Portraits of the Modern European Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago
Henri Matisse, The Serf (1900-04) in front of Bathers by a River (1909–10, 1913, 1916–17)
Pablo Picasso, Half-Length Female Nude [detail], 1906Amedeo Modigliani, Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz [detail of Berthe], 1916
Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, The Leap of the Rabbit, 1911Maurice de Vlaminck, Houses at Chatou, c. 1905Alexei Jawlensky, Girl with the Green Face, 1910Henri Matisse, Woman Leaning on Her Hands, 1905Pablo Picasso, Head of a Woman (Fernande), autumn 1909Pablo Picasso, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, autumn 1910Gino Severini, Festival in Montmarte, 1913
Jacques Lipchitz, Seated Figure [detail], 1917Alberto Giacometti, Diego Seated in the Studio [detail], 1950Alberto Giacometti, Walking Man II [detail], 1960
Theo van Doesburg, Counter-Composition VIII, 1924Marc Chagall, The Praying Jew, 1923 (after a 1914 composition)Henri Matisse, Lorette with Cup of Coffee [detail], 1916–17Constantin Brâncusi, Sleeping Muse, 1910Giorgio de Chirico, The Philosopher’s Conquest, 1913–14Marcel Duchamp, Hat Rack, 1964 (1916 original now lost)Hans Bellmer, Untitled, 1951Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, 1903–04Constantin Brâncusi, Suffering, 1907Juan Gris, Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912Constantin Brâncusi, Two Penguins, 1911–14Pablo Picasso, Abstraction: Background with Blue Cloudy Sky, 1930
Emil Nolde, Red-Haired Girl, 1919Victor Brauner, Gemini, 1938Henri Matisse, Girl in Yellow and Blue with Guitar, 1939Pablo Picasso, Mother and Child, 1921
Henri Matisse, Woman before an Aquarium [detail], 1921–23Giorgio de Chirico, The Eventuality of Destiny [detail], 1927
Constantin Brâncusi, White Negress II (1928), Leda (c. 1920), and Golden Bird (1919/20, base c. 1922)Yves Tanguy, The Rapidity of Sleep [detail], 1945Paul Klee, Sunset, 1930Joan Miró, Woman [detail], 1934Gino Severini, Still Life (Centrifugal Expansion of Colors), 1916Lyonel Feininger, Longeuil, Normandie, 1909Alberto Giacometti, Spoon Woman, 1926–27Pavel Tchelitchew, Untitled, 1948Georges Rouault, The Dwarf, 1937Aleksei Alekseevich Morgunov, Portrait of Nathalija Gontcharova and Mihajl Larionov [detail of Gontcharova], 1913Arshile Gorky, The Plough and the Song (II), 1946
Ludwig Meidner, Max Herrmann-Neisse [detail], 1913Le Corbusier, Untitled [detail], 1932
Jean (Hans) Arp, Growth (1938/60) in front of Joan Miró’s The Policeman (1925)Leonora Carrington, Juan Soriano de Lacandón [detail], 1964John D. Graham, Untitled, 1945
Max Beckmann, Self-Portrait [detail], 1937John D. Graham, Apotheosis [detail], 1955-57Matta, The Earth Is a Man [detail], 1942Joan Miró, Two Personages in Love with a Woman [detail of woman], 1936Matta, Untitled (Flying People Eaters) [detail], 1942Salvador Dalí, Venus de Milo with Drawers [detail], 1936Pablo Picasso, The Red Armchair [detail], 1931
Victor Brauner, Acolo, 1949John D. Graham, Untitled, 1944Alberto Giacometti, Head, 1934Yves Tanguy, Untitled, 1928Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Forgotten Game), c. 1949Salvador Dalí, A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano [detail], 1936Victor Brauner, Turning Point of Thirst, 1934Salvador Dalí, Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops in Equilibrium upon Her Shoulder, 1934Surrealist gallery with René Magritte’s The Banquet (1958) and a wall of Cornell boxes.
All photos by author. Paintings shown without frames are cropped to varying degrees. Photographs showing only a small portion (half or less) of the original objects are listed as details.
2 thoughts on “Portraits of the Modern European Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago”
Incredible array of so many excellent works! I’m thoroughly impressed. I love Miró, Giacometti, Gris and Picasso. However, a lot of the other artists’ works are extremely eye–opening. I liked Duchamp’s Hat Rack a lot!
Incredible array of so many excellent works! I’m thoroughly impressed. I love Miró, Giacometti, Gris and Picasso. However, a lot of the other artists’ works are extremely eye–opening. I liked Duchamp’s Hat Rack a lot!
Outstanding art photography of a wonderful modern collection! The Art Institute is such a treasure!