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Woman's Necklace
Maasai
Animal hide, beads, shell, and metal
Art Institute of Chicago

Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris
Erich Lessing
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Affluences in Europe: in France, prosperity immediately translates itself into good food. The variety of cuts of meat sold in the market is staggering: everything from barbecued chickens to calf hearts, from the lushest whole hams to tripe is lovingly displayed in neat rows decorated with green leaves and herbs, a butcher-shop in Paris
Erich Lessing
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Cosmic Symphonies 01
Tai Xiangzhou
Ink on silk
Art Institute of Chicago

Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Rehearsal in Costume, from the series "La Télévision"
Frank Horvat
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Affluences in Europe: Turin's auto show is he latest in the year of all those held in Europe, and also the biggest. Practically all of Turin works for Fiat the salon, held in the brand-new exhibition hall, is attended by thousands. This year's show, the 39th, attracted record crowds
Erich Lessing
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Teacher watching boy write on chalkboard next to poster, Guinea
Marc Riboud
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Hokusai gafu
Katsushika Hokusai
Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
Art Institute of Chicago

The White Angel (Der Weisse Engel)
Naeem Mohaiemen
Printed text
Art Institute of Chicago

Street Blockade, Merafe
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Animal in the Form of a Pangolin
Achille Lega
Bone
Art Institute of Chicago

Crayola House, Oostburg, Wisconsin, Model
Margaret McCurry
Mixed media
Art Institute of Chicago

Herbicide Gourd, Growth Assembly
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago

Party by a winding stream
Kubo Shunman
Color woodblock print; two left sheets of oban triptych
Art Institute of Chicago

Agriculture
Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray
Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Young Man
Ancient Greek
terracotta
Art Institute of Chicago

Keisai ryakugaen
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
Art Institute of Chicago

Chōjū ryakugashiki
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled
Ernest Cole
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Labour Tenancies - Shebeen, Bloemhof
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Stein House, "House of Five Gables," Bridgman, Michigan
Margaret McCurry
Wood
Art Institute of Chicago

Whistling Vessel
Tiwanaku
Earthenware and slip
Art Institute of Chicago

Lamp
Ancient Roman
terracotta
Art Institute of Chicago