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Tomb of Theodoric

circa 1777

Paul Sandby

etching and aquatint on paper

Rubbing of tomb tile with guardian spirits and birds (one of a pair)

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

A Painting for a King (Humayun’s Tomb, India)

2005

Caleb Cain Marcus

digital chromogenic print on paper

Rubbing of tomb tile with guardian spirits and birds (one of a pair)

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Design for the Frieze of the Wainwright Tomb

1892

Louis Henry Sullivan

graphite on brown paper

Rubbing of Stele from tomb of Chang Hsiang

780

Chinese

ink on paper

Design for a Tomb

1746-1809

Giuseppe Barberi

pen and brown ink with ink wash

Design for the Frieze of the Wainwright Tomb

1890

Louis Henry Sullivan

graphite on brown paper

Oil Lamp in the Shape of an Equestrian Warrior

1st half 6th century

Korean

earthenware

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong: saddled horse a full gallop facing left, all four legs in the air

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Design for the Frieze of the Wainwright Tomb

1892

Louis Henry Sullivan

graphite on brown paper

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not from the original stone): groom removing an arrow from the chest of a horse.

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Female Figure

1368-1644

Chinese

earthenware with glaze and mineral pigment

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not from the original stone): saddled horse facing left, prancing

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong: saddled horse at full gallop, all four legs in the air (not the same image as 1991/2.29.1, however)

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Male Figure

1368-1644

Chinese

earthenware with glaze and mineral pigment

Absalom’s Tomb, Jerusalem

1857

Francis Frith

albumen print on paper

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not taken from the original stone): saddled horse at full gallop, all four legs in the air

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Modern rubbing of a replica of a horse relief at the tomb of Tang Taizong (not taken from the original stone): saddled horse facing right, left legs raised

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Rubbing from stele of Dr. Wu T’ing-fang’s tomb, engraved by Chun-sheng Liang.

date of stele, 1925

Chinese

ink on paper, hanging scroll

Rubbing from a Stele at P’eng-hsi hsien magistrate, Tsou Ting-ch’i’s tomb, Szech

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Tomb of Giuliano, Duke of Nemours, Medici Chapel, Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo

circa 1855

Fratelli Alinari

salt print from a collodion negative on paper

Cooking Stove

25 -220

Chinese

earthenware with lead glaze

Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)

circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE

Chinese

cast bronze with malachite patina

Jue wine cup

circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE

Chinese

cast bronze with green patina

Saqqara I, Dynasty III

1989; printed 1999

Lynn Davis

selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper

Bent Pyramid #12, Dashur, Cairo, Egypt “Blue Pyramid”, 1997

1999

Lynn Davis

selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper

Covered Jar

206 BCE - 220 CE

Chinese

earthenware with lead glaze

Vessel in the shape of a duck

3rd century - 4th century

Korean

stoneware

Cloister with Tombs, from a sketchbook with 36 drawings

1846-1869

Charles Schlickum

graphite on paper

Red Pyramid, Dashur, Cairo, Egypt

1997; printed 1999

Lynn Davis

selenium toned gelatin silver print on paper

All the Gods of Heaven and Earth

20th century

Chinese

woodblock print on paper

Blue glazed roof tile from the Temple of Heaven, Beijing

2nd half of 17th century - 18th century

Chinese

earthenware with blue glaze

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 4 – Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth, as It Is in Heaven (Das Vaterunser – Dein Reich komme, Dein Wille geschehe, Wie im Himmel, also auch auf Erden)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

Virgin of the Apocalypse

1770-1780

Gaetano Gandolfi

oil on canvas, mounted on board

Horse Riding at Altar of Heaven (Tiantan), from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)

late 17th century - 18th century

Gao Cen

album, ink and color on paper

The Elect Ascending into Heaven

circa 1567

Luca Cambiaso

pen and brown ink with brown wash on paper

Ikkyū’s Tale of Hell: Segawa Kikunojō V as courtesan Jigoku-dayū

1828-1832

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

woodblock print on paper

Horse Riding at Altar of Heaven (Tiantan)

late 17th century

Gao Cen

ink and color on paper

Phra Malai (The Monk)

