5 results for "book from the sky"

Collection Objects
Modern and Contemporary Art
Book from the Sky
Artist: Xu Bing, Chinese, active in America, born 1955
Date: 
1991
Medium: 
Four hand-printed artist’s books in a wooden case
Accession Number: 
2014.58.294
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
Photography
Location in the sky: Chair and the Colosseum, Johannesburg
Artist: David Goldblatt, South African, 1930–2018
Date: 
July 30,1984
Medium: 
Gelatin silver print
Accession Number: 
2018.135.47
Culture: 
South African
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Photographs
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
Jupiter and Other Gods Looking at Callisto
Engraver: Girolamo Faccioli (Fagiuoli), Italian, active by 1539, died 1574
After: Francesco Primaticcio, Italian, 1504–1570
Date: 
ca. 1541–1546
Medium: 
Engraving
Accession Number: 
2017.131.11
Culture: 
Italian
Period: 
16th century
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Prints
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
American Paintings and Sculpture
Gentleman
Artist: Richard Morrell Staigg, 1817–1881
Date: 
1840
Medium: 
Watercolor on ivory
Accession Number: 
2009.55.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Miniatures
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
American Paintings and Sculpture
The Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775
Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843
Date: 
1786
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Accession Number: 
1832.1
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Paintings
Status: 
On view