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gold leaf on wood and neon, large gold-colored square bordered by neon tubes
Ancient Athens
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Ancient Athens

Artist Stephen Antonakos (American, born Greece 1926 - 2013)
Date1988
MediumWood, neon, gold leaf
Dimensions5 ft. 4 in. x 48 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in. (162.6 x 123.2 x 13.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of Michael A. Singer
Object number1998.2
Collections
Visual Descriptiongold leaf on wood and neon, large gold-colored square bordered by neon tubes
Green paper with a curved white line from the tearing of the paper.
Tear III
Stephen Antonakos
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Sword with double-lobed handle of incised wood with traces of gold leaf, bronze serpent forming the shaft, terminating in three cut-out curved blades.
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A necklace of ancient beads, restrung on mono-filament in modern times, which is composed of a selected group of gold, turquoise, carnelian, sodalite, quartz, and shell beads. All the gold beads are formed halves, pressure joined. There is a pendant which features a fine gold bead, repoussé with a head on both front and back wearing a form of helmet/headdress and Janus shaped, and a large sodalite bead with fillers. There are also two rolled tubes.
Necklace with Gold Human Head Pendant
Chimu Artist
1200-1350
Sword with double lobed handle of wood, with delicately incised motifs of human faces and geometric shapes; remnant pieces of gold leaf in incised areas.
Ceremonial sword with double lobed handle (afena or akofena)
Baule Artist
19th-20th century
Finial surmounted by two confronted birds on a platform, and with traces of gold leaf and pigment.
Finial
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undated
Linear depiction of a poppy flower, with use of white lines on a multi-colored ground, metallic golds and earth colored browns and greys, surrounded by a fairly thick white border.
Poppy (State II)
Robert Kushner
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Perception of the Lazy Eye
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Richard Heipp
1996
Storefront view of club, two worn sofa in front, graffiti and advertising on walls & windows. Neon sign for club.
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Ray Hale
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A small yellow incense container with applied underglaze gold foil in a radiating linear pattern.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
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c. 1980
Striped gold sake cup
Sake cup
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1980s
round stone with a scarab on an abstract leaf in vibrant colors
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Long narrow carved wood mask with four opposing hooks extending out from front horizontal surface. Two hollow tubes fixed on disc at center. Small bird head carved at top. Painted in stripes of red, white and black. Carved from single piece of wood.
Garra mask
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