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Kate Loye
One Family House Chair
Designed 1984; this example made 1986

One Family House Chair

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French, 1732–1806
The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)
ca. 1778...

The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
The Two Colleagues (Lawyers) (Les deux confrères [Avo...

The Two Colleagues (Lawyers) (Les deux confrères [Avocats])

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
A Genuine Havana! - The Cigar from Marseille. (Le pur...

A Genuine Havana! - The Cigar from Marseille. (Le pur Havane!--Le cigare de Marseille.)

William Hogarth
British, 1697–1764
Beer Street
1751

Beer Street

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
Lucien Murat and Antony Thouron....The Hat of the Pre...

Lucien Murat and Antony Thouron....The Hat of the President....(Lucien Murat et Antony Thouron...Le Chapeau du Président....)

Walter von Nessen; Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc.
Cat Bookend, One of Pair
1930–1935

Cat Bookend, One of Pair

Hiroko Okada
Japanese, born 1970
Future Plan #2
2003

Future Plan #2

Chôsui Yabu
Japanese, active 1830–1864
Scholar Riding a Horse with Attendants
ca. 1850

Scholar Riding a Horse with Attendants

Okumura Masanobu
Japanese, 1686–1764
Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fort...

Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Sato Hodai
Japanese
Two Merchants
ca. 1850

Two Merchants

Hanzan Matsukawa
Japanese, died 1882
Monkey with New Year's Orange and Toothpick
ca. 1860 (Year of the Mon...

Monkey with New Year's Orange and Toothpick

Okumura Masanobu
Japanese, 1686–1764
The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Ve...

The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Versions of Traditional Subjects

Currier & Ives
American
"A Crack Trotter," Between the Heats
1880

"A Crack Trotter," Between the Heats

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Albi, France, 1864–1901, Saint–André–du–Bois, France
Mrs. Lona Barrison avec son manager et...

Mrs. Lona Barrison avec son manager et epoux, from La Rire

Arthur Mones
American, 1919–1998
Ann Arnold
1980

Ann Arnold

William Wegman
American, born 1943
The Upside of Down
2005

The Upside of Down

William Steig
American, 1907–2003
[Untitled] (Two Men on Sidewalk) (recto) and [Untitled] (Figures and Sculpture Bust...

[Untitled] (Two Men on Sidewalk) (recto) and [Untitled] (Figures and Sculpture Busts) (verso)

Kate Loye
One Family House Chair
Designed 1984; this example made 1986

One Family House Chair

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French, 1732–1806
The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)
ca. 1778...

The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
The Two Colleagues (Lawyers) (Les deux confrères [Avo...

The Two Colleagues (Lawyers) (Les deux confrères [Avocats])

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
A Genuine Havana! - The Cigar from Marseille. (Le pur...

A Genuine Havana! - The Cigar from Marseille. (Le pur Havane!--Le cigare de Marseille.)

William Hogarth
British, 1697–1764
Beer Street
1751

Beer Street

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
Lucien Murat and Antony Thouron....The Hat of the Pre...

Lucien Murat and Antony Thouron....The Hat of the President....(Lucien Murat et Antony Thouron...Le Chapeau du Président....)

Walter von Nessen; Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc.
Cat Bookend, One of Pair
1930–1935

Cat Bookend, One of Pair

Hiroko Okada
Japanese, born 1970
Future Plan #2
2003

Future Plan #2

Chôsui Yabu
Japanese, active 1830–1864
Scholar Riding a Horse with Attendants
ca. 1850

Scholar Riding a Horse with Attendants

Okumura Masanobu
Japanese, 1686–1764
Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fort...

Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Sato Hodai
Japanese
Two Merchants
ca. 1850

Two Merchants

Hanzan Matsukawa
Japanese, died 1882
Monkey with New Year's Orange and Toothpick
ca. 1860 (Year of the Mon...

Monkey with New Year's Orange and Toothpick

Okumura Masanobu
Japanese, 1686–1764
The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Ve...

The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Versions of Traditional Subjects

Currier & Ives
American
"A Crack Trotter," Between the Heats
1880

"A Crack Trotter," Between the Heats

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Albi, France, 1864–1901, Saint–André–du–Bois, France
Mrs. Lona Barrison avec son manager et...

Mrs. Lona Barrison avec son manager et epoux, from La Rire

Arthur Mones
American, 1919–1998
Ann Arnold
1980

Ann Arnold

William Wegman
American, born 1943
The Upside of Down
2005

The Upside of Down

William Steig
American, 1907–2003
[Untitled] (Two Men on Sidewalk) (recto) and [Untitled] (Figures and Sculpture Bust...

[Untitled] (Two Men on Sidewalk) (recto) and [Untitled] (Figures and Sculpture Busts) (verso)

Kate Loye
One Family House Chair
Designed 1984; this example made 1986

One Family House Chair

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French, 1732–1806
The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)
ca. 1778...

The First Riding Lesson (La première leçon d'équitation)

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
The Two Colleagues (Lawyers) (Les deux confrères [Avo...

The Two Colleagues (Lawyers) (Les deux confrères [Avocats])

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
A Genuine Havana! - The Cigar from Marseille. (Le pur...

A Genuine Havana! - The Cigar from Marseille. (Le pur Havane!--Le cigare de Marseille.)

William Hogarth
British, 1697–1764
Beer Street
1751

Beer Street

Honoré Daumier
Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France
Lucien Murat and Antony Thouron....The Hat of the Pre...

Lucien Murat and Antony Thouron....The Hat of the President....(Lucien Murat et Antony Thouron...Le Chapeau du Président....)

Walter von Nessen; Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc.
Cat Bookend, One of Pair
1930–1935

Cat Bookend, One of Pair

Hiroko Okada
Japanese, born 1970
Future Plan #2
2003

Future Plan #2

Chôsui Yabu
Japanese, active 1830–1864
Scholar Riding a Horse with Attendants
ca. 1850

Scholar Riding a Horse with Attendants

Okumura Masanobu
Japanese, 1686–1764
Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fort...

Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Sato Hodai
Japanese
Two Merchants
ca. 1850

Two Merchants

Hanzan Matsukawa
Japanese, died 1882
Monkey with New Year's Orange and Toothpick
ca. 1860 (Year of the Mon...

Monkey with New Year's Orange and Toothpick

Okumura Masanobu
Japanese, 1686–1764
The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Ve...

The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Versions of Traditional Subjects

Currier & Ives
American
"A Crack Trotter," Between the Heats
1880

"A Crack Trotter," Between the Heats

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Albi, France, 1864–1901, Saint–André–du–Bois, France
Mrs. Lona Barrison avec son manager et...

Mrs. Lona Barrison avec son manager et epoux, from La Rire

Arthur Mones
American, 1919–1998
Ann Arnold
1980

Ann Arnold

William Wegman
American, born 1943
The Upside of Down
2005

The Upside of Down

William Steig
American, 1907–2003
[Untitled] (Two Men on Sidewalk) (recto) and [Untitled] (Figures and Sculpture Bust...

[Untitled] (Two Men on Sidewalk) (recto) and [Untitled] (Figures and Sculpture Busts) (verso)

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