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A work made of oil paint and gouache, with pen and brush and brown ink on tan wove paper.

Figures in a Park, n.d.

Charles Georges Dufresne

Black-and-white etching of students with dark skin walking, escorted by white man. On the left behind a short barrier, a crowd of men with white skin gesture angrily and yell at the students. One man wears what appears to be a pointed cloak, like those worn by the Ku Klux Klan. A white man with a dog stands between the men and the students.

First Day of School, 1965

Vincent Smith

A work made of wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches; loop and plied fringes.

Poncho Displaying Contorted Figures, c. 200-150 BCE

Paracas

A work made of wood and sacrificial material.

Equestrian Figure, 16th/19th century

Dogon

A work made of oil on board.

Figure in Pink and Yellow, 1914

Manierre Dawson

A work made of marble.

Standing Figure, late 1940s

Marion Perkins

Plate sized sculpture depicting seated deity, adorned with figures, filigree, and temples.

Tiered Offering Mandala of the Goddess of Wealth (Vasudhara), 19th century

Sharp white lines inscribe a heavy black slab, implying a kind of screenwork person: flat, sharp, a little silly. A soft cloth floats over the figure's "abdomen." On it, two white owls contrast sharply with their soft, luminous featheriness.

Human Figure with Two Birds, 1925/29

Max Ernst

A work made of ivory.

Virgin and Child, 1350–75

Netherlandish

A work made of bronze, cast in 1957, from an edition of five plus one.

Working Model for UNESCO Reclining Figure, 1957

Henry Moore

Sculpture of Asian man’s head, he is bald with detailed angular facial features.

Head of a Luohan, Northern Song, Liao, or Jin dynasty, c. 11th century

A work made of wood and copper alloy.

Standing Male Figure (Mankishi), Late 19th/early 20th century

Songye

Light wood sculpture of angel with shield looking towards devil at feet.

Saint Michael and the Devil, 1475/1500

Spanish

A work made of bronze.

Auguste-Hilarion, comte de Kératry, Modeled c. 1832–35; cast 1929–50

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A work made of wood and sacrificial material.

Female Figure, 11th-19th century

Tellem

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Figure of a Seated Chieftain, 100 BCE–250 CE

Nayarit

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1740–41

Michele Giovanni Marieschi

A work made of wood with oil.

Half Figure (Nlo Byeri), Late 19th-early 20th century

Fang

Steel helmet with brass stripe trim, leather ties.

Portions of a Jousting Helmet, 1570/80

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Fish Plate, 350-330 BCE

Ancient Greek

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