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Black-and-white photograph of formally dressed light-skinned black men and women posed indoors in two rows around a banner that reads “Monte Carlo Sporting Club Org 1934.”

Monte Carlo Sporting Club, 1934

James VanDerZee

Two girls in acrobatic uniforms stand in an arena, one holds oranges.

Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg), 1879

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A32: Louisiana Bedroom, 1800-50, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Large ebony cabinet with white designs, ivory figures, clock.

Cabinet, About 1640

A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.

Six Busts of Women, May 21, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Cubist painting of woman, bright yellow, green, purple colors.

The Red Armchair, December 16, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Abstract work of numerous vertical lines dividing a horizontal image, making rectangular shapes in black, white, yellow, and white with tiny black dots forming the effect of a gray gradient. Many of the shapes have diagonal white bands running irregularly across them, evoking reflective surfaces of different angles.

Mirror #3 (Six Panels), 1971

Roy Lichtenstein

A work made of oil on canvas.

Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation, c. 1595–c. 1600

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco

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

A work made of ink and graphite on vellum.

ABC Office Building, New York City, New York, Plan, January 1963

Bertrand Goldberg

A work made of collage composed of various cut and pasted printed papers.

After the War is Over, 1930–50

Felipe Jesus Consalvos

ABC Office Building, New York City, New York, Elevation, Plan, and Model View

ABC Office Building, New York City, New York, Elevation, Plan, and Model View, 1988

Bertrand Goldberg

A chaotic but happy kitchen scene: A light-skinned woman in a pink dress at left bends to take a turkey out of the oven, while another at right forms a pie near a small girl playing with a kitten. Behind them, a woman selects dishware as yet another carries a basket of ingredients. A fifth woman in the back puts on a fancy hat and coat near a pair of babies reaching out from their twin high chair.

Thanksgiving, c. 1935

Doris Lee

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Music Lesson, c. 1670

Gerard ter Borch

A work made of rectified readymade (one of about 25 unnumbered examples): pocket chessboard in leather, celluloid, and pins.

Pocket Chess Set, 1944

Marcel Duchamp

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (Ganel Bean, Ida Smith, Smith), c. 1930/39

Unknown Maker

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled, c. 1920/29

Unknown Maker

A work made of ebonized plywood, aluminum, and lucite.

Chess Table, Designed 1944; made c. 1949

Isamu Noguchi

A work made of brass, silver, and gold; case: wood, faux-leather, silk, cotton, iron alloy hinges, and copper alloy clasps.

Chess Set, 1927

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Music Stand for the Monkey Band, c. 1765

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

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