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TitleMassett lay readers

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1910

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsUnknown

LocationRoyal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/reverend-w-e-collison-and-his-lay-readers-at-masset-queen-charlotte-islands

Accession numberA-09999

SubjectsHaida IndiansMissionariesPortrait photography

StatusWith missionary William E. Collison. Charlie Edenshaw (with cane) is seated second from left, and Henry Edenshaw stands directly behind him.

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Essay 3. Charles Edenshaw on the Colonial Frontier

Margaret B. Blackman

Description: Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late...

Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

Charles Edenshaw (1839–1920) has long been the most recognized face of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Haida art. “The Master Haida artist,” Wilson Duff dubbed him, devoting a whole gallery to his works in the 1967...

Author

Margaret B. Blackman

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Related print edition pages: pp.49-59

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00276.004

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Chapter subject tags:Haida IndiansEdenshaw, Charles, approximately 1839-1920Art--CommissioningJewelryMissionaries

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Georg Baselitz's studio in Derneburg

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1983

Object typePhotograph

Georg Baselitz's studio in Derneburg

Frederick Douglass

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1855

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsDaguerreotype

Dimensions3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)

LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/282066

Accession number2001.756

Frederick Douglass

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Passport photograph of Cecilia Beaux

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhotographs of Artists Collection II, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Passport photograph of Cecilia Beaux

Description: The UNOVIS delagation to the First All-Russian Conference of Teachers and Students...

The UNOVIS delagation to the First All-Russian Conference of Teachers and Students of Art

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1920

Object typePhotograph

LocationGalerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany

The UNOVIS delagation to the First...

The UNOVIS delagation to the First All-Russian Conference of Teachers and Students of Art

Portrait of Martin A. Ryerson

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1904

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of the Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Martin A. Ryerson

Frederick Douglass

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1850

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsDaguerreotype

Dimensions3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8 x 6.9 cm)

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.21

Accession numberNPG.80.21

Frederick Douglass

Portrait of Sojourner Truth

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1864

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen silver print (carte de visite)

Dimensions4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)

LocationInternational Center of Photography, New York

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/i-sell-the-shadow-to-support-the-substance-sojourner-truth

Accession number182.2003

Portrait of Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (1797–1883). I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance

Frontispiece (portrait of Frederick Douglass)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1845

Object typeBook/Manuscript

Materialsdaguerreotype

LocationFrom "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself" by Frederick Douglass (Boston, 1845)

Frontispiece (portrait of Frederick...

Frontispiece (portrait of Frederick Douglass)

Description: Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in Sedona, Arizona, with Ernst's...

Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in Sedona, Arizona, with Ernst's "Capricorn," created in 1948

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in...

Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in Sedona, Arizona, with Ernst's "Capricorn," created in 1948

Liliane Kaufmann in Mexican dress at Fallingwater

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1947–1949

Object typePhotograph

LocationFallingwater Archive, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Mill Run

Liliane Kaufmann in Mexican dress at...

Liliane Kaufmann in Mexican dress at Fallingwater

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Katherine and Dorothea Dreier (?) in a gondola in Venice

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1902

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions8.7 x 8.8 cm

LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut

http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3528583

Accession number2018106

Katherine and Dorothea Dreier (?) in a...

Katherine and Dorothea Dreier (?) in a gondola in Venice

Wordsworth Thompson

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1896

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhotograph from William Howe Downes and Frank Torrey Robinson, "Later American Masters," New England Magazine 14 (April 1896)

Wordsworth Thompson

Frank Lloyd Wright, left, and Rabbi Mortimer J. Cohen

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

LocationBeth Sholom Synagogue Archive, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Frank Lloyd Wright, left, and Rabbi...

Frank Lloyd Wright, left, and Rabbi Mortimer J. Cohen

Plate VII. Venous Tumor

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1870

Object typePhotograph

LocationBoston Medical Library

Plate VII. Venous Tumor

Archibald J. Motley, Jr.

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1917

Object typePhotograph

Archibald J. Motley, Jr.

Motley, Archibald John, Jr. in Karl Buehr's School of the Art Institute class

Description: Mayor William Hale Thompson (second from right) at the start of the Cowboy Parade in...

Mayor William Hale Thompson (second from right) at the start of the Cowboy Parade in Grant Park, Chicago, with the Santa Fe building in the left background

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1920

Object typePhotograph

LocationChicago Daily News, July 3, 1920, Chicago Historical Society

Mayor William Hale Thompson (second from...

