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The Steeplechase, Coney Island

The Steeplechase, Coney Island

Milton Avery  (American, Altmar, New York 1885–1965 New York, New York)

Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 x 40 in.
(81.3 x 101.6 cm)

Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Sally M. Avery, 1984
Accession Number: 1984.527

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Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Date: ca. 1550–1479 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.7.1413a, b

The Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster

André Derain (French, Chatou 1880–1954 Garches)

Date: 1906–1907
Accession Number: 1975.1.168

Presentation Vase

Presentation Vase

Thomas Fletcher (American, Alstead, New Hampshire 1787–1866 New Jersey)

Date: 1824
Accession Number: 1982.4a, b

Cup and Cover Supported by an Enchained Turk

Cup and Cover Supported by an Enchained Turk

German, perhaps Frankfurt-am-Main (ca. 1705 - 1711)

Date: ca. 1705-11
Accession Number: 1975.1.1508

Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase

Date: last decade of the 1st century B.C.
Accession Number: 20.192.17

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