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Book Review
Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A.
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 480-481
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Reviewer:
Sudhalter, Adrian (Sudhalter, Adrian )
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Arensberg, Walter C. / Arensberg, Louise S.
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
Los Angeles
subjects:
Collections, Private / Collecting / Collectors / Modern art / Modernism / Surrealism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A. By Mark Nelson, William H. Sherman and Ellen Hoobler. 448 pp. incl. 103 col. + 227 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2020),  50. ISBN 978–1–60606–666–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Photograph of the dining room at 7065 Hillside Avenue, Los Angeles, showing works by Constantin Brancusi, Marcel Duchamp and Paul Klee among others, c.January 1951, by Floyd Faxon. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives).
Exhibition Review
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 161-163
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
artists:
Mann, Sally
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photographs
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Washington DC
subjects:
Photography / Children / Politics / Slavery / Race / Civil wars / African Americans / Cultural history / Religion / Poetry / Literature / Portraits / Self-portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Easter Dress, by Sally Mann. 1986. Gelatin silver print, 47 by 57.8 cm. (Patricia and David Schulte; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
29. Virginia #6, by Sally Mann. 2004. Gelatin silver print, 123.2 by 98.4 cm. (Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
30. Battlefields, Antietam (Black Sun), by Sally Mann. 2001. Gelatin silver print, 96.5 by 123.2 cm. (Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Exhibition Review
Charles White: A Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art, New York
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 968-970
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Reviewer:
Hylton, Richard (Hylton, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
White, Charles, 1918-1978 / Marshall, Kerry James
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints / Photographs / Book covers / Lithographs
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / New York / Chicago / Los Angeles
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Politics / Social history / Social realism / Expressionism / Allegory / Hands (body componenents) / Magazines (periodicals) / Murals / Archives / African Americans / Slavery / Slave trade
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Paul Robeson (Study for Contribution of the negro to democracy in America), by Charles White. 1942–43. Carbon pencil over charcoal, with additions and corrections in white gouache, border in Wolff crayon, on cream drawing board, 63.2 by 48.4 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
23. Awaken from the unknowing, by Charles White. 1961. Compressed brown and grey vine charcoal with scratching out, blending and erasing on cold-pressed illustration board, 78.7 by 142.2 cm. (Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Wanted poster series #17, by Charles White. 1971. Oil wash and pencil on poster board, 152.4 by 76.2 cm. (Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy. National Gallery of Art, Washington
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 953-955
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Reviewer:
Wilson, Bronwen (Wilson, Bronwen)
Subjects
art literature:
Vasari, Giorgio / Oberhuber, Konrad / Gnann, Achim
artists:
Ugo da Carpi / Titian / Andreani, Andrea / Beccafumi, Domenico / Raphael / Parmigianino
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Prints / Woodcuts
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Washington DC
subjects:
Printmaking / Chiaroscuro / Chiaroscuro woodcuts / Albums / Workshops (Organisations) / Colour / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Techniques / Collections / Collections, Public / Collections, Private
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Diogenes, by Ugo da Carpi, after Parmigianino. c.1527–30. Woodcut, 48.4 by 34.8 cm. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art; exh. National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
5. St Philip, by Domenico Beccafumi. c.1540. Woodcut, 28.2 by 17 cm. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington; exh. National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
6. A skull, by Andrea Andreani, after Giovanni Fortuna (?). c.1588. Woodcut, 28.1 by 33.7 cm. (The British Museum, London; exh. National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Exhibition Review
Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 774-776
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Reviewer:
Cooney, Kathlyn M. (Cooney, Kathlyn M.)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Sculpture / Musical instruments / Silverwork / Documents / Stone / Marbles
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
patrons:
Amasis II, King of Egypt / Amenhotep III, King of Egypt / Alexander the Great
places:
United States / Los Angeles
subjects:
Egyptian sculpture / Greek (ancient) sculpture / Roman (ancient) sculpture / Egyptian School / Greek (ancient) School / Roman (ancient) School / Patronage / Politics / Influence / Diplomacy / Collecting / Monarchy / Emperors / Kings / Greek iconography / Roman iconography / Gods / Goddesses / Sarcophagi / Hieroglyphics / Scrolls (Rolls) / Jugs / Cups / Busts / Portraits / Caesar, Lucius Julius, 90-43 B.C. / Caracalla / Naturalism
