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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

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

Working Model for UNESCO Reclining Figure, 1957

Henry Moore

A work made of oil on panel.

An Elegant Company, 1632

Pieter Codde

A work made of bronze.

Heracles (Archer), 1909

Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

A work made of wood and pigment.

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

Baga

A work made of silver.

Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying, 400-330 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood and copper alloy.

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

Songye

A work made of oil on glass.

The Dance, 1940

Kurt Seligmann

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 panel.

The Capture of Samson, 1609–10

Peter Paul Rubens

A work made of oil on canvas.

Bullfight, 1865–66

Édouard Manet

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Fish Plate, 340-320 BCE

Ancient Greek

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 silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Dionysos, after 146 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood with oil.

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

Fang

A work made of bronze.

The Fallen Caryatid Carrying Her Stone, Modeled 1881–82, cast 1902/24

Auguste Rodin

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Figure of a Dog, 1–200 CE

Colima

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

Tragic Figure, 1919–20

Arthur B. Davies

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