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Jean Bernard, 1775

Ink and red sketch of a red-haired shōjō beside a sake jar with flower crest, plus studies of wasps and a honeycomb.

Shōjō

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a dead dove lying on its back, wings spread and claws raised, dated 1775.

Dode duif

Jean Bernard, 1775

Ink drawing of a bent, bearded old hermit in loose robes leaning on a tall staff, with light red wash on the face.

Hermit with a Staff

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Watercolor of a river town with church spires, a paddle steamer, and a log raft under a pale sky.

Saint Paul M.T. (Montana Territory)

John Mix Stanley, 1855

Pencil academic study of a standing nude male figure holding a staff, with handwritten inscription at lower left.

Seisova mies, elävämalliharjoitelma

Carl Eneas Sjöstrand, 1853

Ink drawing of two smiling gods, Ebisu and Daikoku, celebrating New Year beside a table with fish and sake bottles.

Ebisu and Daikoku Celebrating the New Year Festival

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a smiling elderly man in a black robe and hat, seated behind a large round fan with a staff beside him.

Portrait of the Poet Matsuo Bashō (?)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Watercolor and pencil study with a red flower, blue sky, white clouds, snowy mountain, and handwritten color notes.

Study for Poster Portrait: Marsden Hartley

Charles Demuth, 1923

Ink drawing of two turtles seen from above with pine sprigs and grass on a pale paper ground.

Turtles

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a sleeping woman on a bed, an elderly man and a kneeling figure, and a warrior standing at right.

Fairy tale scene

Moritz von Schwind, 1830

Pen and ink arabesque drawing with scrolling foliage framing small figures including an artist at an easel and a smoking man.

Arabeske anlässlich der Abreise des Malers Becker

Moritz von Schwind, 1844

Brown ink drawing of a bearded saint tending a sick man in bed, with kneeling attendants and an angel above.

St. Philip visiting a hospital

Jacques Stella, 1630

Ink drawing of two wrestlers grappling in a dynamic, twisting pose with flowing garments on cream paper.

Two Wrestlers

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Brown wash drawing of a formal garden with a tiered fountain, statues, terraces and small figures among trees.

Wasserspiele zu Frascati

Johann Wilhelm Baur

Colored drawing of a turtle with a hexagonal shell beside two pencil sketches of unidentified objects on tracing paper.

Two Sketches: One of a Turtle, the Other of Two Unidentified Objects

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink line drawing of the god Daikoku reclining on a sack, smiling and holding a radish, wearing a patterned robe.

Daikoku (God of Luck) with Radish

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Watercolor study of a small wooden drop-leaf sewing table with one drawer and tapered square legs on a pale background.

Shaker Sewing Table

John Davis, 1935/1942

Brown wash drawing of a grand palace with a fountain, curved stone staircase, urns and strolling figures.

Lusthof zu Livorno des Großherzogs von Florenz

Johann Wilhelm Baur

Ink and colour drawing of a red-faced child riding a grey bear on a rocky cliff, with an axe and pine branches.

Sakata Kintoki Riding on Bear's Back

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pen drawing of a startled man in a cap running with a wicker basket, with a small bee at right.

Cartoon of a man chasing a bee with a basket

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a fierce muscular guardian figure in billowing robes, one arm raised, scowling with a bald head.

Nio the Guardian

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Chalk study on blue paper of a young man's face framed by a white hood, with white highlights on the drapery.

Portrait of a hooded young man

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a woven basket with leaves and a round box showing the Gods of Luck Daikoku, Juro, and Ebisu.

Daikoku, Juro, and Ebisu (Gods of Luck)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Watercolor drawing of two women in dark dresses flanking a pale green skeleton, with a color checker at right.

Die Frauen und der Tod

Karl Wiener, 1935

Ink drawing of a bearded old man in a tall black hat riding a white deer and holding a staff.

Juro (God of Luck)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a skeletal death figure among women in shawls, with angular mountains and pine trees behind them.

Die Frauen und der Tod

Karl Wiener, 1942

Ink and pencil sketch of two figures, one with hands raised to the head, drawn with dense hatching on cream paper.

Luonnos Nahkatorviin

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Pencil sketch of a row of loosely drawn robed figures, some with draped fabric, study for a mural.

Composition study for "The Hours": sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of muscular tattooed warriors in dynamic poses, with a rope and flowing robes, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Scene from the Suikoden

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Painting of nude figures in a red boat on a dark river, with a crowd of clothed onlookers and a young girl on the shore.

By the River of Tuonela, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1903

Ink line drawing of a bearded, haloed figure in flowing robes resting both hands on a long ornate sword.

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century