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Monkey Dance Under White Plum Blossoms (pair with Lion Dance, 1987/1.363.1); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Monkey Dance Under White Plum Blossoms (pair with Lion Dance, 1987/1.363.1)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: 6-fold screen decorated with ink, color and gold pigment on paper. This screen is a part of a pair. It's partner depicts a lion dance.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1730s - 1740s
Accession Number: 1987/1.363.2
Medium and Support: one of pair of 6-fold screens ink, color, and gold pigment on paper
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Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; asia (continent); buildings and the land; disciplines; geographic and political locations; humanities; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts; settlements and landscapes

Shishimai (Lion Dance) Under Red Plum Blossoms (Pair with Monkey Dance, #1987/1.263.2); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Shishimai (Lion Dance) Under Red Plum Blossoms (Pair with Monkey Dance, #1987/1.263.2)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: 6-fold screen decorated with ink, color and gold pigment on paper. This screen is a part of a pair. It's partner depicts a monkey dance.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 1730s - early 1740s
Accession Number: 1987/1.363.1
Medium and Support: one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink, color, and gold pigment on paper
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Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; asia (continent); buildings and the land; disciplines; geographic and political locations; humanities; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts; settlements and landscapes

Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1938
Accession Number: 1991/2.45
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.67787
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; atmospheric effects; dances; disciplines; figures; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts; the natural world

Valerie Bettis; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Valerie Bettis
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1944
Accession Number: 1991/2.48
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.51086
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; humanities; legs; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by activity; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Lamentation; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Lamentation
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1935
Accession Number: 1992/1.132
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
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Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; disciplines; drapery; genres; humanities; modern and contemporary art; movement; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: circa 670-700
Accession Number: 1999/2.14
Medium and Support: polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base
relevance: rank 8.42813
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; associated concepts; descriptors; design elements; disciplines; humanities; motifs; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people by state or condition; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing arts; plant-derived motifs; religions; religions and religious concepts

Erick Hawkins in 'El Penitente'; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Erick Hawkins in 'El Penitente'
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1940
Accession Number: 1991/2.50
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.42551
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by activity; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Martha Graham in 'Death and Entrances'; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Martha Graham in 'Death and Entrances'
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1945
Accession Number: 1991/2.47
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.42106
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; figures; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Merce Cunningham in 'Root of the Unfocus'; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Merce Cunningham in 'Root of the Unfocus'
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1944
Accession Number: 1991/2.44
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.42106
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; figures; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Martha Graham in 'War Theme'; Barbara Morgan

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Title: Martha Graham in 'War Theme'
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1941
Accession Number: 1991/2.46
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.42106
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; figures; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Martha Graham in 'Lamentation' (Oblique); Barbara Morgan

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Title: Martha Graham in 'Lamentation' (Oblique)
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1935
Accession Number: 1991/2.49
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.32091
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

Martha Graham in 'Letter to the World' (Swirl); Barbara Morgan

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Title: Martha Graham in 'Letter to the World' (Swirl)
Artist: Barbara Morgan
Artist Life Dates: 1900-1992
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1940
Accession Number: 1991/2.52
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 8.32091
Secondary Keywords: arts; arts and related disciplines; dances; disciplines; humanities; modern and contemporary art; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts

The Village Voice; Conrad Atkinson

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Title: The Village Voice
Artist: Conrad Atkinson
Physical Description: The cover format of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice is appropriated, with satirical headlines related to topical current events.
Artist Life Dates: born 1940
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1988
Accession Number: 2004/2.36
Medium and Support: acrylic on canvas
relevance: rank 7.87996
Secondary Keywords: armed conflicts; art genres; artistic concepts; artistic devices; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; document genres; document genres by conditions of production; events; historical, theoretical and critical concepts; information forms; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; publications; serials; wars

Uniform; Kanako Sasaki

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Title: Uniform
Artist: Kanako Sasaki
Physical Description: Girl doing a handstand against a grey wall. Her underwear is showing.
Object Creation Date: 2003
Accession Number: 2013/2.172
Medium and Support: pigmented inkjet print on paper
relevance: rank 7.62516
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume by function; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by family relationship; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

