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

How Beautiful are the Arts, from Croquis Lithographiques...1823, 1823

Hippolyte Bellangé

A work made of watercolor with pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on off-white illustration board.

School of Contemporary Art Life Class, 1956/57

Richard Aberle Florsheim

Small, dark colored ceramic vessel with a handle and spout at the top. The front of the vessel looks like a face, with two round forms making the eyes, a long, thin form a nose, and an oval form the mouth. Two ear-like shapes protude from the side of the vessel.

Face Jug, c. 1860

Artist unknown

A dark-brown painted sculpture with hints of orange showing through of a slim face with a long neck. The lips are drawn in a pout, the cheeks sunken, the hair pulled back in a swirl pattern and falling down in a slim column.

Head, Mid–late 19th century

Fang

A work made of creamware.

Plate, c. 1790

A work made of pen lithograph on tan wove paper.

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

Max Ernst

Pink and red wax sculpture of a naked person lying on their side in a fetal position.

Blood Pool, 1992

Kiki Smith

A chaotic but happy kitchen scene: A light-skinned woman in a pink dress at left bends to take a turkey out of the oven, while another at right forms a pie near a small girl playing with a kitten. Behind them, a woman selects dishware as yet another carries a basket of ingredients. A fifth woman in the back puts on a fancy hat and coat near a pair of babies reaching out from their twin high chair.

Thanksgiving, c. 1935

Doris Lee

A work made of nautilus shell and gilded silver.

Nautilus Shell Cup, c. 1600 (mounts altered in the 1800s)

A work made of ivory, brass, tempera, and gold leaf.

Casket, 12th century

A work made of silver gilt, enamel, and gemstones.

Reliquary Cross with the Arms of the Veltheim Family, c. 1300

Black bowl with a narrow red base and embossed elements in red, including a floral border at top and bottom and Chinese characters in the middle.

Lacquer Tea Bowl 乾隆禦制雕漆盞, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

A work made of terracotta.

Statuette of a Seated Girl, 330-320 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood engraving on cream japanese paper.

The Restaurant of the Great Art Exhibition: A symbiotic love for the arts and the cutlet, 1868, printed 1920

Etienne Carjat

A work made of oak.

Desk, 1908

Frank Lloyd Wright

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Fates Gathering in the Stars, 1887

Elihu Vedder

A work made of etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper.

The Agility and Audacity of Juanito Apinani in the ring at Madrid, plate 20 from The Art of Bullfighting, 1814/16, published 1816

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

A work made of color screenprint on board.

Art Classes for Children, 1935/43

R. E. K.

A work made of pen lithograph on tan wove paper.

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

Max Ernst

A work made of painted enamel and gold on copper.

Triptych with The Crucifixion, The Flagellation, and The Entombment, c. 1500

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