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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

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

Miss Rita Renoir thinks that striptease gets its effect on the viewer, as it is done with mind and feeling, more than with the body. To demonstrate this theory, Rita Renoir performed for us a "striptease of the face", from the series "Strip-Tease"
Frank Horvat
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Seipobe’s photographic studio, Bloemfontein
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Poem to Zhifu by Huang Tingjian
Hsu Kuo-huang
Ink on paper
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

Soweto
Santu Mofokeng
Gelatin silver print
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

Head of a Man
Ancient Greek
terracotta
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled
Ernest Cole
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Somalia (#7 of 7)
Lewis Koch
Gelatin silver print with hand applied lettering
Art Institute of Chicago

Piketberg
Jo Ractliffe
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Affluences in Europe: in France, prosperity immediately translates itself into good food. The variety of cuts of meat sold in the market is staggering: everything from barbecued chickens to calf hearts, from the lushest whole hams to tripe is lovingly displayed in neat rows decorated with green leaves and herbs, a butcher-shop in 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

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

Betty and James Nicol House, Kansas City, Missouri, Perspective
Bruce Goff
Colored pencil over diazo print on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago

Knoll Sample
Knoll International, Inc.
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo and Plum
Mei Lanfang
Watercolor on paper
Art Institute of Chicago

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

Jar
Hamada Shôji
Stoneware; iron glaze
Art Institute of Chicago

Knoll Sample
Knoll International, Inc.
Art Institute of Chicago

Knoll Sample
Knoll International, Inc.
Art Institute of Chicago

"Verona" Cup and Saucer Set
Stanley Tigerman
Porcelain with overglaze transfer-printed decoration
Art Institute of Chicago

Original Sketches by Clarkson Stanfield: Vol.II
Clarkson Stanfield
Bound album of drawings in various media
Art Institute of Chicago