PEGGY GUGGENHEIM
(1898-1979). American art collector. Photographed in front of the painting 'Ocean 5' by Piet Mondrian, 1957.

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973).
Spanish painter and sculptor. In his studio at Château Grimaldi, Antibes, on the French Riviera, with an early piece of his ceramic work, 1946. Photographed by Michel Sima.

KLEE: RED BALLOON, 1922.
Oil on gauze and board by Paul Klee.

FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953).
French painter. Photographed in his studio.

BARCELONA CHAIR.
Barcelona chair after the design of American (German-born) architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Originally designed for the Barcelona World Fair of 1929 as part of the German Pavilion. Photograph, c1970. Full caption: Conor, Harry - ullstein bild / The Granger Collection.

SCHLEMMER: STAIRWAY, 1932.
'Bauhaus Stairway.' Oil on canvas by Oskar Schlemmer, 1932.

BERTOLT BRECHT (1898-1956).
German playwright and poet. Photograph, c1935.

MAN RAY: TEARS, 1930.
Larmes (Tears). Photograph (detail) by Man Ray, c1930.

FINE ART.
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), A.XX. Full Credit: DEA / E. LESSING / The Granger Collection.

NEW YORK: ARMORY SHOW.
The International Exhibition of Modern Art at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 26th Street in New York City, 1913.

GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946).
American writer. Undated photograph.

MODIGLIANI: NUDE, 1917.
Nude on a Blue Cushion. Canvas by Amedeo Modigliani, 1917.

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971).
American (Russian-born) composer. Photographed in 1921.

MIRO: YOUNG GIRL, 1935.
Portrait of a Young Girl. Oil on canvas by Joan Miro.

NEW YORK: GUGGENHEIM, 1959.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, on Fifth Avenue in New York, 1959.

PICASSO.
Les Demoiselles D'avignon. Oil on canvas, 1907.

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Jessica Tandy as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production, 1947, of Tennessee Williams' play 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'

DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE.
(1885-1930). English writer. Photographed in the 1920s by Nickolas Muray.

VAN GOGH: STARRY NIGHT.
The Starry Night. Oil on canvas by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889.

PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906).
French painter. Photographed in Provence by Émile Bernard, c1905.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN, 1949.
The Loman family at home in Brooklyn. Mildred Dunnock as Linda with Lee Cobb playing her husband Willy, and their two sons, in a scene from the original Broadway production, 1949, of Arthur Miller's drama.

FINE ART.
The kiss, 1907, by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), oil on canvas, 180x180 cm. Full Credit: DEA / E. LESSING / The Granger Collection.

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986).
American painter. O'Keeffe's hands photographed by Alfred Stieglitz, 1918.

LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965).
Assumed name of Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris. Swiss architect and city planner, in his workshop in Paris, France. Photograph by Michael Sima, c1953.

MAGRITTE: PERPETUAL MOTION.
Painting by René Magritte, 1934. RESTRICTED OUTSIDE US.

WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892).
American poet. Photographed in 1876.

DECORATIVE ARTS.
Silversmith's Art, 20th century. Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), Silver, coral and wooden tea-service, Art Nouveau style, 1904. Full Credit: DEA / G. NIMATALLAH / The Granger Collection.

MAN RAY (1890-1976).
Originally Emmanuel Rudnitsky. American painter, photographer, and film maker. Self-portrait, c1930.

FINE ART.
Proun, ca 1922, El Lissitzky (1890-1941). Full Credit: DEA / M. CARRIERI / The Granger Collection.

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS.
Dancers from the Ballets Russes at the English premiere of 'Le Sacre du Printemps.' Photographed in 1913.

LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-1984).
American playwright. Photographed c1941.

ROUSSEAU: GYPSY, 1897.
'The Sleeping Gypsy.' Oil on canvas by Henri Rousseau, 1897.

FRANCE: CITÉ RADIEUSE.
Pool on the roof terrace of the Unité d'habitation (apartment building) in Marseilles, France, designed by Le Corbusier, the assumed name of the Swiss architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887-1965).

GAUGUIN: SIESTA, 1891.
Paul Gauguin: The Siesta. Oil on canvas, c1891.

OSCAR WILDE: EARNEST.
Scene from 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), performed at The Empire, 1902, starring Margaret Anglin and Robert Warwick.

PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY.
'Persistence of Memory.' Oil on canvas by Salvador Dali, 1931.

MAXIM GORKI (1868-1936).
Russian writer.

CHAGALL: BIRTHDAY, 1915.
Marc Chagall: Birthday. Oil on board, 1915.

GIACOMETTI: MAN, 1947.
'Man Pointing.' Bronze sculpture by Alberto Giocometti, 1947. Height: 70 1/2 inches.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
(1856-1950). Irish man of letters. Photographed as Rodin's 'Le Penseur' in 1906 by Alvin Langdon Coburn.