Artist's Archive

01. Baining mask, East New Britain, PNG; maker unnamed, mid/late 20c. Barkcloth, plant fibre, pigment. SLAM, Morton D. May gift. PD.
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02. Māori portrait, NZ, 1870 (catalogue); sitter/photographer unnamed. British Museum via Commons. PD.
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03. Adéńlá, Yoruba bead artist, Osogbo, Nigeria, late 19/early 20c. Glass beads, cotton, bone, wood, offerings. Met, Ernst Anspach gift. Reuse uncleared.
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04. Giant of Paruro, Cuzco, Peru, Martín Chambi, 1929/later print. Gelatin silver. SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund. © Chambi Family Archives; uncleared.
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05. Villa Katarina/Garden of Eden, Kukljica, Croatia; Emilan Grgurić, sculpture; photo Pavel Konečný, undated. Outsider Environments Europe. Reuse uncleared.
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06. Aloe, Imogen Cunningham, USA, 1920s; gelatin silver. Met, Ford Motor Co./John C. Waddell gift. © Imogen Cunningham Trust; uncleared.
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07. Ceremonial throne, Chokwe-style carver, Angola, 1800s. Wood, studs, leather. CMA, Severance/Greta Millikin Purchase Fund. CC0.
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08. Staircase, Montmartre, Paris, Eugène Atget, c.1921–24; albumen silver. Getty Open Content via Commons. PD.
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09. Casa Mollino, Turin; Carlo Mollino, interior 1960–68. Photo Bart Kiggen, undated; Knoll. Reuse uncleared.
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10. Goddess Kali; artist unnamed, pub. P. C. Biswas (sheet imprint), Kolkata, West Bengal, India, c.1880–85. Black lithograph, watercolor, glaze. Met, purchase, Robert/Bobbie Falk Philanthropic Fund gift, 2021. PD.
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11. Phurbu, unnamed Sino-Tibetan maker, Yongle, 1403–24; metal alloys, gold, silver. CMA, Mrs. Severance A. Millikin bequest. CC0.
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12. Que me veux-tu?, Claude Cahun, France, 1928; gelatin silver. Paris Musées/Musée d’Art moderne de Paris. CC0.
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13. Path in Woods, Maine, Eliot Porter, 1981; dye transfer. Getty, Greenberg/Steinhauser gift. ©1990 Amon Carter Museum, artist bequest; uncleared.
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14. Manirung Pass, India, Samuel Bourne, 1866; albumen silver/glass negative. Met, Gilman Collection, Cynthia Hazen Polsky gift, 2005. PD.
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15. Wodaabe man preparing for Yaake dance, Niger, 1992. Photo © Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher; African Ceremonies/Staley-Wise. Reuse uncleared.
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01. Steve Hicks, Masked dancer, Yuru Kabgyat, Lamayuru, Ladakh, 2007. Flickr/Wikimedia Commons. Scarlet, gold and green. CC BY 2.0.
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02. Edward S. Curtis, Nuhlimkilaka—Koskimo, British Columbia, 1914. Photographic print. Library of Congress, 2003652783. Forest spirit; oversized hands. No known restrictions.
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03. Chimú artist(s), Tabard, Peru, 1400–1600 CE. Cotton, feathers, plant fiber. The Met, 59.135.8; Fletcher Fund, 1959. Tropical color and winged beings. CC0.
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04. Karl Blossfeldt, Equisetum hyemale, undated. Botanical photograph. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 16173; reproduction via Wikimedia Commons. Plant as architecture. Public domain per Commons.
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05. Buffalo Mask, possibly Bwa-style maker, Burkina Faso, early–mid 1900s. Wood, plant fibers, paint, iron. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.2; gift of Katherine C. White. Spirit face. CC0.
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06. Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Magueyes heridos, Mexico, 1950. Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Sculptural agave leaves. ©/uncleared.
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07. Lunuganga, Sri Lanka; Geoffrey Bawa. Photo: Banuka Vithanage, ELLE DECOR India, 2024. 19th-c. jackwood/ebony chest, 18th-c. Buddha. Sunlit patina. ©/uncleared.
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08. Edward S. Curtis, A Tluwulahu costume—Qagyuhl, British Columbia, 1914. Photographic print. Library of Congress, 2003652777. Chilkat blanket and mask. No known restrictions.
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09. Jyoti Bhatt, Children from the Banni grasslands, Kutch, Gujarat, India, 1979. Silver gelatin. MAP, PHY.00615. Patterned garments. ©/uncleared.
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10. Muhammad Zaman al-Munajjim al-Asturlabi, Planispheric Astrolabe, Mashhad, Iran (attributed), 1654–55. Pierced/engraved brass and steel. The Met, 63.166a–j; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1963. Celestial geometry. CC0.
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01. Jyoti Bhatt, woman painting Durga, Mithila, India, 1977. Silver gelatin print. Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), PHY.00624. Living linework. ©/uncleared.
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02. Zoomorphic headrest, circle of Unobadula, Nguni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, mid–late 19th c. Wood. The Met, 2018.356. Ribbed animal form. Public domain.
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03. Toraja house near Makale, Indonesia, 1920–40. Unknown photographer. Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), National Museum of World Cultures, 60037447. Soaring roof. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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04. Eliot Porter, Cedar Tree, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Oct. 1940; printed 1983 by David Scheinbaum. Silver gelatin. New Mexico Museum of Art, 1985.242.3. Twisted grain. ©/uncleared.
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05. Mangbetu-style stool, DR Congo, by 1928. Wood. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1929.320; gift of Gilpin Players of Karamu House. Carved negative space. CC0.
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06. Jyoti Bhatt, Meena woman decorating a bullock for Govardhan, Rajasthan, India, 1969. Silver gelatin print. MAP, PHY.00571. Ritual and pattern. ©/uncleared.
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07. Kassena painted architecture, Tiébélé, Burkina Faso. Photo: Alexander Leisser, listed 2016. Via The Fabled Thread/Wikimedia Commons. Earthen geometry. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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08. Sandella, Lunuganga, Sri Lanka; Geoffrey Bawa. Photo: Banuka Vithanage, published ELLE DECOR India, 2024. Salvaged timber, saint figure and raintree table. ©/uncleared.
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09. Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Paisaje y galope, San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, Mexico, 1932. Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Painted horse in shadow. ©/uncleared.
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10. Jyoti Bhatt, woman guarding a mandana painting, Rajasthan, India, 1986–87. Silver gelatin print. MAP, PHY.00889. Rest beside ritual drawing. ©/uncleared.
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01. Rain god mask, Mixtec/Ñuu Savi artists, 1325–1521 CE; serpentine. Met; PD. Weathered green geometry, symbolic face. Source