Begin the Beguine; Max Beckmann

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Title: Begin the Beguine
Artist: Max Beckmann
Physical Description: Interior composition with male and female dancers positioned at center with seated female at lower left, standing male on crutches at right and a group of birds in the leftmost background.
Artist Life Dates: 1884-1950
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1946
Accession Number: 1948/1.103
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
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Secondary Keywords: amputation; animals; animals and creatures; arts; arts and related disciplines; buildings and the land; disciplines; equipment; equipment by context; equipment for personal use; european; european styles and periods; genres; humanities; modern and contemporary art; modern european fine arts styles and movements; modern european styles and movements; movement; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts; performing arts buildings; performing arts structures; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; the natural world; tools and equipment

Pablo Picasso; Lucien Clergue

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Title: Pablo Picasso
Artist: Lucien Clergue
Physical Description: A black and white photo of Pablo Picasso sitting on a step. Picasso stares directly into the camera.
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1955
Accession Number: 2011/2.163
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 7.50089
Secondary Keywords: color; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; photographs; photographs by form; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Six Scenes of Theatrical Figures; Jacques Callot; After Jacques Callot

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Title: Six Scenes of Theatrical Figures
Artist: Jacques Callot
Physical Description: Twp actors performing six different scenes, wearing bird masks.
Artist Life Dates: 1592-1635
Century: 17th century
Accession Number: 2013/2.557
Medium and Support: etching, woodcut on laid paper
relevance: rank 7.50050
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume by function; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as ...ya no Iroha; Hirasawa Kuniaki I

Title: Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as ...ya no Iroha
Artist: Hirasawa Kuniaki I
Physical Description: An image of a kabuki actor dressed as a geisha. Behind the actor is a set of stairs and to the left of her is a red standing lantern. In the front left corner is a partial image of an ink set with brushes and inkstone. The actor is dressed in a kimono of two distinct patterns. Near the base of the kimono and the end of the sleeves the cloth is checkered with blue and black. The second layer of fabric is red with white stripes. The base of the kimono is bordered grey, and a piece of a grey obi with white dots can be seen. The actor's hair is pulled back with red fabric and the hair ornaments are yellow. The actor is holding a brush in his right hand while a scroll with writing is held in his left hand which drapes down over his knee and onto the floor.
Artist Life Dates: active 1850-1860
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1862 ?
Accession Number: 2003/1.582
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 7.50050
Secondary Keywords: entertainment events; events; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performances; performing artists

Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as Otani, younger sister of Minezô; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as Otani, younger sister of Minezô
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Physical Description: An image of a kabuki actor dressed as a geisha. The actor wears a kimono of black with geometric designs in red, yellow, and green colors. The under kimono is grey/green with designs that resemble flowers. These designs are yellow at the center with blue and green designs on the outside and curling yellow lines coming from the edges. This is tied with a red rope around the waste. Other layers of fabric can be seen near the neckline. One is grey with white spots, and the others are red. Trailing from the back of the kimono is a piece of red and white striped fabric. The actor's hair is pulled back with red fabric, and the hair piece is yellow with red and blue flowers, dangling tassels. The background contains mountains and green trees.
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1861
Accession Number: 2003/1.497
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 7.50050
Secondary Keywords: entertainment events; events; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performances; performing artists

Unidentified actors as the geisha Koman and Satsuma Gengobei; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Unidentified actors as the geisha Koman and Satsuma Gengobei
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Physical Description: A colorful image of two kabuki actors. One is portraying a geisha and wearing a gold hair piece and a dark blue kimono. The kimono has images of white cherry blossoms. The under layers of the kimono are red and light blue. She is also holding a brush and writing on the base of a shamisen in her lap.; The male character is dressed in a black kimono with white crosshatch designs. He is holding a pipe and looking up at the geisha.
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1856
Accession Number: 2003/1.469
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
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Secondary Keywords: entertainment events; events; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performances; performing artists

Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): Tedai Jûzaburô
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Physical Description: An image of a miror with the reflection of a kabuki actor. The mirror's rim is black with gold designs and draped with decorative fabircs; red cloth with starbursts in pink, white cloth wth grey starbursts, and blue fabric with white squares and green designs. The man depicted in the mirror wears a blue striped kimono with occasional green, black, and white stripes. The inner cloth is black near the neck. The cloth is also red, and then a seperate piece is blue with scale prints.
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1864
Accession Number: 2003/1.489
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 7.50050
Secondary Keywords: entertainment events; events; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performances; performing artists

Untitled; Artist Unknown

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: Children outside playing, a girl in front is wearing a clown costume and has a painted face.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2014/2.168
Medium and Support: black and white photograph on Kodak paper
relevance: rank 7.48430
Secondary Keywords: objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by age group; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; youth

Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): the shinzô Nakoso; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Title: Modern Mirrors (Imayô Oshie Kagami): the shinzô Nakoso
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Physical Description: An image of a mirror with the reflection of a kabuki actor dressed as a geisha with his hands clasped. The mirror is rimmed in black with gold designs with pieces of decorated cloth hanging near the top and bottom of the mirror. The actor depicted wears a kimono of dark blue with white geometric designs. The inner layers of the kimono are red with white star bursts and white with black designs. His hair is pulled back with red and blue material and he wears a gold head piece.; Above the image if a small amount of writing.
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1859?
Accession Number: 2003/1.488
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 7.44237
Secondary Keywords: entertainment events; events; furnishings; furnishings by form or function; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performances; performing artists

Self-Portrait; Käthe Kollwitz

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Title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Physical Description: This etching depicts a three-quarter profile portrait of a woman’s face. The woman looks contemplatively toward the right with a solemn expression as her head rests against her right hand. The edge of her left shoulder is loosely sketched in the lower right of the composition.
Artist Life Dates: 1867-1945
Object Creation Date: 1921
Accession Number: 2012/2.212
Medium and Support: etching with burnishing on heavy wove paper
relevance: rank 7.41785
Secondary Keywords: arms; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; portraits; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by subject type

Portait of Ansel Adams, Yosemite; Bill Wright

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Title: Portait of Ansel Adams, Yosemite
Artist: Bill Wright
Physical Description: Ansel Adams seated in a chair, graphic curtains behind. His hand is to his head and he is wearing glasses.
Object Creation Date: 1981
Accession Number: 2013/2.192
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 7.40749
Secondary Keywords: artists; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type

Minor White, Arlington, MA; David Vestal

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Title: Minor White, Arlington, MA
Artist: David Vestal
Physical Description: A man with white hair and glasses sorting through a pile of papers on a desk.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1924
Object Creation Date: April 1970; printed 1998
Accession Number: 2013/2.182
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 7.40749
Secondary Keywords: artists; descriptors; image-making processes and techniques; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type

Becquet, one of the "Sixteen Etchings," or the "Thames Set"; James McNeill Whistler

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
relevance: rank 7.37703
Secondary Keywords: bowed; accessories worn on the head; allegory and literature; arts; arts and related disciplines; chordophones; clothing; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; disciplines; fiddles; figures; headgear; humanities; lutelike chordophones; objects; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing arts; physical activities; physical activities by general context; sound devices; sound devices by acoustical characteristics; sound devices by function; violin family instruments

Pas de Deux - Black Dancer (A two-part piece); Joan Rosenberg

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Title: Pas de Deux - Black Dancer (A two-part piece)
Artist: Joan Rosenberg
Physical Description: First part of the hand built ceramic black color figure of a dancer.
Artist Life Dates: American, born 1942
Object Creation Date: 1978-1980
Accession Number: 2011/2.204.1
Medium and Support: ceramic with polychrome glazes on oxidation, hand built
relevance: rank 7.29431
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

