Abstract art gallery Collection

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Światowid and Chwalibog on the saint of the hill (Prasłowianie) two sided drawing (on the reverse sketches of abstract images) Head, Marian (1926 2019)

A Friendly Call by William Merritt Chase (4990403136)
A Friendly Call by William Merritt Chase ) A Friendly Call; William Merritt Chase, an influential art teacher and one of the leading exponents of American impressionism, captured the genteel

Variations in Violet and Grey--Market Place, Dieppe 1885 James McNeill Whistler American During Whistler's visit in 1885 to the Normandy seaside resort of Dieppe

King of Diamonds (red), from the Playing Cards series (N84) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Playing Cards" series (N84)

Fragment of silk fabric abstract pattern (bizarre) unknown

Sketch of the train Panzarzug / abstract forms two sided drawing Head, Marian (1926 2019)

Finger Painting of a Landscape 18th century Ike Taiga Taiga was one of the most prolific artists of the Nanga school, which was inspired by Chinese literati painting

Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration 3rd century A. D. Roman Colorless
Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration 3rd century A.D. Roman Colorless; trails in opaque white and opaque brownish red

Bronze basin with six legs legs: ca. 700-650 B. C. ; handled basin: 6th century B. C
Bronze basin with six legs legs: ca. 700-650 B.C.; handled basin: 6th century B.C. Late Villanovan and Etruscan Such basins, decorated with abstract horsemen and birds

Open bowl ca. 1st century B. C. -1st century A. D. Nabataean This bowl was excavated at Tawilan ('Ain Musa)
Open bowl ca. 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Nabataean This bowl was excavated at Tawilan ('Ain Musa), northeast of Petra

Chess Piece, Rook 11th-12th century Chess came to Spain from Islamic lands and quickly gained popularity among people of all faiths

Square Dish with Abstract Motifs 19th century Shuntai Japanese Kat? Shuntai, whose father was the famous potter Shunzan, ran the official Owari branch of the Tokugawa family kiln (goy)

Sheet of Figure Studies and Ornamental Motifs (recto and verso). 1520-1530 Vincenzo Tamagni Italian Acquired by the Museum as Anonymous Florentine

A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses) ca. 1780 Thomas Gainsborough British Using brown wash defined by a pen strokes

Jack of Hearts (red), from the Playing Cards series (N84) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Playing Cards" series (N84)

Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a liver omen ca. late 1st millennium B. C. The invention of writing in approximately 3300
Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a liver omen ca. late 1st millennium B.C. The invention of writing in approximately 3300 B.C

Hunchback Leaning on Staff 10th-12th century Huastec This figure of a hunchbacked man grasping a staff belongs to a category of sculpture known from the Huasteca region in northeastern Mexico

Memorial Head (Nsodie) ca. 1800 Akan peoples This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from present-day southern Ghana

Vase 1900 George E. Ohr In many ways George Edgar Ohr was the quintessential Arts and Crafts potter, combining artistic vision with extraordinary skill with his hands

Two Studies of a Man ca. 1575 Santi di Tito Italian A pupil of Bronzino and Alessandro Allori, Santi di Tito was among the founders in 1563 of the Florentine Accademia del Disegno

Washerwomen in a Ruined Gallery ca. 1760 Hubert Robert French This dramatic, quasi-abstract wash drawing is Hubert Robert's first idea for a composition known through a canvas in the State Hermitage

Rectangular Wine Container (Fangyi) mid-10th century B. C. China During the early Western Zhou dynasty
Rectangular Wine Container (Fangyi) mid-10th century B.C. China During the early Western Zhou dynasty, coherent animal mask images morphed into increasingly abstract patterns defined by curving

Book cover with overall abstract design 19th century Anonymous. Book cover with overall abstract design. Anonymous, 19th century. 19th century. Relief print (wood or metal). Prints

Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains ca. 1622-25 Dong Qichang Chinese Dong Qichang, the foremost landscape painter and theorist of the early seventeenth century, pursued artistic reform

