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Centered Composition

Browse works with centered focal structures, symmetrical placement, and central visual emphasis. This composition page currently surfaces 99 works by 62 artists across 26 institutions. It blends museum tags, public collections, and vision-detected centered structures, central focal points, and symmetrical emphasis.

99 works

8 leading artists

8 institutions

Pie Case by Artist: Wayne Thiebaud

Pie Case

Artist: Wayne Thiebaud · 2002

Yale University Art Gallery · Color direct gravure with aquatint and drypoint

[Apartment Hill] by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist. by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist.

[Apartment Hill] by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist.

Thiebaud, Wayne, artist. · 1985-01-01

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

Dark cherries by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist. by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist.

Dark cherries by Thiebaud, Wayne, artist.

Thiebaud, Wayne, artist. · 1984-01-01

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

Diagonal Ridge by Wayne Thiebaud

Diagonal Ridge

Wayne Thiebaud · 1979

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on wove Somerset…

Downgrade by Wayne Thiebaud

Downgrade

Wayne Thiebaud · 1979

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching with aquatint and drypoint

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) by Allan Kaprow, Lette Eisenhauer, Red Grooms, Allan D'Arcangelo, Boris Lurie, Jim Dine, Stephen Durkee, Stanley Fisher, George Brecht, Robert Indiana, Robert Whitman, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Richard Stankiewicz, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Sam Goodman, Various Artists

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

Allan Kaprow, Lette Eisenhauer, Red Grooms, Allan D'Arcangelo, Boris Lurie,…

Museum of Modern Art · Album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint,…

Selvportræt by Henri Matisse

Selvportræt

Henri Matisse · Værkdatering: (1906)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Paisagem n. 114 (MASP) by Lucia Laguna

Paisagem n. 114 (MASP)

Lucia Laguna · 2018

MASP · Acrílica e óleo sobre tela

The Subway by José Clemente Orozco

The Subway

José Clemente Orozco · 1928

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Circuit by Richard Serra

Circuit

Richard Serra · 1972

Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

Round porcelain inkstone in moon-white glaze (with a jade-inlaid case) by Unknown artist

Round porcelain inkstone in moon-white glaze (with a jade-inlaid case)

Unknown artist · 明 西元1368-1644年

National Palace Museum · 文具

Pineapple. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower) by Diego Rivera

Pineapple. Costume design for the ballet H.P. (Horsepower)

Diego Rivera · 1927

Museum of Modern Art · Watercolor, pencil, and colored pencil on paper

Amstel River by Piet Mondrian

Amstel River

Piet Mondrian · 1907

Museum of Modern Art · Watercolor and charcoal on paper

Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi realizm (From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: New Painterly Realism) by Kazimir Malevich

Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi realizm (From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: New Painterly Realism)

Kazimir Malevich · 1916

Museum of Modern Art · Book with three photolithographed illustrations (including cover)

Den angrende Peter [Maleri] by El Greco

Den angrende Peter [Maleri]

El Greco · 1590-tallet

Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design · Olje på lerret | Lerret…

Etching for Circle of Friends of the Bauhaus (Radierung für den Kreis der Freunde des Bauhauses) by Vasily Kandinsky

Etching for Circle of Friends of the Bauhaus (Radierung für den Kreis der Freunde des Bauhauses)

Vasily Kandinsky · 1932

Museum of Modern Art · Drypoint

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836) by Jacques Louis David

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836)

Jacques Louis David · 1788

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

"Kogai" (Hairdressing implement), Tea ceremony utensil design by the Goto school

"Kogai" (Hairdressing implement), Tea ceremony utensil design

the Goto school · Muromachi period, 16th century

Tokyo National Museum · Arms & Armor

Blade for a Short Sword ("Kodachi") by Kunimune

Blade for a Short Sword ("Kodachi")

Kunimune · Kamakura period, 13th century

Tokyo National Museum · Arms & Armor

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel in the Form of Two Addorsed Owls by Unknown artist

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel in the Form of Two Addorsed Owls

Unknown artist · 14th-11th century BCE

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Cast bronze

Angle-Shouldered Bottle with Small Mouth by Unknown artist

Angle-Shouldered Bottle with Small Mouth

Unknown artist · mid 18th century

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Chosŏn white ware: porcelain with light blue…

Standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin Pusa) by Unknown artist

Standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin Pusa)

Unknown artist · early 8th century

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Gilt bronze

Standing Buddha by Unknown artist

Standing Buddha

Unknown artist · 7th-8th century

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Light gray limestone (known as greenstone); Mon-Gupta…

