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In a stark desert landscape, an older man sits in the foreground, illuminated, with a newspaper. Arranged evenly across the land behind him, smaller than perspective would indicate, are a faded child holding a hula hoop, a man holding a melting piano, a standing woman, and a figure near the horizon.

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano, 1936

Salvador Dalí

A work made of mahogany and white pine, with mahogany, birch, and maple veneers.

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase, 1800–10

Artist unknown

Abstract painting with dominant red, yellow, and blue tones. Densely commingled forms, many outlined in black or brown strokes, fill the canvas.

The Key, 1946

Jackson Pollock

A wide-mouthed drinking cup glazed in black with two handles extending from opposite sides.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 410-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of gilt copper, champlevé enamel over wood core.

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A work made of painted wood and metal.

Whirligig, 1939–45

Frank Memkus

A ceramic vessel with a long handle, its bone-white surface decorated with black geometric designs.

Dipper or Ladle with Interlocking Zigzag and Step-Fret Designs, 1000–1300

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

A work made of color lithograph on white wove paper.

Chicago Art Exposition, 1982

Jack Tworkov

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (Art Institute of Chicago), 1985

André Kertész

A work made of paper.

Gary Hume New Art Close-Up 1, 2004

Graphic Thought Facility

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

A work made of blue-green title label on yellow paper wrappers.

Portfolio wrapper, from Long Live Fashion, Down with Art, 1919, published 1920

Max Ernst

A work made of color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, and drypoint on white wove paper.

The Art of Mnemonics, 1968

Vera Berdich

Bowl-shaped terracotta vessel with a foot, glazed in red with black figures encircling its body.

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), late 6th century BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of etching.

Bookplate (Art Deco), mid–20th century

Sekino Jun’ichirō

A work made of silver gilt over a wooden core; foot: copper gilt.

Altar Cross, c. 1325; foot: 15th century

A work made of periodicals; complete set of 7 issues.

Lef (Left Front of the Arts), 1923–24

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rodchenko

A work made of portfolio cover.

Portfolio Cover for Serigraphs by Students of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1966

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Astrology, plate 29 from Arts and Sciences, c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

A work made of gelatin silver print.

St. André des Arts, Paris, c. 1928

André Kertész

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