

Physical Description

A black granite abstract sculpute. Two "legs" rise up toward one another to meet at a point, making a basic triangle shape. At the bottom of the "legs," two horizontal "feet" protrude away from the object's center and end in four-sided points.

Artist Life Dates

1912 - 1980

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

designed 1961; created 1970

Accession Number

1974/2.51

Medium and Support

granite

relevance

rank 4.99846

Secondary Keywords

visual arts

artistic concepts

associated concepts

concepts in the arts

descriptors

european

european styles and periods

forms of expression

genres

inorganic material

international post-1945 styles and movements

materials

materials by composition

modern and contemporary art

modern european fine arts styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

rock

rock by form

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Untitled, L'Histoire de France

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

A black and white photo of a figure holding an umbrella standing by an oldfashioned car. Most of the person and the car are cut off from the photo.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

2011/2.147

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 4.99704

Secondary Keywords

color

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories carried

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

objects we use

passenger vehicles

photographs

photographs by form

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Faste, from "Spectacles"

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Physical Description

This print is a vertical rectangle in tones of grey, brown, beige. The area within the rectangle looks like the surface of a granite rock or boulder.

Artist Life Dates

1901 - 1985

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1959

Accession Number

2009/2.8

Medium and Support

lithograph in color on paper

relevance

rank 4.99468

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

abstract expressionist

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

international post-1945 styles and movements

objects we use

people and culture

planographic prints

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria

Physical Description

Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which narrow end of triangular iron ax blade is embedded.

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

2006/2.73

Medium and Support

wood, iron

relevance

rank 4.99468

Secondary Keywords

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

equipment

equipment by general type

inorganic material

iron and iron alloy

materials

materials by composition

metal

metal and metal products

metal by composition or origin

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

tool and equipment components

tools and equipment

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Une Grand Mere

Artist

Jacques Villon

Physical Description

Black and white print using drypoint and etching as medium.

Artist Life Dates

1875-1963

Object Creation Date

1943

Accession Number

2011/2.205

Medium and Support

drypoint and etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.99346

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

photographic prints

photographic prints by color

photographs

photographs by form

positives

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

La Mysteriuse

Artist

James Tissot

Physical Description

A woman in an elegant dress with two small dogs, walking on a path through a woodland in advance of a gentleman in a top hat and two nuns in the distance.

Artist Life Dates

1836-1902

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1885

Accession Number

2011/2.206

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on paper

relevance

rank 4.99346

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

mammals

objects we use

people and culture

physical activities

physical activities by general context

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

prints

prints by process or technique

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Women Walking in the Subway Station

Artist

Isabel Bishop

Physical Description

This etching contains two women walking in high-heels towards the right and one woman standing in the middle, her face obscured. The woman to the far right carries a handbag. All three women wear knee-length skirts.

Artist Life Dates

1902-1988

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1963

Accession Number

2009/1.476

Medium and Support

etching on paper

relevance

rank 4.99184

Secondary Keywords

transfer method

accessories worn on the legs or feet

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

footwear

footwear by form

intaglio prints

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

prints

prints by process

prints by process or technique

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)

Artist

Neri di Bicci

Physical Description

The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.

Artist Life Dates

1418-1492

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1475

Accession Number

1942.6

Medium and Support

tempera and gold on wood

relevance

rank 4.98717

Secondary Keywords

ceremonies

cultural ceremonies

descriptors

europe (continent)

european

european styles and periods

events

executions

firenze (province)

geographic and political locations

italy (nation)

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

paintings

paintings by form

people and culture

renaissance

renaissance-baroque styles and periods

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

tuscany (region)

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Domodossola

Artist

Samuel Prout

Physical Description

This small watercolor depicts a city square viewed through the arches of an arcade. A small group clusters next to one of the columns in the foreground, and a few other figures are scattered about the square along with a man leading a horse and cart.

Artist Life Dates

(1783 - 1852)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1824-1852

Accession Number

2009/1.511.3

Medium and Support

watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper

relevance

rank 4.98120

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

europe (continent)

freewheeled vehicles

freewheeled vehicles by form or function

geographic and political locations

land vehicles

land vehicles by form

mammals

objects we use

open spaces

open spaces and site elements

open spaces by form

paintings

paintings by material or technique

service and utility vehicles

transportation vehicles

vehicles

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, on a double lotus dais

Artist

Nepal

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

16th century

Accession Number

2000/2.154

Medium and Support

gilt bronze

relevance

rank 4.98078

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

attributes and properties

attributes and properties by specific type

descriptors

design elements

figures (representations)

form attributes

motifs

objects we use

people and culture

plant-derived motifs

religions

religions and religious concepts

size (extent)

size by specific type

south asian

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Ribbed Birch Plywood, Sumac Plate

Artist

Gianfranco Angelino

Physical Description

layered wood plate with visible supports

Artist Life Dates

(Naples, Italy, 1938 - 2010, Milan, Italy)

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1994

Accession Number

2002/2.120

Medium and Support

birch plywood, sumac branch, ebony pins

relevance

rank 4.97940

Secondary Keywords

containers

containers by form

containers by function or context

containers for serving and consuming food

culinary containers

descriptors

dishes

objects we use

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by material

processes and techniques by specific type

sculpture

sculpture by material

vessels

vessels for serving and consuming food

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

La Chanteuse

Artist

Adriaen Jansz van Ostade

Physical Description

Paper size: lh 12 4/5cm & rh 12 7/10cm x tw 9 7/10cm & bw 9 3/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1610-1685

Accession Number

2008/2.431

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on beige laid paper

relevance

rank 4.97388

Secondary Keywords

image form

descriptors

engraving (printing process)

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

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visual works

visual works by form