Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,140 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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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Fruit Stall

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Piazetta

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Nocturne: Furnace

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cranes and Waves, Meiji

A pair of red-crowned cranes with black-tipped wings. One preens its feathers while the other looks skywards, standing among pine branches against a pale cream background.

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗

Cranes and Young Pines, Edo Period

Woodblock print of a light brown woven basket brimming with light gray fresh fish topped with an exquisite arrangement of blooming red flower stalks covered in deep blue-green leaves.

Utagawa Sadahide 歌川貞秀

Ayu Fish and Bell Flowers, Edo Period

Woodblock print of two light-skinned women dressed in pink earth-toned garments engaged in conversation. The woman on the left is holding a circular tray of sushi on her shoulders.

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Two Women with a Tray of Sushi, Edo Period

George Heriot

Druids Temple at Park Place Seat of General Conway

Aaron Siskind

Viterbo Broom 38

Vertical streaks of white and black paint on off-white paper. Drips and splatters of black paint on the page as well.

Pat Steir

The Austria Group. No. 2

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

Fashionable Winding-stream Banquet (風流曲水ノ宴 Furyū kyokusui no en), Edo Period

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

The fickle type: Takanawa (Uwakiso takanawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)

The courtesan Tsukasa and her two kamuro Agena and Kocho of the Ogiya (Ogiyanaitsukasa agena kocho: Daimonguchi no rakugan), Edo (Japanese period)

Vibrant three-part woodblock print of three women on a garden outing, framed by cherry blossoms. They wear floral-patterned robes and carry food boxes, drinking vessels, and a musical instrument.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Enjoying Flowers in the Inner Garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A multicolor woodblock print of a blue-robed woman carrying a round black food box. The title is in the upper right.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a long-sleeved robe. She carries a porcelain wine bowl with cups in one hand and a musical instrument in the other.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

A woodblock print of a woman in a floral-patterned grey robe carrying a wooden sake cask.

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Outing to a flower garden (Oniwa hana no asobi), Edo (Japanese period)

Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長

Bird and iris (Kakitsubata ni kotori), Meiji

Unknown Maker, Japanese

The geisha Okura and Wakamurasaki, Edo (Japanese period)

Yokoyama Taiken

The sixth hour (Hour of the snake); Visiting a shrine on the behalf of someone else (Mi no koku: daisan), Edo Period