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Title
Selections from Truisms
Artist
Jenny Holzer
Physical Description
LED display running time approximately 25 minutes with looping text of approximately 170 truisms in red text.
Artist Life Dates
born 1950
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
2006/1.151
Medium and Support
electronic L.E.D. with red diodes
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rank 9.40721
Primary Keywords
conceptual
digital images
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Title
Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V)
Artist
Douglas Huebler
Physical Description
acrylic painting on canvas
Century
21st century
Object Creation Date
1990
Accession Number
2008/1.160.2
Medium and Support
acrylic on canvas
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rank 9.40721
Primary Keywords
conceptual
painting
surrealism
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Robert Barry
Physical Description
Transfer type on square sheet of paper. Four lines divide the sheet into quadrants. The lines do not intersect in the middle, and stop just short of the edge of the paper. On each line are two words, one right side up, the other upside down. The “pairs” are (from center out, clockwise from top): aged/ fair; mess/ change; lovely/ private; trap/ hope.
Artist Life Dates
(1936 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1976
Accession Number
2008/2.222
Medium and Support
transfer type and ink on paper
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rank 9.30378
Primary Keywords
conceptual
poetry
text
word
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Title
Rendering of an Idea that Would be Painted on White Wall
Artist
Richard Tuttle
Physical Description
Brown (bottom left) and green (top right) interlocking abstract forms painted with a gap between them; image is centered and lies on the diagonal.
Artist Life Dates
Born 1941
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1970
Accession Number
2008/2.259
Medium and Support
Liquitex and graphite on paper
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rank 9.30378
Primary Keywords
abstract
conceptual
ink
sketches
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Title
Little Box for Starving Artists
Artist
Theaster Gates
Physical Description
A - Wooden Box - Notches on top of two sides for lifting the lid off. Lid Separate.
B - Wooden Lid - Paired with wooden box (A). Notches in middle for lifting lid.
C - Ceramic Bowl - Small round base with slightly ridged surface, more along the interior. Dark brown glaze that lightens around the top lip. Light semi-circle shape in glaze at bottom, on both the interior and exterior of the bowl
D - Ceramic Bowl - Small round base with a slighly irregular top rim. Dark brown glaze with specks showing the lighter underglaze. Lighter glaze shows more along top of rim, in a semicircular shape along the rim that can be seen on the interior and exterior.
E - Ceramic Dish - Four peaked feet on the underside, showing unglazed ceramic at tip of feet. Dark brown glaze with irregular specks and stippling showing lighter underglaze. Curved surface with four corners being the highest points. Bit of white material stuck to one of the feet.
F - Small Ceramic Bowl - Ridged surface that curves outward at top lip. Large indent in the side that pokes through the interior. Parts of bottom unglazed. Gray and white glazes with black specks, marking on bottom.
G - Small Ceramic Bowl - Ridged surface that curves outward at top lip. Gray and white glazing. Bottom has no glaze. Small circular unglazed section inside of exterior, marking on the bottom.
H - Small Box - Small box wrapped in a gray fabric with a bow on top. Gray fabric has some white stitching and red on the interior.
I - Men's Large T-Shirt - White with dark blue collar and sleeve trim. "Hyde Park Art Center" and a picture on the front with a small logo on the back. Some smudging on the top right shoulder.
J - Men's Extra-Large T-Shirt - Dark green with light green circular logo on front that reads " John Jameson and Son Limited", back has a small light green logo at the top that reads "James Irish Whiskey". Small light smudges at top on both front and back.
K - Hard Cover Book - "There Are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz - ISBN #9780385265263
Artist Life Dates
born 1973
Object Creation Date
2013
Accession Number
2014/2.1
Medium and Support
wood, ceramics, artist's clothing, book
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rank 9.30378
Primary Keywords
conceptual
found object sculpture
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Robert Barry
Physical Description
Diptych of two square sheets of paper printed with words and lines. Left: Four lines along the diagonal divide the sheet into four triangles. The lines do not intersect in the middle, and stop just short of the corner of the paper. On each line are two words, one right side up, the other upside down. The “pairs” are (from center out, clockwise from top left): inner/ most; obtain/ clarity; come/ startle; replace/ toward. Right: A square is printed just inside the edges of the sheet. On each line are two words, one right side up, the other upside down. The “pairs” are (from top, left to right): lure/ handle; never/ given; random/ roam; diminish/ scale.
