Art History Artworks and Architectures

A collection of flashcards detailing title, artist, date, and other relevant specifications for major modern and contemporary artworks and architectural sites.

Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life)

An artwork created by Henri Matisse in 1906.

Mother and Child Divided

An artwork created by Damien Hirst in 1993.

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

An architectural work designed by Frank Gehry, dated 1991-1997.

The Dinner Party

Created by Judy Chicago in 1979, this mixed media work is located in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York. Its dimensions are $3 \times 48 \times 42'$ ($0.9 \times 17.6 \times 12.8\,\text{m}$).

Corner Prop

A sculpture by Richard Serra from 1969 made of lead antimony. It consists of a box measuring $25 \times 25 \times 25"$ ($63.5 \times 63.5 \times 63.5\,\text{cm}$) and a pole measuring $6'8"$ ($2.03\,\text{m}$).

Guernica

An oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso created in 1937. It is housed in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, and measures $11'6" \times 25'8"$ ($3.51 \times 7.82\,\text{m}$).

Gold Marilyn Monroe

An artwork by Andy Warhol (1962) from The Museum of Modern Art, New York. It was created using synthetic polymer paint, silkscreen, and oil on canvas, measuring $6'11" \times 4'7"$ ($2.12 \times 1.39\,\text{m}$).

Drowning Girl

A 1963 work by Roy Lichtenstein made with oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas. It measures $5'7\,5/8" \times 5'6\,3/4" \times 5'6\,3/4"$ ($1.72 \times 1.69\,\text{m}$).

Three Flags

A 1958 work by Jasper Johns made of encaustic on canvas. It measures $30\,7/8 \times 45\,1/2 \times 5"$ ($78.4 \times 115.6 \times 12.7\,\text{cm}$).

Autumn Rhythm: Number 30

A Jackson Pollock drip painting from 1950. Made of oil on canvas, its size is $8'8" \times 17'3"$ ($2.64 \times 5.26\,\text{m}$).

Migrant Mother, California

A 1936 gelatin silver print photograph by Dorothea Lange, held at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Early Sunday Morning

A 1930 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper. It measures $35 \times 60"$ ($88.9 \times 152.4\,\text{cm}$).

Black Iris III

An oil on canvas painting by Georgia O’Keeffe from 1926. Its size is $36 \times 29\,7/*"$ ($91.4 \times 75.9\,\text{cm}$).

Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow

A 1930 oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian, measuring $20 \times 20"$ ($50.8 \times 50.8\,\text{cm}$).

The Persistence of Memory

A 1931 oil on canvas by Salvador Dali, measuring $9\,1/2 \times 13"$ ($24.1 \times 33\,\text{cm}$).

Fountain

A 1917 readymade by Marcel Duchamp made from a porcelain plumbing fixture and enamel paint. It was photographed by Alfred Stieglitz and measures $24\,3/8"$ ($62.5\,\text{cm}$).

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

A bronze sculpture by Umberto Boccioni, dated 1913 (cast 1931), measuring $43\,7/8 \times 34\,7/8 \times 15\,3/4"$ ($111.4 \times 88.6 \times 40\,\text{cm}$).

Sketch for "Composition VII"

A 1913 oil on canvas by Vasily Kandinsky, measuring $30\,3/4 \times 39\,3/8"$ ($78 \times 100\,\text{cm}$).

Bird in Space

A 1928 bronze sculpture (unique cast) by Constantin Brancusi, measuring $54 \times 8\,1/2 \times 6\,1/2"$ ($137.2 \times 21.6 \times 16.5\,\text{cm}$).

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon)

A 1907 oil painting by Pablo Picasso.

American Gothic

A 1930 oil on board painting by Grant Wood, measuring $29\,7/8 \times 24\,3/8"$ ($74.3 \times 62.4\,\text{cm}$).

The Two Fridas

A 1939 oil on canvas by Frida Kahlo, measuring $5'8\,1/2" \times 5'8\,1/2"$ ($1.74 \times 1.74\,\text{m}$).

Object (Luncheon in Fur)

A 1936 Surrealist object by Meret Oppenheim made of a fur-covered teacup, saucer, and spoon.

I and the Village

A 1911 oil on canvas by Marc Chagall, measuring $6'3\,5/8" \times 4'11\,1/2"$ ($1.92 \times 1.51\,\text{m}$).

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2

A 1912 oil on canvas by Marcel Duchamp, measuring $4'10" \times 2'11"$ ($147 \times 90\,\text{cm}$).

Cut with the Cake Knife. Dada through the Last Weimer Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany

A collage created ca. 1919 by Hannah Höch, measuring $44\,7/8 \times 35\,3/8"$ ($114 \times 90.2\,\text{cm}$).

No. 61 (Rust and Blue)

Also known as Brown, Blue, Brown on Blue, this 1953 oil on canvas by Mark Rothko measures $115\,3/4 \times 91\,1/4"$ ($2.94 \times 2.32\,\text{m}$).

Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cinncinnati

An architectural structure designed by Zaha M. Hadid in 2003.

To the Unknown Painter

A 1983 work by Anselm Kiefer using oil, emulsions, woodcut, shellac, latex, and straw on canvas, measuring $9'2" \times 9' \times 2"$ ($2.79 \times 2.79\,\text{m}$).

Horn Players

A 1983 acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas work in three panels by Jean-Michel Basquiat, measuring $8' \times 6'5"$ ($2.44 \times 1.91\,\text{m}$).

The Gift

A 1921 work (1958 replica) by Man Ray consisting of a painted flatiron with a row of 13 tacks glued to the bottom.

Sky Cathedral - Moon Garden Plus One

A painted black wood construction by Louise Nevelson created between 1957-1960, measuring $9'1" \times 10'2" \times 1'7"$ ($2.78 \times 3.1 \times 0.5\,\text{m}$).

Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah

An earthwork by Robert Smithson from 1970 with a total length of $1,500'$ ($457.2\,\text{m}$).

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

A 1982 black granite memorial by Maya Lin stretching $500'$ ($152\,\text{m}$) on The Mall in Washington, DC.

Fireflies on the Water

An artwork created by Yayoi Kusama in 2002.

Commedian

An artwork created by Maurizio Cattelan in 2019.