Mayor William Hale Thompson (second from right) at the start of the Cowboy Parade in Grant Park, Chicago, with the Santa Fe building in the left background

A. M. Cassandre

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 24

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

A. M. Cassandre

John La Farge

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1906

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhotograph from World's Work 12 (1906)

John La Farge

Robert Motherwell and María Ferreira at LaGuardia Airport

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1943

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Robert Motherwell and María...

Robert Motherwell and María Ferreira at LaGuardia Airport

Family portrait

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1889

Object typePhotograph

Family portrait

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Farnsworth House

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1950

Object typePhotograph

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Farnsworth House

Aline Barnsdall on the beach

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1923

Object typePhotograph

Aline Barnsdall on the beach

Napoleon Sarony

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1903

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhotograph from William Henry Shelton, "Artist Life in New York in the Days of Oliver Horn," The Critic 43 (July 1903)

Napoleon Sarony

Aline and Eero Saarinen at a party, sitting in a Womb Chair

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1954

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotographic print

Dimensions3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (9 x 13 cm)

LocationArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/aline-and-eero-saarinen-party-4680

Accession number4680

Aline and Eero Saarinen at a party,...

Aline and Eero Saarinen at a party, sitting in a Womb Chair

Charles Dana Gibson

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1899

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhotograph from The Critic 34 (January 1899)

Charles Dana Gibson

Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., standing in his office in Pittsburgh

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1940

Object typePhotograph

LocationFallingwater Archive, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Mill Run

Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., standing in his...

Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., standing in his office in Pittsburgh

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Eero Saarinen

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 25

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1958

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/eero-saarinen-4724

Accession number4724

Eero Saarinen

Tom Mix in his Beverly Hills home

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1923

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhoto: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Tom Mix in his Beverly Hills home

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Frederick Yohn

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1905

Object typePhotograph

LocationPhotograph from Booklover's Magazine 5 (1905)

Frederick Yohn

Senegal

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1905

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPostcard

Dimensions87 x 137 mm

LocationPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

http://photographs.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/1998_209_9_7.html

Accession number1998.209.9.7

Senegal

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Philip Guston with The Studio

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1969

Object typePhotograph

Philip Guston with The Studio

Harriet Levy, Sarah Stein, and Sylvia Salinger in Paris

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1912–1913

Object typePhotograph

Harriet Levy, Sarah Stein, and Sylvia...

Harriet Levy, Sarah Stein, and Sylvia Salinger in Paris

Katherine S. Dreier as a child

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1880

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions2.375 x 3.625 in.

LocationSchlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institue, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussets

http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/uploaded_files/HVD/viaPage.html?recordId=HVD_VIAolvgroup1001452&imageId=urn-3:RAD.SCHL:307080&compId=

Accession numberMC309-300-3

Katherine S. Dreier as a child

Michael and Sarah Stein at Agay

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1913

Object typePhotograph

Michael and Sarah Stein at Agay

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Hamlin Garland in camp

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1901

Object typePhotograph

LocationThe American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City

Hamlin Garland in camp

Description: William Jordy in his office with a student's tensegrity sphere, List Art Center,...

William Jordy in his office with a student's tensegrity sphere, List Art Center, Brown University

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 10

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1985

Object typePhotograph

LocationWilliam H. Jordy Papers, Brown University Archives, Providence, Rhode Island

William Jordy in his office with a...

William Jordy in his office with a student's tensegrity sphere, List Art Center, Brown University

Arshile Gorky and his mother

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1912

Object typePhotograph

Arshile Gorky and his mother

Dorothea, Mary, and Katherine S. Dreier

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1891

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches

LocationSchlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institue, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussets

http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/uploaded_files/HVD/viaPage.html?recordId=HVD_VIAolvwork20018115&imageId=urn-3:RAD.SCHL:306738&compId=

Accession numberMC309-292-2

Dorothea, Mary, and Katherine S. Dreier

Theodore Barnsdall

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1890

Object typePhotograph

Theodore Barnsdall

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Portrait of a girl before entering seclusion

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator nationality/cultureAfrican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1890

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen silver print

Dimensions13.5 × 20.1 cm

Portrait of a girl before entering...

