- LACMA.org
- Collections
Unframed Blog
| Jan 03, 2020
… 2008, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Urban Light is made possible by Willow Bay and Bob lger, and is open 24 hours a …
Unframed Blog
| Jan 18, 2016
LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant recipient Jonathon Keats is working on a project called Superego Suits. The endeavor integrates biosensors and…
Unframed Blog
| Aug 16, 2017
… the circumstances surrounding the images and consider possible motivations—whether a desperate act of suicide or …
Unframed Blog
| Aug 17, 2016
… their visit, I was determined to re-examine as much as possible of the collection. As well as learning about the … and form, so…
Unframed Blog
| Sep 24, 2013
… it is ever more important. Recent LACMA projects make possible the physical interaction between a space or with … of Los Angeles,…
Unframed Blog
| Oct 06, 2010
… a ring or within the great outdoors. Regardless of the possible homoerotic interpretation, we get to witness the …
Unframed Blog
| Nov 30, 2016
Stephen Little, curator of Alternative Dreams: 17th-Century Chinese Paintings from the Tsao Family Collection, f
Post 1945, 2014 | acrylic, ballpoint pen, and varnish on canvas
acrylic, ballpoint pen, and varnish on canvas Full Title: Possible Worlds #9021 Portfolio Orig Lang ...
1997 | Silkscreened plastic, fluorescent lightbulbs, and metal fittings
Possible Worlds Portfolio Orig Lang Title: Portfolio Translated Title: Edition Title: Manuscript Title: ...
Early Western Han dynasty, about 206-100 B.C. | Cast bronze
Artist: Unknown Tags * Alternate Titles: Translated Title: Series Title: Collection Title: Periodical Title: Book Title: Portfolio Title: Proof: Almanac Title: Descriptive Title: Artwork Inscription: Culture Made: Artwork Date(s): Early West ...
circa 1775-1790 | Wood and silver
Geography: Bolivia, possibly Moxos or Chiquitos Artwork Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 11 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 27.9 ... Bolivia.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the ... 81–82, pp. 316–25) Bibliographic Entry: Katzew, Ilona, ed. <EM>Archive of the World: Art and ...
17th century | Repoussé and chased silver
Monographic Series Title: Plate Number: Volume Number Page: Geography: Viceroyalty of Peru, possibly Puno ... world, including to Jerusalem. These fragments were originally nailed to a wooden armature as part of ... a seraph.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the ...
late 17th or early 18th century | Wood, iron, tortoiseshell, and bone
Number Page: Geography: Mexico, possibly Campeche Artwork Dimensions: 6 1/8 × 8 1/2 × 5 in. (15.6 ... exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by ... Katzew, Ilona, ed. <EM>Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: ...
last third of the 18th century | Wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, and silver
(for export market, possibly Peru) Artwork Dimensions: 5 1/2 × 17 5/16 × 13 3/4 in. (14 × 44 × 35 cm) ... suggests local manufacture, possibly with the involvement of Asian artisans. Archival and material ... the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entries by Ilona Katzew and Luis ...
last third of the 18th century | Wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, and silver
possibly Peru) Artwork Dimensions: Height: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm); diameter: 25 9/16 in. (65 cm) Earliest ... possibly with the involvement of Asian artisans. Archival and material documentation, however, seems to ... <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entries by Ilona Katzew and ...
18th century | Wood, inlaid with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, and ivory; mirror glass; and iron
Geography: Guatemala (for export market, possibly Peru) Artwork Dimensions: Chest: 14 9/16 × 24 3/8 × 14 3/8 ... possibly with the involvement of Asian artisans. Archival and material documentation, however, seems to ... creatively reinterpreted.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 ...
18th century | Wood, inlaid with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, and ivory; oil painting on tin; glass; brass; copper fittings; and iron hinges
Number Page: Geography: Guatemala (for export market, possibly Peru) Artwork Dimensions: 32 × 69 3/4 ... experts have argued that their profusion in Lima suggests local manufacture, possibly with the involvement ... Baptist.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the ...
last third of the 18th century | Wood, inlaid with mother-of pearl and tortoiseshell, brass, silver, and paint
Guatemala (for export market, possibly Peru) Artwork Dimensions: Diameter: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) Earliest ... possibly with the involvement of Asian artisans. Archival and material documentation, however, seems to ... creatively reinterpreted.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 ...
18th century | Wood, inlaid with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl, brass, and silver
possibly Peru) Artwork Dimensions: 13 1/4 × 14 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (33.7 × 36.8 × 23.5 cm) Earliest Date: ... possibly with the involve ment of Asian artisans. Archival and material documentation, however, seems to ... From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue ...
1200–1520 | Basalt
Number: Volume Number Page: Geography: Mexico, Central Mexico, possibly Toluca Valley Artwork ... Exhibition History: Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County ...
circa 1775-1790 | Cast, repoussé, and chased silver
Geography: Upper Peru, possibly Potosí Artwork Dimensions: 9 13/16 × 11 × 7 7/8 in. (25 × 28 × 20 cm) ... Label: <P>Silver was closely associated with empire building in the early modern world. In 1545, ... the Spaniards found the world’s richest silver deposit, the Rich Hill of Potosí (in present-day ...
circa 1775-1790 | Wood and silver
Geography: Bolivia, possibly Moxos or Chiquitos Artwork Dimensions: 7 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (18.4 × 21.6 ... Bolivia.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the ... 81–82, pp. 316–25) Bibliographic Entry: Katzew, Ilona, ed. <EM>Archive of the World: Art and ...
late 17th-early 18th century [?] | Wood, leather, brass and iron fittings and studs, and granadillo inlay
Series Title: Plate Number: Volume Number Page: Geography: Possibly Mexico, Oaxaca Artwork ... beyond).</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the ... Entry: Katzew, Ilona, ed. <EM>Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, ...
circa 1730 | Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread embroidery and metallic braid trim
China and Spain, these elaborate religious vestments embody the intersection of cultures made possible ... World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Elena Phipps in the accompanying ... World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection</EM>. ...
circa 1730 | Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread embroidery and metallic braid trim
religious vestments embody the intersection of cultures made possible by global trade ... networks.</P><br> From exhibition <I>Archive of the World</I>, 2022 (for more information see the ... Entry: Katzew, Ilona, ed. <EM>Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, ...
1950 | Metal, cotton cord
inspires a general sentiment of endless possibilities, and the twentieth century was no exception. A modern ... Mumford, one of the country’s most brilliant thinkers, explained that, unlike Europe, “the New World ... to the physical world completely. The simplification of form, multiple perspectives, and ideas about ...
after 1940 | Oil on canvas
of endless possibilities, and the twentieth century was no exception. A modern age marked by ... country’s most brilliant thinkers, explained that, unlike Europe, “the New World expanded the human ... circle of Alfred Stieglitz, American artists rarely abandoned referential ties to the physical world ...