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Malian
Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
1900 – 1932
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Horace M. Miner
1983/2.213

Malian
Ceramic Jewelry Molds (One of eighteen)
1900 – 1932
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Horace M. Miner
1983/2.226
A vessel of bleached wood. From a narrow base, the vessel widens gradually. Near the top it begans to narrow gradually then narrows quickly on a nearly horizontal plane to a very small mouth. The surface, apart from the smooth lip of the mouth, is finely textured with vertical scoring.<br />
light-colored wood vase with textured hatching across surfaces
John Jordan
Boxelder Vessel
1996
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
2002/2.150
Large, turned wood vessel. Fire has been used to color and texture the surface. Bark has been left on to provide texture. The mouth of the vessel is jagged.<br />
large burnt wood vessel with bark marking the top irregular edge
Mike Irolla
Hemlock Canyons
2001
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
2002/2.147
This black and white photograph is a cropped close-up view of a light colored hat with a black band. The texture of the tightly woven straw and the ribbon band are depicted in sharp detail against a blank dark background.
Ralph Gibson (American (North American))
Panama Hat, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
1975
Gift of Selma and Gerry Lotenberg
2010/2.47.6
This print is a vertical rectangle in tones of grey, brown, and beige in a speckled pattern throughout that looks like the surface of rock or dried mud.
Jean Dubuffet (French (culture or style))
Splendor
1959
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
2009/2.8
Several thin coats of blue-gray acrylic paint have been applied to primed linen canvas whose weave was altered by removing threads at more or less regular intervals. She then carefully sanded down the paint to highlight the new texture and make &ldquo;visible the life within the linen material.&rdquo; (artist&rsquo;s statement (2009), http://www.eddarenouf.com/Statement.html)
Edda Renouf
Continuous
1976
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the Nation Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
2008/2.255
A black and white print of a house on a street corner.  The image is crisp with stark black and white contrast and textures in shades of gray.  The house appears to have a covered walkway in which stands a woman wearing a hat.
Emilio Sanchez
Una Casita
1967
Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation
2011/2.91
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