Portrait of a girl before entering seclusion, Efik peoples, present-day Nigeria

Kurt Schwitters

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions17 x 12.2 cm

LocationBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut

http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3537904

Accession number2029058

Kurt Schwitters

B.J.O. Nordfeldt

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

LocationMuseum of New Mexico, Santa Fe

Accession numberneg. no. 7743

B.J.O. Nordfeldt

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001

Accession number1845,0825.690

St. Jerome in his Study

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1201–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Description: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...

Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, showing works by Donald Judd

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1966

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Primary Structures...

Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)

Wooden implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1400–1600

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsWood

DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411

Accession number1950.411

Wooden implement

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v

Roman de la Rose: Copying and...

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Description: Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York

Portrait of Michel-Eugène...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

Thomas Auld

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1870

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen print

Dimensions7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

LocationPrivate collection

Thomas Auld

Procession of female saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 550 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

Procession of female saints

Portrait of Hideo Sasaki

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 17

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1970

Object typePhotograph

Portrait of Hideo Sasaki

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Blackamoor figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1875–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal

Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors

Accession number96.1127.1

Blackamoor figures

Portrait of Clarence S. Stein

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 17

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

LocationPencil Points, March 1941, page 74, Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

Portrait of Clarence S. Stein

Phytomorphic Vessel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip

DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618

Accession numberAC1996.146.27

Phytomorphic Vessel

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar

Accession number17.3103

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...

Portrait of Malik Ambar

Description: Hideo Sasaki with Stuart O. Dawson, a student and, later, a colleague at Sasaki,...

Hideo Sasaki with Stuart O. Dawson, a student and, later, a colleague at Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay and Associates

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 17

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Hideo Sasaki with Stuart O. Dawson, a...

Hideo Sasaki with Stuart O. Dawson, a student and, later, a colleague at Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay and Associates

Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1470–1485

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001

Accession number1856,0712.1029

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

C. E. S. Wood as a cadet

Posted by:John Carlson

May 19

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1874

Object typePhotograph

LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

C. E. S. Wood as a cadet

Abdülhamid II, Istanbul

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator name (description)Probably Abdullah Frères

Creator nationality/cultureTurkish (Ottoman)

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1860–1869

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen silver print (carte de visite)

Dimensions8.3 x 5.3 cm.

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

Abdülhamid II, Istanbul

Robert Motherwell, age fifteen

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 10

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1930

Object typePhotograph

LocationDedalus Foundation Archives

Robert Motherwell, age fifteen

Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara Tomitarō and Family in Japan

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1911

Object typePhotograph

Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara...

Portrait of Charles Freer with Hara Tomitarō and Family in Japan

Phillip (top) and Nat Goldstein on the beach in Venice, California

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 28

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1929

Object typePhotograph

Phillip (top) and Nat Goldstein on the...

Phillip (top) and Nat Goldstein on the beach in Venice, California

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Robert Motherwell and his father, Robert Burns Motherwell II, Aberdeen, Wash.

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 10

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1915

Object typePhotograph

LocationDedalus Foundation Archives

Robert Motherwell and his father, Robert...

Robert Motherwell and his father, Robert Burns Motherwell II, Aberdeen, Wash.

The Veroli Casket

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 950–1000

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/

Accession number216-1865

The Veroli Casket

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Description: Tarsila do Amaral in the Galerie Percier at her first individual exhibition in...

Tarsila do Amaral in the Galerie Percier at her first individual exhibition in Paris, June 1926

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 19

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1926

Object typePhotograph

LocationMario de Andrade Archive, Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Tarsila do Amaral in the Galerie Percier...

Tarsila do Amaral in the Galerie Percier at her first individual exhibition in Paris, June 1926

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/

Accession number702-1884

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...

The Virgin and Child

A Calabar Chief

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 30

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1872

Object typePhotograph

Materialsphotograph

A Calabar Chief

William Jordy, Yale University

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 10

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1953

Object typePhotograph

LocationWilliam H. Jordy Papers, Brown University Archives, Providence, Rhode Island

William Jordy, Yale University

Paul Guillaume at his desk, 6, rue Miromesnil, Paris

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 07

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1914

Object typePhotograph

LocationMusée de l’Orangerie, Paris

Paul Guillaume at his desk, 6, rue...

Paul Guillaume at his desk, 6, rue Miromesnil, Paris

Stanley H. White and Richard Haag

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 17

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Stanley H. White and Richard Haag

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168

Accession number1990.554.2

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

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