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A work made of wood, kaolin, and pigment.

Face Mask, Late 19th-early 20th century

Bwa

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Puff of Smoke, 1912

Gifford Beal

Round, red-brown bowl with small cracks its black interior. The outer surface is striated with tight horizontal lines and a diagonal pattern.

Bowl with Textured Surface Decoration in Basketry-Like Pattern, 900–1000

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

A work made of oil on linen.

Vincent and Tony, 1969

Alex Katz

Blue stained glass windows depicting angels, musicians, trees.

America Windows, 1977

Marc Chagall

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 work made of gold leaf on cardboard.

Bowditch Alphabet, 2010

Danh Vo

Frament of a mural from the city of Teotihuacan mural painted in red and white tones that depicts a ritual figure with speach scroll and scatting sacred bjects.

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual, 500–600 CE

Teotihuacan

A work made of offset ink on paper.

Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1999

Studio Blue

A work made of single-channel video sculpture: thirteen television monitors and aluminum armature; color, silent. number nine of nine unique sculptures in series..

Family of Robot: Baby, 1986

Nam June Paik

A work made of 8-color screen print on paper.

The Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago poster, 2009

Sonnenzimmer

A work made of letterpress in black on cream laid paper with later covers of tan paper; sheets removed from books.

Art of Engraving, from Encyclopédie, 1751/77

André François Le Breton

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 nautilus-shell cup and silver gilt.

Nautilus-Shell Cup, c. 1600/1700 (19th century mounts)

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

Blood Pool, 1992

Kiki Smith

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

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

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

Casket, 12th century

A work made of crystal with carved decoration.

Covered Ewer with Lizard-Shaped Handle, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

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

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)

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