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one of seven rubbings taken from stone slabs comprising the Wu family shrine in Shantung Province, China — Rubbings from the Wu Family Shrine, 20th century
China

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Egrets in Willow [left of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow], Sesson Shūkei — Egrets in Willow [left of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow], second half 16th century
Sesson Shūkei

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unsigned; left of a pair of six-panel folding screens; many scenes against gold leaf background; edge of building on left panel with snow; building at top across panels three to six the many seated figures wearing black with a few wearing red and blue; procession in LR of panels five and six with figures in black carrying covered dias and pulling two green carriages behind — Autumn and Winter [left of the pair Scenes from the Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons], mid 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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Wallpaper, China — Wallpaper, 19th century
China

G328

Study for the Exposition Universelle / Palais de L'Optique Poster, 1900

Georges Paul Leroux

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Bamboo and Rocks, Zheng Xie — Bamboo and Rocks, c. 1760
Zheng Xie

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Illustration from the 'Khamsa' (Five Poems) by the Persian poet Nizami (1141-1202). The nearly drowned hero, Majnun, has been rescued by various animals and is being revived. — Majnun in the Wilderness, c. 1600
Mughal school

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Egrets in Plum [right of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow], Sesson Shūkei — Egrets in Plum [right of the pair Egrets in Plum and Willow], second half 16th century
Sesson Shūkei

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unsigned; from the Saga Palace, Kyoto; figures inside a building, mountains in background — Winter [left from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons], 1620s
Attributed to Kano Sanraku

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abstracted sea scape in greens, blues, dark orange and white — Heavy Seas at Sunset, c. 1930 - 1935
Emil Nolde (born Emil Hansen)

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South Wind, Clear Weather, Katsushika Hokusai; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi — South Wind, Clear Weather, 1830-1833
Katsushika Hokusai; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi

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The right-hand half of a pair of decorations painted by Vuillard for Dr. Vaquez in 1912-1913; shows the junction of the Boulevard Haussmann and Boulevard Malesherbes at the Place St. Augustin as seen from a café at the Rue de la Pépinière — Place Saint-Augustin, 1912-1913
Edouard Vuillard

G355

Sharecropper, Elizabeth Catlett; Publisher: Published by the artist and Taller de Grafica Popular, Mexico City; Printer: Printed by the artist and Jose Sanchez — Sharecropper, 1952 (printed c. 1952-57)
Elizabeth Catlett; Publisher: Published by the artist and Taller de Grafica Popular, Mexico City; Printer: Printed by the artist and Jose Sanchez

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22 volumes; who's who in Ancient China; gift of Liu Xiyu — Worthy Friends, 1666 printed
China

G216

pattern for birch bark cut outs; tan cut-out paper in the form of a moose — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Moose, before 1958
Mrs. Alec LeSage

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pattern for birch bark cut out; simple bird form in tan paper — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Thunderbird, before 1958
Mrs. Alec LeSage

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tulip-shaped flower with diamond cutout at top; two leaves on stem with second cutout at bottom; ruled paper — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Flower, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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two clovers with stems attached- one with four leaves, one with five leaves; orange paper — Paper Pattern in the Form of Clovers, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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spray of four leaves; scrap of printed paper-black on white on one side, black on blue on opposite side — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Leaf Spray, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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four leaves on a short stem; ruled paper — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Leaf Spray, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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eight-petalled flower; printed magazine page-blue on one side, black and white photograph on other side — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Flower, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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heart shape; ruled paper — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Heart, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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symmetrical design with large central flower with teardrop-shaped cutout, two smaller side flowers and four leaves; printed paper with blue on white on one side, and blue, yellow, brown, orange and green on opposite side — Paper Pattern in the Form of a Floral Spray, before 1958
Mrs. Paul Cyrette

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Johrgang 1909, no. 1, pp.1-126 — Karlsbader Spitzenbright: Spitzenfabrik und Versandgeschaft in einen Karlsbader Handgekloppelten und Genahten Spitzen, 1909
J. E. Gunter

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Seated Woman in the Studio, 1909

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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The Famous American, Mariano Cebellos, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Printer: Cyprien Gaulon — The Famous American, Mariano Cebellos, 1825
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Printer: Cyprien Gaulon

