Unknown
Shinto Deity in the Guise of the Monk Hyeja, 12th Century
Wood with traces of pigment
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 2002.22
seven things tagged “art institute of chicago”
Jackson Pollock
American, 1912–1956
The Key, 1946
Oil on linen
Constantin Brancusi
Romanian, active France, 1876–1957
Leda, 1920
Marble
Ferdinand Hodler
Swiss, 1853–1918
Day (Truth), 1896/98
Oil on canvas
Joseph Winterbotham Collection, 1931.118
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
French, 1808–1879
Le Ratapoil, modeled 1851 (cast after 1925)
Bronze
Unknown
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Celestial Beauty (Apsara), 12th Century
Buff sandstone
0018
Statue of a Seated Woman from 101 CE–200 CE. “Here the figure’s head and arms, now missing, were made separately and attached by means of dowels, the holes for which are visible.” This was a kind of template (one of a few) for noblewomen, goddesses, and other exalted female figures.…