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Sketch of trefoil Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership Building oriented to site

Drawing, Sketch of Trefoil Orientation to Site, ca. 2011
graphite, red, purple color pencil on white paper.
Gift of Studio Gang Architects.
2014-4-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

The central area is taken up with simulated sky with the chariot of Apollo. Around the edges, allegorical figures seated on clouds; simulated architecture of vaults and pendentives about the outer edges, within an architectural frame.

Drawing, Chariot of Apollo, Ceiling Design for Count Bielinski's Cabinet,...
pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black chalk on....
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-214

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Iris flies with arms extended below a rainbow and above a thunderstorm. Beside her at left flies a putto with leaves in his hands, at right, two wind deities blow clouds.

Drawing, Ceiling Design Depicting Iris and the Rainbow, 1810–25
pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1807

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

A view of open countryside consisting of low rolling hills and low vegetation, over which a rainbow arches.

Drawing, Rainbow over a Hilly Landscape, ca. 1867
brush and oil paint on canvas.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-1323

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Landscape drawing with figures. Diogenes sitting in far right foreground in front of barrel-shaped structure, surrounded by books and pupils; Alexander stands at left foreground with a group of followers; Athens is shown in the background.

Drawing, Alexander the Great and Diogenes, 1820–22
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on thick white laid paper .
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-3346

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Alexander the Great watches from one of three boxes shown in the background. A foot of a dog is shown below, at right.

Drawing, Recto: Alexander the Great watching a Fight between his Dog, and...
pen and brown ink, brush and grey-brown wash on white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2482

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

A ship-shaped bowl, supported by two mermaids, is surmounted upon a base representing the sea. The bowl is flanked by two high columns with mermaid finials connected to each other by a pole entwined with ribbon. Traces of framing lines are visible at the edges of the sketch.

Drawing, Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-169

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A dog lying in stately fashion atop a dais and tasseled cushion and beneath a canopy with curtains pulled aside.

Drawing, Design for Memorial to a Dog, 1531–34
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper hinged to....
Gift of Hugh Cassel.
1958-143-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Saltcellar in shape of a shell with sea monster and waves underneath.

Drawing, Design for a Saltcellar, 1524–46
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-35-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

An octagonal basin upon a square platform from which a shaft rises at center supporting a circular basin and two tiers adorned with statues depicting episodes of the Hercules legend. At the top of the shaft, Hercules supports the world. On top pier, Hercules is shown with the Cretan Bull (at right side); Hercules with Hydra and the Nemean Lion (at left side). Below them, on the rim of the circular basin (at mid-section of fountain), at each side, are two pairs of putti on Capricorns; the infant Hercules with a snake is shown at the center of this circular basin rim. On the rim of the bottom octagonal basin are three statue groups: Hercules killing Nessus (center); Hercules and Antaeus (at right); and Hercules about to club another unidentified male (left). The sides of the octagonal basin are adorned with relief panels, probably depicting additional scenes from the life of Hercules.

Drawing, Design for a Fountain with the Labors of Hercules, 1562
black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

The elevation shows the bed alcove, seen from the side left, and set in beside one (of a pair) Corinthian columns. The rest of the interior shows a fireplace, center, and a double paneled door at the right. The wooden paneling is richly carved and painted, as indicated for the over-doors and the panel at left of the fireplace.

Drawing, Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de...
pen and black, gray ink, brush and gray wash, gouache, graphite, on three....
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

The Parthenon viewed at night from the south is lit aritificially from within the structure by fireworks.

Drawing, Parthenon at Night, Athens, April 1869
brush and oil, black chalk on thin cream paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-671

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Over a rough hillside, the Parthenon appears in the right middle ground. Classical fragments in the left foreground and the Piraeus in the left distance.

Drawing, The Parthenon from the Southeast, April 1869
brush and oil paint, graphite traces on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-507-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Horizontal view of the Parthenon lit at night.

Drawing, Parthenon Lighted at Night, Athens, Greece, April 1869
graphite on green paper..
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-326-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Figure of an artist painting on canvas in a pavilion with a high dado, which is decorated with escutcheons with winged skulls. A pair of mermen holding candles flank the flight of stairs.

Drawing, Catafalque of the Bolognese Artist Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), 1665
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-2503

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Design for stomacher in diamonds and pearls with alternating rows of blossoms and bows in the center.

Drawing, Design for a Jeweled Stomacher, late 18th century
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-868

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Against a blue background, a pattern of white parachutes from which small, red figures are suspended by ropes.

Drawing, Parachute Pattern, Textile Design, 1950–70
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-58

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A candlestick, in elevation, resting on upper and lower pedestals. The lower pedestal, supported by lion's feet, is flanked by terminal, winged, caryatid cherubim (or seraphim) perching on curling volutes; in between is a central panel depicting a scene of sacrifice (a figure with arms outstretched is between two standing figures flanking a bull (?) splayed on the altar). Between the lion's paws at the base (on the lowest rectangular block), there is a scalloped lunette with an urn at its center, from which hang paired festoons. At the top of the lowest pedestal, the wings of the addorsed cherubim terminate in a frontal, bald-headed mask with fin-like jowls. These cherubim support the stepped, base molding (scored with a stylus) of the upper pedestal which is flanked by two ram heads, with garlands hanging from their mouths, above two animal masks. Two cinerary urns in niches decorate the upper pedestal's central panel. Atop the two-tiered pedestals, the upper candlestick shaft consists of a vase surmounted by an urn and another upper section. A baluster crowns the shaft. Faintly sketched are six branches (three on either side of the upper shaft) to suggest an overall seven-branched candlestick design. At the lower right, two plan sketches with numbers ("8" and "5") indicating, probably, the size of the marble block needed to carve the corresponding sections of the candelabrum (as Sir Timothy Clifford has called it); the numbers correspond to others on the more finished drawing. Some believe the design might have been intended to be realized in metal.

Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, 1520–30
black chalk, brush and brown wash, incised lines and compass points on cream....
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Upper left, front elevation of a desk. Upper section with center having flap opening to a compartmented interior with drawers and pigeon-holes, flanked by two lower sections with short drawers; center with flap opening to another series of compartments, and fitted for writing; below, two long drawers on legs. Upper right, details of construction, sections at two levels, shown from above. Scale at left.

Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Desk, ca. 1805
graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-488

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Conceptual arrangement of interior spaces (bottom) and two views of the exterior shape and texture of the building (top). The concave curving building is bisected by central rectangular atrium cavity. The lower right plan shows the living areas with recessed atrium cavity separated from the interior living areas by a glass wall. The lower left plan shows the first floor with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a balcony overlooking the living areas on the ground floor below.

Drawing, Design for a Private House, Morbio Superiore, Switzerland, 1982
graphite on tracing paper.
Museum purchase through bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1985-63-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fourteen different sketches showing plans, sections, and elevations of house. Reading from lower part of sheet: a full plan of house with v-shaped porch, living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom; two section views of house showing roof line: view into bedroom with door and fan in transum above; view from kitchen into bedroom with door and fan in transum.; four sections of rooms and walls showing sloping roof line; three drawings of plans including bathroom; two sections showing sloping roof line and bathroom.

Drawing, Concept Sketches, Butterfly House, Auburn, AL, 1997
pen and black ink on heavy cream paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2001-5-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A back lit, dramatic dark sculptural form, rectangular at base tapering into points surrounding a tall central shaft.

Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law,...
black crayon, stumped; brush and black ink over photostat, varnish on....
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
1969-137-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Alternating arch-shaped pieces of lavender, blue, purple and red colored tissue papers, slightly overlapped to create an allover striped pattern.

Collage, Textile Design: Clothespins, 1957–59
colored tissue paper attached to white tracing paper.
Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
1969-165-270

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Angular abstract design of rectangular and triangular shapes.

Drawing, Textile Design: Rectangular and Triangular Shapes in Perspective,...
black chalk on cream tracing paper.
Gift of Orinoka Mills.
1971-57-7

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Geometric study with black and orange.

Drawing, Geometric Study for Hickok Belt Co., ca. 1929
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Gift of University of California, Los Angeles.
1973-15-64

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Row of small black triangles within large gray triangles; at center triangle contains a white rhomboid with text and two facing lions: HIGGINS’ / VEGETABLE GLUE / VEGETABLE GLUE.

Drawing, Design for Product Label, Higgins' Vegetable Glue, 1930
brush and blue, white gouache, paper strips, graphite on paper.
Gift of University of California, Los Angeles.
1973-15-71

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Blue background with outline of arrows: white arrow pointed downwards on a diagonal and red arrow pointed upwards on a diagonal, forming cross pattern.

Drawing, Arrow Motif, textile Design, 1950–70
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal metal piece, viewed in perspective, with trough in middle and circular cut-outs along left edge (to hold toothbrushes), secured in wall mount.

Drawing, Design for Metal Wall Mounted Toothbrush Holder, September 11, 1934
graphite, yellow crayon on tracing paper.
Gift of Industrial Designers Society of America.
2000-11-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sleeper car with blue chair in reclined position, white pillow, cream curtains.

Drawing, Design for Streamline Sleeper Car with Two Seat Compartment, January...
airbrush and watercolor, gouache, brush and metallic paint, graphite on....
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2012-1-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

In a fountain a figure of a nude woman with raised arms with shawl over head. Beyond fountain, a wall with trees. Cropped view of path leading to the fountain surrounded by grass.

Drawing, Garden Recess with Pond and Statue, ca. 1912
pen and black ink, some scraping, graphite on off-white wove paper.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
1991-58-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rendering of very dark, monumental high-rise building complex with tall set back central tower, flanked by two shorter towers, each with setback upper stories that form a pyramid-shaped tops. Background shaded with cross-hatching to create a halo effect behind the building complex in the foreground.

Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law,...
black crayon, stumped and erased; brush and black wash over photostat,....
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
1969-137-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Multiple sketches for bowls, covered vessels, and candlesticks featuring strong geometric elements, particularly triangles.

Drawing, Designs for Bowls, Vases, Candlesticks, and Teapots, ca. 1928
graphite on tracing paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2006-16-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Three art deco designs in triangular shapes; a large triangle above with skyscraper-like ornament, and two smaller triangles below with same ornament in different colorways.

Drawing, Package Design, 1929
brush and gouache, watercolor, silver and gold paint, graphite on white wove....
Gift of University of California, Los Angeles.
1973-15-58

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangle. Overlapping equilateral triangles with four target shapes, flag shapes, and intersecting smaller triangles.

Drawing, Study for Painting, Skyscrapers, ca. 1930
graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen.
2000-20-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing depicts an abstract cityscape in an angular perspective.

Drawing, Abstract Cityscape, 1929–30
graphite, orange crayon on wove paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1992-127-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.