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5 results for "book from the sky"
Collection Objects
Modern and Contemporary Art
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
Asian Art
Artist: Xu Bing, Chinese, active in America, born 1955
Date:
1987–1991
Medium:
Four hand-printed artist’s books in wooden case
Accession Number:
ILE2018.5.21.1-.5
Culture:
Chinese
Period:
People’s Republic of China (1949–present)
Classification:
Calligraphy
Status:
Not on view
Collection Objects
Prints and Drawings
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:
Collection Objects
American Paintings and Sculpture
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
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