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Under a bower of twining flowered branches, a woman and a man sit naked, side by side in a garden, sharing a kiss. A long, pale orange serpent is coiled along the ground at their feet, its head rising ...

An ink and watercolor drawing of two figures using a plank of wood and the base of an ancient column as a seesaw. One figure sits at the bottom of the seesaw, while the other is raised in the air with ...

At center, a male figure nude except for a loincloth floats above the ground in a stone archway of a darkened room, facing the viewer with outstretched arms. His eyes look upward and left as rays of ...

This oil painting depicts a crowded cupboard, its “wood” creating a sort of frame for the image. It is filled with a crowded jumble of objects. Books and papers are crammed in the bottom of the ...

A scene in which the sky is vast and stormy, and the ground seems barren. On a hilltop a woman wearing blue cloth draped over her head and body holds a man who limply leans on her. She has a round ...

In a lavish room with ornate tapestries, a young woman with fair skin and long light brown hair lies against cushions on the floor, with only a silk sheet wrapped around her legs. A hookah and a fan ...

A group of young men in their bathing suits are swimming in a body of water located in the foreground of the scene. On the right-hand side of the foreground, one man is pulling another out of the ...

A floral vase containing large round cluster of small rust-colored flowers, reminiscent of hydrangeas, with a few green leaves poking out on left and right, rests on the edge of a table. The vase is ...

Hatoum, a Palestinian born in Beirut, uses everyday objects and personal artifacts to examine the effects of exile and alienation. For this work she collected strands of her own hair and painstakingly ...

At center is a nude male figure with his back to the viewer. In his right hand, he lifts an over sized key, while a large metal chain is draped over his shoulder. He bends down at the waist, gripping ...