Sp15 Lynch - ANTHRCUL 298 - Man-Made: How People Make Things and Things Make People

At the center of the image, this print shows a yellow clock with white face on a yellow wall. The clock is outlined in thick black likes and the face has black-colored hands and dashes. The print is signed in pencil (l.r.) "Patrick Caulfield AP".
Patrick Caulfield
Crying to the walls: My God! My God! will she relent?
screenprint on paper
16 1/8 in x 14 3/16 in (41 cm x 36 cm);24 in x 22 1/16 in (61 cm x 56 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
The image depicts a two-doored red cabinet, outlined in thick black lines. It has a light blue handle on each door. The print is signed and editioned in pencil (l.r.) "Patrick Caulfield AP".
Patrick Caulfield
We wanted to bleed with silence
screenprint on paper
16 1/8 in x 14 3/16 in (41 cm x 36 cm);24 in x 22 1/16 in (61 cm x 56 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
This print shows a clear glass on a windowsill, both outlined in black. The window is colored a muted yellow and solid blue sky depicted through the window. The print is signed and editioned in pencil (l.r.) "Patrick Caulfield AP".
Patrick Caulfield
Oh Helen, I roam my room
screenprint on paper
16 1/8 in x 14 3/16 in (41 cm x 36 cm);24 in x 22 1/16 in (61 cm x 56 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
This print shows a bulbous lamp sitting on a table. Outlined in thick black lines, the lamp base, cord, and table are the same color as the background, a bright red. The lamp shade is solid black and the interior, visible in the ellipses at the top of the shade, is bright yellow. 
Patrick Caulfield
I've only the friendship of hotel rooms
screenprint on paper
16 1/8 in x 14 3/16 in (41 cm x 36 cm);24 in x 22 1/16 in (61 cm x 56 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
This is a line drawing on white paper. There is a hatchet, an oblong box with a dark line around the middle and the words, "thousands of dollars". The drawing is signed and dated (l.r.).
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Thousands of dollars
graphite on paper
24 in x 18 in (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm)
Gift of Arthur Cohen in honor of Ben and Yetta Cohen
Two women are shown standing near a group of deer in a forest. One plays a stringed instrument while the other feeds leaves to one of the deer close by. A lotus pond is shown towards the bottom portion of the image.
Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Court Ladies and Deer
ink and opaque watercolor on paper
8 13/16 x 6 3/16 in. (22.3 x 15.7 cm);14 1/2 x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of Harry and Rose Jacobs
In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Shiva and his family
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
7 ⅝ in x 5 ⅜ in (19.37 cm x 13.65 cm);19 3/10 in x 14 3/10 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);7 ⅝ in x 5 ⅜ in (19.37 cm x 13.65 cm)
Gift of Dr. Walter R. Parker
This is a line drawing done in colors of red, orange, blue, yellow, brown and green, on white paper. In the top center portion of the sheet are the words, "A LIE". Below this are forms that resemble an egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Below these forms are some round shapes, labeled "flakes", a bowl and a carton of milk, labeled "milk".
Jean-Michel Basquiat
A Lie
colored crayons on paper
24 in x 18 in (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm);24 in x 18 in (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm);28 in x 23 in (71.12 cm x 58.42 cm)
Gift of Arthur Cohen in honor of Ben and Yetta Cohen
Hana Hamplová
Untitled
gelatin silver print on paper
23 1/16 in x 23 1/8 in (58.58 cm x 58.74 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Marion Hrebek Keys
Robert Rauschenberg
Flirt
serigraph and collage on paper
31 ⅛ in x 22 7/16 in (79.06 cm x 56.99 cm);37 in x 28 1/16 in (93.98 cm x 71.28 cm)
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. J. Robert Willson
This vertical print shows a slick advertising image in the top half with a man and a woman watching an early model television set. The woman is smoking a cigarette. A text box is inserted asking three questions. The bottom half is less slick, simply a diagram and text, some of it in a typewriter font. Text above and below asks about how soon television sets will be widely available in homes and museums. The date 1944 is included in parentheses at the top of the image.
Nam June Paik
A New Design for TV Chair
screenprint on paper
12 in x 9 in (30.5 cm x 22.9 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46 cm)
Gift of Mr. Robert Rauschenberg
A portrait image in two tones of blue printed slightly off match, showing a man at the center dressed in a white shirt, tie and slacks, with dark-rimmed glasses. The man is leaning over a automoton/robot, which is seated to the left of him. On the right and to the back, are two more standing robots. Each robot has humanoid features like a face, torso, arms, hands, legs, and feet with boots on. Two of the robots, one seated and one to the back at the center, have their internal workings revealed with their central torso panel removed, showing wires and indeterminate parts. 
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Watch out for miracles... new hope for better babies
screenprint on paper
14 15/16 in x 10 in (37.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Professor Diane M. Kirkpatrick

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