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In a stark desert landscape, an older man sits in the foreground, illuminated, with a newspaper. Arranged evenly across the land behind him, smaller than perspective would indicate, are a faded child holding a hula hoop, a man holding a melting piano, a standing woman, and a figure near the horizon.

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano, 1936

Salvador Dalí

A work made of mahogany and white pine, with mahogany, birch, and maple veneers.

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase, 1800–10

Artist unknown

Wood statue of a standing Virgin Mary with a circle of stars around her head, arms crossed over her chest, robes draping off to her right, supported by a baby angel in a star-covered swaddle at the base.

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 1710/20

Antonio Maragliano

A light-skinned nude woman, center, struggles while a light-skinned nude man, top left, violently pulls white translucent fabric off of her. Dark red and brown textiles, a pillow, dagger, and fallen nude statue complete the scene.

Tarquin and Lucretia, 1578–80

Tintoretto

Abstract painting with dominant red, yellow, and blue tones. Densely commingled forms, many outlined in black or brown strokes, fill the canvas.

The Key, 1946

Jackson Pollock

A rectangular painting on light, vivid orange features a deeper orange block set atop a yellow block. The colors of each element are only loosely blended and lightly applied, so various tones are visible.

Untitled (Painting), 1953/54

Mark Rothko

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

Arithmetic, plate 25 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

A work made of gilt copper, champlevé enamel over wood core.

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A work made of painted wood and metal.

America, 1939–45

Frank Memkus

A work made of book with color off-set lithographs on ivory wove paper.

Hairy Who, 1968

The Hairy Who (Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Jim Falconer, Suellen Rocca, and Karl Wirsum)

A work made of spiral-bound book with fifteen pages of drawings in graphite, fiber-tipped pens, charcoal, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Talent ART Tablet, n.d.

Marion Perkins

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Holiday, c. 1915

Edward Henry Potthast

A work made of albumen print, from "art in old paris".

91 Rue de Turenne, 1911

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

A work made of silver gilt over a wooden core; foot: copper gilt.

Altar Cross, c. 1325; foot: 15th century

A work made of paper.

Bauhaus: Art As Life Poster, 2012

APFEL

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Brother and Pop Art, 1965

Billy Abernathy

Opulently dressed light-skinned man and woman drink at a small table. A mirror behind them reflects a crowd. Her blue dress and dark hat dominate.

At Mouquin's, 1905

William James Glackens

A work made of white pine and paint.

Country Preacher, 1860–90

Artist unknown

A work made of watercolor on ivory.

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst, 1790

James Peale

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