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A work made of glazed terracotta.

Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1520

Benedetto Buglioni

A work made of oil on canvas.

Landscape (The Lock), c. 1820–25

John Constable

Cream-colored bust of General Andrew Jackson in his military uniform.

General Andrew Jackson, 1819

William Rush

Painting of a dark gray skyscraper in the glaring sun. The bright sun reflects off of the tall, looming building, which is painted from the perspective of a passerby looking up at the building. The light blurs out the top of the building, and dots of yellow light appear lower down and on nearby buildings.

The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y., 1926

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

A15: New York Parlor, 1850-70, c. 1940

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of single channel high-definition color video (projection) with sound, 6:09:35 loop;.

A Lot of Sorrow, 2013–14

Ragnar Kjartansson

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 bronze.

Abraham Lincoln, Modeled 1916, cast after 1916

Daniel Chester French

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

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

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

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

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

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