2001.175 Guy Carleton Wiggins, Dallas in Winter
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A rare snowstorm in Dallas captured the eye of Guy Carleton Wiggins, who recorded this scene from the downtown vantage point of Live Oak and Pearl streets, showing the skyline's distinctive historic landmark of the red statue of Pegasus on the Magnolia building.
1912.4 Guy Carleton Wiggins, Fifth Avenue in Winter
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although born and raised in the East, where he was affiliated with the artists' colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut, Guy Carleton Wiggins began his career painting his urban surroundings in New
1967.4 Cup with human head form (Peru, Chimú-Inka)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The silver cup represents the formal diversity associated with Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE) vessels. Effigy cups with pointed noses have been identified with north coast Chimú culture, while wooden molds with such features have been recovered from as far as the south coast.
1989.25 John Sennhauser, Colorforms in Colorspace #1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Fusing a large, vertical landscape with particulate geometrical forms, John Sennhauser's work demonstrates the artist's fondness for the tension between stable spaces and animate
1977.14 Charles Biederman, #18, Aix
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Charles Biederman, in the Constructivist tradition, pioneered the development of what he calls the "Structurist" relief-- planes of color which create spatia
2007.23 Charles Biederman, Work no. 3, 1939
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2008.37 George LK Morris, Mixed Doubles
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1972.37 George LK Morris, Mural Composition
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Through paintings such as Mural Composition and particularly through his writings in journals such as The Miscellany and Plastique (both journals he founded), George L.K. Morris promoted abstraction to the American public.
1976.W.1000.A–B Ear ornaments (Peru, Chimú)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Prestige was conveyed not only through finely woven textiles, such as tunics, mantles, and headdresses, but also through facial and bodily ornaments. In particular, ear ornaments were common status markers in the Andes for over 3,000 years. By the Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE), golden ear ornaments were worn exclusively by the Inca under their imperial control.