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Photograph

Joan Didion, New York, 1996

Irving Penn
1996
Gelatin silver print
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Obj: 276566
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Yes
Date Start
1996
Date End
1996
Date Display
1996
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Irving Penn American, 1917-2009
Dimensions
Image: 44.8 × 43.2 cm (17 5/8 × 17 in.); sheet: 59.1 × 47.2 cm (23 1/4 × 18 9/16 in.); mount: 59.1 × 47.2 cm (23 1/4 × 18 9/16 in.)
Medium Display
Gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Promised gift of The Irving Penn Foundation
Publication History

Vogue, September 1996, 636-637

Provenance Text

The artist; by descent to The Irving Penn Foundation, New York, 2009; promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Edition
Edition of 7
Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
20
Fiscal Year
0
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843
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0
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0
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0
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0
Artwork Type Title
Photograph
Artwork Type ID
2
Department Title
Photography and Media
Department ID
PC-12
Artist ID
36169
Artist Title
Irving Penn
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36169
Artist Titles 0
Irving Penn
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PC-12
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Photography and Media
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:46 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Photograph

Bird Bones (Sweden), New York, 1980

Irving Penn
1980, printed 1982
Gelatin silver print
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Obj: 276567
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Yes
Date Start
1980
Date End
1980
Date Display
1980, printed 1982
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Irving Penn American, 1917-2009
Dimensions
Image: 48.6 × 28.9 cm (19 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.); sheet: 61 × 40.7 cm (24 × 16 in.); mount: 61 × 40.7 cm (24 × 16 in.)
Medium Display
Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions
Annotations on the verso: Signed and circled in pencil MB “Irving Penn”, with a light black inkstamp below reading “Hand-coated by the photographer”. Annotated in pencil MT “AR 1599”, M “BIRD BONES (SWEDEN)”, MR “25/32”, “neg. made 3-21-80 // New York”, ML “Platinum-palladium // Strathmore Paper on aluminum”, MB “Print made January 1982”. Black inkstamps with annotations M “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN // Copyright © 1981 by // IRVING PENN”, and “In addition to 32 numbered prints of this image // in platinum metals, a number of unsigned silver prints // for reproduction in publications may exist.”
Credit Line
Promised gift of The Irving Penn Foundation
Publication History

Still Life, 65
Irving Penn, Moderna Museet, 81
Recent Still Life, plate 26

Provenance Text

The artist; by descent to The Irving Penn Foundation, New York, 2009; promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Edition
Edition of 32
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Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
20
Fiscal Year
0
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843
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0
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0
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0
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0
Artwork Type Title
Photograph
Artwork Type ID
2
Department Title
Photography and Media
Department ID
PC-12
Artist ID
36169
Artist Title
Irving Penn
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36169
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Irving Penn
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Photography and Media
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:46 pm
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March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Photograph

Women in Wartime (Dorian Leigh and Evelyn Tripp), New York, 1949

Irving Penn
1949, printed 1950
Gelatin silver print
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Obj: 276505
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Yes
Date Start
1949
Date End
1949
Date Display
1949, printed 1950
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Irving Penn American, 1917-2009
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 38.5 × 42 cm (15 1/8 × 16 1/2 in.); mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Medium Display
Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions
Annotations on the verso: Signed and circled M “Irving Penn”, with black inkstamp immediately below “Irving Penn”. Inscribed and initialed in black ink below the signature “Print made 1950. // I.P.”. Inscribed in black ink M/TL “REF: 4701”, MT “WOMEN IN WARTIME // NEW YORK, 1950 [in rectangle]”, M “DORIAN LEIGH & // EVELYN TRIPP – 1950”. Stamped and inscribed TR (sideways), “REF. 4701”. Inscribed in pencil M “2460”. Inscribed in black ink, sideways REB “18767P-2460 // BK”. Light black inkstamp M “COPYRIGHT // NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT // WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM// THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC. // Photograph // by // PENN”. Black inkstamp with black ink date and annotation M/BL “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN // Copyright ©1984 by Irving Penn, COURTESY OF VOGUE // Not to be reproduced without // written permission of the copyright owner and // THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC”. Black inkstamp with black ink annotation M/BR “SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF // THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 16.” Black inkstamp reading “TONED IN SELENIUM” has been covered with white paint. Large pencil “46+” BEM.
Credit Line
Promised gift of The Irving Penn Foundation
Provenance Text

