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exposure, combination printing, photomontage, composite portraiture, overpainting, hand
mouth of a column krater, bent forward with his head between his legs, in his right hand
[ Dikran G. Kelekian (American, born Turkey)Istanbul, Paris, London, New York, and Cairo]; [by descent, Charles Dikran Kelekian (born France), Paris and New York]; by descent, Nanette B. Kelekian, New York (until 2020)
Her raised right hand holds a small object resembling a leaf, perhaps alluding to
By using the virtuoso hand-sewn details of the couture as both structural and decorative
Judith Ogden Thomson , Princeton, N.J. (1986–1996; sale, Christie’s, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, June 5, 1986, lot 3, as „A Neolithic basin,“ to private collection; her gift to her son; on loan to MMA 1986–1996); Private collection , New York (1996–present; on loan to MMA 1996–present)
On the outside wall, "hand" motifs are painted in a natural, fluid brush line; on
From an imperial villa in Boscotrecase, near Pompeii (Santini 1905; Alexander 1929). 1903-4, excavated by Ernesto Santini from an imperial villa on his property at Boscotrecase; from 1904, collection of E
One hand appears to be chained to the crag; the other elegantly placed on the rocks
the book at a later date, a suggestion supported by the presence of writing in a hand
On the back of this rectangular ivory panel, a raised rim surrounds a smooth, recessed compartment, displaying the vertical orientation of the ivory grain. The recessed field provided an area for the panel to receive a thin sheet of wax that could be used as an erasable writing surface
The woman displays the many pieces she has captured, but her right hand, raised in
Made and used throughout the Pacific, musical instruments play integral roles in contexts ranging from religious rites to secular entertainment.
When playing, the musician holds the drum in one hand and strikes the head with the
Renowned pipa player Wu Man returns to The Met to perform Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto with The Knights.
learned by oral tradition, and then in the later nineteenth century, a pipa master hand-notated