Untitled by Red Grooms American, by Red Grooms

Untitled by Red Grooms American,

Red Grooms · 1973

Seattle Art Museum · Screenprint

Boys Blowing Bubbles by Michaelina Wautier

Boys Blowing Bubbles

Michaelina Wautier · 1640s

Seattle Art Museum · Oil on canvas

Baboon and Young by Pablo Picasso

Baboon and Young

Pablo Picasso · 1951

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Bronze

Three Bathers by Henri Matisse

Three Bathers

Henri Matisse · 1907

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

South Wind, Clear Weather by Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Weather

Katsushika Hokusai · 1830–33

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on…

Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1820

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants by Gabriël Metsu

Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants

Gabriël Metsu · 1667

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on panel

Mount Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cezanne

Mount Sainte-Victoire

Paul Cezanne · c. 1904

Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on fabric

Adeline Ravoux by Vincent van Gogh

Adeline Ravoux

Vincent van Gogh · 1890

Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on fabric

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse by Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai · 1835–36

Cleveland Museum of Art · color woodblock print

South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1830-32

Seattle Art Museum · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Cranes on the Seashore/The Reed Shell (Ashigai), from the series "Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets" (Genroku kasen kai-awase) by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cranes on the Seashore/The Reed Shell (Ashigai), from the series "Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets" (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · 1821

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, gold, metallic…

Bun’ya no Yasuhide, from the series Portraits of Six Poets by Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

Bun’ya no Yasuhide, from the series Portraits of Six Poets

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1809–10

Yale University Art Gallery · Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Fujieda, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Fujieda, Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), detached page from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: A Picture Book of Highway Bells (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi: Ehon ekiro no suzu) by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Fujieda, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Fujieda, Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), detached page from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: A Picture Book of Highway Bells (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi: Ehon ekiro no suzu)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · c. 1808-1813

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Detached page from a woodblock-printed book; ink…

Still-life with a Lacquer Panel Inscribed with Poems by Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

Still-life with a Lacquer Panel Inscribed with Poems

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · Possibly 1804 (Year of the Rat)

Yale University Art Gallery · Polychrome woodblock print with brass and bronze…

Round surimono - couple playing with monkey by Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

Round surimono - couple playing with monkey

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1800

Yale University Art Gallery · Surimono: polychrome woodblock print

boots by Lafferty, Judy

boots

Lafferty, Judy

Canadian Museum of History · moose skin, mammal wool, cotton, fibre, caribou…

Platter by Tapio Wirkkala

Platter

Tapio Wirkkala · 1951

Museum of Modern Art · Plywood

Second Annual Print for the Kandinsky Society (Zweite Jahresgabe für die Kandinsky-Gesellschaft) by Vasily Kandinsky

Second Annual Print for the Kandinsky Society (Zweite Jahresgabe für die Kandinsky-Gesellschaft)

Vasily Kandinsky · 1926

Museum of Modern Art · Drypoint

Study for Composition (The Cow) by Theo van Doesburg

Study for Composition (The Cow)

Theo van Doesburg · 1917

Museum of Modern Art · Pencil on paper

Plate (folio 8) from Fraternity by Vasily Kandinsky

Plate (folio 8) from Fraternity

Vasily Kandinsky · 1939

Museum of Modern Art · Drypoint from an illustrated book with eight…

C. - C. = Fisch by Paul Klee

C. - C. = Fisch

Paul Klee · 1931

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Watercolor and ink on gessoed paper, mounted…

AW:AB=L:MD from Insicuro Noncurante by Alighiero Boetti

AW:AB=L:MD from Insicuro Noncurante

Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75

Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

Plate (folio 25) from 23 Gravures by Vasily Kandinsky

Plate (folio 25) from 23 Gravures

Vasily Kandinsky · 1934, published 1935

Museum of Modern Art · Drypoint from an illustrated book with twelve…

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Kazimir Malevich

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Kazimir Malevich · 1914

Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph

First Etching for Éditions "Cahiers d'Art" (Erste Radierung für die Éditions "Cahiers d'Art") by Vasily Kandinsky

First Etching for Éditions "Cahiers d'Art" (Erste Radierung für die Éditions "Cahiers d'Art")

Vasily Kandinsky · 1930

Museum of Modern Art · Drypoint

Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn (The Sun) by John Marin

Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn (The Sun)

John Marin · 1915

Museum of Modern Art · Etching

Chair Series 7 (3107) by Arne Jacobsen

Chair Series 7 (3107)