The artist; by descent to The Irving Penn Foundation, New York, 2009; promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Edition
Edition of 16
Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
20
Fiscal Year
0
Max Zoom Window Size
843
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0
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0
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0
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0
Artwork Type Title
Photograph
Artwork Type ID
2
Department Title
Photography and Media
Department ID
PC-12
Artist ID
36169
Artist Title
Irving Penn
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36169
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Irving Penn
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Photography and Media
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:46 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Photograph

Large Sleeve (Sunny Harnett), New York, 1951

Irving Penn
1951, printed 1984
Gelatin silver print
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Obj: 276508
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Yes
Date Start
1951
Date End
1951
Date Display
1951, printed 1984
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Irving Penn American, 1917-2009
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 37.4 × 37.5 cm (14 11/16 × 14 3/4 in.); mount: 46.4 × 46.7 cm (18 1/4 × 18 3/8 in.)
Medium Display
Gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Promised gift of The Irving Penn Foundation
Publication History

Centennial, plate 48
Timeless Moments, front cover, 23
A Career in Photography, 138
Irving Penn, Moderna Museet, 115
Irving Penn, MoMA, plate 57
Vogue, April 1, 1951, 98

Provenance Text

The artist; by descent to The Irving Penn Foundation, New York, 2009; promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Edition
Edition of 24
Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
20
Fiscal Year
0
Max Zoom Window Size
843
Color H
0
Color L
0
Color S
0
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0
Artwork Type Title
Photograph
Artwork Type ID
2
Department Title
Photography and Media
Department ID
PC-12
Artist ID
36169
Artist Title
Irving Penn
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36169
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Irving Penn
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Photography and Media
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March 18, 2026 3:44 pm
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March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Photograph

Diane Keaton, New York, 1978

Irving Penn
1978, printed 1985
Gelatin silver print
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Obj: 276555
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Yes
Date Start
1978
Date End
1978
Date Display
1978, printed 1985
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Irving Penn American, 1917-2009
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 35.6 × 32 cm (14 × 12 9/16 in.); mount: 42.1 × 38.3 cm (16 9/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Medium Display
Gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Promised gift of The Irving Penn Foundation
Provenance Text

The artist; by descent to The Irving Penn Foundation, New York, 2009; promised to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Edition
Edition of 4
Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
20
Fiscal Year
0
Max Zoom Window Size
843
Color H
0
Color L
0
Color S
0
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0
Artwork Type Title
Photograph
Artwork Type ID
2
Department Title
Photography and Media
Department ID
PC-12
Artist ID
36169
Artist Title
Irving Penn
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36169
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Irving Penn
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PC-12
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Photography and Media
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:44 pm
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March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Decorative Arts

Dance Axe (Botan)

Fali/Bana Nigeria
Late 19th to early 20th century • Nigeria
Brass
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A work made of brass.
Main Reference Number
2025.104
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Yes
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0
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0
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Late 19th to early 20th century
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0
Artist Display
Fali/Bana Nigeria
Place of Origin
Nigeria
Dimensions
46.1 × 26.1 × 3.2 cm (18 1/8 × 10 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Medium Display
Brass
Credit Line
African Decorative Arts Fund
Publication History

The Scholar’s Eye: Selections from the Roy and Sophie Sieber Collection (New York: Jacaranda, 2025), pp. 184-185 (ill.).

Provenance Text

Roy (1923–2001) and Sophie Sieber (1923–2013); by descent to their children Thyne Rutrough and Ellen, Matt, and Mark Sieber, Bloomington, IN; consigned to Jacaranda, NY, 2024; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

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Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
43
Fiscal Year
2025
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843
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0
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45
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Color S
37
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24
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Decorative Arts
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8
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Arts of Africa
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PC-1
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0
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PC-1
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Arts of Africa
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Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:44 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Religious/Ritual Object

