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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 11.13412
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
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visual works
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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 11.01086
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
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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 10.81049
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
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 10.67399
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
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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 10.66268
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
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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 10.40753
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
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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 9.96764
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
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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 9.96764
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
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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 9.75630
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
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Title
Hirado Ware Mizusashi blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
Artist
Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
Physical Description
This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2006/2.51A&B
Medium and Support
porcelain with blue underglaze painting
relevance
rank 9.71690
Secondary Keywords
artists
costume
costume accessories
costume accessories carried
equipment
equipment by context
equipment for personal use
information artifacts
information artifacts by physical form
information forms
objects we use
painters (artists)
painters by subject of work
paintings
paintings by form
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
tools and equipment
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
walking sticks
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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 9.65148
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
Title
Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
Artist
Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
Physical Description
Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
Artist Life Dates
1642-1707
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
1705
Accession Number
1965/2.75
Medium and Support
ink on paper
relevance
rank 9.59644
Secondary Keywords
artists
descriptors
document genres
document genres by form
document genres for literary works
image-making processes and techniques
information forms
objects we use
painters (artists)
painters by subject of work
paintings
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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
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
scroll paintings
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
writing (processes)
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Title
Emilio Sanchez: Lithographs
Artist
Emilio Sanchez
Physical Description
A poster of a building in a two-point perspective; wiith the artist's name on the top of the poster and the date of the exhibition on the bottom.
Artist Life Dates
b. 1921
Object Creation Date
circa 1980
Accession Number
2011/2.65
Medium and Support
poster on paper
relevance
rank 9.55094
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
declaratory and advertising artifacts
descriptors
image-making processes and techniques
information artifacts
information artifacts by function
information forms
linear perspective
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
perspective
perspective and shading techniques
planographic prints
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
Title
Bamboo in snow
Artist
Zhu Sheng (Chu Sheng)
Physical Description
In this image of bamboo bent under heavy snow the leaves are depicted with vigorous yet controlled strokes of the brush, while the snow is indicated by surrounding areas of blank paper with dark ink, a traditional technique in monochrome ink painting.
Artist Life Dates
1618 - circa 1690
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1690
Accession Number
2002/2.351
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on satin
relevance
rank 9.52655
Secondary Keywords
artists
associated concepts
descriptors
earth sciences concepts
grass (plant material)
materials
materials by origin
objects we use
painters (artists)
painters by subject of work
paintings
paintings by form
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
physical sciences concepts
plant material
precipitation
scientific concepts
scroll paintings
seasons
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
weather and related phenomena
weather-related phenomena
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Title
The Sculptor
Artist
Peter Grippe
Physical Description
On the left the sculptor is shown working on a model of the woman on the right. There is an angel at the feet of the woman/muse.
Artist Life Dates
1912-2002
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1957
Accession Number
2013/2.531
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint on paper
relevance
rank 9.41668
Secondary Keywords
abstract expressionist
animals and creatures
architectural elements
artists
components
components and systems
components by specific context
european
european styles and periods
international post-1945 styles and movements
legendary creatures
masts
modern european revival styles
modern european styles and movements
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
post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
structural elements
structural elements and structural element components
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
supporting and resisting elements
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
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Title
St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
Artist
Ludolphe Buesinck
Physical Description
Two seated men, depicted in three-quarter length, with flowing beards and long robes look out from this print. A painting of a seated woman holding a child on her lap sits on an easel between them. A closed book is placed before the man on the left, and a second book sits open next to the figure on the right. This man holds a mahlstick, used by painters to steady their hand as they work, in his right hand. A palette and brushes are placed on a ledge in front of him.
Artist Life Dates
c.1590-after 1643
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
2007/2.144
Medium and Support
chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper
relevance
rank 9.29026
Secondary Keywords
transfer method
artists
equipment
equipment by process
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
image-making equipment
information artifacts
information artifacts by physical form
information forms
objects we use
painting equipment
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 visual arts
people in the visual arts and related occupations
prints
prints by process
prints by process or technique
relief prints
support furniture
tools and equipment
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
woodcuts
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Title
Bamboo and Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960-1975
Accession Number
2006/1.134
Medium and Support
ink on paper
relevance
rank 8.95572
Secondary Keywords
artists
asian
chinese
chinese painting styles
chinese styles
chinese styles and periods
coating (material)
coating by form
descriptors
east asian
grass (plant material)
inorganic material
materials
materials by composition
materials by function
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painters (artists)
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paintings
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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
plant material
scroll paintings
styles and periods
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visual works
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Title
Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong
Artist
Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)
Physical Description
The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.
Artist Life Dates
active 19th century
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1985/2.28
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
relevance
rank 8.93446
Secondary Keywords
artists
buildings and the land
coating (material)
coating by form
deciduous trees
descriptors
herbaceous plants
image-making processes and techniques
landscapes (environments)
materials
materials by function
natural landscapes
objects we use
painters (artists)
painters by subject of work
paintings
paintings by form
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
plants
processes and techniques
processes and techniques by specific type
scroll paintings
settlements and landscapes
trees
trees by leaf life
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
woody plants
writing (processes)
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Title
Orchids and Red Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1980
Accession Number
2006/1.132
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
relevance
rank 8.58240
Secondary Keywords
artists
asian
buildings and the land
chinese
chinese painting styles
chinese styles
chinese styles and periods
coating (material)
coating by form
descriptors
east asian
flowers (plants)
forms
herbaceous plants
inorganic material
landscapes (environments)
making art
materials
materials by composition
materials by function
natural landscapes
objects we use
painters (artists)
painters by subject of work
paintings
paintings by form
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
plants
scroll paintings
settlements and landscapes
styles and periods
styles and periods by region
vegetation and vegetation components
vegetation components
visual works
visual works by medium or technique
woody plants
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