A work made of oil on canvas.

Black and White, 1960/61

Ellsworth Kelly

A work made of oil on linen.

Vincent and Tony, 1969

Alex Katz

A work made of steel and aluminum.

Steel-Aluminum Plain, 1969

Carl André

Expressive painting with an almost blurry effect of three women dressed in black and white examining and cutting large pieces of fabric.

Shop Girls, c. 1912

Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones

A work made of felt with metal grommets.

Untitled, 1976

Robert Morris

A work made of oil on glass.

Landscape, 1957

Max Ernst

A work made of oil on canvas.

Christa and Wolfi, 1964

Gerhard Richter

A work made of oil on composition board.

Still Life No. 15, c. 1917

Marsden Hartley

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Huckster Cart, 1913

Robert Spencer

A work made of oil and graphite on hardboard.

Self-Portrait (No. 8), October 5–12, 1982

Ivan Albright

Abstract painting with beige background, lines creating sharp angles, minimal color.

Excavation, 1950

Willem de Kooning

A work made of oil on composition board.

Portrait of a Sea Dove—Dead, 1935

Marsden Hartley

A work made of oil on canvas.

Diego Seated in the Studio, 1950

Alberto Giacometti

A recumbent, full-figured nude rendered in pink and gray geometric shapes, her hands above her head, on a gray and blue ground, a brown tree with sparse needles behind her.

Nude under a Pine Tree, January 20, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Abstract painting in bright yellow, green, and orange. Undulating, visible brushstrokes give the surface a bright yet dusty and layered effect.

Untitled, 1965

Beauford Delaney

A work made of oil on canvas.

Isaku Yanaihara, 1956

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of oil on canvas.

Among the Redwoods, 1920

Wallace L. DeWolf

A work made of oil and silver paint on wood.

Lantern, c. 1922

Arthur Dove

A work made of the reflecting pool, 1977-79, 6:58 min.; moonblood, 1977-79, 12:48 min.; silent life, 1979, 13:14 min.; ancient of days, 1979-81, 12:21 min.; vegetable memory, 1978-80, 15:13 min. color video, sound (projection); 62 min. loop.

The Reflecting Pool: Collected Works, 1977–80

Bill Viola

Thin, flat metal shapes form a loosely symmetrical sculpture atop a wide base. Near the top, radiating spindles form an open, cone-like shape.

Maquette for Richard J. Daley Center Sculpture, 1964

Pablo Picasso