Since last winter went so swimmingly, let's try it again! TFS has very graciously opened her home in the west San Fernando Valley to me again. This time her daughter AS (and dog and cat) are there too. Two women + two dogs + two cats = not my usual solitary winter again. Huzzah! Place name links like Los Angeles, CA go to Wikipedia. Place name links like Los Angeles use a local tourism or government website.
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Dallas Museum of Art |
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It's a cold wet day on our first Sunday in town. Time for some art!
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is one of several arts facilities that make up the Dallas Arts District in the northeast corner of downtown Dallas, TX .
And it's free admission every day, though parking is $10.
Two Pieces Reclining Figures | |
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From a later visit in better weather, the front entrance. And yet another - we've seen a ton of them, probably several tons - Henry Moore sculpture. Doubtless there will be more... | |
It's an interesting building, doesn't look like much on the outside but inside is a long rising hallway with galleries arrayed off the side, on two levels. Probably quite impressive when it's sunny. No pictures of it though.
On to the Art.
Alexandre Hogue : The Erosion Series
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Alexander Hogue was a Texas painter known for his realist-style depictions of the landscapes of his native state. This series of paintings made him famous in the 1930s for its depiction of the Texas landscape damaged by the Dust Bowl . |
Avalanche by Wind, 1944 | |
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Crucified Land, 1939 | |
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Drouth Survivors, 1936/1984 | |
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Erosion No. 2 - Mother Earth Laid Bare, 1936 | |
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Red Earth Canyon, 1932 | |
Modern
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| These are the second works we've seen by these artists, very recognizable for artists we'd never heard of before.
The Butterfield was at Palm Springs Art Museum, but in wood there.
The Pomodoro was at Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, but more open there. | |
Asia
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Pair of Lokapala (Heavenly Guardians)
China: Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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Buddha of the Western Paradise (Amida Nyorai)
Japan: ca 1175-1200 | |
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(L) Figure of a lady, China: 200 BC - 1 AD
(C) Polo horse tomb figure, China: AD 616-907
(R) Ritual urn with two handles, China: 3000-2000 BC | |
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Bodhisattva Majusri (Monju Bosatsu), Japan: Nambokucho period (1333-1392) | |
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River landscape, Japan: 18th century |
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, Japan: ca 1600 | |
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Emma-O, Japan: Momoyama period (1568-1615) | |
Saddle, Japan: Edo period 17th century | |
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Censer and cover (koro), Japan: 1877 | |
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Takenouchi no Sukune Meets the Dragon King of the Sea, Japan: 1875-1879 |
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Pair of vases, Japan: Late Edo, ca mid-19th century | |
Vase, Japan: Meiji period, late 19th century | |
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Vase, Japan: Meiji period, late 19th century | |
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Covered incense burner (koro), ca 1900 | |
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Chest of drawers (kodansu), Japan: ca 1880 | |
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Vase (one of a pair), Japan: 1905 | |
Manjusri, Tibet or Nepal: 18th century | |
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Buddha Muchalinda, Cambodia: late 12th - early 13th century | |
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Conch shell, Tibet: 19th century | |
Pacific Islands
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Figure from the top of a funerary post (jihe), Indonesia: 18th or 19th century | |
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Skull hook, Malaysia: 19th century or earlier. | |
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| Possessing potent magical charm, the skulls of slain enemies were hung from elegantly formed hooks like this one. The hooks were suspended from the rafters of the longhouse, where they were part of an altar where prayers and sacrificial offerings were made. | |
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Headhunter's or ritual ceremonial sword, Indonesia: 19th - early 20th century |
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Wall panel with figure of a slain shaman (tulangan sirimanua), Indonesia: ca 1900 | |
(L) Guardian sentinel, Indonesia: late 19th century
(R) Male protective figure (pagar), Indonesia: late 19th century | |
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Row of figures, Indonesia: late 19th - early 20th century |
Section from a house façade with a human figure, Indonesia: late 19th - early 20th century | |
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Funerary figure (tau-tau), Indonesia: 19th century or earlier | |
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Pair of male and female ancestor figures (ana dea), Indonesia: late 19th to early 20th century | |
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House door (oromatan), Indonesia: ca 1915 | |
Mouth mask probably depicting the head of a rooster, Indonesia: 19th century | |
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| Among the rarest of sculptures from the Southeast Moluccas are small masklike objects depicting the head of an animal. The dancer held the masklike object in his mouth by the tab extending from the back of the head. This type of object is sometimes referred to as a mouth mask. Only four mouth masks have survived, three of which are in European museum collections and represent pigs. The sculptor imaginatively used boar tusks to create the white feathers that rise above the head and encircle the bird's face. Pig mouth masks are associated with a distinctive fertility ritual called porka, which encourages increase and aundance among human beings, animals, and vegetation. The bird mask shown here was used in a war dance that was poerformed by men and portrayed headhunting. | |
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Ceremonial spoon, Eastern Indonesia: ca 17th century, Ivory | |
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Standing male figure, Vanuatu: ca 1945-55 | |
| Art and Death in New Ireland (Papua New Guinea)
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Head for a malagan figure, Papua New Guinea: early 20th century | |
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Memorial figure (uli), Papua New Guinea: 19th century | |
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Decorative Arts
Villa La Pausa
This collection was given to the DMA in 1985 and installed in unique galleries modelled on the principal rooms of the donor's villa, known as La Pausa, on the French Riviera. Villa La Pausa was orginally built for and furnished by the designer Coco Chanel .
