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Chrysler Building, New York City

Chrysler Building, New York City

Detroit Publishing Company

Date: 1931–32
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number: Burdick 417, p.11v(5)

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Antigraceful

Antigraceful

Umberto Boccioni (Italian, Reggio 1882–1916 Sorte)

Date: 1913, cast 1950–51
Accession Number: 1990.38.1

Head of a Young Woman

Head of a Young Woman

Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)

Date: 1522
Accession Number: 1975.1.859

The New Bonnet

The New Bonnet

Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)

Date: 1858
Accession Number: 1975.27.1

Reading at a Table

Reading at a Table

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)

Date: 1934
Accession Number: 1996.403.1

Spinet

Spinet

Date: 1540
Accession Number: 53.6 a, b

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