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The Child’s Bath (1893)
American artist Mary Cassatt VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
employed a raised vantage point and
cropped figures in her work – artistic Practical Information
devices uncommon at the time. This 111 S Michigan Ave. Map 4 D2.
painting is influenced by the realistic Tel (312) 443-3600.
style prominent in Japanese prints. Open 10:30am–5pm Mon–Wed,
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Court

. American Gothic
Grant Wood’s 1930
portrait of an Iowa
farmer and his spinster
daughter, initially
criticized as satire,
has become an
American classic.

McKinlock
Court

Second floor
McKinlock
Court
. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884
Post-Impressionist Georges Seurat
composed this image of promenading
Parisians using tiny dots of color.

The Assumption
of the Virgin . Old Man with
a Gold Chain
Rembrandt van
Rijn’s interest in
the wisdom of
Museum Guide age can be seen
First-floor galleries range from ancient Greek in this character
artifacts to Asian collections, American art, and study (c.1631).
the Modern Wing’s film, video and new media,
and photography galleries. The second floor is
devoted mostly to European works from the 15th
to 20th centuries and to art after 1960. The third
floor houses modern art from 1900 up to 1950.

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