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Late Afternoon, Venice, 1907 Edward Steichen (American; 1879–1973) Photogravure, printed 1913 Christie’s, New York

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Maurizio Pollini

(January 5, 1942–March 23, 2024) Photograph: Mathias Bothor/Deutsche Grammophon

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Subway, New York Louis Stettner (American; 1922–2016) 1946 (printed 1980s) Gelatin silver print SFMOMA, San Francisco, California

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Dispute of Minerva and Neptune over Choosing a Name for the City of Athens Noël Hallé (French; 1711–1781) Oil sketch on canvas, ca. 1748 Musée Baron Martin, Gray, France

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Billie Holiday, 1949 Carl Van Vechten (American; 1880­­­–1964) Kodachrome slide Photograph taken: March 23, 1949 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

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View from a Window, Genoa John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) Watercolor and oil over graphite ca. 1911 The British Museum, London. © The Trustees of the British Museum

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Portraits de M.E.P. … et de Mlle L.P. = Portraits of Edouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1881 Oil on canvas Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

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Betty Wertheimer John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1908 Oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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The Acheson Sisters John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1902 Oil on canvas The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, England

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Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand, Children of Asher Wertheimer John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1902 Oil on canvas Tate Britain, London

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John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) The Birthday (The family of French artists Albert Besnard and Charlotte Dubray) Oil on canvas, 1887 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Miss Mathilde Townsend (later, Mrs. Sumner Welles) John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1907 Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Mrs. Hugh Hammersley John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1892 Oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Sunlit Wall Under a Tree John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925), attributed to ca. 1913 Watercolor over graphite on wove paper National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Corfu: Lights and Shadows John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1909 Translucent and opaque watercolor, with wax resist, over graphite on paper Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

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Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1904 Oil on canvas Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

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Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland John Singer Sargent (American; 1856–1925) 1904 Oil on canvas © 2009 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

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