Saturday, September 23, 2023

The Clark Manton Research Center (9/23/2023)

Saturday, September 23, 2023 (continued)
Manton Research Center (1973, by Pietro Belluschi) 
at The Clark houses administration, the library, and
permanent and special exhibitions
The back (?) of the Manton Research Center
Portraits of the main benefactors of the museum:
Robert Sterling Clark and Francine J M Clark,
painted in 1921-1922 by Sir William Orpen
Henry Morris and Elizabeth H. Burrows Gallery (early American decorative arts):
Papboat (1794, by Paul Revere, Jr) is made to hold baby food
Whistle with Coral and Bells (c 1750, by George Ridout)
Pair of Candlesticks (1775-1780, attributed to the
workshop of James Giles)
Aha! A creampot (c 1740, by
Paul Revere, Sr)! 
Sauceboat (c 1780, by Joseph Richardson, Jr
and Nathaniel Richardson in Philadelphia)
Lauzon Glass Study Gallery:
Rolling Pin and Bowl with Cover
(c 1850, attributed to sandwich Glass Works) 
Special Exhibition: Printed Renaissance:
Virgin Adoring the Child (c 1500,
by Bartolomeo Montagna)
Madonna and Child (c 1503-1505, engraving
on paper by Benedetto Montagna after his
father, Bartolomeo Montagna - see above)
Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne from Images of the
Farnese Gallery in Rome
(1674, by Pietro Aquila)
Reading Room with one of two walls of bookcases holding
the collection of Allan Sekula, organized as he had done
in his library; Sekula was a Black American
photographer, writer, filmmaker, theorist and critic
The autumn season has reached
the tips of this tree's branches
Le folgie delle radici/The Leaves of Roots
(2011, by Giuseppe Penone) has a live
Eaastern Red Cedar sapling at the top
Next: Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum.



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