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Édouard Manet, (French, 1832–1883). Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada, 1862. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.53)

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Thomas Eakins, (American, 1844–1916). The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund and George D. Pratt Gift, 1934 (34.92)

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Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter. Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530 B.C. Greek, Attic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1914 (14.130.12)

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Funerary Mask, 10th–11th century. Peru, Sicán (Lambayeque). Gold, copper overlays, and cinnabar. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974 1977. (1974.271.35)

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Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Nine Jackies, 1964. Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Halston, 1983 (1983.606.14-.22)

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Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956). Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950. Enamel on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, George A. Hearn Fund, 1957 (57.92)

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Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008). Winter Pool, 1959. Combine painting: oil, paper, fabric, wood, metal, sandpaper, tape, printed paper, printed reproductions, handheld bellows, and found painting, on two canvases, with ladder. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jointly owned by Steven A. Cohen and The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Promised Gift of Steven A. Cohen, and Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Bequest of Gioconda King, by exchange, Anonymous Gift and Gift of Sylvia de Cuevas, by exchange, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in memory of William S. Lieberman, Mayer Fund, Norman M. Leff Bequest, and George A. Hearn and Kathryn E. Hurd Funds, 2005 (2005.390a-c)