Jerusalem, Ornements arabes 1854 Auguste Salzmann French For Salzmann history was in the details. Though the ravages of time, natural forces, and human conflict erased much of ancient cities

Strap-Handled Vessel in the Form of a Bird with Abstract Pattern on Body Made 650 BCE-150 BCE Peru. Ceramic with resinous postfire painting. Nazca

Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lu Shang ca. 1600 Attributed to Kano Takanobu Japanese The man in white at the head of the group on the right screen is Emperor Wen of ancient China's Zhou

Embroidery; The Artist's Mother 1882-83 Georges Seurat French This tranquil portrait of the artist's mother
Embroidery; The Artist's Mother 1882-83 Georges Seurat French This tranquil portrait of the artist's mother, Ernestine Faivre, is a tour de force of modeling in Conte crayon

Miniature Flared Bowl Depicting Abstract Peppers with Decorative Motifs Made 180 BCE-500 CE Peru. Ceramic and pigment. Nazca

Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium B. C
Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium B.C. Vessels carved of a gray-green stone in what is called the "Intercultural Style" were made

Moon amid Clouds early 19th century Inscription by Seisetsu Sh?cho ???? A gibbous moon, rendered in reserve, shines through a bank of ink-wash clouds

Paulownia Trees at Akasaka in the Evening Rain 1859 Utagawa Hiroshige II Japanese Hiroshige II was the son-in-law and successor to his namesake, who died in 1858

Carpet ca. 1800 Flatwoven floor coverings representing a vibrant village and nomadic tradition were produced in a wide swathe of the Islamic world from Iran, the Caucasus

Celt Pendant Depicting an Abstract Figure with a Tall Headdress 1 CE-500 CE Nicoya. Jade. Nicoya

Polychrome Bowl with Abstract Geometric Motifs 1000-1400 Arizona. Ceramic and pigment. Cibola

Seated female ca. late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B. C. Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex Western Central Asia
Seated female ca. late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex Western Central Asia, now known as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and northern Afghanistan

Pendant in the Form of an Abstract Bird with Outstretched Wings and Tail 1000-1550 Panama. Gold. Veraguas

Cup and Stand 1115-1234 China. Cizhou type ware; glazed stoneware with iron-brown spots on saucer, abstract floret in bowl

Jar in the Form of an Abstract Human Head with Face Painting Made 180 BCE-500 CE Peru. Ceramic and pigment. Nazca

Black-and-White Storage Jar with Abstract Geometric Motifs Made 1890-1899 New Mexico. In the American Southwest, there is an Indian ceramic tradition that began to take form in the early centuries

Cup and Saucer 1720-1730 Vienna. The first European factory to make hard-paste porcelain according to traditional Chinese methods was at Meissen in Saxony

Polychrome Jar with Rainbow, Macaw, and Floral Motifs Made 1880-1889 New Mexico. In the American Southwest, there is an Indian ceramic tradition that began to take form in the early centuries A.D

Ceremonial Skirt Made 1875-1900 Democratic Republic of Congo. Kuba ceremonial skirts such as this one were worn as part of everyday finery by figures of high social rank as well as exchanged or

Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines early 17th century Hon'ami K?etsu ????
Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines early 17th century Hon'ami K?etsu ????? This detached section of a long poetry handscroll was remounted to serve as a self-sufficient

Globular Jar with Abstract Forms in Spirals on Shoulder Made 600 CE-1000 Bolivia. Ceramic and pigment. Tiwanaku

MIniature Flared Bowl Depicting Trophy Heads and Abstract Peppers Made 180 BCE-500 CE Peru. Ceramic and pigment. Nazca

Portrait of Balzac Modeled 1893 France. In 1891 Auguste Rodin was commissioned by a literary society to produce a posthumous monument to the French writer HonorE de Balzac

Mask 1867-1900 Nigeria. This strikingly abstract mask was once covered with potent red abrus seeds that were held in place by a resin paste

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