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Box construction lined with printed text. A white sphere and clear blue marble are suspended between two horizontal glass shelves. At bottom left is a clear glass goblet filled with coral, shells, and paper. At bottom right, a white ceramic hand holding a cup.

Soap Bubble Set, 1948

Joseph Cornell

Ghostly white face formed by a winding line, creating forehead wrinkles, nose, chin. Droopy eyes and a small black heart.

In the Magic Mirror, 1934

Paul Klee

A tall, spindly human figure in rough bronze with an elongated torso and arms and dramatically long, thin, kneeless legs appears to be walking mid-stride, both feet on the ground but quite far apart

Walking Man II, 1960

Alberto Giacometti

Painting of three black youths gardening, residential towers loom in the background.

Many Mansions, 1994

Kerry James Marshall

A work made of oil on copper.

The Two Philosophers, February 4–12, 1936

Joan Miró

A work made of oil on cardboard.

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1917/19

Amedeo Modigliani

A work made of enamel on aluminum.

Maggie's Brain, 1995

Christopher Wool

A work made of oil and plaster, over gauze, on panel.

Asiatic God, 1924

Paul Klee

Horizontal painting in pastel tones of a series of abstract clouds in a gridlike formation like loose bricks, larger at the bottom of the painting and receding away at a horizon line near the top of the painting. Behind them, a blue sky gets progressively lighter. At the horizon line is a loose pink gradient that progresses to white and returns to blue at the very top of the work.

Sky above Clouds IV, 1965

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on linen.

Untitled, c. 1938–41

Jackson Pollock

A work made of bronze, from an edition of six.

Large Interior Form, 1953/54

Henry Moore

A work made of gouache, possibly casein, on panel.

Two Nude Women, 1942

Jean Dubuffet

A work made of oil on glass bottle.

Untitled (Woman-Bottle), c. 1943

René Magritte

Painting of a figure with a face that seems to be bisected at center and mirrored, with a set of green eyes and a set of red eyes below. Though the figure has one head, it has two bodies: a nondescript male torso at left and a female torso with prominent breasts at right. The background is a uniform blue. A spiny yellow vine suggests a neck at left. At right, another suggested neck features cone-like protrusions identical to the nipples on the female torso.

Gemini, 1938

Victor Brauner

A work made of aluminum, iron, and paint.

(3 x 5) + 1, 1949

Alexander Calder

A work made of oil on canvas.

Antwerp, 1906

Georges Braque

A work made of oil on canvas.

Caliente, 1985

Ed Paschke

A work made of bronze.

An Anxious Friend, 1944

Max Ernst

A work made of cor-ten and stainless steel.

Clothespin, 1975

Claes Oldenburg

A work made of bronze.

Sleeping Muse, 1910

Constantin Brancusi

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