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André Girard (French (culture or style))
Illustrated book: Sayings of Jesus, The Sermon on the Mount and the Instructions
1956
Gift of Margaret Grace Boegner Foundation
1956/2.20
This print shows a profile of a small, bear-like man from the waist up. He is balding, with a fringe of hair by his neck but none in the center of his head. He wears a light colored, loose fitting garment with thick, dark outlines articulating the parts of his clothing. The background is very dark.
Georges Rouault (French (culture or style))
Bon Électeur
1918
Museum Purchase
1949/2.50
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
Presented as a diptych, this photograph displays two closeup views of dried poppy seed-pods positioned against a light background.
Karl Blossfeldt (German (culture or style))
Papaver
1928
Gift of Eeta Gershow
2014/2.13

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
A Confrontation between Equestrian Warriors, from an illustrated book
1855 – 1865
Gift of Sarah and Otto Graf.
1983/2.100
The image is divided in to two main halves.<br />
The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.<br />
The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1975/2.179
At the center of the image, this print shows a yellow clock with white face on a yellow wall. The clock is outlined in thick black likes and the face has black-colored hands and dashes. The print is signed in pencil (l.r.) "Patrick Caulfield AP".
Patrick Caulfield (British (modern))
Crying to the walls: My God! My God! will she relent?
1973
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
2004/2.80.7
This print shows a bulbous lamp sitting on a table. Outlined in thick black lines, the lamp base, cord, and table are the same color as the background, a bright red. The lamp shade is solid black and the interior, visible in the ellipses at the top of the shade, is bright yellow. 
Patrick Caulfield (British (modern))
I've only the friendship of hotel rooms
1973
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
2004/2.80.16
Painting of a standing male figure facing forward and holding a walking stick, against a blank background surrounded by an inscription, two artist’s seals, seven colophons and accompanying seals of contemporary scholars and artists. <br />
Zeng Jing (Tseng Ching)
Portrait of Pan Qintai
1621
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1966/1.110
This image depicts a closeup view of a section of a plant's stem positioned against a dark background.  
Karl Blossfeldt (German (culture or style))
Equisetum hiemale
1928
Gift of Eeta Gershow
2014/2.5
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