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Exhibition Review
Breaking Lines: Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry: Dom Sylvester Houédard and Concrete Poetry in Post-war Britain
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 494–7
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Thomas, Greg (Thomas, Greg)
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Breaking Lines: Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry: Dom Sylvester Houédard and Concrete Poetry in Post-war Britain Estorick Collection, London 15th January–11th May | :
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13. Madrigale veneziano (Venetian madrigal) from Aeromusiche d’alfabeto in libertà: Marinetti Crali Cenisi, by Tullio Crali. 1944. (Private collection; exh. Estorick Collection, London).
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14. ishtar’s descent, by Dom Sylvester Houédard. 1971. Typed page 29.7 x 21 cm. (Courtest Lisson Gallery, London; exh. Estorick Collection, London).
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15. Untitled, by Dom Sylvester Houédard. 1967. Newspaper cuttings, fabric and PVC plastic, 35.7 by 33.7 cm. (Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London; exh. Estorick Collection, London).
Book Review
Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 521–523
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McAra, Catriona (McAra, Catriona)
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Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool Edited by Victoria Noel-Johnson and Marzina Marzetti. 176 pp. incl. 120 col + b. & w. ills. (Skira, New York, 2023), £48. ISBN 978–88–572–5061–8. | :
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15. Unicorns came down to the sea, by Kay Sage. 1948. Oil on canvas, 92.1 by 71.8. cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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16. Aux aguets le jour, by Yves Tanguy. 1939. Oil on canvas, 40.6 by 30.5 cm. (Private collection).
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17. Ring of iron, ring of wool, by Kay Sage. 1947. Oil on canvas, 137.2 by 97.2 cm. (Mint Museum, Charlotte).
Article
Tailored to a conservative taste? The Swedish exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1924
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 145–155
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Author:
Stevens, Maryanne (Stevens, Maryanne)
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1. Baron Erik Kule Palmstierna, Minister to the Court of St James, London, by Bassano Ltd. 1921. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Per Hasselberg in his studio, Stockholm, c.1893. He is working on The Frog, a bronze casting of which was included in the RA exhibition. (EU/BT; Alamy Stock Photo).
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11. Karin and Brita, by Carl Larsson. 1893. Watercolour on paper, 45 by 58.5 cm. (Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm; photograph Lars Engelhardt).
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12. The glassware section of The Swedish Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Crafts, at Dorland House, Lower Regent Street, London, 1931. Photograph by Dell & Wainwright. (Dell & Wainwright and RIBA Collections, London).
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13. Europa and the bull, by Carl Milles. 1923–24. Bronze, 78.1 by 66.7 by 33 cm. (Tate).
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2. The Scandinavian artists’ lunch at Café Ledoyen, Paris: varnishing day 1886, by Hugo Birger. 1886. Oil on canvas, 183.5 by 261.5 cm. (Gothenburg Museum of Art).
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3. Prince Eugen painting, by Oscar Björck. 1895. Oil on canvas, 150 by 100 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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4. A fox family, by Bruno Liljefors. 1886. Oil on canvas, 112 by 218 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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5. Spanish blacksmiths, by Ernst Josephson. 1882. Oil on canvas, 107.4 by 128.5 cm. (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Winter night with stars, by Karl Nordström. 1907. Oil on canvas, 128 by 173 cm. (Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm).
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7. Vision: scene from Visby, Gotland, by Richard Bergh. 1894. Oil on canvas, 122 by 209 cm. (Malmö Art Museum; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Outskirts of the town, by Eugene Jansson. 1899. Oil on canvas, 152 by 136 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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9. Midsummer dance, by Anders Zorn. 1897. Oil on canvas, 140 by 98 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Article
Stanley Spencer, postcards, small books and old masters
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 952–67
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Author:
Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
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1. Sir Stanley Spencer; Sydney Spencer; Gilbert Spencer; William ‘Pa’ Spencer, by Philip Edward Morrell. 1914. Vintage snapshot print, 6.1 by 10.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Postcard of a corbel in Exeter Cathedral sent by Desmond Chute to Stanley Spencer, 21st June 1916. (John Spencer collection; JS 32).
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11. Roger Fry’s glass slide of Masaccio’s St Peter healing with his shadow. (Archive Centre, King’s College, Cambridge; REF 2, box 32).
