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A work made of color woodblock print; hashira-e.

The Heron Maiden, c. 1766/67

Suzuki Harunobu

A painting of a light-skinned man in a suit and glasses standing in profile and a light-skinned woman with chin-length gray hair and wearing a full-length bright-pink robe stand in a courtyard with various sculptures. Between them is a large stone on a plinth, behind them a green abstracted seated figure, and off to the right a totem pole.

American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), 1968

David Hockney

A work made of stained wood box with glass front, paper, light bulb, colored-paper image on wood form, plastic spider, tree bark, and dried leaves.

Untitled (Lighted Owl), c. 1949

Joseph Cornell

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Puff of Smoke, 1912

Gifford Beal

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica).

Salt Cellar, c. 1530

the Milan Marsyas Painter

A work made of screenprint in blue ink on brown envelope.

Da Hairy Who Foyer - For Ya Prince, 1967–68

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

Abstract painting in predominant shades of blue, green, and black, featuring diagonal bands of color and undulating lines.

Blue and Green Music, 1919–21

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"A, B, C, D"-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of oil on linen.

Vincent and Tony, 1969

Alex Katz

Wooden chair with woven cotton seat, back, footrest.

Chair (Kiti Cha Enzi), 19th century

Swahili

A work made of copper and silver inlay.

Vase, c. 1925

Jean Dunand

A work made of color woodblock print.

Bird, from Milestones of the Season (Shibunshū “Kisetsu-hyō”)Season (Shibunshû “Kisetsu-hyô”), 1935

Onchi Kōshirō

A work made of twenty four light bulbs, extension cord, plastic light sockets, and dimmer switch.

"Untitled" (Last Light), 1993

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Fragment of a mural from the city of Teotihuacan mural painted in red and white tones that depicts a ritual figure with speach scroll and scatting sacred bjects.

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual, 500–600 CE

Teotihuacan

Cream-colored cup with a small round foot and a thin stem. Two thin arms flare up and out from mid-cup in a "V" shape and bend inward without reconnecting to the cup. The cup's opening tapers in before flaring out again at the lip. Greek letters are inscribed on the cup between the arms and lip.

Kantharos (Wine Cup), 310-280 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood and pigment.

Time of the Brave Mask (Mgbedike), Early/mid–20th century

Igbo

A work made of wood and pigment.

Face Mask (Sirige), 19th/20th century

Dogon

Black terracotta vessel, narrow at the bottom and wider at top, with a short lip, featuring a wide red band in the middle. This band depicts in black a procession of figures surrounded by vines, including a person on a donkey.

Mastoid (Drinking Cup), 500-480 BCE

Leafless Group

A work made of single-channel video sculpture: thirteen television monitors and aluminum armature; color, silent. number nine of nine unique sculptures in series..

Family of Robot: Baby, 1986

Nam June Paik

A tall, wooden sculpture that leans against the gallery wall. A hollow box at the top is supported by two wooden branches that connect to a wheel at the bottom. The rough tree branches contrast with the refined wood of the box.

Sanctuary, 1982

Martin Puryear

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