A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great, 297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace (306–281 BCE)

Ancient Greek

A work made of sterling silver, ebony.

Teapot, 1960

William Frederick

A work made of silver and wood.

Teapot, 1848

Obadiah Rich

A work made of silver.

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus, 2 BCE-4 CE

Ancient Roman

A work made of silver.

Argenteus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Diocletian, 300, issued by Diocletian or Maximianus

Ancient Roman

A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great, 297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace

Ancient Greek

Black-and-white photograph of six trees in the snow. The tall black trees with thin, spiny branches contrast with the light gray, empty sky, and the stark white ground covered in fresh snow.

Chicago, 1950

Harry Callahan

A work made of silver.

Stater (Coin) Portraying Mithrapata, 380-375 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of silver dye-bleach print.

Plastic-Covered Tree Near Lawrence and Kenmore, Chicago, 1984

Luis Medina

A work made of silver dye-bleach print.

Hot Dog Stands: Sammy's, Division Street, from the series "Hot Dog Stands", 1987

Patty Carroll

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Georgia O'Keeffe (B), New York, January 31, 1948, printed September 1991

Irving Penn

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Georgia O'Keeffe—Torso, 1918

Alfred Stieglitz

A black-and-white print of a 19th-century woman in a frilly dress, staring to the right in a pensive manner. She wears three pearl necklaces and holds flowers.

Anne Thackeray Ritchie, May 1870

Julia Margaret Cameron

A work made of gelatin silver print in acrylic frame; edition number five of six.

Cremaster 5: The Queen of Chain, 1997

Matthew Barney

A work made of silver.

Caudle Cup, c. 1683

Cornelius Vanderburgh

A work made of silver.

Scissors, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th or 9th century

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Chicago 224, 1953

Aaron Siskind

A work made of silver.

Toast Rack, c. 1880

Christopher Dresser

A work made of silver.

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Orodes I, 57-37 BCE

Iranian

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Lamp in Petit Montrouge, 1950

Todd Webb