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Still life of sensuously detailed painting of four white magnolias lying on blue velvet cloth.

Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, 1885–95

Martin Johnson Heade

A work made of oil on canvas.

Lights of Other Days, 1906

John Frederick Peto

An Art Deco building fragment made from red and gray clay and stone, hung along a corner, with interior lighting.

Imperial Hotel: Lobby Lantern Fragment, 1923 (demolished 1965)

Frank Lloyd Wright

A work made of oil on linen.

Ladder to the Light, 1951

Wifredo Lam

A work made of stained wood box with glass front, light bulb, tree bark, glitter or glass chips, glass, colored-paper image adhered to a wood form, and twigs.

Untitled (Lighted Dancer), c. 1949

Joseph Cornell

Painting of overlapping squares in grey, yellow, gold, and orange.

Homage to the Square: Light Passage, 1956

Josef Albers

A work made of oil on canvas.

Light and Shadow, c. 1924

John Warner Norton

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Onion, Plum, and Garlic, New York, 1993, printed April/June 1994

Irving Penn

A work made of cobalt blue, opaque white, and clear glass, gilt bronze, and marble.

Double-Plated Lamp, c. 1865

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

Lamp with stained glass shade featuring dragonflies and shades of green, purple, brown.

Lamp with “Hanging Head Dragonfly” Shade and “Mosaic and Turtleback” Base, By 1906

Clara Driscoll

A work made of acrylic on celotex and formica on wood.

Horizon III, 1990

Richard Artschwager

A work made of oil on canvas.

Ballet Skirt or Electric Light (from the White Rose Motif), 1927

Georgia O'Keeffe

JUMBO Task Lamp

JUMBO Task Lamp, 2003

Scott Wilson

A work made of oil on canvas.

Old Man Lighting a Pipe, c. 1660

Johann Carl Loth

Loosely painted scene of a brown-haired girl in her nightgown standing in a dark room, gazing out a window into a brighter night, her face unseen and her hand drawing back the pale curtain. Light blues and pink whites dominate the girl and the window, while deep browns, blues, and greens color the darkened portions of her room.

The Girl by the Window, 1893

Edvard Munch

A work made of color lithograph on white wove paper.

Cold Light, 1971

James Rosenquist

A work made of glass, blown and tooled technique.

Lamp, 6th century

Byzantine

A work made of technopolimeris.

Jazz Lamp, 1989

Porsche Design GmbH.

A work made of plaster.

France Lighting the World, 1865

Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

A portable lamp with a white funnel-shaped shade and black hook with an attachment for the cord to wrap around.

"Mayday" Lamp, 1998

Konstantin Grcic

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