As part of all the birthday shenanigans, we took Chris to the Art Institute, somewhere we've been meaning to go since our move to Chicago. It's the second largest art museum in the US. We barely made it out of the Modern Wing, which was just opened this past May.
Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
The Child's Bath, 1893
Edward Hopper
American, 1882-1967
Nighthawks, 1942
Grant Wood
American, 1891-1942
American Gothic, 1930
This is by a favorite artist of ours, Lari Pittman.
The slight gradation on the wall above is actually this grid of pencil markings you see below.
