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In a beige room, a group of light-skinned men of various ages and a young boy clap as a figure in tattered clothing at center, his back to the viewer, dances and holds a tin cup in the air. At dark figure in shadows looks on from the far-right corner.

Bar-room Scene, 1835

William Sidney Mount

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role, c. 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of box construction with blue glass.

Homage to the Romantic Ballet, 1942

Joseph Cornell

A work made of oil on canvas.

Maya, Mirror of Illusions, c. 1910

Arthur B. Davies

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Bingo Province: Kannon Temple at Abuto (Bingo, Abuto, Kannondo), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Circus Rider, c. 1927

Marc Chagall

A work made of oil on canvas.

Still Life, 1955

Giorgio Morandi

A work made of oil on canvas.

Woman with a Green Book (Louisa Gallond Cook), 1838

Erastus Salisbury Field

A work made of black pencil.

Wall Drawing #63: A wall is divided into four horizontal parts. In the top row are four equal vertical divisions, each with lines in a different direction. In the second row, six double combinations; in the third row, four triple combinations; in the bottom row, all four combinations superimposed, 1971

Sol LeWitt

A work made of painted enamel on copper with gilding.

Tazza with Moses Striking Water from the Rock, 1570–75

Jean de Court

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Shinagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of charcoal with stumping and graphite on cream laid paper.

Sketches of Legs and Feet, 1917/21

John Singer Sargent

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”), About 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of wood and pigment.

Headdress (Igi Gelede), Mid- to late 20th century

Yoruba

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Ceiling of the National Art Gallery, 1979

Richard Shenk

A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.

Geometry, plate 24 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Photograph of an orange-red abstract sculpture of thin, rounded metal sheets bent in a manner suggesting wings, with a long, thin appendage, resting on an outdoor lawn.

Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette), 1975

Alexander Calder

Large bowl completely covered in scenes of battles on land and sea.

Wine Cistern, 1553

Francesco Durantino

A work made of color video, sound; 29 min. loop.

Official Welcome, 2003

Andrea Fraser

Terracotta sculpture of a woman of African descent's face: her hair is flattened against her skull, extending down to the figure’s neck, and its texture is delineated with small incisions. Her face possesses a prominent forehead, broad nose, and full lips. The sculpture is both highly individual yet also timeless and universal.

Head of a Black Woman, c. 1935

Sargent Claude Johnson

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