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Chrome statue of featureless robbed woman holding grain stalks and a pouch.

Ceres, 1928

John Bradley Storrs

A work made of marble.

Panel from a Sarcophagus Depicting the Abduction of Persephone, 190-200

Ancient Roman

A wooden carving of a male figure. The figure has a distinctive face, with oval-shaped eyes and mouth, and wears a cap on his head. His body is covered in various shells, bones, feathers, fabric, and metal nails, and he holds a mirror-sealed resin packet over his stomach.

Male Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Probably early to mid-19th century

Vili

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Malcolm X Holding up Black Muslim Newspaper, Los Angeles, California, May 8, 1963

Gordon Parks

A work made of terracotta and slip.

Water Container (Funjoho), Early/mid–20th century

Senufo

Painting of an Indigenous woman native to Mexico bent and seated on a brown floor, using red thread to create a geometric design on a backstrap loom. Earth tones dominate, while a dresser in the background and the bottom portion of the woman's white dress are a deep blue.

Weaving, 1936

Diego Rivera

A work made of wood.

Headrest (Isicamelo or Isigqiki), 19th century

Northern Nguni

A work made of bronze.

Woman Leaning on Her Hands, 1905, cast c. 1930

Henri Matisse

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Shoe Shop, c. 1911

Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones

A work made of oil on hardboard.

La Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City), 1948

Gunther Gerzso

A work made of oil on canvas.

Caos-Caos, 1950

Wifredo Lam

A work made of oil with smoke on cardboard laid down on wood.

L'autophage (Fulgurites), 1938

Wolfgang Paalen

A work made of wood and pigment.

Helmet Mask (Banda or Kumbaduba), Mid–20th century

Baga

A work made of color lithograph on tan wove paper.

Jane Avril, 1899

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

An abstract painting in greens and blues shows many small, card- or brick-like squares and rectangles merging at bottom and encroaching upon the center from the sides, like a wall trying to close itself, or a wall opening. Beyond these shapes is the suggestion of a hazy green sky with clouds and perhaps more shapes.

Towards the Unknown, 1950

Gunther Gerzso

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Milliners, 1921

Theresa F. Bernstein

A work made of bronze, copper, and silver (modern).

Statue of Young Dionysos, 100 BCE-100 CE

Ancient Roman

An off-white spiral shell, subtly shaded in pink, gray, and yellow, dominates the image, filling most of it. A red mountain rises in the background.

White Shell with Red, 1938

Georgia O'Keeffe

A bell with two convex sides of nearly rectangular shape and an opening at top rests on a slim cylindrical base. It boasts a green patina and is decorated with a geometric pattern and spikes. A small portion is missing at upper right.

Bell (nao), Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 B.C.)

A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of Emmanuel Rio, 1836

Albert Schindler

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