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ARH401 Mini Exhibition - Dystopia

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Alex John Boylan
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September 24, 2022 12:08 p.m.

13 Items in this Learning Collection
Mountain Landscape

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Tetrapylon, Palmyra, Syria
Four columns ruins with stone slabs in front.
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Sand Dune & Tree
A photograph of a landscape. The hues are saturated, with a bright orange-red sky, dark sand dunes framing a low horizon line, with a single tree in the center of the image.
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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California
This photograph depicts a flat, boulder-strewn valley leading up to a range of cloud-swept mountains in the distance. 
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Landscape

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Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Photograph of a gas station with a water tower in the background.
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Boat Wake
A photograph of ripples on the surface of a calm body of water. A circular pattern curves into the distance, a rocky wall visible in the background. The image is comprised of blue tones.
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The Reign of Antiquities

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Landscape of Quito
This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.
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South Polar Quadrille

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Canyon Country at Dusk
This painting has an abstract composition in shades of red and black. There is a horizontal band across the top quarter of the canvas that is a lighter red compared to the lower portion of the canvas. The painting is signed in red paint (l.l.) "LA MORE".
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Illuminated Landscape
Nocturnal scene with landscape populated by otherworldly pink, green, and blue flora and fauna resembling marine life or celestial bodies.
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Sensations
Brightly-colored image of abstract shapes in hues of blue and red with white shapes giving the pieces a shining appearance.
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Early 20th-Century Latin American/Latinx

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Created by
Sean Joseph Kramer
Last Updated
September 24, 2022 12:08 p.m.

5 Items in this Learning Collection
Council
A group portrait of three figures shown from the chest up, against a black background. An older man faces forward, in the center, with gray hair and a gray beard. The person to his right faces and stares intently at him. The person to his left appears younger, has tousled hair and gazes off to the side.
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Landscape of Quito
This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.
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Ah Puch
Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.
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Figure with Spiders
At the center of this work, there is a red, yellow, and blue figure with a gold hoop earring in the right ear. Eight black spiders dangle from lines on each side of figure and a snake-like createure is at the top. The whole watercolor has a rusty-orange backdrop.
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Construction #45
This is an abstract metallic sculpture with a black square base. The silver metal of the sculpture is little thicker than wire and forms two into intersecting circular shapes.
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Mod/Con Ideas

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Created by
Sean Joseph Kramer
Last Updated
September 24, 2022 12:08 p.m.

17 Items in this Learning Collection
Still Life with Apples (Nature Morte aux Pommes)
A bowl containing apples rests in the center, flanked by two conical drinking cups.
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Landscape of Quito
This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.
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Northern Summer Window
A vase with flowers sits before a window, between two books that lie on a table, and framed by open red curtains. The landscape outside the window shows a blue cloud sky above a body of water.
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Boy with Red Kerchief
A shirtless boy sits wearing blue pants with a red kerchief on his head.
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Street Scene
This is a brightly colored oil painting of a street scene. Buildings are depicted in pink, yellow, and white.  A lavender and blue sky with white and yellow clouds makes up the background. Two women stand in the lower left corner; another woman and a black dog are seen on the right side. The ground is made up of patches of white, yellow, pink, and blue.  Thick black outlines are used throughout and the paint has been applied in a very thick and factured manner. Traces of newspaper appear to have been laid on the painting while it was still wet and became stuck and are visible in the clouds at the top and in the white portion of the central building, just under the street lamp.
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Configurations

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Grey Landscape
This oil painting has an abstract composition at the lower right with clusters of white patches against a black and deep blue background. The painting is signed and dated (l.c.) "Raza '63".
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Untitled
A hexagonal canvas with multi-colored lines breaking the surface into three individual, identically-sized sections. Two of the sections are primarily green and one is primarily gray. 
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Untitled Cube
A framework three-dimensional cube sits at an angle so that one of its corners appears to protrude from the center of the piece. The cube is gray, with dark gray shading on the shadowed edges, and dark and light yellow shading on the lit edges. The canvas is cut to the dimensions of the cube.
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The Couple in Raccoon Coats
This is a photograph of an African American couple. A man sits inside his car, while a woman stands just outside, as if she is about to sit in the passenger seat. They both wear large raccoon coats. 
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Model
A studio portrait of a young African American woman in 1920s apparel, including a short hairstyle, stockings, necklace, and dress. She stands with her left leg resting on a bench with her right arm akimbo.
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Girl, Door, Sea, from "Déja Vu"

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Afro-Cuban Dancers and Percussionists
This print shows two figures dancing in front of three musicians by the water with a moon in the sky and reflected in the water. A far away seaside fort is visible in the upper left corner. 
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Lonesome Road
This is a print of an African American man in a mule-drawn wooden cart. There is a yew tree in the cart, behind the man. The man wears a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, dark pants, and a cap. The road is empty, with fields surrounding the road. There is a wooden church in the background with a tall cross in the ground beside the church.
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Mine Strike
Two shadowed figures with weapons on the left face a group of four figures, in the light, on the right. Of the four, one is holding a sign and another is lying on the ground. Smoke from a fire billows in the background alongside industrial machinery.
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I Got A Gal On Sourwood Mountain

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Untitled

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13 Items in this Learning Collection
Mountain Landscape

Collection Object
Tetrapylon, Palmyra, Syria
Four columns ruins with stone slabs in front.
Collection Object
Sand Dune & Tree
A photograph of a landscape. The hues are saturated, with a bright orange-red sky, dark sand dunes framing a low horizon line, with a single tree in the center of the image.
Collection Object
Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California
This photograph depicts a flat, boulder-strewn valley leading up to a range of cloud-swept mountains in the distance. 
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Landscape

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Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Photograph of a gas station with a water tower in the background.
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Boat Wake
A photograph of ripples on the surface of a calm body of water. A circular pattern curves into the distance, a rocky wall visible in the background. The image is comprised of blue tones.
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The Reign of Antiquities

Collection Object
Landscape of Quito
This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.
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South Polar Quadrille

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Canyon Country at Dusk
This painting has an abstract composition in shades of red and black. There is a horizontal band across the top quarter of the canvas that is a lighter red compared to the lower portion of the canvas. The painting is signed in red paint (l.l.) "LA MORE".
Collection Object
Illuminated Landscape
Nocturnal scene with landscape populated by otherworldly pink, green, and blue flora and fauna resembling marine life or celestial bodies.
Collection Object
Sensations
Brightly-colored image of abstract shapes in hues of blue and red with white shapes giving the pieces a shining appearance.
Collection Object

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Landscape of Quito

Accession Number
2009/2.93

Title
Landscape of Quito

Artist(s)
Oswaldo Guayasamin

Object Creation Date
1963

Medium & Support
oil on canvas

Dimensions
22 1/2 in x 37 in (57.15 cm x 93.98 cm);31 1/4 in x 45 1/2 in (79.38 cm x 115.57 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Hugo and Sharon Quiroz

Subject matter
This oil painting shows the city of Quito, Ecuador which was the home of the artist, Oswaldo Guayasamin. He painted this group of mountains surrounding the city and the volcano, Pichincha, in many colors to reflect the various seasons and times of day.

Physical Description
This horizontal format painting is done in shades of light and dark gray, cream and yellow. With abstracted forms it depicts jagged mountains sihouetted against a cloudy sky. In front of these mountains there are rolling hills and geometric forms that suggest a cityscape. In the foreground there are more mountain peaks.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
landscapes (environments)
mountains
townscapes (built environment)

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