Leafless’s work is defined by its black-figure sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Mastoid (Drinking Cup)
Attributed to the Leafless Group Greek; Athens
Untitled
Tanaka Atsuko Japanese, 1932-2005
Kantharos (Wine Cup)
Attributed to the Kantharos Group Greek; Apulia, Italy
Shozo Shimamoto Japanese, 1928–2013
Work
Saburo Murakami Japanese, 1925–1996
King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)
King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem
Stonyhurst Hours (Use of Sarum)
Beaufort Saints Group Flemish, late 14th-early 15th centuries
Golden Wings Brushing the Clouds Incarnated from Earthly Wide Star (Chikatsusei Maunkinshi)
Kazuo Shiraga Japanese, 1924-2008
For Your Names You Took Hope and Humble
Carrie Mae Weems American, born 1953
Group of Trees
Paul Dougherty American, 1877-1947
Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl)
Attributed to a Member of the Earlier Mannerist Group Greek; Athens
Hydria (Water Jar)
Attributed to a painter of the Leagros group Greek; Athens
Photograph of Photograph
Jiro Takamatsu Japanese, 1936-1998
Lamenting Group
Paul Albert Bartholomé (French, 1848–1928)
Ryuji Tanaka Japanese, 1927-2014
Bike 'n' Trike Club, Century Village, West Palm Beach, Florida, from the series "American Prospects"
Joel Sternfeld American, born 1944
42, Rue Blomet
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983
Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun
Ike Taiga Japanese, 1723-1776
Quartier Italie
Brassaï (Gyula Halász) French, born Hungary (now Romania), 1899–1984