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A portrait of a seated woman. She wears a draped silk gown and holds a basket of flowers.

John Singleton Copley, Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens (Judith Sargent, later Mrs. John Murray), 1770–72. Oil on canvas, image: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm), frame: 56 1/4 x 46 3/16 x 3 1/4 in. (142.9 x 117.3 x 8.3 cm), Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2000.6.

An abstracted painting of a boat at sea.

Arthur Dove, Boat Going through Inlet, c. 1929. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, image courtesy: The Estate of Arthur G. Dove/Terry Dintenfass, Inc., 2015.6

Scholars Anne Lafont (L) and Steven Nelson participate in the 2018 dialogue “A Conflicted Geography: African American Artists & African Diaspora” at the Terra Foundation Paris Center & Library.

Thomas Cole, American (born in England), 1801–1848, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1828, oil on canvas, 100.96 x 138.43 cm (39 3/4 x 54 1/2 in.), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik, Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865, 47.1188, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

A red barn against a blue sky.

Charles Sheeler, Bucks County Barn, 1940. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1999.135

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