The collection

Head of a Woman

Pablo Picasso · spring 1909

Gouache, watercolor, and black and ochre chalks, manipulated with stump and wet brush, on cream laid paper

Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1909

Ink and watercolor on paper

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Seated Female Nude

Pablo Picasso · summer 1909

Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on tan wove paper

Proposed Chicago Civic Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

Jules Guérin · 1908

Ink, colored inks, graphite, and watercolor on toned paper

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1908

Graphite and watercolor on paper

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Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1907

Gouache and graphite on toned paper

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Plate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the West. The proposed shore treatment as a park enclosing a waterway (or a series of lagoons) is shown, together with the enlarged yacht harbor, recreation piers, and a scheme for Grant Park.

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1907

Watercolor with graphite on cream wove paper, discolored to tan, laid down on canvas

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Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1905

Graphite and watercolor on paper

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Woman with a Helmet of Hair

Pablo Picasso · 1904

Gouache on tan wood pulp board

The First Step

Constantin Brancusi · c. 1912

Oil, over graphite, on brown woodpulp board, prepared with shellac

Leaving the Earth

Auguste Rodin · 1900/05

Watercolor and graphite, with smudging, on cream wove paper

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