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Abstract painting composed of small vertical dabs of multiple shades of blue with a small area of similar strokes of red, orange, and yellow in the upper right.

Starry Night and the Astronauts, 1972

Alma Thomas

Print rendered in visible uniform lines of a 2/3 bust view of a dark-skinned mature woman looking to her left in a wide brim hat, a safety pin securing her black jacket. Her face and neck is a rich brown hue, while the rest of the portrait is rendered in black and white.

Sharecropper, 1952, printed 1970

Elizabeth Catlett

Photograph of a two-story house painted bright red, including the door, boarded windows, and porch posts, with only a small patch of blue above a window. The pitched roof is black. The house is set in the left side of the photograph, empty lots around it.

Color(ed) Theory: Flamin' Red Hots, 2014-15

Amanda Williams

A work made of earthenware and slip.

Polychrome Jar, c. 1920

Isabel Medina Toribio (Aitiye')

Perspective aerial drawing of Chicago's lakefront and harbor, park, and cityscape sprawling beyond the bottom of the page.

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan, 1907

Daniel Hudson Burnham

A work made of glazed steatite.

Amulet of Thoth, Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure, 1100–1300

Coclé

Three-part bronze sculpture set of two clenched hands and a man's face with closed eyes and mouth, an object in one hand.

Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln, Cast in plaster 1860; cast in bronze by 1888

Leonard Wells Volk

A work made of double sided, cotton and polyester, plain weaves, some printed, some fulled; pieced; polyester batting, quilted with cotton and polyester thread.

"Pinwheel" Quilt, c. 1975

Allie Pettway

Close-up view of the face of a medium brown–skinned man cupping his chin in his hand, his eyes closed. The brushstrokes are visible and his features are somewhat exaggerated and disproportionate. He is set against a light green background.

Barack, 2020

Jordan Casteel

A carving in tan-and-white stone of the upper body of a pharaoh wearing an elaborate headdress.

Facade Panel from the National Pythian Temple, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1927 (demolished 1980)

Walter T. Bailey

A work made of slip-decorated earthenware.

Beer Vessel (Chomo), c. 1960s

Shipibo

A work made of ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, pastel, graphite pencil, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Workbook D, 1972

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, pastel, graphite pencil, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Workbook C, 1972

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, pastel, graphite pencil, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Workbook B, 1972

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, pastel, graphite pencil, and colored pencil on cream wove paper.

Workbook A, 1972

Joseph Yoakum

A work made of box construction.

The Eagle, the Arrow, and the Dolphin, c. 1960

Joseph Cornell

A work made of oil on panel.

Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, 1658

Adriaen van der Spelt

A work made of low-fire clay, underglazes, glazes, metal, gold leaf, luster, and glass.

La Linda Nasca, 2011

Kukuli Velarde

A work made of oil on masonite.

Desert Forms, 1957

Hughie Lee-Smith

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