TW1213287: Oil on Board, 1962 (oil & sand on board), Crisp, John Harris (1914-83) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4280408: Mereau: metal token (brad or yellow copper) inspired by a Venetian sequin or ducat. This piece was struck in the 19th century by London merchants John Cook (or Wilcox) and Sons (and his sons - Joannes Ille Coquus Sui Filiiove) for trade with colonized Africa - Similar tokens with abstract representations of Christ, Doge and St. Lawrence, but in gold, are known in India. In the eastern Mediterranean, the sequins and ducats, the currency of Venice, have long been a prestigious means of payment and have often been imitated. / Bridgeman Images

PCT4716493: Pierre Soulages' artwork in Musee Fabre in Montpellier (Herault, Occitanie), Soulages, Pierre (1919-2022) / Bridgeman Images

LWE410750: Shawl [Perraje], Totonicapan, Guatemala, 1955 (cotton & dye), Guatemalan School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

NAM5925094: The Angel of Death, 1939-1945 (tempera on canvas), Romyn, Conrad (Dick) (b.1915) / Bridgeman Images

PCT4280434: Mereau: metal token (brad or yellow copper) inspired by a Venetian sequin or ducat. This piece was struck in the 19th century by London merchants John Cook (or Wilcox) and Sons (and his sons - Joannes Ille Coquus Sui Filiiove) for trade with colonized Africa - Similar tokens with abstract representations of Christ, Doge and St. Lawrence, but in gold, are known in India. In the eastern Mediterranean, the sequins and ducats, the currency of Venice, have long been a prestigious means of payment and have often been imitated. / Bridgeman Images

TW1213381: Composition, 1965 (oil on canvas), Joseph, Peter (b.1929) / Bridgeman Images

JSA617475: W.H. Auden, Clement Greenberg, Tania Stern and friends at Green Cottage, Amenia, New York, summer 1941 (b/w photo), Stern, James (1904-93) / Bridgeman Images

JSA617476: W.H. Auden, Clement Greenberg, Tania Stern, Jean Connolly and friends at Green Cottage, Amenia, New York, summer 1941 (b/w photo), Stern, James (1904-93) / Bridgeman Images

XCL499510: The Immaculate Conception, c.1680 (oil on canvas) , Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (1618-82) / Bridgeman Images

ELC2627902: Oedipus and Antigone, 1928 (oil on canvas), Savinio, Alberto (Chirico, Andrea de) (1891-1952) / Bridgeman Images

MAN5883765: Flowers in a Vase, 1934-36 (oil on strawboard), Hitchens, Ivon (1893-1979) / Bridgeman Images

WAK3663540: Tibia Graft, 1949 (oil & pencil on paper), Hepworth, Barbara (1903-75) / Bridgeman Images

LIS2653170: Allegory, 1938 (oil on canvas), Sausmarez, Maurice de (1915-69) / Bridgeman Images

LAG3848960: Scene from Richard Wagner / Bridgeman Images

FER6439495: Woman and Child in Ladderback Chair, 1952 (bronze), Moore, Henry Spencer (1898-1986) / Bridgeman Images

JEF3084497: Sofa, 1930-40 (wood and metal frame with cotton fabric upholstry), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

CVL500168: Scroll, 1978 (oil on canvas), Guston, Philip (1913-80) / Bridgeman Images

CVL499838: Reconstruction, 1959 (encaustic & collage on canvas) , Johns, Jasper (b.1930) / Bridgeman Images

BON47111: Amethyst and diamond ring; opal and diamond ring; pearl and cushion shaped diamond abstract cluster ring by King; gold lovebird brooch by Boucheron, Paris; diamond set brooch/pendant in the shape of a spider's web by Charles de Temple; diamond earclips designed as coffee beans, pave set with diamonds; cushion shaped tourmaline ring; South sea cultured pearl and diamond ring; unmounted drop shape black opal / Bridgeman Images

CVL500333: Enticing, 2004 (graphite, resin & oil on coated paper) , Cook, Christopher (b.1959) / Bridgeman Images

MAM712799: The Puritan, 1899 (bronze), Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907) / Bridgeman Images

MAN5673825: Lavington Common, 1938 (oil on canvas), Hitchens, Ivon (1893-1979) / Bridgeman Images

FIA5405654: Binding, 1932 (oil on canvas), Kandinsky, Wassily (1866-1944) / Bridgeman Images

MNX5052678: Seneschal Lane, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1932-34 (b/w photo), Frowde, John James (1868-1946) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582819: Remnants of Supernova of Vails - detail - Pencil Nebula (NGC 2376) - Remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago created a celestial abstract portrait, as captured in this image of the Pencil Nebula. Officially known as NGC 2736, the Pencil Nebula is part of the huge Vela supernova remnant, located in the southern constellation Vela. Discovered by Sir John Herschel in the 1840s, the nebula's linear appearance triggered its popular name. The nebula's shape suggests that it is part of the supernova shock wave that recently encountered a region of dense gas. It is this interaction that causes the nebula to glow, appearing like a rippled sheet. In this snapshot, astronomers are looking along the edge of the undulating sheet of gas. This view shows large, wispy filamentary structures, smaller bright knots of gas, and patches of diffuse gas. The Hubble Heritage Team used the Advanced Camera for Surveys in October 2002 to observe the nebula. The region of the Pencil Nebula captured in this image is about three fourths of a light - year across. The Vela supernova remnant is 114 light - years (35 parsecs) across. The remnant is about 815 light - years (250 parsecs) away from our solar system. The nebula's luminous appearance comes from dense gas regions that have been struck by the supernova shock wave. As the shock wave travels through space [from right to left in the image], it rams into interstellar material. Initially the gas is heated to millions of degrees, but then subsequently cools down, emitting the optical light visible in the image. The colors of the various regions in the nebula yield clues about this cooling process. Some regions are still so hot that the emission is dominated by ionized oxygen atoms, which glow blue in the picture. Other regions have cooled more and are seen emitting red in the image (cooler hydrogen atoms). In this situation, color shows the temperature of the gas. The nebula is visible in this image because it is glowing / Bridgeman Images

LUT3835377: Sir Terry Frost, Frost, Terry (1915-2003) / Bridgeman Images

BRS955503: Terry Frost in St. Ives, Cornwall, 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

LUT3835378: Sir Terry Frost, Frost, Terry (1915-2003) / Bridgeman Images