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Edward Weston
American, 1886–1958
Shell 1 (Nautilus), 1927
Gelatin silver print
Image: 24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Agnes S. Wolf
© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

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Al Taylor
American, 1948–1999
"I." (from the portfolio All Thumbs), 1997
Photogravure on Somerset Satin paper
Sheet: 12 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (31.6 x 24.1 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
© 2013 The Estate of Al Taylor; courtesy of David Zwirner, New York/London

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Sally Mann
American, born 1951
Untitled (Self-Portraits), 2006–2012
nine ambrotypes
each ambrotype, 38.1 x 34.29 cm (15 x 13 1/2 in)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
© Sally Mann/Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, New York & Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

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Cornelis Bega
Dutch, 1631/1632–1664
The Alchemist, 1663
oil on canvas transferred to panel
35.2 x 28.7 cm (13 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Martin Wunsch from the Collection of Ethel and Martin Wunsch

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Jean-Léon Gérôme
French, 1924–1904
View of Medinet El-Fayoum, c.1868–1870
oil on panel
38 x 56 cm (14.96 in x 22.05 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Fund

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Matteo de’ Pasti
Italian, c. 1420-1467/1468
Siege Engines, One in the Shape of a Dragon in Robertus Valturius De re militari, (1472)
hand colored woodcuts
open book 34.7 x 54.5 cm. (13-3/4 in. x 21-1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Purchased as the Gift of Anonymous Donors

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Lattanzio Gambara
Brescia, c. 1530–1574
Samson Destroying the Temple, c. 1550
pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk
sheet: 27.2 × 24.3 cm (10 11/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of Dian Woodner

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Alessandro Magnasco
Italian, 1667–1749
A Quaker Sermon, c. 1712
brush and brown and white washes in laid paper washed gray-brown
sheet: 32.5 x 24.1 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

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After a model by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi
Italian, 1656–1740
Hagar and the Angel, before 1743
Red wax
41 x 27 cm (16 1/8 in. x 10 1/2 in.), in modern giltwood and glass frame
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

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Mario Merz
Italian, 1925–2003
Lingotto, 1969
beeswax, steel, and branches
335.3 x 174 x 170.2 cm (132 x 68 1/2 x 67 inches)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee, Denise and Andrew Saul, Mitchell and Emily Rales, Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Calvin and Jane L. Cafritz, Nancy and Carl Gewirz, Roselyne Chroman Swig, and Nancy B. Tieken

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Al Loving
American, 1935–2005
Untitled, c. 1974–1975
mixed media (stained canvas, torn, cut and sewn; wood stick)
442 x 337.2 cm (174 x 132 1/4 inches)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

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Glenn Ligon
American, born 1960
Double America, 2012
neon and paint
91.44 x 304.8 cm (36 x 120 inches)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Agnes Gund

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Robert Smithson
American, 1938–1973
Glass Stratum, 1967
glass
45.1 x 30.5 x 213.4 cm (17 3/4 x 12 x 84 inches)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Virginia Dwan
Photo: Walter Russell; Courtesy Dwan Gallery Archives

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National Gallery of Art Acquires Important Works of Art in Several Mediums by Weston, Gérôme, Smithson, Mann, Loving, and Others

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