Power Viewing at The Met

Sleeping Eros

Bronze statue of Eros sleeping, Hellenistic period 3rd-2nd century B.C. , length 33 9/16 in

Plain or Fancy?: Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Potpourri vase, 1810, Glass, gilded yellow metal, marble, 20 1/2 × 12 7/8 × 9 1/8 in., 9lb

Pair of vases, 1750, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, 7 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 in., 6lb. 

Coffee and tea service, Sèvres Manufactory - Designer: Hyacinthe Régnier, 1855–61 , Hard-paste porcelain

Vase, Wedgwood and Co., 1780, Black basalt, 18" H

Jasper Cup with Gilded-Silver Mounts, third quarter 14th century, Jasper, silver gilt mount and foot, 4 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.

Cup, 900–1000 CE, mounts ca. 1655–60, Sardonyx, gold, enamel, 4-7/8 x 5-1/8 x 2-7/8 in

Bauhaus Textiles from The Bauhaus Archive, in the Antonio Ratti Textile Center

Immeke Alexandra Schollman Mitscherlich, 1932, Graphite on paper

Hilde Reindl, Gouache and graphite on paper

Gertrud Preiswerk, 1926-30

Four Parts, Vasily Kandinsky,1932, Gouache on paper, mounted on Masonite, H. 15-3/8, W. 12 inches

Gunta Stölzl, 1930s-40s, Wool, cotton, and rayon

Gunta Stölzl, 1930s-40s, Cotton and rayon

Gunta Stölzl, 1930s-40s, Cotton, rayon, plastic and metallic fibers

Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms, Paul Klee, 1920, Oil and ink on cardboard,  H. 14-3/4, W. 13-1/4 inches

Anni Albers, 1949, Cotton, metal foil,  L. 11, W. 17-3/8 inches

"A Sport for Every Girl": Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R Burdick

Forward Wheel Swing, from the Gymnastic Exercises series (N77) for Duke brand cigarettes Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1887, Commercial color lithograph, 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.

From the Sports Girls series (N463) for Old Port Plug Tobacco, Issued by Old Port Plug Tobacco, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.

Card 308, Tennis Girl, from the series "Artistic Pictures" (T32), issued by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company to promote Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes, Valentine Sandberg, 1913-14, Commercial color lithograph, 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.

Gymnastic, from the Occupations of Women series (N502) for Frishmuth's Tobacco Company, , 1889,  Commercial color lithograph, 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in

Album 5, page 29, 1880s, Albumen print, cabinet card, 15 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.

Card 15, from the Girl Cyclists series (N49) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes, 1887, Albumen photograph, 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.