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A work made of oil on hardboard.

Madawaska—Acadian Light-Heavy, 1940

Marsden Hartley

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

A work made of color woodblcok print; oban.

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

A work made of terracotta.

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

Igbo

A work made of periodical with letterpress decorated wrappers, two issues.

Veshchʹ : mezhdunarodnoe obozrenie sovremennogo iskusstva (Subject: international review of modern art), 1922

El Lissitzky

A work made of bronze.

The Chicken, 1944

Alexander Calder

A plucked chicken, a few stray feathers remaining, hangs upside-down by one foot, illuminated. Behind it the metal hinges and wood panels of a door are visible.

For Sunday's Dinner, 1888

William Michael Harnett

A work made of terracotta.

Jar, Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

Colored sculpture of the head of a light-skinned woman with closed eyes and an elaborate jeweled headdress.

Head of Pavlova, 1924

Malvina Hoffman

A work made of porcelain with ox blood (langyao) glaze.

Bottle-Shaped Vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

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

A work made of painted tulipwood.

Schrank, c. 1790

Artist unknown

A work made of stoneware with celadon glaze.

Plum Vase (Maebyeong) with Lotus Motif, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th century

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Ceiling of the National Art Gallery, 1979

Richard Shenk

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

Helmet Mask (Bwoom), Possibly late 19th to mid-20th century

Kuba

A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.

Geometry, plate 24 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

A work made of glass, paint, silver stain, lead.

Roundel with Elder of the Apocalypse, 1250-75

A work made of bronze.

Horse and Rider, c. 1947

Marino Marini

A work made of oil on canvas.

North River Shad, c. 1910

William Merritt Chase

A work made of wood, pigment, and fur.

Face Mask, Late 19th or early 20th century

Adiukru

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