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twenty-three things tagged “art institute of chicago”

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Statue of a Seated Woman from 101 CE–200 CE. “Here the figure’s head and arms, now missing, were made separately and attached by means of dowels, the holes for which are visible.” This was a kind of template (one of a few) for noblewomen, goddesses, and other exalted female figures.…

The Red Armchair by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish, active France, 1881–1973

The Red Armchair, December 16, 1931

Oil and Ripolin on panel

The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish, active France, 1881–1973

The Old Guitarist, late 1903–early 1904

Oil on panel

Greyed Rainbow by Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

American, 1912–1956

Greyed Rainbow, 1953

Oil on linen

Drawing Room Cabinet by Bruce James Talbert

Bruce James Talbert

Scottish, active in England, 1838–1881

Drawing Room Cabinet, 1871/72

Walnut, ebony, boxwood, thuya, maple, and other woods, gilding, and lacquered brass mounts

Reduction I by KondĹŤ Takahiro

KondĹŤ Takahiro

b. 1958, KYOTO, JAPAN

Reduction I, 2013

Molded and cast porcelain with cobalt blue and green under clear glaze and Silver Mist

Shūkongōjin by Unknown

Unknown

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Shūkongōjin, 12th/14th century

Wood with traces of polychromy

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Keys to the Coop by Kara Walker

Kara Walker

American, born 1969

Keys to the Coop, 1997

Linocut on white wove paper

Restricted gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sternberg, 1997.433

Georgia O'Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz

American

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1919

Palladium print

From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.745

The Key by Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

American, 1912–1956

The Key, 1946

Oil on linen

Leda by Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi

Romanian, active France, 1876–1957

Leda, 1920

Marble

Le Ratapoil by Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

French, 1808–1879

Le Ratapoil, modeled 1851 (cast after 1925)

Bronze