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

Untitled
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
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)

Golden Wings Brushing the Clouds Incarnated from Earthly Wide Star (Chikatsusei Maunkinshi)
Kazuo Shiraga Japanese, 1924-2008

Stonyhurst Hours (Use of Sarum)
Beaufort Saints Group Flemish, late 14th-early 15th centuries

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

Photograph of Photograph
Jiro Takamatsu Japanese, 1936-1998

Hydria (Water Jar)
Attributed to a painter of the Leagros group Greek; Athens

Untitled
Ryuji Tanaka Japanese, 1927-2014

Lamenting Group
Paul Albert Bartholomé (French, 1848–1928)

Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun
Ike Taiga Japanese, 1723-1776

Quartier Italie
Brassaï (Gyula Halász) French, born Hungary (now Romania), 1899–1984

42, Rue Blomet
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983

A Group of Houses and Figures
Lyonel Feininger American, 1871–1956