figure

circa 1840-1880

Carved chair. The front legs are carved and wings project from the leg to the sides. The wings are very stylizied and resemble bat wings. The back legs have stylizied acanthus leaves on them. All...

1954

Round platter with two faces line drawn with glazes in white, brown, and blue. The rim is decorated with small dots along the surface.

The Fallen Easel
1988

Nine lithographs with silkscreen on paper are framed in a cluster. Five long and narrow prints with black and white images of men in uniform fit together in a rough triangular form at top....

California Venus
c. 1895
Prietas Series VI
1993

Standing female figure with blue, yellow, and white painted surface. No distinct facial features. Right arm bent, left at figure's side.

Flying Man with Briefcase at 2,816,949
1983

This is a painted gatorfoam sculpture that is cut in the outline of a man wearing a suit and hat, who is holding a briefcase. The surface is painted black and the number 2816949 is written in...

Native Fisherman
1949
1850-1860

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1855 NOTES: Purchased by donor several years ago in California.

San Francisco
1956/1977

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1955 PORTFOLIO/SERIES: The Americans, 1959 ARTIST BIRTH: 1924

Figure
circa 1956-1957|c. 1955

This is a figurative oil painting on canvas. The composition shows a figure with arms raised that is painted in broad strokes of beige paint against a black background.

1933

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1933 NOTES: Handbook Selection, 1984. ARTIST BIRTH: 1890 ARTIST DEATH: 1969

Spring Nude
1962

This is a figurative oil painting on canvas that shows a muted orange figure in silhouette against a background of reds, pinks, and yellow.

Portrait of Lupe
c. 1964

This is a figurative impasto oil painting on canvas that shows a portrait bust of a woman with short brown hair. The woman looks toward the viewer with her mouth slightly open, wearing an orange...

1964

Oil painting on canvas depicts activities around a Maidu Roundhouse. The center of the composition contains a large wooden dome building with shingled roof and dirt floor, cut in half to show the...

1988
Figure on a Porch
1959

NOTES: Handbook Selection, 1984.

1881

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1881 ARTIST BIRTH: 1857 ARTIST DEATH: 1942

c. 1957

This is a figurative oil painting on canvas that depicts a male figure sitting in front of a landscape of low rolling hills. The figure wears a light-colored short sleeve shirt and black pants....

c. 2007

This is an acrylic and mixed media painting on canvas that depicts a surrealist landscape. The background has a mottled and swirled texture that is painted in tones of gray, brown, and blue with...

n.d.
Walking Artist with Sketchbook
c.1976

This is a ceramic sculpture of a figure composed of various Trompe l'Oeil objects. The head of the figure is made from a can of pork and beans; the arms are made from bamboo; the body is...

1968
1986

Oil monotype on paper contains an image of insect-like figures. A figure drawn in tones of blue appears in the upper half of the composition with its legs crossed, facing the viewer. A black...

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