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A Time to be Born, A Time to Die


A Time to be Born, A Time to Die

ca. 12/18/1984
20th century
71 x 39 mm

Helen King Boyer,  American, (1919–2012)

Object Type: Print
Medium and Support: Drypoint on colored paper
Credit Line: Gift of Helen King Boyer
Accession Number: 1988.35.805
Current Location: Lauinger Library : 5 - Fifth floor : BFCSC : Stacks

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  • Abstract (fine arts style) - Refers to art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature. In the strictest sense, the term refers to 20th-century Western painting, sculpture, or graphic art that does not include forms that represent objects from the visible world. The term is sometimes applied to art in which natural forms are only simplified or changed in their representation, but not eliminated entirely. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, use "abstraction."
  • cloak
  • figures (representations) - Representations of humans or animals.
  • infant
  • pair

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