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12. St George, by Donatello. (Frontispiece of H. Rea: Donatello: Il maestro di chi sanno, London 1900).
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13. Postcard of Gentile Bellini’s Finding of the True Cross sent by Henry Lamb to Stanley Spencer. (John Spencer collection; JS 50).
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14. Postcard of Giotto’s Joachim and the shepherds sent by Jas Wood to Stanley Spencer, 17th October 1927. (UCL Art Museum, University College London; UCL 82).
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15. Reverse of Fig.14.
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16. Postcard of Pieter Bruegel’s Autumn sent by Gilbert Spencer to Stanley Spencer, 1934. (John Spencer collection; JS 82).
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2. Stanley Spencer’s postcard album open to showing a Virgin or saint holding a book, Tonnerre stone, c.1390–1400, Musée national du Moyen Age, Thermes de Cluny, Paris (inv. Cl.18931), and the Court of Pan, by Luca Signorelli, formerly in the collection of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. (UCL Art Museum, University College London; UCL 4 and 5).
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3. Letter from Stanley Spencer to the Raverats illustrating the shape of the reliefs on the campanile of Florence Cathedral. 12th April 1913. (Tate Archive, TGA 8116/21).
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4. Roger Fry’s glass slide of Andrea Pisano’s Creation of Eve from the campanile of Florence Cathedral. (Archive Centre, King’s College, Cambridge; REF 2, box 13).
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5. Postcard of the Entombment of Christ, by Donatello, sent from Gwen Darwin to Stanley Spencer, 11th March 1914. (John Spencer collection; JS 6).
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6. Reverse of UCL 51.
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7. Three postcards superimposed to illustrate the west wall of the apse of S. Francesco, Arezzo, by Piero della Francesca, sent by Gwen Raverat to Stanley and Gilbert Spencer, 25th March 1914. (UCL Art Museum, University College London; UCL 53, 50 and 51).
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8. Roger Fry’s glass slides of Piero della Francesca’s Death of Adam. (Archive Centre, King’s College, Cambridge; REF 2, boxes 19 and 32).
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9. Reproduction of the Lion of St Mark, by Vittore Carpaccio, from The Masterpieces of Carpaccio and Giorgione published by Gowans & Gray, 1911.
Article
Tanguy's titles
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 932–45
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Author:
Mack, Stephen (Mack, Stephen)
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1. Maman, Papa est blessé, by Yves Tanguy. 1927. Oil on canvas, 92.1 by 73 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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2. Dame à l’absence, by Yves Tanguy. 1942. Oil on canvas, 115 by 89.5 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; photograph by Walter Klein; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein- Westfalen, Dusseldorf).
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3. Inventions of the monsters, by Salvador Dalí. 1937. Oil on canvas, 51.4 by 78.4 cm. (© Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí; DACS, London; Art Institute of Chicago).
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4. Poem-object, by André Breton. 1941. Carved wood bust of man, oil lantern, framed photograph, toy boxing gloves and paper mounted on drawing board, 45.8 by 53.2 by 10.9 cm. (© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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5. Le Diaposin de satin, by Yves Tanguy. 1940. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 81.3 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. La Grue des sables, by Yves Tanguy. 1945. Gouache on paper, 46.1 by 31 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; Art Institute of Chicago).
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7. Terre d’ombre, by Yves Tanguy. 1927. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 80.3 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; |Detroit Institute of Art).
Article
Aby Warburg’s Hertziana lecture, 1929
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 852–873
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Sears, Elizabeth (Sears, Elizabeth)
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1. The lecture hall in the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Palazzo Zuccari, Rome. Photograph, c.1995. (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome).
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10 and 11. Panel I of the Hertziana lecture, photographs by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. Hand-numbered, 1–35. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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12. Detail of Fig.7, showing a carved relief of the Justice of Trajan.
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13. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1464. Engraving, 32 by 21.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Detail of The children of Venus, showing a dancing couple, attributed to Baccio Baldini. c.1465. Engraving, 25.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).
