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Results for "Five personal letters"12 records

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The Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri) with Five Topknots by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri) with Five Topknots

Unrecorded maker

13th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Calligraphic Exercise: Letters of the Alphabet in different scripts by Anonymous, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Calligraphic Exercise: Letters of the Alphabet in different scripts

Anonymous

early 17th century · Pen and black and brown ink.

Cleared · Public Domain

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Letters to Fang Shiguan by Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letters to Fang Shiguan

Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (d. 1705)

datable to ca. 1688–1705 · Album of ten leaves; ink on patterned and plain paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Prosper Merimée (1803–1870), French man-of-letters, historian and novelist by Pierre Jean David d'Angers, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Prosper Merimée (1803–1870), French man-of-letters, historian and novelist

Pierre Jean David d'Angers (d. 1856)

1828 · Bronze, brown patina, hollow cast

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hippolyte Fortoul (1811–1856), French man-of-letters and politician by Pierre Jean David d'Angers, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hippolyte Fortoul (1811–1856), French man-of-letters and politician

Pierre Jean David d'Angers (d. 1856)

1839 · Bronze, cast - single

Cleared · Public Domain

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Five personal letters by Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Five personal letters

Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 (d. 1875)

mid- to late 19th century · Letters mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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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.

Second of Five Letters in the Willett Affair

Bank of New York

1959 · Photomechanical color process

In copyright

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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.

[Fifty-five Letters, Postcards, and Notes to Walker Evans from Nineteen Correspondents: Eliza Mabry to M. Morris]

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

1946–74

In copyright

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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.

[Thirty-five Letters, Notecards, Postcards, and Telegram to Walker Evans from Fifteen Correspondents: Alix Cameron to Caresse Crosby]

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

1953–74

In copyright

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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.

[Twenty-five Letters, Postcards, and Manuscripts to Walker Evans from Eight Correspondents: Genevieve Fahre to Lee Friedlander]

Walker Evans (d. 1975)

1954–74

In copyright

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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.

Five Beauties Rising

Willie Cole (d. 9999)

2012 · Suite of five prints; intaglio and relief

In copyright

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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.

The Broken Five

Rashid Johnson (d. 9999)

2019 · Ceramic, mirrored glass, spray paint, wood, brass, oil stick, black soap, and wax

In copyright

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