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Large abstract painting of canvas sparsely filled with multicolored scribbles and shapes.

The First Part of the Return from Parnassus, 1961

Cy Twombly

A recumbent, full-figured nude rendered in pink and gray geometric shapes, her hands above her head, on a gray and blue ground, a brown tree with sparse needles behind her.

Nude under a Pine Tree, January 20, 1959

Pablo Picasso

A work made of oil on canvas.

Isaku Yanaihara, 1956

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of oil on canvas.

Among the Redwoods, 1920

Wallace L. DeWolf

Thin, flat metal shapes form a loosely symmetrical sculpture atop a wide base. Near the top, radiating spindles form an open, cone-like shape.

Maquette for Richard J. Daley Center Sculpture, 1964

Pablo Picasso

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

A work made of black-glazed ceramic.

Reclining Torso, 1922

Alexander Archipenko

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Seine at Triel, 1931

Albert Marquet

A work made of oil on canvas.

Ballet Skirt or Electric Light (from the White Rose Motif), 1927

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on canvas.

Laurette with a Cup of Coffee, 1916–17

Henri Matisse

A work made of stencil.

A "Statesman" of Contemporary Germany, August 25, 1944

Nikolai F. Denisovskii

A work made of oil on canvas.

Woman at an Easel (Green Screen), 1936

Georges Braque

A work made of oil on canvas.

Explosion at Sea, 1966

Vija Celmins

Painting of an Indigenous woman native to Mexico bent and seated on a brown floor, using red thread to create a geometric design on a backstrap loom. Earth tones dominate, while a dresser in the background and the bottom portion of the woman's white dress are a deep blue.

Weaving, 1936

Diego Rivera

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mrs. Wolleh with Children (Frau Wolleh mit Kindern), 1967

Gerhard Richter

A white-toned, blocklike sculpture with rough areas and three highly polished nude figures emerging from the rough portions. In front, a mournful man and woman grasp tightly at each other's hands while from behind, another figure buries his head in his own crossed arms, the woman's upturned hand holding onto them.

The Solitude of the Soul, Modeled in plaster 1901; sculpted in marble 1914

Lorado Taft

A work made of sheet steel, string, and paint.

Black Dots, 1941

Alexander Calder

A work made of oil on canvas.

Candle (Kerze), 1982

Gerhard Richter

Abstract line composition of black lines at right angles forming quadrants including a gray square at upper left and a gray rectangle and red rectangle at lower right, against a white background.

Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red, 1935

Piet Mondrian

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mattamathics, 1948

Max Ernst

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