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Ruth Asawa, Tamarind Institute, Desert Plant, 1965, color lithograph on Rives Type IV paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1983.18.177
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Maya Lin, Latitude New York City, 2013, Vermont Darby marble, Gift of Louise and Leonard Riggio, 2013.163.1
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Shahzia Sikander, Dena Schuckit, Rachel Fuller, Case Hudson, Crown Point Press, Bound from No Parking Anytime, 2001, color photogravure with etching and aquatint on wove Somerset paper from a portfolio of nine photogravures, one with etching, one with aquatint, one with aquatint and chine collé, two with etching, Gift of Kathan Brown, 2006.122.114.7
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A rough-hewn block of basalt sits upright on a rectangular stone base on a pale pink stone floor against a stone wall. In this photograph, we are off the front left corner of the free-standing sculpture in a space filled with natural light. The tongue-shaped basalt is narrower from front to back and wider from side to side. It is about three times taller than it is wide at its widest. Some of the dark brown basalt running up the center of the block is smooth but most is pitted. Strips up either side have been carved to expose rough, copper-colored stone, some of which has flaked away. The tan stone base is speckled densely with gray, and the leaves of an indoor but mature tree bow into the top left corner of the photograph.
Isamu Noguchi, Great Rock of Inner Seeking, 1974, basalt, Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, M.D., and Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D., 1976.58.1
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Michael Jang, Aunts and Uncles, 1973, gelatin silver print, Charina Endowment Fund, 2022.119.2
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Zarina Hashmi, Untitled, 1968, woodcut on handmade paper, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2022.7.3

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Hung Liu, Needlework, 2004, lithograph in black on chine collé on Arches Cover White paper, Gift of Eric Denker in honor of Lynn P. Russell, Curator of Education, 2005.102.5.11
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Binh Danh, Found Portrait, 2003, chlorophyll print and resin, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds donated in honor of Jean Efron's 60th Birthday), 2015.19.4993
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Anne Chu, Untitled, 1995, printed letterpress on Somerset paper, Gift of Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky, 2001.143.20
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Ming Wang, Bipolarity, 1970, acrylic on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist), 2015.19.2559
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Kenzo Okada, Kasaner, 1968, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.31
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560 panels, each painted a unique, flat color, are hung in a grid to create an abstract work of art. The grid has ten horizontal rows of fifty-six panels. The surface of each panel is covered from edge to edge with a single color. The colors range from mahogany to peach, almond white to dark brown. Some panels are smoothly painted while brushwork is visible on others.
Byron Kim, Synecdoche, 1991-present, oil and wax on lauan plywood, birch plywood, and plywood, Richard S. Zeisler Fund, 2009.39.1.1-560
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Matsumi Kanemitsu, Oxnard Madame, 1961, color lithograph on Arches paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.2269
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Alfonso Ossorio, Samson in Gaza, 1934, wood engraving, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.3805
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Nam June Paik, Untitled (Red Hand), 1967, 19th-century paper scroll by Komatsu Akira, red ink, light bulb, and wood frame, Gift of the Hakuta Family, 2010.17.1
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Chan Chao, Young Buddhist Monk, June 1997, printed 2002, chromogenic print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of The Heather and Tony Podesta Collection, Washington DC), 2015.19.5063
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Kota Ezawa, Cowboy, 2006, lightbox with acrylic paint, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.69
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Dong M. Kingman, Untitled (Industrial Scene), 1940s, screenprint, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.2875
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Reuben Tam, Equinox, 1942, screenprint, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.4702
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Keiko Hara, Craig Cornwall, Verse – Space M-II, 2006, color lithograph on wove paper, Gift of Ainslie and Keith Peoples in memory of Barbara Frost Harkness, 2016.53.2
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Hsiang Ning Han, Untitled (Soho Facades), 1975, etching in black on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.94
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Tomie Arai, Jim "BJ" Hughes, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Portrait/Young Woman, 1998, color offset lithograph on wove Somerset paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, 2023.22.4
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David P. Chun, Latin American Court at San Francisco Worlds Fair, 1940, lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.1235
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Ray Yoshida, Joe Seguro, See, 1995, color lithograph on wove paper, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2015.115.51
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Kinji Akagawa, Tamarind Institute, Black Rainbow V, 1965, lithograph (stone) in black with acid tint on Arches paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1983.18.68
