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Painting of artist drawing on easel, green landscape, stone walls surround him.

The Artist Looks at Nature, 1943

Charles Sheeler

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 work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Vase Depicting a Phoenixlike Bird, 1700–50

Talavera Poblana

A work made of bronze.

Woman (Elevation), Modeled 1912–15, cast 1927

Gaston Lachaise

A work made of acrylic on canvas.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1968

Karl Wirsum

A work made of oil, enamel, metallic paint, fabric, synthetic polymer, tar, paper, thread, and gold leaf on fabric.

White (Bianco), 1952

Alberto Burri

Painting of a small stream in the middle of the woods. In the center of the painting, there is a small waterfall over a large boulder. Radiant beams of sunlight penetrate the thick forest of birch and other trees, and a small bird sings from a broken branch over the waterfall.

Mountain Brook, 1863

Albert Bierstadt

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, satin, and stem stitches; french knots; two loom widths joined.

Bedcover in the Arts and Crafts Style, Early 20th century (based on 17th–century English designs)

Tall red-brown mahogany clock with brass trim.

Tall Clock, 1912

George Grant Elmslie

A work made of terracotta, black-figure with applied paint.

Pelike (Storage Jar), about 510-500 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of pen lithograph on tan wove paper.

Plate Six, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art, 1919, published 1920

Max Ernst

A work made of sheet steel, brass, wire, and paint.

Streetcar, 1951

Alexander Calder

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

Face Mask (Ngady Mwaash), Late 19th-mid 20th century

Kuba

A work made of wood, copper alloy, and pigment.

Female Face Mask (Ndoma), Late 19th or mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of bronze.

Mirror with "TLV" Pattern, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), about 1st century

A work made of leaded favrile glass.

Lilies (Corey Memorial Window), 1892–95

Louis Comfort Tiffany

A work made of screenprint in blue ink on brown envelope.

Da Hairy Who Foyer - For Ya Prince, 1967–68

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

A room with canon at left pointed toward a wall divided into four segments: wood grain at top left; at top right, gray tubes with halved spheres; at bottom left, blue sky and clouds; and at bottom right, a brown building with curtained windows. A left wall, segmented in two, features a nude female torso at top and detailed trees at bottom. The right wall features a top panel of wavy yellow and orange, while bottom panel has a pink, cutout-like motif.

On the Threshold of Liberty, February–March 1937

René Magritte

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Rounded Jar Depicting Abstract Fish or Sharks, 180 BCE–500 CE

Nasca

A work made of wood and pigment.

Face Mask (Agbogho Mmuo), Late 19th or early 20th century

Igbo

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