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Painting by Abercrombie showing a bright blue sea in which are floating a tree, a red rook and a staircase leading to a door. In the grey background is a moon and a cloud

Gertrude Abercrombie

This work by Charles Alston shows shapes inspired by African masks in a muted palette

Charles Henry Alston

This painting by Benny Andrews shows a character in blue holding a fruit

Benny Andrews

Abstract wire creation by Ruth Asawa

Ruth Asawa

On a wharf, the lines of the planks draw the viewer’s attention to a lone figure who, in turn, gazes at a smokestack in the distance.

John Atherton

This work by George Ault shows a desert landscape under a bright blue sky

George Copeland Ault

Close up of seated woman in Milton Avery's Study in Blues

Milton Avery

This bronze by Leonard Baskin shows a seated, naked man with his arms folded

Leonard Baskin

This work by Romare Bearden condenses centuries of history onto a small panel with several scenes and characters

Romare Bearden

George Wesley Bellows

This work by Theresa F. Bernstein depicts passengers in an elevated train

Theresa F. Bernstein

An apple, a knife and a plate are pictured in front of a vase with colorful flowers in this sill life by Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton

Harry Bertoia's Untitled sculpture, which resembles a bush.

Harry Bertoia

The large composition lacks narrative or recognizable imagery, and instead explores abstract form, color, and space in blue, and dark green and black shapes

Charles Biederman

This works depicts a green lawn with a pink road in between tall houses and buildings

Albert Bloch

The work by Oscar F. Bluemner depicts three red buildings in front of a bright green and blue landscape

Oscar F. Bluemner

In Peter Blume's work, local landmarks and a towering iron drawbridge are shown in the mountains

Peter Blume

Abstract composition in grey, white and green, by Ilya Bolotowsky

Ilya Bolotowsky

This painting shows a field of sunflowers set against a backdrop of trees and buildings, transformed into a study of color and pattern.

Charles Burchfield

This work by Emerson Burkhart shows an old man seating

Emerson Burkhart

Paul Cadmus, American, 1904-1999. Notturno: Bologna, 1957. Egg tempera on gesso panel. 11 1/2 x 16 inches. Signed lower left. On loan from a private collection.

Paul Cadmus

This photograph shows three colorful mobiles by Alexander Calder.

Alexander Calder

This work by Clarence H. Carter depicts two female figures seen from the back

Clarence H. Carter

In this work, two classically modeled nude women occupy a landscape drawn from the subconscious: a cloud of smoke produced from a burning head, set against a dying tree and a theatrical, draped curtain.

Federico Castellón

This work by Elizabeth Catlett shows a mother looking down and nestling the head of the child

Elizabeth Catlett

Marc Chagall, Russian, 1887-1985. The Blue Angel, c. 1937-38. Gouache and pastel on paper. 19 7/8 x 25 5/8 inches.

Marc Chagall

This work by John Rogers Cox depicts a field under a night sky

John Cox

This work by Ralston Crawford shows black lines over a white rectangle and a green background

Ralston Crawford

This work by Francis Criss shows a building under construction with precise articulation of the shapes of the buildings and sharply delineated cranes

Francis Criss

In this painting, a long stretch of black asphalt is overlapped by a black-and-white striped horizontal barrier board, or overpass road. Space is both flat and volumetric as transparent shadows are cast behind the forms.

Allan D'Arcangelo

This work by Stuart Davis depicts a cafe facade in Paris with bold colors, lines and shapes

Stuart Davis

In this sculpture by José De Creeft, art deco motifs, geometric forms, and a stylized African mask adorn the surface of the stone

Jose de Creeft

An abstract work by Willem de Kooning.

Willem de Kooning

Beauford Delaney

Detail of a painting by Edwin Dickinson, in which he presents himself as though a shingle is blowing across his face in high wind

Edwin Dickinson

This work is an abstract composition by Arthur Dove in green and red tones

Arthur Dove

In Gary Erbe's work, The three flat, abstracted figures are painted to resemble cardboard or paper cutouts.

