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A abstract painting in which numerous planes of brown and gray, along with highlights of black and white, compose the figure of a man. The most recognizable features are a pair of clasped hands and the wave of his dark hair.

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, autumn 1910

Pablo Picasso

A work made of oil on canvas.

In the Third Sleep, 1944

Kay Sage

Painting of close-up cross, mountain, red, yellow sky backdrop.

Black Cross, New Mexico, 1929

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on canvas.

The River, 1942

O. Louis Guglielmi

In a stark desert landscape, an older man sits in the foreground, illuminated, with a newspaper. Arranged evenly across the land behind him, smaller than perspective would indicate, are a faded child holding a hula hoop, a man holding a melting piano, a standing woman, and a figure near the horizon.

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano, 1936

Salvador Dalí

Abstract painting with dominant red, yellow, and blue tones. Densely commingled forms, many outlined in black or brown strokes, fill the canvas.

The Key, 1946

Jackson Pollock

A rectangular painting on light, vivid orange features a deeper orange block set atop a yellow block. The colors of each element are only loosely blended and lightly applied, so various tones are visible.

Untitled (Painting), 1953/54

Mark Rothko

A work made of collage composed of cut, torn, and painted paper elements, on wood-pulp board, laid down on tan wove paper.

For the Modern, 1947

Kurt Schwitters

Semiabstracted painting inspired by an aerial view. Yellow lines of varying thicknesses cross vertically and horizontally over a pink ground, much like rivers.

It Was Yellow and Pink III, 1960

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on canvas.

Spring, 1923–24

Georgia O'Keeffe

Painting of crucifixion, surrounded by scenes of Nazi violence against the Jewish community.

White Crucifixion, 1938

Marc Chagall

Stately interior with cream walls and high ceilings. At left is a fireplace with a large military portrait painting above it; at right are two large windows lined with dark curtains. Modern and metallic decorative elements, including a distinctive screen panel and coffee table, mix with more traditional, antique pieces.

E-15: English Drawing Room of the Modern Period, 1930s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Painting of light-colored sand, gray hills of uncertain size, and a strip of blue sky.

The Black Place, 1943

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on canvas.

Peru – Machu Picchu, Morning Light, 1957

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on hardboard.

Madawaska—Acadian Light-Heavy, 1940

Marsden Hartley

Portrait of an older woman holding a mirror and makeup pad, sitting in a dark dressing room in a pink slip and a blue and red skirt. Her flesh is mottled and pasty white, its contours in dark shadows that make it appear almost bruised. She gazes to the left forlornly.

Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida, 1929–30

Ivan Albright

Painting of a crowded bar scene where African American people dance and drink together, some sitting at the bar, some at small tables, and many on the dance floor.

Nightlife, 1943

Archibald John Motley Jr.

A work made of oil on canvas.

Red and Pink Rocks and Teeth, 1938

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on canvas.

Hogs Killing a Snake, c. 1930

John Steuart Curry

A work made of encaustic on canvas.

A Reasonable Facsimile, 1942

Arthur Dove

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