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The Collection – The permanent collection covers just about the whole history of art. You'll find superb, tastefully displayed objects ranging from ancient Greek pottery to Renaissance and Baroque paintings; from Chinese landscape scrolls to works by the postwar American painters Mark Rothko, Philip Pearlstein and Ed Paschke. Frank Lloyd Wright's dining table and chairs from the Robie House (1906-1909) are here. And the sculpture garden holds notable works by Richard Hunt and Scott Burton. There also is a small museum store and a sit-down cafe. – – History – In 1974,…