Artist Life Dates
(1936 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1976
Accession Number
2008/2.221
Medium and Support
transfer type on paper
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rank 9.30378
Primary Keywords
conceptual
poetry
text
word
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Title
Kiva
Artist
Peter Campus
Physical Description
A installation piece that consists of a television monitor on a stand with a closed-circuit camera mounted on top. The lens is pointed directly off the top of the monitor, but there are mirrors suspended from the ceiling that change the camera's perspective.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1937
Object Creation Date
1971
Accession Number
2013/2.83
Medium and Support
video installation, closed-circuit televison and mirrors
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rank 9.20260
Primary Keywords
conceptual
installations (sculpture)
video art
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Title
Glasses (Double Twice Group)
Artist
Lucio Pozzi
Physical Description
One of four paintings in the series Glasses (Double Twice Group). Skinny upright rectangle with rounded edges in dark pencil at center, filled in with sheer orange wash. Translucent mint green wash covers most of the orange, except for a strip visible at the top. The joining of two brushstrokes creates a vertical line of more pigmented mint green down the center. The colored areas extend beyond the penciled-in borders.
Artist Life Dates
born Italy, 1935
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2008/2.250
Medium and Support
graphite, gouache, charcoal and acrylic on paper
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rank 9.10361
Primary Keywords
abstract
conceptual
drinking glasses
minimal
watercolors
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Title
Glasses (Double Twice Group)
Artist
Lucio Pozzi
Physical Description
One of four paintings in the series Glasses (Double Twice Group). Skinny upright rectangle with rounded edges in dark pencil at center, filled in with sheer orange wash. Translucent mint green wash covers most of the orange, except for a semicircle visible at the top. The colored areas extend beyond the penciled-in borders.
Artist Life Dates
born Italy, 1935
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2008/2.252
Medium and Support
graphite, gouache, charcoal, and acrylic on paper
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rank 9.10361
Primary Keywords
abstract
conceptual
drinking glasses
minimal
watercolors
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Title
Glasses (Double Twice Group)
Artist
Lucio Pozzi
Physical Description
One of four paintings in the series Glasses (Double Twice Group). Skinny upright rectangle with rounded edges in dark pencil at center, filled in with sheer orange wash. Translucent mint green wash covers most of the orange, except for a strip visible at the top. The colored areas extend beyond the penciled-in borders.
Artist Life Dates
born Italy, 1935
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2008/2.249
Medium and Support
graphite, gouache, charcoal, and acrylic on paper
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rank 9.10361
Primary Keywords
abstract
conceptual
drinking glasses
minimal
watercolors
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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
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rank 9.10361
Primary Keywords
blackboard
conceptual
minimal
trompe l'oeil
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Title
Glasses (Double Twice Group)
Artist
Lucio Pozzi
Physical Description
One of four paintings in the series Glasses (Double Twice Group). Skinny upright rectangle with rounded edges in dark pencil at center, filled in with sheer tan wash. Translucent mint green wash covers most of the tan, except for a strip visible at the top. The colored areas extend beyond the penciled-in borders.
