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A work made of glazed terracotta.

Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1520

Benedetto Buglioni

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Invisible Man (Harlem, New York), from the series "A Man Becomes Invisible" (1952), 1952

Gordon Parks

A work made of acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen.

Liz #3 [Early Colored Liz], 1963

Andy Warhol

A work made of oil-based house paint, wax crayon, and graphite on canvas.

Untitled (Bolsena), 1969

Cy Twombly

A work made of oil and magna on canvas.

Artist's Studio "Foot Medication", 1974

Roy Lichtenstein

A work made of encaustic and newspaper on canvas.

Target, 1961

Jasper Johns

A work made of cherry, birch, ash and maple.

Sewing Desk, 1860–70

Shaker

Multicolored painting of undulating geometric shapes interweaving and overlapping one another.

Edtaonisl (Ecclesiastic), 1913

Francis Picabia

Miniature dining room with dark wood floors, dark wooden furniture, walls decorated with floral paintings.

A20: Virginia Dining Room, 1758, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Miniature room featuring wide-plank hardwood floors, round hooked rugs, simple wooden furnishings, and a wood-burning stove. The window frames and door frames are painted green, while the walls are a light butter yellow.

A18: Shaker Living Room, c. 1800, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Painting of bedroom, blue walls, green window, tan bed, red bedding.

The Bedroom, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

A work made of mixed media including cloth, cork, gouache, metal, moss, papier-mâché, polychrome, terracotta, straw, watercolor, wax, and wood.

Crèche, 1725–75, with later additions

Neapolitan

A work made of wood, textile, and pigment.

Coffin of Wenuhotep, Third Intermediate–Late Period, late Dynasty 25–early Dynasty 26, about 675–600 BCE

Ancient Egyptian

A group of people of varying skin tones stand in line, some of them holding baskets and bags. Behind them is a billboard with a picture of four smiling, light-skinned figures in a car, under the slogan "World's Highest Standard of Living. There's no way like the American Way."

World's Highest Standard of Living, 1937, printed later

Margaret Bourke-White

Scene in a diner, viewed through wrap-around glass windows, at night on an empty urban street. A light-skinned man and woman, he in a suit and she in a red dress, sit together at a triangular wood bar, eyes downcast. At left sits another man, his back to the viewer. Behind the counter is a light-skinned man in a white uniform. The interior lights cast a yellow glow that spills onto the street in pale green. Above the diner a sign reads, "Phillies."

Nighthawks, 1942

Edward Hopper

A work made of tempera and gold on panel.

Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin, 1396

Spanish

Miniature room with two green chairs, bronze sculpture, harp, and walls decorated in dark marble and gold accents.

E-26: French Anteroom of the Empire Period, c. 1810, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris. A man in a top hat holding an umbrella and a woman in a long fashionable dark dress walk arm in arm toward the viewer as other city dwellers with umbrellas walk in various directions across cobblestone roads and sidewalks.

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte

A work made of linen, cartonnage, human remains.

Mummified Man, Ptolemaic Period (about 2nd–1st century BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

The outer hard case of an Egyptian mummy is painted with a gold face, a blue geometric wig, a colorful bird across the chest, and various scenes across the lower portion featuring figures of gods and goddesses.

Coffin and Mummy of Pa-ankh-en-Amun, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon I (about 924–889 BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

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