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Cloth fragment of dress, blue and brown floral design in circular patterns.

Fragment (Dress Fabric), Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–906), late 8th/early 9th century

Black bronze statue of African American man, shackles broken, sitting on tree stump.

The Freedman, Modeled 1862–63

John Quincy Adams Ward

A grand, double-height room with wood paneling, stenciled wall patterns, four hexagonal columns, and an interior balcony with guardrail at left.

Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Reconstruction at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1893/94 (original built) 1972 (original demolished) 1976/77 (reconstructed)

Adler & Sullivan, Architects

Brown bronze statue of man with riding crop atop a rearing horse.

The Bronco Buster, Modeled 1895, cast 1899

Frederic Remington

Shiny dark sculpture of nude woman reclining on stone pedestal.

Seated Nude, 1922–29, cast 1951

Henri Matisse

A multitude of vibrantly colored shapes interweave with one another.

Movement, 1913

Marsden Hartley

Painted portrait of woman in green dress and cloud backdrop.

Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), c. 1764

John Singleton Copley

A crashing wave looms over two small ships, Mount Fuji in the background.

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)", 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of Greek landscape, classical architecture, yellow, red robed man reading.

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640

Nicolas Poussin

Large marine landscape of boats on rough waves, storm clouds.

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, 1837–38

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Portrait of man wearing voluminous black cloak, feathered hat, and gold medallion.

Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1631

Rembrandt van Rijn

A minimalist, elongated sculpture made of reflective and shiny bronze. The sculpture is long and slightly curved, suggesting the shape of a bird, and sits atop a stone base that is balanced on top of a geometric wooden base.

Golden Bird, 1919/20 (base c. 1922)

Constantin Brancusi

A female figure with a round face in a full orange robe is bent almost wearily as she rides a horse. White pigment has worn away on the horse, and orange has worn from her robe, revealing a terracotta tone.

Equestrienne, Tang dynasty (618–907), mid-8th century

French toile fabric with oriental scenes in red on a white ground. Pattern repeats and includes scenes of life.

Panel (Furnishing Fabric), c. 1786

Jean Baptiste Huet

Painting, mostly in shades of blue, of a thin, bent, older man wearing ragged clothes and sitting cross-legged playing a guitar positioned upright in his lap.

The Old Guitarist, late 1903–early 1904

Pablo Picasso

Film still of ocean, orange sunset, small boat in shadow.

Caribs' Leap/Western Deep, 2002

Steve McQueen

Tall black painted wooden cabinet, white trim, shape of skyscraper.

Skyscraper Cabinet, c. 1927

Paul Theodore Frankl

Large painting of people in a crowded park, brushstrokes are dots.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Georges Seurat

Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

Large painting, standing man blue turtleneck, sitting woman with white collar.

Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916

Amedeo Modigliani

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