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A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Stamnos (Mixing Jar), about 450 BCE

Chicago Painter

Three-dimensional piece featuring a large eyeball, oriented sideways, on a wooden pin set in a flat piece of yellow wood at upper right, cursive writing in French on the wood. Strands of curly hair and the wooden cutout of a cloud are affixed to the eyeball. Affixed to the wood, at lower left, is a tiny light-skinned hand with fingers reaching upward.

Object, 1936

Claude Cahun

White plaster statue of woman with protruding compartments, each adorned with fur pompom.

Venus de Milo with Drawers, 1936

Salvador Dalí

A work made of painted wood.

Manicured Relief, 1930

Jean (Hans) Arp

Large painting on seven panels of dark landscape with small abstract shapes.

Untitled, 1928

Yves Tanguy

A work made of oil on canvas.

Têtes-paysage, 1928

Francis Picabia

A painting of strange and surreal scene in a desert landscape with mountains in the background. The scene features a giraffe that is on fire, disembodied forms and faces, and skeletal figures.

Inventions of the Monsters, 1937

Salvador Dalí

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Earth Is a Man, 1942

Matta

A work made of oil on canvas.

Magnetic Mountain, 1948

Kurt Seligmann

A work made of oil on canvas.

Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather, 1900

Claude Monet

A wooden sculpture of the head and neck of a person, the skin painted gold, a geometrically decorated long wig, and many painted symbols.

Funerary Mask, Late Ptolemaic Period-early Roman Period, 1st century BCE

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-18: French Salon of the Louis XIV Period, 1660-1700, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes.

Camel and Rider, Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century

A work made of pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper.

Southern Barbarians, mid 17th century

An interior space with sliding panel doors at right leading to a glimpse of outdoor greenery. Pale wooden shelves and trim line the room, which features pale blue walls and minimal furniture.

E-31: Japanese Traditional Interior, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of oil on canvas.

Vétheuil, 1901

Claude Monet

Painted statue of a light-skinned woman in voluminous robes of brown, green, and gold.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1515

German

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-29: English Roman Catholic Church in the Gothic Style, 1275-1300, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of marble.

Upper Part of a Tabernacle for the Holy Sacrament, 1461/63

Isaia da Pisa

Miniature room with two tall windows framing a small Cubist painting and a fireplace, two golden scuptures set before the windows. At right, a small red couch is flanked by two Lucite chairs. At left, an open glass door is flanked by oak chaises with red cushions. A plush cream rug fills the space.

A37: California Hallway, c. 1940, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

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