Text in Art, Art in Text

Children's Alphabet

Artist Unknown (The Netherlands) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:15:17 -0500

Title	Children's Alphabet
Artist	Artist Unknown (The Netherlands)
Date	18th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

At the Bottom - Te Amstedam, bij Mindermann en Corp., Singel bijde Bergstraat

Lobster, Prawn and Shrimps

Utagawa Hiroshige ; Tsujiya Yasube_ — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:00:27 -0500

Title	Lobster, Prawn and Shrimps
Artist	Utagawa Hiroshige ; Tsujiya Yasube_
Date	1830-1844
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

nishiki-e

Page from the Koran

Artist Unknown (Egypt) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:12:33 -0400

Title	Page from the Koran
Artist	Artist Unknown (Egypt)
Date	c. 1350
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G243

Text from Sura 37 and Title and Text from Sura 38. Four vertical paper pages with 12 lines of Neskhi writing to the regular page. Consonants, diacritical marks, vowels, reading marks in black, only the words 'Glory be to the Lord' or just 'Glory', 'God' in gold. The page (with decorative chapter heading) starts with the Sura 37 verse 177 and ends at verse 6 of Sura 38. The chapter heading says 'Sura Sad(which is a letter of the alphabet, and the character with which the actual sura starts) eighty-six verses of Mekkan origin'. The first of the predeeding page starts wit Sura 37, verse 99 and the text is continuous. On the second page a dectorarive marginal disc indicates the begining of a section for the daily reading portion. The decorative frontispiece and four leaves with chapter headings are in the Freer Gallery of Art (30.55-59).

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:26:53 -0500

Title	The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted
Artist	Edward Coley Burne-Jones ; William Morris ; Published by Kelmscott Press ; William Morris at Kelmscott Press
Date	1896
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

wood-engraved ornamental borders and initial letters by William Morris; binding: blue laid paper on hard support, with beige cloth spine; endpapers: laid paper; slip case: dark green cloth on firm support

Gray Alphabets

Jasper Johns — Sat, 01 Jun 1968 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Gray Alphabets
Artist	Jasper Johns
Date	1968
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Repetition of the alphabet printed in grey. Lithograph from four aluminum plates

Figure 5 from the Color Numeral Series

Jasper Johns — Sat, 01 Jun 1968 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Figure 5 from the Color Numeral Series
Artist	Jasper Johns
Date	1968
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

An image of the figure five printed in orange, yellow, and green. A lithograph from one stone and one aluminum plate.

Figure 9 from the Color Numeral Series

Jasper Johns — Sun, 01 Jun 1969 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Figure 9 from the Color Numeral Series
Artist	Jasper Johns
Date	1969
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

A color image of the figure 9. A lithograph from one stone and two aluminum plates.

The Letter Q as Beach House with Sailboat

Claes Oldenburg — Thu, 01 Jun 1972 00:00:00 -0400

Title	The Letter Q as Beach House with Sailboat
Artist	Claes Oldenburg
Date	1972
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

Me Block

Nancy Dwyer — Fri, 01 Jun 1990 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Me Block
Artist	Nancy Dwyer
Date	1990-1991
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

A wooden block carved into the form of the letter "M" on the top and the letter "E" on the sides.

Title Page for Moonstripes Empire News Volume I

Thu, 01 Jun 1967 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Title Page for Moonstripes Empire News Volume I
Artist	Sir Eduardo Paolozzi ; Editions Alecto, London ; Printed by Kelpra Studio, Ltd., London
Date	1967
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Portfolio of 100 color screenprints and loose text pages on colored papers. Introduction by Christopher Finch.

Minnesota "Alphabetician"

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:04:04 -0500

Title	Minnesota "Alphabetician"
Author	TammyNara

Text in Art, Art in Text

Children's Alphabet

Children's Alphabet

18th century

Lobster, Prawn and Shrimps

Lobster, Prawn and Shrimps

1830-1844

Page from the Koran

Page from the Koran

c. 1350

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted

1896

Gray Alphabets

Gray Alphabets

1968

Figure 5 from the Color Numeral Series

Figure 5 from the Color Numeral Series

1968

Figure 9 from the Color Numeral Series

Figure 9 from the Color Numeral Series

1969

The Letter Q as Beach House with Sailboat

The Letter Q as Beach House with Sailboat

1972

Me Block

Me Block

1990-1991

Title Page for Moonstripes Empire News Volume I

Title Page for Moonstripes Empire News Volume I

1967

Minnesota "Alphabetician"

Minnesota "Alphabetician"