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Book Review
Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography: Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 346-348
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Hammer, Martin (Hammer, Martin)
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Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography: Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting By Katharina Günther. 446 pp. incl. 51 col. + 107 b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2022), £62.40. ISBN 978–3–11–072062–4. | :
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6. Figure getting out of a car, by Francis Bacon. 1944. Oil on canvas, 144 by 128.6 cm. (Courtesy Estate of Francis Bacon).
Article
Innovation and empiricism: Delacroix’s ‘Taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders’
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1196-1209
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Author:
Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders, by Eugène Delacroix. 1840. Oil on canvas, 410 by 498 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Sketch for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839–40. Oil on canvas, 33 by 41 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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11. Sketch for the Taking of Constantinople, here attributed to Eugène Delacroix. 1840. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy of Collins Fine Art Ltd, New York).
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12. Drawing for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839–40. Graphite on paper, 20.7 by 33.8 cm. (Département des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 42753).
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2. Louis-Philippe and the royal family visit the Salles des croisades at Versailles, July 1844, by Prosper Lafaye. 1844. Canvas, 61 by 86.5 cm (Musés des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of the old man, woman and child.
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of Baudouin and the mounted crusaders.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the group of women.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing a soldier assaulting an old man.
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7. Ptolemais delivered to Philippe-Auguste and Richard the Lionheart of England, 11th or 12th July 1191, by Merry-Joseph Blondel. 1840. Oil on canvas, 406 by 494 cm. (Grande Salle, Salles des croisades, Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of Fig.1, showing the reflection in the lid of the gold casket.
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9. Drawing for the Taking of Constantinople, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1839-40. Graphite on paper, 18.1 by 27.8 cm. (Département des Arts Graphiques, Musée du Louvre, Paris, RF 9368).
Exhibition Review
Jacques-Louis David: Radical Draftsman
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 492-495
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Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
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Jacques-Louis David: Radical Draftsman Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 17th February–15th May | :
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1. The death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David. c.1786. Pen and black ink over black chalk with touches of brown ink on paper, 27.9 by 41.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Allegory of the revolution in Nantes, by Jacques-Louis David. c.1789–90. Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash and graphite on paper, 30.4 by 43.9 cm. (Musée d’Arts de Nantes; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Jeanbon Saint-André, by Jacques-Louis David. 1795. Pen and black ink and black and grey wash, heightened with pale yellow wash and white gouache, over graphite on paper, diameter 18.2 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
The restoration of ‘Young woman reading a letter at an open window’ by Johannes Vermeer: final report
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 916-925
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Neidhardt, Uta (Neidhardt, Uta)
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Schölzel, Christoph (Schölzel, Christoph)
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1. Young woman reading a letter at an open window, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1657–59. Oil on canvas, 83 by 64.5 cm. Photographed after restoration, 2021. (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; photograph Wolfgang Kreische).
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10. Interior of the Oude Kerk in Delft, by Gerard Houckgeest. 1654. Oil on panel, 49 by 41 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; photograph Frans Pegt).
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12. A mother’s duty, by Pieter de Hooch. c.1660–61. Oil on canvas, 52.5 by 61 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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13. An officer and a standing woman, by Hendrick van der Burch. c.1665. Oil on canvas, 57.8 by 64.1 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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2. Young woman standing at a virginal, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1670–72. Oil on canvas, 51.7 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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3. Fig.1, photographed after the removal of overpaint in 2021, showing the edges of the painting (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden; photograph Wolfgang Kreische).
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4. Detail of Fig.3, showing the upper-left corner of the painting.
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5. Detail of Fig.3, showing the lower-right corner of the painting, with the foot of a wine glass.
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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the painting of Cupid in the background.
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7. A lady writing a letter, with her maid, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1670/72. Oil on canvas, 71.1 by 60.5 cm. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Inconcussa fide (Oprecht), by Otto van Veen. 1608. Engraving, 20.2 by 15.1 cm. (From Amorum emblemata, Antwerp 1608, p.28; © Dresden, SLUB/Deutsche Fotothek).
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9. Officer and laughing girl, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1657–60. Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 46 cm. (The Frick Collection, New York; photograph Michael Bodycomb).
Western art unattributed:
11. The terrace. Delft, c.1660. Oil on canvas, 106.9 by 87.4 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The missing piece of Jean- François Raffaëlli’s ‘The family of Jean-le-Boîteux’
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 824-828
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Rosenberg-Miller, Carmen (Rosenberg-Miller, Carmen)
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10. Place de la Concorde, by Edgar Degas. 1875. Oil on canvas. 78.4 by 117.5 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Young Breton girl wearing clogs, by Jean-François Raffaëlli. 1877. Oil on canvas, 152 by 60 cm. (Private collection; photograph SVV Farrando).
