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after Polykleitos, Roman copy of Greek original, the original executed in bronze, c.440 BCE; one of four known extant copies — The Doryphoros, 120–50 BCE
Italy

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Portrait Of Frank James — Frank, 1969
Chuck Close

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standing horse with legs slightly splayed outward; wide eyes; open mouth with exposed teeth; upward-pointed ears; green patina with white, blue and red pigment traces — Celestial Horse, 25-220
China

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Religion: NT. Purification of the temple. Christ driving the money-changers from the temple with a whip. — Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, c. 1570
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

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pendant suspended from a garland of twin rudraksha berries; central gold piece depicting two figures on a bull; one emerald pendant at bottom split during installation, two pieces stored in envelope in A12.3 MS — Rudrakshamala Necklace, early 19th century
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drop-front desk with four-legged base; front of base decorated with high-relief carving of sword; exterior of drop-front decorated with high-relief carvings of forks and knives, bottles, gun, various tools (saw, pick axe, trowel, shovel), pocket knives, two pointing hands and other objects; sides also decorated with applied relief carvings of various objects; medium wood patina — Writing desk, c. 1870
Attributed to William Howard

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rigid open coat, with arms extended and hem of coat trailing on floor; exterior of coat made of horizontal rows of overlapping dog tags; interior of coat made of reflective panels; disassembles into four parts--base consists of three parts and upper body section — Some/One, 2005
Do Ho Suh

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vintage print; printed 1940 or before; mounted, matted — Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936
Dorothea Lange; Depicted: Florence Owens Thompson

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suit includes helmet with praying mantis maedate (forecrest), menpo (face mask), torso covering, pair of front shoulder medallions that attach to torso covering, pair of large upper arm guards, pair of small shoulder coverings (each with a pin for attachment), pair of gauntlets with arm and hand guards, apron, pair of tsutsu suneate (leg guards), and pair of kote (boot coverings); see Components for descriptions of each piece — Red-and-blue-laced Suit of Armor from the Kii Tokugawa Family, mid 17th century
Suit by Unknown Japanese; Artist: Helmet by Saotome Iechika

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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
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Found in a temple near Pondicherry. The figure represents cosmic activity. The significance of the gestures is as follows the drum in the right hand signifies creation; the fire in the upper left hand, destruction; the abaya (fear not) position of the lower right hand, protection; the position of the raised left foot, salvation; the foot placed on the prostrate dwarf, Apasmarapurusa, removal of illusion/ignorance. — Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), c. 1100
India

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Vessel in the shape of an owl. Two flanges, one ending just under the beak in front and the other continuing to the top of the head in back, have alternating straight and L-shaped scores, those on the front flange being much the deeper of the two. The tail, with a scored flange border, forms the back support of the vessel. Apart from the realistically-formed feet, the bird is strongly stylized. The body is completely covered by rows of scales except for the shoulder line, expressed by a vigorous spiral, and the wings quills, rendered by bands filled with antithetical spirals. Patina green. — Zun wine vessel in the shape of an owl, 13th-12th century BCE
China

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white dog standing on all four paws; upright short tail; round red nose — Your Dog, 2002
Yoshitomo Nara

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Artist's multiple published in an edition of 8 — Vicki! I--I Thought I Heard Your Voice!, 1964
Roy Lichtenstein

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floating multicolored rocks/metors; four separate videos (#1, 2, 4, 5) — 6EQUJ5, 2012-2013
Jennifer Steinkamp

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Western style coat with outward flaring skirt at bottom; small rectangular flap at back of neck; black, red, tan and light grey geometric painted symmetrical designs; cuffs on sleeves; light-colored hide; no closures — Hunting Coat, c. 1750
Innu (Naskapi)

