ticketsMember | Make a donation

Search the collection

Filter By

Object Type / Material
Geographic Location
Department
Date
Show Only:
  • As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.
    APIPublic domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API
  • Objects with changed or unknown ownership in continental Europe between 1933-1945. Learn more
More than 10,000 results for prehistoric-art
Sort by:
Woman Flower Basket (Hanaire), Nagakura Ken'ichi Japanese, Timber bamboo, rattan, lacquer, and powdered polishing stone and clay, Japan
Woman Flower Basket (Hanaire)
Nagakura Ken'ichi
2004
Study for "Prehistoric Phase", Theodoros Stamos American, Black ink with watercolor on paper
Study for "Prehistoric Phase"
Theodoros Stamos
1947
Untitled (Human Mask), Pierre Huyghe French, Single-channel video, color, sound, 19 min.
Untitled (Human Mask)
Pierre Huyghe
2014
The Cathedrals of Art, Florine Stettheimer American, Oil on canvas
The Cathedrals of Art
Florine Stettheimer
1942
I am Making Art, John Baldessari American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 18 min., 40 sec.
I am Making Art
John Baldessari
1971
Critics' show, Grand Central Art Galleries
Critics' show
Grand Central Art Galleries
1946
The Maid
Carissa Rodriguez
2018
Prehistoric Storks , Shimomura Ryōnosuke Japanese, Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper, Japan

Prehistoric Storks

Shimomura Ryōnosuke
ca. 1977
Engraved Plane (Field Guide with Coinage)
Erika Vogt
2012
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, John Baldessari American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 31 min., 17 sec.
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
John Baldessari
1971
Art Students, Louis Lang American, Oil on canvas, American
Art Students
Louis Lang
ca. 1871
Medieval Art, Henry Linder American, Bronze and silver electroplate, American
Medieval Art
Henry Linder
Roman Bronze Works
1909, cast 1914
Provenance, Amie Siegel American, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 40 min., 30 sec.
Provenance
Amie Siegel
2013
Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet, Gold, carnelian, feldspar, pellets of copper-silver alloy
Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet
ca. 1887–1813 B.C.
Crane Art, William Wegman American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Sony CV 1/2-inch video tape, black-and-white, sound, 1 min., 2 sec.
Crane Art
William Wegman
1970
Bird Head, Greenstone, ocher, Morobe province
Bird Head
Morobe province
Date unknown
Satire on Art Criticism, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch, Pen and brown ink corrected with white.
Satire on Art Criticism
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1644
Prehistoric Bird
Fred Becker
1942
Prehistoric Man
Fernand Cormon
ca. 1897
For Success in Art, William Wyon British, Gold, British, London
For Success in Art
William Wyon
The Royal Mint
1856
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, Arthur Jafa American, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 7 min., 25 sec.
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death
Arthur Jafa
2016
A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein German, Black chalk or graphite, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and watercolor; framing lines in pen and black ink
A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
mid-18th–early 19th century
A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein German, Black chalk or graphite; framing lines in black chalk or graphite
A Prehistoric Stone Circle on a Mound, an Extensive Landscape Beyond
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
mid-18th–early 19th century
The Lightning Testimonies, Amar Kanwar Indian, Eight-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 32 min., 31 sec.
The Lightning Testimonies
Amar Kanwar
2007
The art of the Saracens in Egypt, Stanley Lane-Poole
The art of the Saracens in Egypt
Stanley Lane-Poole
Chapman & Hall
1886
Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Porcelaneous stoneware, American
Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906
Vase, Clifton Art Pottery American, Porcelaneous stoneware, American
Vase
Clifton Art Pottery
1906
The Negro in American art : an exhibition, University of California Los Angeles
The Negro in American art : an exhibition
University of California Los Angeles
1967
Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings), Terracotta, Cycladic
Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings)
Cycladic
ca. 2300–1900 BCE
Terracotta jug, Terracotta, Cypriot
Terracotta jug
Cypriot
ca. 750–600 BCE
Olympiad, Lutz Bacher American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Hi8, black-and-white, silent, 36 min.
Olympiad
Lutz Bacher
1997
Street, James Nares British, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 61 min.
Street
James Nares
2011
Incidents, Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 14 min., 49 sec.
Incidents
Multiple artists/makers
1996–97
Reconstructions, Luis Urculo Spanish, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 9 min., 41 sec.
Reconstructions
Luis Urculo
2015
1906, Jeremy Blake American, Single-channel digital animation, color, sound, 21 min.
1906
Jeremy Blake
2003
Century 21, Jeremy Blake American, Single-channel digital animation, color, sound, 12 min.
Century 21
Jeremy Blake
2004
Everyone’s Moon 2015-11-04 14:22:59, Penelope Umbrico Canadian, Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 16 min.
Everyone’s Moon 2015-11-04 14:22:59
Penelope Umbrico
2015
Winchester, Jeremy Blake American, Single-channel digital animation, color, sound, 12 min.
Winchester
Jeremy Blake
2002
Portrait, Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, Single-channel digital video, black-and-white, silent, 17 min., 55 sec.
Portrait
Multiple artists/makers
2006
how to make a refugee, Phil Collins British, Single-channel video, color, sound, 12 minutes
how to make a refugee
Phil Collins
1999