Figurative Staff

Nyamwezi
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century • Tanzania
Wood
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A work made of wood.
Main Reference Number
2025.338
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Yes
Date Start
0
Date End
0
Date Display
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Possibly Nyamwezi Tanzania
Place of Origin
Tanzania
Dimensions
95.3 × 5.1 cm (37 1/2 × 2 in.)
Medium Display
Wood
Credit Line
Gift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Provenance Text

Peter Sloan, London, England; sold to Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe, 1995; transferred to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, 2010; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
43
Fiscal Year
2026
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843
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0
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38
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57
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1
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Religious/Ritual Object
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24
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Arts of Africa
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PC-1
Artist ID
50982
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Nyamwezi
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50982
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Nyamwezi
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PC-1
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Arts of Africa
Image ID
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Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:45 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Decorative Arts

Knobkerrie (Iwisa)

Northern Nguni
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century • South Africa
Wood
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12878
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A work made of wood.
Main Reference Number
2025.335
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Yes
Date Start
0
Date End
0
Date Display
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Zulu South Africa
Place of Origin
South Africa
Dimensions
66.8 × 7 cm (26 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Medium Display
Wood
Credit Line
Gift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Provenance Text

Skip Holbrook, New Mexico; sold to Taylor Dale Gallery, Santa Fe, 1996 [email from Taylor Dale to Costa Petridis, March 6, 2025; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe, 1996; transferred to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, 2010; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
43
Fiscal Year
2026
Max Zoom Window Size
843
Colorfulness
0
Color H
41
Color L
57
Color S
1
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0.0080419596548877
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8891
Artwork Type Title
Decorative Arts
Artwork Type ID
8
Department Title
Arts of Africa
Department ID
PC-1
Artist ID
30176
Artist Title
Northern Nguni
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30176
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Northern Nguni
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PC-1
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Arts of Africa
Image ID
06fed9b4-49b6-9f51-2954-95cb2560f90a
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:45 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Costume and Accessories

Amulet (Tcherot)

Tuareg Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Libya, or Algeria
20th century • Mauritania
Silver
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1300
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1062
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A work made of silver.
Main Reference Number
2025.313
Has Not Been Viewed Much
Yes
Date Start
0
Date End
0
Date Display
20th century
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Tuareg Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Libya, or Algeria
Place of Origin
Mauritania
Dimensions
17.8 × 17.8 cm (7 × 7 in.)
Medium Display
Silver
Credit Line
Gift of the Michael R. Mack Collection
Provenance Text

Probably acquired in Marrakech, by Denise Solay, New York, 1980s [email correspondence between Costa Petridis and Amyas Naegele, Feb. 3, 2025 and Mar. 30, 2025 email]; Amyas Naegele Fine Art Bases, New York, 2024; sold to Michael R. Mack, Atlanta, 2024; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
43
Fiscal Year
2026
Max Zoom Window Size
843
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0
Color H
39
Color L
49
Color S
7
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0.018615094886281
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257
Artwork Type Title
Costume and Accessories
Artwork Type ID
12
Department Title
Arts of Africa
Department ID
PC-1
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0
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0
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PC-840
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Michael R. Mack - 2025
Image ID
67a22250-905e-d95e-6b8e-f9e16f007fbf
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:44 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Print Public Domain

Hay-Makers

George Stubbs
1791 • England
Stipple engraving, with roulette, on ivory laid paper
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A work made of stipple engraving, with roulette, on ivory laid paper.
Main Reference Number
2000.105
Date Start
1791
Date End
1791
Date Display
1791
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
George Stubbs English, 1724-1806
Place of Origin
England
Dimensions
Image/plate: 48.4 × 68.5 cm (19 1/16 × 27 in.); Sheet: 53.7 × 71.3 cm (21 3/16 × 28 1/8 in.)
Medium Display
Stipple engraving, with roulette, on ivory laid paper
Credit Line
Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment
Catalogue Display
<p>Lennox-Boyd 89 II/III</p>
Publishing Verification Level
Web Basic
Internal Department ID
3
Fiscal Year
2001
Is Public Domain
Yes
Is Zoomable
Yes
Max Zoom Window Size
-1
Colorfulness
17.1147
Color H
38
Color L
52
Color S
12
Color Percentage
0.090371251838297
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483
Artwork Type Title
Print
Artwork Type ID
18
Department Title
Prints and Drawings
Department ID
PC-13
Artist ID
32793
Artist Title
George Stubbs
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32793
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George Stubbs
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PC-13
Category Titles 0
Prints and Drawings
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TM-12
Classification Title
engraving
Classification IDs 0
TM-12
Classification Titles 0
engraving
Material ID
TM-2982
Material IDs 0
TM-2982
Material Titles 0
paper (fiber product)
Image ID
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Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:43 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Costume and Accessories

