11 UMMA Objects
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Square-format photograph of three small sculptures with eyes printed on them organized in a stack, alongside a pair of spectacles.
André Kertész (American (North American))
Three Eyes
1979
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
2009/2.14
This round terracotta sphere has a reddish tint to its rough and cracked exterior.
Grace Farrar Knowlton (American (North American))
Sphere (Small)
1970 – 2015
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.39
This terracotta ball has a rough surface with a series of cracks.
Grace Farrar Knowlton (American (North American))
Sphere (Medium)
1970 – 2015
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.37
This is a spherical shaped glass inkwell with sterling silver overlay in intricate designs of flowers and plants. The top half of the sphere, which opens horizontally, is the lid.
Artist Unknown
Inkwell made of sterling silver overlay on crystal glass
1875 – 1975
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family
2010/1.221
This is a clear glass inkwell with a metal collar and sphere finial lid. The body has a hollow glass sphere resting on a base of three solid glass spheres. Each of the spheres is decorated with painted leaves and flowers.<br />
Artist Unknown
Three spears base on top of spear front, spear finial, iridescent color, hand painted
1875 – 1975
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family
2010/1.233

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)
1900 – 1940
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.157
A sphere, wrapped in rusted wire, is sandwiched between two hefty, rough hewn, chunks of wood.<br />
freestanding multimedia wood sculpture, with rectangular wood base and top sandwiching a small wire-covered sphere at center
Todd Hoyer
Untitled, from Suspended Sphere Series
2000
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
2002/2.146
A metal interior frame with pieces of papier-m&acirc;ch&eacute; around it creating a ball. The strips of papier mache are long strips.
Grace Farrar Knowlton (American (North American))
Papier-mâché Ball
1970 – 2015
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.40
A nude woman sits on a large sphere and looks down, to her right. She holds a blank tablet in her left hand (against which she also leans her head), and a sprig of laurel leaves in her right hand, which rests behind her right thigh. Laurel leaves also decorate her hair. A ribbon crosses her chest and right hip. The space behind the woman and the sphere are left blank.<br />
Signed in the image, lower left corner, in the plate: "J.J. Tissot / 1875"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Deuxieme frontispice (Assise sur le globe)
1875
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Aldrich
2004/2.165
This is a clear glass inkwell with a dark metal lid. The body is composed of a large sphere balanced on three smaller spheres. It has a circular top with a flat lid.<br />
Artist Unknown
Iridescent round ball corner ink well with lid
1875 – 1975
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family
2010/1.234
Gigantic terracotta ball with foliage and branches sticking out of parts of it.
Grace Farrar Knowlton (American (North American))
Untitled
20th century
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.38
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