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Obituary
Bernice Rose (1935–2023)
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1047-48
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Hoptman, Laura (Hoptman, Laura)
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Bernice Rose, photographed in 2007. (Courtesy of Menil Archives, Menil Collection, Houston; photograph George Hixson).
Article
Below the surface of Braque's 'Pitcher, candlestick and black fish'
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 968-75
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Dijkema, Desirae (Dijkema, Desirae)
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1. Pitcher, candlestick, and black fish (Vase et poisson noir) (after treatment), by Georges Braque. 1943. Oil on canvas, 64.6 by 48.6 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Menil Collection, Houston).
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10. L’homme au foulard, by Georges Braque. 1929. Oil on canvas, 46 by 38 cm. (Current location unknown; from N. Worms de Romilly: Catalogue de l’oeuvre de Georges Braque, ed. N. Mangin, Paris 1959, III).
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11. Reflected infra-red image of the reverse of Fig.1, after lining removal; the image has been flipped so that the composition is seen as it would be when viewed from the front.
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12. Digital estimation of the third underlying composition of Fig.1.
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13. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lower-right corner.
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14. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lower-right corner and imaged under magnification.
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the lower-right quadrant.
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3. Reflected infra-red image of Fig.1. (Menil Collection, Houston).
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4. Transmitted infra-red image of Fig.1. (Menil Collection, Houston).
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5. Detail of Fig.4, showing the eyes.
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6. Woman at an easel (green screen), by Georges Braque. 1936. Oil on canvas, 92 by 73 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Art Institute of Chicago).
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7. Digital estimation of the composition immediately underlying Fig.1. (Menil Collection, Houston).
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8. Woman with a mandolin, by Georges Braque. 1937. Oil on canvas, 130.2 by 97.2 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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9. Femme, by Georges Braque. 1936. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Current location unknown; from N. Worms de Romilly: Catalogue de l’oeuvre de Georges Braque, ed. N. Mangin, Paris 1959).
Book Review
Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 213-214
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Williamson, Beth (Williamson, Beth)
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Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind Itself By Edouard Kopp. 144 pp. incl. 124 col. ills. (Menil Collection, Houston, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–0–300–26654–2. | :
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Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné By Katy Rogers. Two vols, 784 pp. incl. 1,566 col. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022), £150. ISBN 978–0–300–22668–3. | :
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7. From the series Lyric suite, by Robert Motherwell. 1965. Ink on paper, 22.9 by 27.9 cm. (Menil Collection, Houston; Dedalus Foundation and VAGA at Artists Rights Society, New York).
Exhibition Review
Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect. Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Morgan Library and Museum, New York
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 432-435
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Bergdoll, Barry (Bergdoll, Barry)
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Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect. Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France Morgan Library and Museum, New York 31st January–10th May | :
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1. Aqueduct to bring water to the Holy City, from L’Architecture Civile (1777–1825), by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. Pen, wash, and watercolour, 51.6 by 36.4 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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1. Aqueduct to bring water to the Holy City, from L’Architecture Civile (1777–1825), by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. Pen, wash, and watercolour, 51.6 by 36.4 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
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3. Draughtsman’s tools, from Architecture Civile (1777–1825), by Jean-Jacques Lequeu. Pen, ink, wash and watercolour, 51.6 by 36.4 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
Exhibition Review
Barnett Newman. Houston
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 576-577
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Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
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74. Shimmer bright, by Barnett Newman. 1968 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. The Menil Collection, Houston)
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75. Unfinished painting, by Barnett Newman. 1970 (The Menil Collection, Houston)
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76. Here I, by Barnett Newman. 1950 (The Menil Collection, Houston)
Exhibition Review
Forrest Bess
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 488-489
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Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
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88. Untitled, by Forrest Bess (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; exh. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, NY)
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89. Dedication to Van Gogh, by Forrest Bess (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; exh. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, NY)
Publication Received
Art and activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 755
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Griffin, Christopher (Griffin, Christopher)
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Art and activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil | editor: Helfenstein, Josef , editor: Schipsi, Laureen
Exhibition Review
Modern and contemporary exhibitions. New York (Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective)
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 432-434
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Lawrence, James (Lawrence, James)
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Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective | institution: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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79. Union, by Richard Serra. 2011. Paintstick on Belgian linen, dimensions variable. (Private collection; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Kurt Schwitters. Houston, Princeton and Berkeley
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 209-210
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Craft, Catherine (Craft, Catherine)
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Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage | institution: Menil Collection , institution: Princeton University Art Museum , institution: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
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114. Merzbild Einunddreissig (Merz picture thirty-one), by Kurt Schwitters. 1920. Assemblage of oil, paper, wood, metal, fabric and cotton balls on paper mounted on wood frame, 98 by 66 cm. (Sprengel Museum, Hannover; exh. Menil Collection, Houston).
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115. Untitled (Mz. 9 NDARD), by Kurt Schwitters. 1947. Collage of paper on paper mounted on marbleised cardboard, 15.4 by 11.1 cm. (Menil Collection, Houston).
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116. Full-scale reconstruction of Kurt Schwitters’s Hannover Merzbau, by Peter Bissegger. 1981–83. Built from photographs taken in 1933 of the original construction (c.1923–36; destroyed 1943), 393 by 580 by 460 cm. (Sprengel Museum, Hannover; exh. Menil Collection, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Recent exhibitions in Texas. Fort Worth (From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern)
06/2010 | 1287 | 152
Pages: 438-439
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Craft, Catherine (Craft, Catherine)
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From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern | institution: Kimbell Art Museum
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96. Landscape with Tobias’s return, by Paul Bril. 1601. Oil on copper, 22.9 by 30.5 cm. (Collection of Robert M. Edsel, Dallas; exh. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
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97. Henri Gasquet, by Paul Cézanne. 1896–97. Canvas, 55.9 by 47 cm. (McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; exh. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
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