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Large panel of fabric covered in West African text, grid patterns, and squares of animal hide.

Talismanic Textile, Late 19th/early 20th century

Photograph of woman standing in front of closed storefront on a darkened street.

Untitled, 1932

Brassaï, (Gyula Halász)

Shallow and tall painting tightly focused on a black paneled door, a wreath of dying flowers hanging on it and a hand reaching to the doorknob from left.

That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door), 1931–41

Ivan Albright

Painting of bearded, ruddy-faced man in eighteenth century style clothing.

Portrait of a Man in Costume, c. 1767–68

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Charcoal drawing of young woman wearing headscarf, staring out expressionless.

The Artist's Mother, 1926 or 1936

Arshile Gorky

Large plaque of stone carved with animal and geometric hieroglyphs.

Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns), 1503

Aztec (Mexica)

Painting of two fishermen in small wooden boat on rocky seas.

The Herring Net, 1885

Winslow Homer

Wooden fold-out desk with many drawers, two gryphons perched at bottom.

Fall-Front Desk, c. 1810

Sepia toned photograph, heavily shadowed, a man is foregrounded in front of two figural sculptures.

Rodin, Le Penseur, 1902

Edward Steichen

Abstract work of numerous vertical lines dividing a horizontal image, making rectangular shapes in black, white, yellow, and white with tiny black dots forming the effect of a gray gradient. Many of the shapes have diagonal white bands running irregularly across them, evoking reflective surfaces of different angles.

Mirror #3 (Six Panels), 1971

Roy Lichtenstein

Black-and-white photograph of six trees in the snow. The tall black trees with thin, spiny branches contrast with the light gray, empty sky, and the stark white ground covered in fresh snow.

Chicago, 1950

Harry Callahan

A rough perspective sketch depicting a large, airy space with slender columns, floor-to-ceiling glass walls, and clusters of people.

Club de Centre Rural: Perspective Sketch, 1943

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

Painted portrait of seated man in a dark suit.

Self-Portrait, 1924

Lovis Corinth

Steel horse helmet, brass trim, protruding spike.

Shaffron, c. 1575

Still life of sensuously detailed painting of four white magnolias lying on blue velvet cloth.

Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, 1885–95

Martin Johnson Heade

Drawing of Jesus Christ carrying cross, soldier jabbing with staff, crowd following.

The Road to Calvary, 1475/80

Master of the Housebook

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, c. 1675

Tosa Mitsuoki

Large triangular structure lying on floor, top panel bisects horizontally creating ramp.

Untitled, 1976

Donald Judd

Color photograph of bed with monogram sheets, pillows, and painting of white American flag on wall.

Monogram, 1984

Louise Lawler

Abstract painting composed of a central tangle of vibrant colors—purple, pink, orange, green, red—on a mostly gray background, subtly divided into rectangular areas.

City Landscape, 1955

Joan Mitchell

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