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A work made of padauk.

Bench (from the Helene Koerting Fischer home), 1938

Wharton Esherick

Painting of a bone-white cow's skull directly centered in a vertical canvas, adorned with gray-white roses. The background behind the skull is similarly pale and appears to depict stone, a deep black gap between sheets of stone bisecting the painting from top to bottom.

Cow's Skull with Calico Roses, 1931

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on yellow poplar panel.

New England Country Seat, 1800–20

Artist unknown

A small statue consisting of a multicolored rectangular base and a painted mummified figure oriented vertically, wearing an elaborate striped headdress with a plume.

Statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of pine, paint, and gold leaf.

Eagle, 1870–1900

John Haley Bellamy

A work made of color woodblock print, oban.

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

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

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya and Her Attendant, c. 1776/81

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of terracotta and enamel paint.

Container for Water or Beer, Mid–/late 20th century

Shona

A work made of oil on canvas.

Alex, 1991

Chuck Close

A work made of oil on canvas.

Green Sea, 1976

Philip Guston

A work made of oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd, acrylic, and printing ink on etched magnesium and aluminium.

Gobba, zoppa e collotorto, 1985

Frank Stella

A work made of wood, kaolin, raffia, and nails.

Mask (Mukudj), Late 19th/early 20th century

Ashiru

A work made of oil on panel.

Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), March 6, 1825

William Bonnell

A work made of wood, glass beads, shell, copper alloy, and thread.

Female Figure (Akua'ba), Mid–19th or early 20th century

Fante

Circles and lines form shapes of trees, with leaves and trunks. Looking up to see a perfect cross in nature. Streaming clouds form diagonal pinstripes overhead.

Cloudy Night, a Picture That Can Be Hung Upside Down, 1978

Roger Brown

Earthenware plate with a polychrome enamel depiction of a running dog flanked by two curved trees.

Charger, 17th century

Talavera de la Reina Potteries

A work made of wood.

Headrest (Isicamelo or Isigqiki), 19th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of brass, bronze, and cast iron.

Andirons, 1912

George Grant Elmslie

A work made of marble.

Two Penguins, 1911/14

Constantin Brancusi

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Bird Motifs, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

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