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6. The family of Jean-le-Boîteux, peasants of Plougasnou, Finistère, by Jean-François Raffaëlli. Here dated to 1877. Oil on canvas, 190.5 by 154.3 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Scala Archives).
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7. Hans Burgkmair, by Jean-François Raffaëlli. c.1877. Plaster, 55 by 48 cm. (Private collection; photograph SVV Farrando).
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8. Caricature of Jean-François Raffaëlli’s The family of Jean-le-Boîteux (Le Journal amusant, 23rd June 1877, p.7; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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9. A figure from The family of Jean-le-Boîteux, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1st June 1877, p.557; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Article
The Lavoisiers by David: technical findings on portraiture at the brink of revolution
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 780-791
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Centeno, Silvia A. (Centeno, Silvia A.)
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Mahon, Dorothy (Mahon, Dorothy)
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Pullins, David (Pullins, David)
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1. Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, by Jacques-Louis David. 1788. Oil on canvas, 259.7 by 194.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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10. Chapeau à la Tarare, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 17.9 by 19.9 cm. Detail of plate 2 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 36 (10th November 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Marie-Antoinette and her children, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1787. Oil on canvas, 275 by 216.5 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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12. Louis-Elisabeth de France and her son, by Adélaïde Labille- Guiard. 1788. Oil on canvas, 275 by 160 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles).
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13. Detail of Salon of 1787, by Pietro Antoni Martini. 1787. Etching with engraving, 35.6 by 50.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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14. Alphonse Leroy, by Jacques-Louis David. 1783. Oil on canvas, 72 by 91 cm. (Musée Fabre, Montpellier).
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15. The Chabanel family, by Antoine Vestier. 1786. Oil on canvas, 165.3 by 220.5 cm. (Private collection).
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16. An architect and his family, by Marguerite Gérard. c.1788–89. Oil on panel, 30.5 by 24.1 cm. (Baltimore Museum of Art).
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17. The poorly defended rose, by Michel Garnier. 1789. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 37.6. (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
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18. Experiments in respiration, by Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier. c.1790. Graphite, pen and ink on paper. (Private collection).
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2. Infra-red reflectogram (IRR) of Fig.1. (Department of Paintings Conservation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Combined elemental distribution map for lead (white) and mercury (red) obtained by macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF). (Department of Scientific Research, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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4. A line drawing, produced by tracing information obtained by IRR and XRF, suggesting the appearance of the portrait before J.-L. David made significant changes to the composition.
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5. Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1784. Oil on canvas, 155.5 by 130.3 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2021).
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6. Madame Élisabeth, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. 1787. Oil on canvas, 146.7 by 155 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Sketch for Charles-Roger, Prince de Bauffremont, by Adélaide Labille-Guiard. 1789–91. Oil on canvas, 34 by 23 cm. (Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
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8. Baronne de Crussol Florensac, by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1785. Oil on canvas, 113.8 by 84 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
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9. Chapeau à la Basile, by A.-B. Duhamel Jean-Florent Defraine. 1787. Hand-coloured engraving, 18.2 by 10.2 cm. Detail of plate 3 from La Magasin des Modes Nouvelles 31 (20th September 1787). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Article
Collage logic in Max Ernst’s ‘Woman, old man and flower’ (1923–24)
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 261-263
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Davis, Ellen (Davis, Ellen)
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Kwartler, Talia (Kwartler, Talia)
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Martins, Ana (Martins, Ana)
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16. Woman, old man and flower (Weib, greis und blume), by Max Ernst. 1923–24. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 130.2 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021).
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17. Reflected infra-red image of Fig.16, showing evidence of Fig.23 and one state that postdates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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18. X-ray image of Fig.16, showing evidence of one state that predates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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19. Transmitted infra-red image of Fig.16, showing evidence of one state that predates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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20. Map of zinc distribution in Fig.16, obtained by MA-XRF scanning, showing evidence of one state that post-dates Fig.23. (© 2017 MoMA, New York).
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21. Ubu Imperator, by Max Ernst. 1923. Oil on canvas, 81 by 65 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris; Bridgeman Images; © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021).
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22. A rendezvous of friends, by Max Ernst. 1922. Oil on canvas, 130 by 95 cm. (Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Bridgeman Images; © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021).
