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Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Paia, Maui, Hawaii

Buddhist Grave Markers and Rainbow, Paia, Maui, Hawaii

Ansel Easton Adams  (American, San Francisco, California 1902–1984 Carmel, California)

Date: 1956, printed 1974
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Ansel and Virginia Adams, 1979
Accession Number: 1979.585.39
Rights and Reproduction: © Photograph by Ansel Adams. Used with permission of the Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved.

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Male Figure (Moai Tangata)

Male Figure (Moai Tangata)

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: 1984.526

Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 70

Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 70

Robert Motherwell (American, Aberdeen, Washington 1915–1991 Provincetown, Massachusetts)

Date: 1961
Accession Number: 65.247

The Death of Socrates

The Death of Socrates

Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)

Date: 1787
Accession Number: 31.45

Gazette du bon ton: arts, modes et frivolities

Gazette du bon ton: arts, modes et frivolities

Date: 1912–1915 and 1920–25
Accession Number: 233.4 G25

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan

Author: John Lloyd Stephens (American, 1805–1852)

Date: 1842
Accession Number: UD S83 1842 v.1

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