Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 748 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,693 of them are available online. There are 1,596 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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showing 20 works out of 787

Hu Zhengyan

Models of Letter Paper of the Ten Bamboo Studio (Shizhuzhai jianpu)

Shepard Fairey

Be the Change

Aaron Siskind

Façade

Kawamura Kihō

Kihō’s Sketchbook (Kihō gafu), Edo (Japanese period)

Martin Puryear

Cane

Jane Kent

Privacy

Leroy Schuette

Wobbly Mirror

Cindy Ji Hye Kim

Mott Haven March 2020

Hazy watercolor illustrates a green landscape and blue mountain in the distance. Most of the work is covered by a large, deep-yellow and gray cloud filling the otherwise teal sky.

Thomas Sgouros

Remembered Landscape 14 • VIII • 96

A drawing of a male figure engulfed in surging water or flames. His right hand extends out of the surge, and his mournful expression is barely visible in the tumult.

Steve Mendelson

#6

An inky black drawing of a deer with enormous antlers, which frame and mirror a crescent moon. Beneath the antlers and behind the deer, dramatic lightning illuminates the scene.

Steve Mendelson

#5

Mori Ransai

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Herons in the wind through the reeds, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Pheasants in the snow, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

A hakka bird enjoys a bite, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Falcon and small bird in waves, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Hawk living in autumn trees, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Ransai

Cormorants searching for fish, Edo Period

Mori Ransai

The coming wild geese roosting in reeds, Edo (Japanese period)

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Grasshopper and bee, Edo (Japanese period)