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Mountain Freshet, Wind and Rain; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Mountain Freshet, Wind and Rain
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A fan mounted as an album leaf. Writing on the mounting is an identification statement of the Song dynasty fan painting. The landscape depicted trees growing from rocks at the lake shore. The waves are whipping the shore due to a rain storm.
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: 13th century
Accession Number: 1988/2.28
Medium and Support: fan mounted as album leaf, ink and light color on silk
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:40:53
Secondary Keywords: atmospheric effects; descriptors; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; plants; text-based art; the natural world

Nächtlicher Circus (cover); Josef Eberz

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Title: Nächtlicher Circus (cover)
Artist: Josef Eberz
Artist Life Dates: 1880-1942
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1920
Accession Number: 1979/1.156G
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:40:00
Secondary Keywords: entertainment events; events; how we live; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people and culture; people and occupations; performances; text-based art; vessels

Peacock Poster for "Exhibition of Oriental and American Art," held in honor of t; William Titcomb

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Title: Peacock Poster for "Exhibition of Oriental and American Art," held in honor of t
Artist: William Titcomb
Artist Life Dates: 1882-1963
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1910
Accession Number: 1972/2.28
Medium and Support: stencil with gold ink on black paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:39:30
Secondary Keywords: animals; birds; modern and contemporary art; posters; text-based art; the natural world

Calligraphy: "Bird" in seal script, plus two lines; Misui Shinwa

Title: Calligraphy: "Bird" in seal script, plus two lines
Artist: Misui Shinwa
Artist Life Dates: 1700 - 1783
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1740-1783
Accession Number: 2003/1.400
Medium and Support: ink on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:35:57
Secondary Keywords: animals; genres; text-based art; the natural world

Palm Leaf from an Unidentified Manuscript with Devanagiri (?) script; Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: Palm Leaf from an Unidentified Manuscript with Devanagiri (?) script
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Century: 17th century?
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1997/2.41
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf darkened with coal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:50
Secondary Keywords: plants; text-based art; the natural world; trees

Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144); India, Orissa

Title: Oriya manuscript (unidentified), folio: A Courtier Visits an Ascetic. (Images and text on both sides; pair with 1985/2.144)
Artist: India, Orissa
Physical Description: In this scene, a young prince, seen at right in his bejeweled splendor, offers reverence to an ascetic. The sage, nearly naked and with matted hair, sits on an animal skin. His right hand is in the gesture of exposition, suggesting that he is preaching to his courtly audience.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/2.40
Medium and Support: charcoal dust and washes of color on incised palm leaf
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:50
Secondary Keywords: layout features; associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by general context; components by specific context; descriptors; illustrations; illustrations by form; image-making processes and techniques; images and ornament; information form components; layout features; leaves; people and culture; people and occupations; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; religions and religious concepts; religious concepts; religious ideologies; text-based art; writing (processes)

Iwai Hanshirô as (Yaoya) Oshichi (the greengrocer's daughter); Utagawa Kunisada

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Title: Iwai Hanshirô as (Yaoya) Oshichi (the greengrocer's daughter)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1820-1844
Accession Number: 1997/2.32
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:48
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; entertainers; objects we use; people and occupations; text-based art

Galerie Maeght; Georges Braque

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Title: Galerie Maeght
Artist: Georges Braque
Artist Life Dates: 1882-1963
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1956
Accession Number: 1997/1.61
Medium and Support: color lithograph over photolithograph with gouache on cream wove paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:35
Secondary Keywords: animals; document genres; document genres by conditions of production; genres; information forms; objects we use; publications; serials; text-based art; the natural world

Tile; Anonymous Spanish?

Title: Tile
Artist: Anonymous Spanish?
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.254
Medium and Support: glazed earthenware
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:13
Secondary Keywords: objects we use; text-based art

Round Plaque; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Round Plaque
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.240
Medium and Support: lacquer and wood
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:10
Secondary Keywords: objects we use; people and occupations; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.178
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.177
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.181
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.176
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.180
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.175
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.179
Medium and Support: incised palm-leaf, darkened with charcoal dust
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Sutra Writings; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Sutra Writings
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/1.174
Medium and Support: incised palm fronds
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:31:02
Secondary Keywords: leaves; text-based art

Qur'an manuscript leaf, illuminated section heading in thuluth script; Artist Unknown, Iraq or Iran

Title: Qur'an manuscript leaf, illuminated section heading in thuluth script
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iraq or Iran
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1996/2.54
Medium and Support: ink, color and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:40
Secondary Keywords: asian; making art; religion; sacred texts; text-based art; types

