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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

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

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Ito Shinsui

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

Excavation, 1950

Willem de Kooning

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

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

Caribs' Leap/Western Deep, 2002

Steve McQueen

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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