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Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885

Paul Cezanne

The top half of a light-skinned man in overalls is attached laterally to a tree trunk, his legs and partial torso attached in the same way father up on the trunk. He holds one of his large ears and closes one eye.

Woodman (Waldarbeiter), 1969

Georg Baselitz

Black and white photograph of bicyclist on cobbled street, from top of curved staircase.

Hyères, France, 1932, printed 1930/39

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Multi-color pastel drawing of sharply distorted human figures.

Two Women's Torsos, 1952

Willem de Kooning

Black ink drawing of forested landscape, statue of woman holding child at pinnacle of mountain.

Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains, 1804

Caspar David Friedrich

Drawing of god, radiating light, reaching down from clouds, touching male figure.

The Creation of Adam, c. 1645/50

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

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.

Movements, 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

Impressionist painting of woman wearing green dress trying on hats.

The Millinery Shop, 1879-86

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

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

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