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A black-and-white photo collage featuring Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall building—a long, rectangular, single-story building with walls of glass windows—submerged in a large body of water at 45 degrees, against a cloud-filled sky.

The Titanic, 1978

Stanley Tigerman

Vibrant colored print in black, yellow, red, and blue of man reclining.

Portrait of Otto Mueller, 1915

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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

Excavation, 1950

Willem de Kooning

Brown-tone drawing of a nude woman seated on a small stool, looking downward.

Seated Female Nude, 1660/62

Rembrandt van Rijn

Soft atmospheric painting of a star-studded night skies.

Night Sky #2, 1991

Vija Celmins

Pale watercolor drawing of young dancer in long sheer dress.

Green and Blue: The Dancer, c. 1893

James McNeill Whistler

Wood cabinet with lighter wood floral design and brass.

Cabinet, 1878–80

Herter Brothers

A young girl with medium skin wears a striking dress of black and white stripes with a short lace collar. Behind her is backdrop featuring symbols and native figures. Mangos sit beside her.

Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana), 1893

Paul Gauguin

The outer hard case of an Egyptian mummy is painted with a gold face, a blue geometric wig, a colorful bird across the chest, and various scenes across the lower portion featuring figures of gods and goddesses.

Coffin and Mummy of Pa-ankh-en-Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon I (about 924–889 BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

Life size sculpture of a robed Christian monk, painted matte black.

Monk (Mönch), 1997/99

Katharina Fritsch

Large painting of young woman in white dress sitting next to crib.

Madame de Pastoret and Her Son, 1791–92

Jacques Louis David

Black, white, red chalk drawing of woman's back.

Crouching Woman, 1827

Eugène Delacroix

Tall ink painting of misty ravine, small trees grow from the walls. AG & CP: An ink and color painting of a sepia colored, foggy mountain landscape with a few trees protruding from the mountains

Landscape, 2002

Li Huayi

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

black and white photo of two pairs of circle shaped eyeglasses and a wooden pipe in a bowl.

Mondrian's Glasses and Pipe, 1926

André Kertész

Large painting of soldier asleep outdoors surrounded by two women and a cupid.

Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, 1742/45

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Color print of Japanese man with sword making a funny face.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku

A work made of chromogenic print.

What is Essential, 2006

Yamini Nayar

Film still of bald man framed by legs wearing jeans.

The Long Road to Mazatlán, 1999

Isaac Julien

A headless figure leans out of the first-floor window of a light-colored stone building from which two iron bars have been detatched, his blood spurting to the ground. A figure bends to collect the head while another looks away to sheath a long sword. From right, a robed man beholds the guesome scene.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1455

Giovanni di Paolo

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