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23. Weib, greis und blume I, by Max Ernst. 1923. Reproduced as a ‘tableau détruit’ (‘destroyed painting’) in Dictionnaire abrégé du surréalisme (1938).
Short Notice
Rubens and Dirce, a source in plain sight
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 152-154
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Jaffé, David (Jaffé, David)
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2. Farnese Bull (Punishment of Dirce) omitting restored elements, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1607. Black chalk on white paper, 22.2 by 26.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. The Farnese Hercules, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1607. Black chalk on white paper, 22.2 by 26.8 cm. (verso of Fig.2). (British Museum, London).
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4. Rape of the Sabine women, by Peter Paul Rubens. 1635–36. Oil on panel, 169.9 by 236.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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5. Three nymphs with a cornucopia, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1625–28. Oil on panel, 30.9 by 24.4 cm. (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Farnese Bull (Punishment of Dirce). 1st century Roman copy of Hellenistic original. Marble, 3.7 by 2.95 m. (Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The restoration of ‘Young woman reading a letter at an open window’, by Johannes Vermeer: an interim report
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 452-463
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Author:
Neidhardt, Uta (Neidhardt, Uta)
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Schölzel, Christoph (Schölzel, Christoph)
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1. Young woman reading a letter at an open window, by Johannes Vermeer, showing the painting before the start of the current conservation work. c.1657–59. Canvas, 83 by 64.5 cm. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; H.-P. Klut).
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10. Detail of Fig.13, showing Cupid
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11. Above Young woman interrupted at music, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1658–59. Canvas, 39.3 by 44.4 cm. (The Frick Collection, New York).
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12. The music lesson, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1662–63. Canvas, 74 by 64.5 cm. (Royal Collection, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2019).
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13. Fig.1, photographed in March 2019 during removal of the overpainting layer. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
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14. A maid asleep, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1656–57. Canvas, 87.6 by 76.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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15. Portrait of a dead child with three putti, by Jacob van Loo. c.1650– 60. Canvas on panel, 96 by 91.5 cm. (Rijksgebouwendienst, Johan de Witthuis, The Hague).
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2. Cross section in visible light of a sample from the overpainted background of Fig.1: (0) ground layer; (1) imprimitura; (2) original reddish paint layer; (3a and 3b) transparent binder layers; (4a and 4b) overpaint. (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden; C. Herm).
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3. Cross section under UV-fluorescence of a sample from the overpainted background of Fig.1: (0) ground layer; (1) imprimitura; (2) original reddish paint layer; (3a, 3b) transparent binder layers; (4a) overpaint. (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden; C. Herm).
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4. X-radiograph image of Fig.1. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; W. Kreische).
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5. Fig.1 as it appeared during removal of its varnish. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
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6. Macrophotograph detail of Fig.1, showing Cupid’s eye after removal of the overpainting layer, with craquelure. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische and C. Schölzel).
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7. Detail of Fig.1, showing Cupid after the partial removal of the overpainting layer. (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; W. Kreische).
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8. Left Young woman standing at a virginal, by Johannes Vermeer. c.1670–72. Canvas, 51.8 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing Cupid
Article
Vasily Kandinsky and the Formal method
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1016-1023
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Author:
Bowlt, John E. (Bowlt, John E.)
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1. Elementary life of the primary colour and its dependence on the simplest locale, by Vasily Kandinsky. Illustration to the lecture ‘On the Spiritual in Art’ delivered by Nikolai Kul’bin on Kandinsky’s behalf at the All-Russian Congress of Artists, St Petersburg, 29th and 31st December 1911. Published in Russian in I. Repin et al.: Trudy Vserossiiskogo s’ezda khudozhnikov (Transactions of the All-Russian Congress of artists), Petrograd 1914, I, pp.76–77.
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2. Improvisation 10, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1910. Canvas, 120 by 140 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel; photograph courtesy Peter Schibli).
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3. Tsikl lektsii (Cycle of lectures), by Nikolay Punin. Petrograd 1920. Cover designed by Kazimir Malevich. (Photograph courtesy Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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5. Black lines, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1913. 129.4 by 131.1 cm. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Painting with the red spot, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1914. Canvas, 130 by 130 cm. (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Members of RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences) in the building of Svomas (Free State Art Studios), Moscow, June 1921. From left to right: Robert Fal’k, Evsei Shor, Nikolai Uspensky, Vasily Kandinsky, Evgenii Pavlov and Aleksandr Shenshin. Reproduced in C. Derouet and J. Boissel, eds.: exh. cat. Œuvres de Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Paris (Centre Georges Pompidou) 1984, p.156.
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