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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 wide-mouthed drinking cup glazed in black with two handles extending from opposite sides.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 410-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of lithograph in black on buff wove paper.

The Musician, from Arts et Métiers, 1838

Bernard Gaillot

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

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A detailed drawing of a room with multiple sitting areas marked by two decorative rugs and various room dividers.

F. H. Bresler Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Interior Perspective, c. 1904

George Mann Niedecken

A work made of painted wood and metal.

Whirligig, 1939–45

Frank Memkus

A ceramic vessel with a long handle, its bone-white surface decorated with black geometric designs.

Dipper or Ladle with Interlocking Zigzag and Step-Fret Designs, 1000–1300

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

Bowl-shaped terracotta vessel with a foot, glazed in red with black figures encircling its body.

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), late 6th century BCE

Ancient Greek

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

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

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (Art Institute of Chicago), 1985

André Kertész

A work made of paper.

Gary Hume New Art Close-Up 1, 2004

Graphic Thought Facility

A work made of color lithograph on white wove paper.

Chicago Art Exposition, 1982

Jack Tworkov

A work made of blue-green title label on yellow paper wrappers.

Portfolio wrapper, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art, 1919, published 1920

Max Ernst

A work made of color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, and drypoint on white wove paper.

The Art of Mnemonics, 1968

Vera Berdich

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

A work made of etching.

Bookplate (Art Deco), mid–20th century

Sekino Jun’ichirō

A work made of periodicals; complete set of 7 issues.

Lef (Left Front of the Arts), 1923–24

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rodchenko

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Kponyungo), 19th to early 20th century

Senufo

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