Charles’s work is defined by its 20th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Water Tower Place, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective
C.F. Murphy, Associate, in joint venture with Loebl, Schlossman, Bennett & Dart American, 1925-75 Designed by Gene Summers with Helmut Jahn Delineated by Wojciech Madeyski
McCormick Place: Perspective View Looking toward Lake
Gene Summers, designer and delineator, for C.F. Murphy Associates American, 1928–2011 Assisted by Helmut Jahn (design) and Tom Burke (delineating)
Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England
Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953
Stairs
Catherine Murphy American, born 1946
Still Life, Self-Portrait, Landscape
Catherine F. Murphy American, born 1946
Still Life with Apple and Cacti
Hussar's Armor
Polish
Pikeman Armor for an Officer
English, Greenwich
Display Cabinet
Louis-Désire-Eugène Gaillard French, 1862-1933
After Franz Marc: 1-6
Sherrie Levine American, born 1947
Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion
South German; Augsburg
Oneika I
Infantry Armor
German, possibly Cologne
Northern German, Brunswick
Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)
Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)
Seven Continents Restaurant, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, Reflective Ceiling Plan
C. F. Murphy Associates (American, 1959-1981) Gertrude Lempp Kerbis (American, 1926-2016)
It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868