Arne Jacobsen · c. 1952

Museum of Modern Art · Chrome-plated steel tubing and molded plywood with…

Composition S by Tapio Wirkkala

Composition S

Tapio Wirkkala · 1964

Victoria and Albert Museum · stainless steel, forging

Poster for Actions/Agit Pop/Dé-Coll/Age Happening/Events/Anti Art/L'Autrisme/Art Total/Refluxus, Auditorium Maximum, Aachen, Germany, July 20, 1964 by Nam June Paik

Poster for Actions/Agit Pop/Dé-Coll/Age Happening/Events/Anti Art/L'Autrisme/Art Total/Refluxus, Auditorium Maximum, Aachen, Germany, July 20, 1964

Nam June Paik · 1964

Museum of Modern Art · Offset lithograph

Drawing, IBA Lützowstrasse Social Housing Competition, Berlin, Germany by Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Drawing, IBA Lützowstrasse Social Housing Competition, Berlin, Germany

Office for Metropolitan Architecture · 1980

M+ Museum · oil on paper

Plate (supplementary suite) from Manifeste Mystique (Mystic Manifesto) by Salvador Dalí

Plate (supplementary suite) from Manifeste Mystique (Mystic Manifesto)

Salvador Dalí · 1951

Museum of Modern Art · Etching from the supplementary suite of an…

automatic centre-fire pistol by Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken

automatic centre-fire pistol

Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken · 1916

Canadian War Museum · steel, wood

Plate (facing page 58) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror) by Salvador Dalí

Plate (facing page 58) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror)

Salvador Dalí · 1934

Museum of Modern Art · One from an illustrated book with forty-two…

Plate (facing page 146) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror) by Salvador Dalí

Plate (facing page 146) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror)

Salvador Dalí · 1934

Museum of Modern Art · One from an illustrated book with forty-two…

X-radiograph(s) of "Composition with Blue, Red and Yellow" by Piet Mondrian

X-radiograph(s) of "Composition with Blue, Red and Yellow"

Piet Mondrian

Harvard Art Museums · Photographs

Vase by Tapio Wirkkala

Vase

Tapio Wirkkala · 1956

Museum of Modern Art · Porcelain

Armoured head by Don Driver

Armoured head

Don Driver · 1966

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa · metal, wood

Fire in the Evening by Paul Klee

Fire in the Evening

Paul Klee · 1929

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on cardboard

Lick Piece (1962), performed by Lette Eisenhauer during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964 by Benjamin Patterson, Peter Moore

Lick Piece (1962), performed by Lette Eisenhauer during Fully Guaranteed 12 Fluxus Concerts, Canal Street, New York, May 9, 1964

Benjamin Patterson, Peter Moore · 1964

Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Shabnam Adiban by Adiban, Shabnam

Shabnam Adiban

Adiban, Shabnam · 06/09/23 02:29:37 PM UTC

Princeton Digital PUL · Ephemera

Proscenium air grille from the Garrick Theater in the Schiller Building (demolished 1961), Chicago, Illinois by Louis Sullivan

Proscenium air grille from the Garrick Theater in the Schiller Building (demolished 1961), Chicago, Illinois

Louis Sullivan · 1891

Dallas Museum of Art · Painted plaster

Kilta Tableware by Kaj Franck

Kilta Tableware

Kaj Franck · 1948

Museum of Modern Art · Glazed earthenware

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F) by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

A radiant female figure beset by dark spirits; page 45 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · ca. 1812–20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Brush and point of brush, brown…

Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York by John Marin

Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York

John Marin · 1913

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching and drypoint with plate tone

Paysage a Vallauris by Pablo Picasso

Paysage a Vallauris

Pablo Picasso · 1953

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Lithograph

Tumbler by Kaj Franck

Tumbler

Kaj Franck · 1954

Museum of Modern Art · Turn mold-blown glass

Woman in a Kimono by Walter Crane, 1845–1915

Woman in a Kimono

Walter Crane, 1845–1915 · 1910

Yale Center for British Art · Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick,…

Escultura de hombre sentado que parece entonar un canto by Centro de Veracruz

Escultura de hombre sentado que parece entonar un canto

Centro de Veracruz · 600-900 d.C.

