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"Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)

"Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), 1991

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Abstract painting with beige background, lines creating sharp angles, minimal color.

Excavation, 1950

Willem de Kooning

Abstract painting of bright rectangles in various sizes, in shades of light and dark orange as well as yellow, blue, lime green, and pink. A small white, amorphous shape sits at top center.

The Golden Wall, 1961

Hans Hofmann

A work made of gouache with watercolor on cream watercolor paper.

Contemporary Icon, 1954

Jimmy Ernst

Painting of a prominent orange-red circle imposed on the center of a canvas depicting a grove of trees behind a stone wall and an orange-red sky in gradient.

The Banquet, 1958

René Magritte

Painting resembles a blurry, blue photograph of woman wearing a shiny dress.

Woman Descending the Staircase (Frau die Treppe herabgehend), 1965

Gerhard Richter

Painting of hanging, ripped apart animal carcass with seated man.

Figure with Meat, 1954

Francis Bacon

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

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 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 composed of small vertical dabs of multiple shades of blue with a small area of similar strokes of red, orange, and yellow in the upper right.

Starry Night and the Astronauts, 1972

Alma Thomas

A work made of 148 gelatin silver prints and text panel.

CARVING: A Traditional Sculpture, 1972

Eleanor Antin

Abstract painting with heavy white, gray, and brown paint applied in thick brushstrokes, suggesting wings emerging from a dark background.

The Annunciation, 1957/59

Jay DeFeo

A work made of acrylic on canvas, with two newspapers.

Oct. 31, 1978 (Today Series, "Tuesday"), 1978

On Kawara

Dark twilight scene of a a brightly illuminated white cottage along the shore of an expansive body of water, seen through a thick of silhouetted trees.

Fisherman's Cottage, 1906

Harald Oscar Sohlberg

A work made of oil on canvas.

Farm near Duivendrecht, c. 1916

Piet Mondrian

A work made of oil on linen.

Untitled XI, 1975

Willem de Kooning

A work made of oil and sand on four joined canvases, with artist's painted frame.

Corpse and Mirror II, 1974/75

Jasper Johns

Abstract painting, black background covered with flicks and smudges of white and other colors.

Greyed Rainbow, 1953

Jackson Pollock

A photo of dark room shows one large projection on the wall to the left and on the wall to the right two pedestals with two monitors stacked on top of both. Each screen shows a different view of a red-wigged, red-nosed clown in a striped outfit.

Clown Torture, 1987

Bruce Nauman

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