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A work made of rectified readymade (one of about 25 unnumbered examples): pocket chessboard in leather, celluloid, and pins.

Pocket Chess Set, 1944

Marcel Duchamp

Pink and red wax sculpture of a naked person lying on their side in a fetal position.

Blood Pool, 1992

Kiki Smith

A work made of wood, metal, plastic, nails, screws, paint, twine, paper, and concrete.

Figure, 1935

Pablo Picasso

A work made of terracotta.

Statuette of a Seated Girl, 330-320 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of marble.

Relief of a Falling Warrior, 2nd century

Ancient Roman

A work made of bronze.

Suffering, 1907

Constantin Brancusi

A work made of twenty four light bulbs, extension cord, plastic light sockets, and dimmer switch.

"Untitled" (Last Light), 1993

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

A tall, wooden sculpture that leans against the gallery wall. A hollow box at the top is supported by two wooden branches that connect to a wheel at the bottom. The rough tree branches contrast with the refined wood of the box.

Sanctuary, 1982

Martin Puryear

A work made of formica on wood.

Table with Pink Tablecloth, 1964

Richard Artschwager

Marble sculpture of a partially clothed young woman on clouds looking to her left, her hand raised to her forehead.

The Lost Pleiade, 1874–75

Randolph Rogers

Bronze bust with a dark patina featuring a bearded man with curly hair, the patina on his nose worn to a lighter shade.

Bust of Heraclitus, Late 19th century reproduction

Ancient Greek

A work made of found stuffed cloth toys.

Eviscerated Corpse, 1989

Mike Kelley

A work made of shoe, marble, photographs, clay, hair, glass, wax, wood, and metal.

Surrealist Object Functioning Symbolically, 1931/73

Salvador Dalí

A work made of etching on white wove paper.

Sculptures, 1965

Alberto Giacometti

Three-dimensional piece featuring a large eyeball, oriented sideways, on a wooden pin set in a flat piece of yellow wood at upper right, cursive writing in French on the wood. Strands of curly hair and the wooden cutout of a cloud are affixed to the eyeball. Affixed to the wood, at lower left, is a tiny light-skinned hand with fingers reaching upward.

Object, 1936

Claude Cahun

A work made of bronze.

Thorn Extractor, 1906, cast 1953

Henri Matisse

A work made of sheet steel, brass, wire, and paint.

Streetcar, 1951

Alexander Calder

A work made of flatiron and 14 iron tacks.

Cadeau (Gift), 1963 (1921 original now lost)

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

A work made of bronze.

Bust of a Woman, 1851

Charles Henri Joseph Cordier

A work made of bronze.

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People, 1848

Charles Henri Joseph Cordier

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