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Geometric forms fragment a vertical composition containing a woodgrain table with newspapers, a guitar, and a stemmed wine glass. These objects are vividly painted within a V-shaped fragment at center. Muted, shadowlike versions of the objects appear outside it. The outline of the guitar is repeated in the V in brown, green, blue, and black alongside a fragment of brown floral wallpaper.

Abstraction (Guitar and Glass), 1913

Juan Gris

A work made of oil on canvas.

Abstract Composition, 1927

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

A work made of acrylic, magna, oil, enamel on three panels.

China Boy, 1980

Nicholas Africano

A work made of bronze.

Head, 1934

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of four 16mm color films, silent, transferred to digital video (projection); 42 min. 30 sec. loop.

Art Make-Up, 1967/68

Bruce Nauman

A work made of box construction.

Untitled (Hôtel de l'Etoile), 1954

Joseph Cornell

A work made of black-and-white photomechanical reproduction mounted on paper, glass, and tape.

Detective, 1972–73

Christian Boltanski

A work made of marble.

Sculpture, 1935

Henry Moore

Earth toned landscape painting of boats and lighthouses composed of geometric shapes.

Little Harbor in Normandy, spring 1909

Georges Braque

A work made of oil on canvas.

Bella Venezia, 1945

Eugene Berman

A work made of cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave.

Composition Gris, Noir, Rouge (Composition Gray, Black, Red), 1958

Jean (Hans) Arp

A work made of hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper.

A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795

S. W. Fores

Geometric landscape painting filled with lush green stylized trees, leaves, and ferns, with a high horizon line. A patch of red leaves at lower right. At lower left, two black-skinned figures stand in front of a small rocky waterfall beside two antelope-like animals.

The Waterfall, 1910

Henri Rousseau

A work made of charcoal, pastel, and oil on canvas.

Study for "The Vermonter", 1965–66

Ivan Albright

A work made of copper.

34 Blows, 1971

Joel Shapiro

A work made of oil on canvas.

Macy's Jet Set, 1978

Karl Wirsum

A work made of enamel on aluminum.

Type B, 1986

Christopher Wool

A work made of fiberglass and polyester resin.

Untitled, 1965

Bruce Nauman

A work made of baked enamel on steel.

ABCD 5, 1971

Sol LeWitt

A work made of two 800 pound limestone boulders and steel rod.

and, 1997/99

Janine Antoni

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