Africa
Five Songye Standing Figures (Mankishi), Zaire: 19th - 20th century | |
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Mask (Kifwebe), Democratic Republic of the Congo: late 19th - early 20th century | |
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Standing Male Figure (Nkisi Mangaaka), Democratic Republic of the Congo: late 19th - early 20th century | |
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Helmet Mask (Mukyeem), Democratic Republic of the Congo: mid-20th century | |
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Seated Female Figure with Child (Pfemba), Democratic Republic of the Congo: late 19th - early 20th century | |
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Nigeria |
(L) Bowl with Lid (Opon Igede), 1920-1940
(C) Shango Dance Wand (Oshe Shango), late 19th - early 20th century
(R) Kneeling Male and Female Figures, 18th-19th century | |
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Kneeling Female Figure with Bowl (Olumeye), early 20th century | |
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Rhythm Pounder, Mali: 19th - 20th century | |
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India
Antiquities
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Head and Upper Torso
of Seti I, Egypt: 1559-1085 BC | |
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Greece
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ca 5th century BC |
Mystery Cults,
6th century BC on | |
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Standing Goddess or Woman, 6th century BC | |
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Black-Figure Krater, first half of 6th century BC | |
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Calyx Krater, late 4th century BC | |
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Volute Krater, ca 340-330 BC | |
Europe
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The Master of the Legend of St. Barbara
Saint Ursula Protecting the Eleven Thousand Virgins with Her Cloak, ca 1470-1500 | |
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Giovanni Antonio Canal ("Canaletto")
San Cristoforo, San Michele, and Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove, Venice, 1722-23 | |
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Françcois-August Biard
Seasickness at the Ball, on Board an English Corvette (Le mal de merau bal, abord d'une corvette Anglaise) , , French: ca 1860s
Probably the first European painter to travel to the Arctic Cirle to paint icebergs. | |
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Paul Signac
Comblat-le-Chãteauthe Meadow (Le Pré), Opus 161 , , 1887 |
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Édouard Manet
Portrait of Isabelle Lemonnier with a Muff, ca 1879-1880 | |
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Paul Klee
Saint of Inner Light (Die Heilige vom Innern Licht), 1921 | |
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Paul Klee
Hoffmanesque Scene (Hoffmaneske Szene), 1921 | |
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Jean Arp
Star in a Dream (Astre en Reve), 1958 | |
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Paul Klee
Around the Core (Um den Kern)1935 , | |
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Henry Moore
Reclining Figure: Umbilicus Centre, 1983
Family Group, 1944
Small Animal, 1980
Reclining Man: Headless, 1982
Wall Relief: Maquette No. 1, 1955
Stringed Figure, 1938 (cast 1966)
Point and Oval, 1981
This Head, 1964 | |
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| Piet Mondrian |
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| Willow Grove: Impression of Light and Shadow, ca 1905 |
| The Winkel Mill, Pointillist Version, 1908 | |
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| Apple Tree, Pointillist Version, 1908-1909 |
| Spring Sun (Leutezon) Castle Ruin: Brederode, 1909/1910 | |
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| Farm Near Duivendrecht, in the Evening, ca 1916 | |
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| Composition with Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray, 1921 | |
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| Place de la Concorde, 1938-1943 | |
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Day 2: Sculpture Garden
After a visit to the Nasher Sculpture Center we stopped in at the DMA to see its outdoor sculptures while the weather was better. And an indoor gallery that wasn't yet open on our last visit.
Day 2: Contemporary
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Nobuo Sekine
Phase of Nothingness - Cloth and Stone, 1970/1994 | |
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Franz Erhard Walther
Standing Piece in Two Sections, 1975
Viewers are invited to stand and walk on the piece. |
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| (L) Michele Abeles , Red, Rock, Cigarettes, Newspaper, Body, Wood, Lycra, Bottle, 2006 (C) Lucas Block , Accurate Walking Style 1, 2012 (R) Daniel Gordon , Shelf and plant, 2003 | |
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Thomas Struth
Stellarator Wendelstein 7-X Detail Max Planck IPP, Greifswald, Germany, 2009
An experimental nuclear fusion reactor. | |
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Thomas Struth
Seamless Tube Production Tenais Siderca, Campana/Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009 | |
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This is quite a large museum, larger than it appears from the street. We never did get to the American Art and Ancient American Art galleries. |
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