Pas de Deux - Brown Dancer (A two-part piece); Joan Rosenberg

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Title: Pas de Deux - Brown Dancer (A two-part piece)
Artist: Joan Rosenberg
Physical Description: Second part of the hand built ceramic black color figure of a dancer.
Artist Life Dates: American, born 1942
Object Creation Date: 1978-1980
Accession Number: 2011/2.204.2
Medium and Support: ceramic with polychrome glazes on oxidation, hand built
relevance: rank 7.29431
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

'Sung Sang Kala' (Sunday in "Pelelintangan" —Balinese calendar); Indonesia, Bali

Title: 'Sung Sang Kala' (Sunday in "Pelelintangan" —Balinese calendar)
Artist: Indonesia, Bali
Century: Late 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 19th century
Accession Number: 1966/2.15
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on hand-woven cotton
relevance: rank 7.28005
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; document genres; document genres by form; information forms; legendary creatures; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

Portrait of the Artist at Work and Play; Les Klug

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Title: Portrait of the Artist at Work and Play
Artist: Les Klug
Physical Description: Mannequin pieces and artist in a room with many windows and mirrors.
Artist Life Dates: 1930-1988
Accession Number: 2013/1.252
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 7.26090
Secondary Keywords: building divisions; components; components and systems; components by specific context; interior spaces; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; rooms and spaces; rooms and spaces by location or context

Dancers [Five Couples (recto); Three Couples (verso)]; Isaac Cruikshank

Title: Dancers [Five Couples (recto); Three Couples (verso)]
Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Artist Life Dates: 1756 - 1810
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 1756-1810
Accession Number: 1969/2.97
Medium and Support: graphite and watercolor on white paper
relevance: rank 7.24494
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; artistic concepts; artistic devices; associated concepts; concepts in the arts; culture and related concepts; culture-related concepts; dances; how we live; leisure; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"; James McNeill Whistler

Title: The Rialto, from the "Second Venice Set," or the "Twenty-six Etchings"
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: The corner of a massive building with awnings on both sides is seen on the right side; it has arched windows above the street level windows and several stories with balconies above. To the left is a long sloping stairway with awnings projecting above the stairway. In the distance beyond the stairway can be see the tower of a church. Buildings at the far left of the composition are barely indicated. Pediestrians are visible throughout, adjacent to the buildings on either side as well as ascending the stairs.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1879-1880
Accession Number: 1993/2.3
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on Asian laid paper
relevance: rank 7.21355
Secondary Keywords: architecture; bridges; europe; europe (continent); geographic and political locations; italy; italy (nation); locality; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by age group; people by occupation; people by state or condition; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; physical activities; physical activities by general context; religious figures; veneto (region); venezia (province); visual works; visual works by subject type; youth

Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Stoneware pitcher with handle and short polygonal spout, flaring mouth, wide neck, decorated with appliquéd decor of musicians and dancers, white slip, and splashed brown glaze
Century: 9th century
Object Creation Date: 9th century
Accession Number: 1987/2.50
Medium and Support: stoneware with applique decor, white slip, transparent brown glaze
relevance: rank 7.18674
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; pottery (object genre); vessels

Portait of Berthe Morisot; Marcellin Desboutin

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Title: Portait of Berthe Morisot
Artist: Marcellin Desboutin
Physical Description: This etching and drypoint is a full-length portrait of a woman dressed in black and seated in an armchair holding a fan at her knees. The chair is turned to the side but the figure is seen frontally and looks directly out at the viewer. The figure and her costume are described in full while the chair and fan are depicted loosely in outline.
Artist Life Dates: 1823-1902
Accession Number: 2012/2.190
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on heavy wove paper
relevance: rank 7.18329
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume accessories; costume accessories carried; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; visual works; visual works by subject type

Joseph Beuys; Andy Warhol

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Title: Joseph Beuys
Artist: Andy Warhol
Physical Description: Four identical portraits, two by two, of a portrait of man wearing a cowboy hat. The upper two prints are black, purple, green and red, while the bottom two are yellow, green and white.
Artist Life Dates: 1928-1987
Object Creation Date: 1980; printed 1983
Accession Number: 2014/1.583
Medium and Support: screenprint and rayon flock on Lenox Museum board
relevance: rank 7.18289
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn on the head; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; headgear; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations

