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A graphic, grotesque painting of a balding, bug-eyed man with white hair and decaying flesh and open boils in dominant shades of gray and magenta, his clothing tattered and torn. Behind him, a crumbling home is suggested through objects and voids of space rendered in swirls of prismatic colors like those reflected by an oil slick: dark purples, greens, blues.

Picture of Dorian Gray, 1943–44

Ivan Albright

Vibrantly colored landscape painting of houses built on a steep hill surrounded by thin, bent trees and a narrow trail or road. Bright orange, red, pink, green, and yellow illuminate the scene.

Landscape at L'Estaque, 1906

Georges Braque

A work made of oil on cardboard.

Houses at Murnau, 1909

Vasily Kandinsky

Rectangular painting of white, framed by a thin, yellow outline and a thicker, black outline.

Brilliant Yellow #9, 1964/65

Jo Baer

A work made of oil on board.

Girl with Cat, 1937

Balthus

Blue stained glass windows depicting angels, musicians, trees.

America Windows, 1977

Marc Chagall

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

Blood Pool, 1992

Kiki Smith

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

A rectangular painting featuring color blocks in shades of purple, white, and red against a cream background. The purple rectangle at top is a loosely blended mix of pink and blue. The white block is almost yellow, though its outer edges are quite white. The red block at bottom pulses with varying shades.

Untitled (Purple, White, and Red), 1953

Mark Rothko

A series of seven vertical rectangles of a single color—blue, red, white, and yellow, a black rectangle at center—arranged in a horizontal panel.

Red Yellow Blue White and Black II, 1953

Ellsworth Kelly

A work made of bronze.

Suffering, 1907

Constantin Brancusi

Abstract painting in predominant shades of blue, green, and black, featuring diagonal bands of color and undulating lines.

Blue and Green Music, 1919–21

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of twenty four light bulbs, extension cord, plastic light sockets, and dimmer switch.

"Untitled" (Last Light), 1993

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

A tall, wooden sculpture that leans against the gallery wall. A hollow box at the top is supported by two wooden branches that connect to a wheel at the bottom. The rough tree branches contrast with the refined wood of the box.

Sanctuary, 1982

Martin Puryear

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of Sylvette David, 1954

Pablo Picasso

A work made of formica on wood.

Table with Pink Tablecloth, 1964

Richard Artschwager

A work made of found stuffed cloth toys.

Eviscerated Corpse, 1989

Mike Kelley

A work made of oil and tempera on canvas.

Painting (The Circus Horse), 1927

Joan Miró

A work made of oil on canvas.

Supervielle, Large Banner Portrait, 1945

Jean Dubuffet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Bad Times, 1970

Philip Guston

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