Humorous Appropriation

Black and white print using Ben Day dots to depict a part of the facade of a temple.
Roy Lichtenstein
Temple
two-color offset lithograph on wove paper
23 7/16 in x 17 11/16 in (59.53 cm x 44.93 cm);30 1/16 in x 25 1/16 in (76.36 cm x 63.66 cm)
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. J. Robert Willson
A small, thin silver disk. In the center are seven convex circular protrusions (one in the center surrounded symmetrically by the six others) that appear like balls set within individual depressions. There are other less uniform depressions surrounding the center design. An incised line runs around the circumference.
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964
silver
2 7/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. x 3/8 in. ( 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm x 1 cm )
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
Brightly colored lithograph using Ben Day dots in red-orange and navy blue depicting a field, with high horizon line, two haystacks, trees, shrubs and mountains in the background, and two strips of clouds in the sky.<br />
Roy Lichtenstein
Haystacks
lithograph on paper
20 5/8 in. x 30 3/4 in. ( 52.4 cm x 78.1 cm )
Bequest of the Estate of David Caldwell Leedy
Green ceramic object in the shape of a bicycle seat set in a tray of sand surrounded by a mahogany wood frame
Claes Oldenburg
Sculpture in the Form of a Bicycle Saddle
ceramic, mahogany, sand
13 in x 8 ¼ in x 8 ¼ in (33.02 cm x 20.96 cm x 20.96 cm);5 ⅛ in x 5 ⅞ in x 11 ½ in (13.02 cm x 14.92 cm x 29.21 cm);13 in x 8 ¼ in x 8 ¼ in (33.02 cm x 20.96 cm x 20.96 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
Andy Warhol
Last Supper
Polacolor on photographic paper
4 1/4 in. x 3 3/8 in. ( 10.8 cm x 8.6 cm )
Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Overall camoflage pattern in bright vibrant florescent tones of blue, orange, yellow and green.
Andy Warhol
Camouflage
screenprint on Lenox Museum board
38 x 38 in. (96.52 x 96.52 cm)
Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
A seated Indian Man with his arm across his lap, single feather in his hair. He is holding a spear that is leaning to the side. Colors of browns, blues, ochres and whites.
Andy Warhol
Cowboys and Indians (Sitting Bull)
screenprint on paper
36 x 36 in. (91.44 x 91.44 cm)
Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup I, Onion
screenprint on paper
35 1/4 x 21 11/16 in. (89.5 x 55 cm);31 15/16 x 18 5/8 in. (81 x 47.3 cm);40 x 28 in. (101.6 x 71.12 cm)
Gift of Frances and Sydney Lewis
A large skull with zigzag lines on the one side. The skull is a black outline and there are varying shapes behind in grey, green, blue, white and black.
Andy Warhol
Skulls
screenprint on Strathmore Bristol paper
30 3/16 x 40 in. (76.52 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Ivan Albright
Spoof-Tavern Club-Martinized Venus
oil on plywood, joined with hinges
96 in. x 96 in. ( 243.84 cm x 243.84 cm )
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
A nude woman and boy are intertwined in an embrace. She is kneeling with her right arm raised and bent, finger pointing upwards, and the boy reaches around her and fondles her breast. The woman is holding a gold sphere in her left hand and they are on a pile of textiles. 
Dotty Attie
Mother's Kisses
hand-colored lithograph on paper
36 in x 26 1/4 in (91.5 cm x 66.7 cm);46 1/4 in x 35 1/4 in x 1 in (117.48 cm x 89.54 cm x 2.54 cm)
Museum Purchase
This print shows a detail of two torsos.
Dotty Attie
Mother's Kisses: detail of torsos
lithograph with watercolor on B.F.K wove paper
6 in x 6 in (15.24 cm x 15.24 cm);7 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 3/4 in (18.4 cm x 18.4 cm x 1.9 cm);3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm x 8.9 cm)
Museum Purchase

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American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century
<p>America Encounters Asia in Art</p>

41 Collection Object Sources

Temple (1983/1.136)
Haystacks (2005/2.25)
Last Supper (2008/2.102)
Camouflage (2014/1.582)
Skulls (2014/1.578)
Mother's Kisses (1993/1.115.1)
Manet's Olympia (1991/2.102.1)
Navajo Nudo (1991/2.102.2)
Touche Boucher (1991/2.102.3)
Odalisque (1971/2.150.3)
Dutch Master (2000/2.252)
Le petit Nemrod (2005/2.39)

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