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A work made of cattle horn, copper, brass, and iron.

Snuff Container, Possibly mid–late 19th century

Northern Nguni

Painted portrait dominated by loose, large brushstrokes of a woman, seen from the back, wearing a gauzy white off-the-shoulder dress and black choker, blond hair swept up, examining herself in a mirror at left. The background is a feathered swirl suggesting floral pattern in cool pale tones of gray, purple, pink, and blue.

Woman at Her Toilette, 1875–80

Berthe Morisot

A work made of watercolor and gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream watercolor paper, laid down on wood-pulp board.

Two Women in a Doorway, 1882

Lawrence Carmichael Earle

A work made of bronze.

Water, 1916

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bright exaggerated painting of aging showgirl with feathered hairpiece and garish makeup.

Minnie, 1974

Ed Paschke

A work made of lithograph in black on off-white wove paper.

Four Heads of Women, 1876–77

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

A work made of oil on canvas.

Milton Dictating to His Daughter, 1794

Henry Fuseli

A work made of charcoal on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream rag board, on stretcher.

Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Marie, 1881

James Ensor

Colorful screenprint depicting a variety of brown-skinned figures walking down a street. On the left, a man in blue carries a stringed instrument; in the center, a man in black leaning on a red cane walks beside a child wearing white; a smaller child plays with chalk on the sidewalk. In the background, a woman wearing a yellow dress emerges from a doorway.

Harlem Street Scene, 1975

Jacob Lawrence

A work made of plaster.

Bacchus Consoling Ariadne, c. 1892

Aimé-Jules Dalou

Black and white photograph of women, lips pursed, against wood paneled wall.

Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife, 1936, printed c. 1962

Walker Evans

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in chain stitches; backed and lined with silk, plain weave; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; silk tassels.

Bedcover Depicting the Five Senses, 1675/1725

Opulently dressed light-skinned man and woman drink at a small table. A mirror behind them reflects a crowd. Her blue dress and dark hat dominate.

At Mouquin's, 1905

William James Glackens

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

The Four Naked Women, 1497

Albrecht Dürer

Brown toned drawing and wash, servant delivers letter to woman in dress.

The Letter, or The Spanish Conversation, c. 1778

Jean Honoré Fragonard

A work made of tempera on panel.

The Continence of Scipio, c. 1455

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni

A work made of rayon and cotton, satin weave; screen printed.

West Wind, 1931

Duncan Grant

A work made of black ink monotype from a glass matrix, over watercolor monotype from a paper matrix, with touches of metallic oil-based media, on thin cream japanese paper laid down on cream wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum).

Two Standing Tahitian Women, 1894

Paul Gauguin

A work made of gouache, over graphite, on off-white laid paper, laid down on gray board.

Elegant Women at the Trifle, 1919/20

Raoul Dufy

A work made of charcoal, with touches of stumping on ivory laid paper, discolored to cream, fixed.

Three Women, 1928

Léopold Survage

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