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A work made of creamware.

Plate, c. 1790

A work made of oil on paper mounted on panel.

The Artist in His Studio, 1865–66

James McNeill Whistler

A chaotic but happy kitchen scene: A light-skinned woman in a pink dress at left bends to take a turkey out of the oven, while another at right forms a pie near a small girl playing with a kitten. Behind them, a woman selects dishware as yet another carries a basket of ingredients. A fifth woman in the back puts on a fancy hat and coat near a pair of babies reaching out from their twin high chair.

Thanksgiving, c. 1935

Doris Lee

Pink and red wax sculpture of a naked person lying on their side in a fetal position.

Blood Pool, 1992

Kiki Smith

A work made of ivory, brass, tempera, and gold leaf.

Casket, 12th century

A work made of nautilus shell and gilded silver.

Nautilus Shell Cup, c. 1600 (mounts altered in the 1800s)

A work made of silver gilt, enamel, and gemstones.

Reliquary Cross with the Arms of the Veltheim Family, c. 1300

Black bowl with a narrow red base and embossed elements in red, including a floral border at top and bottom and Chinese characters in the middle.

Lacquer Tea Bowl 乾隆禦制雕漆盞, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

A work made of terracotta.

Statuette of a Seated Girl, 330-320 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of offset ink on paper.

Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1999

Studio Blue

A work made of 8-color screen print on paper.

The Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago poster, 2009

Sonnenzimmer

A work made of oak.

Desk, 1908

Frank Lloyd Wright

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 painted enamel and gold on copper.

Triptych with The Crucifixion, The Flagellation, and The Entombment, c. 1500

A pair of white, blue, pink, and black cranes, one with wing extended, perch on a wide, knotty, snow-covered pine branch.

Cranes on snow-covered pine, c. 1834

Katsushika Hokusai

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

The Hanging of Judas, c. 1520

A work made of terracotta, with silhouette decoration.

Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), 300-270 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of porcelain painted in underglaze blue.

Dish with Dragons Writhing amid Floral Scrolls, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhengde reign mark and period (1506–1521)

A group of light-skinned people accompanied by a horse and rider carry a palanquin, or box on two poles used to transport a person. A silhouetted backdrop of huts and trees in black and gray contrasts with the colored figures.

Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima, asagiri), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34

Utagawa Hiroshige

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)

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