Isaac’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Girandoles
Isaac F. Baker (American, active mid-19th century) Made by Cornelius and Company (American, 1839–1851) Philadelphia

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

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
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Infantry Armor
German, possibly Cologne

Infantry Armor
Northern German, Brunswick

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

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)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)

The Long Road to Mazatlán
Isaac Julien (Director) and Javier De Frutos (Choreography and Movement) English, born 1960; Venezuelan, born 1963

Hunting Trousse (Waidpraxe) with the Coat of Arms and Initials of Christian II, Elector of Saxony
German (Saxony), Dresden Silversmith: Joachim Puttlost, active 1607-1652

Plaster Surrogates
Allan McCollum American, born 1944

Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690) After Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588)

Plum Trees and Pheasants (Furnishing Fabric)
Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, 1798-1893) England, Lancashire, Preston

Untitled, from Screen Prints 1970
Rodney Baker (American, born 1951) conceived, organized, and produced by Sonia Sheridan produced by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Advance Screen Company, Chicago distributed by The Goodlion