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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

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  • Reclining Figure, 1935-1936

    Henry Moore

    This wooden sculpture could abstractly resemble a reclining female body. The dark brown wood is polished to reveal the wood grain and knots throughout the form. The figure’s legs seem to be gently bent, and she appears to be resting on her elbows, with her head propped upright. The artist left the torso as an empty space, allowing viewers to see through the sculpture.
  • 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.
  • La voix des airs (The Voice of Space), 1928

    René Magritte

    La voix des airs (The Voice of Space)
  • L'Objet invisible (Mains tenant le vide) [Invisible Object (Hands Holding the Void)], 1934 (cast executed 1935)

    Alberto Giacometti

    A life-sized bronze abstract female nude holds her hands placed in front of her chest, as if cradling an invisible sphere. She appears to be perched on a tall chair, which supports and frames the figure from behind. The facial features on her flat, round head are angular. Her long, skinny body terminates in long legs bent at the knee. The figure’s feet rest on a narrow rectangular shaped stool at the sculpture’s base.
  • Petit nu bleu (Little Blue Nude), ca. 1878-1879

    Pierre-Auguste Renoir

    A young white-skinned woman, nude to the waist, sits on the grassy bank of a body of water in the center of this vertically oriented painting. A blue cloth or portion of a garment with white edges loosely covers her lap. She grasps her left ankle, which rests on her right knee, with both hands, and she gazes toward the bottom left of the canvas. The paint was applied quickly and loosely with visible brushstrokes.
  • 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.
  • No title, 1970

    Eva Hesse

    [no title]
  • Street in Meknes, 1832

    Eugène Delacroix

    Street in Meknes
  • New York, N.Y., 1953

    Franz Kline

    An abstract arrangement of broad black brushstrokes appears against a mostly solid white background. One stroke extends from the top to bottom of the painting along its right edge and another two of similar length appear near the left edge. Other, shorter strokes extend horizontally and diagonally among these vertical elements. The black lines could resemble in outline the type of buildings and bridges that populate New York City’s skyline.

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