02. Three Asaro Mud Men, PNG, Irving Penn, 1970/print 1976; platinum-palladium. Met, Penn Foundation gift, 2020. © Irving Penn Foundation; uncleared. Source

03. Huniyam Yakka, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, unknown maker, 1950s; kadura wood, paint, dyed cotton. Kolam Natima mask. Second Face; photo unnamed, uncleared. Source

04. Whistling jar, Chimú artists, N. Coast Peru, 1000–1476; clay. Met 89.4.689; PD. Patterned animal/instrument/vessel. Source

05. Kurbits cupboard, Dalarna, Sweden, 1831; painted wood, maker/photo unnamed. Eleish Van Breems Home; original decoration, reuse uncleared. Source

06. Odé, Scars of Our Inheritance, Mário Cravo Neto, Brazil, 1989; gelatin silver. MFAH, Allan Chasanoff Coll. © Instituto Mario Cravo Neto; uncleared. Source

07. Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas, Juchitán, Mexico, Graciela Iturbide, 1979. Greenberg/Steinhauser Coll.; courtesy MFA Boston via NMWA. © Iturbide; uncleared. Zobeida Díaz’s iguana crown. Source

08. Mujer Ángel, Sonora, Mexico, Graciela Iturbide, 1979/print 2014. NMWA, Cindy Jones gift; courtesy Throckmorton Fine Art, NY. © Iturbide; uncleared. Figure, cactus, sweeping movement. Source

09. Tótem, Flor Garduño, Mexico, 1987; gelatin silver. LACMA, Vernon Coll., Annenberg Foundation gift, acquired from Carol Vernon/Robert Turbin. © Garduño; photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; uncleared. Source

10. Casa Pedregal, Mexico City; Luis Barragán; photo Arielle Vey, undated, via her blog. Photographer copyright; uncleared. Weathered stone, pink planes, dark doorway, courtyard stair. Source

11. Tattooed man, sitter/photographer/date unknown; Jessie Knight archive, UK association. B&W photo/paper. Museum Wales, purchase 2021. © Museum Wales; uncleared. Source

12. Foulet khamsa ornament, Amazigh, attr. Morocco, unnamed maker, 19–20c; silver, glass. Met, Mrs. Paul Cauvin gift, 1967; reuse uncleared. Source

13. Manjuvajra mandala, unnamed artist, Tibet, late 14c; distemper/cloth. Met, Rogers Fund, 1977; PD. Source

14. Aspens by Lake, Pike National Forest, Colorado, Eliot Porter, 14 Sep 1959; dye transfer. Getty, Greenberg/Steinhauser gift. ©1990 Amon Carter Museum, artist bequest; uncleared. Source

