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Gilded porcelain box of betting chips for card game.

Gaming Set, Probably Made for the Russian Court, c. 1735

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory

A plucked chicken, a few stray feathers remaining, hangs upside-down by one foot, illuminated. Behind it the metal hinges and wood panels of a door are visible.

For Sunday's Dinner, 1888

William Michael Harnett

A work made of oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait of My Sister, 1941

Gertrude Abercrombie

A work made of wood, pigment, and fiber.

Figure Screen (Duein Fubara), Early 20th century

Kalabari

A work made of pieced and embroidered “crazy” quilt top; dyed and printed silk, cotton, wool and metallic, plain, twill, satin, velvet and patterned weave fabrics and ribbons; silk, metallic and cotton embroidery threads.

John L. Sullivan Quilt, c. 1890

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Ninth Month, from the series Five Amorous Festivals of Love (Aibore iro no gosekku), 1801

Kitagawa Utamaro

Portrait of woman in black and white stripped dress against floral wallpaper.

Portrait of Joaneta Obrador, 1918

Joan Miró

A work made of glass, mold-blown.

Flask in the Shape of a Date, 1st century

Ancient Roman

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Fates Gathering in the Stars, 1887

Elihu Vedder

Winter landscape painting with rocky stream lined by orange leafed trees.

Icebound, c. 1889

John Henry Twachtman

A work made of cotton, plain weave; roller or screen printed.

Gymnastics (Dress or Furnishing Fabric), 1930/32

Elizaveta Nikitina

A vividly colored self-portrait in oil paint by the artist Beauford Delaney. Delaney depicts himself using bold, thick strokes of paint. His skin tone is polychromatic and contrasted by a mustard yellow background. He wears a blue shirt with accents of red and bright red hat.

Self-Portrait, 1944

Beauford Delaney

A work made of oil on panel.

J. Ellis Bonham, March 5, 1825

William Bonnell

A work made of oil on panel.

Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), March 6, 1825

William Bonnell

A work made of oil on panel.

William Bonham, March 4, 1825

William Bonnell

A work made of miniature room, mixed media.

E-27: French Library of the Modern Period, 1930s, c. 1937

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

A bronze lion, deep green and muscular, looks out in the distance from its pedestal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal), 1893

Edward Kemeys

A bronze lion, on the cusp of a roar, seems to step forward on its pedastal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lion (One of a Pair, North Pedestal), 1893

Edward Kemeys

A work made of gold alloy.

Collar, 1200–1470

Chimú

A work made of wood, pigment, and human hair.

Helmet Mask (Lipiko), Early to mid-20th century

Makonde

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