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Title

Mandolin Woman (Femme-mandoline), Plate IV, from "Transmutations"

Artist

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Physical Description

A highly abstracted photographic composition in which the viewer catches glimpses of a female nude seen in the stomach at center and the keyhole glimpse of a breast to the viewer's right; the overall composition is dark with patterned, textured overlapping fabrics

Artist Life Dates

1899 - 1984

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1934-1935; printed 1967

Accession Number

1971/2.150.4

Medium and Support

clichés-verre on paper

Artist

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

Secondary Keywords

plucked

visual arts

artistic concepts

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breasts

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concepts in the arts

european

european styles and periods

figures

figures (representations)

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genres

lutelike chordophones

lutelike chordophones with short neck

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movement

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people

people (agents)

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sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

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Title

The Seated Violinist

Artist

Cornelis Dusart

Physical Description

This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.

Artist Life Dates

1660-1704

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1685

Accession Number

1992/2.18

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

Artist

Dusart, Cornelis

Secondary Keywords

bowed

architectural elements

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components

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fiddles

fireplaces and fireplace components

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

furniture

furniture by form or function

heating and cooking elements

lutelike chordophones

multiple-seating furniture

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

seating furniture

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

violin family instruments

Title

Andres Segovia with Guitar, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Artist

D. James Galbraith

Physical Description

Older man playing guitar next to a window. He is wearing glasses, a button down shirt and a jacket.

Artist Life Dates

(1930 - 2002)

Object Creation Date

circa 1960

Accession Number

2014/2.231

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Artist

Galbraith, D. James

Secondary Keywords

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openings by form

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

windows and window components

Title

The Silver Edition, Volume I

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

This is the title page for a portfolio of photographs, "Ralph Gibson, The Silver Edition - Volume I." Below the title line are five images of the black and white photographs contained in the portfolio.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Object Creation Date

1966-2003

Accession Number

2010/2.47.1

Medium and Support

photograph on fiber paper

Artist

Gibson, Ralph

Secondary Keywords

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the human body

upper body

visual works

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Title

113, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"

Artist

Ralph Gibson

Physical Description

This black and white photograph shows a partial view of a guitar against a solid black background. It is a cropped, close-up image showing a portion of the fingerboard and upper bout.

Artist Life Dates

born 1939

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2010/2.47.5

Medium and Support

photograph on fiber paper

Artist

Gibson, Ralph

Secondary Keywords

plucked

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Title

Le Chanteur Espinol ou le Guittarrero

Artist

Édouard Manet

Physical Description

Previously folded at center, not flat. Paper size: h 36cm x tw 27 4/5cm & bw 27 7/10cm. Image size: h 29 2/5cm x w 24 1/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1832-1883

Accession Number

2008/2.404

Medium and Support

etching, roulette, soft ground on cream laid paper printed in brown/black ink

Artist

Manet, Édouard

Secondary Keywords

plucked

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Title

Watashi no guitar (Girl Playing the Guitar)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl is sitting in the midding of the printing, holding a guitar in her hand and playing it.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1976

Accession Number

2011/2.32

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Artist

Nakayama, Tadashi

Secondary Keywords

plucked

chordophones

lutelike chordophones

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objects we use

people

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Title

Gita o hiku shojo (Girl Playing the Guitar)

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi

Physical Description

A girl in patterned clothing is sitting, holding a white guitar in her hands and playing it.

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1978

Accession Number

2011/2.41

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

Artist

Nakayama, Tadashi

Secondary Keywords

plucked

chordophones

lutelike chordophones

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objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

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sound devices

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Title

L'Alliance de la Poésie et de la Musique (The Alliance of Poetry and Music)

Artist

Charles Joseph Natoire

Physical Description

Two women clad in flowing robes sit beneath a curved colonnade at the center of this delicately painted scene. The woman on the left, wearing a blue mantle, holds a lyre in her right hand and leans toward her companion, who holds open a musical score on her lap to which she points with her right hand. Books are piled on the steps next to the woman on the left and a putto sits next to her with a scroll unrolled across his lap. A second putto stands next to the other seated woman and plays a viol. A winged putto hovers over the heads of the two women, holding a small trumpet in his left hand and a laurel crown in his right, which he is about to place on the head of the woman with the lyre. Two bust-length portraits of men in oval frames wreathed with laurel hang from the columns in the background.

Artist Life Dates

1700-1777

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1746

Accession Number

1994/1.81

Medium and Support

oil on panel

Artist

Natoire, Charles Joseph

Secondary Keywords

bowed

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Title

The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy

Artist

Adriaen Jansz van Ostade

Physical Description

Paper size: h 16cm x w 13 2/5cm. Plate size: lh 15 1/2cm & rh 15 3/5cm x tw 13cm & bw 13 1/10cm. Image size: lh 14 9/10cm & rh 14 4/5cm x w 12 3/5cm.

Artist Life Dates

1610-1685

Object Creation Date

circa 1653-1660

Accession Number

2008/2.412

Medium and Support

etching on beige laid paper

Artist

Ostade, Adriaen Jansz van

Secondary Keywords

bowed

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sound devices

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Title

Young Woman with Mandolin

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Physical Description

This painting depicts the abstract form of a woman sitting in a chair with her head, shown in profile and tilted upward. There is a stringed instrument in her lap and her hands rest on the arms of the chair. It is painted in muted colors of aqua and lavender with brighter areas of yellow, orange and blue. The figure, chair and instrument are created with just a few black lines to suggest their forms.

Artist Life Dates

1881-1973

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1932

Accession Number

1994/1.69

Medium and Support

oil on board

Artist

Picasso, Pablo

Secondary Keywords

plucked

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Title

North Campus, from "Eleven Lithographs by Emil Weddige Commemorating the One Hundred and Fiftieth Year of The University of Michigan"

Artist

Emil Weddige

Artist Life Dates

American, born Canada, 1907-2001

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2004/1.88

Medium and Support

lithograph on BFK Rives paper

Artist

Weddige, Emil

Secondary Keywords

bowed

buildings and the land

chordophones

fiddles

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institutional buildings

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michigan (state)

north and central america (continent)

objects we use

schools

schools by level of education

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sound devices

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united states (nation)

washtenaw (county)

Title

Becquet, one of the "Sixteen Etchings," or the "Thames Set"

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Physical Description

A man with and a moustache and scraggly hair visible under a cap sits facing the viewer, a cello cradled between his arms. The lower portion of both the figure and the musical instrument are only summarily indicated; the background consists of passages of rapidly drawn parallel lines.

Artist Life Dates

1834-1903

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1859

Accession Number

1954/1.340

Medium and Support

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Artist

Whistler, James McNeill

Secondary Keywords

bowed

accessories worn on the head

allegory and literature

arts

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