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Painting of four nude women composed of geometric shapes, against patterned background.

Bathers by a River, 1909–10, 1913, and 1916–17

Henri Matisse

Rectangular painting of an African American woman in profile. Her eyes are closed, and she wears a colorful patterned headwrap and a beaded necklace. Her profile stands out against a round, pale yellow circle on a light green background.

Classical Study #41, 1979

Eldzier Cortor

Painting of several light-skinned people gathered around a table in front of a gilded mirror, playing instruments. At left, seated next to a woman in an off-the-shoulder gown, a man in a plumed hat plays a lute. At center right, another man plays a cello, while a dog and cat eat from a dish underfoot.

The Family Concert, 1666

Jan Steen

Color photograph, divided into six panels, of two seated women looking at camera.

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II, 1994

Dawoud Bey

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Actress Consuelo, 1901

Ignacio Zuloaga

Painting of woman, arms crossed on brown desk, staring at goldfish.

Woman before an Aquarium, 1921–23

Henri Matisse

Portrait of a woman in white with a bonnet perched on an architectural feature painting something to her right, a spouting water fountain, greenery, and a an ornate, low white fence behind her. Beside her, a man leans back, eying the canvas.

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907

John Singer Sargent

A work made of linocut on cream wove paper.

In Other Folk's Homes, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47), 1946, printed 1989

Elizabeth Catlett

A work made of color etching, drypoint, and aquatint on ivory laid paper.

Beggar Women, c. 1894, printed 1930

Camille Pissarro

A work made of collage composed of cut and pasted photographs, tape, paper and acrylic paint coated with gel medium on white wove paper.

Rumble, from Brawling Spitfire Wrestling Series, 2005

Mickalene Thomas

A work made of pastel on tracing paper.

Woman at Her Toilette, 1900/05

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

A work made of chromogenic print.

Untitled #124, 1983

Cindy Sherman

A work made of oil on canvas.

La Java, 1925

Georges Emile Capon

A floor plan drawing of a building with four quadrants and a rhythmic semicircular facade. Some spaces are labeled.

Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Floor Plan, c. 1970-71

Bertrand Goldberg

A work made of two-panel screen; ink and color on silk.

Relaxing in the Shade, c. 1933

Yamakawa Shûhô

Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris. A man in a top hat holding an umbrella and a woman in a long fashionable dark dress walk arm in arm toward the viewer as other city dwellers with umbrellas walk in various directions across cobblestone roads and sidewalks.

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte

Woman composed of geometric shapes, clothed in yellow, reclines holding a book.

Reclining Woman, 1922

Fernand Léger

A work made of etching on tan wove paper.

Two Women Bathing, c. 1895

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Three figures dark-skinned, elongated figures lie on a bed of patterned quilts, viewed from above, slightly abstracted. The central figure wears no clothing, their back and buttocks visible. A leg juts in at bottom right. To the right of the bed on a wooden floor lie newspapers and a white baby doll.

The Room No. VI, 1948

Eldzier Cortor

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Two Young Women Reading Books, c. 1767/68

Suzuki Harunobu

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