Saturday, September 23, 2023 (continued)
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The Museum Building (1952-1955, by Daniel Perry, 2014 renovation) |
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The new entrance (2014, by Tadao Ando) to the Museum Building
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Four benches of The Living Series (1989, by Jenny Holzer) |
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The benches are inscribed with quotes from the 1980-1982 book Living by Jenny Holzer |
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A sign indicates that wiggling toes in the water is welcome, but wading and swimming are not permitted (KSS) |
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The bottom of the water feature is covered with pebbles |
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Truisms bench (1987) is inscribed with quotes from the 1978-1983 book Truisms by Jenny Holzer |
Inside the Museum Building are galleries of American and European Art.
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Two Guides (1877, by Winslow Homer) illustrates the cycles of life: summer to autumn, sapling to stump, and transfer of experience from elder to youth |
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The gallery guard/guide was showing everyone how your mobile phone brightened the painting to see more detail |
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Under Tow (1886, by Winslow Homer) recalls an incident where women had to be rescued when their waterlogged bathing dresses weighed them down |
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Another Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1879-1881, by Edgar Degas, cast 1919-1921) |
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Dancer Ready to Dance, Right Leg Forward; Grand Arabesque, Second Time; Grand Arabesque, First Time; Fourth Position Front, on the Left Leg (c 1880s, by Edgar Degas, cast 1919-1921) |
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Carmen (c 1884, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec) |
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Little Girl with a Pear (1889-1893, by Childe Hassan) (KSS) |
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Child with Red Hat (c 1904, by Mary Cassatt) |
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Laundress and Child (1761, by Hubert Robert) |
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Virgin and Child with Sts Francis, Andrew. Paul, Peter, Stephen, and Louis of Toulouse (c 1317-1321, by Ugolino di Nerio) |
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The Virgin and Child Enthroned (c 1500, by Master of the Embroidered Foliage) |
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The Virgin and Child Enthroned detail showing the embroidered cloth rendered behind them |
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Landscape with Bridge, Cattle, and Figures (c 1660, by Jacob van Ruisdael) |
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Landscape with Bridge, Cattle, and Figures detail |
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Covered Bowl and Stand (1781), Porringer (1758), and Two-handled Cup and Saucer (1763), by Sèvres Porcelain |
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Silver Soup Tureen and Stand (1779-1781, by Ignaz J Würth) |
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Young Girl Guarding Her Sheep (c 1860-1862, by Jean-François Millet) |
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The young girl is also knitting |
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Model D Pianoforte and Stools (1884-1887, designed by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema), "one of the grandest pianos ever made" (KSS) |
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Pianoforte detail of inlaid wood and materials such as coral, abalone, silver, and brass |
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Smoke of Ambergris (1880, by John Singer Sargent) was started in Tangier |
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Marie-Thérèse Durand-Ruel Sewing (1882, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir) (KSS) |
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The Cliffs at Étretat (1885, by Claude Monet) |
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The Cliffs at Étretat detail |
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Winter (1887, by Alfred Stevens) |
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Spring (1887, by Alfred Stevens) |
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Summer (1887, by Alfred Stevens) |
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Fall (1887, by Alfred Stevens) |
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Return of the Fishing Boats, Étretat (1879, by Giovanni Boldini) (KSS) |
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Plate (1840, painted by Johann Zacharias Quast) |
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Allegories of "The Four Continents": Africa, America, Asia, and Europe (c 1750, by Johann Joachim Kändler, and Johann Friedrich Eberlein at Meissen Porcelain Manufactory) |
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Three Frill Vases (c 1760-1765, by Bow Porcelain Manufactory in England) (KSS) |
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Partial Tea Service (1812, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory) |
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Terrace in the Luxembourg Gardens (1886, by, believe it or not, Vincent van Gogh) |
Next: The Clark Manton Research Center.
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