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A blue chain bowstring surrounds the top outer rim of the bowl. Under the bowstring there are two blue line drawings flanked by inscriptions: on one side of the bowl, a ship sails through stylized waves; on the other side there is a book in the…

Five hand-brushed black characters on the upper part of the outer body form a slogan: "The Revolutionary committee is good" {in Chinese characters - geming weiyuan hui hao]. Each character is framed by a decal or stamp of a purple ring and three…

The exterior of the bowl, at the top of the rim, features a double red bowstring framing a red geometric design broken by a stylized green flower. Beneath the bottom bowstring, four bold outlined Chinese characters read: "Be industrious and thrifty…

The white ground of the bowl is decorated with a dark blue bowstring on the rim. Just below the rim on the exterior wall is a bunch of pine needles, first stenciled in red and then sprayed green, signifying endurance and high principle. Below the…

Abbott has lit the French author and Nobel Prize winner (1947) Andre Gide (1869-1951) so as to highlight the writer's head, face and hands emerging from deep shadow. His look, directly out at the viewer, is equally penetrating and pensive and speaks…

The masks of the Bapende peoples can be classified into two styles, the western, or Kwilu and the eastern, or Kasai style. This mask, or more properly badge, reflects the Kwilu style. It is a smaller version of the crested mbuya initiation mask and…

Seneca Ray Stoddard was born at Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, May 13, 1844, and died at his home Glens Falls April 26, 1917. He had done more than any other person, probably, towards making the Adirondack region known to the outside world and…

The relief sculpture of a Child-god is a particularly fine example of a ‘sculptor’s model’ or ‘votive object,’ a piece appearing to be a fragment but actually a fully realized object in itself. It is probably Harpokrates, Horus the Child, often found…

Raised in Western Pa., Dana Duke was fascinated by the images in LIFE and Look Magazines and received his first camera at the age of fourteen. While still a teenager, Duke was exposed to the fine art photography of Robert Frank at the “Americans”…

photographer's stamp on verso; notations in pencil and notations typed in Russian on labek affixed to print