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Abstract painting of grid with squares containing spirals, lines, and geometric designs.

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Untitled

Lee Krasner

1949

Solid color painting with off centered, vertical band in a different shade.

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Abraham

Barnett Newman

1949

Exterior wall of synagogue featuring Star of David on the right side of the wall and a ribbon-like sculpture in the middle of the wall on a prominent vertical section that juts out from the rest of the wall, with inscription in English reading "And the bush was not consumed."

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B’nai Israel (Millburn, New Jersey)

Percival Goodman

1951

Photograph of man in a skullcap kneeling next to a child sitting in a wooden chair on boat deck, gazing into the distance to the left of the viewer.

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Coming to America

Louis Stettner

1951

Large-scale abstract sculpture of sharp metal lines and edges installed on wall.

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And the Bush Was Not Consumed

Herbert Ferber

1951–1952

Photograph of interior view of a synagogue with rows of chairs facing a central platform featuring wall mural of painted panels with crowns, suns, Hebrew lettering, and spirals.

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Temple Emanuel Sanctuary Wall (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

Lucienne Bloch

1953

Comic book cover with the title "Superduperman" and a Superman-like figure in a cape who is attacking an elderly disabled man, surrounded by a crowd and a cityscape, with English text and three comic panels underneath, of the exterior of a skyscraper in the first panel, exterior of a window in the second panel, and interior of an office in the third panel.

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“Superduperman,” Mad #4

Harvey Kurtzman

1953

Wood carving of man blowing shofar.

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Ritual Figure

Elbert Weinberg

1953

Painting of two female dancers in skirts seated with their knees slightly bent facing the viewer, one with head dropped and the other sitting up.

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Dancers Resting

Moses Soyer

1954

Newstrip comic with two rows of headings across the top, and two rows of three comic panels each with image and English text in bubbles, featuring man in suit speaking to another man in an office.

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“The Spirit,” June 2, 1940

Will Eisner

1940

Aerial photograph of hundreds of people crowded together on beach with amusement park in background.

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Coney Island Beach

Weegee

1940

Comic cover featuring superhero in American patriotic outfit punching Hitler in the face, surrounded by papers depicting invasions, a TV screen, and fascist soldiers with weapons; heading in English across the top.

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Captain America, no. 1, cover

Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

1941