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15. Panel VIb of the Hertziana lecture, photograph by Pompeo Sansaini. 1929. The panel includes two depictions of the Battle of Constantine, by Piero della Francesca (nos.216–17) and Giulio Romano (no.215). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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16. Chart sketched by Aby Warburg, 8th February 1929. Media represented in the twelve Hertziana ‘plates’ following the C-sketches consisting of 287 photographs distributed across nine screens before the discarding of Plate VI. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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17. The monument to Giordano Bruno, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, by Ettore Ferrari. 1889. Bronze. The statue is on the site of Bruno’s execution on 17th February 1600. (Photograph the author).
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2. Gertrud Bing, Aby Warburg and Franz Alber in their sitting room at the Palace Hotel, April 1929. In the background is a screen constructed for the Hertziana lecture: to the left, the first eight of the twenty photographs by Pompeo Sansaini documenting the image-series; to the right, a scattering of photographs that had been on display. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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3 and 4. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. Demonstration evening (5th December 1928) and A-series (January 1929). See also Figs.5 and 6. (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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5 and 6. The evolution of Hertziana Panel 1 (‘Energetic inversion’) in arrangements of photographs sketched by Gertrud Bing. The B-series and the (final) C-series (January 1929). (Warburg Institute Archive, London).
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7. The first terrace of Purgatory: the marble reliefs and the repentance of the proud: an illustration for Purgatorio, Canto X of Dante’s Divine Comedy, by Sandro Botticelli. c.1488–92. Metalpoint and brown ink on parchment, 32.2 by 47 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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8. Adoration of the shepherds, by Domenico Ghirlandaio. 1485. Oil on panel, 167 by 167 cm. (S. Trinita Florence; photograph © Raffaello Bencini; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of a relief below the tomb of Francesco Sassetti, showing Sassetti being mourned, attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo. 1485–90. Pietra serena. (S. Trinita, Florence).
Short Notice
Rrose Sélavy as house painter
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 533-535
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Shorter Notice by:
Naumann, Francis M. (Naumann, Francis M.; Nauman, Francis M.)
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10. Fresh widow, by Marcel Duchamp. 1920. Miniature French window, painted wood frame, and panes of glass covered with black leather, 77.5 by 44.8 cm., on wood sill, 1.9 by 53.4 by 10.2 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; © Association Marcel Duchamp and DACS, London).
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11. Advertisement for the Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes, 1912.
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12. Apolinère enameled, by Marcel Duchamp. 1916–17. Gouache and graphite on painted tin, mounted on cardboard, 24.4 by 34 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; © Association Marcel Duchamp and DACS, London).
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5. Marcel Duchamp as Rose Sélavy, by Man Ray. 1921. Scan from a vintage negative, 12 by 9 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London; RMN-Grand Palais).
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6. Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy, by Man Ray. 1921. Gelatin silver print, 21.6 by 17.3 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London).
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7. Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy, by Man Ray. 1923. Vintage gelatin silver print, 8.5 by 6 cm. (Private collection; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London).
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8. Studio interior still life, by Man Ray. c.1923. Scan from a vintage negative, 9.3 by 11.7 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.8.
Article
The source for Lutyens’s Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 773-779
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Author:
Hopkins, Andrew (Hopkins, Andrew)
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1. Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval, designed by Edwin Lutyens and built 1927–32. (Wikimedia Commons).
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10. Plan and elevations of the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval, by Roderick Gradidge. 1995. Pen and ink on paper, 15 by 13 cm. (Private collection).
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11. Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, wall of the central arch with ancient and modern spolia. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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12. The Garibaldi Ossuary Mausoleum, Rome, designed by Giovanni Jacobucci and built 1939–41. (Wikimedia Commons).
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13. Some of the names of the Lost on the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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2. Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, designed by Andrea Busiri Vici and built 1857–59, seen from the west. (Photograph Enrico Luciani, Comitato Gianicolo, Rome 2002).
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3. The destroyed casino dei Quattro Venti in 1849, by the circle of Stefano Lecchi. Watercolour on card, 43 by 60 cm. (Collezione Apolloni, Rome).
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4. The damaged Porta San Pancrazio, Rome, by Virginio Vespignani. 1854. Pen and coloured washes, 55 by 110 cm. (sheet). (Courtesy of Nuova Argos, Rome).
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5. The restored Porta San Pancrazio, Rome, by Virginio Vespignani. 1854. Pen and coloured washes, (sheet 55 by 110 cm. (sheet). (Courtesy of Nuova Argos, Rome).
