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Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Persian

Iskandar Meets the Angel Israfil and Khizr Finds the Water of Life (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Iskandar Meets the Angel Israfil and Khizr Finds the Water of Life (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Iskandar Mourns the Dying Dara (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Iskandar Mourns the Dying Dara (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Feels Sure: Teamsters Union Vice President James Riddle Hoffa (1913-?1975) (right) seeking election as president during the Organizations Convention, Miami Beach, Florida

Feels Sure: Teamsters Union Vice President James Riddle Hoffa (1913-?1975) (right) seeking election as president during the Organizations Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, 20th century

United Press

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man, 1864 - 1949

John Briggs Potter

Untitled (ships in yard, left page); Untitled (boy eating a treat, right page)

Untitled (ships in yard, left page); Untitled (boy eating a treat, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Inserted photocopy of letter to Günther Uecker

Inserted photocopy of letter to Günther Uecker, 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

The Rain Effect

The Rain Effect, 1830 - 1903

Camille Pissarro

Landscape with Cephalus and Procris

Landscape with Cephalus and Procris, 1534 - 1593

Hans Bol

Colophon

Colophon, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Text folio with a heading in gold, the bedouin and the princes;(text in gold recto, painting verso of folio 96) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Text folio with a heading in gold, the bedouin and the princes;(text in gold recto, painting verso of folio 96) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Text folio with colophon (text recto; later note verso of folio 70), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Text folio with colophon (text recto; later note verso of folio 70), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Majnun Begging Before Layla's House (painting with text, recto; text, verso of folio 14) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Majnun Begging Before Layla's House (painting with text, recto; text, verso of folio 14) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

A page of a book with text in French and an illustration of a man and woman in formal wear

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Two sets of text frame an illustration of globe flowers and a stalk of wheat.

Text with Globe Flowers for the "Ballad of Santa Zita" from "Tuscan Songs", 1837 - 1917

Francesca Alexander

Persian verses in calligraphic composition, illuminated folio from an album

Persian verses in calligraphic composition, illuminated folio from an album

Persian

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript in the Pali and Thai Languages Written in Khom Yo and Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript in the Pali and Thai Languages Written in Khom Yo and Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas

Thai

Old Man with Two Skeletons; verso: Untitled [Head]

Old Man with Two Skeletons; verso: Untitled [Head], 1858 - 1925

Lovis Corinth

High-Rise Steel Frame Apartment Building, 1929-1930: South elevation

High-Rise Steel Frame Apartment Building, 1929-1930: South elevation, 1883 - 1969

Walter Gropius

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