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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Emperor Ming-huang and Yang Kuei-fei(?) Journey to Shu
1644 – 1912
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Carter
1970/2.153
This photograph depicts a closeup view of a young fern positioned against a light, blank background.  
Karl Blossfeldt (German (culture or style))
Struthiopteris germanica
1928
Gift of Eeta Gershow
2014/2.7
This photograph depicts a closeup view of a plant's seed pods positioned against a light background.  
Karl Blossfeldt (German (culture or style))
Ptelea trifoliata
1928
Gift of Eeta Gershow
2014/2.8
This photograph depicts a closeup view of a flower bud against a light background.  
Karl Blossfeldt (German (culture or style))
Taraxacum officinalis
1928
Gift of Eeta Gershow
2014/2.11
This print shows three figures in a field set against a dark and smoky background. Two men are struggling for control of a struggling naked woman draped over the shoulder of one of the men. 
John Clem Clarke (American (North American))
Rape of the Sabine Women
1970 – 1973
Museum Purchase
1973/1.800
This print shows an abstracted nude woman on her back, holding a child in the air above her. The child is stretching one hand out towards a white bird at the top left. Both woman and child are looking at the bird and the atmosphere is playful.
Baltasar Lobo (Spanish (culture or style))
Maternidad
1945 – 1956
Museum Purchase
1951/2.50

Huang Shen
Figures from Chinese History: Yan Guang
1687 – 1766
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1983/2.156
Paper mounted on aqua silk. There are two figures present, and a large crane (bird). The central figure, Zhang Tiangi, has his arms uplifted, while a less important figure is depicted with his back to the viewer and is slightly hunched over. There is a crane with a red crown behind these two figures. The colors are muted. There is calligraphy in the upper left hand corner of the painting, complete with two red seals.
Huang Shen
Figures from Chinese History: The Taoist Luo Gongyuan
1687 – 1766
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1983/2.158

Rudy Pozzatti
Julius Caesar
1963
Museum Purchase
1967/1.42
This photograph depicts a street-level view down a medieval Italian alleyway. The alleyway has archways that connect the buildings on either side. Seated on the street and leaning out of a window, a small group of spectators face the camera. 
Carlo Brogi
Sanremo - Vicolo del Giuoco della Palla
1881 – 1895
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1982/1.231
This cyanotype photograph displays the silhouettes of six plant stems laid out in a row.
Anna Atkins (British (modern))
Equisetum Sylvaticum
1853 – 1854
Museum purchase
1989/1.62
A horizontal lighbox enclosed by a wide, black molded frame in which Kara Walker's signature silhouettes are encased in linen and lit from behind. Silhouettes represent four figures: a man and child at viewer's left, two women at right.
Kara Walker (American (North American))
Untitled
1996 – 1997
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund and anonymous individual benefactors
2006/1.152
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