Gary Erbe

This work by Philip Evergood depicts two children and one of them is holding a toy

Philip Evergood

This work by John Ferren is an abstract composition in white tones

John Ferren

This work by Hellen Frankenthaler is an abstract composition in green, blue, pink and dark red

Helen Frankenthaler

For this work, the artist layered clippings of ephemeral material, such as newspapers, music sheets, and product labels, with her cubist forms and subdued palette

Suzy Frelinghuysen

Jared French, American, 1905-1988. Shelter, c. 1944. Egg tempera on gessoed panel. 16 ¾ x 16 ¾ inches. Signed lower center.

Jared French

Albert Gallatin features a star at the center, the only recognizable image in the painting.

Albert E. Gallatin

Detail of a work by John Grabach showing horses racing

John R Grabach

John Graham's work shows a saturated color scheme of spare, cool tones, accented by the stark black outlines of the unusual shapes

John Graham

This abstract work by Balcomb Greene uses bold color and black lines

Balcomb Greene

This work by Michael Goldberg is an abstract composition in blue, green and white

Michael Goldberg

Jean Albert Gorin depicts an abstract composition in red, white and yellow plywood

Jean Albert Gorin

In this abstract work by Adolph Gottlieb, circles float above a cursive mass and one small bright blue burst straddles the divide.

Adolph Gottlieb

A man walking down a street with buildings on once side.

O. Louis Guglielmi

This work by Robert Gwathmey depicts parents and a little girl singing next to a tree and a gramophone

Robert Gwathmey

A canoe by Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

This work by Charles Henri shows a child sitting on a chair, with a cigarette in his mouth

Robert Henri

This work by Joseph Hirsch shows outstretched arms holding bowls waiting to receive some soup

Joseph Hirsch

An excavation construction scene.

Stefan Hirsch

In this work by Hans Hofmann, thick, richly painted orange brushstrokes overlap on the canvas and act as a background to the bursts of red, blue, green, and yellow forms

Hans Hofmann

A Winslow Homer painting of Civil War military band.

Winslow Homer

This work by Charles Howard depicts two-dimensional shapes set against sinuous, biomorphic imagery

Charles Howard

This sculpture by Richard Hunt shows an abstracted human figure

Richard Hunt

A couple dancing the jitterbug in a print by Johnson.

William H. Johnson

Portrait by Joshua Johnson of a little girl in pink eating strawberries

Joshua Johnson

This work by Otis Kaye depicts a violin and dollar bills on a grey door

Otis Kaye

This work by Henry Koerner depicts men fishing and a woman emerging from the ocean

Henry Koerner

This colorful work by Jacob Lawrence shows a few characters and bright feathers

Jacob Lawrence

A landscape looking across the Harlem River toward New York City.

Ernest Lawson

In this colorful work by Doris Lee, a large family is seen eating around an oval table.

Doris Lee

In the painting, a solitary figure stands with his back facing the viewer, gazing outward onto the bleak, abandoned landscape.

Hughie Lee Smith

The work depicts a close-up perspective of the industrial form, seen from a plant’s roof. Using abstraction, Lewandowski rendered the subject as a web of geometric forms and bright colors.

Edmund Lewandowski

Abstract composition by Norman Lewis in black, red, blue and white tones

Norman Wilfred Lewis

This work by David Ligare depicts a stark white cloth billowed by strong coastal winds.

David Ligare

Louis Lozowick's work depicts an abstract city view in dark grey tones, with bright red circles

Louis Lozowick

This work by Helen Lundeberg depicts bright purple irises

Helen Lundeberg

This work by John Marin depicts boats in a harbor

John Marin

This work by Alfred Henry Maurer shows a cubist still-life with bright green and pears

Alfred Henry Maurer

This work by Joan Mitchell is a powerful abstract composition in blue, highlighted with touches of white and green

Joan Mitchell

Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926. La maison de l'artiste à Giverny, 1912. Oil on canvas. 29 x 29 inches.

Claude Monet

In this abstract work by Francois Morellet, the length of the dashes and the space between each marking is increased

Francois Morellet

In this work by George L. K. Morris, fractured, overlapping shapes of various colors are arranged on the canvas in a kaleidoscopic formation.

