1985.25 Yoshida
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Hiroshi Yoshida was the first of a multi-generation family of well-known printmakers. He began his career as a painter whose work was very popular in Europe and America. In the 1920s, he began making prints based on his paintings, and he was equally successful in both media.
1985.26 Yoshida
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Hiroshi Yoshida was the first of a multi-generation family of well-known printmakers. He began his career as a painter whose work was very popular in Europe and America. In the 1920s, he began making prints based on his paintings, and he was equally successful in both media.
1974.Sc.26 Memorial head (nsodie)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Akan memorial portraits are generic likenesses differentiated by hairstyles and scarification (permanent marks applied to a person’s body). Their neutral expressions were intended to project an ideal regal persona.
1995.21.A-II Chihuly, Hart Window
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Dale Chihuly is widely renowned for
2018.21.1-2 Pair of six-panel folding screens depicting "The Tale of Genji"
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This pair of Japanese ornamental screens illustrates one of the best-known works of literature in Japanese history, The Tale of Genji, about the adventures, romantic and otherwise, of Prince Genji.
2014.11 Konrad Lueg, Untitled (Champignons...)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During Konrad Lueg’s brief career as a painter from 1963 to 1968—before changing his name and owning the legendary Konrad Fischer Gallery in Düsseldorf—he made major contributions to the discourse around painting and consumerism in Germany.
2017.41 Michael Armitage, Nyali Beach Boys
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From the 2013 Westgate Shopping Mall attacks to the #mydressmychoice response to a series of sexual assaults, Michael Armitage responds to current events and contemporary issues that have resonated bo
2014.9.A-G Darren Bader, obi and/with SCOBY oak with/and smoke owl and/with towel oar with/and store oil with/and mohel oat and/with note orc with/and fork
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Darren Bader is known for his innovative and unconventional uses of materials that push the boundaries of sculpture and activate environments with unexpected pairings and phenomenological experiences.
2013.24.A–E Erin Shirreff, Monograph (no. 2)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
While Erin Shirreff creates works of video, photography, and sculpture, she considers herself—first and foremost— a sculptor. This can be seen in the artist’s unwavering investigation of the sculptural object through other mediums.
2014.12 Danh Vo, Lot 20. Two Kennedy Administration Cabinet Room Chairs
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In his practice of appropriation, deconstruction, and reconfiguration, Danh Vo considers quotidian objects to be witnesses to narratives of both personal and global significance.