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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Annunciation, 1887

George Hitchcock

A work made of oil on canvas.

Venetian Glass Workers, 1880–82

John Singer Sargent

A work made of aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper.

Corner of State and Washington Streets, Chicago, in the Year 1865, published June 1928 (1865 depicted)

Raoul Varin

A work made of oil on canvas.

Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre), 1882

John Singer Sargent

A work made of oil on canvas.

After Rain, Chicago, 1911

Frank Charles Peyraud

A work made of oil on canvas.

Spring Rains, c. 1924

Victor Higgins

A work made of oil stain and oil paint on mdf.

Cape, 1990

Diane Simpson

Painting of a crowded bar scene where African American people dance and drink together, some sitting at the bar, some at small tables, and many on the dance floor.

Nightlife, 1943

Archibald John Motley Jr.

Vibrant yellow, red, blue, and green painting of landscape with trees and mountains.

Landscape with Two Poplars, 1912

Vasily Kandinsky

A work made of oil on canvas.

Flesh (Smaller Than Tears Are the Little Blue Flowers), 1928

Ivan Albright

Painting of a small, dark room with grey doors, grey wainscoting, and white walls. A blue bed with four pilllows is against the back wall. A painting hangs on that wall.

The Past and the Present, c. 1945

Gertrude Abercrombie

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Chicago Slums, 1910

Lewis Wickes Hine

A work made of composite object of wood with metal, mirror shards, paint, and plastic.

Frame for Nude Woman, Full Body, 1937

Ivan Albright

A drawing of a tall gothic-style office building with the words "Competition for The New Tribune Building" along the bottom.

Competition for the New Tribune Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation, 1922

Richard Yoshijiro Mine

A drawing of a classical building, with columns on the facade and elongated dome, in front of a reflection pool lined by trees.

Proposed Chicago Civic Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective, 1908

Jules Guérin

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Coffee House, Winter 1905–6

Alson Skinner Clark

Portrait of an older woman holding a mirror and makeup pad, sitting in a dark dressing room in a pink slip and a blue and red skirt. Her flesh is mottled and pasty white, its contours in dark shadows that make it appear almost bruised. She gazes to the left forlornly.

Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida, 1929–30

Ivan Albright

A work made of five sculptural elements: plywood and beaverboard, acrylic paint, motors, and speakers, with audio.

City of Chicago, 1967

Red Grooms

An oil painting of a large, male African American figure who looks left into the distance. He holds his hand out towards the dark blue sky, and he appears to break free from a pile of rubble in the background.

This, My Brother, 1942

Charles White

Three-part bronze sculpture set of two clenched hands and a man's face with closed eyes and mouth, an object in one hand.

Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln, Cast in plaster 1860; cast in bronze by 1888

Leonard Wells Volk

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