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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Brown-toned print with curling hand-like forms, leafy stalks and swirling textures across a dark ground.

The universe is being created (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin, 1893/94

Woodcut print of a horse with birds around it, with the title Le Sourire lettered across the top of the frame.

A Horse and Birds, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Woodcut headpiece reading LE SOURIRE, with two women's busts, a fox and a rabbit in carved black-and-white patterns.

Fox, Busts of Two Women, and a Rabbit, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Ochre and black woodcut of a woman carrying a fruit basket past palm trees and tropical foliage.

Noa noa (Fragrant)

Paul Gauguin, 1894/95

Woodcut of two Tahitian figures among leaves and flowers, with the text Le sourire printed at left.

Tahitians, Flowers, and Leaves, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Lithograph of two seated women with dark hair beside a tree with broad leaves, with a bird at the right edge.

Two Maori Women Squatting Down

Paul Gauguin, 1894/95, published Feb. 3, 1895

Pencil sketches of pigs, a standing goat, and cattle heads and legs scattered across a yellowed sheet of paper.

Sketches of Various Animals and Head (recto), Sketches of a Head, Figure in Profile, Anatomical Details, and Animals…

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Pencil studies on two torn paper strips: a draped cloth at top left and a reclining figure resting its head on an arm.

Studies of Nudes

Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Hand-coloured caricature of an elderly couple admiring their son, a lawyer in black gown and top hat, in a room with a painti

“- Isn't it marvellous to have a son who is a lawyer... what an honour for the family... Adolph, I want you to remain…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Small etching of two seated men in a dim tavern, one in a wide-brimmed hat, with cross-hatched shadows around them.

Drinkers

Charles Émile Jacque, n.d.

Etching of a busy street of shops with awnings and a crowd of pedestrians beneath tall gabled buildings and chimneys.

Butcher's Row, Whitechapel

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Hand-colored caricature of three men in top hats addressing a lounging man in a red armchair, from Daumier's Caricaturana.

Exploiting friendship. “My dear Alphonse, I've invited these gentlemen, my friends, to dine at your home. I would lik…

Honoré Daumier, 1837

Etching of four travelers with an umbrella and sketchbook on a hillside, with mountains and a village behind them.

The Artists on Their Journey

Johann Adam Klein, 1819

Black and white print of a Mosel river valley with rock cliffs, a stone chapel, a sailing boat, and figures in the foreground

View of the Mosel Valley below Trier with the Rocks of Pallien in the Foreground

Johann Anton Ramboux, 1824/27

Pastel landscape of a dusk sky with orange and blue clouds over dark trees, a green meadow, and reeds in the foreground.

Blue and Orange Sky

Paul Huet, 1838/40

Hand-colored print of an old man helping a toddler stand on garden steps, with a seated woman, a young man with a dog, and a

Paternal Pleasures

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, c.1796

Etching of a garden party under trees with seated women, children, a flute player, a dog, and walking figures.

Garden Party

Pierre Parrocel, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black robe and red hakama with a drawn sword beside a pine tree.

Kojuro as Sadakuro

Katsukawa Shunzan, about 1786

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor with a woven basket on his back beside a gnarled tree and bamboo.

Actor Ichikawa Yaozo

Chotensai Eiju, about 1785-1790

Woodblock print of a standing man in a green patterned robe and black hat holding a paper, with Japanese calligraphy at upper

Arashi Hinasuke as Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)

Utagawa Toyokuni, about 1805

Lithograph of two men arguing at a theatre gallery railing while a crowd of spectators looks on, by Daumier, 1864.

A literary argument on the second tier, plate 3 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

Honoré Daumier, published February 27, 1864

Woodblock print of a samurai in black kimono and striped trousers holding a katana, with a plum blossom screen behind him.

Danjuro as a Samurai

Utagawa Toyomaru, about 1794

Etching of a seated woman among birch trees in a meadow, with a thatched cottage in the distance and a flowering floral borde

Spring

Heinrich Vogeler, 1896

Woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theater interior with lanterns, tiered galleries and a stage at the far end.

Perspective Picture of a Kabuki Theater (Uki-e Kabuki shibai no zu)

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1776

Japanese print of an ikebana arrangement with bamboo, pine and pink plum blossoms in a bronze vase on a red stand.

Three friends Ikebana

Utagawa Toyhiro, Late 18th-early 19th century

Four armored guardian kings in colorful robes stand within grey clouds beneath a blue sky with sun and moon, mounted on gold

Final Page and Back Cover of Buddhist Manuscript With Four Guardian Kings

Unknown artist, 17th/18th century

Open Buddhist manuscript with painted deities on left and right panels and red script on a central page, under brocade.

Title Page and Front Cover of a Buddhist Manuscript with Manjusri (left) and Mantramanudharani, a Pancharaksha Goddes…

Unknown artist, 17th/18th century

Painted page of auspicious animals including a tiger, horse, camel and monkey, with offering bowls above, in pink and green.

Page from a Manuscript with Images of Auspicious Animals and Offerings

Unknown artist, 19th century

Hand-painted page of grid-framed ritual symbols including a dharma wheel, stupa, trident and bow, with script labels.

Page from a Notebook with Ritual Symbols

Unknown artist, 19th-20th century

Watercolor sheet with five ritual stake panels showing a bird, wrathful deities, serpent, swastikas and skulls.

Part of a Ten-Piece Set of Printed Ritual Stakes (Khram Shing)

Unknown artist, 19th-20th century