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When We Dead Awaken (Act I)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Robert Wilson

Date: 1990
Medium: Charcoal and pastel on paper
Dimensions: H. 21-5/8, W. 28-3/4 inches
(54.9 x 72.1 cm.)

Classification: Drawings & Watercolors
Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1991
Accession Number: 1991.81.1

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Pictures from Italy

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Written by Charles Dickens

Illustrator: Illustrated by Samuel Palmer (British, Newington, London 1805–1881 Redhill, Surrey)
Publisher: Published by Bradbury & Evans (London)
Date: 1846
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8 in. (17.5 x 11.1 cm)
Overall: 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 13/16 in. (18 x 12 x 2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2004
Accession Number: 2004.482

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Gable figure (Tekoteko)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Date: 1820s
Geography: New Zealand
Culture: Maori people, Te Arawa
Medium: Wood, paint
Dimensions: H. 26 x W. 11 1/4 x D. 3 1/4 in. (66 x 28.6 x 8.3 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number: 1979.206.1437

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The Lighthouse at Two Lights

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Edward Hopper

Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: H. 29-1/2, W. 43-1/4 in.
(74.9 x 109.9 cm)

Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Hugo Kastor Fund, 1962
Accession Number: 62.95

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Buddha Offering Protection

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Period: Divided Kingdoms period (1232–1597)
Date: mid-15th–16th century
Culture: Sri Lanka (western regions)
Medium: Copper alloy with gilding
Dimensions: H. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm); Diam. of pedestal 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund; Florence and Herbert Irving, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Anne H. Bass Gifts, 2010
Accession Number: 2010.66a, b

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Bean Vine

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Itô Jakuchû

Calligrapher: Inscribed by Tangai Jôgi (Japanese, 1693–1764)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 49 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (125.7 x 47.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 75 5/8 x 24 1/4 in. (192.1 x 61.6 cm)
Overall with knobs: 75 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. (192.1 x 67.3 cm)
Classification: Painting
Credit Line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Cynthia and Leon Polsky, 1985
Accession Number: 1985.97

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Shadows in Lake

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Alfred Stieglitz

Date: 1916
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.1 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Accession Number: 49.55.21

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