Spencer Selections (with audio descriptions)

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Spencer Selections (with audio descriptions)
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This tour introduces you to a selection of works of art in the Museum's collection accompanied by questions to spark your imagination and multimedia resources to dive deeper. Each entry is accompanied by audio recordings and transcripts for gallery label text and descriptions of each object’s visual appearance.

Works of art

Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), The Family
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), The Family
Gabriele Münter
The Family
circa 1910
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, standing human figure
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist, standing human figure
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
standing human figure
circa 1880
Emmi Whitehorse (born 1957), Self Surrender (#1242)
Emmi Whitehorse (born 1957), Self Surrender (#1242)
Emmi Whitehorse
Self Surrender (#1242)
1999
Luis Alfonso Jimenez (1940–2006), Howl
Luis Alfonso Jimenez (1940–2006), Howl
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
Howl
1986
Wenda Gu (born 1955), Metamorphoses
Wenda Gu (born 1955), Metamorphoses
Wenda Gu
Metamorphoses
2004
unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved stool)
unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved stool)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
ngunja (carved stool)
late 1800s–1914
Karen LaMonte (born 1967), Chado
Karen LaMonte (born 1967), Chado
Karen LaMonte
Chado
2010
Winged Eros with a Shield
Winged Eros with a Shield
Winged Eros with a Shield
circa 200s CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), La Pia de' Tolomei
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), La Pia de' Tolomei
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
La Pia de' Tolomei
1868–1880
Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai)
Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai)
Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai)
circa 1400s, Muromachi period (1338–1573)
Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley
Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley
Thomas Hart Benton
The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley
1934
Yelimane Fall (born 1945), #18 - I have never doubted my quality of being in proximity to the Creator because I have been filled with wonder by the universe.
Yelimane Fall (born 1945), #18 - I have never doubted my quality of being in proximity to the Creator because I have been filled with wonder by the universe.
Yelimane Fall
#18 - I have never doubted my quality of being in proximity to the Creator because I have been filled with wonder by the universe.
2003–2004