19th century - early 20th century

Thai

gilt bronze

, sheet 3 – Hallowed Be Thy Name (Das Vaterunser – Geheiligt werde Dein Name)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 5 – Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser – Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 10 – For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser – Denn Dein ist das Reich)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 2 – Our Father Who Art in Heaven (Das Vaterunser – Vater Unser Der Du bist im Himmel)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

Descent of the River Ganges

circa 1775

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Funerary Jar

265-317 CE

Chinese

stoneware with glaze

Enthroned Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Louis of Toulouse, Zenobius, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist

circa 1325

Jacopo del Casentino

tempera and gold on panel

Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell) from “The Small Woodcut Passion”

circa 1509-1511

Albrecht Dürer

woodcut print on laid paper

Devils Taking the Rich Man to Hell, No. 4 from the Series of 5 Prints “Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus”

1554

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

Descent into Limbo

circa 1475-1480

Zoan Andrea; Andrea Mantegna; Italian

engraving on laid paper

Rubbing of a Folk Carving of the Buddhist King of Hell (Enma Ô)

circa 1950

Japanese

rubbing: ink on paper

Closeup of “Gates of Hell, Rodin, Paris”

1998

Diana Williams

black and white photograph on paper

Hunger. No. 4 from the Series of Ten Prints, ‘Die Hölle’ (Hell).

1919

Max Beckmann

lithograph on paper

The Underworld

1980

Ann McCoy

hand colored lithograph on paper

Underworld

1980

Ann McCoy

hand colored lithograph on paper

Orpheus in the Underworld, No. 6 from the Orpheus Series.

1948

Gerhard Marcks

woodcut on paper

Proserpine

second version: modeled 1844; cut 1847

Hiram Powers

Seravezza marble

Ah Puch

circa 1949-1957

Guillermo Meza

oil on canvas

Dog

5th century

Chinese

earthenware with mineral paint

Round storage jar on cut-out pedestal foot

4th–5th century

Korean

stoneware

Storage jar on cut-out pedestal foot

5th century

Korean

stoneware

Horse

late 7th century - early 8th century

Chinese

earthenware with mineral pigment

Covered Jar

12th century

Chinese

porcelain with glaze

Storage Jar on cut-out pedestal foot

6th century - 7th century

Korean

stoneware

Storage Jar on cut-out pedestal foot

5th–6th century

Korean

stoneware

Tripod Jar

2200 BCE - 1600 BCE

Chinese

earthenware with carbon trapping

Sogdian groom, from a set of funerary sculptures

7th century

Chinese

earthenware with slip and painted decoration

Dog

1st century - 2nd century

Chinese

earthenware with mineral paint

Blue-and-white covered box with floral and geometric designs

16th century

Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

stoneware with blue underglaze painting

Jar

2600-2300 BCE

Chinese

earthenware with slip and mineral pigment

Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West

2nd century

Chinese

carved limestone slab

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 6 – And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser – Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 7 – As We Forgive Them that Sin Against Us (Das Vaterunser – Wie wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 8 – And Lead Us Not into Temptation (Das Vaterunser – Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 9 – But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser – Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 11 – The Power and the Glory (Das Vaterunser – Und die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 12 – For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser – von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!)

1921

Max Pechstein

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

Video Site Documentation: Mercedes, Cahokia Mound Site, Near Monks Mound, Illinois, U.S.A., from “The Ryoichi Excavations

1986; printed 2001

Patrick Nagatani

chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive

Video Site Documentation: Ferrari, Moche Burial Site, Pyramids at Moche, Peru (R1/-), from “The Ryoichi Excavations”

1986; printed 2001

Patrick Nagatani

chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive

Video Site Documentation: BMW Burial Site, near Crow Agency, Montana, U.S.A., from “The Ryoichi Excavations”

1985; printed 2001

Patrick Nagatani

chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive

Manao Tupapau

1894

Paul Gauguin

woodcut on paper

Goat Pen

25-220 CE

Chinese

earthenware with glaze

Model of a four-storied pavilion

25-220

Chinese

earthenware with glaze

Model of a four-storied pavilion

25 CE-220 CE

Chinese

earthenware with glaze

Model of a four-storied pavilion

25 CE-220 CE

Chinese

earthenware with glaze

Model of a four-storied pavilion

25 CE-220 CE

Chinese

earthenware with glaze

Raffia Textile Panel

circa 1970

Kuba

raffia fiber

Model of a four-storied pavilion

25 CE-220 CE

Chinese

earthenware with glaze

Clay Image (Q) (highly abstracted haniwa female figure and pot)

