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A work made of offset lithograph on white wove paper.

When Racism & Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, What Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?, 1989

Guerrilla Girls

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Horse with Art Nouveau Man, 1925/85

Clarence John Laughlin

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 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

Black glazed terracotta vessel with a short, curved handle on one side. Visible cracks indicate fragmentary repair.

Mug, about 460 BCE

Ancient Greek

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

Arithmetic, plate 25 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

A work made of book with color off-set lithographs on ivory wove paper.

Hairy Who, 1968

The Hairy Who (Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Jim Falconer, Suellen Rocca, and Karl Wirsum)

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 wide-mouthed drinking cup glazed in black with two handles extending from opposite sides.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 410-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

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 gilt copper, champlevé enamel over wood core.

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A work made of painted wood and metal.

Whirligig, 1939–45

Frank Memkus

A ceramic vessel with a long handle, its bone-white surface decorated with black geometric designs.

Dipper or Ladle with Interlocking Zigzag and Step-Fret Designs, 1000–1300

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

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

91 Rue de Turenne, 1911

Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

A work made of paper.

Bauhaus: Art As Life Poster, 2012

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