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A bronze lion, deep green and muscular, looks out in the distance from its pedestal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal), 1893

Edward Kemeys

Large painted portrait of Mao wearing eyeshadow, blush, blue backdrop.

Mao, 1972

Andy Warhol

Stately interior with cream walls and high ceilings. At left is a fireplace with a large military portrait painting above it; at right are two large windows lined with dark curtains. Modern and metallic decorative elements, including a distinctive screen panel and coffee table, mix with more traditional, antique pieces.

E-15: English Drawing Room of the Modern Period, 1930s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Brother and Pop Art, 1965

Billy Abernathy

A work made of paper.

Bauhaus: Art As Life Poster, 2012

APFEL

A work made of cor-ten and stainless steel.

Clothespin, 1975

Claes Oldenburg

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Bowl with Large Diamond-Shaped Area Interior with Dotted Lines and Diamonds, and Interlocking Stepped Motifs, 950–1400

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

Painting of a prominent orange-red circle imposed on the center of a canvas depicting a grove of trees behind a stone wall and an orange-red sky in gradient.

The Banquet, 1958

René Magritte

Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

Color print of travelers of foot and horseback following a grassy route flanked by Japanese bungalows and groves of trees.

Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido), c. 1837/42

Utagawa Hiroshige

Tall city buildings seen at close range from the water, illuminated by hundreds of lighted windows and suffused with a dreamy light-blue and gray haze. Boats below emit blue steam.

Afterglow, c. 1913

Jonas Lie

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Pont des Arts, Paris, 1931

Ilse Bing

A work made of internal dye diffusion transfer.

Iconographic Art Lunches #1: The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Submarine Sandwich: Salami, cheese, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, buns, lunch meat; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Salad Bar: (cont.), 1984

Robert Heinecken

A work made of lithograph in black and dark red on off-white coated paper.

Art Towards Social Development, 1982

Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele

A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "sehna knots"; knotted warp fringe.

Carpet (Art Deco), 1925/30

Black glazed terracotta vessel with a short, curved handle on one side. Visible cracks indicate fragmentary repair.

Mug, about 460 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of lithograph in black on buff wove paper.

The Musician, from Arts et Métiers, 1838

Bernard Gaillot

A detailed drawing of a room with multiple sitting areas marked by two decorative rugs and various room dividers.

F. H. Bresler Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Interior Perspective, c. 1904

George Mann Niedecken

A work made of the reflecting pool, 1977-79, 6:58 min.; moonblood, 1977-79, 12:48 min.; silent life, 1979, 13:14 min.; ancient of days, 1979-81, 12:21 min.; vegetable memory, 1978-80, 15:13 min. color video, sound (projection); 62 min. loop.

The Reflecting Pool: Collected Works, 1977–80

Bill Viola

A work made of wood and paint.

Parrot, 1870–90

Wilhelm Schimmel

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