See powerful portraits by one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century.Â
Pastor Ledbetter, Chicago Close Modal Duke Ellington Listening to Playback, Los
Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Met Breuer, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
As the first exhibition devoted to the subject, The Life of Animals in Japanese Art covers 17 centuries (from the fifth century to the present day) and a wide variety of media—sculpture, painting, lacquerwork, ceramics, metalwork, textile, and the woodblock print.
coorganized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Japan Foundation, and the Los
-1958], Das Kunsthaus, Mannheim); sold to Theodore Franck [d. 1953], Berlin and Los
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1976, no. 26. 1983 Master Drawings
Washington, 2000-2001. 2005 André Kertész, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los
In 1883 Monet moved his household, his two sons along with Alice Hoschedé and her children, to the rural community of Giverny, where he leased a house that he was able to purchase seven years later. In early 1893, he acquired a swampy area across the railroad tracks abutting his property and petitioned the village council for permission to divert a small stream into it.
Mudd, Los Angeles; by inheritance to his wife, Victoria Nebeker Coberly [Mrs.
Much like Edith Johnson’s 1929 classic song “Good Chib Blues,� Romare Bearden’s intricate collage tells a story through repetition and rhythm. Here, clippings in shades of green, blue, tan, and brown create a powerful composition based on the artist’s childhood memories of rural North Carolina.
Histories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Los
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 16 March 1944, no. 65); (Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los
UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles, 1961, no. 48. 1964 The Art of the Sublime: Romantic
