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Chanel No. 5, 2001, Wang Guangyi, Oil on canvas, 2 panels, 120 x 78 in. each, Sigg Collection, Courtesy of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection

2/21/09 THROUGH 5/17/09

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Two Men with Handcart, 1979, Gieve Patel
Gateway Bombay
7/14/07 THROUGH 3/01/09

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Dion Hutana, 1998, Photograph by Hans Neleman.
Body Politics, Maori Tattoo Today
2/23/08 THROUGH 4/26/09

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Untitled (Flying carpet in NY), Anonymous photographer, Collection of John and Teenuh Foster
Accidental Mysteries
6/23/07 THROUGH 1/27/08

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Wilbur the piglet, 1991, Michael LaFosse.
Origami Now!
6/16/07 THROUGH 6/08/08

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May, North Greenland, 1935-37, Rockwell Kent, oil on canvas, 44 x 55 inches, Collection of Deborah and Ed Shein, by permission of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum, Plattsburgh College Foundation, Rockwell Kent Collection, bequest of Sally Kent Gorton.
To the Ends of the Earth, Painting the Polar Landscape
11/08/08 THROUGH 3/01/09

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Bride with Fan (detail), 1911, Marc Chagall, ©2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony
4/26/08 THROUGH 9/14/08

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Characters from the play The Love Affair of Otomi and Scarfaced Yosaburo, 1857, Utagawa Kunisada.
Stage Idols, Japanese Kabuki Theater
2/02/08 THROUGH 2/16/09

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Side chair, ca. 1795-1800, Unidentified maker, Carving attributed to Samuel McIntire.
Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style
10/13/07 THROUGH 2/24/08

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Sketchbook (detail), ca. 1812, William Farrington. Painted aboard HMS Clio.
Sketched at Sea
8/12/06 THROUGH 1/06/08

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