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Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.
Hans Vries
Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
1555 – 1560
Museum Purchase
1960/1.118
A young woman in a black dress and white shawl holds a croquet mallet behind her back. She stands in the midground of the composition in a sunlit patch of grass strewn with three croquet In the foreground, three croquet balls mirror the wickets, and a white dog sits beneath a tree amongst a watering can and many small flower pots. Two more young women kneel and lounge in the grass in the background next to a small round pond with a fountain; an arcade of columns can be seen beyond the water.<br /> Signed and dated, in the plate, l.l.: "J.J. Tissot / 1878"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Le Croquet
1878
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2014/2.223
The phrase "How much vacation do you really need?" is digitally printed on paper and signed by artist and placed in a mass produced frame with a butterfly sticker in the lower right corner. 
Ben Patterson (American (North American))
"How much vacation do you really need?"
2012
Gift of the artist
2012/2.110.1
The phrase "<em>When did you last see a blue moon?</em>" is digitally printed on paper and signed by artist then placed in a mass produced frame with a flower sticker in the lower right corner. 
Ben Patterson (American (North American))
"When did you last see a blue moon?"
2012
Gift of the artist
2012/2.110.2
A woman wearing a black hat reclines in a sketchily-rendered chair. Shown in a three-quarter view and angled towards the viewer's left, she sits quietly, looking straight ahead. She wears a fur-trimmed coat, and flexes her right hand, which is curled into a loose fist, upwards. The background is left blank.  The entire image is covered with a series of heavy diagonal slashes. <br /> Signed in the lower left of the composition, in the plate, "JTJ [the second J rendered backwards] / J.J. tissot"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
La convalescente, cancelled proof
1875
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Aldrich
2004/2.164
A woman in an elaborate striped dress stands in an outdoor landscape, shading her eyes with her right hand and looking directly out at the viewer. She holds a white umbrella that dramatically frames her head (capped by a white hat) against the dark sky in the upper background of the composition. A contrasting white area of ground beneath the black sky leads into the foreground, where the woman stands at the edge of a pond surrounded by reeds and a large stalked plant.  <br /> Signed in the image, lower left, in the plate: "J.J. Tissot / 1875"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Matinee de printemps
1875
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Aldrich
2005/2.33
The vertical rectangular space of the image is completely filled with a detailed rendering of a section of an intricate Gothic portal façade. In the foreground a checked tile floor creates a recession into the space. In the center of the composition two doors are framed by a high, pointed arch. The space of the arch is filled with fine cut-out ornamental stonework. Arched niches containing figural sculptures flank each side of the main archway, and one also separates the two doors. The top of the image is framed by two rows of geometric ornamental decor. <br /> Beneath the image is an ornamental panel of simulated marble, on which the title of the image is written in gothic script: "Eglise Notre Dame / Les Andelys".<br /> Signed and dated: "John Taylor Arms / 1946"
John Taylor Arms (American (North American))
Precious Stones, Eglise Notre Dame, Les Andelys
1946
Bequest of Carl F. Clarke
1954/1.85
Tall color print of Hommon Temple. A bright blue sky characterizes the top portion of the image, getting darker in the lower registers. The spire of the red temple stretches up into the sky.
Kawase Hasui
Pagoda of Hommon Temple, Ikegami
1928
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1982/1.202
A published book containing text, prints and drawings. The cover is pale blue with a white pattern of a plant. On the title page, the artist dedicated and signed the book in black ink: "April 12, 2007 / given to the University of / Michigan Museum of Art / to recognize the contribution / of James Christen Steward. / Michele Oka Doner".
Michele Oka Doner (American (North American))
Workbook
2004
Gift of the artist
2007/2.77.1

Sam Gilliam (American (North American))
Footprint to Perforated Volume
Transfer from the University of Michigan Art, Architecture and Engineering Libraries
2008/1.149.5.a-f
Paper size: h 25cm x tw 31 9/10cm &amp; bw 31 3/5cm. Plate size: lh 20 2/5cm &amp; rh 20 1/2cm x tw 25 2/5cm &amp; bw 25 1/2cm. Image size: h 18cm x w 24cm.
Artist Unknown
Untitled
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
2008/2.445
A girl with her head and body in profile, her brown hair is highlighted with white and gold strands, and bordering her face are gold curls. she is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with orange, blue, white, and brown swirls. In her arms in front of her is a frontal view of a black cat.
Nakayama Tadashi
Kuroneko to shojo (Black Cat and Girl)
1973
Gift of Sheila and Ronnie Cresswell
2011/2.26
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