Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
A abstract painting in which numerous planes of brown and gray, along with highlights of black and white, compose the figure of a man. The most recognizable features are a pair of clasped hands and the wave of his dark hair.

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, autumn 1910

Pablo Picasso

A work made of copper.

Statuette of a Striding Figure, 3000-2800 BCE

Ancient Mesopotamian

A work made of oil on canvas.

Street in Moret, c. 1890

Alfred Sisley

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Hydria (Water Jar), 360-350 BCE

Iliupersis Painter

A work made of watercolor and brush and black ink on white japanese paper.

Two Figures, 1940

Diego Rivera

A work made of brush and black ink on ivory wove paper.

Three Figures, n.d.

John Chin Young

A work made of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper.

Composition with Figures, 1932

Joan Miró

A work made of silver.

Coin Depicting Silphium Plant, 480-435 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of oil on canvas.

Gonzalez and Shadow, 1972

David Hockney

A work made of bronze.

The Bride, 1970

Barbara Hepworth

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Oinochoe (Pitcher) in the Shape of a Female Head, about 450 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of wood, brass, copper, and iron.

Figure (Mbulu Ngulu), Late 19th-early 20th century

Kota

A work made of oil on panel.

The Dream of Paris, 1536

Monogrammist PG

A work made of wood, glass beads, shell, copper alloy, and thread.

Female Figure (Akua'ba), Mid–19th or early 20th century

Fante

A work made of bronze.

Mirror with a Handle in the Form of a Female Figure, 3rd century BCE

Ancient Etruscan

Painting of several light-skinned people gathered around a table in front of a gilded mirror, playing instruments. At left, seated next to a woman in an off-the-shoulder gown, a man in a plumed hat plays a lute. At center right, another man plays a cello, while a dog and cat eat from a dish underfoot.

The Family Concert, 1666

Jan Steen

Kneeling Figure

Kneeling Figure, late 2nd millennium B.C.

A work made of cotton and camelid wool, slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.

Panel, 1250-1470

Chimú

A work made of bronze.

Horse with Jockey; Horse Galloping, Turning Head to the Right, Feet Not Touching the Ground, Modeled mid–1870s, cast before 1951

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

A work made of wood, metal, and sacrificial materials.

Male Figure (Blolo Bian), Early/mid–20th century

Baule

<<<10111213 >>>