Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
Box construction lined with printed text. A white sphere and clear blue marble are suspended between two horizontal glass shelves. At bottom left is a clear glass goblet filled with coral, shells, and paper. At bottom right, a white ceramic hand holding a cup.

Soap Bubble Set, 1948

Joseph Cornell

A work made of oil on canvas, on board.

In the Magic Mirror, 1934

Paul Klee

A tall, spindly human figure in rough bronze with an elongated torso and arms and dramatically long, thin, kneeless legs appears to be walking mid-stride, both feet on the ground but quite far apart

Walking Man II, 1960

Alberto Giacometti

A work made of oil on copper.

The Two Philosophers, February 4–12, 1936

Joan Miró

A work made of corroded metal, monkey fur, tin foil, and cloth on metal.

Monkey Fur, 1926

Arthur Dove

A work made of oil on cardboard.

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1917/19

Amedeo Modigliani

A work made of earthenware and glaze.

Celery Dish ("American Modern" Dinnerware), 1937–59

Russel Wright

A work made of enamel on aluminum.

Maggie's Brain, 1995

Christopher Wool

A work made of oil and plaster, over gauze, on panel.

Asiatic God, 1924

Paul Klee

A work made of oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait, 1935

Ivan Albright

A work made of etching and engraving selectively printed in black and red on ivory laid paper.

A Midnight Modern Conversation, March 1732/33

William Hogarth

A work made of oil on linen.

Untitled, c. 1938–41

Jackson Pollock

A work made of bronze, from an edition of six.

Large Interior Form, 1953/54

Henry Moore

A work made of oil on canvas.

Cross and Weather Vane, 1935

Arthur Dove

A work made of gouache, possibly casein, on panel.

Two Nude Women, 1942

Jean Dubuffet

A work made of oil and graphite on canvas.

Nude, 1937

Edwin Walter Dickinson

A work made of oil on canvas.

Wherefore Now Ariseth the Illusion of a Third Dimension, 1931

Ivan Albright

Painting of man who is seated with his hands over his lap. He is dressed in prayer clothes, with a white shawl draped over his head and shoulders. His facial features and hands are slightly distorted, and the background is an abstract pattern of black and white.

The Praying Jew, 1923 (one of two versions after a 1914 composition)

Marc Chagall

A work made of oil on glass bottle.

Untitled (Woman-Bottle), c. 1943

René Magritte

Painting of a figure with a face that seems to be bisected at center and mirrored, with a set of green eyes and a set of red eyes below. Though the figure has one head, it has two bodies: a nondescript male torso at left and a female torso with prominent breasts at right. The background is a uniform blue. A spiny yellow vine suggests a neck at left. At right, another suggested neck features cone-like protrusions identical to the nipples on the female torso.

Gemini, 1938

Victor Brauner

<<<9101112 >>>