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6. The Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, seen from the west. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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7. The Arch of the Four Winds, Rome, detail of the interior. (Photograph the author, 2022).
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8. The Arch of Janus (after Piranesi), Rome, by Thomas Girtin. 1798. Watercolour with pen and brown ink over graphite on paper, 21.1 by 30.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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9. The Arch of Constantine, Rome, by Charles Smeaton. 1855. Albumen print on card, 23 by 18.5 cm. (The British School at Rome, Parker Collections).
Exhibition Review
Surrealism Beyond Borders
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 592-594
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Reviewer:
Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
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Surrealism Beyond Borders Tate Modern, London 24th February–29th August | :
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1. A circus rider’s dream, by Yayoi Kusama. 1955. Gouache on paper, 74.9 by 64.5 cm. (Private collection; © Yayoi Kusama; courtesy David Zwirner, New York; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Singapore and Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London and Venice; photograph Elisabeth Bernstein; exh. Tate Modern, London).
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2. The seven sons of Lautréamont (and his dutiful beautiful daughter), by Ted Joans, Heriberto Cogollo, Agustin Cárdenas, Jorge Camacho, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Hervé Télémaque and Joyce Mansour. 1970–79. Ink on paper with poem, 76.2 by 21.6 cm. (Private collection; © Ted Joans Estate; courtesy Laura Corsiglia; photograph Buddy Ratner; exh. Tate Modern, London).
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3. Ekrany (screens), by Erna Rosenstein. 1951. Oil on canvas, 48 by 64 cm. (© Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Article
The Art of Conservation: XVII: Jan Cornelis Traas, paintings restorer of the Van Gogh family collection
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 164-177
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Author:
Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
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1. Jan Cornelis Traas at work on Girl with a pearl earring, by Johannes Vermeer, in the Mauritshuis, The Hague. 1960. Photograph. (Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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10. Photograph of Fig.9 recording its damaged condition prior to the 1927 restoration by Traas. (Photograph Bernard F. Eilers; from W. Scherjon and W. Jos de Gruyter: Vincent van Gogh’s great period. Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise, Amsterdam 1937).
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11. The bedroom at Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 91.3 cm. Photographed after the 2009–10 treatment when Traas’s old varnish and retouches were removed. The originally pale violet walls and lilac doors described by the artist are now light blue, owing to the fading of a red cochineal lake in the paint mixture used. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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12. Digital visualisation providing an impression of the original colours of Fig.11. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Vishwa R. Mehra making a condition report on the Van Gogh collection. 1984. Photograph. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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14. Self-portrait with grey felt hat, by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Oil on canvas, 44.5 by 37.2 cm. Shown after it was vandalised in 1978. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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2. Willem J. Steenhoff in the Van Gogh Gallery of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, with The potato eaters (F82) in the background. 1918. Photograph. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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3. Living room of Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s house in Brachthuyzerstraat, Amsterdam, showing from left to right: The white orchard (F403); The pink peach tree (F404); and The pink orchard (F555). c.1917. Photograph Thijs Quispel. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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4. Diagram of the Dutch method of wax-resin lining; in this case the original and lining canvases are enlarged with paper strips adhered to the edges, rather than the canvas strips sewn on by Traas, enabling the canvases to be stretched on wooden looms during lining. (From S. Cursiter and A.M. de Wild: ‘Picture relining’, in Technical Studies in the Field of Fine Arts 5 (1937)).
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5. Relining of Van Gogh’s Railway bridge over Avenue Montmajour, Arles (F480; whereabouts unknown), showing the preparation of the sawdust bed on which the painting is laid face downwards for lining without a hot table, by ironing, using ‘an elaborate insulation with tin foil and a sawdust bedding’ to protect the high impasto. Photograph, taken probably in Helmut Ruhemann’s studio in Berlin c.1932. (From Manual on the Conservation and Restoration of Paintings, Paris 1940).
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6. Field with irises near Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. May 1888. Oil on canvas, 54 by 65 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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7. Fig.6 photographed in raking light after the removal of the varnish in 2014–15.
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8. Enlarged detail of Fig.6, showing canvas weave impressed in the flattened impasto from rolling and sending the painting to Theo van Gogh.
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9. An old woman of Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 58 by 42 cm., showing the corners filled with putty and an even tone. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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