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Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Alexander Dumas (père)
1850 – 1860
Museum Purchase
1976/2.12
Among a gold and bright mineral pigmented landscape, Genji stands below a cherry tree in full bloom and watches Murasaki, who stands in an architectural structure. A distant stream and hilltops indicate the isolated setting.
Kanō Tsunenobu
Genji espies Murasaki for the first time, from the Wakamurasaki chapter of The Tale of Genji
1670 – 1680
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
2002/1.168
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on black background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
Glenn Ligon
Untitled
1992
Museum Purchase
1993/2.13.3
This print has rows of stenciled black text in all capital letters on black background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
Glenn Ligon;Gregory Burnet (American (North American))
Untitled
1992
Museum Purchase
1993/2.13.4
A photograph of two toy figures in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. The two figures kneel on the ground, flora made of the same tin material on either side of them. The figure on the left reaches out, touching the shoulder of the figure on the right.
David Levinthal (American (North American))
Bidding Farewell
1999 – 2000
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2004/2.11.3
A photograph of a tin figure in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. The figure is framed by two large trees in the mid-ground. The figure appears joyful as he jumps and dances into the distance.
David Levinthal (American (North American))
Dancing in the Field
1999 – 2000
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2004/2.11.8
On a yellow, green and blue background, a figure of a woman in blue lies on the ground and a figure of a man in red sits beside her with his hands on her.  A bird (the arondelle, or hirondelle, of the title) rests on the woman's chest as well.
Marc Chagall (Belorussian (culture or style))
L'Arondelle from Daphnis and Chloé
1961
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
2008/2.422
A woman in kimono sits with her sleeve to her mouth. The kimono is decorated with fall leaves, and she sits behind lacquwe tea ware. Above her are crest-like decorations in blue, backgrounding the open pages of a book.
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
Seated Woman
1852
Gift of Barbara Harding Brown
2010/2.49
This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on white background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45". 
Glenn Ligon
Untitled
1992
Museum Purchase
1993/2.13.1
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