Body parts; Animals; Insects; Medical equipment & supplies
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: two-piece belted contraption with ties, possibly a girdle; anatomical drawing of a woman's internal organs, the most prominent of which is the bladder; skunk; anatomical drawing of woman's external body...
From caption: La ninfa Echo; from the MOMA website (http://www.moma.org) (11-2011): The Nymph Echo / Max Ernst (French, born Germany. 1891-1976) / Paris 1936. Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 21 3/4" (46.3 x 55.2 cm). Purchase.
"There was a lyrical quality to Hirst's use of butterflies' lifecycles, both in the 1991 installation In and Out of Love, and the related 1994-5 series of paintings, of which I Love You forms part." (Caption, p.231); "By contrast to...
"Mosaic from the Augustan era that decorated the open triclinium of domus I, 5, 2; it is an allegory of the fleeting nature of earthly pleasures and of the leveling power of death. Below the skull, a butterfly and a wheel evoke the soul and...
Woodblock prints of large images from left to right starting at top left, and smaller images from top to bottom at right and from left to right beneath large images: border of flowers surrounding picture of young child, with blank space beneath;...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man wearing apron stands in doorway of shop, pointing weeping girl toward two departing women carrying baskets; fly, beetle, and ants in outdoor setting; shapes, including cones, diamonds, rectangles,...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the boy in tree frightened by snake, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy,...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the grapevine, the large cat jumping to the ground, the porcelain bowl, the black-and-white dog, and the log cabin with smoke coming from chimney, the images duplicate...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the caterpillars on leaves, the fossil, the conch shell, the deer by the body of water, the man leaning toward the dog, and the horses running past trees, the images...
Painting: oil on canvas, 274 x 487 cm (108 x 192 in); tables: painted wood, 77.4 x 81 x 89 cm (30 1/2 x 32 x 35 in), painted wood with steel base, 100 x 104 x 89 cm (39 1/2 x 41 x 35 in); cones: welded steel, 50.7 x 76.7 x 53.2 cm (20 x 30 1/4 x 21...
Stencil monotype; “The artist is dealing with the symbolism of the shield, which represents character, protection, and strength. The image of the ant is like a totem—describing certain traits and/or tendencies—and, here, symbolizing patience....
"The First Days of Spring inaugurated a series of works in which, determined to be more Surrealist than the Surrealists themselves, Dali elaborated a symbolic language for delineating, with microscopic precision, his erotic obsessions. It...
