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Abstraction of human forms, object within lattice sphere and ladder form with pendants. Printed in black, blue, indigo, red, yellow, and orange.
Sculptural Objects
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Sculptural Objects

Artist Henry Spencer Moore (British, 1898 - 1986)
Date1949
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall (Support paper): 27 1/4 x 40 1/2 in. (69.22 x 102.87 cm)
Overall (sheet): 19 x 29 1/2 in. (48.26 x 74.93 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Gordon B. Kahn
Object number2017.18
Collections
Visual DescriptionAbstraction of human forms, object within lattice sphere and ladder form with pendants. Printed in black, blue, indigo, red, yellow, and orange.
Heads, Figures, and Forms
Heads, Figures, and Forms
Henry Spencer Moore
1958
A black and white print of two textured, roughly rectangular forms. The left form is densely shaded black; the right form is lighter, filled with cross-hatching, and bisected by a thick, dark cross.
Two Objects
John Wallace
1974
"Tajira", blue dyed wool with tie-dyed circles in red/orange/yellow mainly along the bottom. Lower edge fringe (long) is twisted and tufted and dyed in above-mentioned colors; the upper edge fringe (short) at the corners is made of small tufts in pink, blue, turquoise, and orange. The lower border is adorned with bands of geometric motifs such as "snake with eyes" and knucklebone" in white (cotton) and black (wool); the upper border is adorned in the corners with embroidered motifs of abstracted…
Woman's Head Covering (tajira)
Amazigh Artist
late 20th century
Two panels (handsewn together with red silk) in fine spun wool dyed black with heavy embroidery at the four corners in gold thread, yellow, green, red, blue silk. Embroidered patterning consists of geometric motifs resembling an architectural setting (gables and columns) or a jeweled crown with pendants; along the borders, linking the heavy inlay at the corners are small silk crosses in the above-mentioned colors. Fringes at either end are made of twisted silk threads in red, orange, mauve, gree…
Woman's Wedding Cloth
Amazigh Artist
20th century
Object with abstracted geometric forms, and four legs.
Symbolic object (ofo)
Yoruba Artist
undated
A print of a dark pillar with clawed feet supports a yellow fan shape topped with small flames. Faint animal silhouettes appear on the fan. Strings dangle from its edges, suspending various small figures and objects. A ladder leans against the pillar.
Carousel of Life
Vladimir Gazovic
1983
A standing female figure wears a veil and holds a candle in her right hand. To her left and right are tiered geometric forms, assumedly for ritual use. Two winged figures fly above her head. At the top and bottom, the words "Ceremonial" and "Quezaltenango" are written in cursive script.
8. Ceremonial – Quezaltenango
Carlos Mérida
1951
Five small brass animal figurines: two tall stylized birds with openwork crests, a small spotted bird, a four-legged turtle, and a low central abstract piece.
religious objects
Indian Artist
undated
White face mask with red and black markings on brow; superstructure of carved and carpentered boat shaped forms; red, white, green and blue pigments. Projections of bulb shapes from central arch connecting three "boats" and a sphere (red blue and white) connected by thin metal rods on each side.
Okoroshi (Water Spirit)
Igbo Artist
1970-1971
An off-white print featuring the poem "Another August" By James Merrill in orange text on the left. Beside it is a soft, sweeping sketch of tall trees and a tiny figure on a path, rendered in pale blue, green, and brown. The poem reads: Pines. The white, ochre-pocked houses. Sky unflawed. Upon so much former strangeness a calm settles, glaze of custom to be neither shattered nor shattered by. Home. Home at last. Years past—blind, tattering wind, hail, tears—my head was in those clouds that now…
Another August
George Lockwood
1968
Print with abstract forms on a deep red background. A large, textured black mass covers the right side. Irregular, jagged white shapes streak horizontally across the left. Small accents include a brown oval, thin green lines, and a yellow dash.
Tintagel
Lee R. Chesney II
1990
Each of barrel form, carved around the sides with a pair of descending confronted foliate dragons flanked by large monster mask and ring handles, between lappets encircling the foot and pendant ruyi lappets at the rim, the undersides inscribed with a Qianlong four-character mark within a double square, the translucent metal of bright reddish orange
Beakers
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century or later

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