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[Subway Passenger, New York City: Male Standee]

Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: February 25, 1938
Accession Number: 1994.253.516.4
Sphinx of King Senwosret III

Date: ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Accession Number: 17.9.2
Jasper statuette of a man wearing a toga

Date: 1st century A.D.
Accession Number: 17.230.54
Mules

Rudi Gernreich (American (born Austria), Vienna 1922–1985 Los Angeles, California)
Date: fall/winter 1966–67
Accession Number: 1985.374.14a, b
Scarab with device of kneeling fertility figure before obelisk

Date: ca. 1070–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 10.130.581
Marc Bochart

Robert Nanteuil (French, Reims 1623–1678 Paris)
Date: ca. 1651
Accession Number: 2001.647.9
The Cat

Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur)
Date: 1954
Accession Number: 1999.363.24
Spearhead

Accession Number: 74.51.5384
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin

Date: ca. 1100
Accession Number: 17.190.648
Statue of Diadoumenos. Roman Copy of a Greek Original by Polykleitos

Charles Sheeler (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1883–1965 Dobbs Ferry, New York)
Date: ca. 1943, printed 1982
Accession Number: 1982.1188.7
Evening Snow at Banto

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Date: ca. 1779
Accession Number: JP130
Arm Defense

Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 2007.184
Kohl Stick

Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 16.10.446
Vase

Accession Number: 24.80.276
Judith

Benjamin-Constant (Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant) (French, Paris 1845–1902 Paris)
Accession Number: 59.185
Beads of the Type Used in 13.180.16a

Date: ca. 1850–1550 B.C.
Accession Number: 13.180.16f
Slip

Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: C.I.41.27.1
Spoon

Date: 5th–6th century
Accession Number: 13.42.1a
Evening coat

House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
Date: ca. 1965
Accession Number: 1977.363.32
Textile

Date: 1700–1944
Accession Number: C.I.44.9

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[Subway Passenger, New York City: Male Standee]
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: February 25, 1938
Accession Number: 1994.253.516.4
Sphinx of King Senwosret III
Date: ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Accession Number: 17.9.2
Jasper statuette of a man wearing a toga
Date: 1st century A.D.
Accession Number: 17.230.54
Mules
Rudi Gernreich (American (born Austria), Vienna 1922–1985 Los Angeles, California)
Date: fall/winter 1966–67
Accession Number: 1985.374.14a, b
Scarab with device of kneeling fertility figure before obelisk
Date: ca. 1070–664 B.C.
Accession Number: 10.130.581
Marc Bochart
Robert Nanteuil (French, Reims 1623–1678 Paris)
Date: ca. 1651
Accession Number: 2001.647.9
The Cat
Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur)
Date: 1954
Accession Number: 1999.363.24
Spearhead
Accession Number: 74.51.5384
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
Date: ca. 1100
Accession Number: 17.190.648
Statue of Diadoumenos. Roman Copy of a Greek Original by Polykleitos
Charles Sheeler (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1883–1965 Dobbs Ferry, New York)
Date: ca. 1943, printed 1982
Accession Number: 1982.1188.7
Evening Snow at Banto
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Date: ca. 1779
Accession Number: JP130
Arm Defense
Date: 16th–17th century
Accession Number: 2007.184
Kohl Stick
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Accession Number: 16.10.446
Vase
Accession Number: 24.80.276
Judith
Benjamin-Constant (Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant) (French, Paris 1845–1902 Paris)
Accession Number: 59.185
Beads of the Type Used in 13.180.16a
Date: ca. 1850–1550 B.C.
Accession Number: 13.180.16f
Slip
Date: early 19th century
Accession Number: C.I.41.27.1
Spoon
Date: 5th–6th century
Accession Number: 13.42.1a
Evening coat
House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937)
Date: ca. 1965
Accession Number: 1977.363.32
Textile
Date: 1700–1944
Accession Number: C.I.44.9