Museo Amparo · Barro modelado con decoración incisa

1970 from Insicuro Noncurante by Alighiero Boetti

1970 from Insicuro Noncurante

Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75

Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

F by Anni Albers

F

Anni Albers · 1969

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color screenprint in white ink

Bombe ordigni origini e o altro from Insicuro Noncurante by Alighiero Boetti

Bombe ordigni origini e o altro from Insicuro Noncurante

Alighiero Boetti · 1966-75

Museum of Modern Art · One from a portfolio of eighty two…

Portrait of Ambrose Vollard, II by Pablo Picasso

Portrait of Ambrose Vollard, II

Pablo Picasso · 1937 (printed and published 1939)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Sugar-lift, with aquatint and spit-bite etching

Sutra case by Unknown artist

Sutra case

Unknown artist · 11th century-12th century

Nara National Museum · Steatite

Suprematist Composition by Ivan Kudriashov

Suprematist Composition

Ivan Kudriashov · 1921

Museum of Modern Art · Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper

Poster for Vautier Day / Knížák Night, Fluxus West, various cities, California, May 15–16, 1968 by Ken Friedman

Poster for Vautier Day / Knížák Night, Fluxus West, various cities, California, May 15–16, 1968

Ken Friedman · 1968

Museum of Modern Art · Offset lithograph

Untitled by Isamu Noguchi

Untitled

Isamu Noguchi · 1946

Museum of Modern Art · Pencil on cut-out-and-pasted graph paper on black…

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) by Vincent van Gogh

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911)

Vincent van Gogh · 1888–89

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, performed during Concert No. 5, Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 8, 1962 by Nam June Paik, Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin Patterson, George Maciunas

George Maciunas' In Memoriam to Adriano Olivetti, performed during Concert No. 5, Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik, Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, September 8, 1962

Nam June Paik, Alison Knowles, Emmett Williams, George Maciunas, Benjamin…

Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Armchair by Charles Eames

Armchair

Charles Eames · 1971

Museum of Modern Art · Molded polyester, aluminum base, padded naugahyde with…

Table by Arne Jacobsen

Table

Arne Jacobsen · c.1952

Museum of Modern Art · Wood top, enameled metal legs, and rubber…

Aften i stuen by Vilhelm Hammershøi

Aften i stuen

Vilhelm Hammershøi · Værkdatering: (1904)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Winter Landscape with a Coach and Travelers by a House by Jacob Cats

Winter Landscape with a Coach and Travelers by a House

Jacob Cats · 1786

Fogg Museum · Brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream…

Church Facade 6 by Piet Mondrian

Church Facade 6

Piet Mondrian · 1915, dated 1912

Museum of Modern Art · Charcoal on paper

Gifts for "J." by Paul Klee

Gifts for "J."

Paul Klee · 1928

Museum of Modern Art · Oil, ink, and gesso on canvas mounted…

"Genpo yoka" (Collection of Flowering Plants) by Ito Jakuchu

"Genpo yoka" (Collection of Flowering Plants)

Ito Jakuchu · Edo period, dated 1768 (Meiwa 5)

Tokyo National Museum · Ink rubbing of woodblock on paper

Fartygsmodell, 1929 by Jungblut, Gender Man

Fartygsmodell, 1929

Jungblut, Gender Man · 1929

Sjöhistoriska museet · Metall Jute Ek | Spantbyggd

Nivea Cream Piece for Oscar Williams, performed during Fluxus/Musik og Anti-Musik/det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23, 1962 by Alison Knowles

Nivea Cream Piece for Oscar Williams, performed during Fluxus/Musik og Anti-Musik/det Instrumentale Teater, Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, November 23, 1962

Alison Knowles · 1962

Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Portræt af Anna Ancher, profil by P.S. Krøyer

Portræt af Anna Ancher, profil

P.S. Krøyer · Værkdatering: 1898

Statens Museum for Kunst · Koldnålsradering

Designs for Chessmen by Marcel Duchamp

Designs for Chessmen

Marcel Duchamp · c. 1920

Museum of Modern Art · Ink, pencil, and relief printing on paper

Portræt af Madame Matisse. Den grønne stribe by Henri Matisse

Portræt af Madame Matisse. Den grønne stribe

Henri Matisse · Værkdatering: (1905)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Composition in Brown and Gray by Piet Mondrian

Composition in Brown and Gray

Piet Mondrian · 1913

Museum of Modern Art · Oil on canvas

Front cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) by Kazimir Malevich

Front cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell)

Kazimir Malevich · 1913–14, published 1914

Museum of Modern Art · Lithograph with lithographed manuscript text from an…

The Well by Odilon Redon

The Well

Odilon Redon · c. 1880

Museum of Modern Art · Charcoal and chalk on paper

Fesselstern by Arnulf Rainer

Fesselstern

Arnulf Rainer · 1975

Museum of Modern Art · Photogravure, etching and drypoint

Les origines by Redon by Redon

Les origines by Redon

Redon · 1883

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing