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Soft atmospheric painting of a star-studded night skies.

Night Sky #2, 1991

Vija Celmins

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 Paankhaenamun, 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

Dark abstract sculpture composed of two rounded shapes atop long slender rods.

Tanktotem I, 1952

David Smith

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

Crouching Woman, 1827

Eugène Delacroix

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

Madame de Pastoret and Her Son, 1791–92

Jacques Louis David

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

Abstract painting with soft shapes of brown, pink, yellow, red.

The Plow and the Song, 1946–47

Arshile Gorky

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

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

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Film still of bald man framed by legs wearing jeans.

The Long Road to Mazatlán, 1999

Isaac Julien

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

Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, 1742/45

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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

Large painting of Holy Family: Mary in red, holding baby Jesus.

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, c. 1615

Peter Paul Rubens

Black and blue print of gaunt girl, sad expression and thinning hair.

The Sick Child I, 1896

Edvard Munch

Silver-toned reliquary in the shape of a long rectangle with an upper resembling a pitched roof. In relief on its side, armed figures surround a falling figure in distress as a single figure attacks him.

Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia, 1100/50

Lamp with stained glass shade featuring dragonflies and shades of green, purple, brown.

Lamp with “Hanging Head Dragonfly” Shade and “Mosaic and Turtleback” Base, By 1906

Clara Driscoll

Large painting of woman, in gold and pink dress, placing severed head on platter.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1639–42

Guido Reni

Hanging cloth depicting figure in green cloak under rainbow.

Fragment (Hanging), Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE), 5th/6th century

Coptic

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