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Ostracon with sketch of a crocodile
View through The Met
Limestone ink, Ptolemaic Period
Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1923
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sculpture, wood sculpture, wood
sculpture, wood sculpture, wood
Wooden sculpture in the form of a crocodile painted with white and red color. Collected some time during the period 1913-14.Perhaps it is a totem animal.
In the Sepik region, croco...
Vishnu Saves Gajendra, the Elephant King, from the Crocodile Demon (painting, recto), illustration of the Gajendra Moksha (The Liberation of the Elephant King Gajendra) chapter from the Bhagavata Purana
Vishnu Saves Gajendra, the Elephant King, from the Crocodile Demon (painting, recto), illustration of the Gajendra Moksha (The Liberation of the Elephant King Gajendra) chapter from the Bhagavata Purana
The painting depicts Vishnu slaying a monster to free the embattled King of the Elephants. Vishnu came down to earth to protect Gajendra, the elephant king, from the clutches of a ...
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook with black-leather-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.2 x 20.8 cm. Drawings made in graphite and in vertical orientation...
Ten sketches for sculpture gardens
Ten sketches for sculpture gardens
One manila folder labeled "sculpture gardens" in Wilmarth's hand and ten loose sheets as follows (dates unknown):
1) Aerial (?) sketch in graphite
2) Sketch in graphite
3) Horiz...
Design Sketch, Sketch No. II
Design Sketch, Sketch No. II
Sketch on board, with annotations "Sketch No. II", "trim of grey as in skirt", and "welt seam with pockets". A knee-length V-neck belted dress. The three-quarter length sleeves are...
Photocopy of Design Sketch, Girl in a Whirl
Photocopy of Design Sketch, Girl in a Whirl
Two photocopies of sketch, with title "Girl in a Whirl" typed on the front. Also annotation "(Dress with bows)". The main sketch shows a knee-length cape fastened at the neck and i...
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.6 x 21.6 cm. Each sheet numbered on verso at l.l. Drawin...