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Art in Focus
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Did you know only 2 percent of our collection is on view at any given time?
This Halloween, we’ve pulled out some of our spookiest artworks, from the ghoulish to the darkly funny to the outright bizarre.
Discover terrifying treasures from Hieronymous Bosch, William Blake, Edvard Munch, and Andy Warhol—plus lesser-known artists who brilliantly captured ghosts, witches, vampires, and monsters. These works are sure to send shivers down your spine.
Andy Warhol, Halloween, 1949
Antonio Reynoso, El Fantasma (Ghost), 1944
Nathan Lerner, Eye and Barbed Wire, 1939
Deborah Luster, Denise Howard, St. Gabriel, Louisiana, October 27, 2000
Edvard Munch, Geschrei (The Scream), 1895
Various Artists, Bogeyman Comics #3 (red cover), Published 1970
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Leopoldo Méndez, The Symphonic Concert of Skeletons, 1943
Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein the Younger, Skeletons Making Music, c. 1526, download image
Allen Ginsberg, The Ballad of the Skeletons, 1996
Max Slevogt, Witches' Dance, 1903
Matsumi Kanemitsu, Monday's Witch, 1970
Albrecht Dürer, Witch Riding on a Goat, c. 1500/1501, download image
Graham Sutherland, Ram's Head (with rocks and skeletons), 1968
Hyman Bloom, Fish Skeletons, c. 1956
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, c. 1805, download image
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, c. 1805, download image
Edvard Munch, The Vampire (Vampyr), 1895
Luigi Schiavonetti after William Blake, The Skeleton Re-animated, 1808 and 1813, download image
Rosa Bonheur, The Legend of the Wolves, 1890s, download image
Francisco Goya, No te escaparas (You Will Not Escape), published 1799
Francisco Goya, El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters), published 1799, download image
Francisco Goya, Buen Viage (Bon Voyage), published 1799, download image
Jacques Gamelin, A Winged Skeleton Holding an Anatomical Drawing, 1779, download image
On view: East Building, Upper Level - Gallery 407A
Francis Bacon, Study for a Running Dog, c. 1954
Gertrude Käsebier, The Bat, 1902, download image
Hieronymus Bosch, Death and the Miser, c. 1485/1490, download image