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Bairei Picture Album of One Hundred Birds
Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺 (Japanese, 1844–1895)
Tokyo : Ōkura Magobei 大倉孫兵衛
1881-1884
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, 2013
2013.652a–c
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Genevieve Leavold (British,b.1980)
Feather
oil on canvas
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Double-faced female figurine, early formative period, Tlatilco, 1500–1200 B.C.E., ceramic with traces of pigment, 9.5 cm. high (Princeton University Art Museum)
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Leonardo da Vinci - details of Head of Leda, ca. 1504-06, and A star-of-Bethlehem and other plants, ca. 1506-12, pen and ink
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Symbols and Colorful Motifs Inscribe Tomàs Barceló’s Fragmented Steampunk Sculptures
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‘Graphic Design Britain 70,’ cover design by Roger Edwards
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Gang of teen girls, Estonia, ca. 1930: this photo was given to Kaisa Kaer by her grandmother Aino, the girl on the far right in the second row, lighting her ciggie on another ciggie - photographer unknown
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Hans BELLMER, Les chants de Maldoror, Deux méduses, 1971
Pointe sèche
38 cm x 57 cm
support Japon nacré signée et numérotée au crayon par l'artiste Tirage 100 +15 sur arches
Issue de la suite des Chants de Maldoror d'Isodore Ducasse, comte de Lautréamont.
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Metaphorical Portraits by Michael Mapes Deconstruct Art History as Collaged Specimens
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