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Électricité
by Man Ray
Gift of Joyce F. Menschel, 2013
2013.1098.13 (1–10)

Episode 12 / 2014

Nineteenth-Century Exhibition Pistols
Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest, 2013; and Purchase, Ronald S. Lauder Gift, 2013

Episode 11 / 2014

Still Life with Checked Tablecloth
Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, Purchase, Leonard A. Lauder Gift, 2014

Episode 10 / 2014

America Today
by Thomas Hart Benton
New School for Social Research, New York (1931–82; unveiled January 1, 1931; sold in May 1982 to Maurice Segoura Gallery); [Maurice Segoura Gallery, New York, 1982–84; sold on February 1, 1984 to Equitable Life]; The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA), New York (1984–2012; their gift to MMA)
2012.478a–j

Episode 9 / 2014

Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis),
and Saint Nicholas
Purchase, Mary and Michael Jaharis Gift, 2013
2013.980a–d

Episode 8 / 2014

Japanese Illustrated Books
Mary and James G. Wallach Family
Foundation Gift, 2013

Episode 7 / 2014

The Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection of European Art Pottery
Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2013; and Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; 2011 Benefit Fund; and The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2013

Episode 6 / 2014

A Wooded River Landscape with a Church and Figures
by Hendrick Avercamp
Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and David T. Schiff and Annette and Oscar de la Renta Gifts, 2013
2013.646

Episode 4 / 2014

Mishneh Torah
by Master of the Barbo Missal
Jointly owned by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2013. Purchased for the Israel Museum through the generosity of an anonymous donor; René and Susanne Braginsky, Zurich; Renée and Lester Crown, Chicago; Schusterman Foundation, Israel; and Judy and Michael Steinhardt, New York. Purchased for The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Director’s Funds and Judy and Michael Steinhardt Gift
2013.495

Episode 3 / 2014

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Bénévent
by Baron François Gérard (French, Rome 1770–1837 Paris)
Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 2012
2012.348

Episode 2 / 2014

The Refusal of Time
by William Kentridge
assisted by Philip Miller, Music and Soundscape
Catherine Meyburgh, Video Editing
Peter Galison, Dramaturge
Jointly owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2013. Purchased for The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and Wendy Fisher Gifts and The Raymond and Beverly Sackler 21st Century Art Fund.
2013.250

Episode 1 / 2014

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