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Two cows stand side-by-side to our right with a path leading to a row of buildings in the distance to our left in this dreamlike, stylized landscape painting. The forms are simplified, angular, and blocky, and seem to be overlapping, though most of the shapes painted with blended strokes. To our right, a black cow stands beyond a brown cow, both facing our left in profile. The heads are triangular and come to exaggerated points under curving horns, and the ribs of the cow closer to us are painted with curving black lines down the body. Their legs also taper to exaggeratedly pointed, tiny hooves. A milk jug sits to our right, behind them. The row of five buildings to our left are created with blocks of white, golden yellow, brick red, and black. A sprig of leaves and a lacy white flower grow to our left on the row of oatmeal-brown rocks jutting up along the bottom edge of the composition. An abstracted shirt-like form floats to our left against the background of teal green that covers the bottom two-thirds of the painting. The area above the buildings is painted with a field of silvery charcoal gray. The artist signed and dated the painting with tiny letters under the brown cow:
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Cows in Pasture, 1923, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of George Biddle), 2014.136.94
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Baldwin Lee, Plain Dealing, Louisiana, 1984, gelatin silver print, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2023.87.13
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Ansei Uchima, Rondo, color woodcut, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1633
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Michael Jang, Self-Portrait, Financial District, San Francisco, 1973, gelatin silver print, Charina Endowment Fund, 2022.119.3
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Walasse Ting, Tamarind Institute, Blue Tango, 1964, lithograph (zinc) in blue-black on white Arches paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1984.34.1004
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Nick Ut, Associated Press, The Terror of War, June 8, 1972, gelatin silver print, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.629
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N. Krishna Reddy, Insect, 1955, color viscosity intaglio on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1405
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Thomas Yamamoto, Untitled (Head of a Sleeping Man), 1946, pen and ink and graphite, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.5159
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Mei-ling Hom, Robert Franklin, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Cross Cultural Pictograms, 1992, cut-and-folded color offset lithograph on wove paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, 2023.22.22
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Tseng Kwong Chi, Washington, DC (E25v1.36), 1981, gelatin silver print, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Gift of Funds from Gregory and Aline Gooding, 2023.12.1
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Seong Moy, Lovers in Flight, 1953, color woodcut, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.3630
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Anthony Ko, Tamarind Institute, The King and His Princess, 1967, lithograph (stone) in black on white Arches paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1984.34.93
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Norio Azuma, In Black Space, color serigraph, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.183
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Jehsong Baak, Reflection of a Woman, Paris, 1999, printed 2008, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Jehsong Baak), 2016.117.284
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Kenjilo Nanao, Tamarind Institute, Untitled, 1968, lithograph (stone) in black on Magnani Italia paper, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1984.34.408
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Madoka Takagi, Ellis Island, 1988, platinum/palladium print, Gift of Gary B. Sokol, 2021.108.4
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Marlon Fuentes, Good and Evil, 1981, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist), 2016.22.61
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Michi Itami, Jim "BJ" Hughes, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Tsuioku (Recollection), 1997, color offset lithograph on wove Somerset paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, 2023.22.24
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Soichi Sunami, Ethel Sager, Garden of Dreams, c. 1925, gelatin silver print, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2023.105.1
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Zorawar Sidhu, Rob Swainston, January 6, 2021, woodblock on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2022.118.5
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Taizo Kato, Young Painter, c. 1920s, gelatin silver print, Gift of Funds from Clinton and Jean Wright, 2022.132.1
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Arakawa, Graphicstudio, Sketch for "The Sharing of Nameless", c. 1984/1986, graphite on wove paper, Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist, 1991.75.56
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Motoi Oi, Walking Happy Child, 1970, embossed color etching on wove paper, Gift of the Artist, 1972.6.2
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Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Untitled, 1950-1951, gelatin silver print, Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund, 2019.96.1
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Martin Wong, The Vogels, 1985, black ballpoint pen on wove paper, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, 2007.6.75
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Kaikobad Motiwalla, Antelopes, 1962, mixed intaglio, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1312
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