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A black and white portrait of an elderly man with glasses and a beret. He has one arm crossed across his stomach, and is gesticulating with the other hand.
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Abstract painting in beige and gray. Beige background with subtle gray horizontal stripes.
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Abstract painting in light yellow and gray. Light yellow background with subtle gray horizontal stripes.
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Abstract painting in golden yellow and red. Golden yellow background with subtle reddish horizontal stripes.
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Abstract painting in lavender and red. Lavender background with subtle reddish horizontal stripes.
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Abstract painting in reds and golds. Mostly solid red with subtle gold horizontal stripes.
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Abstract sculpture.
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Abstract granite sculpture. The sculpture is curved. The underside looks smooth, while the upper surface is rippled and jagged, and resembles a wave.
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Black and white image of a wooden rake with a white sheet draped behind it. The ends of the sheet are knotted around the end prongs of the rake.
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Represents the hills near Kempton, PA. The clay is from Kempton. The glaze is from the artist's back yard in Kempton.
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Oblong ceramic slab with repeating wavy lines reminiscent of an abstract hillside carved into it.
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Woven linen depicting Japanese characters in black.
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Smooth, round stone with green and black ripples. This side of the stone it is carved to look like a simplified, curled up elephant. The other side looks like a beetle shell.
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Smooth, speckled oblong stone with simplistic sleeping bear carved into it.
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Black and white tapestry featuring a collection of abstract figures. In clockwise order beginning in the upper left, the tapestry features a rotund robed figure with a mask that has the jaws of a crocodile and two long horns; a masked figure with six horns or hair spikes and a pouch around their neck; another figure with a mask that consists of two concentric circles, the inner of which is filled with dots, and the outer of which has radiating lines; a standing bird that has a white breast and black wings; a flying bird that has striped wings, and a polka-dotted breast; two four-legged creatures with pointy ears that seem to be held on leashes by a small human; two small fish.
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Abstract artwork. In the center, there are four squares in light, cooler colors which are positioned corner-to-corner in the shape of the cross or “t.” The inside square matches the background of the painting, which is primarily done in red and black layers and splatters. There is a horizontal beige line above and below the cluster of squares. The two lines are different lengths, and neither is positioned in the center. A streak of blue-ish color curves around the top left of the piece.
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Tent stitch, outline, french knots. Purples, greens, yellow, orange, red, grey, gold, copper, brown, navy. Robotic figure in front of a frame.
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Tent sittich, straight stitch, frenchknots, wheat stitch, outline stitch, spider sttich varaation, trellis stitch. Natural, brown, red, black, grey, blue pruple, green. Steelworkers in bottom section, Christmas tree-like figure with ornaments, building in background.
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Woven on jacquard looms at Philadelphia College of Textiles. The weaver was born 1947 Macungie, Pennsylvania. One piece, selvage to selvage, attached plastic threads. Abstract lines on slight diagonal repeat. Three dimentional plastic threads attached randomly. The colors are black, white, green, and yellow.
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Rural scene of wintry road bordered by telephone poles and two brick houses. There are mountains and a city area in the distance.
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Two sailing ships on green ocean with white caps. Oil heavily applied. The source of the image is probably photographic taken from a magazine.
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Residential street scene of connected homes. Woman seated on porch, two or three figures in left foreground. Loose brushstrokes in pale shades of cream, pink, and blue.
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Black and white photograph of two men looking at each other. The man on the left is seated and elderly with glasses and a bowtie. The other man is younger and is standing with his right arm around the other man. Their hands touch on the table in front of them, which also holds a pitcher of water and cups among other things.
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Lyrical abstraction. Air brush.
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These hangings (1977.019.001 - 1977.019.008, a part of the "Steel Series") were conceived and executed between between 1935 and 1975, when Mildred Johnstone was a resident of the Lehigh Valley. As a wife of the Vice President of Bethlehem Steel, she made frequent tours of the mills, and was inspired to record her responses in these works. Rectangular, with design running diagonally. Design consists of an abstract cityscape intersected by highways bearing inscriptions. 3/4 inch velcro tape attached to back of top edge. Colors include yellowish white, white, red, and mulitcolors.
