Lora Marx (American), Bust from the Tavern Club, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1937, plaster. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
foreground: Cindy Sherman (American), Untitled #92, 1981, Chromogenic print. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
background: John Currin (American), Stamford after Brunch, 2000, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Leonora Carrington (English, active Mexico), The Chad (O las hystericas), 1962, oil on panel. Private collection, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Marcel Duchamp (American, born France), Hat Rack, 1964 (1916 original now lost), wood. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Pavel Tchelitchew (American), Untitled, 1948, pen and black ink with brush and gray wash on paper. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania), left to right:
White Negress II, 1928; white marble, black marble, stone, and wood;
Leda, c. 1920, marble on concrete base;
Golden Bird, 1919/20 (base about 1922); bronze, stone, and wood.
Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Ellen Gallagher (American), Untitled, 1999; enamel, rubber, and paper on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Kurt Seligmann (American, born Switzerland), The Dance [detail], 1940, oil on glass. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Takashi Murakami (Japanese), Mr. Pointy, 2011, acrylic on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Katharina Fritsch (German), Woman with Dog, 2004; polyester, iron, wood, and paint. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Francis Bacon (English, born Ireland), Figure with Meat, 1954, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Jeff Koons (American), Bourgeois Bust—Jeff and Ilona, 1991, marble. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, born Cuba), “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), 1991; candies individually wrapped in multicolor cellophane, endless supply. Promised gift, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Ellsworth Kelly (American), Tableau Vert, 1952, oil on wood. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Andy Warhol (American), Big Electric Chair, 1967–68, acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Marlene Dumas (South African), Albino, 1986, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Kelly Church (Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Pottawatomi, Ottawa, and American), Sustaining Traditions—Digital Teachings, 2018; black ash, sweetgrass, copper; medicine pouch; glass vial containing emerald ash borer; USB flash drive. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Robert Rauschenberg (American), Untitled, c. 1955, combine painting (oil, house paint, paper, fabric, and printed reproductions, with sock and parachute on canvas). Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
foreground: Jean (Hans) Arp (French, born Alsace), Growth, 1938/60, white marble. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
background: Joan Miró (Spanish), The Policeman, 1925, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Lora Marx (American), Bust from the Tavern Club, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1937, plaster. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.