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- Title
- Three spears base on top of spear front, spear finial, iridescent color, hand painted
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- This is a clear glass inkwell with a metal collar and sphere finial lid. The body has a hollow glass sphere resting on a base of three solid glass spheres. Each of the spheres is decorated with painted leaves and flowers.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.233
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Primary Keywords
- glass
- leaf (plant material)
- spheres (geometric figures)
- Title
- Iridescent round ball corner ink well with lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- This is a clear glass inkwell with a dark metal lid. The body is composed of a large sphere balanced on three smaller spheres. It has a circular top with a flat lid.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.234
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- Primary Keywords
- glass
- spheres (geometric figures)
- 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
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- ideographic scripts
- ideographic writing
- ink
- text figures
- Title
- Abstract Circles
- Artist
- Fukui Ryonosuke
- Physical Description
- This print consists of nuetral, muted colors and abstract designs primarily of dots and circles. The print is designed to look as if thin cracks run through the image, and a lady bug is almost imperceptible near the bottom left of the image. The bottom edge of the print has a dark strip running across it.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1924-1986
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.33
- Medium and Support
- color print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction, geometric
- circles (plane figures)
- insects
- prints
- Title
- We Shall Overcome
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.
- Artist Life Dates
- Lithuania, 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.104
- Medium and Support
- offset photolithograph on paper
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- face
- figures (representations)
- head
- line drawings
- social issues
- Title
- Du Paty de Clam, from "Dreyfus Affair"
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A portrait of a man's profile. He is decorated in military attire and his uniform embellished with gold trimmings. Beneath the piece reads "Du Paty de Clam".
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.112.8
- Medium and Support
- pochoir print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- military uniforms
- portraits
- profiles (figures)
- social issues
- Title
- The Weight of a Pigeon (Ajanta, India)
- Artist
- Caleb Cain Marcus
- Physical Description
- A black and white photo of a sculpture.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1978 - )
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.174
- Medium and Support
- black and white digital print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- black-and-white photographs
- figures (representations)
- religious visual works
- Title
- Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 2#
- Artist
- John T. Scott
- Physical Description
- Abstract colorful shapes of circle and square with lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1940-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.186.2
- Medium and Support
- gouache on paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- circles (plane figures)
- spiders
- Title
- Spiders Don't Work on Weekends 4#
- Artist
- John T. Scott
- Physical Description
- Two pieces of artwork consist of colorful shapes and lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1940-2007
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.186.3-4
- Medium and Support
- gouache on paper
- Primary Keywords
- circles (plane figures)
- line drawings
- shape
- spiders
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- Equivalent (Nude/Fist)
- Artist
- Jerry N. Uelsmann
- Physical Description
- A grouping of two images, the one on top, a woman's body folded over and below, a hand in a fist shape, both displaying the same overall shape.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Detroit, Michigan, 1934 - )
- Object Creation Date
- 1964
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.227
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on paper
- Primary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- hands
- indexes (motifs)
- Title
- Menina
- Artist
- Manolo Valdes
- Physical Description
- A bronze figure of a girl. The bottom half is a bell shaped skirt white the top half is of a girl wearing a hat that ends at her shoulders.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1942 - )
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.273
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Primary Keywords
- bronze (metal)
- figures (representations)
- girl
- Title
- Ha-ak, Blythe Site #1, Blythe, California
- Artist
- Marilyn Bridges
- Physical Description
- A black and white aerial landscape photograph. Image of a human figure encased in a pentagon shape carved into the land. Around this figure are swirl shapes also imprinted into the land.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1957
- Object Creation Date
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.10
- Medium and Support
- gelatin silver print on ppaer
- Primary Keywords
- aerial photography
- figures (representations)
- landscapes (environments)
- Title
- Portion of Ramayana Narrative Frieze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- A section of a frieze displaying two people side by side. They both have their left hands across their chests and are wearing skirts.
- Century
- 5th century
- Object Creation Date
- 400-499
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.160
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Primary Keywords
- figures (representations)
- sculpture
- terracottas
- Title
- Sediment
- Artist
- Dan Walters
- Physical Description
- This black and white print depicts geometric forms arranged to suggest some kind of mechanical contraption. Two larger circular forms are arranged side-by-side in the center of the composition. A line rest diagonally atop these forms and above the line an assortment of circular and less definite shapes and textures (depicted with cross-hatching and other techniques) are described. The print is imbued with a smoke-like atmosphere as a result of the spitbite and aquatint.
