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Art Institute of Chicago Addition, Concept Sketch Perspective
Renzo Piano Italian, born 1937

Woman at the Piano
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)

Ballet of the Left-Handed Piano
Michael Hurson American, 1941–2007

Manxman Piano
Designed by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott English, 1865-1945 Made by John Broadwood and Sons England, founded 1728 London, England

Piano Americano
Vanessa Beecroft Italian, born 1969

Frances at the Piano
Frederick Carl Frieseke American, 1874-1939

A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano
Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904–1989

Leo Ornstein at the Piano
Leon Kroll (American, 1884–1974)

Portrait of Virgil Thomson
Florine Stettheimer (American, 1871–1944)

Woman at a Piano
Pierre Auguste Renoir, imitator of French, 1841-1919

Family Group at Piano
Eunice Pinney American, 1770-1849

At the Piano
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

At the Piano
Anders Zorn Swedish, 1860-1920

Piano (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Henry Spencer Moore (English, 1898–1986) Produced by Zika Ascher, Ltd. England, London

Young Woman at a Piano
Ramón Casas Spanish, 1866-1932

At the Piano
Anders Zorn Swedish, 1860-1920

Piano (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Katsuji Wakisaka (Japanese, born 1944) Produced by Marimekko Oy (Finnish, founded 1951) Finland, Helsinki

The Piano
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

At the Piano
Anders Zorn Swedish, 1860-1920

The Piano
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903