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Christian Vogt
Barbara and Rike
1981
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg through the courtesy of the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation
1984/2.64

Elliot
Full length portrait of a woman
19th century
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond
1987/1.323
Conical-shaped building situated between two hills in a rocky, mostly barren landscape. 
Francis Frith (British (modern))
Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem
1857
Gift of Frederick P. and Amy McCombs Currier
1988/1.98.1-2
This photograph is a portrait of an older, seated man in a three piece suit. He is looking to the side in an interior space.
Thomas Leverton Donaldson
1843 – 1947
Museum Purchase
1989/1.58
The work is a color photograph of three models framed by mauve curtains. The models form a pyramidal shape, with one model crouching in the foreground, two standing behind her leaning inward. At the top of the composition a small pink rose is pinned to the wall.
Guy Bourdin (French (culture or style))
Untitled
1976
Anonymous Gift: New York
1989/1.74.11
A woman with a sword looks back to her left. Her right hand is hidden by her long sleeve, just above the sword handle. Her blue outer robe is partially removed and reveals a patterned red and blue robe beneath. The bottom of the outer robe has a spray of flowers, and a crest adorns the left sleeve. A lantern lights up the stage behind her.<br /><br /> Unidentified inscriptions.
Shunshō Katsukawa (Japanese (culture or style))
Iwai Hanshirō IV as an Onnadate
1750 – 1799
Museum Purchase
1960/1.156

Christo (American (North American);Bulgarian (culture or style))
Projet pour l'emballage de l'Arc de Triomphe
1935 – 1978
Gift of Graham and Marianne Smith
1978/2.43
This miniature painting depicts a group of male figures gathered around a coffin draped with a blue cloth. Two pairs of candles set on tall candlesticks are placed at the head and foot of the coffin. To the left of the coffin stand four mourners wearing long gray robes with hoods. Facing them from the other side of the coffin are three tonsured clergymen dressed in white, who look at an open book placed before them. The group stands upon a green tiled floor next to a pink wall. The background is painted red and decorated with an exuberant pattern of gold scrolling foliage motifs.
Gold Scrolls Group
Leaf from a book of hours with a funeral mass
1415 – 1455
Anonymous Gift in memory of Mrs. John Alexander
1993/2.8
An old woman in a white cap sits in a cluttered interior. Positioned just inside the doorway, the woman is surrounded by piles of cloth with domestic objects on shelves and walls that gleam in the darkness.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
La Vieille aux Loques
1858
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.328
A - Wooden Box - Notches on top of two sides for lifting the lid off. Lid Separate.<br /> B - Wooden Lid - Paired with wooden box (A). Notches in middle for lifting lid.<br /> C - Ceramic Bowl - Small round base with slightly ridged surface, more along the interior. Dark brown glaze that lightens around the top lip. Light semi-circle shape in glaze at bottom, on both the interior and exterior of the bowl<br /> D - Ceramic Bowl - Small round base with a slighly irregular top rim. Dark brown glaze with specks showing the lighter underglaze. Lighter glaze shows more along top of rim, in a semicircular shape along the rim that can be seen on the interior and exterior.<br /> E - Ceramic Dish - Four peaked feet on the underside, showing unglazed ceramic at tip of feet. Dark brown glaze with irregular specks and stippling showing lighter underglaze. Curved surface with four corners being the highest points. Bit of white material stuck to one of the feet.<br /> F - Small Ceramic Bowl - Ridged surface that curves outw
Theaster Gates
Little Box for Starving Artists
2013
Museum Purchase made possible by Joseph and Annette Allen
2014/2.1

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Los Proverbios (also known as "Los Disparates"), plate 8: So el sayal, hay al ("There is something beneath the sackcloth," i.e. "you can't judge a man by his clothes") or Los ensacados (The men in sacks)
1864 – 1900
Transfer from the University Library
1949/2.10
A pipe with a bronze pipe bowl attached to a long, thin wooden pipe stem. There is a small piece of cloth where the pipe bowl meets the stem. The pipe bowl is decorated with spiral designs. 
Pipe
1900 – 1987
Gift of Douglas and Mary Kelley
1987/1.347
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