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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

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

A work made of zincograph in green and blue on cream wove paper.

The Modern Poster, 1895

William H. Bradley

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-27: French Library of the Modern Period, 1930s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Priests of the Modern Neiji Temple, 1951

Werner Bischof

A work made of color woodblock print with mica background.

Nails, from the Second Series of Modern Beauties, August 1936

Ito Shinsui

A work made of color woodblock print.

Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties", October 1922

Ito Shinsui

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

A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795

S. W. Fores

A work made of steel, brass, leather, and modern costume.

Armor for the Joust, c. 1560

A work made of color woodblock prints; oban triptych.

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri, c. 1785

Torii Kiyonaga

Film still of ocean, orange sunset, small boat in shadow.

Caribs' Leap/Western Deep, 2002

Steve McQueen

Color photograph of a cemetery, a large open grave in the foreground with a rumpled tarp and pile of gravel nearby. The grave is filled with water and marine life, including several starfish.

The Flooded Grave, 1998–2000

Jeff Wall

A work made of stained oak with modern horsehair upholstery.

Armchair, 1897

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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

Excavation, 1950

Willem de Kooning

A work made of color woodblock print.

Face Powder, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties", July 1923

Ito Shinsui

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

The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress, published February 15, 1796

James Gillray

A series of seven vertical rectangles of a single color—blue, red, white, and yellow, a black rectangle at center—arranged in a horizontal panel.

Red Yellow Blue White and Black II, 1953

Ellsworth Kelly

A work made of walnut and modern replacement upholstery.

Chair, 1815–20

Unknown

Cutting from a manuscript of the letter G in pink on a green-brown background, with curling leafs in red, blue, and green.

Decorated Initial "G" in Pink with Curling Leaves from a Manuscript, 14th century or modern, c. 1920

A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri, c. 1785

Torii Kiyonaga

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