Rose Caron in Faust; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Title: Rose Caron in Faust
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Physical Description: Paper size: lh 38 1/5cm & rh 38cm x w 27 7/10cm. Image size approximately: h 36cm x w 26cm.
Artist Life Dates: 1864-1901
Accession Number: 2008/2.434
Medium and Support: lithograph on beige wove paper
relevance: rank 7.16789
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; buildings and the land; california (state); geographic and political locations; los angeles (county); north and central america (continent); objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; performing arts buildings; performing arts structures; planographic prints; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; united states (nation); visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Black jacquard woven haori with woven design of bird-and-flower motifs; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Black jacquard woven haori with woven design of bird-and-flower motifs
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: Heavy black crepe silk with woven designs in lacquered rust-colored, silver, and gold metallic threads. Hand-painted design of Noh actors on light peach lining.
Century: mid-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1960s-1970s
Accession Number: 2005/1.354
Medium and Support: heavy black silk with woven designs in rust, silver and gold mettalic threads
relevance: rank 7.14765
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; costume; costume by form; descriptors; design elements; main garments; objects we use; patterns (design elements); patterns by specific type; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

Miniature jar with cover, decorated with figures of boy acrobats; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Miniature jar with cover, decorated with figures of boy acrobats
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1825-1912
Accession Number: 1980/2.160
Medium and Support: porcelain with blue underglaze painting
relevance: rank 7.14252
Secondary Keywords: asia (continent); containers; containers by function or context; containers for personal use; containers for smoking and tobacco use; descriptors; geographic and political locations; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists

Harlequin Inkwell with porcelain clown, "D&P" 5406; Artist Unknown

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Title: Harlequin Inkwell with porcelain clown, "D&P" 5406
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: A porcelain inkwell in the shape of a clown. The clown is sitting with his arms around his legs. He is wearing a green costume with a light purple ruff, trimmed in black.
Object Creation Date: 1875-1975
Accession Number: 2010/1.275
Medium and Support: porcelain
relevance: rank 7.12262
Secondary Keywords: ceramics; containers; containers by function or context; containers for writing equipment; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; pottery (object genre); stoneware

Jean Arp, 1949; Arnold Newman

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Title: Jean Arp, 1949
Artist: Arnold Newman
Physical Description: Portrait of a man with his head resting on his hand showing only his right eye, cheek, forehead, hand and a bit of his shirt cuff with a curving unidentifiable vertical form to the right obscuring the sitter’s face.
Artist Life Dates: 1918-2006
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1949
Accession Number: 1989/2.18
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 7.06722
Secondary Keywords: arms; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; heads; human body; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the visual arts; people in the visual arts and related occupations; the human body; the natural world; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique; visual works by subject type

A Group of Strolling Peasants; Saverio della Gatta

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Title: A Group of Strolling Peasants
Artist: Saverio della Gatta
Physical Description: This watercolor depicts a group of three children, three adult females, two adult males, and one small dog. An adult male plays a string instrument on the far left side, and an adult female sits on the lower right side; the rest stand. All the figures wear vividly colored clothes.
Artist Life Dates: 1777-1811
Object Creation Date: 1777-1811
Accession Number: 2009/1.528
Medium and Support: watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 7.04461
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; farmers; mammals; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; people by occupation; people in agriculture; people in agriculture or natural resource occupations; people in science-related occupations; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; scientists and people in science-related occupations

The Dancing Girl; James McNeill Whistler

Title: The Dancing Girl
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Physical Description: A woman, nude but for a diaphanous elbow-length drapery and a cap over her hair, stands facing the viewer with her head turned towards the right. The figure's right arm is extended gracefully from the side of her body, hand facing downward. Her left hand is extened at nearly a right angle, holding her drapery out, which further devines the curves of her body. Her weight is on her right leg as the left leg points forward.
Artist Life Dates: 1834-1903
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1890
Accession Number: 1954/1.430
Medium and Support: transfer lithograph on laid paper
relevance: rank 7.01170
Secondary Keywords: child; dances; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by gender; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; physical activities; physical activities by general context; visual works; visual works by subject type

