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Woman's Necklace
Maasai
Animal hide, beads, shell, and metal
Art Institute of Chicago

Shawl
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Cotton
Art Institute of Chicago

Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris
Erich Lessing
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Political slogans for the forthcoming elections covering the walls of the Madrid University, Spain
Leonard Freed
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Fashion photograph: Woman in White Gloves Descending Stairs with One Hand in Pocket
Gordon Coster
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Tiszaszalka, Hungary
André Kertész
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Polly Motene and Robert Poswayo.The first gay wedding in Meadowlands, Soweto
Ruth Seopedi Motau
Chromogenic print
Art Institute of Chicago

Jansons, Stab at Mater
Mirko Borsche
Poster
Art Institute of Chicago

Places Proust haunted on the 100th anniversary of his birth: Celeste Albaret, Marcel Proust's housekeeper, talking, France
Gilles Peress
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Rehearsal in Costume, from the series "La Télévision"
Frank Horvat
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Water jar (Mizusashi)
Kitaoji Rosanjin
Glazed stoneware
Art Institute of Chicago

Snuff Container
Maasai
Ivory
Art Institute of Chicago

Affluences in Europe: Turin's auto show is he latest in the year of all those held in Europe, and also the biggest. Practically all of Turin works for Fiat the salon, held in the brand-new exhibition hall, is attended by thousands. This year's show, the 39th, attracted record crowds
Erich Lessing
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Court House Entrance, Perspective
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Pen and black ink on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago

The Boy Who Watches Ships Go By
Ingrid Pollard
Photographic emulsion on stretched canvas
Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Woman
Ancient Greek
terracotta
Art Institute of Chicago

Miriam Makeba
Jürgen Schadeberg
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Labour Tenancies - Mielie Harvest, Vaalrand Farm
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Sagi-ga-oka Kanjin Ontomi Kōgyō Soga
Kitao Masanobu
Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
Art Institute of Chicago

E-iri jōruri
Torii Kiyomasu
Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
Art Institute of Chicago

Ray Phiri, leader of Stimela Music band at Shareworld, near Soweto
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print; edition 1/5
Art Institute of Chicago

Soweto
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Train Church - Johannesburg-Soweto Line
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Sani Pass, South Africa / Lesotho Border
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago