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A work made of lithograph in black on off-white china paper laid down on ivory wove paper.

The Celestial Art, 1894

Odilon Redon

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Sightseers View Paintings at Tretyakov Art Gallery, Moscow, c. 1955, printed 1950/59

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

Mug, about 460 BCE

Ancient Greek

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 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 mahogany and white pine, with mahogany, birch, and maple veneers.

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase, 1800–10

Artist unknown

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 lithograph with hand-coloring on cut and embossed ivory wove paper (lace).

Thou Art the Star that Guides Me (valentine), c. 1840

Joseph Addenbrooke

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

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

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A work made of pen and black ink and brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on tan wood-pulp laminate board.

The Artful Dodgers (Shrapnel Coming Down the Road), n.d.

Frederic Remington

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 pen and brown ink and colored crayons on cream wove paper (discolored to buff), pieced.

The Arrival of the Muses of Art at Architecture, 1890

Jan Toorop

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

A work made of book.

Bauhaus: Art as Life, 2012

APFEL

A work made of silver gilt over a wooden core; foot: copper gilt.

Altar Cross, c. 1325; foot: 15th century

Bowl-shaped terracotta vessel with a foot, glazed in red with black figures encircling its body.

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), late 6th century BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of collage.

Mockup collage for endsheets for "Memoir of an Art Gallery", c. 1977

Unknown

A work made of white pine and paint.

Country Preacher, 1860–90

Artist unknown

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