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Raised work (stumpwork) casket depicting the story of Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus; Initialed 'BP' and dated 1662, worked in polychrome silk and metallic threads on white satin and decorated with seed pearls, English; Front King Ahasuerus presenting the royal scepter to Queen Esther; Back The hanging of Haman; Right side the search for a wife for King Ahasuerus; Left side Mordecai honored by Ahasuerus and paraded in royal regalia; Top King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther and Haman at dinner; The casket with two doors opening to reveal curious set of drawers with secret compartments; the top lifting to reveal a pink velvet interior fitted with two bottles, an inkpot and a pen tray, the back of this lid with brackets for a mirror that now is missing; a second lid at the top opening to reveal a shallow silk-lined tray. A 17th century oak box lined in marbled paper with replaced lock accompanies the casket (95.14cc Traveling Case for Stumpwork Casket); an itemized list of pieces and their dimensions is in the object file in the registration office. Surface ornamentation (Needlework) — Embroidered Box, 1662
England

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bearded man wearing coveralls, holding a model plane in each hand; house at right — Charles, Vasa, Minnesota, 2002
Alec William Soth

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Jazz, Henri Matisse; Publisher: Tériade; Printer: Edmond Vairel , (stencils); Printer: Draeger Frères, Paris, France , Paris, (text) — Jazz, 1947
Henri Matisse; Publisher: Tériade; Printer: Edmond Vairel , (stencils); Printer: Draeger Frères, Paris, France , Paris, (text)

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Nebuchadnezzar, William Blake — Nebuchadnezzar, 1795
William Blake

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

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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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new frame and border; central seated male with two children next to him, surrounded by people in a garden; scattered groups of people within nearby buildings and out of doors engaged in activities — General Guo Ziyi's Banquet, mid 19th century
Korea

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six scenes from the life of Christ; bottom row the Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration of the Magi; middle row Betrayal of Christ by Judas, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection; top row Ascension and Pentecost — Diptych with scenes from the life of Christ, c. 1375
Attributed to Master of the Passion Diptych

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man with thick belly, seated cross-legged on a platform; man wears crown, beaded necklace and holds flower in each hand; flames or flower behind head on architectural element — Deified King, late 10th century
Cham

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sound film installation without dialogue; instrumental music with some vocals; views of landscapes and the exteriors of motels; scenes of various animals inside motel rooms--horse, birds, raccoon, deer, bison, fox, rabbits, beaver, mountain lion; total running time: 24 minutes, 28 seconds Certificate of Authenticity in presentation box (copy in object file) Installation and technical requirements: see Notes — migration (empire) - linear version, 2008
Doug Aitken

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human face with long ears; open mouth with teeth; red linear designs — Mask, c. 900-300 BCE
Olmec

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Gope board, Papua New Guinea — Gope board, 18th century
Papua New Guinea

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black openwork barbed wire cube with 8" sections repeated — Cube (9 x 9 x 9), 2008
Mona Hatoum

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five detaching sections of mixed media construction that is painted primarily maroon in center section with embracing couple — Alixa and Naima, 2008
Swoon

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sleeping man with his head down on a desk, wearing maroon tights and brightly-patterned jacket and knickers; lynx-like cat on floor behind man; black cat visible behind PL hip of man; owls on desk and flying owls in background behind man; flying bats at top; grey ground; text on side of desk: "Les songes de la raison produisent - ils des monstres en Australie?" — The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Australia), 2008
Yinka Shonibare

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Abstraction with six horseshoe shapes. — Prospects, 1977
Philip Guston

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Mythological figures in a landscape. A tribute to jazz musician Nina Simone. — Homage to Nina Simone, 1965
Bob Thompson

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sculpture — Work No. 27, Red Wing, 1968-1969
Charles Biederman

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

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four horizontal panels with multiple figures in various poses: standing, riding bicycles, riding animals, seated; incised horizontal bars divide panels — Palace door, early 20th century
Dada Areogun, a.k.a Areogun of Osi-Ilorin

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maroon leather binding with gilding trim; "ARC TRIOMPHAL D'APRES ALBERT DURER" on spine; colorful endpapers with green, grey, yellow, red and white spots with black; text pages followed by woodcuts of portions of fantastic triumphal archway with figures (some with names and coats of armor), scenes of battle and other vignettes, animals, text and sculptural and architectural elements; detached green silk ribbon bookmark (inserted between pages) — Ehrenpforte (The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I), 1515 (printed 1799)
Albrecht Dürer

