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  4. The Box of Ointment

Charles Émile Jacque

French, 1813-1894

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The Box of Ointment, not dated

Artwork Details

Materials

unidentified print type

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. James, 1905

Accession ID

1905:7.7

Object Classifications:

Prints

Work Type:

Print (visual work)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Other Works by This Artist

  • Le Cheval Blanc (The White Horse), 1839

    Charles Émile Jacque

    Le Cheval Blanc (The White Horse)
  • Landscape with Cow, not dated

    Charles Émile Jacque

    Landscape with Cow
  • La Rentree, not dated

    Charles Émile Jacque

    La Rentree
  • Shepherd and Sheep, not dated

    Charles Émile Jacque

    Shepherd and Sheep

Collection Highlights

All Collection Highlights
  • The Inverted Sink, 1985

    Robert Gober

    A large white plaster sculpture that takes the form of a thick, inverted V hangs from a blue-gray wall. The apex of the V comes to a sharp point whereas the left and right corners are curved.
  • Couple II, 1996

    Louise Bourgeois

    Couple II
  • Portrait of Jacques-François Desmaisons, 1782

    Jacques-Louis David

    Portrait of Jacques-François Desmaisons
  • Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching), 1892

    Paul Gauguin

    Manaò tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
  • Orange Crush, 1963

    Larry Poons

    Light blue polka dots randomly pepper the solidly orange-colored surface of this large square canvas. Neat rows of six or seven dots line the painting’s edges. The contrast between the vibrant orange and pale blue creates an optical effect that makes it appear as if the blue dots are vibrating.
  • Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting), 1977

    Gerhard Richter

    Three light-colored abstract forms, resembling zoomed-in and blurry details of paint strokes, stand out against this painting’s dark brown and green background. One thin stripe extends the height of the canvas; it is white at top and gradually gradates to red at the bottom. A second, thicker stripe in gray topped with white extends from the center of the right edge and appears to overlap the vertical stripe. The end of a third stripe, similar in shape and color to the second stipe, appears in the upper-left
  • Convergence, 1952

    Jackson Pollock

    Artist Jackson Pollock dripped, poured, and splattered black, white, red, yellow, and blue oil paint across the entire surface of this large-scale, horizontally oriented canvas. The colors are visible as separate, overlapping and convey a sense of motion and energy; no single color dominates.
  • Portrait of Miss Rosamond Croker, 1827

    Sir Thomas Lawrence

    Portrait of Miss Rosamond Croker
  • Electric, 1963

    Edward Ruscha

    The word “electric” in all capital, italicized letters spans across the center of this almost square canvas. The letters are painted in a gradient from bright yellow at the top to rich orange at the bottom, standing out in stark contrast against the solid deep blue background.

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