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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

Color photograph of dark, murky water with green algae. Surrounding trees reflect clearly off the surface of the water.

Primordial Pool, 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

A work made of oil on canvas.

Day (Truth), 1896/98

Ferdinand Hodler

A work made of chromogenic print.

April Reflection, 1953

Howard Dearstyne

A work made of chromogenic print.

Abstraction on Concrete, 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

A work made of chromogenic print.

Untitled [Broken Glass], 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

A work made of chromogenic print.

Untitled [Pebbles on Sand], 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

A square-shape textile with a dual multicolor border features a painted five-by-four grid of images with the repeated face of a Black woman with short hair, Bessie Smith. Her face appears blue in each instance, while the outline of her facial features, her hair, and clothing alternate colors in varying shades of yellow and orange. The background of each square likewise alternates between shades of blue and green, some with an influx of red.

American Collection #5: Bessie's Blues, January 19, 1997

Faith Ringgold

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Rapidity of Sleep, 1945

Yves Tanguy

A work made of oil on canvas.

Christa and Wolfi, 1964

Gerhard Richter

A work made of oil on canvas.

Reclining Nude, 1929

Max Beckmann

A work made of oil on canvas.

Midday Sorrow, 1932

Angel Planells

Sepia-colored, blurry photo of a grim-faced man in a flat-topped hat posing next to a cannon. A small, blurred figure sits on top of the cannon while another figure, in uniform with a rifle at his side, stands at left.

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846, 1846

David Octavius Hill

Photograph of two people washing a red and blue rug on a large rock formation surrounding water. One person stands knee deep in the water, and flings a bucket of water onto the rug.

Iran: Washing and Scrubbing a Rug, 1943/64

Inge Morath

A work made of cotton and dyes; block printed plain weave.

Curtain Panel, c. 1910

Marshall Field & Company Collection

A rather stark, clean-lined painting shows a fireplace mantle topped with a clock against a bare wall with wood paneling. From the back wall of the fireplace, a black locomotive emerges, belching smoke and riding an unseen track in the the air.

La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed), 1938

René Magritte

A work made of oil on canvas.

Dead Fowl, 1926

Chaim Soutine

A work made of albumen print.

Julia Jackson, 1867

Julia Margaret Cameron

Cubist painting of distorted gray Paris buildings, red Eiffel Tower.

Champs de Mars: The Red Tower, 1911/23

Robert Delaunay

A work made of oil on canvas.

Madam Pompadour, 1915

Amedeo Modigliani

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