Artist: Al Held (1928 - )
Nationality: American
Movement: Abstract Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Marsden Hartley - Christ Held By Half-Naked Men 1940-1941 oil on fiberboard Hirshhorn Museum American
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John Held Jr. Canoeing for Life Magazine pen and ink 1927
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Anna Held relevant sa jupe courte de la main droite (1895 en) by TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
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John Held Jr. Manhattan Skyline watercolor circa 1934
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John Held Jr. Untitled (boy and girl on a couch) for the magazine College Humor black ink circa 1930
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Artist: Alex Katz Title: Al Held Date: 1976 Medium: color pochoir Dimensions: H.15-3/8 x W.15-1/2
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Harunobu Osen Playing with a Cat Held by a Visitor to her Tea Shop color woodcut circa 1768 - 1770
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Artist: Thomas Frederick Arndt Title: Hooker"s Ball Held During Democratic Convention, San Francisco Date: 1984
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Female Peasant Turned to the Right, her Hand Held out Before Her, Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592 - 1635) , 1617-1621, Etching
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Statuette of an Old Woman
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Hieoronymus Wierix The dead Christ held by two angels 16th - 17th century
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T. Grob First Annual Encampment of the Second Brigade, California Militia held at Alameda County, California in 1863 lithograph 1863
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Hieoronymus Wierix Christ taken down from the Cross, held by his mother Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Statuette of an Archer
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Statuette of Apollo
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Statuette of a Bearded Man
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Soga no Goro Tokimune Held Back by Gosho no Goromaru, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839 - 1892) , 1886, 10th month, Color woodblock print
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Statuette of a Striding Warrior
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·IIII (Alderottus Brunelleschi had this altarpiece made with what his paternal uncle Silvester left for
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Act III: Enya Held from Attacking Moronao by Honzō; Kampei Sending Bannai Outside of the Castle to Receive Honzō’s Gifts Said to Be from Wakasanosuke, Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786 - 1864) , circa 1835, Color woodblock
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Statuette of Roma or Virtus
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Mosque lamp, late 13th century (before 1285); Mamluk Attributed to Egypt or SyriaGlass; free blown,
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Grace Jones at a dinner in her honor held at Les Tuleries [April 5th, 1986], Patrick McMullan (United States, born 1955)  (Artist), 1986, printed 2008, Gelatin silver print (Kodak Metallic Endura paper)
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Al Held - Trajan's Edge III 1983 acrylic on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Statuette of Ceres or Juno
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Cherubino Alberti Festoons Held by Two Putti, after Polidoro da Caravaggio's lost fresco decoration for the faÁade of the Palazzo Milesi in Rome Engraving 1576
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Pipa; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Unknown MakerChinaWood, ivory, bone, silk; Total L. 37 in. (94 cm);
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Liturgical Fan (Flabellum), ca. 1200 German; Made in Cologne (probably)Gilt bronze, champlevé enamel, silver, semiprecious
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Martin Schongauer Coat of Arms with Three Stars, Held by a Lady 1470
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Albrecht D¸rer Sudarium Held by Two Angels engraving 1513
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Martin Schongauer The Coat of Arms with a Greyhound, held by a Wild Man Engraving 15th century
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Made at Sèvres Factory, French, 1756–present Cup and saucer France, 1863 Hard-paste porcelain 6.2 cm
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Made at Sèvres Factory, French, 1756–present Teapot France, 1863 Hard-paste porcelain 22.4 x 14.7 cm
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Made at Sèvres Factory, French, 1756–present Cream jug France, 1863 Hard-paste porcelain 17.7 x 8.1
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Made at Sèvres Factory, French, 1756–present Sugar bowl France, 1863 Hard-paste porcelain 17.8 x 9.5
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Mantel Clock
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Hanuman and Sita Javanese Majapahit period, 14th – 15th century Indonesia, Eastern Java, (probably Trowulan)
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Ist ein Liebes paar, das durch Selbstmord geendet ist. ; Un couple d'amants qui se suicidèrent. (Traduction) (1950 entre ; 1954 et) by HELD Margarethe
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The Council of War held on the morning of the taking of the Mamelon : Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha, General Pelissier. 19 novembre 1855 (1855 ; ?) by FENTON Roger
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Vierge à l'Enfant, entre saint Jean et saint Luc peignant son portrait by COUSIN Jean le Père
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Mythological Scene
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Spool Pyxis with Lid
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Beaker
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George Miyasaki Eclipse Collagraph 1963
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Ernest Haskell Down by the Well Drypoint 1908
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Ernest Haskell The Barn Etching 1923
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Ernest Haskell Companions Etching 1920
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Kandila
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Ernest Haskell Drawbridge Etching 1912
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Ernest Haskell Dolphin Drypoint 1915
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Ernest Haskell Cundy's Harbor Etching 1924
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Ernest Haskell Cypress and Rocks Etching 1915
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Ernest Haskell Old Sea Dam Etching 19th - 20th century
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Ernest Haskell Allequippa Poplars Drypoint 1913
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Ernest Haskell Dromore Oaks Etching ca. 1924
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Ernest Haskell Carrying Place Etching 1923
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Ernest Haskell Chicken House Etching 1923
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Ernest Haskell Ana Bower Etching 1924
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Ernest Haskell Deserted Mill Etching 1924
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Ernest Haskell Spectre Etching 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (40)
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Art Gallery Fold: Icelandic Art Auction
Art Gallery Fold has the largest selection of contemporary Icelandic art. We represent over 100 artists but you will also find a good variety of paintings by the Icelandic Masters. Exhibitions are held on monthly basis and art auctions every thre...
three: Held Ransom: Artists Address Dysfunctional Relationships
Selected work from raw, self-taught and outsider artists will be on display throughout October at three., an artists-run gallery just steps away from the Los Angeles Harbor waterfront in San Pedro, California. The new gallery will display painting...
