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A work made of blackened terracotta.

Vessel for Serving Beer, 1940/1950

Northern Nguni

An abstract painting in greens and blues shows many small, card- or brick-like squares and rectangles merging at bottom and encroaching upon the center from the sides, like a wall trying to close itself, or a wall opening. Beyond these shapes is the suggestion of a hazy green sky with clouds and perhaps more shapes.

Towards the Unknown, 1950

Gunther Gerzso

Dark colored sculpture of womandz head composed of fractured geometric shapes.

Head of a Woman (Fernande), 1909

Pablo Picasso

A work made of marble.

Portrait Head of a Woman, about 140

Ancient Roman

A work made of encaustic on canvas.

A Reasonable Facsimile, 1942

Arthur Dove

A work made of oil on canvas.

Row of Ties, 1969

Wayne Thiebaud

A work made of lusterware, fritware with molded decoration and in-glaze painting in cobalt blue and turquoise, and overglaze painting in luster.

Tile with a Double-Arched Prayer Niche (Mihrab), Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), 13th century

Islamic

A color woodblock print of a ghostly skeletal figure, pulling down a shear blue cloth, sticks its head out from the darkness. From the left, wisps of orange and black, escape.

Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)", 1831-32

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of ceramic.

Jar with Relief of Standing Figure with Crescent Headdress, Holding Ritual Objects, 1200–1450

Chimú

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Snow at Akabane Bridge in Shiba (Shiba Akabane no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)", c. 1843/47

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of ponderosa pine.

Armchair, 1780–1830

Artist unknown

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Jar in the Form of a Captive with Modeled Head, Rope Encircling Neck, and Tied Hands, 100 BCE–500 CE

Moche

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Mexican Vaquero, 1890

Frederic Remington

A work made of oil on canvas with painted frame.

Turning Point of Thirst, 1934

Victor Brauner

A work made of porcelain painted in underglaze blue.

Shallow Dish with Long-Tailed Birds in a Garden of Stylized Peonies and Fronds, Encircled by a Scrolling Wreath of Camellia and Lotus Blossoms, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), early/mid–14th century

A work made of bronze.

Dancer and Gazelles, 1916

Paul Manship

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)", 1919

Kawase Hasui

A work made of color woodblock print; aiban, nishiki-e.

Maple Leaf Viewing (Momiji gari), 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku

A work made of wood.

Lidded Container, Mid–late 19th century

Northern Nguni

Dark colored abstract sculpture of interlocking rounded and edged shapes.

Horse, 1914

Raymond Duchamp-Villon

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