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Pregnant

Description: Pieces of what resembles a pregnant body are strewn on the floor.
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Date: 1981/1982
Creator: Abakanowicz, Magdalena

Birth of Painting

Description: Mixed media near abstract composition of black and white. Black and white loosely rendered brush stokes onto of a photograph at the bottom of the composition.
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Date: 1981~
Creator: Kiefer, Anselm

[4-panel piece, handmade paper on silk]

Description: The artwork consists of four panels each turned on point. A grid ladder pattern turned in various directions appears in each panel. The colors are warm reddish browns and light blues. Other rectangular and triangular outlined shapes appear scattered across the panels.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

Storm, NYC Rooftop

Description: Long multi-colored pieces are arranged on a rooftop in an urban setting. The pieces are arranged both in organic lines as well as straight lines filling the rooftop area. Some pieces partially move above the base and some appear suspended in space.
Date: 1981
Creator: Falsetta, Vincent

Sunset View from My Window

Description: The horizontally oriented work of art consists of three vertical panels. Each panel depicts space through a series of gradated horizontally running lines and stripes. Moving from the foreground to the background are white ribbon shapes.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

Smelter Shelter

Description: The artwork consists of five upright copper color poles around which twist decorated rolling pin shapes affixed to the uprights with pipes the same color as the uprights. The rolling pin shapes are covered with patterns and shapes of bright yellow, orange and black.
Date: 1981
Creator: Milnes, Robert

Rosebud

Description: The sculptural wall piece consists of two copper pipe shapes in opposite facing open right angles. Bridging the space between the two right angles are four vertical flat shapes decorated with various geometric shapes and colors. Running vertically through each center panel is a black and angular S shape. Filling in the negative space of the right angles are three right angle pieces of clay woven and decorated with various colors, shapes and lines.
Date: 1981
Creator: Milnes, Robert

Elvis / Blue Boy Still Life

Description: This large, mostly black and white painting, depicts a scene of a bar fight from one of Elvis Presley's movies and a reproduction of the famous painting, Blue Boy, by Thomas Gainsborough is superimposed. In front of the painting is a wooden table holding an apple, a pear and a pitcher, not unlike a Paul Cezanne still life.
Date: 1981
Creator: Blackburn, Ed, 1940-2022

Evening Jacket

Description: Evening jacket of black silk with sequin decoration. Hip length jacket with long sleeves. High, rounded collar with two hook-and-eyes just below throat, and center front opening with 9 hidden snaps and two hook-and-eyes. Neckline, cuffs, hem, and cf opening heavily beaded/sequined in gold and copper with small Paisley forms in green and blue/gray chain stitch embroidery. Body of jacket decorated in large blocks of overlapping sequins in iridescent purple, iridescent dark green, and black seq… more
Date: 1981/1989
Creator: Khan, Naeem

Evening dress

Description: Black velvet evening gown with blue sleeves. Draped black velvet bodice with deep square neckline. Modified leg-of-mutton sleeves in electric blue satin with black velvet iris appliques. The appliques are accented with sequins and bugle beads. Zipper closures at the wrists. Ceneterback zipper closure with a hook&eye at the neckline. Waistseam with fitted. floor-length. black velvet skirt. Horizontal. black velvet hip swag that finishes with a fishtail cascade down the centerback seam of the ski… more
Date: 1981/1982
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018

Evening dress

Description: Dress of blue and black leopard print silk with shirred black velvet waistband. V-shaped neckline and batwing sleeves with zippers at wrist; gathered skirt with built-in net petticoat.
Date: 1981
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018

Culotte dress

Description: Evening/cocktail dress with bodice of rose and green organza print with gold threads outlining floral pattern. Off the shoulder neckline. Long sleeves gathered at neckline and wrist with ruffle cuff below elastic. Short full culotte style skirt of pink gingham taffeta with pleats stitched down to full hip. Attached 3" green satin belt. Belt folded into green and pink bow at left front. Center back closure of snaps from neckline to waistline. Zipper closure from waistline to full hip. Designer l… more
Date: Spring 1981
Creator: Scaasi, Arnold

Dress

Description: A) Dress of pale green/gray polyester chiffon with woven-in satin stripes, and printed with clusters of floral sprays in green, purples, pinks, and white. Below-knee-length, with wide, rounded neckline and flounce of same fabric as ruffle around neckline. Long sleeves with ruffle cuffs of same fabric. Skirt gathers slightly into natural waistline with sewn-in gathered elastic band with two "string" belt loops. A ruffle/flounce of same fabric is around lower part of skirt, the upper edge of whic… more
Date: 1981
Creator: Mori, Hanae

Dress

Description: Belted dress of red satin with black polka-dots. It has a jewel neckline, circular yoke and long raglan sleeves gathered at cuffs piped in black satin cord, a zipper center back, and elastic at the waistline. Skirt just below knee length.
Date: 1981
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018
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