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.184
- Medium and Support
- etching, drypoint, aquatint and spitbite on paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- circles (plane figures)
- Title
- Les roches interrompues
- Artist
- Max Ernst
- Physical Description
- This etching consists of an abstracted composition executed in loose lines with a more figural representation of a figure with its arms raised on the left accompanied by a more abstracted form in the center of the composition. The etching is printed on a heavily embossed surface made up of raised circular lines. There are passages of hand coloring on the figure on the left whose torso is colored in yellow and blue. Other small circles are colored in red on the form to the figure’s right.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891-1976
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.188
- Medium and Support
- etching with embossing and hand-coloring on heavy wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- embossed prints
- figures
- Title
- Figures with Greek Inscription
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- This lithograph depicts two highly abstracted and intertwined standing figures delineated in white outline against a black background. Fishtail-like forms emerge out of the figures. There is Greek lettering inscribed next to the top of the figure on the left and the letters HPA inscribed next to the top of the figure on the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.216
- Medium and Support
- three-color lithograph on heavy wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- figures (representations)
- inscriptions
- Title
- Composition
- Artist
- Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Physical Description
- This composition features thick black curved and straight lines that intersect to create fork-like abstracted forms. There is a highly saturated red square that punctuates the center of the composition.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1900-1972
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.218
- Medium and Support
- color etching on medium ivory wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- squares (geometric figures)
- Title
- Daniel Intervening on Behalf of Susanna
- Artist
- Hans Collaert I
- Physical Description
- A large gathering of figures looks toward a young male figure gesticulating to the crowd on the right with his back to the viewer. Two imposing older male figures are positioned to the left of the young man. The architectural cityscape recedes perspectivally in the distance. A large domed building looms over the horizon line.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1530-1581
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1579
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.224
- Medium and Support
- engraving on medium off-white laid paper
- Primary Keywords
- architecture (object genre)
- christianity
- figures (representations)
- perspective
- Title
- Puppy Nose Lady
- Artist
- Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
- Physical Description
- A glass sculpture with a flat back and textured front. The features are all painted in diferent colors including black, blue, white, red and yellow. There is a yellow flower in her hair and a black and white snake design, possibly representational of a spinal column, on the side.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1938
- Object Creation Date
- 1990
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.291
- Medium and Support
- glass sculpture with paint
- Primary Keywords
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- profiles (figures)
- woman
- Title
- Untitled (Red Devil)
- Artist
- Gordon Newton
- Physical Description
- A stark black background with red figures. One is standing with a large pole in hand, appearing to be in motion. The four other figures are all hunched on the ground.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1948
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.315
- Medium and Support
- oil stick on paper
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
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- Title
- Untitled [Ohne Titel] (1945) New Year Card for Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris
- Artist
- Asger Jorn
- Physical Description
- New Years card with attached print that depicts an abstract figure with one large eye and long hair.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1914-1973
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.562
- Medium and Support
- etching on heavy wove paper
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- figures (illustrations)
- galleries (display spaces)
- new year
- Title
- Sheet of Sketches and Caricatures
- recto: studies for a group of figures (religious or allegorical) and two studies of standing women, one with child
- verso: two sets of couples in caricature in contemporary dress
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Physical Description
- First side: Various people, one holding her hands below her waist, one speaking to a little boy, a group clustered together.
- Second side: two fashionably dressed couples (man and woman) walking.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1866
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.563.1-2
- Medium and Support
- graphite on paper (double-sided drawing)
- Primary Keywords
- allegories
- canes
- children (people by age group)
- couples
- fashion
- figures (representations)
- mothers
- top hats
- Title
- Landscape of Mountain, Building and Seated Figures
- Artist
- Okada Hankô
- Physical Description
- Mountain landscape with a pavilion and two figures sitting under a tree. A calligraphy poem lies on the upper right hand corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1782-1846
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1825
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.258
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and ink on paper, silk and paper backing
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- mountains
- pavilions (garden structures)
- Title
- Bust of Cicero
- Artist
- Anonymous Roman
- Physical Description
- White marble with red marble robe, man with bald head.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- before1876.1
- Medium and Support
- marble
- Primary Keywords
- bust
- bust-length
- cicero
- figures
- half-length
- portraits
- roman
- Title
- Bust of a Man, Possibly Garibaldi (1807-1882)
- Artist
- Richard Greenough
- Physical Description
- Man's head with beard, black paint with faded green.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1819-1904
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1889
- Accession Number
- before6/30/46.12
- Medium and Support
- painted plaster
- Primary Keywords
- farm
- figures
- portraits
- Title
- Avanzi della Basilica di Costantino volgarmente Tempio della Pace
- Artist
- Antonio Sarti
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1880
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1797-1880
- Accession Number
- before6/30/46.5
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- Primary Keywords
- acrobats
- basilicas
- constantine
- figures
- italy
- portraits
- ruins
- Title
- Portrait of a Man
- Artist
- Charles Highwood
- Physical Description
- A man in a suit with brown hair and blue eyes, green/grey background.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1824-1893
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1856
- Accession Number
- before6/30/46.9
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Primary Keywords
- bust-length
- figures
- males
- portraits