Musee National de la Cooperation Franco-Americaine: Reconstruction in Picardy, after 1918
9 September 1918… A second kind of desert has just appeared on the face of the planet, in the Somme. (Albert Londres, Le Petit Journal, 10 September 1918). The state, whose main aim up until 1918 had been to recover invaded territo...
Asia Society: Picturing Hope: Through Their Eyes
The young photographers join other speakers at the opening reception, held in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Also on November 29, the program Picturing Hope: An After School Program on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic is held in conjunction with thi...
Northeastern University, Visual Music Marathon: Call for Aritsts: Visual Music - Fine Art Animation, Video or Film
The Marathon will include screenings of new and historic works that reflect the theme of the event and a live video component. Approximately thirty minutes of programming will be selected for national cablecast on the Harmony Channel, available...
Sandton Civic Gallery: Call for 2000 fnb vita art prize nominations
Up to six artists will be chosen by a panel of judges as well as through the public votes, each of whom will receive R8000 towards producing work for a group exhibition to be held at the Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg from July 25 - August...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Obituary
A conversation with Joseph Bartscherer and Arthur C. Danto, philosopher and art critic for The Nation, will be held from 5:30 t 6:30pm, preceding the reception. The artist and Mr. Danto will discuss the form and content of the work. The rece...
Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University: Souvenirs of the Nile: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt
These firms provided picturesque views of the ancient monuments which could be carried back as mementos of a journey. The photographs in this exhibit were collected by Maria Tamsin Hersey while on tour...
Stitching White Cube - Grand Church of Alkmaar: The Global Village : An Exhibition Including Maciej Hoffman
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Maciej Hoffman
Title: Process
Year Created: 2009
Medium: Oil Painting
Width: 155 cm
Height: 180 cm
Price: US$ 5000

NJCU Visual Arts Building Gallery: No Light Perception : Work by Patricia Benitez and Evita I. Mendez-Fritze
Patricia Benitez work uses perceptual play, with labyrinthine voids and barren spatial scapes to relate the intangible concept of blindness through a visual media. Heavy in atmosphere, the large scale paintings are done in disorienting composition...
Cafe Gallery Project: Story Telling Narrative Paintings by Debbie Lee
It seemed already the vision of an undying child, endowed with an awkward grace that was utterly compelling. Could she hold onto that raw creativity even in mature adulthoodNULL
- Timothy Hyman Debbie Lee graduated with a first class...
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative: NEW BEGINNINGS, NEW IDEAS
An opening for the exhibition will be held Wednesday 5th July, 2000 at 6.00 p.m. Mr. Herb Simms/Elder, La Perouse Aboriginal Community, Sydney will open the show at Boomalli, 191 Parramatta Road, Annandale. N.S.W. 2038 Boomalli Abor...
Merchandise Mart: Chicago International Antiques & Fine Art Fair
In addition to the staples of furniture, jewelry, paintings, silver and ceramics, the Chicago Fair is rich in 20th century design, clocks, fine prints and rare books. ...
Design Exchange: Best of Canada Design Competition
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Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum der Stadt Hagen: Call for Artists: Karl Ernst Osthaus Prize
The prize will be awarded by a jury of renowned experts for the best design for an exhibition to be held in the great hall of the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum. Applicants must be at least 35 years old and must already have had at least one exhibition...
Nexus Gallery: New Organization to Promote Digital Art Exhits at Nexus Gallery
The emphasis of the Center for Digital Art will be on digital fine art, that is, work that is created on the computer, and then output to be viewed. This segment of digital artists, who comprise the largest portion of artists working digitally, ar...
Kelowna and District Arts Council: Okanagan International Sculpture Symposium
The symposium will consist of a core team of 10 international sculptors representing a diversity of cultural influences. This core will be selected with the help of the symposium committee as well as participating foreign governments. Up to 15 Ca...
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: The First New Zealand Fashion Week
The exhibition comprises six themes. The first is an introduction to the event and includes a profile of Gubb & Mackie, the Auckland-based menswear designers who held the first show of the event. The second show to be profiled was created i...
FNB Vita Art Prize 2002: Call for Nominations: Prestigious Art Prize
This year's exhibition was held for the first time in Durban at the NSA Gallery and saw Moshekwa Langa emerge as the winner. It then had a second showing at the Market Theatre Gallery, giving art fans in Johannesburg the opportunity to engage...
