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We have 19 objects tagged rocks.

Linguaglossa Vessel, from De Natura Fossilium collection, 2014

Linguaglossa Vessel, from De Natura Fossilium collection, 2014
mouth-blown lava, lava rock, murano glass.
Courtesy of Gallery Libby Sellers, London.
49.2015.2

Efesto Textile, from De Natura Fossilium collection, 2014

Efesto Textile, from De Natura Fossilium collection, 2014
basalt fiber, cotton.
Courtesy of Gallery Libby Sellers, London.
49.2015.1

A large group of rocks at lower right foreground, jut out into a body of water. On the horizon line at center left is the distant shoreline. Two small sailboats at center. Scattered clouds fill top half of painting.

Drawing, Mt. Desert Island, Maine Coast, 1850
oil on cream wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-646

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

Vertical view with a tall rock rising in center foreground and a red vine descending from the top and trailing off to the right. A path winds from lower left corner along a river visible in left middle ground with hills beyond.

Drawing, Landscape with Large Rock, possibly North Carolina, ca. 1880
brush and oil paint on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-767

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

To left, at top, three men and one woman recline on grassy back, with trees in background. Stream at right, flowing over mill-dam in background past rocks in foreground where three young women are fishing.

Print, The Fishing Party, from Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science and...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-43-2

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

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.

Panoramic paper depicting the coast of Villefranche in southeast France. The paper contains scenes of the harbor with ships, architectural ruins, figures, cows, goats and sheep. Printed in 8 warm shades of tan. A full set of 14 panels. "La Cote" requires 157 wood blocks to print in this colorway.

Scenic Paper, Les Côtes de Villefranche, 1930
block-printed paper.
Gift of Priscilla E. Muller.
2005-25-1-a/n

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 18 images of this object.

A stream in foreground, boarded on edges with scrub grass, leads toward distant mountain in the center rear.

Drawing, Near Jericho, Wady Kilt, March 20, 1876
brush and oil paint on thin paperboard.
Gifted by a Private Santa Barbara Collector, courtesy of Sullivan Goss - An....
2013-38-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.

Horizontal image on a hill range stretching form left to the right background interrupted by an indentation in the middle distance. A plain is shown at left, a mountain range in the right background. The sea is in the left rear.

Drawing, Landscape near Petra, February 1868
brush and oil on thin cream board.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-683-a

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

At center, the facade of El Khasneh is visible facing to the left. The architectural elements are flanked at right and left by reddish-brown rock walls. A small patch of blue sky is at upper left corner.

Drawing, Al-Khazneh, Rock Tomb at Petra, late February 1868
brush and oil on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-485-a

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

View down a valley, a large boulder at right in foreground, a ruined columnar temple on a plateau at left middle distance; high snow-covered mountain in background.

Drawing, Bashan Fantasy, April 1869
brush and oil on heavy wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-527

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

16 full and partial figures climbing the face of a rock. Predominantly gray, black and white with touches of purple, green, and yellow and red; bright yellow border.

Scarf, Rock Climbers, 1985
silk?.
1990-91-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of rocky Maine coast with breaking waves in right foreground and sea in the distance.

Drawing, Rocky Seashore, Maine, ca. 1860
brush and oil paint, graphite on cream-colored paperboard .
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-862

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

A pair of seagulls standing on a rock at waters edge. In alternating scene, group of birds swims. Printed in blue, taupe, black and orange on background simulating Japanese paper.

Sidewall, Gulls, 1954
intaglio printed with photo-engraved roller.
Gift of Lanette Scheeline.
1998-29-59

This object was made by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc..
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Scenic wallpaper designed for a bathroom. This is the third of three different panels making up this underwater scene. Section III contains a group of angel fish and more plant life. The three panels work in sequence, with panel 3 repeating with panel 1. Printed in colors on an off-white ground.

Scenic, Sea Beauties, 1920–1940
lithograph printed on paper.
Gift of the family of Victor S. Robinson, Salem, New Jersey.
2004-16-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Contains 91 pages of 23 designs including designs by Lanette Scheeline and Ilonka Karasz. Design titles include: Bay Tree, Pine Tree, Mexican Street Scene, Bengal, Boundary, Monastera Leaf, Firmament, Veiling and Flowers, China Seas, Flying Birds, Bamboo Shadows, Grasses, Tiling, Persian Garden, Circus, Palisades Marble, Fancy Flowers, Spring Bulbs, Chinese Gauze, Cinderella, Daisy and Fern, Italian Book Paper, Pomegranate and Pineapple, Circle and Diamond and Emperor's Gold Fish. Each design appears in multiple colorways. Contains 2 children's papers. The use of photography, photoengraving and intaglio printing allows for a faithful reproduction. Many pages have been cut.

Sample Book, American Futures, Book #15, 1954
machine printed on paper.
1980-77-3-1/115

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 169 images of this object.

A large reddish-brown rock, with architectural carving, in the right foreground. Two caves are shown at its base. A hill ridge is shown in the left distance. Cloudy sky.

Drawing, Study of a Zoomorphic Rock, Petra, 1868
brush and oil, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-585

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

A view of the eastern end of the Horseshoe Falls with the tower is shown at the center of the sheet. The falls crash dramatically downward onto rocks below.

Drawing, Niagara Falls, October 1856
graphite, brush and white gouache on dark brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-33-b

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

Horizontal view of two fishermen, with one standing and one sitting, beside a mountain pool at left.

Drawing, Fishermen on a Rock, September 8, 1878
charcoal, black and white chalk on gray laid paper.
Gift of Mrs. F. Hopkinson Smith.
1923-41-3

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