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- Title
- Budapest
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Physical Description
- A soldier sits pensively at a desk and writes on a piece of paper. He is dressed in a cap and long-sleeved jacket. On the wall behind him appears to be military gear.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1920
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.133
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.54060
- Primary Keywords
- military uniforms
- soldiers
- writing
- writing desks
- Title
- Text accompanying 1988/1.109.1 (Tintern Abbey, from Treasure Spots of the World)
- Artist
- Anonymous British
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1988/1.109.2
- Medium and Support
- woodbury type print on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.99586
- Primary Keywords
- abbeys
- scripts (writing)
- Title
- Credo (large)
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- The print shows a drawing of the head of an animal. Below it reads: "I have the right to believe freely. To be a slave to no man's authority. If this is heresy so be it. It is still the truth to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot...will not...recant. Here I stand. No man can command my conscience."
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.99
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.88596
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- color print
- writing
- Title
- The New Wig
- Artist
- Isaac Cruikshank
- Artist Life Dates
- 1756 - 1810
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1756-1810
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.98
- Medium and Support
- graphite and watercolor on white paper
- relevance
- rank 9.77845
- Primary Keywords
- hats
- scripts (writing)
- standing
- wigs
- Title
- Manuscript page from Oxford Bible (Dominican)
- Artist
- Anonymous English
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1250
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.55
- Medium and Support
- ink and tempera on vellum
- relevance
- rank 9.77845
- Primary Keywords
- bible
- decorated initial
- scripts (writing)
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Anonymous Flemish
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1325
- Accession Number
- 1996/2.56
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- book of hours
- decorated initial
- scripts (writing)
- Title
- Credo (small)
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A bald man with a furrowed brow holds an open book to the viewer. The book's pages open to an illustration of a distressed animal. Writing in blue takes up the lower portion of the print and reads: "I have the right to believe freely. To be a slave to no man's authority. If this is heresy so be it. It is still the truth to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot...will not...recant. Here I stand. No man can command my conscience."
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.98
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.67326
- Primary Keywords
- book
- calligraphy
- color print
- man
- writing
- 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
- relevance
- rank 9.57030
- Primary Keywords
- conceptual
- crayon manner
- letters (signs)
- writing (processes)
- Title
- scripted
- Artist
- Ann Hamilton
- Physical Description
- A long wooden box divided into two compartments, one small and one large. The small compartment contains an intricately worked gold thimble inscribed with a poem. The long compartment contains a silver thimble in which horse hairs have been threaded. The tuft of horse hair runs the length of the long compartment.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1956
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1997
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.15
- Medium and Support
- gold thimble, silver thimble, horsehair, wood and glass
- relevance
- rank 9.17950
- Primary Keywords
- assemblages (sculpture)
- boxes (containers)
- conceptual
- hair
- horses
- metalworking
- poems
- scripts (writing)
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 14
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 8 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.267.1-8
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.71447
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- notes
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 8
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 4 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.269.1-4
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.71447
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- notes
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Horizontal Diamond with Three Kinds of Lines
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Small ink drawing on large sheet. 14 parallel wavy lines on an angle form a diamond; 1 line crosses through the tops of all 14; landscape orientation.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.262
- Medium and Support
- pen on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.71447
- Primary Keywords
- conceptual
- geometric
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- lozenges
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 13
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 10 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.266.1-10
- Medium and Support
- drawing
- relevance
- rank 8.71447
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- notes
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 15
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 12 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.268.1-12
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.71447
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- notes
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Loose Leaf Notebook Drawings - Box 1, Group 12
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Suite of 7 watercolor sketches, each with a single calligraphic figure painted in the center of the page, typically in 2-3 colors, ranging from super saturated to a very light wash; landscape orientation with holes at top.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-1982
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.265.1-7
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.71447
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- notes
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Calligraphy
- Artist
- Bingwu He
- Physical Description
- Four kanji are written across the top of three lines, in a large size. The bottom two lines are roughly one-eighth the size of the top characters and stretch across the same width. Ink is black, ground is white paper. Calligraphy dedicated to the Universtiy of Michigan Museum of Art.
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1962
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2010
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.312
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.70803
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- ideographic scripts
- ideographic writing
- ink
- text figures
- Title
- Sketch Drawing for North Elevation at Main Lobby, Mott Children's Hospital
- Artist
- Michele Oka Doner
- Physical Description
- This is a drawing for the installation of a terrazzo floor installation at the Mott Children's Hospital in Michigan. It includes notes and comments by the artist.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1945
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2009
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.1
- Medium and Support
- pencil and ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.70803
- Primary Keywords
- drafting, drawing and writing equipment by specific type
- drawing
- floors
- Title
- Summer Watercolor #5
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Watercolor of wavy lines in blue, green, pink, purple and orange on a sheet of paper, which is attached at top by two pieces of masking tape to a strip of Styrofoam, making the drawing “float,” “hang.”
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1986
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.264
- Medium and Support
- watercolor, Styrofoam, graphite and tape on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.70073
- Primary Keywords
- assemblage (sculpture technique)
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- writing (processes)
- 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 8.70073
- Primary Keywords
- conceptual
- geometric
- gesture drawings
- letters (signs)
- line drawings
- writing (processes)
- Title
- From Line to Point to No Point
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Physical Description
- Pencil drawing of one continuous line tracing the movement of the artist’s hand. Image is centered and small relative to the sheet. Starts with a diagonal line drawn right to left, and down at an angle.
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.261
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.67149
- Primary Keywords
- conceptual
- gesture drawings
- line drawings
- writing (processes)