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Woman Flower Basket (Hanaire), Nagakura Ken'ichi Japanese, Timber bamboo, rattan, lacquer, and powdered polishing stone and clay, Japan — Woman Flower Basket (Hanaire)
Nagakura Ken'ichi
2004

Study for "Prehistoric Phase", Theodoros Stamos American, Black ink with watercolor on paper — Study for "Prehistoric Phase"
Theodoros Stamos
1947

Critics' show, Grand Central Art Galleries — Critics' show
Grand Central Art Galleries
1946

Prehistoric Storks
, Shimomura Ryōnosuke Japanese, Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper, Japan — Prehistoric Storks
Shimomura Ryōnosuke
ca. 1977

Art Students, Louis Lang American, Oil on canvas, American — Art Students
Louis Lang
ca. 1871

Medieval Art, Henry Linder American, Bronze and silver electroplate, American — Medieval Art
Henry Linder
Roman Bronze Works
1909, cast 1914

Untitled (Human Mask), Pierre Huyghe French, Single-channel video, color, sound, 19 min. — Untitled (Human Mask)
Pierre Huyghe
2014

The Cathedrals of Art, Florine Stettheimer American, Oil on canvas — The Cathedrals of Art
Florine Stettheimer
1942

Provenance, Amie Siegel American, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 40 min., 30 sec. — Provenance
Amie Siegel
2013

Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet, Gold, carnelian, feldspar, pellets of copper-silver alloy — Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet
ca. 1887–1813 B.C.

Crane Art, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony CV 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 1 min., 2 sec. — Crane Art
William Wegman
1970

Bird Head, Greenstone, ocher, Morobe province — Bird Head
Morobe province
Date unknown

Satire on Art Criticism, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch, Pen and brown ink corrected with white. — Satire on Art Criticism
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1644

Prehistoric Bird

Fred Becker

1942

Prehistoric Man

Fernand Cormon

ca. 1897

For Success in Art, William Wyon British, Gold, British, London — For Success in Art
William Wyon
The Royal Mint
1856

Haniwa, Tsuji Kakō Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan — Haniwa
Tsuji Kakō
ca. 1920

Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, Arthur Jafa American, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 7 min., 25 sec. — Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death
Arthur Jafa
2016

The Lightning Testimonies, Amar Kanwar Indian, Eight-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 32 min., 31 sec. — The Lightning Testimonies
Amar Kanwar
2007

A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein German, Black chalk or graphite; framing lines in black chalk or graphite — A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
mid-18th–early 19th century

A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein German, Black chalk or graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and watercolor; framing lines in pen and black ink — A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
mid-18th–early 19th century

Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Earthenware, American — Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906

The art of the Saracens in Egypt, Stanley Lane-Poole — The art of the Saracens in Egypt
Stanley Lane-Poole
Chapman & Hall
1886

Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Porcelaneous stoneware, American — Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906

Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Porcelaneous stoneware, American — Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906

I am Making Art, John Baldessari American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 18 min., 40 sec. — I am Making Art
John Baldessari
1971

The Negro in American art : an exhibition, University of California Los Angeles — The Negro in American art : an exhibition
University of California Los Angeles
1967

Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings), Terracotta, Cycladic — Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings)
Cycladic
ca. 2300–1900 BCE

Terracotta jug, Terracotta, Cypriot — Terracotta jug
Cypriot
ca. 750–600 BCE

Art Union Jubilee, Sir Alfred Gilbert British, Silver, struck, British — Art Union Jubilee
Sir Alfred Gilbert
1887

First American art magazine, America Meredith Cherokee Nation — First American art magazine
America Meredith
2017

The art of marbling, Franz Weisse German — The art of marbling
Multiple artists/makers
1980

Scraper, Stone, Iran — Scraper
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Flint, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Flint, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Flint, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Flint, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Obsidian, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Obsidian, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE

Tool, Obsidian, Iran — Tool
Iran
5th–3rd millennium BCE