Inspired Art Fair: Call for Artists: Fourth Annual Fair to be Held at Christchurch
The IAF has showcased over 180 emerging contemporary photographers, painters, sculptors, drawers, and digital artists, from all over the world. To review our artists go to www.inspiredartfair.com. This is what one of our 2005 artists says- ...
Dia: Chelsea: Jorge Prado: Prototype
An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday, September 17 from 6 to 8 pm. Jorge Pardo Pardo was born in 1963 in Havana, Cuba, and moved to the United States in 1969. He earned his BFA at Art Center College of Design ...
Buzzer Thirty: Tokoha Matsuda: Propositions of Desire - Contours of Erotic Ambiguity
“In my most recent project, Propositions of Desire: Contours of Erotic Ambiguity, I explore the life-death-sex relationship with food as the dominant element. I have a long-held interest in "life and death," of which sex/eroticism is an extensio...
Howard University, Department of Art: 16th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art
Emory Professor Emeritus, Richard Long will give the keynote along with special lectures by Edmund Gaither of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Roxbury, Ma., and Dean Tritobia Benjamin on the work of Porter and Driskell respectively. 1...
Telfair Museum of Art: Call Artists: Ninth Annual Art Fair
The Telfair will accept 65 - 70 exhibitors in a variety of art forms, including but not limited to painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, photography, and furniture. Judging the 2003 Art Fair is Elizabeth Fleming, executiv...
National Academy of Professional Plein air Painters: Summer Class 2002 to be Held in Bar Harbor Maine
CLASSES Lineups: 1st Session - The Basics - Various Subject Matter, May 22-25 inclusive
2nd session - The Land/Mountain and Atmosphere, May 29-June 1 inclusive
3rd Session - The Sea en plein air June 5-8t inclusive
4th Session...
Grand Hyatt Convention Center: Call for Artists: The International Art and Craft Expo
Further boosting the exhibition demeanor are the supports that the shows have bagged from international associations like the Emirates Fine Arts Society, World Crafts Council - Int'l, Craft Council of South Africa, Association of Exporters...
Northwest Exhibition of Environmental Photography: Call to Artists: Premier Photography Event
The exhibit will be held at Rainier Square in downtown Seattle, from April 1st to May 31st, 2001. The exhibit's gala opening will be held at Rainier Square, on Friday, April 20th 2001, from 4 - 6:30pm, followed by award presentations, and a mul...
StoneMetal Press: Call for Artists: StoneMetal Press’ Hand-Pulled Prints International XIII
HAND-PULLED PRINTS International XIII is a competitive juried show held to support the efforts of artists producing their own hand-pulled prints as part of the mission of StoneMetal Press. Each year a catalogue of the exhibition with an image of...
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art: Jan Groth: A Retrospective
Many readers of the Hara Museum Review will remember Extended Points: Three Contemporary Artists from Norway, an exhibition jointly organised by the Hara Museum and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo and held at the Hara Mus...
Grand Forks Art Gallery: Call to Artists: A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose
2-D works are limited to 12 sq. ft. (ie. 36 x 48” or 24 x 72”) 3-D works are limited to 16 cu. ft. and 80 lbs. (ie. 30 x 30 x 30” or 18 x 22 x 72”) Note: ceiling height maximum 90 inches. Entries must be accompanied by slides or photographs ...
Christie's: Rothschild Auction in Europe... Largest Ever.
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Ackland Art Museum: Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts: An Acre of Art
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MediaArt Friesland: Call for Submissions
Also video tapes and CD-ROMS will be shown. Workshops will be held in Leeuwarden and Drachten, and an overview of tapes by Japanese media artists will be shown.Entry rules 1.Time and place: Media Art Friesland will take place in Le...
2005 World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do: 11 Exhibitions to Showcase Art from Arougn the Globe
The Biennale is divided into several shows. One of interest is the Writings & Paintings Show held at the Jeonbuk Art Museum. Through contacts between calligraphy and paintings, this event is an exhibition of works created in Western style picture...
AVA - Association for Visual Arts: Michael Pettit: A Two Part Solo Exhibit
Part 2 of Michael Pettit's double exhibition: LYRICAL ABSTRACTS will be held at the João Ferreira Gallery, 8 October - 1 November 2008. An ambitiously broad range of style and content has been a hallmark of Pettit's work and these large mysterious...
Microcinema, Inc. / Blackchair Productions: Call for Artists: Independent Exposure 2006
More information write: submissions@microcinema.com Independent Exposure 2006
An Ongoing Microcinema Screening Program of International Short Films, Videos and Digital Works Independent Exposure is based in San Francisco and Hous...
Gallery of South Orange: Leah Stubbs - Recent Work: Pinhole Photography
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Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College: PATRICK CORRIGAN AND ELLIOTT FAYE: PHOTOGRAPHS
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University of New South Wales, School of Anatomy: Call for Artists: Step into Leonardo's Shoes... Workshop in Drawing from Human Anatomy Specimens
The workshops fill a gap in art education under the guidance of artist Susan Dorothea White and anatomist Dr. Brian Freeman, both experts in their field. By discovering what is under the skin, participants improve their skills in rendering the ...

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