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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)

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

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

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

Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

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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