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flat gold bridge at right; stylized brown waves on water; water wheel at left; weeping willows at ULC and LRC — Willow Bridge and Water Wheel (Uji Bridge) [left of a pair], second half 16th century
Unknown Japanese

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unsigned; right of a pair of six-panel folding screens; many scenes on gold leaf: attendants with carriages at Land center among pine trees and clouds; interior scenes at top: male figure in red inside open walled room; court women at top center with pulled screens; trees; interior scene at R with court women in large robes admiring art on scrolls; group of robed men among blossoming cherry trees at UR — Spring and Summer [right of the pair Scenes from the Tale of Genji in the Four Seasons], mid 17th century
Unknown Japanese

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head, shoulders and arms of a woman with blonde wavy hair, leaning on a white cushion; woman wears brown, black and white dress, gold chain bracelet, pearl earrings, gold and pearl rings and holds a fan — I know a maiden fair to see, take care, 1868
Charles Edward Perugini

G357

unsigned; scene with figures in foregreound: group of attendants on L with man in white facing woman in white; landscape with water in background on R; interior on L; gold leaf background — Emperor Ming Huang and Yang Guifei, around 1600
attributed to Kano Naganobu

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Man with halo carries sword and wears sash — Portrait of Shah Jahan, 1700-1720
India

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landscape with farm field in foreground, church in background, and low buildings and sheep in middle ground — The Church at Chailly, 1868-1869
Jean-François Millet

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Miniature from a Nizami Manuscript depicting a King on a picnic with an animated group of courtiers in vivid costumes. The scene ia a rocky landscape with flowering shrubs and trees whose branches project into the side and top borders. Two small panels of inscription inset at top right and lower left. — A King Picnicking in the Mountains, c. 1560
Iran

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Illustration from the 'Gulshan-i 'Ishq (Rose Garden of Love). A man holds a large bag of clothes seated under a tree, upper center, seven fairies playing in a pool with fountain are gesturing to him, figures surround on four sides by a garden — Raja Bikram Collecting the Clothes of the Bathing Fairies, c. 1710
Mulla Nusrati

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standing female figure who has fabric around waist that she is holding up and partially covers one breast; fabric has geometric pattern — Standing Girl, c. 1910
Egon Schiele

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Nebuchadnezzar, William Blake — Nebuchadnezzar, 1795
William Blake

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wild tangle of tree branches and roots; some mountains in background; painted on flecked paper — Cypress at jade mountain, 2010
Luo Jianwu

G201

ink drawing of skinny elderly man in straw hat running toward L, carrying a long pole that he aims at a dangling object in a tree at UL; inscription at R — Bird Catcher, 18th century
Hakuin Ekaku

G222

black ground with white and brownish lines scratched in circular design; white wood frame with glass — Throw (C-918), 2009
Marco Breuer

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two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape, rocky foreground with three central trees with birds (2), two trees (bare) on right, mountains in background, river (?) between; from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape with mountains in background; rocky middle ground with two buildings; trees with leaves in foreground from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

fan shaped format; nine bold lines of calligraphy; light red seals, LLC and URC — Song Zhiwen's Layered Peaks, mid 18th century
Ike Taiga

G252

six lines of very regular text; three red seals, LLC; nearly square format — Spring in Kitano, first half 19th century
Uno Meika

G252

The details of the figure are made up of calligraphic allusions to the deity's attributes and qualities. — Tenjin on His Way to China, mid 18th century
Hakuin Ekaku

G222

bold, expressive, splattered characters written across 6 panels — Words Concerned with Existence [right of a pair], 1984
Suda Kokuta

G252

six panel screen with large, expressive, splattered characters written across screes — Words Concerned with Existence [left of a pair], 1984
Suda Kokuta

G252

two lines of very large characters; light brown mount — Clouds and Dew, second half 18th century
Ryū Kōbi

G251

14 lines of rather small, looping calligraphy; two large red seals at left edge, below center — Su Shi's First Ode to the Red Cliff, 1826
Tōkai Okon

G253

11 lines of text; red seal in URC, square red seal in LLQ; light blue-grey paper with floral and leaf watermarks; bamboo roller ends — On Becoming Fifty, 1836
Ema Saikō

