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Exhibition Review
Crafting the Ballets Russes. Music, Dance, Design: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 419-417
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
subjects:
Ballets Russes / Nijinsky, Vaslav, dancer / Design / Sets (architectural components)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Crafting the Ballets Russes. Music, Dance, Design: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection By Robinson McClellan and Lynn Garafola. 144 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York, and D. Giles, London, 2024), £30. ISBN 978–1–913875–67–1. | :
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Attributed works:
15. Costume design for a moujik in Petrouchka, by Alexandre Benois. Gouache and black ink with graphite on paper, 31.1 by 23 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
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16. Costume for Bronislava Nijinska in Fear, by Vadym Meller. 1919. Opaque water-based media on paper, 62.2 by 43.2 cm. (Bronislava Nijinska Collection, Library of Congress, Washington).
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17. Curtain design for Les Noces, by Natalia Goncharova. 1915. Opaque watercolour over graphite, 45.7 by 55.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Exhibition Review
Jugendstil: Made in Munich
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 281–4
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Reviewer:
Wieber, Sabine (Wieber, Sabine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany
places:
Munich
styles:
Jugendstil
subjects:
Jugendstil / Design / Interiors / Furniture / Fashion / Ceramics / Glassware
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Jugendstil: Made in Munich Kunsthalle, Munich 25th October 2024–23rd March 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Wall hanging with cyclamen motif (Whiplash), designed by Hermann Obrist and embroidered by Berthe Ruchet. 1895. Wool fabric with silk embroidery, 119 by 183 cm. (Stadtmuseum, Munich; exh. Kunsthalle, Munich).
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20. Installation view of Jugendstil: Made in Munich at the Kunsthalle, Munich, 2024–25. (Courtesy Munich Kunsthalle).
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21. Façade of the Hof-Atelier Elvira, Munich, c.1900, by Philipp Kester. Photograph, 18 by 13 cm. (Stadtmuseum, Munich; exh. Kunsthalle, Munich).
Exhibition Review
Bauhaus and National Socialism
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 968-71
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Reviewer:
Voigt, Wolfgang (Voigt, Wolfgang)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Weimar, Germany
subjects:
Bauhaus / Nazism / German art / Gothic architecture / Designers / Design
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bauhaus and National Socialism Klassik Stiftung Weimar 9th May–15th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
26. Cover for Die Neue Linie, designed by Kurt Kranz. 1937. Print, 36.5 by 27 cm. (Private collection; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
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27. Advertisement for the Association of German- Aryan Clothing Manufacturers (ADEFA), designed by Herbert Bayer. 1936/37. Colour lithograph, 59.9 by 41.9 cm. (Lentos Munstmuseum, Linz; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
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28. Copy of the entrance gate to the Buchenwald concentration camp, designed by Franz Ehrlich. 2009 (original 1938). Steel, 186 by 99 by 24 cm. (Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Weimar; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
Exhibition Review
Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 193–196
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Reviewer:
Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
subjects:
Victorian art / Design / Fashion / Colour / Dyes
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subjects:
Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 21st September 2023–18th February 2024 | :
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Attributed works:
17. Study of a Kingfisher with dominant reference to colour, by John Ruskin. 1871. Watercolour on paper, 60.4 by 45 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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18. La morphinomane (The morphine addict), by Eugene Grasset. 1897. Colour lithograph, 57.6 by 42.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images; exh. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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19. The great bookcase, designed by William Burges. 1859–62. Painted wood and pietra dura, 317 by 174 by 49.5 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Exhibition Review
Futurism and Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 906–908
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Reviewer:
Kwartler, Talia (Kwartler, Talia)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Photographs / Design
museums and institutions:
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
subjects:
Futurism / Avant-garde / Modernism / De Stijl / Constructivist / Bauhaus
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Futurism and Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo 29th April–3rd September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The new city. Detail, by Antonio Sant’Elia. 1914. Pencil and ink on paper, 52.5 by 51.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Civica, Como; exh. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo).
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20. Unique forms of continuity in space, by Umberto Boccioni. 1913, cast in 1972. Bronze, 117 by 30.5 by 87.5 cm. (Kröller- Müller Museum, Otterlo).
