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A work made of wood with oil.

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

Fang

A work made of oil on card.

The Imperial Palace on the Palatine, Rome, 1834

Paul Flandrin

A square-shape textile with a dual multicolor border features a painted five-by-four grid of images with the repeated face of a Black woman with short hair, Bessie Smith. Her face appears blue in each instance, while the outline of her facial features, her hair, and clothing alternate colors in varying shades of yellow and orange. The background of each square likewise alternates between shades of blue and green, some with an influx of red.

American Collection #5: Bessie's Blues, January 19, 1997

Faith Ringgold

A work made of bronze.

Jean-Marie Fruchard, Modeled c. 1832/35, cast 1929/30

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A dark-brown painted sculpture with hints of orange showing through of a slim face with a long neck. The lips are drawn in a pout, the cheeks sunken, the hair pulled back in a swirl pattern and falling down in a slim column.

Head, Mid–late 19th century

Fang

A work made of oil on panel.

Fête d'Après-Midi, c. 1880

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

A work made of silver.

Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying, 400-330 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Figure of a Dog, 1–200 CE

Colima

A woman with dark brown skin and an afro reclines on a patterned yellow couch, her legs crossed in the foreground. She wears hoop earrings, a loose purple top, and yellow eyeshadow.

Can't We Just Sit Down and Talk it Over?, 2006–07

Mickalene Thomas

A work made of oil on glass.

The Dance, 1940

Kurt Seligmann

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Jar Depicting Figure in an Exotic Landscape, 1675–1750

Talavera Poblana

A work made of soft ground etching and aquatint on light blue laid paper.

Tragic Figure, 1919–20

Arthur B. Davies

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Fish Plate, 340-320 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of bronze.

Heracles (Archer), 1909

Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

A work made of oil on panel.

An Elegant Company, 1632

Pieter Codde

A work made of wood and pigment.

Female Headdress (Nimba, D'mba, or Yamban), Mid 19th-early 20th century

Baga

Loosely painted image of an open-air train station. On the right, a parked train gives off an enormous plumb of white smoke, making the scene look as though it were full of clouds. A huddled mass of barely discernible people crowd around the train on both sides of the tracks. Blue, green, and gray tones dominate.

Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877

Claude Monet

A work made of wood and pigment.

Crouching Figure, Late 19th/early 20th century

Luluwa

A work made of oil on panel.

The Capture of Samson, 1609–10

Peter Paul Rubens

A work made of marble.

Figure of a Youth from a Funerary Stele (Monument), about 380 BCE

Ancient Greek

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