Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,137 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,605 of them are available online. There are 2,180 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Reconciliation between Takeda and Uesugi at Kawanakajima in Shinano Province (Shinshu kawanakajima Takeda Uesugi waboku zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Reconciliation between Takeda and Uesugi at Kawanakajima in Shinano Province (Shinshu kawanakajima Takeda Uesugi waboku zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Reconciliation between Takeda and Uesugi at Kawanakajima in Shinano Province (Shinshu kawanakajima Takeda Uesugi waboku zu), Edo (Japanese period)

Painted turquoise lines criss-cross a white paper, which features a graphite drawing of stems with flowers. Several red-outlined circles of various sizes are spread across the page.

Laura Owens

Untitled

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Suit of Armor

A woman lying on her back with only head and shoulders visible, her arms wrapped tight against her chest. She is in black and blue watercolor. Text at top reads: “Things one say to make them stay, come back, or find you somewhere accidentally (discover you) I had a bad dream. Only you can make me do it. I dunno what to say.” Under that, text reads: “White Lies.”

Marlene Dumas

White Lies

Paolo Gasparini

Carnival Santiago de Cuba (Carnaval, Santiago de Cuba)

Toyohara Kunichika

Actors in the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei): Ichikawa Sadanji (Benkei); Ichikawa Ebizo VIII (Minamoto Yoshitsune) Nakamura Shikan IV (Funaosa Mihodayu) and Ichikawa Danjurō IX (Taira Tomomori, Edo (Japanese period)