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A work made of oil and plaster, over gauze, on panel.

Asiatic God, 1924

Paul Klee

A abstract painting in which numerous planes of brown and gray, along with highlights of black and white, compose the figure of a man. The most recognizable features are a pair of clasped hands and the wave of his dark hair.

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, autumn 1910

Pablo Picasso

A work made of pen lithograph on tan wove paper.

Plate Four, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art, 1919, published 1920

Max Ernst

A work made of copper alloy.

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion, c. 1350

Foundry of Johannes Apengeter

A work made of bakelite, brush-burnished silver, chrome, and enamel.

Clock, 1928–29

Paul Theodore Frankl

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Precints of the Akiba Shrine, Ukeji (Ukeji Akiba no keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

Round, red-brown bowl with small cracks its black interior. The outer surface is striated with tight horizontal lines and a diagonal pattern.

Bowl with Textured Surface Decoration in Basketry-Like Pattern, 900–1000

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

Horizontal painting in pastel tones of a series of abstract clouds in a gridlike formation like loose bricks, larger at the bottom of the painting and receding away at a horizon line near the top of the painting. Behind them, a blue sky gets progressively lighter. At the horizon line is a loose pink gradient that progresses to white and returns to blue at the very top of the work.

Sky above Clouds IV, 1965

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of rosewood and white pine with needlepoint panel.

Fire Screen, c. 1855

Artist unknown

A work made of oil on linen.

Untitled, c. 1938–41

Jackson Pollock

A work made of gray opaque glass with ivory lid.

Melon-Shaped Water Pot, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

A work made of bronze, from an edition of six.

Large Interior Form, 1953/54

Henry Moore

A work made of glazed fritware tiles cut and reassembled as a mosaic.

Twelve-Point Star Tile, Timurid dynasty (1370-1507), Late 15th century

Islamic

A work made of 16mm anamorphic color film, optical sound; 4 min. loop.

Disappearance at Sea II, 1997

Tacita Dean

A work made of gouache, possibly casein, on panel.

Two Nude Women, 1942

Jean Dubuffet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Just Dessert, 1891

William Michael Harnett

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Fish Plate, 400-370 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of graphite and charcoal, heightened with touches of white chalk, on tan tracing paper, squared in charcoal, laid down on cream wood pulp laminate board.

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses), c. 1883

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

A work made of oil on paper mounted on panel.

The Artist in His Studio, 1865–66

James McNeill Whistler

A work made of stoneware with yellowish-white glaze.

Amphora with Three Dragon-Shaped Handles, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

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