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Little Girl, Otto Dix — Little Girl, 1922
Otto Dix

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bust of a woman with a cluster of small snakes at the front of her head, wings at the side of her head; intertwined snakes below her breasts — Medusa, c. 1854
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

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white-skinned male figure and red-skinned female figure embracing in central circle with 20 figures surrounding them inside a circle and a square; 9 seated figures at top and bottom edge; multicolored pigments; leather hanging cord — Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi Mandala, 1400-1500
Tibet

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animal's head with squared-off snout; four tusks and six horns; diamond-shaped ears; encrusted patina-only small fragments of pigment remain — Mask, first half of 20th century
Senufo

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Plate 6 from Carceri d'Invenzione large archways integrated with monumental stone architecture; silhouettes of figures standing below — The Smoking Fire, 1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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

Georges Paul Leroux

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black couple seated on a concrete bench in front of a chain link fence; woman at right wears a long dress with long sleeves, with an appliqué design with cut-outs of green flowers and gold-veined leaves, black and white beaded necklace and earrings and a black and silver headscarf, with a red purse next to her; man at left dressed as a devil, with black body paint, long black fingernails and four horns on his head, wearing a shiny black skirt-like garment — Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, Enugu, Nigeria, 2008
Pieter Hugo

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black man wearing a blue tank top and a predominately red checked skirt with leather streamers and tassels in green, cream, red and blue, and blue flip-flop sandals, holding a spotted hyena, wearing a muzzle attached to a heavy chain; man and hyena stand beneath large freeway ramps — Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria, 2007
Pieter Hugo

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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
Japan

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openwork structure with glass walls; person with head on desk inside; bedroom inside; human spine hanging at one corner; balcony on one side with figure leaning head on hand with halo on head — An Exile Dreaming of Saint Adorno, 2009
Siah Armajani

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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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Nocturne: Palaces, James Abbot McNeill Whistler — Nocturne: Palaces, 1879-80 (printed 1886)
James Abbot McNeill Whistler

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Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer — Adam and Eve, 1504
Albrecht Dürer

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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
Japan

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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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Coin silver tea service, Federal Style, consisting of teapot and lid, stand for teapot, tea caddy with hinged lid, fitted with lock and key, stand for teacaddy, covered sugar urn, cream pitcher, shell-shaped tea scoop, tea or punch strainer, pair of sugar tongs with shell-shaped ends; fluted design with engraved and pricked swags and medallions containing the monogram of John and Mehitable Templeman and all bearing Revere hall mark; teaspoons — Teapot, from a tea service, 1792
Paul Revere, Jr.

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Vessel in the Shape of a Buffalo with cylindrical body, small downward-pointing tail and small ears and horns; cylindrical vessel mouth on top of buffalo's back; body of buffalo decorated with incised geometric shapes — Ceremonial vessel, c. 1000 BCE
Thailand

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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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squat, round, red lacquer covered box with black interior and bottom; cover decorated with flowers, foliage and 2 birds with long tail feathers; sides of box with flowers and foliage — Box, 13th century
China

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photographic image of paper construction of dirty dishes, glasses, beverage cans, salt and pepper shakers, flowers in a vase, napkins, etc., after a meal, on a small table with a green "tablecloth"; image face mounted to Plexi with aluminum backing; aluminum "frame" on back — Junior Suite, 2012
Thomas Demand

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white and grey veined marble; carved sculpture in the form of a Chinese side chair with curved back — Marble Chair, 2008
Ai Weiwei

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Abstraction. — Untitled, 1970
Cy Twombly

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Untitled, Donald Judd — Untitled, 1970
Donald Judd

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mask with seven radiating triangular pieces of metal; large eyes, rimmed in green; flat bridge of nose extends downward into mouth; orange, black and white marks on face — Sun Mask, c. 1860
Kwakwaka'wakw

