"Although resident in America, Morley was the first winner of the Turner Prize in 1984. Funded by the 'Patrons of New Art' affiliated to London's Tate Gallery, this prize was subsequently awarded annually for 'outstanding contributions' to...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism; Details
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Maps; Recycling; Conservation of natural resources; Economics; Economic & political systems; Political issues; Politics & government
"It was not until the end of the 1970s, in the work of a new generation of sculptors including Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Anish Kapoor, and Bill Woodrow, that the sculptural object as such, in relation to human or urban themes, reassumed...
"Prince's early 'appropriations' from advertising, of which this is an example, have interesting connections with his later practice. After 1985 Prince started to employ verbal jokes in his works. They were often silkscreened as texts across...
"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...
Film stills; Motion pictures; Processes & techniques; Time; Falling; Metals; Hands; Fingers; Body parts; Locomotion; Human locomotion
"This 3-minute 30-second film, like others produced by Serra in the same year, related to a famous 'verb list' which he compiled in 1967-8. The verb involved in this instance is 'to grasp' but the list also included 'to roll, to crease, to...
Monuments & memorials; Daughters of the American Revolution
A memorial stone, erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) in Boonesboro, Kentucky, listing its first settlers. Names listed include, from top left: James McMillan; Margaret White McMillan; Colonel Daniel Boone; Rebecca Boone;...
A person lays on the lawn during the Carnival of Science and The Arts. There is an book covering his face; people, tables, and other features of the Carnival of Arts and Sciences can be seen in the background. Conceived by Mrs. Robert Whitney (wife...
Autographed photomechanical print of Richard Johnson wearing a vest and jacket. The portrait has some discolorations. Johnson served in both the House and Senate of the United States, and was elected Vice-President of the United States in 1837. His...
Autographed three-quarter length portrait of actor Richard Mansfield seated, leaning his head on his right arm, wearing a three-piece suit with double-breasted vest, black tie, and eyeglasses. In the lower left margin of the print is a cartoon...
Catalog of an exhibition of landscape prints by Richard Claude Ziemann presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, March 6-31, 1967.
Character portrait of actor Robert McWade in costume for the role of Simonides in "Ben Hur," which was produced at Macauley's Theater in March 1905. He wears a turban and a stern expression. Robert McWade Jr. was born in Buffalo, New York...
Character portrait of actor Robert Rowlett in costume for the role of Richard Harrigan in George Broadhurst's play "The Man of the Hour," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre three times between December 1907 and January 1909. He...
Character portrait of actress Blanche Ring wearing brimless hat with velvet ribbon. Blanche Ring came from an acting family (brother Cyril and sister Frances were also performers, as was Ring's husband, Charles Winninger). Born April 24, 1877, Ring...
Character portrait of actress Marie Booth Russell wearing her hair down (but with headpiece), off-the-shoulder dress, and corsage. Russell appeared at Macauley's Theatre in "The Light of Other Days" (September 1903) and in "Richard...
Character portrait of Marie Frank wearing a hat with flowers, eyeglasses, and a wooly overcoat. "The Burgomaster," starring Richard Carle and Agnes Paul, was playing at Macauley's Theatre on April 9, 1902, the date of the inscription on...
Clay has been an integral part of my life from early childhood. The attempts of five-year-old hands to create vessels always ended up failures in my young eyes. Having had the blessings in my life to study under Richard Burns and the Master, Tom...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