G253

three lines of bold text; three small characters above two red seals at left edge, LLQ — Du Fu's Over the Blue River, late 17th-early 18th century
Sasaki Shōgen

G253

five bold characters; one short line of connected characters at left; two red seals below short line of text at left; one red seal, URC — Clouds, mid 19th century
Tōkai Okon

G253

two very large, bold characters; two large red seals at left edge, center; one red seal, URC — Bring the Qin, first half 17th century
Nakae Tōjū

G251

two lines of large, bold calligraphy--4 characters in each line; two red seals at left edge, below center; one red seal, URC — Dragons Growl, mid 18th century
Ryū Kōbi

G253

two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape large mountain in center, two or three leafy trees at mountain base foreground, two buildings (?) behind them, other trees at right middle ground, other mountains upper left and right from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape with mountains in background, three trees in center middle ground, two smaller trees to right in foreground with rocks, waterfall, and river from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape with two trees on large rocks lower center foreground, left of trees in middle ground is a building, three smaller trees far right, mountains in background from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape with two trees on a rock at center, large rock with vine or tree at right background, small rock at left foreground; from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

two album leaves mounted on boards and matted; left is calligraphic; right is landscape with a group of four trees in center in slightly sloped landscape from accordion-style album, wood covers; eight images, alternating with text, single page of text at end — Two album leaves from a landscape album, 1621
Li Liufang

G218

four large characters written vertically; signature at L — Qin and Calligraphy - 100 Delights, mid 18th century
Yanagisawa Kien

G251

25 lines of very neat calligraphy separated by columns of thin, red vertical lines; framed — Zhang Zihou's "Western Inscription", 1836
Ichikawa Beian

G252

dark-haired woman seen 3/4 from back, with her PR arm resting on a table; black lace or ruffle around neckline of woman's garment; wavy lines in background — Madame Besnard, 1884
Albert Besnard

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Drawings - Watercolor — Prayer for the Mother, 20th century
Archie Blackowl

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large frog in center and small mouse in LRC; text filling background — Frog and Mouse, late 18th - early 19th century
Getsuju

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rectangular format; many uneven vertical lines of loopy, connected text — Letter to Tomioka Tessai, late 19th century
Ōtagaki Rengetsu

G253

14 lines of text, with vertical linear elements; horizontal sheet format — (Letter of congratulations), late 16th - early 17th century
Konoe Nobutada

G253

center scroll of a triptych; five large, curving dry-brush text characters; iridescent blue and pink brocade strips with white background above and below calligraphy; turquoise ceramic (?) roller ends — River Winds [center scroll of a triptych], mid 18th century
Chō Tōsai

G251

left scroll of a triptych; five large, curving dry-brush text characters; three smaller characters and two red seals along left edge; iridescent blue and pink brocade strips with white background above and below calligraphy; turquoise ceramic (?) roller ends — River Winds [left scroll of a triptych], mid 18th century
Chō Tōsai

G251

right scroll of a triptych; five large, curving dry-brush text characters; one red seal, URC; iridescent blue and pink brocade strips with white background above and below calligraphy; turquoise ceramic (?) roller ends — River Winds [right scroll of a triptych], mid 18th century
Chō Tōsai

G251

Hanging scroll — Landscape, 18th century
Unknown Japanese

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Sheriff I Deliver Ramerrez, the Highway Man to Your Charge. Justice Must Be Done., Nicolas Africano — Sheriff I Deliver Ramerrez, the Highway Man to Your Charge. Justice Must Be Done., 1963
Nicolas Africano

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Forest landscape with building at upper right; path through forest leads to bridge over water; small figure on path; wall surrounding building and forest — Hillside with Pine Trees, Water, c. 1630
Cheng Jiasui

G218

Dragon [right of the pair Dragon and Tiger], Yamada Dōan — Dragon [right of the pair Dragon and Tiger], 16th century
Yamada Dōan

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old map of Minnesota over painted with images of soldiers, hands holding weapons and other various objects along right edge and a column on Native Americans at LLC; all figures facing left — They Say Minnesota Nice (Minnesota Nice Oyakepelo), 1995
Wanbli Koyake

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Study for the Assumption of the Virgin, Jean-Baptiste Deshays — Study for the Assumption of the Virgin, 1758
Jean-Baptiste Deshays