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A work made of oil on linen.

Composition, 1951

Ernest Mancoba

A work made of oil, mixed media on canvas.

What black is this you say?—”I thought red koolaid was juice til I was 10 years old”—black (06.03.20), 2021

Amanda Williams

A work made of ceramic (earthenware) and pigment.

Black-and-White Storage Jar with Abstract Geometric Motifs, 1890s

Pueblo of Acoma

A work made of bronze.

A Goddess, possibly Uma, Champa period, 9th/10th century

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed.

The Elements (Furnishing Fabric), 1810/20

Bonaventure M. Lebert

A work made of galvanized iron.

Bottle Rack (Porte-Bouteilles), 1914/1959

Marcel Duchamp

A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor with printed paper fragments over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper.

Tarragona Terrace and Garden, c. 1908

John Singer Sargent

A work made of hand-colored etching and acquaint on ivory wove paper.

Doctor Syntax Returned from His Tour, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax, c. 1812

Thomas Rowlandson

A work made of woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat.

The Martyrdom of Saint Simon of Trent from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel’s World History), Plate 23 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1493, portfolio assembled 1929

Michel Wolgemut

Dark stone sculpture of Buddha sitting cross-legged, hands in lap, eyes closed.

Buddha Shakyamuni Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra), Chola period (c. 855-1279), about 12th century

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Alley, Chicago, 1948

Harry Callahan

A work made of oil on canvas.

Western Industrial, 1955

Charles Sheeler

A work made of cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed; glazed.

Map of North America (Handkerchief), 1811

R. Gray

Large painting of people in a crowded park, brushstrokes are dots.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Georges Seurat

A work made of pen and black ink and brush and black and brown ink washes, over red chalk, on cream laid paper.

Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth, early 18th century

Jan van Huysum

A print features at its center a version of Pablo Picasso's "The Old Guitarist"—depicting, in various shades of blue, an old man sitting cross-legged, playing guitar. Around it are smaller sketches related to Picasso's work in red and blue. At the top, "Pablo Picasso Spanish 1881" is written in red type, at the bottom "The Old Guitarist 1903."

The Old Guitarist, from The Blue Guitar, 1976–77

David Hockney

A work made of marble.

Cinerary Urn of Plautia Hesperis, 1st century

Ancient Roman

Medium sized olive colored urn, upper half carved into figures and structures.

Funerary Urn (Hunping), Western Jin dynasty (A.D. 265–316), late 3rd century

A work made of hand-colored etching and acquaint on ivory wove paper.

Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax, c. 1812

Thomas Rowlandson

A work made of relief etching in brownish-red on ivory wove paper.

Vesuvius III, 1982

Janet Stayton

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