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- 6. Zaha Hadid was one of the foremost architects of the 20th/21st century. She also has a set of these objects in the Bruce galleries.
- 8. The largest object in the museums collection is technically two parts. It is divided vertically into four equal parts. All one-, two-, three-, and four-part are combinations of four colors
- 10. This vase in depicts the legend of King Arthur, as penned by this Lord Poet.
- 14. If February is Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month, what happens the rest of the year?DOLLAR How much did it cost to view Bruce Conner’s Crossroads video when it was screened in the CMOA theater in 1976?
- 15. This ALuminum COmpany of America has its headquarters here in Pittsburgh, Sponsors a hall in Natural History, and even has a set of tables in Bruce.
- 16. This nearly 20-foot-wide canvas remained in the artist’s studio after his death, was sold by his son to Walter Chrysler, Jr. in 1950, was Mrs. Scaife’s first widely popular gift to the Impressionism collection.
- 17. Known today for its diamonds, silver jewelry, and iconic blue colored boxes. This artist’s stained glass windows (four are in our collection, one on view) and stained glass lamps made his father’s company and their last name a household name.
- 18. consisting of a mass of colored wax mixture inside a glass vessel, the remainder of which contains clear or translucent liquid. The vessel is placed on a base containing an incandescent light bulb whose heat causes temporary reductions in the wax's density and the liquid's surface tension. As the warmed wax rises through the liquid, it cools, loses its buoyancy, and falls back to the bottom of the vessel in a cycle that is visually suggestive of pāhoehoe, hence the name.
- 19. Mrs. Scaife’s first art gift to the museum was in 1940, when she and her brother donated three paintings in memory of their mother: two old masters and a 19th-century canvas by Jules Breton. What is the name of the Breton Piece?
- 20. While exhibiting at the Brooklyn Museum,the New York mayor at the time, Rudy Giuliani, called the artist 'sick' because of the use of elephant dung and demanded to remove it. The museum ignored Giuliani's demands, and the exhibition went on as planned.
- 21. Jonathan Borofsky received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from this neighboring University in 1964, and in May of 2006 he received an honorary doctorate in Fine Art. That same month Walking to the Sky was permanently installed on the University’s campus.
- 23. This restaurateur was close friends with Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel, and David Hockney. He even had his portrait done by each artist. Him and his wife Eva donated these red doors from their famous New York City restaurant.
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- 1. Daisy Curry was once a CMOA docent. She is also featured in a “Teenie” Harris photo holding her son Terrence, and a sign referring to this Pittsburgh neighborhood.
- 2. This is the most commonly used chemical process in black-and-white photography and is the fundamental chemical process for modern analog color photography. A suspension of silver salts in gelatin is coated onto a support such as glass, flexible plastic or film, baryta paper, or resin-coated paper. These light-sensitive materials are stable under normal keeping conditions and can be exposed and processed even many years after their manufacture.
- 3. Mrs. Scaife made her first significant painting gift to the museum in what year? The painting was George Romney’s full-length portrait of The Honorable Mrs. Trevor (Viscountess Hampden). She retained a life interest in the painting, so it actually came to the museum in 1966.
- 4. Kenneth Snelson was a student of Black Mountain College. His sculptures use ‘tensegrity’, meaning they are a structure based on a system that uses compression and continuous tension. This sculpture once got a semi-truck stuck under it.
- 5. The Encyclopedia of Invisibility is made of this type of signage. The work presents the names of underrepresented and culturally marginalized historical figures that have been left out of official records and canon
- 7. Established in 1896, it is the longest-running North American exhibition of international art and second-longest modern art show in the world.
- 9. This desk was named after Jane Fonda’s most iconic role.
- 11. the Today Series was done by this artist. The series consists entirely of the date on which the painting was executed. The date is always documented in the language and grammatical conventions of the country in which the painting is executed. This artist created almost 3,000 date paintings in more than 112 cities worldwide. (full name)
- 12. Her cousin wasn’t the only one with a fondness for collecting art. At her death in 1969, she bequeathed 153 paintings, primarily by 19th-century French artists, to the National Gallery of Art (including the purchase of the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere). She is most notable in our collection for establishing a fund for future acquisitions.
- 13. Born in Allegheny City, this female artist was diagnosed with diabetes, rheumatism, neuralgia, and cataracts in 1911 but did not slow down. Only in 1914 she was forced to stop painting as she became almost blind. She died on June 14, 1926, near Paris, and was buried in the family vault at Le Mesnil-Théribus, France.
- 21. The window surrounds from Carnegie’s mansion in New York City are made of this oxidizing material. Hence why they are green.
- 22. This lounge was featured in Madonna’s “Rain” music video in 1993.
- 24. this designer’s dinnerware is featured twice in the Bruce galleries. In its original form and in child’s toy form.