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The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

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Veduta del Sito, ov'era l'antico Foro Romano

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · probably 1749/1750 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.42

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Rovine delle Terme Antoniniane

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1765 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.79

As tall as the spindly trees behind it, a bronze, abstract, free-standing sculpture is made up of a circle set within a shallow box, which is balanced on the tip of an upside-down, thick-legged, V shape. The textured, lumpy legs taper as they move up. A sinewy rope-like texture runs, like a hem, along the outside of the pointed arch. Another form, like a lip, lines the inner edge where the legs pinch together at the top of the arch. The box balanced on the apex is nearly as wide as the legs. The box has a projecting rim, and is corrugated along the outer surfaces and the front edge, as if it had been cut down from a cardboard box. The circle centered in the box also has a projecting rim, like a tall cake pan. Within the circle, a shape like the wing of a bird appears to have been incised. A curving, bowtie-like shape protruding on a rod from the top of the box is incised with a dot at the center of another circle.
Joan Miró, Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash), model 1974, cast 1977, bronze, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1992.53.1

Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash)

Joan Miró · model 1974, cast 1977 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1992.53.1

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Obelisco Egizio

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · probably 1749/1750 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.54

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La Topografia di Roma

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carlo Nolli · 1748 · engraving (map) and etching (illustrated border) on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.140

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Veduta dell' Arco di Settimio Severo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1772 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.102

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Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1778 · etching on 3 sheet of joined laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.65

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The Giant Wheel

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · published 1761 · etching and engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1983.118.10

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Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1768 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.91

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Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1770 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1985.61.98