Art Institute of Chicago, 3

We returned to the AIC on December 18th to continue our multi-day tour of this great museum.

We began with the Thorne Miniature Rooms, apparently
something unique to the AIC; sounds hokey, I know, but
they really are impressive, capturing a variety of interior
scenes in Europe and North America across several
centuries

Even more impressive through the camera's lens...

Now in the nearby photography department...a shot of Jean Genet,
apparently on a book tour in Chicago in 1965...

A Fantin-Latour portrait of Manet...two favorites

The AIC's collection of Daumier bronze caricatures...all cast from
Daumier's clay models in the 20th century

Apart from being the greatest thespian of all time, so far, Sarah Bernhardt also
dabbled in art and sculpture...here a brass sculpture inkwell, Self-Portrait as a
Chimera, 1880; wow!

A Delacroix Lion Hunt

A fairly large Turner seascape, Fishing Boats with Hucksters
Bargaining for Fish, 1837

Across the room, an interesting comparison, same year, Valley of Aosta:
Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm

Early Delacroix sketch for you know who...

Fragonard, Portrait of a Man in Costume, 1767

Watteau, Pastoral Gathering, 1721; never miss a Watteau

Now we have cross the Pond and are touring the (North) American section,
here, a great Winslow Homer, The Herring Net, 1885

Double-Plated Lamp by the Boston and Sandwich Company;
kerosene, c. 1865

Sofa, 1849, attributed yo Charles Baudoine; mahogany carving,
interesting design; crucificado?

Mary Cassat, After the Bullfight, 1873; interesting on so
many levels...did you know that matador literally means
murderer? Alternative title: "I'd slay a bull for a Camel"

Rare disrobed John Singer Sargeant, Life Study, 1891

Steer-horn Armchair, unknown, 1870-1880; not longhorns,
we think, but the horns and tassels really work...

Lock, Frank Koralewsky, 1911; iron, inlays of gold, silver, etc.; depicts
the Grimms' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Charles Rohlfs, Hall Chair, 1900; could pass for a Mackintosh, no?

Tiffany, Lilies, 1895

Frank Lloyd Wright, Tree of Life Window, 1904

Mark Sherouse, Self-Portrait, 2025; wait...no...
Tiffany mirror, attributed to Clara Driscoll, one of
Tiffany's major designers, only now getting recognition...;
never mind the man behind the phone...