EditorialWomen's kimono with baseball players, Informal women's kimono with a pattern over the entire surface of baseball players, balls and fences. Indigo cotton with ikat embellishment. White cotton lining., anonymous, Japan, 1920 - 1940, cotton (textile), pa...
EditorialArchery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1768-1780. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialArchery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1768-1780. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialDicrurus macrocercus, Print, The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east...
EditorialUntitled (Mother and Child in an Informal Pose), 1839/60, Probably American, 19th century, United States, Daguerreotype, 8.2 x 7 cm (plate), 9.2 x 8 x 1.6 cm (case).
EditorialAn Informal Tie. Jim Dine; American, born 1935. Date: 1961. Dimensions: 910 x 453 mm (plate); 1012 x 664 mm (sheet). Drypoint with additions of gouache on cream wove paper. Origin: United States.
EditorialKomachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1771-1786. Dimensions: 26 x 18.4 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). C...
EditorialAn Informal Tie. Jim Dine; American, born 1935. Date: 1961. Dimensions: 910 x 453 mm (plate); 1012 x 664 mm (sheet). Drypoint with additions of gouache on cream wove paper. Origin: United States.
EditorialArchery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1768-1780. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialKomachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1771-1786. Dimensions: 26 x 18.4 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). C...
EditorialFood preparation. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Food preparation for the Sultan Ghiyath al-Din. The small inscription appears to be 'madab,' feast or entertainment. Again a garden pavilion with typical Mandu architect...
EditorialHead of an Old Woman, after 1610, Oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (53 x 39 cm), Paintings, Orazio Borgianni (Italian, Rome 1578?1616 Rome), Among the most modern seeming pictures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are informal studies of he...