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NOTABLE ACQUISITIONS at the Art Institute of Chicago



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ISSN 0069-3235 ISBN 978-0-86559-236-0

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

MUSEUM STUDIES

Unless otherwise noted, all works in the Art Institute's

collection were photographed by the Department of

Imaging © The Art Institute of Chicago. Some images

in this publication are subject to copyright and may not

be reproduced without the approval of the rights holder.

Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders

forali reproductions.

Tableau Vert (p. 45) © Ellsworth Kelly; Da Creepy Lady

(p. 47) © Jim Nutt; Weights and Measures (pp. 48-49)

© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York;

Untitled (pp. 50-51) © Robert Gober, Courtesy Matthew

Marks Gallery, New York; Vignette Suite (p. 53) Courtesy

of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York;

Hinoki (pp. 54-55) Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Charles Ray; Still Life Filled with Space (p. 69) © 2009

Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris/

FLC; Satiric Dancer (Art Institute) and Satiric Dancer

(Pritzker) (pp. 74, 75) © Estate of Andre Kertesz; Study

for "Let's Return the Country's Coal Debt" and Worker Men

and Women: Everyone Vote in the Soviet Elections (p. 76) © 2009 Estate of Gustav Klutsis/Artists Rights Society

(ARS), New York; Bathers (p. 85) © 2009 Artists Rights

Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Front cover: Maharao Guman Singh Riding an Elephant in Procession (detail; pp. 40-41).

Back cover, clockwise from top left: Still Life Filled with

Space (detail; pp. 68-69); Headdress for Gelede (Igi) (detail; pp. 8-9); Okavango Delta Spa, Botswana (detail; pp. 20-21); The Whitfield Cup (detail; pp. 56-57).



CONTENTS

4 FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

James Cuno

6 AFRICAN AND AMERINDIAN ART

14 AMERICAN ART

20 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

32 ASIAN AND ANCIENT ART

44 CONTEMPORARY ART

56 EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS

62 MEDIEVAL THROUGH MODERN EUROPEAN

PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

72 PHOTOGRAPHY

80 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS

88 TEXTILES

92 NOTES



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