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Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

Color print of travelers of foot and horseback following a grassy route flanked by Japanese bungalows and groves of trees.

Hamamatsu, 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 spiral-bound book with fifteen pages of drawings in graphite, fiber-tipped pens, charcoal, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Talent ART Tablet, n.d.

Marion Perkins

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Holiday, c. 1915

Edward Henry Potthast

A work made of albumen print, from "art in old paris".

91 Rue de Turenne, 1911

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

A work made of paper.

Bauhaus: Art As Life Poster, 2012

APFEL

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Brother and Pop Art, 1965

Billy Abernathy

A work made of the reflecting pool, 1977-79, 6:58 min.; moonblood, 1977-79, 12:48 min.; silent life, 1979, 13:14 min.; ancient of days, 1979-81, 12:21 min.; vegetable memory, 1978-80, 15:13 min. color video, sound (projection); 62 min. loop.

The Reflecting Pool: Collected Works, 1977–80

Bill Viola

A work made of wood and paint.

Parrot, 1870–90

Wilhelm Schimmel

In a stark desert landscape, an older man sits in the foreground, illuminated, with a newspaper. Arranged evenly across the land behind him, smaller than perspective would indicate, are a faded child holding a hula hoop, a man holding a melting piano, a standing woman, and a figure near the horizon.

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano, 1936

Salvador Dalí

A work made of mahogany and white pine, with mahogany, birch, and maple veneers.

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase, 1800–10

Artist unknown

Abstract painting with dominant red, yellow, and blue tones. Densely commingled forms, many outlined in black or brown strokes, fill the canvas.

The Key, 1946

Jackson Pollock

A rectangular painting on light, vivid orange features a deeper orange block set atop a yellow block. The colors of each element are only loosely blended and lightly applied, so various tones are visible.

Untitled (Painting), 1953/54

Mark Rothko

Opulently dressed light-skinned man and woman drink at a small table. A mirror behind them reflects a crowd. Her blue dress and dark hat dominate.

At Mouquin's, 1905

William James Glackens

A work made of gilt copper, champlevé enamel over wood core.

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A work made of painted wood and metal.

America, 1939–45

Frank Memkus

A work made of internal dye diffusion transfer.

Iconographic Art Lunches #1: The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Submarine Sandwich: Salami, cheese, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, buns, lunch meat; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Salad Bar: (cont.), 1984

Robert Heinecken

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Pont des Arts, Paris, 1931

Ilse Bing

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

A work made of lithograph in black and dark red on off-white coated paper.

Art Towards Social Development, 1982

Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele

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