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

Fan, 1775/1800

Benjamin West

Drawing in black ink of a spotted panther jumping head-first from a tree to attack a cowering woman as another person lays beneath her, unconscious.

Panther Springing out of a Tree, 1910

Max Slevogt

Miniature room featuring walls decorated with a tropical landscape, a spiral staircase, a crystal chandelier, and two rugs.

A31: Tennessee Entrance Hall, 1835, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Color photograph of dark, murky water with green algae. Surrounding trees reflect clearly off the surface of the water.

Primordial Pool, 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

Miniature room featuring wide-plank hardwood floors, round hooked rugs, simple wooden furnishings, and a wood-burning stove. The window frames and door frames are painted green, while the walls are a light butter yellow.

A18: Shaker Living Room, c. 1800, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Full-body sketch of a mustached man wearing a jockey's cap. His hands grasp an unseen horse's reins, and his legs are only lightly rendered.

Jockey, 1866–68

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

A work made of linen, plain weave; pulled thread work embroidered with silk back, running and two-sided italian cross stitches; edged with darning stitch.

Two Border Fragments, Late 16th/early 17th century

Bone-colored bowl with interior decorations of bone-colored zig-zags, diamonds, and lines on a black background, a circle at the interior base.

Bowl with Bold Black-on-White Diamond and Zizgag Motifs, 950–1400

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

A large, red-orange letter O decorated with gold leaf and blue, orange, and green vine-like flourishes contains within it a balding man with a gray beard in a black robe. He holds out a book in each hand. To his left are a group of kneeling men in black robes. Men in white robes kneel at his right.

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook, 1394/95

Martino di Bartolomeo di Biagio

Cutting from a manuscript of the letter G in pink on a green-brown background, with curling leafs in red, blue, and green.

Decorated Initial "G" in Pink with Curling Leaves from a Manuscript, 14th century or modern, c. 1920

A work made of watercolor and pen and black ink, with red chalk and graphite, over lithograph, on cream laid paper, laid down on white wood-pulp laminate board.

Women Fighting, n.d.

William Rothenstein

A work made of color woodblock print.

Bird, from Milestones of the Season (Shibunshū “Kisetsu-hyō”)Season (Shibunshû “Kisetsu-hyô”), 1935

Onchi Kōshirō

Porcelain plate with scalloped rim decorated with a border of royal blue and gold. The center is a black and white enamel depicting a female figure holding an anchor and seated on a rocky shore.

Plate from the Duke of Clarence Service, c. 1792

Worcester Porcelain Factory

Large, dark painting of Jesus sitting with three standing soldiers.

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, 1865

Édouard Manet

A work made of gelatin silver print.

"Inez", Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, 1947

Harold Allen

A square white tile, rotated 90 degrees, crossed by black lines intersecting at 90-degree angles. A few of the shapes thus formed—some partial squares, some rectangles—are colored in a single shade of yellow, blue, black, or red.

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921

Piet Mondrian

A work made of lithograph on wove paper.

Illumination, 1959

Richard Aberle Florsheim

A work made of silk, brocaded in silk and metal thread.

17 Fragments, 18th century

Blurry rectangles of yellow, gray, and black float against background of orange.

Number 19, 1949

Mark Rothko

Painting of a mustached man with a wide-brimmed black hat and white flat collar seen from the waist up, turned to the viewer.

Portrait of an Artist, 1644

Follower of Frans Hals

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