57 Robert Smithson, Yucatan Mirror Displacement #2, 1969

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Description: Yucatan Mirror Displacement #2

TitleYucatan Mirror Displacement #2

Creator nameSmithson, Robert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1969

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsChromogenic print from chromogenic slide (126 format)

LocationSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/5322

Accession number99.5269

SubjectsMirrors in artYucatán PeninsulaEarthworks (Art)Site-specific installations (Art)

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Smithson and Stephens in Yucatán

Jennifer L. Roberts

Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History

Robert Smithson and John Lloyd Stephens were both New Jersey-born residents of Manhattan, wherefrom each embarked on a well-publicized excursion to the Yucatán Peninsula. One departed from New York on Monday, October 9, 1841, aboard the cargo ship Tennessee; the...

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Jennifer L. Roberts

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.86-113

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00282.5

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22076&redirecttoanchor=72858

Chapter subject tags:Yucatán PeninsulaStephens, John L., 1805–1852Earthworks (Art)--United StatesStelae (Archaeology) in artIndians of Central AmericaLévi-Strauss, Claude

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Apr 07

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1515

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions39 29 7/8 in. (99 x 76 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010067550

Accession numberINV. 755

Woman at her Toilet

Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and His Wife, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameEyck, Jan van

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1434

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on oak panel

Dimensions32 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (82.2 x 60 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/painting-items/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portrait

Accession numberNG186

Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and...

Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, detail

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameParmigianino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1524

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

DimensionsDiameter 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

http://bilddatenbank.khm.at/viewArtefact?id=1407

Accession numberGG_286

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror

Las Meninas

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameVelázquez, Diego

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1656

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions318 × 276 cm

LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f

Accession numberP01174

Las Meninas

Woman with a Fan

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 25

Creator nameCassatt, Mary

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1878-1879

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions33 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (85 × 65.3 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46570.html

Accession number1963.10.95

Woman with a Fan

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 31

Creator nameManet, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions96 x 130 cm

LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London

http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/dfa40992.html

Accession numberP.1934.SC.234

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

The Bar at the Folies Bergère

Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and His Wife

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameEyck, Jan van

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1434

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on oak panel

Dimensions32 3/8 × 23 5/8 in. (82.2 × 60 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portrait

Accession numberNG186

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Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

Description: To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for...

To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close To, for Almost an Hour

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1918

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsOil paint, silver leaf, lead wire, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked); on painted wood base

Dimensions20 x 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (51 x 41.2 x 3.7 cm); 1 7/8 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (4.8 x 45.3 x 11.4 cm); overalll height 22 in. (58.8 cm)

LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78993?locale=en

Accession number150.1953

To Be Looked At (From the Other Side of...

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Effigy Tumuli: Water Strider, Frog, and Catfish

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nameHeizer, Michael

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1983–1985

Object typeEarthwork/Landscape Art

LocationBuffalo Rock State Park, on the Illinois River, near Ottawa, Illinois

Effigy Tumuli: Water Strider, Frog, and...

Effigy Tumuli: Water Strider, Frog, and Catfish

Description: View of the Great Circle, a portion of the Newark Earthworks measuring 1,200 feet in...

View of the Great Circle, a portion of the Newark Earthworks measuring 1,200 feet in diameter

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

View of the Great Circle, a portion of...

View of the Great Circle, a portion of the Newark Earthworks measuring 1,200 feet in diameter

View of Moundville, Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

View of Moundville, Tuscaloosa and Hale...

View of Moundville, Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama

Young Woman at her Toilette

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameBellini, Giovanni

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1515

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions24 3/8 × 31 1/8 in.

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/204/?offset=1&lv=list

Accession numberGemäldegalerie, 97

Young Woman at her Toilette

Description: Map of earthworks at the Baum site on the south bank of Paint Creek west of...

Map of earthworks at the Baum site on the south bank of Paint Creek west of Chillicothe, in Ross County, Ohio

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nameSquier, Ephraim George

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleMapmaker

Creation date1848

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

Map of earthworks at the Baum site on...

Map of earthworks at the Baum site on the south bank of Paint Creek west of Chillicothe, in Ross County, Ohio

Mother and Sister of the Artist

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameMorisot, Berthe

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1869–1870

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions101 × 81.8 cm

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46661.html

Accession number1963.10.186

Mother and Sister of the Artist

The Mother and Sister of the Artist

Untitled

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameSiskind, Aaron

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1940−1941

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsNegative, gelatin on safety base sheet film

Dimensions12 × 9 cm

LocationGeorge Eastman House, Rochester, New York

Untitled

Description: View of the Observatory Circle and Octagon, part of the Newark Earthworks in Licking...

View of the Observatory Circle and Octagon, part of the Newark Earthworks in Licking County, Ohio

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

View of the Observatory Circle and...

View of the Observatory Circle and Octagon, part of the Newark Earthworks in Licking County, Ohio

View of Moundville, Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

View of Moundville, Tuscaloosa and Hale...

View of Moundville, Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama

Aerial view of Cahokia

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1970

Object typePhotograph

Aerial view of Cahokia

Woman at Her Toilette

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Creator nameMorisot, Berthe

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1875–1880

Object typePainting

Materialsoil on canvas

Dimensions60.3 × 80.4 cm

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/11723

Accession number1924.127

Woman at Her Toilette

Woman at her Toilette

Map of the Newark Earthworks

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nameWyrick, David;Unzicker, Joseph S.

Creator roleMapmaker

Creation datec. 1860

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationWestern Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland

Map of the Newark Earthworks

View looking east over a portion of the Newark Earthworks

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator namePatricia, Steven

Creator roleIllustrator

Object typeIllustration

View looking east over a portion of the...

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