Leaf from a Book of Hours; Anonymous Flemish

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:40
Secondary Keywords: book; components; components and systems; components by specific context; information form components; objects; script and type forms; text-based art

Manuscript page from Oxford Bible (Dominican); Anonymous English

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:40
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; components; components and systems; components by specific context; information form components; script and type forms; text-based art

Hungarian Artists; Jean Cocteau

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Title: Hungarian Artists
Artist: Jean Cocteau
Artist Life Dates: 1889 - 1963
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1957
Accession Number: 1996/1.68
Medium and Support: color lithograph on wove paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:30:27
Secondary Keywords: faces; modern and contemporary art; people and occupations; posters; text-based art; words

MS leaf: Bifolio from a Missal; Anonymous Italian (Florentine)

Title: MS leaf: Bifolio from a Missal
Artist: Anonymous Italian (Florentine)
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: mid 15th century
Accession Number: 1993/2.7
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:46
Secondary Keywords: genres; text-based art

Manuscript Leaf; Anonymous Italian (Venetian)

Title: Manuscript Leaf
Artist: Anonymous Italian (Venetian)
Object Creation Date: 1453
Accession Number: 1993/2.11
Medium and Support: ink on laid paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:36
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

Untitled (I feel most colored...), from Four Etchings; Glenn Ligon

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Title: Untitled (I feel most colored...), from Four Etchings
Artist: Glenn Ligon
Physical Description: Stencilled black capital letters on white background.
Artist Life Dates: born 1960
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1992
Accession Number: 1993/2.13.1
Medium and Support: softground etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on white Rives BF
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:36
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; components; components and systems; components by specific context; concepts in the arts; document genres; historical, theoretical and critical concepts; information form components; information forms; layout features; modern american styles and periods; modern and contemporary art; modern north american styles and movements; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; text-based art; the americas; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; words

Illuminated initials on Printed Text page from a Missal; Anonymous German?

Title: Illuminated initials on Printed Text page from a Missal
Artist: Anonymous German?
Century: 16th century
Object Creation Date: 1529
Accession Number: 1993/2.12
Medium and Support: ink, tempera, and gold on laid paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:29:36
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

Title Page to 'Mexican People'; Anonymous Mexican

Title: Title Page to 'Mexican People'
Artist: Anonymous Mexican
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1947
Accession Number: 1992/1.124.14
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:48
Secondary Keywords: americas; locality; modern and contemporary art; north & central america; text-based art

I Hope You Learned Your Lesson; William T. Wiley

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Title: I Hope You Learned Your Lesson
Artist: William T. Wiley
Physical Description: Print made to resemble a wood framed chalk board; dated lower left 1974; at lower right, artist's insignia a capital W within a circle.
Artist Life Dates: Born 1937
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1974
Accession Number: 1992/1.122
Medium and Support: color etching, sugarlift and hand-burnished aquatint on J. Barcham Green paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:46
Secondary Keywords: international post-1945 styles and movements; modern and contemporary art; objects; people and culture; post-1945 fine arts styles and movements; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; text-based art; visual and tactile

Lakeside Pavilions; Tang Yifen (T'ang I-fen)

Title: Lakeside Pavilions
Artist: Tang Yifen (T'ang I-fen)
Artist Life Dates: (1778 - 1853)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1991/2.35
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:31
Secondary Keywords: architecture; geography; plants; text-based art; the natural world

Moon Shot; Lowell Nesbitt

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Title: Moon Shot
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Artist Life Dates: 1933-1993
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1969
Accession Number: 1991/2.109.4
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:28:21
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Quotations of Ovid's Metamorphoses; Ian Finlay

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Title: Quotations of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Artist: Ian Finlay
Artist Life Dates: Born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1987
Accession Number: 1989/1.83
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:47
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Quotations of Ovid's Metamorphoses; Ian Finlay

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Title: Quotations of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Artist: Ian Finlay
Artist Life Dates: Born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1987
Accession Number: 1989/1.82
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:46
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Star/Steer; Ian Finlay

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Title: Star/Steer
Artist: Ian Finlay
Artist Life Dates: Born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1966
Accession Number: 1989/1.80
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:46
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Sea Poppy II; Ian Finlay

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Title: Sea Poppy II
Artist: Ian Finlay
Artist Life Dates: Born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1966
Accession Number: 1989/1.79
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:46
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Sea Poppy I; Ian Finlay

