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A work made of encaustic and newspaper on canvas.

Figure 4, 1959

Jasper Johns

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Stamnos (Mixing Jar), 480-470 BCE

Syriskos

Black-and-white photograph of a fan made of finely carved pieces, featuring nude figures and cherubs among foliage.

Fan, 1775/1800

Benjamin West

A work made of wood, glass beads, and thread.

Twin Figures (Ere Ibeji), Early/mid–20th century

Yoruba

A work made of veined alabaster.

Stags, 1914

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Oinochoe (Pitcher), about 440 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of oil on paper, mounted on board.

Mystical Head: Andrej, 1917

Alexei Jawlensky

A work made of tempera on panel, transferred to canvas.

The Baptism of Christ, 1500/05

Perugino

A work made of bronze.

Saint Francis of Assisi; Base with Putti, 1600/20

Nicolò Roccatagliata

A work made of bronze.

Mercury, 1575/1625

Italian

Print in black ink of a black boy sitting on a stool. Behind him looms a skeleton in a white hooded costume holding a noose. The skeleton is held back by a larger-than-life black man in glasses, William Patterson, who reaches in from the right side of the image wearing a banner that reads, "CRC."

Civil Rights Congress, 1949

Elizabeth Catlett

Several nude people, each with a different skin hue, relax languidly underneath trees in a rural landscape. The shapes in this painting are simplified, soft. But overall they remain recognizable. Looking upward—toward the background—an oval-shaped portal in the tree copse opens toward a pink mirage. An unconcerned, utopian group, but in somber colors.

The Drying After, 1961

Bob Thompson

Painting of multicolored rectangles and irregular interlocking shapes.

Twin Figures, March 1938

Jean Hélion

A work made of tempera on panel, transferred to canvas.

Noli Me Tangere, 1500/05

Perugino

An orange-red ceramic vessel in the shape of an abstract figure with wide-set eyes and short arms, a handle at back.

Single Spout Vessel with Molded Abstract Figure, 1000–1476

Lambayeque

Two Figures

Two Figures, 1955

Lynn Chadwick

A work made of oil on paper, on board.

Schoolhouse, 1920

Paul Klee

A work made of silver.

Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena, 317-310 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of bronze with dark brown patina.

Satyr Mother and Child, c. 1510/40

Workshop of Severo da Ravenna (Severo Calzetta)

Historical black and white photographical portrait of Black man in a suit, gold frame.

Frederick Douglass, 1847-52

Samuel J. Miller

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