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Title

Album of Calligraphy

Artist

Huang Jishui (Huang Chishui)

Artist Life Dates

1509-1574

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1562

Accession Number

1979/2.20

Medium and Support

calligraphy album

relevance

rank 10.43571

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

poems

Title

One of the Most Enduring Vooraleerzich Most Enduring Poems Hier Het Gedicht of the First World War

Artist

Mary Reid Kelley

Physical Description

This is a white piece of paper with black lettering. The words are arranged in six lines down the page.

Artist Life Dates

(1979 - )

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2008

Accession Number

2010/1.207

Medium and Support

pencil on paper

relevance

rank 10.31970

Primary Keywords

lettering (processes)

poems

Title

Fish

Artist

Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

Physical Description

The painting depicts three fishes below a calligraphic poem. The poem goes: "I once painted Three Fish and inscribed it: painting is what I did in the time remaining after work, poetry in the time remaining after sleep, and calligraphy in the time remaining after carving. This is what I call the three remaining." (in Chinese, "fish" and "remaining" are pronounced the same)

Artist Life Dates

1864-1957

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1949

Accession Number

1949/1.194

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 10.31970

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

fish

poems

Title

Poem in Running Script

Artist

Murase Taiitsu

Physical Description

This calligraphy is executed in ink on paper. There are a total of three red seals present in the piece, one in the upper right hand corner, and two towards the left center of the piece. The calligraphy is very strong and forceful, with broad, well defined strokes. The work is mounted on golden silk.

Artist Life Dates

(1804 - 1881)

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

19th century

Accession Number

1977/1.185

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 10.20624

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

poems

Title

Head of Paris [Testa di Paride]

Artist

Guido Reni

Physical Description

Bust portrait of Paris of Troy. He looks off to the upper left. He is shown with a helmet that is toped with a sphynx-like figure and long feathers.

Artist Life Dates

1575-1642

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2013/2.569

Medium and Support

etching on laid paper

relevance

rank 10.09526

Primary Keywords

armies

lovers

men

poems

portraits

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

relevance

rank 10.09526

Primary Keywords

letters (signs)

men

poems

portraits

Title

"The Sound of Rustling Leaves" (Chinese poem, calligraphy)

Artist

Rai San'yô

Physical Description

This is a hanging scroll. It is mounted on olive green fabric and includes a poem in Chinese calligraphic text about nature. Has three red seals: two in the lower left side, one in the upper right corner.

Artist Life Dates

1780-1832

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1811-1832

Accession Number

2002/1.164

Medium and Support

ink on paper

relevance

rank 10.09526

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

nature

poems

Title

New Hope

Artist

Sister Mary Corita

Physical Description

Colorful forms and words arranged on a white background. Block letters display words in a mixed-up format, some upside down, some on their sides. On left side there is a section with smaller writing in yellowish ink.

Artist Life Dates

1918-1986

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1966

Accession Number

2010/1.205

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 9.98665

Primary Keywords

lettering (processes)

poems

poetry

screen prints

Title

Sword (13th century) and scabbard (18th century) with design of samurai writing a poem under cherry tree

Artist

Kagemitsu

Physical Description

The sword is long and slightly curved; the metal smith's name is engraved on the metal handle.

Artist Life Dates

(active late 13th–early 14th century )

Century

Late 13th-Early 14th century

Object Creation Date

1299-1301

Accession Number

1973/2.85

Medium and Support

forged steel blade with wooden handle and scabbard

relevance

rank 9.98665

Primary Keywords

cherry trees

hilt

poems

samurai

scabbard

Title

Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Scroll)

Artist

Wang Mengbai

Physical Description

Chinese ink painting on scroll with poem, ducks and flowers.

Artist Life Dates

1888-1934

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2011/2.188

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper on mounted on scroll

relevance

rank 9.88036

Primary Keywords

chinese

ducks

flowers (plants)

poems

scroll paintings

Title

Sunrise at Benten Shrine, Suzaki Cape

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

Two geisha (itinerant musicians) are shown strolling in the countryside, with the roof of Benten Shintô shrine in the distance. The backdrop is the rising sun—the give-away that this is a New Year’s print—seen over distant mountains and a calm bay. One woman stoops to empty the ashes from her pipe, while the other draws her kimono closely about her. A poem lies just above the rising sun in the top left register of the morning sky.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1800-1820

Accession Number

1954/1.471

Medium and Support

koban surimono (privately published) color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper

relevance

rank 9.77631

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

geishas

kimonos

poems

river

riverbanks

sunrise

women

Title

Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Fan)

Artist

Wang Mengbai

Physical Description

Chinese ink painting on a fan with drawings on the front and a poem on the back.

Artist Life Dates

1888-1934

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

2011/2.189

Medium and Support

ink and color on on paper

relevance

rank 9.77631

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

chinese

ducks

fans (costume accessories)

ink

poems

Title

Surimono: The Lover in the Snow

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print depicts a figure in black walking in the snow with an umbrella. The snow covers the road, the well and the trees. Inscriptions of two poems appear on the upper right-hand corner, and the artist's signature can be found on the bottom edge of the print.

Artist Life Dates

1760-1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1817-1849

Accession Number

1948/1.152

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.67443

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

figures (representations)

poems

snow

trees

umbrellas and parasols

winter

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 9.47690

Primary Keywords

assemblages (sculpture)

boxes (containers)

conceptual

hair

horses

metalworking

poems

scripts (writing)

Title

Red Cliff of China

Artist

Mori Kansai

Artist Life Dates

1814-1894

Century

mid- to late 19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1844-1894

Accession Number

1986/1.163

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 8.86885

Primary Keywords

boat

china

cliffs

figures

figures in landscape

hanging scroll

japan

landscapes

poems

trees

water

Title

Christmas Poem

Artist

Anonymous American

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1983/2.7

Medium and Support

soft graphite on paper

relevance

rank 8.62196

Primary Keywords

christmas

figures

figures (illustrations)

figures (representations)

painter

painting

poem

poems

text