The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series; Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat

Title: The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description: A scene takes place in a red box, lined with black and red diamond and triangle designs for borders. In the center, a woman sites with a child in her lap. She wears a spotted dress, her hair up, and a nose ring and bindi. The child reaches one hand and places it atop her head, and the other down towards her own upward hands. Surrounding them are seven other figures. One kneels before them, offering his hands up, and another fans the woman from behind. The remaining five figures seem to play together in front of the throne on which the woman and child sit.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1969/2.19
Medium and Support: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
relevance: rank 6.98434
Secondary Keywords: associated concepts; document genres; document genres by conditions of production; events; information forms; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; personal life events; religions; religions and religious concepts

Alexander Dumas (père); Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)

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Title: Alexander Dumas (père)
Artist: Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Artist Life Dates: 1820-1910
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1855
Accession Number: 1976/2.12
Medium and Support: albumen print on carte-de-viste mount
relevance: rank 6.96440
Secondary Keywords: document genres; figures; information forms; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in literature; people in literature and related occupations; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; visual works; visual works by subject type

Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians; Takahashi Hiroaki

Title: Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians
Artist: Takahashi Hiroaki
Physical Description: A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1944
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1900-1921
Accession Number: 1991/2.111
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
relevance: rank 6.90829
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; associated concepts; costume; costume by form; earth sciences concepts; main garments; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; physical activities; physical activities by general context; physical sciences concepts; scientific concepts

A police officer at his post during the filming of a movie. There is a growing “police cult”; aficionados wear the odds and ends of uniforms, swagger along the street with handcuffs, keys and whistles dangling from their belts.; Leonard Freed

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Title: A police officer at his post during the filming of a movie. There is a growing “police cult”; aficionados wear the odds and ends of uniforms, swagger along the street with handcuffs, keys and whistles dangling from their belts.
Artist: Leonard Freed
Physical Description: An actual police officer looking at the camera and an actor playing a police officer walking behind him.
Object Creation Date: 1976
Accession Number: 2014/2.338
Medium and Support: vintage gelatin silver print on paper
relevance: rank 6.87569
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by function; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in military occupations; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; roads; roads by form; transportation spaces

La Danse au Cabaret (Villagers Merrymaking at an Inn); Adriaen Jansz van Ostade

Title: La Danse au Cabaret (Villagers Merrymaking at an Inn)
Artist: Adriaen Jansz van Ostade
Physical Description: This print portrays a lively interior scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic. There are many figures around the large room, including men, women, and children. At the far right a man tries to embrace a resisting woman. Beside them, a man and a woman dance while a fiddler plays and others look on. On the left, a woman tends to a child as behind her a couple descend a wooden stairway from an upper floor. There are items such as cured meat, a lantern, a chair and laundry, hanging around this room.
Artist Life Dates: 1610-1685
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: 1652
Accession Number: 1949/1.115
Medium and Support: etching, engraving and drypoint on laid paper
relevance: rank 6.87088
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; dances; figures; people; people (agents); people and culture; people and occupations; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; public accommodations; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type

Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Netsuke of monkey head as Sambasô dancer with moveable tongue
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1997/2.18
Medium and Support: lacquered wood with red and gold
relevance: rank 6.84777
Secondary Keywords: animals and creatures; biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; mammals; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; performing artists; sculpture; sculpture by function; the human body; upper body; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

Others' Laurels; Scott Bilby

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Title: Others' Laurels
Artist: Scott Bilby
Physical Description: A man singing into a microphone, audience to the right, graffiti on the walls.
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 2014/2.169
Medium and Support: black and white photograph on paper
relevance: rank 6.81548
Secondary Keywords: building divisions; components; components and systems; components by specific context; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in the arts; people in the arts and related occupations; people in the humanities; people in the performing arts; rooms and spaces; rooms and spaces by building type; theater spaces; visual works; visual works by medium or technique

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