Sunday, August 6, 2023
On the way home from Washington, DC, we stopped at the
Baltimore Museum of Art, with reciprocity with Tyler Arboretum, but it has free admission!
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Baltimore Museum of Art (est 1914, building 1927-1929,
by John Russell Pope in Classical Revival style) |
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| Contemporary Wing (1979-1982, by Bower Lewis Thrower) |
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Madonna Adoring the Child with Five Angels (c 1485-1490,
by Sandro Botticelli and Studio) |
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Red Dragon Pattern Covered Soup Tureen with Stand
(c 1763-1774, by Meissen Porcelain Factory) |
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Venice, The Grand Canal with San Geremia,
Palazzo Labia, and the entrance to the Cannareggio
(c 1750, by Francesco Guardi) |
Special Exhibition:
Histories Collide:
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| Shabti Emerge (2023, by Jackie Milad) |
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| Shabti Emerge detail |
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| Unwrapping Unrolling (2023, by Jackie Milad) (KSS) |
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| Artemis/Bast (1992, by Fred Wilson) |
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Antioch Courtyard with Four Lines Up (1965,
by George Rickey) is a kinetic sculpture |
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Antioch Court displays mosaics from Antioch,
the ancient Greek city, including this fragment of
a floor mosaic depicting birds and crops (5C) (KSS) |
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Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a striding lion,
birds and crops (5C) |
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| Construction (1951, by Naum Gabo) |
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| Madeleine I (1901, by Henri Matisse) (KSS) |
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Charing Cross Bridge, Reflections on the Thames
(1899, 1904, by Claude Monet) (KSS) |
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Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen (1881,
by Edgar Degas) (KSS) |
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The Crown of Flowers (c 1865-1870,
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot) |
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| Painter in the Olive Grove (1922, by Henri Matisse) (KSS) |
The Baltimore Museum of Art has an extensive collection of works by Impressionist artists, especially of Henri Matisse. Donated by the Cone sisters, Dr Claribel and Etta, the paintings, sculptures and drawings were purchased during sojourns to Paris. Being contemporaries of Gertrude Stein, they spent time with her and her artist friends.
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Purple Robe and Anemones (1937,
by Henri Matisse) |
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| Girl Reading, Vase of Flowers (1922, by Henri Matisse) |
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Cocktail Shaker Set (c 1928, by J A Henckels
Twin Works) has a Zeppelin-shaped shaker |
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| Portrait No 1 (1938, by Joan Miró) |
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| Bus Stop (c 1974, by Ernie Barnes) |
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Tamiko, Mourning for Maurice (c 1970, by
Valerie Maynard) and Kent |
Annexation Tango (2020, by Kandis Williams)
with dancer Roderick George
Special Exhibit:
What the Trees Have Seen:
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| What the Trees Have Seen (by Martha Jackson Jarvis) (KSS) |
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Keep the Blue Light of Home (2020,
by Martha Jackson Jarvis) |
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Keep the Blue Light of Home detail
to show the three dimensions |
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| The Three Rings (1966, by Henry Moore) |
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| Mother and Child (1922, by Pablo Picasso) |
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Trumpet Vine Table Lamp (1902-1904,
by Emile Gallé, Art Nouveau) |
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"Bouchon Cassis" Striped Perfume Flagon
(1920, by René Lalique) |
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Vase of Flowers (1917,
by Suzanne Valadon) (KSS) |
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Pine Forest II (1901, by Gustav Klimt,
Secession) |
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Cabinet (c 1905, by Joseph Maria Olbrich)
and Pair of Candlesticks (c 1902, by Olbrich) |
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| Washerwomen (c 1888, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir) |
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| A Pair of Boots (1887, by Vincent van Gogh) |
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Child with Hoop (c 1875,
by Pierre-Auguste Renoir) |
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Child with Hoop close-up detail
looks like the child has hairy arms |
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The Cone sisters displayed their collections in their
apartment homes as reproduced here |
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Vases (1910-1920, by Charles D "Bullet" Hyten
of Niloak Pottery, Benton, AR) |
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Landscape with White Sands (1952,
by Keith Morrow Martin) |
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William Henly Corner (1893, by Thomas Cromwell Corner
in imitation of James McNeill Whistler's painting of his mother) |
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Moon Dust (2017, by Spencer Finch) replicates the chemical
composition of dust from the moon's surface |
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Traction Leg Splint (1941-1942, by
Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser Eames) |
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Screen/Grate from Hutzler's Brothers
Department Store (1930s Art Moderne) |
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| Degikup Basket (early 20C, by Tootsie Dick Sam, Washoe) |
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| Womb Chair No 70 (1946, by Eero Saarinen) (KSS) |
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| Artist in Greenland (1935, by Rockwell Kent) |
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Cup of Sliver Ginger (1939,
by Georgia O'Keeffe) |
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| Mantlepiece (c 1912, by Louis Comfort Tiffany) |
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| Mantlepiece detail |
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| Self-portrait (1770-1776, by Benjamin West) |
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| Vest (late 19c, Lakota) (KSS) |
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Infanta Ana Mauricia (1607, by
Jua Pantoja de la Cruz |
Time to head home.
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