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Three light-skinned, dark-haired ballerinas, painted in muted tones, wear off-the-shoulder yellow leotards and tutus as they huddle near each other. One adjusts her costume, while one holds her hands clasped above her head. At left is a painted screen with four pairs of feet visible underneath.

Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874–76

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

A work made of graphite on off-white wove paper.

Breton Women on the Beach, 1867/68

Eugène Louis Boudin

Heavy daubs of pigment form a crowded scene of roughly defined, finely dressed individuals in a brightly color park along a riverbank.

Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884", 1884

Georges Seurat

A work made of color woodblock print; oban diptych.

Women Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge, c. 1786

Torii Kiyonaga

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 etching on paper.

Two Women Beggars, plate eight from The Beggars, c. 1622

Jacques Callot

A work made of drypoint in black on cream wove paper.

Studies of Women, n.d.

Henri Matisse

Photograph of woman standing in front of closed storefront on a darkened street.

Untitled, 1932

Brassaï, (Gyula Halász)

A work made of woodcut in brown ink with letterpress above on discolored ivory laid paper hinged to tan laid paper.

Three Breton Women with Infants, 1894

Armand Séguin

A work made of oil on canvas.

On the Road, 1856

Jules Dupré

A work made of pen and brown ink, and brush and gray and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.

Women and Children Mourning a Dead Man, 1778

Jean Baptiste Greuze

A work made of distemper on canvas.

Foliage—Oak Tree and Fruit Seller, 1918

Édouard Jean Vuillard

A work made of human hair, twine, cloth, and pigment.

Woman's Hat (Isicholo), 20th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of oil on canvas.

Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts, 1871–72

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Nocturnal landscape painting with lush trees and a large patch of sky with visible brushstrokes. Multiple small, seated figures line the foreground.

Landscape with Figures, c. 1870

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Sherry, Susan, Wendy, Laura, 1983

Roy DeCarava

Painting of a young woman in a black and white striped gown, seated at a table with cherries, staring directly at the viewer.

Girl with Cherries, c. 1870

Eva Gonzalès

A work made of stencil.

Victors of the May Day Competition, April 25, 1944

Mikhail M. Solov'ev

A work made of wood engraving on off-white wove paper.

Menalcas Watching Women Dance, from The Pastorals of Virgil, 1821

William Blake

A work made of color woodblock print, triptych.

Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795

Chôbunsai Eishi

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