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The MCA’s permanent collection includes more than 2,500 artworks that span media and movements from the 1920s to the present. Although not on permanent display, works from the collection appear regularly in our many rotating exhibitions. The entire collection, with images and descriptions, is presented here for the first time. Explore it by artist, title, or creation date. Images in this section are published for educational use under the umbrella of the Fair Use doctrine.

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Chicago-based artist Jeanne Dunning explores human experiences that both repulse and intrigue. And The Pink’s (1996) gory field of red blisters coated in glossy liquid does just that.

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Sophia Al-Maria, The Litany, 2016
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Peter Alexander, May 3, 1970, 1970
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Peter Alexander, Untitled (Drip), 1970, 1970
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Peter Alexander, Brown Black Wedge, 1969
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Michael Armitage, The Flaying of Marsyas, 2017
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John Baldessari, Fish and Ram, 1988
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John Baldessari, Three Eyes (with Gold Bug), 1987
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Billy Al Bengston, The Alamo, 1969
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Walead Beshty, Four-Sided Picture (Red/Green/Blue/Yellow) December 31, 2006, Valencia, CA, 2007
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Alexander Calder, Snowflakes and Red Stop, 1964
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Anne Collier, Untitled (Light Years, Douglas Kirkland), 2009
1. Short A photograph of a book open to a page featuring a close-up of Judy Garland. A magenta page flag marks the page and several others poke out from additional pages.
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John Coplans, Self Portrait (Double Feet, Five Panels), 1988
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Petra Cortright, [email protected](version_final_Hirva).execute, 2016
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DIS, Apology, 2016
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Roe Ethridge, Beach Scene (Louis Feraud), 2008
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Rodney Graham, Small Basement Camera Shop circa 1937, 2011
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Robert Heinecken, Are You Rea, 1964–68
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Leslie Hewitt, Untitled (Geographic Delay), 2009
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Jene Highstein, Floating World, 1986
1. Short Photograph of a person-sized rounded outdoor sculpture made of grey, textured stone
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David Hockney, Gregory loading his camera, 1983
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Robert Irwin, Untitled, 1965–67
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Joseph Jachna, Door County, Wisconsin, 1970
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Joseph Jachna, Door County, Wisconsin, 1970
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Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1980, 1980
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Kenneth Josephson, Washington, D.C., 1975, 1975
1. Short The Washington Monument and its smooth reflecting pool are centered in this black-and-white photograph. An arm extends, holding a card with cut-outs that match the shape of the monument's obelisk.
2. Long This black and white photograph centers on the Washington Monument and smooth reflecting pool that reflects and inverts the monument. On the left side of the frame, an arm extends, holding a horizontally-oriented card against the sky to the left of the monument. A cut out in the bottom center of the card matches the shape and size of the peak of the obelisk; the top of the card extends upward as the positive mirror of the negative cutout below.
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Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1972, 1972
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Kenneth Josephson, Indiana, 1972, 1972
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Kenneth Josephson, Istanbul, 1972, 1972
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Kenneth Josephson, Wyoming, 1971 (from the History of Photography series), 1971
1. Short A black-and-white photograph shows an outstretched arm, hand holding a twelve-inch ruler up to a mountainous and wooded landscape above a sign labelling the distant mountain range.
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Kenneth Josephson, New York State, 1970, 1970
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Kenneth Josephson, Stockholm, 1967, 1967
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Barbara Kasten, Architectural Site 8, Loyola Law, 1986
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Craig Kauffman, Le Mur s’en va, 1969
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Craig Kauffman, Untitled, 1968
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Craig Kauffman, Untitled, 1966
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Jeff Koons, Rabbit, 1986
1. Short A stainless-steel sculpture of a rabbit holding a carrot has been polished to a high sheen so that a large gallery is reflected across its surface. The rabbit's shape and proportions are reminiscent of those of an inflatable toy.
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Jeff Koons, Lifeboat, 1985
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Jeff Koons, Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, 1985
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Joseph Kosuth, No Number #6 (On Color, Blue), 1991
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Sol LeWitt, Photo Grids, 1977
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Joyce Neimanas, Don't Touch, 1978
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Gabriel Orozco, Socks 1, 1995
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Gabriel Orozco, Ball on Water (Pelota en agua), 1994
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Laura Owens, Untitled, 2016
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Marlo Pascual, Untitled, 2010
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Dan Peterman, Accessories to an Event (plaza), 1998
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Pope.L, Crying Painting, 2016
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George Rickey, Two Lines Oblique, 1968
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Jimmy Robert, Untitled (Folding 2), 2012
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Edward Ruscha, Brews, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, Dues, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, Mews, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, News, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, Pews, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1970
1. Short White book cover with lime green block text.
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Edward Ruscha, Stews, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, Various Small Fires, 1970
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Edward Ruscha, Twenty-six Gasoline Stations, 1969
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Thomas Schütte, Ganz Grosse Geister (Big Spirits XL), 2004
1. Short Three yellow sculptures of abstract human figures stand as if communicating with each other outdoors in an urban setting.
2. Long Three yellow and white forms are installed on an outdoor terrace. The forms resemble human bodies, yet they have no faces. The heads of the forms are created from coiled, hard textured material and the bodies are similarly constructed of coiled material, arranged into torsos, arms and legs. The scale of the figures is about double the size of an average person and the are arranged about a half of a figure length apart from each other. The figure on the left appears to have its head tilted to the sky, while the center figure faces to the right, where the third figure bends lightly towards the ground, hand upraised. The bright color of the figures contrasts with urban scene in the background: behind the figures a black fence, green leafy trees and tall gray buildings are visible. The sky is bright blue and the bright light of mid-day casts sharp shadows below the figures.
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Erin Shirreff, Sculpture for Snow, 2011
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Xaviera Simmons, Index Three, Composition Two, 2012
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Xaviera Simmons, On Sculpture #2, 2011
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Buzz Spector, Waterfalls, 1991
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Hito Steyerl, Factory of the Sun, 2015
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John Stezaker, Untitled (Film Still Collage) XVI, 2005
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Takis, Magnetic Mobile, c. 1964
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Jeff Wall, Diagonal Composition, 1993

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Short Gloved hands review a 4 × 5 color transparency and a roll of 35mm black and white film over a light box with a viewing loupe.

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Short A blue-and-white graph shaped like a ring with one-sixth solid and the rest checkered is titled "As on Nov 2015."

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