_October 17 – The Abstract Tradition
Objects denoted with an asterisk (*) are part of the Art Institute's collection and link directly to the Art Institute's My Collections page. My Collections is a free online feature that allows you to create, save, and share your own collection of select artworks at the Art Institute. To learn more about starting your own My Collections account please visit the About My Collections page.
Picasso, Chicago Picasso 1967
Lichtenstein, Cow Triptych (Cow Going Abstract) 1974
Van Doesburg, Composition (The Cow) c. 1917
Abstraction and Nature
Bull, cave in Lascaux, France 15,000-13,000 BCE
Picasso, Bull’s Head 1943
Nazca Lines (Giant Hummingbird) aerial view, Nazca Valley, Peru c. 200 BCE-200 CE
Serpent Mound, Hopewell culture, Ohio c.1070 CE
*China, Dragon pendant, Eastern Zhou period, 4th-3rd c. BCE
*Chinese, Wine Container, Western Zhou Dynasty, c. 1050-771 BCE
Lindisfarne Gospels, Carpet Page with Animal Interlace 698-721 CE
Jug with Nautilus Shell Motif, Minoan culture, c. 1575-1500 BCE
Smithson, Spiral Jetty 1970
*O’Keeffe, White Shell with Red 1938
Wright, Guggenheim Museum 1956-59
*Gim Eung-won, Orchids n.d.
*Imao Keinen, Bamboo Grove early 1920s
Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire 1882
Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire 1902-1904
Mondrian, Pier and Ocean 1915
*Weston, Eroded Rock, Point Lobos 1930
*Siskind, Chicago 11 1956
Abstraction and the Figure
*Female Figure, Greek, Cycladic Islands, probably from the island of Keros, 2600-2500 BCE
Emperor Justinian and Attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna 526-547 CE
Russia, Boris and Gleb icon 12th century
*Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 1884-86
*Schlemmer, Abstract Figure 1921/23
*Moore, Maquette for UNESCO Reclining Figure 1957
Chac-Mool, Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars at Chichen Itza, Yucatan
Brancusi, Sleeping Child c.1906-08
Brancusi, Sleeping Muse I 1909-10
*Brancusi, Sleeping Muse 1910
Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907
Cézanne, Bathers 1898-1904
*Fang, Gabon. Reliquary Head mid-late 19th century wood and copper
Ingres, La Grande Odalisque 1814
Beardsley, Salome 1894
Gauguin, Self-Portrait with Halo 1889
Abstraction and Structure
Piero della Francesca, Flagellation of Christ 1456-57
*Feininger, Village Street 1927-29
*O’Keeffe, The Shelton with Sunspots, New York 1926
*Leger, Railway Crossing (sketch) 1919
*Mitchell, City Landscape 1955
*Demuth, …And the Home of the Brave 1931
*Sheeler, Western Industrial 1955
*Smith, Cubi VII 1963 stainless steel
Nevelson, Sky Cathedral 1958
DeMaria, Lightning Field 1979
*Martin, Untitled #12 1977
Abstraction in the 20th Century
Delaunay, Windows 1912
Kupka, Disks of Newton (Study for Fugue in Two Colors) 1912
*Severini, Festival in Montmartre 1913
*Kandinsky, Painting with Green Center 1913
Malevich, Woodcutter 1912
Malevich, Samovar 1913
*Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension 1915
Mondrian, The Red Tree 1908
Mondrian, Horizontal Tree 1911
Mondrian, Flowering Apple Tree 1912
*Mondrian, Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red 1935
*Reinhardt, Abstract Painting 1960-65
Objects denoted with an asterisk (*) are part of the Art Institute's collection and link directly to the Art Institute's My Collections page. My Collections is a free online feature that allows you to create, save, and share your own collection of select artworks at the Art Institute. To learn more about starting your own My Collections account please visit the About My Collections page.
Picasso, Chicago Picasso 1967
Lichtenstein, Cow Triptych (Cow Going Abstract) 1974
Van Doesburg, Composition (The Cow) c. 1917
Abstraction and Nature
Bull, cave in Lascaux, France 15,000-13,000 BCE
Picasso, Bull’s Head 1943
Nazca Lines (Giant Hummingbird) aerial view, Nazca Valley, Peru c. 200 BCE-200 CE
Serpent Mound, Hopewell culture, Ohio c.1070 CE
*China, Dragon pendant, Eastern Zhou period, 4th-3rd c. BCE
*Chinese, Wine Container, Western Zhou Dynasty, c. 1050-771 BCE
Lindisfarne Gospels, Carpet Page with Animal Interlace 698-721 CE
Jug with Nautilus Shell Motif, Minoan culture, c. 1575-1500 BCE
Smithson, Spiral Jetty 1970
*O’Keeffe, White Shell with Red 1938
Wright, Guggenheim Museum 1956-59
*Gim Eung-won, Orchids n.d.
*Imao Keinen, Bamboo Grove early 1920s
Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire 1882
Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire 1902-1904
Mondrian, Pier and Ocean 1915
*Weston, Eroded Rock, Point Lobos 1930
*Siskind, Chicago 11 1956
Abstraction and the Figure
*Female Figure, Greek, Cycladic Islands, probably from the island of Keros, 2600-2500 BCE
Emperor Justinian and Attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna 526-547 CE
Russia, Boris and Gleb icon 12th century
*Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 1884-86
*Schlemmer, Abstract Figure 1921/23
*Moore, Maquette for UNESCO Reclining Figure 1957
Chac-Mool, Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars at Chichen Itza, Yucatan
Brancusi, Sleeping Child c.1906-08
Brancusi, Sleeping Muse I 1909-10
*Brancusi, Sleeping Muse 1910
Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907
Cézanne, Bathers 1898-1904
*Fang, Gabon. Reliquary Head mid-late 19th century wood and copper
Ingres, La Grande Odalisque 1814
Beardsley, Salome 1894
Gauguin, Self-Portrait with Halo 1889
Abstraction and Structure
Piero della Francesca, Flagellation of Christ 1456-57
*Feininger, Village Street 1927-29
*O’Keeffe, The Shelton with Sunspots, New York 1926
*Leger, Railway Crossing (sketch) 1919
*Mitchell, City Landscape 1955
*Demuth, …And the Home of the Brave 1931
*Sheeler, Western Industrial 1955
*Smith, Cubi VII 1963 stainless steel
Nevelson, Sky Cathedral 1958
DeMaria, Lightning Field 1979
*Martin, Untitled #12 1977
Abstraction in the 20th Century
Delaunay, Windows 1912
Kupka, Disks of Newton (Study for Fugue in Two Colors) 1912
*Severini, Festival in Montmartre 1913
*Kandinsky, Painting with Green Center 1913
Malevich, Woodcutter 1912
Malevich, Samovar 1913
*Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension 1915
Mondrian, The Red Tree 1908
Mondrian, Horizontal Tree 1911
Mondrian, Flowering Apple Tree 1912
*Mondrian, Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red 1935
*Reinhardt, Abstract Painting 1960-65