on view

Idioms  

1. So as to be seen, as in They will put the antiques on view an hour before the auction begins. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

On view are examples of bulbous book bindings, acid-etched vases, satin capes, parchment-covered cabinets, angular decanters, diamond-decorated cloche hats, geometric malachite brooches, stark bas-reliefs, Brancusi-faced collar ads, and boxy, black-lacquer screens.

From The Wall Street Journal

You could do a lot worse than the work of Lee Friedlander, as is abundantly clear in the show currently on view at Deborah Bell Photographs.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Studio Museum has about 9,000 objects in its holdings, so only a fraction of them could be put on view for the grand opening.

From The Wall Street Journal

The artist’s first New York retrospective, currently on view at the International Center of Photography, reveals a cinematic eye and a taste for the mystical.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the nearly 100 works on view are sculptures in iron, wood, alabaster and clay as well as drawings, collages and experimental works using paper.

From The Wall Street Journal

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