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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 9.04382

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

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genres

health and related concepts

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lighting device components

objects we use

people

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Title

Campbell's Soup Can - Pepper Pot

Artist

Andy Warhol

Physical Description

Can of Campbell’s Pepper Pot Soup with Andy Warhol’s signature in black felt-tip pen on lower left front of can.

Artist Life Dates

1928 - 1987

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1966

Accession Number

1988/1.86

Medium and Support

mixed media

relevance

rank 6.43161

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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Title

Untitled

Artist

John Chamberlain

Artist Life Dates

born 1927

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1931-1997

Accession Number

1997/1.120

Medium and Support

paper, aluminum foil, glue and painted resin

relevance

rank 6.30397

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

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Title

Michigan Worker

Artist

George Vargas

Physical Description

Mixed media assemblage consisting of goggles, rusted sheets and pieces of metal, a padlock and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1948

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1985

Accession Number

2004/1.153

Medium and Support

goggles, metal, hanging bells mounted on wood

relevance

rank 5.97465

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series

Artist

Frank Stella

Physical Description

Wall relief sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.

Artist Life Dates

born 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

1989/2.1

Medium and Support

patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint

relevance

rank 5.96121

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Untitled

Artist

Charles Clough

Physical Description

Abstract expressionist painting done on a paper collage that has been cut along the edges of the brushstrokes. Some images visible under the paint: page from pornographic magazine (penis); text: “TOY GUNS”; reproductions of expressionist painting; close-up of a butterfly from National Geographic-type publication; car.

Artist Life Dates

born 1951

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1983

Accession Number

2008/2.226

Medium and Support

enamel on paper collage

relevance

rank 5.67209

Secondary Keywords

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descriptors

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Title

Colored

Artist

Betye Saar

Physical Description

Assemblage of found objects: salvaged wood frame, four portrait photographs of African American females, nine thread samples, and one hand mirror hanging on a decorative brass hook to the viewer's right of the frame.

Artist Life Dates

born 1926

Century

21st century

Object Creation Date

2002

Accession Number

2003/1.406

Medium and Support

mixed media assemblage with hand mirror

relevance

rank 5.50099

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Do yu Get it

Artist

Martin Johnson

Physical Description

7-sided frame made of reclaimed wood moulding and slats nailed together and backed with strips of green felt, possibly from a pool table. Gold wire traces the wood frame, and is accented with a fuzz ball or googly eye at each corner. A toy car is placed on the gold wire “track” at bottom center; car racing flag stickers attached to the frame in a couple places. Three pieces of thread are strung horizontally across the frame, a “spider web” attached to top two lines with puffy paint. A wood (?) cutout of a smiling joker mouth hung from web by wire.

Artist Life Dates

(1951 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1996

Accession Number

2008/2.235

Medium and Support

mixed media consruction, paint, wood, wire, toy car

relevance

rank 4.14613

Secondary Keywords

abstract expressionist

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