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A work made of stoneware with black glaze.

Tea Bowl, Early 20th century

A work made of porcelain painted in overglaze enamels.

Cup with Peaches, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Guangxu period (1875–1908), c. 1894

A work made of lacquered cloth pages; lacquered wood cover inlaid with colored glass.

Kammavaca Manuscript, 19th century

A work made of pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper.

Poetic Couplet in Seal Script, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Wang Xu

A work made of willow rods, plant fiber, and glass beads.

Polychrome Beaded Basket with Repeated Diamond and Triangle Motifs, 1924

Jennie Williams

A square-shape textile with a dual multicolor border features a painted five-by-four grid of images with the repeated face of a Black woman with short hair, Bessie Smith. Her face appears blue in each instance, while the outline of her facial features, her hair, and clothing alternate colors in varying shades of yellow and orange. The background of each square likewise alternates between shades of blue and green, some with an influx of red.

American Collection #5: Bessie's Blues, January 19, 1997

Faith Ringgold

A work made of pieced cotton, wool, polyester, silk, nylon, rayon, acrylic, and cellulose acetate, plain weaves, plain weave derived float weaves, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided pile, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; twill weaves, twill weave with self-patterning ground weft floats; machine single and double knits and machine knot with supplementary cut pile; some printed; pieced; edged with cotton, plain weave, printed; backed with polyester, plain weave; printed.

"Strips" Quilt, 1980s

Gearldine Westbrook

A work made of porcelain painted in overglaze enamels.

Cup with Peaches, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Guangxu period (1875–1908), c. 1894

A work made of pieced cotton, polyester, cellulose acetate, silk, rayon and acrylic, plain weaves; some with supplementary warps some forming cut voided pile; some self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; some printed; plain weave derived float weave; twill weaves, some printed; satin weave; and machine knitting; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted with cotton threads.

"Housetop"-nine block "Half-Log Cabin" Variation, About 1975

Jessie T. Pettway

A work made of iron and wood.

Windlass [pictured on crossbow], late 15th/16th century (possibly 19th century in 15th/16th century style)

A work made of iron.

"Goat's Foot" Spanner for a Crossbow, early 16th century

A work made of blackened iron.

Goat's Foot Spanner for a Pellet Crossbow, early 17th century

A work made of iron.

Goat's Foot Lever for a Crossbow, early 16th century

Black and blue print of gaunt girl, sad expression and thinning hair.

The Sick Child I, 1896

Edvard Munch

A work made of wax over oil and graphite, on two sheets of heavy ivory wove paper (tipped together for installation purposes).

Untitled (Mountains), 2002

Toba Khedoori

A close-up view of five hickory leaves in vivid yellow, a white daisy in the lower middle portion, on a white background.

Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy, 1928

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of graphite and watercolor on ivory wove paper.

Horizon About to be Held, 1973

Richard Tuttle

A work made of pen and black ink and gouache on ivory wove paper.

Changed Lines, 1973

Richard Tuttle

A work made of watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper.

Rising to Purple, 1973

Richard Tuttle

A work made of acrylic on ivory wove paper.

Making Green, 1973

Richard Tuttle

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