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Record-keeping & Ledgers

Works from paintings and account books to conceptual art and scraps of papyrus contain or represent records of ideas and information.

Plan of Love, Kurt Schwitters German, Collage of cut and torn papers, cellophane, opaque matte paint, and torn fabric with nails, black ink, and graphite mounted on illustration and paper boards, in artist's frame
Plan of Love
Kurt Schwitters
1919 and 1923
Squaring: 2; 4; 16; 256; 65,536, Jennifer Bartlett American, Enamel over silkscreen grid on 33 baked enamel on steel plates
Squaring: 2; 4; 16; 256; 65,536
Jennifer Bartlett
1973–74
Untitled #2, Howardena Pindell American, Collage of pen and black ink and punched paper on graph paper
Untitled #2
Howardena Pindell
1973
Account Book Ledger, John Carlin American, Ink on paper, marbleized cardboard, American
Account Book Ledger
John Carlin
1835–56
Papyrus inscribed with an account and a religious text, Papyrus, ink
Papyrus inscribed with an account and a religious text
ca. 1961–1917 B.C.
Prelude to a Civilization, Victor Brauner Romanian, Encaustic and ink on Masonite
Prelude to a Civilization
Victor Brauner
1954
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
ca. 1555–60
Portrait of Count Basie, San Francisco, John Gutmann American, born Germany, Gelatin silver print
Portrait of Count Basie, San Francisco
John Gutmann
1939, printed later
Taking the Census, Francis William Edmonds American, Oil on canvas, American
Taking the Census
Francis William Edmonds
1854
Purse, House of Chanel French, leather, metal, plastic (vinyl), French
Purse
House of Chanel
Karl Lagerfeld
spring/summer 2004
Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken, Josef Albers American, born Germany, Oil on Masonite
Homage to the Square: Soft Spoken
Josef Albers
1969
Livro Noite e Dia (Book of Night and Day), Lygia Pape Brazilian, Acrylic on wood, 30 parts
Livro Noite e Dia (Book of Night and Day)
Lygia Pape
1963–76