Hat (Mukuba wa Bifungo)

Lega
Early 20th century • Democratic Republic of the Congo
Plant fiber, buttons, cowrie shells, glass beads and elephant tail hair
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A work made of plant fiber, buttons, cowrie shells, glass beads and elephant tail hair.
Main Reference Number
2025.309
Has Not Been Viewed Much
Yes
Date Start
0
Date End
0
Date Display
Early 20th century
Date Qualifier ID
0
Artist Display
Lega Democratic Republic of the Congo
Place of Origin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dimensions
40.7 × 19.7 cm (16 × 7 3/4 in.)
Medium Display
Plant fiber, buttons, cowrie shells, glass beads and elephant tail hair
Credit Line
Gift of the Michael R. Mack Collection
Provenance Text

Young Robertson Gallery, New York [invoice, May 18, 2012; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Michael R. Mack, Atlanta, 2012; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.

Publishing Verification Level
Web Cataloged
Internal Department ID
43
Fiscal Year
2026
Max Zoom Window Size
843
Colorfulness
0
Color H
353
Color L
37
Color S
74
Color Percentage
3.0094943527842E-5
Color Population
21
Artwork Type Title
Costume and Accessories
Artwork Type ID
12
Department Title
Arts of Africa
Department ID
PC-1
Artist ID
30086
Artist Title
Lega
Artist IDs 0
30086
Artist Titles 0
Lega
Category IDs 0
PC-840
Category Titles 0
Michael R. Mack - 2025
Image ID
b23e009f-b8dc-b8de-4e88-cc5c7f0c5fbe
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:43 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Photograph

Industry-Ruhr Region (Industrie-Ruhrgebiet)

Else Thalemann
c. 1929, printed later • Germany
Gelatin silver print
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3000
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2156
Thumbnail Alt Text
A work made of gelatin silver print.
Main Reference Number
2000.719
Has Not Been Viewed Much
Yes
Date Start
1924
Date End
1934
Date Display
c. 1929, printed later
Date Qualifier Title
Made
Date Qualifier ID
4
Artist Display
Else Thalemann German, 1901–1984
Place of Origin
Germany
Dimensions
Image: 12.2 × 17.1 cm (4 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 12.9 × 17.8 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Medium Display
Gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Gift of the Sandor Family Collection in honor of Professor James Zanzi
Publishing Verification Level
Web Basic
Internal Department ID
20
Fiscal Year
2001
Max Zoom Window Size
843
Colorfulness
13.9919
Color H
40
Color L
50
Color S
14
Color Percentage
0.019183413003222
Color Population
98
Artwork Type Title
Photograph
Artwork Type ID
2
Department Title
Photography and Media
Department ID
PC-12
Artist ID
25709
Artist Title
Else Thalemann
Artist IDs 0
25709
Artist Titles 0
Else Thalemann
Category IDs 0
PC-12
Category Titles 0
Photography and Media
Term Titles
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Classification ID
TM-213
Classification Title
gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Classification IDs 0
TM-213
Classification Titles 0
gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Subject ID
TM-12899
Alt Subject IDs 0
TM-15838
Subject IDs 0
TM-12899
Subject IDs 1
TM-15838
Subject Titles 0
signs
Subject Titles 1
industrial
Material ID
TM-3046
Material IDs 0
TM-3046
Material Titles 0
photographic paper
Technique ID
TM-12089
Alt Technique IDs 0
TM-3937
Technique IDs 0
TM-12089
Technique IDs 1
TM-3937
Technique Titles 0
black-and-white photography
Technique Titles 1
photographic processes
Image ID
89fb76c0-f7d8-be90-75c1-276504889cf5
Source Updated At
March 18, 2026 3:43 pm
Updated At
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm
Timestamp
March 18, 2026 5:36 pm