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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Rapidity of Sleep, 1945

Yves Tanguy

Vivid, lush view of rolling waves in purple, white, blue, and green against a bright blue sky with a watercolor-like blending of blues and purples. Sea and sky nearly become one.

Seascape, 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bright-yellow houses and a high bridge with arched supports tower over a colorful band of revelers including a tall figure in green pants and a pointed hat playing an extremely long horn instrument.

Carnival in Arcueil, 1911

Lyonel Feininger

Shallow and tall painting tightly focused on a black paneled door, a wreath of dying flowers hanging on it and a hand reaching to the doorknob from left.

That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door), 1931–41

Ivan Albright

Surrounded by lush, bright foliage, man and a young girl at close range lean against a fence near a lake. The man is smoking, and both wear straw hats.

Near the Lake, 1879–80

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven amongst multitude of angels.

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577–79

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco

A work made of cotton, plain weave; screen printed.

Karuselli (Carousel) (Furnishing Fabric), 1973

Katsuji Wakisaka

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Santa Fe Engine, 1941, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston

Dark colored abstract sculpture of interlocking rounded and edged shapes.

Horse, 1914

Raymond Duchamp-Villon

A work made of oil on canvas.

Poor Room—There Is No Time, No End, No Today, No Yesterday, No Tomorrow, Only the Forever, and Forever, and Forever without End, 1942–43, 1948–55, 1957–63

Ivan Albright

Painting of a performance inside a circus ring. A man wearing a suit holds a whip in his hand and looks towards a woman with red hair riding a gray horse and wearing a green dress. Audience members wearing suits and top hats watch from red and white benches on the side.

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando), 1887–88

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Pittsburgh, 1941, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston

A work made of color screenprint on cream wove paper.

What about India?, 1941/43

Maurice Merlin

A work made of oil on linen canvas.

Polynesian Woman with Children, 1901

Paul Gauguin

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

A work made of oil on hardboard.

Madawaska—Acadian Light-Heavy, 1940

Marsden Hartley

Painting of a cabin set below a dark blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Behind it is a field of many small white dots. In front, a dark-skinned woman sits and a dark-skinned child plays among roaming chickens and dogs in a fenced-in yard.

Cabin in the Cotton, c. 1931–37

Horace Pippin

A work made of wool, cotton, and linen, plain weave of discontinuous wefts with supplementary brocading wefts.

Homage to Louis Sullivan (Study), 1986

Helena Hernmarck

A work made of woodcut in black ink on japanese wood veneer paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with letterpress in black ink.

Horse Radish Grinder, from Yiddish Motifs, 1926

Todros Geller

A work made of pen and black ink, with graphite and smudging, and red colored pencil on ivory graph paper.

Grey Felt, Aluminum, 1967

Barry Le Va

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