George L. K. Morris

This work by Jerome Myers depicts a crow on a pier

Jerome Myers

Bright composition by Kenneth Noland with circles in the center

Kenneth Noland

In this Georgia O'Keeffe work, the alligator pears almost disappear into abstraction, surrounded by arcing shapes of subtly blended white and gray pigment.

Georgia O'Keeffe

The detail shows guests enjoying a wedding celebration, in which the bride appears naked

Guy Pène du Bois

This work by Irene Rice Pereira shows an industrial composition inspired by cubism

Irene Rice Pereira

Detail of a work by Jane Peterson showing characters enjoying a carousel in Paris

Jane Peterson

Detail of the artwork showing a pipe and a burned match

John Frederick Peto

A surrealist work with figures falling off of chairs.

Alton Pickens

This work by Horace Pippin shows yellow hibiscus, daisies, and red asters

Horace Pippin

View of Le Pont-Neuf in Paris by Camille Pissarro.

Camille Pissarro

Alexander Pope uses a variety of black, brown and gold pigments highlighted with white to depict the fox pelt and assorted hunting accessories including whips, horns and spurs.

Alexander Pope

This work by Edward Henry Potthast depicts four girls playing on the beach

Edward Henry Potthast

This work by Richard Pousette-Dart is on paper using short, expressive lines in graphite and white paint.

Richard Pousette-Dart

An outdoor leisure scene of figures lounging in a lush cove by the water.

Maurice Prendergast

This work by Frederic Remington captures the perilous scene of a rugged cowboy breaking a wild, rearing horse.

Frederic Remington

This work by Theodore J. Roszak is an abstract urban composition

Theodore J. Roszak

Portrait of a young girl by John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent

This work by Ben Shahn depicts the back of a topless man sitting on top of rocks

Ben Shahn

This work by Charles Green Shaw is an abstract cityscape below a dark blue night sky

Charles Green Shaw

This work by Charles Sheeler shows a dead tree in front of a bright blue and green background.

Charles Sheeler

A chorus of dancers performing against an elaborate set backdrop.

Everett Shinn

A pointilist depiction of Lake Geneva with sailboats.

Paul Signac

This scene by Clyde Singer depicts workers walking to work in front of an industrial view

Clyde Singer

The small composition masterfully demonstrates Slobodkina’s playful use of floating lines and interlocked biomorphic and geometric shapes

Esphyr Slobodkina

"Spitball" is an abstract, black, geometric sculpture made of ebony granite

Tony Smith

This work by Theodoros Stamos is an abstract composition in orange, white and black

Theodoros Stamos

This work by Jack Steele shows an industrial landscape with railroads

Jack Steele

Detail of an exquisitely rendered full-length portrait of a beautiful and confident young woman wearing a sumptuous satin and lace evening gown and holding a feathered hat.

Julius LeBlanc Stewart

This work by John Bradley Storrs is a white and grey abstraction

John Bradley Storrs

This colorful work by Bob Thompson depicts figures of women and horses in blue, red and yellow

Bob Thompson

This work by Mark Tobey is an abstract composition with a multiplicity of details

Mark Tobey

This work by George Tooker depicts a hand over black, red and yellow stripes

George Tooker

This Helen Torr work is an abstract composition showing a balance of rhythm and control in muted shades of maroons, olives, and grays

Helen Torr

close up of a red man on a blue horse

Bill Traylor

This work by Jack Tworkov is an abstract composition in blue, red and white

Jack Tworkov

This work by Robert Vickrey shows a nun seen from above

Robert Vickrey

This blue, red, black and white work by Charmion Von Wiegand is a starkly geometric composition based on the grid designs of Mondrian

Charmion von Wiegand

This cubist work by Max Weber uses a subdued palette of blues and grays along with mauves and yellows to construct a portrait.

Max Weber

Charles White depicts two women in this greyscale drawing

Charles White

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (American, 1875-1942). Honorably Discharged, 1919, bronze. 53 ¾ inches high. Inscribed Gertrude V. Whitney and dated 1919 on the base.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

This work shows three music players, with soldiers in the background and foreground, with an American flag in the sky

Archibald M. Willard

This detail shows roofs in medieval Chartres covered in snow

Hale Woodruff