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A work made of color aquatint (ash manner), with etching and engraving, on ivory wove paper.

Le Tambourin (The Tambourin), c.1789-1794

Charles Melchior Descourtis

A work made of pigments and metallic paint on wood.

Manuscript Cover from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha), 12th century

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

Dish, c. 1725, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzhen period (1723–1735)

A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.

The Chimera, 1771

Louis Jean Desprez

A self-portrait oil painting of American artist Archibald John Motley, Jr. He wears a white shirt, a black tie with a diamond horseshoe pin, and a brown jacket; in his left hand he holds a palette, upon which are splotches of paint arranged according to the order of the color wheel; in his right hand he holds a long, slender paintbrush. Motley’s eyes are directed towards the viewer, he has a small mustache, and his light brown skin is contrasted by the black background.

Self-Portrait, c. 1920

Archibald John Motley Jr.

A work made of color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper.

Le Menuet de la mariée (The Minuet of the married), 1786

Philibert Louis Debucourt

A wall-mounted pillow-like sculpture in plush, stuffed, light-colored fabric of a light switch with two switches side by side.

Soft Light Switches– “Ghost Version” II, 1964–71

Claes Oldenburg

A work made of oil, synthetic polymer, pumice, and metallic paint on canvas.

Mold (Muffa), 1952

Alberto Burri

Pendant (Disk with Lizard)

Pendant (Disk with Lizard), Mid–19th/mid–20th century

Baule

A work made of terracotta with brown glaze.

Piggy Bank, 14th/15th century

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"Hairstyle of Court Attendants" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

Checkerboard-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon, 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper.

Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach, Prise Enhiver (View of Schild-Wald Bach, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes des la Suisse ), 1785

Charles Melchior Descourtis

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of copper alloy.

Ring Depicting a Chameleon, 19th/mid–20th century

Senufo

Study for Wall Painting

Study for Wall Painting, 1973

Mel Bochner

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"Ram's Horns" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of calabash, sticks, cloth, and string.

"Fortress" Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Late 19th/mid–20th century

Asante

A work made of copper alloy.

Goldweight with a Geometric Design, 18th/19th century

Asante

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