1.   Also on the block were works by contemporary American artists like Cindy Sherman, Charles Long, Jessica Stockholder and Kiki Smith.

2.   American artist.

3.   Americans tend not to take politics all that seriously, and American artists even less so.

4.   American artists, by contrast, have often felt slighted by the Met.

5.   American artists are remarkably well represented, with the new barrel-vaulted hall dedicated to large works by Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Cy Twombly and Warhol.

6.   American artists are thin on the ground.

7.   American artist Gilliam soon joined the comedic fray, and Monty Python was born.

8.   American artists grovel for crumbs from nursing home magnates, real estate developers, Exxon and diverse Hollywood sleaze.

9.   American artists represented in the collection range from the editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast to Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

10.   American Indian artists often are on hand to demonstrate and sell their crafts.