Artist Life Dates
born Italy, 1935
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2008/2.251
Medium and Support
graphite, gouache, charcoal, and acrylic on paper
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rank 9.10361
Primary Keywords
abstract
conceptual
drinking glasses
minimal
watercolors
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Title
Untitled
Artist
Robert Morris
Physical Description
three aluminum-painted canvas panels joined in the back to form a square, with five inlays of Sculptmetal, zinc photographic plates and lead
Artist Life Dates
Born 1931
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
1997/1.130
Medium and Support
sculptmetal, plaster, oil, zinc photographic plate, lead plate and burlap on canvas
relevance
rank 9.00671
Primary Keywords
abstraction
conceptual
hand
minimal
pointing hands
squares
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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
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rank 9.00671
Primary Keywords
conceptual
crayon manner
letters (signs)
writing (processes)
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Title
Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V)
Artist
Douglas Huebler
Physical Description
color photograph with comic-strip-style illustrations in black acrylic on white paper, mounted and framed
Artist Life Dates
(1924 - 1997)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1990
Accession Number
2008/1.160.1
Medium and Support
photograph and acrylic on canvas
relevance
rank 8.81899
Primary Keywords
cartoons (humorous images)
conceptual
galleries (display spaces)
photographs
walking
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Title
What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous)
Artist
Man Ray
Physical Description
A clear glass bubble rests on the bowl of a plain white clay pipe. Along the stem of the pipe are the words, "Ce que [sic] manque à nous tous."
Artist Life Dates
1890 - 1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1962
Accession Number
1997/1.129
Medium and Support
blown glass, clay, and wood
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rank 8.72803
Primary Keywords
assemblages (sculpture)
books
bubbles
conceptual
pipe
pipes (smoking equipment)
surrealism
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Title
Key Box
Artist
Joe Tilson
Physical Description
Wooden box with a keyhole cut through center of piece encircled with copper-colored paint and two large copper screw-heads on golden-yellow background; the word “KEY” painted in white letters at bottom
Artist Life Dates
born 1928
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1963
Accession Number
1997/1.143
Medium and Support
copper and paint on wood
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rank 8.72803
Primary Keywords
boxes (containers)
british
conceptual
key
neo-dada
pop art
text
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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
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rank 8.63893
Primary Keywords
assemblages (sculpture)
boxes (containers)
conceptual
hair
horses
metalworking
poems
scripts (writing)
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Title
Parícutin Volcano Project
Artist
Peter Hutchinson
Physical Description
Two photographs of Parícutin volcano (central Mexico) mounted on cardboard, one below the other.
Artist Life Dates
(1930 - )
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1970
Accession Number
2008/2.233
Medium and Support
photographs on cardboard
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rank 8.63893
Primary Keywords
bread
conceptual
documentary photography
earthworks (sculpture)
mexico (nation)
minimal
mountains
photographs
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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
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rank 8.20128
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
notes
writing (processes)
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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
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rank 8.20128
Primary Keywords
conceptual
geometric
gesture drawings
line drawings
lozenges
writing (processes)
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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
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rank 8.20128
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
notes
writing (processes)
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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
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rank 8.20128
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
notes
writing (processes)
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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
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rank 8.20128
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
notes
writing (processes)
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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
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rank 8.20128
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
notes
writing (processes)
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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 8.18835
Primary Keywords
assemblage (sculpture technique)
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
writing (processes)
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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
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rank 8.18835
Primary Keywords
conceptual
geometric
gesture drawings
letters (signs)
line drawings
writing (processes)
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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 8.16083
Primary Keywords
conceptual
gesture drawings
line drawings
writing (processes)
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Title
Untitled (Structural Constellation drawing)
Artist
Josef Albers
Physical Description
pen and ink drawing on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue
Artist Life Dates
American, born Germany, 1888-1976
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1955
Accession Number
2007/2.5
Medium and Support
pen and ink on half inch grid graph paper ruled in blue
relevance
rank 7.98679
Primary Keywords
abstract
conceptual
drawing and drawing techniques
geometric abstraction
graphic document genres
hard-edge
ink
line drawings
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Title
Untitled (March 5th) #2
Artist
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Physical Description
Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
Artist Life Dates
1957-1996
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1991
Accession Number
1999/2.17
Medium and Support
40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets
relevance
rank 7.98667
Primary Keywords
abstraction
aids
conceptual
deaths
installations (sculpture)
lamps (lighting device components)
light art
lovers
memory
minimal
mortality
ready-mades
time
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