The Checkered Tablecloth, 1939

Pierre Bonnard

Armchair, 1911–12

William Gray Purcell

Hero Construction, 1958

Richard Hunt

America, 1850–54

Hiram Powers

Vessel, c. 1946

Maija Grotell

Raku Ware Teabowl with Image of Mount Fuji, Late 18th century

Raku Ryōnyū

Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)—No. 43, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

Made to Appear As ( ), 1972

Lawrence Weiner

One of a Pair of Shrine Figures, Late 19th/early 20th century

Ewe

Kanbara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido), c. 1837/42

Utagawa Hiroshige

Seated Woman Holding Mirror, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), first half of 8th century

Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, or the Process by which Natural Objects May Be Made to Delineate Themselves without the Aid of the Artist's Pencil, Read before the Royal Society, January 31, 1839

William Henry Fox Talbot

Black Panel, 1989/99

Ellsworth Kelly

The Actor Bando Shucho III as Shizuka Gozen, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)", 1925

Natori Shunsen

Bean pot, 1849–58

Lyman, Fenton & Co.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena, about 163 BCE

Ancient Greek

Head of Pavlova, 1924

Malvina Hoffman

Circular Pendant, 200 BCE–200 CE

Colima

Bencharong (Five-Colored) Ware, Covered Jar, 19th century

Water or Palm Wine Container (Iti or Udu), Mid–20th century

Igbo