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A work made of wood and kaolin.

Figure Posts, Early-mid 20th century

Kwere

Animated scene of many mostly nude figures in close combat, on earth and aloft in low-hanging clouds, reaching toward one another with long spears.

The Battle between the Gods and the Giants, c. 1608

Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael

A work made of lindenwood.

Putto, c. 1550

Hans Peiser

A work made of brown crayon on dark tan wove paper.

Dancing Figure, c. 1925

Ivan Meštrović

A work made of color woodblock on cream japanese paper.

Figure Assemblage I, 1959

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of silver.

Obol (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena, 334 (or earlier)-302 BCE

Ancient Greek

Colorful screenprint depicting a variety of brown-skinned figures walking down a street. On the left, a man in blue carries a stringed instrument; in the center, a man in black leaning on a red cane walks beside a child wearing white; a smaller child plays with chalk on the sidewalk. In the background, a woman wearing a yellow dress emerges from a doorway.

Harlem Street Scene, 1975

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of silver.

Shekel (Coin) Depicting the God Melkarth, 31-30 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of plaster.

Bacchus Consoling Ariadne, c. 1892

Aimé-Jules Dalou

A work made of terracotta.

Figural Bottle, Mid–/late 20th century

Zela

A work made of offset lithograph on blue machine-made simulated lizard skin paper.

Figure with Hand, 1973

Sigmar Polke

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1771

Pierre-Jacques Volaire

A work made of lithograph in black, gray, brown, ochre, and green on china paper.

Two Reclining Figures with River Background, 1963

Henry Moore

A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Allegorical Figure Representing Africa, 1746

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Philip Philadelphus, 92-83 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Figure of a Girl, c. 1790

Limbach Porcelain Factory

A work made of tempera on panel.

The Continence of Scipio, c. 1455

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni

A work made of oil on cradled panel.

Chariot Race, 1876

Jean Léon Gérôme

A work made of oil on canvas.

Returning Life, 1955

Kenzô Okada

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Dreadful Feast of Flesh, 1957

François Arnal

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