Morte d'Arthur, 1893

Author: Sir Thomas Malory (British, 15th century); Illustrator: Aubrey Beardsley

British, 1872–1898)London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1893

Illustrated book; 12 pts.; H: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) (920.84 M292)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)

Gertrude Stein , 1906

Oil on canvas; H. 39-3/8, W. 32 in. (100 x 81.3 cm)

Bequest of Gertrude Stein, 1946 (47.106)

©1999 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

 

Paradijs Gartlein: welches Voller Christlichen Tugend Gebete erfullet, 1696

Author: Johan Arndts

Stockholm: Joh. Jacob Genath, 1696

Silver bookbinding; 528 pp.; H: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)

Presented by Samuel P. Avery (Arndts (uncatalogued))

 

 

Paradise Lost , 1902

Author: John Milton (British, 1608–1674)

Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1902

Printed book; 386 + [2] pp.; H: 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)

Presented by Alice M. Dike (926.1 M642)

Folio from a Qur'an manuscript , 13th–14th century, Spain

Ink, colors, and gold on parchment; H. 21 1/16 in. x W. 22 in. (53.5 x 55.9 cm)

Rogers Fund, 1942 (42.63)

 

"Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi De vrbibvs...", 1535

Author: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

Paris: Officina Christiani Wecheli, 1535

Purchased with income from the Jacob S. Rogers Fund (125.97 D932)

 

Zacharias and the Angel

William Blake (British, 1757–1827)

Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951 (51.30.1)

Artist/Maker
Richard Henry Park (1832–1902)

Title/Object Name
Edgar Allan Poe Memorial

Date
1882–84; this version, 1884

Credit Line (Accession No.)
Gift of the Actors of the City of New York, 1885 (84.9)

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)

Girl Reading at a Table , 1934

Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1995 (1996.403.1)

Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)

The Figure 5 in Gold , 1928

Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.59.1)

Artist/Maker
James Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923)

Title/Object Name
Woman Reading a Book on a Beach

Date
ca. 1891–96

Credit Line (Accession No.)
Gift of Julia Keigwin, 1978 (1978.510)