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A work made of bronze.

Woman (Elevation), Modeled 1912–15, cast 1927

Gaston Lachaise

A work made of terracotta, with silhouette decoration.

Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), 300-270 BCE

Ancient Greek

A three-part panel featuring a variety of scenes, vertically stacked and richly painted. The central panel features the Virgin Mary and and Child flanked by archangels Gabriel and Michael, twelve disciples below them in grid formation.

Triptych Icon, Late 17th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, satin, and stem stitches; french knots; two loom widths joined.

Bedcover in the Arts and Crafts Style, Early 20th century (based on 17th–century English designs)

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Vase Depicting a Phoenixlike Bird, 1700–50

Talavera Poblana

A work made of pen lithograph on tan wove paper.

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

Max Ernst

A work made of acrylic on canvas.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1968

Karl Wirsum

A work made of oil, enamel, metallic paint, fabric, synthetic polymer, tar, paper, thread, and gold leaf on fabric.

White (Bianco), 1952

Alberto Burri

Painting of a small stream in the middle of the woods. In the center of the painting, there is a small waterfall over a large boulder. Radiant beams of sunlight penetrate the thick forest of birch and other trees, and a small bird sings from a broken branch over the waterfall.

Mountain Brook, 1863

Albert Bierstadt

A work made of terracotta, black-figure with applied paint.

Pelike (Storage Jar), about 510-500 BCE

Ancient Greek

Tall red-brown mahogany clock with brass trim.

Tall Clock, 1912

George Grant Elmslie

A work made of sheet steel, brass, wire, and paint.

Streetcar, 1951

Alexander Calder

A work made of wood, pigment, glass beads, cowrie shells, fabric, and thread.

Face Mask (Ngady Mwaash), Late 19th-mid 20th century

Kuba

A work made of wood, copper alloy, and pigment.

Female Face Mask (Ndoma), Late 19th or mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of bronze.

Mirror with "TLV" Pattern, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), about 1st century

A work made of leaded favrile glass.

Lilies (Corey Memorial Window), 1892–95

Louis Comfort Tiffany

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)

A room with canon at left pointed toward a wall divided into four segments: wood grain at top left; at top right, gray tubes with halved spheres; at bottom left, blue sky and clouds; and at bottom right, a brown building with curtained windows. A left wall, segmented in two, features a nude female torso at top and detailed trees at bottom. The right wall features a top panel of wavy yellow and orange, while bottom panel has a pink, cutout-like motif.

On the Threshold of Liberty, February–March 1937

René Magritte

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Rounded Jar Depicting Abstract Fish or Sharks, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of wood and pigment.

Face Mask (Agbogho Mmuo), Late 19th or early 20th century

Igbo

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