Five for Friday, written by a variety of MoMA staff members, is our attempt to spotlight some of the compelling, charming, and downright curious works in the Museum’s rich collection.

As a native of New England, I wasn’t aware there was such a thing as “leaf peeping” until I moved to New York about a dozen years ago. I guess I took for granted the fact that I didn’t have to go somewhere to see the leaves change color. Since I’m unable to get out of the city this weekend—which the Internet confirms is the peak of the “leaf peeping” season—I decided to round up some foliage from MoMA’s collection…

1. Jean (Hans) Arp. Siamese Leaf. 1949
Arp’s organic shapes are accented by the heavy wood-grain patterns visible in this woodcut print.

2. Yves Béhar. Leaf Light. 2005
The first of it’s kind when designed for Herman Miller, Béhar’s sinuous desk lamp features LED lights that can change color temperature with the swipe of a finger.

3. Marsden Hartley. Maine Mountains, Autumn. 1910
A native of Maine, Hartley frequently made the state’s mountain landscape the subject of his paintings.

4. Berenice Abbott. Leaf, Supersight. 1940s
Abbott made this finely detailed photograph using an oversized, camera obscura–like device that she built herself.

5. Joel Sternfeld. Near Vail, Colorado. October 1980
From Sternfeld’s American Prospects project, this quiet and slightly eerie photograph of an autumn forest reminds me of the opening credits from Twin Peaks.