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21. Installation view of Futurism and Europe: The Aesthetics of a New World at the Kröller- Müller Museum, Otterlo, 2023. (photograph Studio Goedewaagen Fotografie).
Book Review
Giulio Romano: La forza delle cose
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 459-460
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Reviewer:
Pietrabissa, Camilla (Pietrabissa, Camilla )
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Giulio Romano
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
patrons:
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1500-1540
subjects:
Decorative arts / Design / Vessels / Shields (Armour) / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giulio Romano: La forza delle cose Edited by Barbara Furlotti and Guido Rebecchini with Antonio Geremicca. 208 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Marsilio Editori, Venice), €35. ISBN 979–12–5463–049–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Banquet scene, detail of a fresco in the Sala di Amore e Psiche, Palazzo Te, Manuta, by Giulio Romano and workshop. c.1526–28. (Palazzo Te, Mantua; photograph Gianmaria Pontiroli).
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5. Project for a saltcellar, by Giulio Romano. c.1537–46. Pen and brown ink, watercolour, black chalk and stylus, 18.1 by 21.9 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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6. Design for a shield called the Plus Ultra, by Giulio Romano. c.1535–40. Pen and brown ink, watercolour, black chalk and white lead highlights on prepared blue paper, diameter 40.8–41.1 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
Book Review
Process: Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum 1500–1900
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 456-458
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Reviewer:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Decorative arts / Design / Drawings / Man-made objects / Furniture
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subjects:
Process: Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum 1500–1900 By Reinier Baarsen. 404 pp. incl. 365 col. + 3 b. & w. ills. (nai010 publishers, Rotterdam, 2022), €59.95. ISBN 978–94–6208–735–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Design for a partly gilt silver ewer, by Peter Flötner. c.1530– 40. Pen and black ink, brown and blue wash, 35.9 by 25.6 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. Design for a secretaire, by Joseph Nussbaumer. 1816. Pen and black ink, watercolour, over black chalk sketches, 45.3 by 31.2 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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3. Design for a casket mounted with hardstone panels, by Giovanni Battista Foggini. c.1710–15. Pen and brown ink, watercolour, over remnants of a sketch in black chalk, 46.1 by 63.9 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Book Review
Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long Visions of Ancient Egypt
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 202-204
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Reviewer:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
Subjects
artists:
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence / Poynter, Edward John / Long, Edwin
subjects:
British art / British architecture / Design / Decorative arts / Victorian art / Egypt / Egyptology / History paintings / Archaeology
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long By Stephanie Moser. 584 pp. incl. 240 col. + b. & w. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2020), £79. ISBN 978–0–19–069702–0. | :
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Visions of Ancient Egypt Edited by Benjamin Hinson and Anna Ferrari with Ghislaine Wood. 192 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–1–73972–000–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pastimes in Ancient Egypt 3,000 years ago, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 1863. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 135.8 cm. (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Les Années 1910: Arts décoratifs, mode, design
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 828
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Reviewer:
Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
Subjects
dates:
1910-1919
subjects:
Designers / Design / Decorative arts / French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Les Années 1910: Arts décoratifs, mode, design Edited by Jérémie Cerman. 442 pp. incl. 82 col. + 58 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Brussels, 2021), £41. ISBN 978–2–8076–0896–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 184-188
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Reviewer:
Cooke, Lynne (Cooke, Lynne )
Subjects
artists:
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Women artists / Swiss art / Modernism / Abstract art / Paintings / Performance art / Tapestries / Sculpture / Design
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction Museum of Modern Art, New York 21st November 2021– 12th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Guards (marionette for ‘King Stag’), by Sophie Taeuber- Arp. 1918. Metallic paint and oil on wood and metal, height 55.5 cm. (Museum für Gestaltung Zurich; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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2. Verticalhorizontal composition, by Sophie Taeuber- Arp. 1916. Wool on canvas, 50 by 38.5 cm. (Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
3. Circle picture, by Sophie Taeuber-Arp. 1933. Oil on canvas, 74.3 by 119.8 cm. (Kunstmuseum Bern; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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4. Aubette 127 (axonometric drawing of the ‘Five O’Clock’ tearoom in the Aubette, Strasbourg). 1927. Gouache, metallic paint, ink and pencil on diazotype, 123 by 99 cm. (Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York; photograph M. Bertola).
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