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Head of a Man (?)
Ancient Greek
terracotta
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

Josef Victor Scheffel, Poet
Rudolph Mayer
Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago

First Communion
Frédéric Charles Victor de Vernon
Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago

First Steps
René Baudichon
Bronze
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

Political slogans for the forthcoming elections covering the walls of the Madrid University, Spain
Leonard Freed
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

The Boy Who Watches Ships Go By
Ingrid Pollard
Photographic emulsion on stretched canvas
Art Institute of Chicago

Places Proust haunted on the 100th anniversary of his birth: Celeste Albaret, Marcel Proust's housekeeper, talking, France
Gilles Peress
Gelatin silver print
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

Woman's Necklace
Maasai
Animal hide, beads, shell, and metal
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

The Boy Who Watches Ships Go By
Ingrid Pollard
Photographic emulsion on stretched canvas
Art Institute of Chicago

Cardinal Leopold de'Medici (1617-1753)
Antonio Francesco Selvi
Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago

Listening to the cuckoo's cry
Utagawa Toyohiro
Color woodblock print; habahiro hashira-e
Art Institute of Chicago

Towards the Insignificant
Marshall Brown
Collage on archival paper
Art Institute of Chicago

American Library Association, Get Carried Away
John Massey
Poster
Art Institute of Chicago

Nebe, peklo, ráj (Heaven, Hell, Paradise)
Karel Teige
Book with typographic design and two-color designed wrappers
Art Institute of Chicago

Vase
Rose Chino Garcia
Earthenware and slip
Art Institute of Chicago

Katse Dam, Lesotho
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Funeral - Vaalrand Farm, Bloemhof
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

70 Plus: Chicago Visual Artist Oral History Archive
Linda Lewis Kramer
Digital only.
Art Institute of Chicago

Ithaca, New York
Barbara Crane
Instant photograph
Art Institute of Chicago