Paintings; Oil paintings; Memorial works; Military officers; Military personnel; Symbols; Militarism; Friendship; Standards (Identifying artifacts); Military standards; Flags; Crosses; Military decorations; Awards; Emblems; Insignia; Badges;...
"Although one could read this image in the general context of wartime militarism, elements in the painting did have personal significance for Hartley; in particular, it includes references to his friend, Lieutenant Karl von Freyberg, with whom...
Photographs; Stats; Reproductions; Collages; Language; Slogans; Graphic design; Inscriptions; Lettering (Layout features); Advertisements; Advertising; Feminism; Women; Social aspects; Social classes; Social life; Social justice; Social values;...
"Given her interest in writing, it is not surprising that [Kruger] soon began to incorporate words into her art. Her new mode - large-scale black and white images reshot from scavenged photos and interpolated with a written message - debuted...
"Johns used letters or numbers as a means of reintroducing the signifiers of a collective sign system into a Modernist 'field' previously answerable to subjective judgments of taste. The textures in his drawings in particular are subtly...
Paintings; Abstract works; Abstract paintings; Portrait paintings; Portraits; Heads (Anatomy); Faces; Men; Politicians; Government officials; People associated with politics & government; Activists; Revolutionaries; Beards
"Look closely at the image […]. It appears to be an icon of postwar experimental art - an early 1950s abstraction by the American painter Jackson Pollock. However, read the caption and it is revealed to be a pastiche by Art & Language, a...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Fantasy; Allusions; Symbols; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Lust; Gays; Martyrs; Saints; People associated with religion; Sailors; Men; Women; Bathing beauties; Portraits; Self-portraits; Nudes; Muscles; Standing;...
"One of Dali's greatest paintings from the mid-1920s, not exhibited since 1927. The influence of Picasso is manifest. It develops the theme of Saint Sebastian that so fascinated Lorca [Federico García Lorca] and Dali." (Caption);...
"The assertive flatness of the implacable field of red is emphasized by the linear vertical 'zips'. Rather than functioning as 'drawing' within space, these reinforce and delimit the space as a whole. White 'zips' in Newman's works also evoke...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Mixed media; Allusions; Symbols; Fantasy; Communication; Fear; Disgrace; Anxiety; Distress; Loneliness; Despair; Lust; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Body parts; Human body; Genitals; Hands; Fingers; Beaches
"The painting they refused to show in Barcelona." (Caption); "One of the most sexually provocative of the summer's paintings was Dialogue on the Beach, whose much later title, Unsatisfied Desires, clarifies its theme. The hand on the...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Symbols; Childhood & youth; Social aspects; Social values; Capitalism; Families; Gifts; Stuffed animals (Toys); Toys; Animals; Dolls
"The title of this work powerfully conveys the emotional blackmail tied up with certain instances of toy-making or giving. Alongside imagery relating to childhood, Kelley often explores adolescent subcultures, fads, and obsessions. His work...
Street railroads; Louisville Railway Company; Exhibitions; Fairs; Transportation
A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Louisville Railway Co., with photos of trolleys under signs reading, "Have you ridden on these cars?" and "Ask Father about these cars." A three-dimensional...
A boy wearing a hospital gown sits on an iron hospital bed typing on a typewriter. A nurse, holding a glass, watches him. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable to stand upright until he...
Government facilities; City & town halls; Buildings; Men; Children; Boys; Carts & wagons; Horses
A dark-clad crowd of almost two dozen men and three small boys gather in front of Uniontown, Kentucky's City Hall, a deep, narrow, two-story brick building which has an ornamental roof, large second floor windows, and a wood framed canopy over the...
A factory workroom at the Claude C. Matlack Company. Various parts of lamps and chandeliers sit on and around workbenches. Signs on the column read: "Gas Fixtures Made Electric Matlack" and "Special Designs Executed Matlack."...
A group of men sit and stand in multiple rows near a desk with a video projector. Two men stand in front of the room by displays. Signs read "Welcome Packard Men" and "Packard Piston Ring School." Address: Packard Louisville...
A group of men stand in multiple rows In front of a building with columns. The signs on the building read "Louisville Credit Men's Association." The text below reads Louisville Lodge No. 5 Loyal Order of Moose. Class Initiation, Sunday...
A group of people including an elderly man [possibly Tennyson 'Tennis' Hatfield], two young boys, Frankie McCoy (the brunette woman), her mother (back row), and Jean Thomas stand in front of The Silver Moon nightclub. Signs on the front of the...
A group of people including Tennyson 'Tennis' Hatfield, another elderly man, two young boys, Frankie McCoy (the brunette woman), her mother (back row), and Jean Thomas stand in front of The Silver Moon nightclub. Signs on the front of the building...
Railroad cars; Electric railroads; Indiana Railroad; People; Transportation
A group of well-dressed people sit in a railroad car. The seats are couches and armchairs and face each other as if one were in a sitting room. The car includes side tables with lamps and standing ashtrays. The men wear suits and the women wear...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
