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Results for "Artists books"12 records

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Libretto for the Noh Play Eguchi ( Kōetsu utaibon Kokatsuji ban "Eguchi" ) 光悦謡本 古活字版 " 江口" by Unidentified artists, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Libretto for the Noh Play Eguchi ( Kōetsu utaibon Kokatsuji ban "Eguchi" ) 光悦謡本 古活字版 " 江口"

Unidentified artists

ca. 1605 · Woodblock-printed book; ink and mica on paper (Saga-bon)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements by Yi Taek-gyun, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements

Yi Taek-gyun (d. 1883)

late 1800s · Painting, ten-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Painting Album of Sublime Talent by Various artists, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting Album of Sublime Talent

Various artists

ca. 1815 · Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Gotha Missal by Master of the Boqueteaux, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Gotha Missal

Master of the Boqueteaux

c. 1375 · Bound Volume, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding

Cleared · CC0

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An Album of the Collection Belonging to Kochōshusai (The Courtesy Name of the Given Collector) (Kochōshusai shozō gassatsu) 蝴蜨秋斎所蔵畫冊 by Unidentified artists, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Album of the Collection Belonging to Kochōshusai (The Courtesy Name of the Given Collector) (Kochōshusai shozō gassatsu) 蝴蜨秋斎所蔵畫冊

Unidentified artists

1882 · Set of two woodblock printed books bound as one volume; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo by Henri Rousseau, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

Henri Rousseau (d. 1910)

1908 · Painting, oil on fabric

Cleared · CC0

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Water-pattern textile by Associated Artists, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Water-pattern textile

Associated Artists (d. 1907)

1883–1900 · Silk, woven

Cleared · Public Domain

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Book of Hours (Use of Paris) by The Bedford Master, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Book of Hours (Use of Paris)

The Bedford Master

c. 1420 · Bound Volume, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Souvenir Catalogue; Postponed Fourth Annual Exhibitions, Chicago Society of Artists

Chicago Society of Artists (d. 1920)

1892 · Illustrations: photomechanical process

In copyright

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Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin by Master of the Beffi Triptych, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from an Antiphonary: Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Beffi Triptych (d. 1425)

1400s · Manuscript, Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Album of 119 Small Paintings by Edo-Period Artists

Various artists

late 19th century · Album with 119 leaves; each ink and/or color on silk/or paper

In copyright

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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen) by Master of the Geneva Latini, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen)

Master of the Geneva Latini

c. 1470 · Bound Volume, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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