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Dear Visitors,

This new component of the MCA website helps families plan their visit to the museum and invites them to learn about and explore some of the amazing art in the MCA Collection. We hope this site helps to make your visit an exciting shared adventure.

Our exhibitions change regularly, so check our website often to see what is on view and coming soon that might interest your family.

We look forward to welcoming you to the MCA soon!

Best Wishes,
Wendy Woon
Beatrice Cummings Mayer Director of Education

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Jeff Koons
Rabbit, 1986
Stainless steel
41 x 19 x 12 in. (104.1 x 48.3 x 30.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, partial gift of Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson

Claes Oldenburg
Sculpture in the Form of a Fried Egg, 1966/1971
Canvas, dyed cotton, and expanded polystyrene
122 in. diameter (309.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Anne and William J. Hokin
© 1966/1971 Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg
Green Beans, 1964
Vinyl, and acrylic on plaster
Eighteen parts, each 2 x 11 3/4 x 5 in. (5.1 x 29.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Anne and William J. Hokin
© 1964 Claes Oldenburg

Andy Warhol
Jacqueline Kennedy II, 1965
Screenprint on paper
23 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (60.3 x 52.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Edward Weiss
© 2003 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/ARS, New York



Richard Long
Untitled, 1987
River Avon mud on rag board
60 5/8 x 105 in. (154 x 266.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Lannan Foundation

Richard Long
Chicago Mud Circle, 1996
Mud
Approximately: 24 ft. diameter (7.3 m)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of David Meitus


Chuck Close
Cindy, 1988
Oil on canvas
102 x 84 in. (259.1 x 213.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Camille Oliver-Hoffmann in memory of Paul W. Oliver-Hoffmann
© 3-14-02 Chuck Close


H. C. Westermann
Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea, 1958
Pine, bottle caps, cast-tin toys, glass, metal, brass, ebony, and enamel
56 1/2 x 38 x 14 1/4 in. (143.5 x 96.5 x 36.2 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Susan and Lewis Manilow Collection of Chicago Artists
Art © Estate of H. C. Westermann/ Licensed by VAGA, New York

H. C. Westermann
Mad House, 1958
Pine, plywood, glass, brass, galvanized sheet metal, enamel, cast-tin toy, lead soldier, paper decoupage, mirror, and U.S. penny
House only: 38 1/8 x 17 1/2 x 21 in. (96.8 x 44.4 x 53.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro
Art © Estate of H. C. Westermann/ Licensed by VAGA, New York

H. C. Westermann
Death Ship of No Port, 1957
Pine, canvas, bronze, wire, and paint
24 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (61.6 x 77.5 x 9.2 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of John F. Miller
Art © Estate of H. C. Westermann/ Licensed by VAGA, New York

H. C. Westermann
Billy Penn, 1976
Galvanized sheet metal, steel, pine, bronze, and aluminum alkyd enamel
79 1/4 x 42 1/2 x 29 5/8 in. (201.3 x 108 x 75.2 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Alan and Dorothy Press
Art © Estate of H. C. Westermann/ Licensed by VAGA, New York



René Magritte
Les merveilles de la nature (The Wonders of Nature), 1953
Oil on canvas
30 1/2 x 38 5/8 in. (77.5 x 98.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro
© 2002 C. Herscovici, Brussels/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Victor Brauner
L'Objet qui reve II (The Object that Dreams II), 1938
Oil on canvas
31 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (80.6 x 65.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro
© 2002 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Max Ernst
Loplop Introducing a Bird, 1929/57
Plaster, oil, and wood
40 1/4 x 48 1/2 in. (102.2 x 123.2 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro
© 2002 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

Hollis Sigler
She Wants To Belong To The Sky, Again, 1981
Oil on canvas with artist's frame
43 1/8 x 61 1/4 x 3 in. (109.5 x 155.6 x 7.6 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois Arts Council Purchase Grant and Matching Funds

Peter Saul
Title unknown, 1963
Felt tip pen and pastel on paper
27 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (69.9 x 72.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Alan Press


Tony Cragg
Red Bottle,
1982
Plastic objects
108 x 33 x 3 in. (274.3 x 83.8 x 7.6 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection

Tony Cragg
St. George and the Dragon, 1985
Metal, plastic, and wood
72 x 102 x 40 in. (182.9 x 259.1 x 101.6 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection

Gabriel Kuri
Carretilla II, 1999
Wheelbarrow and glass
Overall: 21 5/8 x 55 1/8 x 26 in. (55 x 140 x 66 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund

Dan Peterman
Small Change, 1989
Densified, recycled aluminum cans
Three parts, each: 8 x 40 x 40 in. (20.3 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of the Maremont Corporation by exchange

Willie Cole
Heal and Rest, 1992
Painted wood, steam iron handles and electrical cords, and plugs
23 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 9 in. (59.6 x 17.1 x 22.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of Lannan Foundation

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Lotte Meijer
Concept, design, and development

Sarah Jesse, Coordinator of Public Programs
Concept and text

Thanks to MCA staff who helped produce this site:
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Greg Cameron, Associate Director and Chief Development Officer

Norah Delaney, Manager of Public Programs
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Erika Hanner, Associate Director of Education
Jennifer Harris, Coordinator of Rights and Reproductions
Carol Hurvitz, Senior Museum Educator
Sue Jacquith, Senior Museum Educator
Hal Kugeler, Director of Design and Publications
Karla Loring, Director of Media Relations
Meghan McLaren, Education intern
Dana Morris, Coordinator of School Programs
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Angelique Williams, Director of Marketing
Wendy Woon, Beatrice C. Mayer Education Director

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