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Color pastel drawing of ballerinas in tutus on stage, watched by audience.

Ballet at the Paris Opéra, 1877

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

A work made of oil on canvas.

L'Italienne, 1937

Georges Rouault

A work made of bronze.

Little Pensive One, 1911

Wilhelm Lehmbruck

A work made of oil on canvas.

Still Life (Centrifugal Expansion of Colors), 1916

Gino Severini

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Abduction of the Sabine Women, c. 1675

Luca Giordano

A work made of mezzotint in black on white wove paper.

Untitled (Large Night Sky), 2016

Vija Celmins

A work made of metal, plastic, and wood objects.

Pitchfork Lady, 1964

Don Baum

Cool-toned paper collage of a number of black figures in a room. In the left foreground, a small, female figure spins wool; behind her a larger female figure works an upright loom. A male figure strides across the frame. Three male figures stand to the side, and a figure carrying a knife enters the room through a doorway in the back. A large window in the background frames a mountainous island and a ship with white sails.

The Return of Odysseus (Homage to Pinturicchio and Benin), 1977

Romare Howard Bearden

A work made of limestone.

Church Lady, 1933–37

William Edmondson

A work made of oil on canvas.

Head of a Young Woman, 1926

Marie Laurencin

Somewhat abstract and geometric painting of a clearly discernable, light-skinned female dancer, standing in profile, swaths of white lace fabric adorning and radiating from her, a fan in her hand.

Spanish Dancer, 1920s

Natalia Goncharova

Print in black ink of of a black male sprawled on his back with eyes open, a noose around his neck. The feet of several other men are visible near him at the top of the print.

And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, from The Black Woman [formerly The Negro Woman] (published 1946-47), 1947, printed 1989

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper.

Two Women, c. 1840

Constantin Guys

Painted portrait of woman in green dress and cloud backdrop.

Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), c. 1764

John Singleton Copley

A work made of oil on panel.

A Bundle of Lavender, 1910

Augustus Edwin John

A work made of oil on paper mounted on panel.

The Artist in His Studio, 1865–66

James McNeill Whistler

Woman with Basket

Woman with Basket, 1926

Chana Orloff

A work made of oil on canvas.

Head of a Woman, 1939

Georges Rouault

A work made of oil on canvas.

Man and Female Nude Leaning on a Chair, 1970

Philip Pearlstein

Charcoal drawing of young woman wearing headscarf, staring out expressionless.

The Artist's Mother, 1926 or 1936

Arshile Gorky

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