paint

Untitled (infant and family in landscape)
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Multi-color poster on white paper contains an image of three adults and two children in a rocky landscape. A woman at center in a white dress with long black hair and a brown fringed shawl...

West Coast Campus Week of Solidarity with El Salvador
1981

Poster printed in black ink on yellow paper. "West Coast Campus Week of Solidarity with El Salvador" printed within a black rectangle at top above a map of Central America. The map has a large...

Secret Sons of the Pope
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster with red and black text reads, "SECRET / SONS / OF THE POPE / CHI CHI MAY 3 / GRAFFITI MAY 8." The phrase "OF THE POPE" is stenciled in red spray paint, and the rest of the text is...

Morning after morning
c. 1978

Poster is painted on white cardstock. Image depicts an African American man in a Unisted States Postal Service uniform cleaning a public restroom with a cleaning cart behind him.

Huckleberry Jam-In
c. 1969

Poster has a painting of a purple, red, and pink butterfly in the center. In the middle of the butterfly is a red peace symbol. Around the butterfly in lavendar is "Huckleberry Jam-In." The...

untitled (dove, flower, bayonet)
c. 1969

Poster appears as two sponge paintings of a large flower and a small blue bird. The bird is in the lower left holding a green branch. The flower looks like a hibiscus with a large green and yellow...

circa 1950

Shoe.  Description: One woman's shoe under construction; right foot; beige cloth with contrasting cuff, open toe shoe thumb tacked to sterling, size 4B wooden last; red sling back...

1968

Mixed media sculpture in three parts. All three consist of a painted brown wooden post mounted to a clear square plexi base. (A) has a blue grooved top with a blue resin pool and a block white...

1977

Sculpture of a semi-abstract duck formed from earthenware with low fire glaze and Luster's and china paint. The body of the duck is a smooth oblong with a short neck, head, and bill at one side...

1985

Ceramic sculpture in three parts. (A) Sculpture of female figure resting against ceramic 'sticks' below a standing male figure. (B) The torso of the male figure is separate and rests on the...

1980

Mixed media sculpture consisting of an acrylic box frame on which are mounted three low fire clay sculptures of bones. Acrylic and bones are painted beige and bones have letters handwritten all...

1975-1985

One black cloth banner (A) supported by two rectangular strips of wood (B-C), one on either end. On the left side of the banner is "Fund Human Needs, Not World Death, Livermore Action Group...

1975-1985

Silkscreened onto this blue cloth armband is a "NO" sign over a bomb and the word "BLOCKADER." Used in the Livermore Action Group's protests against the Lawrence Livermore Lab.

1975-1985

Silkscreened onto this yellow cloth armband is a "NO" sign over a bomb and the words, "STOP MX VANDENBERG JAN 23-24." Used in the Livermore Action Group's protests against nuclear proliferation...

1975-1985

Silkscreened onto this cloth is a graphic of a bird in front of a sun and the words, "I Support the Livermore Lab Blockade." Used in the Livermore Action Group's protests against the Lawrence...

1975-1985

One vest used in the Livermore Action Group's protests against nuclear proliferation. The woven synthetic vest with a plastic coating is a red/orange color with blue ties on the side and an...

2009

Blue plastic barrel, apparently cut down by hand to its current height. Black bottom. Stenciled in white letters are the words "WATER" and "AGUA" (the Spanish word for "...

c.2008

One green/gray short sleeve t-shirt with yellow writing, "Undocumented U.S. Border Patrol Agent" in all capital letters on the front of the shirt. Two tags at the nape of the neck. The...

2009

One wood cross painted white with black decoration. The horizontal bar of the cross has a plant-like design on either side. The vertical cross has the same plant-like design at the top of the...

2009

One wood cross painted white with black decoration. The horizontal bar of the cross has the words "No Olvidados" which is Spanish for "not forgotten" painted on it. The...

3-Jan

Duck Decoy, made by Nothern Paiute artist Mike Williams, based on traditional Modoc and Northern Paiute hunting technology and strategy. The prototype for this object were ancient tule decoys...

1880-1920

Paint box, tin painted black with artist's palette, wood, in traditional shape with thumb hole. Box contains numerous tubes of used paints, a small pair of needle nose pliers, a milk glass...

ca. 1969

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE OBJECT? YO-YO

BECAUSE: IT BOUNCES UP & DOWN.

THE OBJECT REPRESENTS: PLAY

EXPLAIN WHY (BELIEF OR FEELING): I DON'T USUALLY PLAY WITH THEM. LITTLE...

c.1930

original drawings. Description: Cardboard sheets (4) with original art work sidney Armer for Farthest West written by his wife Laura Armer. Original Drawings of initial letters

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