Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,138 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,761 of them are available online. There are 2,337 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Triptych print of a brown volcano erupting into a smoky tan sky. Below is a green terrain with three houses and a river. The leftmost print features vertical scripture.

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei)

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu), Meiji Period

Detail of the leftmost print showing three yellow-brown houses and green forestry. Above, vertically running scripture is shaped by orange debris to form a hump shape in the tan sky.

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei)

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu), Meiji Period

Detail of the center print, showing the half of a brown mountain with green terrain and running people beneath. Above, fast-moving gray clouds and debris fly against a tan background.

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei)

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu), Meiji Period

Detail of the leftmost print showing three yellow-brown houses and green forestry. Above, vertically running scripture is shaped by orange debris to form a hump shape in the tan sky.

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei)

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu)

Print of an off-white mountain with brown ridges against a blue sky with white outlined clouds. Many figures wearing yellow hats and blue and white clothing climb towards the peak.

Utagawa Kuniteru II 歌川国輝 (ニ代)

Pilgrims ascending Mount Fuji (富士山諸人参詣之図 Fujisan shonin sankei no zu), Edo Period

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Abbreviated drawings of flowering plants, Edo (Japanese period)

Waves crashing against dark rocks, with a lone sailboat drifting in the distance.

Winslow Homer

On a Lee Shore

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Face of Demon

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Face of Usume

Jazzmen Lee-Johnson

Siyabashaya

Nancy Graves

Plate VI Maskeyne Da Region of the Moon

Energetic, cartoon-like yellow and blue figures attached to long sheets of toilet paper emerging from a blue house-like structure. The house emanates light.

Inka Essenhigh

Toilet Paper Painting (Suburban Outcast)

Unknown Maker, Roman

Satyr, (Imperial Period, 27 BCE-393 CE)

Deep blue and white poppies accented by clusters of serrated leaves with a butterfly flitting above, set against a fading blue background, with evidence of age.

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Poppies and Butterfly, Edo Period

A bird gripping a gnarled branch with sparse leafy twigs while pointing its gaze skyward. Calligraphy fills up the negative space.

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Summer (夏 Natsu), Edo Period

In blue tones, a perched hawk gazing skyward from a rock framed by shrubs and calligraphy with a snow-capped Mount Fuji in the background.

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Mount Fuji Falcon and Eggplants, Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Chrysanthemums, Edo (Japanese period)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Kingfisher and Bamboo , Edo Period

Timothy Veske-McMahon

Lump BrE Brooch

Roy DeCarava

Billie at Braddocks (Billie Holiday) New York