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May Day

May Day

Dan Weiner  (American, New York 1919–1959 Kentucky)

Date: 1948
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 21.9 x 34 cm (8 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Joyce F. Menschel, 2011
Accession Number: 2011.553.11

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S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood

S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood

Author: Samuel Putnam Avery (American, New York 1822–1904 New York)

Date: 1800s
Accession Number: 201.9 Av32

The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Date: 1495–1505
Accession Number: 37.80.6

The Valley of Wyoming

The Valley of Wyoming

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, Rossville, New York 1823–1900 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)

Date: 1865
Accession Number: 66.113

Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Ugo da Carpi (Carpi ca. 1480–1532 Bologna)

Date: ca. 1518 (?)
Accession Number: 20.24.76

Mask

Mask

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.1518

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