1954

Saitō Kiyoshi

color woodblock print on paper

Angel of Death

1944

Jesús Guerrero Galván

lithograph on paper

Death Carrying a Child on His Back, No. 3 of The Five Deaths series

circa 1648

Stefano della Bella

etching and engraving on paper

Vari Capricci. No. 8. Death Giving Audience

1743

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

etching on paper

Death Carrying a Woman on His Shoulder, No. 4 of The Five Deaths series

circa 1648

Stefano della Bella

etching and engraving on paper

Death Carrying a Child in His Arms, No. 2 of The Five Deaths series

circa 1648

Stefano della Bella

etching and engraving on paper

Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, from “The Five Deaths”. No. 1 of a series of 5.

circa 1648

Stefano della Bella

etching on paper

Woodcutter Seated with Death Behind Him; Verso: sketches of Pan pursuing Syrinx

17th century

Pier Francesco Mola

pen, crayon and brown ink on cream paper

Death Leading an Old Man to His Grave, No. 5 of The Five Deaths series

circa 1648

Stefano della Bella

etching and engraving on paper

Death Appearing on Horseback

1954

Héctor Xavier

lithograph on paper

Death as Savior, number 10 from a series of 10, Opus XI ‘Vom Tode I’

1889

Max Klinger

etching on paper

Actualités. Pl. 229: Vous aurez beau faire, ma pauvre presse ultramontaine; vou

1866

Honoré Victorin Daumier

lithograph

Miserere. Pl. 54. ‘Debout les morts!’ ‘Arise, ye dead!’

1927

Georges Rouault

aquatint and etching on paper

Miravan

1772

Valentine Green

mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, off-white laid paper

St. Croce e Statua di Dante (Firenze)

1857-1866

Giorgio Sommer; Edmondo Behles

albumen print on paper

Monument to Dante Alighieri, Santa Croce, Florence (Firenze – Chiesa di S. Croce)

1854-1920

Fratelli Alinari

albumen print on paper

A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha’s (Chinese. Amitofou’s) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds

618-907

Chinese

terracotta, molded

A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha’s Western Paradise

618-907

Chinese

terracotta, molded

A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise

618-907

Chinese

terracotta, molded

Fifty Nine Varieties of Paradise

1965 - 1970

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi ; Richard Davis; Editions Alecto

photolithograph on paper

Notes on the organisation of Paradise

1970

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi ; Richard Davis; Editions Alecto

screenprint on paper

Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) – Side

2008

Bo Yang

ink on paper

Taima Temple Mandala: Amida Welcomes Chûjôhime to the Western Paradise

16th century

Japanese

hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk

Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) – Front

2008

Bo Yang

ink on paper

Untitled (Red Devil)

1981

Gordon Newton

oil stick on paper

Los Proverbios (also known as “Los Disparates”), plate 15: Sin recomendarse a dios ni al diablo (“Without commending himself either to god or the devil”) or Disparate claro (Clear folly)

circa 1864-1900

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

etching, burnished aquatint and lavis on paper

Studies of Nine Male Helmeted Heads and a Man Smoking with a Devil

1825-1878

George Cruikshank

graphite on paper

La Comédie de la Mort

1854

Rodolphe Bresdin

lithograph on paper

Death as Friend

1851

Alfred Rethel

woodcut on paper

Bleeding Skull

20th century

Helmut Weitz

watercolor, tempera and crayon on white paper

Skulls

1976

Andy Warhol

screenprint on Strathmore Bristol paper

Five conjoined pots

206 BCE-25 CE

Chinese

stoneware with ash glaze

Stele from Madame Wang’s Tomb: 20th century rubbing of a Sui Dynasty tomb slab

20th century

Chinese

ink on paper

Base of Tomb in the Badia, Florence

January 11, 1912

Albert Kahn

graphite on paper

Seated figure of a woman with bowls (originally part of the furnishings of a tomb)

386-534

Chinese

earthenware with traces of polychrome

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