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Freedom, a fable: a curious interpretation of the wit of a Negress in troubled times, with illustrations
Kara Walker
Bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes on wove paper · 1997
Art Institute of Chicago
Sur Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Enclosed in a brown cloth covered case with reproductions of Duchamp's notes, sketches and images on lining papers; Case includes small compartment with magnetic closure containing a collotype and stencil facsimile of the "Large Glass" and large compartment containing the book, with black velvet paper covered compartment cover with a torn silhouette profile of the artist on tan paper; mounted on the front of case is a blue enamel coated metial plaque lettered in white "Eau & gaz à tous les estages" · 1959
Art Institute of Chicago
In Love (Amoureux)
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
pen and black ink and blue colored pencil on wove paper, with the figure of the man partially silhouetted, the cityscape behind him drawn in pen and black ink with graphite and scratching out on gillot paper, inserted behind the figure into a slit in the wove paper, and then glued down · 1888
National Gallery of Art
Sweepers
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
pen and black ink and blue colored pencil on wove paper, partially silhouetted and laid down on a glossy gillot board, partially printed in a reticulated design, with additions by the artist in pen and black ink and blue colored pencil · 1888
National Gallery of Art
Henry B. Humphrey of Boston
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1844
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Wright
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1844
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silhouette of Hammond Family
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1842
Art Institute of Chicago
Frank Johnson, Leader of the Brass Band of the 128th Regiment in Saratoga, with his wife, Helen
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouettes mounted on board · 1842
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reverend Gorham D. Abbott
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1842
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Bunnell
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1841
Art Institute of Chicago
Henry L. and Myron H. Church
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1841
Art Institute of Chicago
John L. Hammond Seated
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1841
Art Institute of Chicago
Miss Cecilia Clifton
Auguste Edouart
Cut paper silhouette · 1840
Art Institute of Chicago
Paper-Bound Album of Silhouettes
Grandmother of Henry W. A. Littledale, English, active 19th c.
Silhouette of black coated paper, cut out, with green paper binding · 1825
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Ledger book of William Bache, with associated pieces
William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845
Cut coated paper silhouettes mounted on paper · 1803
National Portrait Gallery
Lilac
Philipp Otto Runge
Silhouette cut from off-white laid paper mounted to modern blue laid paper · 1800
Cleveland Museum of Art
Red Currant
Philipp Otto Runge
Silhouette · 1797
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fan design, with figures eating outdoors
Valerio Spada
Etching, silhouetted around the perimeter · 1648
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Annunciation
Martin Fréminet
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white. The architectural elements along the upper margin, including the cornice and the coat of arms, were drawn on a separate sheet, silhouetted and laid down. · 1610
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Design for a Decorated Base of a Candlestick Holder
Giulio Romano
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Design silhouetted · 1510
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bust Of an Old Woman in Profile to Right
Rosso Fiorentino
Black chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper. Figure roughly silhouetted and background tinted in opaque gray wash · 1494
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Ancient Greek
terracotta, with silhouette decoration · -300
Art Institute of Chicago