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    Collection Objects
    Modern and Contemporary Art

    Book from the Sky

    Artist: Xu Bing, Chinese, active in America, born 1955
    Date: 
    1991
    Medium: 

    Four hand-printed artist’s books in a wooden case

    Accession Number: 
    2014.58.294
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Photography

    Location in the sky: Chair and the Colosseum, Johannesburg

    Artist: David Goldblatt, South African, 1930–2018
    Date: 
    July 30,1984
    Medium: 

    Gelatin silver print

    Accession Number: 
    2018.135.47
    Culture: 
    South African
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Works on Paper - Photographs
    Status: 
    By appointment, Duffy Study Room
    Collection Objects
    Prints and Drawings

    Jupiter and Other Gods Looking at Callisto

    Engraver: Girolamo Faccioli (Fagiuoli), Italian, active by 1539, died 1574
    After: Francesco Primaticcio, Italian, 1504–1570
    Date: 
    ca. 1541–1546
    Medium: 

    Engraving

    Accession Number: 
    2017.131.11
    Culture: 
    Italian
    Period: 
    16th century
    Classification: 
    Works on Paper - Prints
    Status: 
    By appointment, Duffy Study Room
    Collection Objects
    American Paintings and Sculpture

    Gentleman

    Artist: Richard Morrell Staigg, 1817–1881
    Date: 
    1840
    Medium: 

    Watercolor on ivory

    Accession Number: 
    2009.55.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Miniatures
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Paintings and Sculpture

    The Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775

    Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843
    Subject: Joseph Warren, American, 1741–1775
    Subject: Israel Putnam, American, 1718–1790
    Subject: William Prescott, American, 1726–1795
    Subject: Thomas Gardner, American, 1724–1775
    Subject: Richard Parker, American, 1751–1780
    Subject: Thomas Knowlton, American, 1740–1776
    Subject: Andrew McClary, American, 1730–1775
    Subject: James Moore, American, 1737–1777
    Subject: Thomas Grosvenor, American, 1744–1825
    Subject: Reverend Samuel McClintock, American, 1732–1804
    Subject: General William Howe
    Subject: General Henry Clinton, British, 1730–1795
    Subject: Lieutenant Colonel James Abercrombie, British, 1732–1775
    Subject: Major John Pitcairn, British, 1722–1775
    Subject: Major John Small, British, 1726–1796
    Subject: Lieutenant William Pitcairn, British
    Subject: Ensign Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, British, 1754–1826
    Date: 
    1786
    Medium: 

    Oil on canvas

    Accession Number: 
    1832.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Paintings
    Status: 
    On view