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Sarcophagus of Wahibreemakhet, Egyptian. c.600 BC. Basalt, 230 by 94 by 105 cm. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
6. Julius Caesar, Roman. First century BC–First century AD. Graywacke, 44 by 26 by 25 cm. (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
7. Head of Caracalla, Romano-Egyptian. AD 211–17. Granite, 51 by 34 by 52 cm. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Book Review
Painted in Mexico, 1700–1760: Pinxit Mexici. Edited by Ilona Katzew
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 607-608
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Juárez , Juan Rodríguez / Juárez, Nicolás Rodríguez / Magón, José Joaquín / Morlete Ruiz, Juan Patricio / Vallejo, Francisco Antonio / Ibarra, José de / Torres, Antonio de
dates:
1700-1799
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Palacio de Cultura Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
patrons:
House of Bourbon
places:
Mexico / Mexico City / United States / Los Angeles / New York
subjects:
Mexican painting / Exhibition catalogues / Patronage / Style / Academies / Treatises / Jesuits / Globalism / Gender / Race / Politics / Iconography / Portraits / Self-portraits / Allegories / Caravaggism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. View of the Plaza Mayor of Mexico, by Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz. 1770. Canvas, 96.8 by 151 cm. (National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta).
Publication Received
Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings and Prints. Edited by Lee Hendrix
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 525-526
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Reviewer:
Shone, Richard (Shone, Richard; S., R.; Shone, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de / Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille / Courbet, Gustave / Manet, Edouard / Degas, Edgar / Redon, Odilon / Seurat, Georges / Lalanne, Maxime / Bonvin, François / Ribot, Théodule / Angrand, Charles / Lebourg, Charles-Albert / Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
dates:
1800-1899 / 2010-2019
media:
Drawings / Etchings / Lithographs
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles
subjects:
French painting / Exhibition catalogues / Black / Monochrome
Exhibition Review
Bouchardon. Paris and Los Angeles
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 172-174
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Reviewer:
Laing, Alastair (Laing, Alastair)
Subjects
artists:
Bouchardon, Edmé
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
112. Cupid carving a bow from Hercules' club, by Edme Bouchardon. 1750 (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Getty Center, Los Angeles)
Attributed works:
113. Baron Philipp von Stosch, by Edme Bouchardon. 1727 (Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen, Berlin; exh. Getty Center, Los Angeles)
Attributed works:
114. Study for Cupid, by Edme Bouchardon. c.1745 (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Getty Center, Los Angeles)
Exhibition Review
Théodore Rousseau. Los Angeles and Copenhagen
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 1001-1003
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Rousseau, Théodore
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Denmark / Copenhagen
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Mont Blanc seen from La Faucille, storm effect, by Théodore Rousseau. Begun 1834 (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
Attributed works:
69. Forest of Fontainbleau, cluster of tall trees overlooking the plain of Clair-Bois at the edge of Bas-Bréau, by Théodore Rousseau. c.1849-52 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
Attributed works:
70. Sunset on the sand dunes of Jean-de-Paris, by Théodore Rousseau. 1864-67 (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; exh. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)
Exhibition Review
Black Mountain College. Boston, Los Angeles and Columbus
09/2016 | 1362 | 158
Pages: 764-766
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Reviewer:
Shales, Ezra (Shales, Ezra)
Subjects
artists:
Archer, Hazel Larsen, 1921-2001 / Albers, Anni / Albers, Josef / Cunningham, Merce / Cage, John / Rauschenberg, Robert / Johnson, Ray / Parreno, Philippe
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, United States / Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States / Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, N.C., United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Columbus (Ohio) / Boston
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, N.C., United States
Illustrations
Attributed works:
66. Buckminster Fuller inside his Geodesic Dome, by Hazel Larsen Archer. 1949 (Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, Asheville; exh. Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus)
Attributed works:
67. Knot 2, by Anni Albers. 1947 (Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany; exh. Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus)
Attributed works:
68. Minutiae, by Robert Rauschenberg. 1954/1976 (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; exh. Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Columbus © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY)
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