15. Distortion #40, André Kertész, Paris, 1933/later print; gelatin silver. MoMA, Robert B. Menschel gift. © Kertész Estate; uncleared. Source

01. Árbol de la Vida, Metepec, Mexico; maker unnamed. Museo Nacional de Antropología. Photo Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, 28 Jun 2019; Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

02. Malian Woman, Seydou Keïta, Bamako, Mali, 1949–51; hand-tinted gelatin silver. SCMA, purchase; reproduction Petegorsky/Gipe. © Keïta; uncleared. Source

03. Elephant mask, Bamileke-style maker, Cameroon Grassfields, early 1900s; cotton, burlap, beads, twine, leather, wood. CMA, Harold T. Clark Fund; CC0. Source

04. Seated dog, Colima artists, W. Mexico, 200 BCE–300 CE; ceramic, slip. Met 2007.345.1; Joanne P. Pearson gift, in memory of Andrall E. Pearson, 2007. PD. Source

05. Dipsacus laciniatus, Karl Blossfeldt, Germany, 1928; gelatin silver. Getty via Commons; PD. Source

06. Umbrella Maker, Kusakabe Kimbei, Japan, 1870s–1890s; hand-colored albumen silver. Getty via PDR; CC0. Source

07. Tehuantepec Woman, Tina Modotti, Mexico, c.1929; gelatin silver. MoMA, anonymous gift; reproduction reuse uncleared. Source

08. Staircase to Heaven, Las Pozas, Xilitla, Mexico; Edward James garden. Photo Rod Waddington, 24 Sep 2011; Flickr/Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

09. Kelmscott Manor: in the tapestry room, Frederick H. Evans, England, 1897; platinum print. LOC via Commons; PD, no known publication restrictions. Source

10. Lower-terrace reflection, Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, Mexico; photo LBM1948, 6 Nov 2013; Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

11. Mask/Chimera, St. Vitus, Prague, Josef Sudek, 1928; gelatin silver. SFMOMA, Michal Venera gift. © Sudek Estate; uncleared. Source

12. Palampore, unnamed maker, India, late 18c; cotton, pounced/painted. Met, Rogers Fund, 1925; PD. Source

13. Jagannath chariot procession, Madurai, India, attr. Samuel Bourne, 1865–72; albumen, paper/card. Rijksmuseum via Commons; CC0. Source

14. Polypodium Phegopteris, Anna Atkins, England, 1853; cyanotype. MoMA, David H. McAlpin Fund; reproduction reuse uncleared. Source

15. The Masks Grow to Us, Clarence John Laughlin, USA, 1947; gelatin silver. MoMA, Robert B. Menschel gift. © Laughlin Estate; uncleared. Source

1. Diquís artist (name unrecorded). Double Bat-Head Figure Pendant. 13th–16th century. Cast gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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2. Egyptian maker (name unrecorded). Paddle Doll. ca. 2030–1802 BCE. Wood, mud, linen string, and paint. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1931; 31.3.35a, b.
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3. José Guadalupe Posada. Skeleton couple from La Calavera de Cupido. ca. 1892. Type-metal engraving; published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jean Charlot, 1930; 30.82.41.
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4. Roman maker (name unrecorded). Jasper intaglio: Harpocrates seated on a lotus. ca. 2nd–3rd century CE. Jasper; an ouroboros surrounds the figure. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941; 41.160.638.
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5. Ernst Haeckel, with lithographer Adolf Giltsch. Ophiodea, plate 70 from Kunstformen der Natur. 1904. Library of Congress; image via Public Domain Image Archive / The Public Domain Review.
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6. James Nasmyth. Aspect of an Eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, as It Would Appear as Seen From the Moon. From The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, 1874. Rijksmuseum; image via Public Domain Image Archive / The Public Domain Review.
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7. Odilon Redon. A Strange Juggler, from Homage to Goya. 1885. Lithograph; printed by Lemercier & Cie. Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland; 1927.344.5.
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8. Marcus Eugenius Bonacina. Alchemical stage, from Compendiolum de praeparatione auri potabilis veri. ca. 1790. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; image via Public Domain Image Archive / The Public Domain Review.
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9. Maria Sibylla Merian. Pineapple with Australian and German Cockroaches, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. 1719 edition (work first published in 1705). Getty; image via Public Domain Image Archive / The Public Domain Review.
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10. Egyptian maker (name unrecorded). Caryatid Mirror. ca. 1540–1296 BCE. Bronze with possible black copper inlay. Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; 1983.196.
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