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Latin Cross placed in front of wreath. Secondary design of alternating rosettes and leaf forms along vertical edges. Woven in Egypt about 5-6th century for church use, possibly as a sanctuary curtain. Plain weave with tapestry patterning. Pall with a Latin Cross. Woven fabric — Curtain, 5th-6th century
Coptic

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palm leaves in blues, greens, pink, red, orange and yellow; symbol in purple in LRC — Palm, 1985
Sheila Hicks

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Presentation cup with lid, Kate Harris; Manufacturer: William Hutton & Sons, Ltd. — Presentation cup with lid, 1901
Kate Harris; Manufacturer: William Hutton & Sons, Ltd.

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Preliminary study for "Pieta" lithograph (1903) — Two Studies of a Woman's Head, c. 1903
Käthe Kollwitz

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three vertical white panels, each broken up into six horizontal sections; panels have protruding arcs, circles and half-circles; left panel has wedge at top; center panel has protruding globe at top; right panel has globe with slit at top — Untitled, 2007
Ruth Duckworth

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white ground with outlines of six female figures and birds; dark purple, black, pink, green and yellow; unframed — LES FLÂNEUSES, 2008
Ghada Amer

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full-length portrait of a woman with straight blonde hair standing in a landscape wearing a dark purple jacket with fuschia trim, short white skirt with purple dots and blue shoes; mounted on aluminum stretchers with aluminum "frame" (applied before painting was completed) — Moll, 2010
Chantal Joffe

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each unit consists of a vertical framed photographic portrait of a child at top center and four rows of three framed horizontal TV snow-like photographic images in tan, grey, or blue, and a set of three bulb sockets above, each socket with one light bulb, with exposed hanging electrical wiring connecting the units together; any number of units can be installed in any configuration, with the maximum number of 22 units available for installation The framed portions of the units consist of: - 22 portraits of children in tin frames, glazed with glass (3 portraits were framed in-house and did not come with borders; an original unframed grey "snow" photo was color photocopied, and the copies were cut into strips to create borders for these portraits per the instructions of curator Patrick Noon--these are labeled on the back of the frames) - 264 total "snow" photographs in tin frames, glazed with glass: - 108 tan - 84 blue - 72 grey Additionally there are: - 3 empty tin frames without glazing (one has an unwelded corner) (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - 3 photographic portraits of children in glassine envelope (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) Consumable components not inventoried include: - 5-watt flat top silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - 5-watt rounded silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - 7-watt rounded silver base bulb (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - 15-watt flat top silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - 15-watt rounded elongated gold base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - 15-watt rounded squat silver base bulbs (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - baggie containing European electrical plug and 8-hole electrical junctions (most stamped, "ML-150 S Sato Parts") (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - box of brass light bulb sockets (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) - partial spool on 18/2 gauge black electrical wire (ROS, Cab. 6, 4/14/09) — Monuments (Installation Salle Petriere), 1986
Christian Boltanski

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rural setting with several red buildings and hills in the background; curved black paved highway with two yellow stripes at foreground; unframed — Location Shooting, 1977-1990
Alfred Leslie

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man with long white beard and glasses seated at LR, writing, behind a stumpy tree with thick trunk and thin branches on right side only; big cat's face at left looking out from behind tree — Saint Jerome by the Pollard Willow, 1648
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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WELJA 0683; primarily yellow with rays of light radiating from bottom, center; possibly double-exposure of view of glass-walled house and trees overlapping; white mat; white metal frame with Plexiglas — 5912, 2008
James Welling

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Abstraction. thin ground of swirling purple, brown and green with fingerprints in green and pink at center. Unsigned (checked 2/01) — The Touch, 1987
Ross Bleckner

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large oblong plate — The Three Crosses, 1655
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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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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multi-colored vertical stripes of uniform width — Black Aces, 1966
Gene Davis