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Title: Sea Poppy I
Artist: Ian Finlay
Artist Life Dates: Born 1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1966
Accession Number: 1989/1.78
Medium and Support: screenprint on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:46
Secondary Keywords: modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Text accompanying 1988/1.109.1 (Tintern Abbey, from Treasure Spots of the World); Anonymous British

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
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:26:02
Secondary Keywords: architecture; buildings; components; components and systems; components by specific context; information form components; places of worship; script and type forms; text-based art

Untitled; Larry Rivers

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Larry Rivers
Artist Life Dates: 1923 - 2002
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1965
Accession Number: 1987/2.7
Medium and Support: color lithograph on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:57
Secondary Keywords: genres; modern and contemporary art; text-based art

Portrait of Hakuin; Suiô

Title: Portrait of Hakuin
Artist: Suiô
Artist Life Dates: (Kôzuke Province, 1716 - 1789)
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1760-1789
Accession Number: 1987/2.39
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:51
Secondary Keywords: figures; people and occupations; portraits; text-based art

Denka Chawan; Arisaka Hokuba

Title: Denka Chawan
Artist: Arisaka Hokuba
Artist Life Dates: 1771 - 1844
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1st half of the 19th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.367.4
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper, print book
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:42
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

Denka Chawan; Arisaka Hokuba

Title: Denka Chawan
Artist: Arisaka Hokuba
Artist Life Dates: 1771 - 1844
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1st half of the 19th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.367.3
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper, print book
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:42
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

Denka Chawan; Arisaka Hokuba

Title: Denka Chawan
Artist: Arisaka Hokuba
Artist Life Dates: 1771 - 1844
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1st half of the 19th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.367.2
Medium and Support: woodblock on paper, print book
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:42
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

Denka Chawan; Arisaka Hokuba

Title: Denka Chawan
Artist: Arisaka Hokuba
Artist Life Dates: 1771 - 1844
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1st half of the 19th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.367.1
Medium and Support: woodblock on paper, print book
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:42
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

Mountain landscape with waterfall (one of a set of four hanging scrolls); Kuncan (K'un-ts'an); Attributed to

Title: Mountain landscape with waterfall (one of a set of four hanging scrolls)
Artist: Kuncan (K'un-ts'an)
Artist Life Dates: (1612 - 1673)
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1661
Accession Number: 1987/1.196.1
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:03
Secondary Keywords: architecture; figures; geography; houses; objects; people and occupations; plants; text-based art; the natural world; waterscapes

Persian poetry anthology manuscript page; Artist Unknown, Iran

Title: Persian poetry anthology manuscript page
Artist: Artist Unknown, Iran
Century: late 17th century
Object Creation Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.8
Medium and Support: ink, color, and gold on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:03
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; asian; making art; text-based art; types

Mohammedan Law, manuscript page; Turkey

Title: Mohammedan Law, manuscript page
Artist: Turkey
Century: late 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.9
Medium and Support: ink and color, burnished gold on egg-white glazed paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:03
Secondary Keywords: asian; making art; text-based art; types

MS leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation; Anonymous Byzantine

Title: MS leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation
Artist: Anonymous Byzantine
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.6
Medium and Support: ink and color on glazed paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:02
Secondary Keywords: religion; sacred texts; text-based art

Hymnal; Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia

Title: Hymnal
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Ethiopia
Century: Mid-17th century
Object Creation Date: mid 17th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.7
Medium and Support: ink and color on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:02
Secondary Keywords: text-based art

MS leaf: Bible lessons; Artist Unknown, Armenia

Title: MS leaf: Bible lessons
Artist: Artist Unknown, Armenia
Century: Early 15th century
Object Creation Date: early 15th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.5
Medium and Support: ink and color on glazed paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:01
Secondary Keywords: religion; sacred texts; text-based art

Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page; Artist Unknown, Syria

Title: Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page
Artist: Artist Unknown, Syria
Century: Late 13th century
Object Creation Date: late 13th century
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.3
Medium and Support: ink and color on glazed paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:01
Secondary Keywords: how we live; religion; religions; rites of passage; text-based art

Leaf from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Maghribi script; African, North Africa

Title: Leaf from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Maghribi script
Artist: African, North Africa
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century (?)
Accession Number: 1987/1.195.2
Medium and Support: ink with touches or red, ochre, and green on paper
Date Added/Updated: 2013-12-20 16:25:00
Secondary Keywords: asian; making art; religion; sacred texts; text-based art; types

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