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Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
My Exhibition

A work made of oil on canvas.

Dorothea and Francesca, 1898

Cecilia Beaux

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Mexican Major, 1889

Frederic Remington

Painting resembles a blurry, blue photograph of woman wearing a shiny dress.

Woman Descending the Staircase (Frau die Treppe herabgehend), 1965

Gerhard Richter

A work made of oil on canvas.

Hermine David, 1907

Jules Pascin

A work made of oil on canvas.

Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre), 1882

John Singer Sargent

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Shoe Shop, c. 1911

Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped fiber, and linen in chain and seed stitches.

Bodice, 16th century

A work made of oil on canvas.

Daniel Hubbard, 1764

John Singleton Copley

A work made of dye imbibition print.

Mouth (for L'Oréal), New York, 1986, printed 1992

Irving Penn

Three cavalry scouts—light-skinned men mounted on gleaming brown horses—among light-beige, arid mountains. The figure in the foreground has begun to to slump and seems poised to fall, his rifle on the ground, his horse agitated and alarmed. The others ride off in pursuit.

The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush), 1890

Frederic Remington

A work made of oil on canvas.

Alexander Grant, 1770

Cosmo Alexander

A work made of oil on canvas.

After the Bullfight, 1873

Mary Cassatt

Painting of mother in blue, purple, and green-stripped dress washing child's feet.

The Child's Bath, 1893

Mary Cassatt

A work made of silk, satin weave, cut solid velvet.

Portion of a Chasuble, 1450/1500

A work made of oil on canvas.

Portrait of Mary Block, 1955–57

Ivan Albright

A work made of oil on canvas.

Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr., 1790

Charles Willson Peale

A work made of oil on canvas.

Abigail Inskeep Bradford, 1803–8

Rembrandt Peale

Painting of a woman wearing a long black dress with a white scarf tied around her neck. She holds a bouquet of flowers and wears a wedding ring, and looks down toward the ground with a solemn disposition. The sun sets in the background, illuminating a far away church steeple.

Love's Melancholy, 1866

Constant Mayer

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Issey Miyake Fashion: Face Covered with Hair (A), New York, May 1991, printed 1994

Irving Penn

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Vionnet Dress with Fan (1925–26), New York, 1974, printed January 1979

Irving Penn