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Abstract Painting No. 9, Ad Reinhardt — Abstract Painting No. 9, 1960-1966
Ad Reinhardt

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No. 9632; people looking up at object in museum; grey wood frame with Plexiglas — Audience 1 (Galleria Dell Accademia), Florenz, 2004
Thomas Struth

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standing male nude, looking up to PL, with left arm extended out straight with left hand in a fist; right hand on top of head; PR leg supporting weight and slightly ahead of PL leg, with PL foot turned outward; long curly hair — Standing Male Nude, 1760s-1780s
Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié

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group of seven sculptures, each consisting of a wooden base section and top white ceramic section; top sections are white, roughly bowling pin-shaped, some with spouts on the bottom, one perforated, some with geometric elements; bases are wood--four bases are constructions of laminated particle board and plywood, three are stools of two heights topped with particle board and plywood elements; see Components for individual descriptions — Morices, 2007
Yamada Tetsuya

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two soldiers with swords held overhead attacking a kneeling figure with a halo; another haloed figure with arms upraised, fleeing, at left; other soldiers in background at right; Madonna and Child at top center in clouds, with two kneeling figures; mounted on tan paper, edged in gold — Death of Saint Peter Martyr, c. 1585-1600
Denijs Calvaert

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geometric designs in a variety of colors in a sculptural form; two notched black pyramid shapes on either end of red textured bar form base; large open gold ring on one side with small yellow bar extending out on a diagonal, attached to a purple cylinder; grey triangular shaped attached to top of gold ring, topped with black double wedge shape in shiny black enamel, yellow square shape, copper-colored rod with light blue sideways pyramidal shapes, and horizontal silver ring with three black cylinders — Menorah #2, 1986
Peter Shire

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cut pieces of plywood and one piece of cardboard attached together with slots, tabs and pegs on a square base; predominately green and blue faux woodgrain, with some red and pink pieces, and one dark and light yellow piece; triangular piece near top; three horizontal pieces at center — Greened Thing (Sculpture), 2011
Aaron Curry; Artist: Richard Hawkins

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© Arman Studio Archives NY%0D%0AThis work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives NY under number%3A APA%238013.68.169

Untitled (Tubes of Paint), 1968

Arman (Arman Fernandez)

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turned and carved; large rounded bowl form with slightly concave foot; top edge carved into leaf-like forms; tan and grey mottled colors; inherent irregular holes — Metamorphosis, c. 1989
Ronald Fleming

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dress-shaped open-work form covered in white wax with several white candles embedded around bottom edge — Untitled 752, 1992-1993
Petah Coyne

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tapestry; warp undyed wool, 5-6½ ends per cm.; weft dyed wool, 22-26 ends per cm.; tapestry has been cut, and was originally any where from a yard or two wider to over three times its present width — The Falconers, 1435-1445
France

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Prostitute Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya House, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō — Prostitute Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya House, 1793-1794
Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō

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Woven fabric — Belt, 19th-20th century
Morocco

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

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© Frank Gaard

Untitled (For John and Alice), 1975

Frank Gaard

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Settee, Wendell Castle — Settee, 1968
Wendell Castle

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. . . istan/islam, Man Ray (Emmanuel Rudnitsky) — . . . istan/islam, 1924
Man Ray (Emmanuel Rudnitsky)

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Abstraction. Color field. — Four Squares within a Square II, 1974
Robert Mangold

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Memphis, William Eggleston — Memphis, c. 1970
William Eggleston

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Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Takemura Sadanoshin, Sharaku; Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō — Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Takemura Sadanoshin, 1794, 5th lunar month
Sharaku; Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō

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Self-Portrait, Jerry Ott — Self-Portrait, 1974
Jerry Ott

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Cube — Incomplete Open Cube 8/3, 1974
Sol LeWitt

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Seated Woman in the Studio, 1909

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Marilyn Monroe, Actress, Richard Avedon; Publisher: Richard Avedon — Marilyn Monroe, Actress, May 6, 1957
Richard Avedon; Publisher: Richard Avedon

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