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| Mark Bradford Let's Walk to the Middle of the Ocean |
I was in New York City, Boston and Connecticut earlier this month and now I am back in rainy Oregon. Whenever I take a "business" trip I always manage to fit in as many art museums as possible, for art is my second greatest passion after plants. Er...wait a minute: wine, women and song are up there too. Anyway, I spent a blissful morning at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), while my wife and children went window-shopping on Madison Avenue.
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| Lee Krasner Untitled |
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| Mark Rothko No. 3 |
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| Jackson Pollock One Number 31 |
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| Mark Rothko Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea |
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| Betye Saar Black Girl's Window |
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| Maria Martins The Impossible, III |
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| Fernand Leger Woman with a Book |
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| Amedeo Modigliani Reclining Nude |
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| Pablo Picasso Three Musicians |
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| Paul Klee Around the Fish |
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| Paul Klee Cat and Bird |
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| Vasily Kandinsky White - Soft and Hard |
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| Henri Matisse Female Nude |
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| Matisse Dance (I) |
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| Henri Matisse Goldfish and Sculpture |
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| Henri Matisse The Moroccans |
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| Henri Matisse The Piano Lesson |
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| Henri Matisse Music (Sketch) |
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| Francis Picabia It Has to Do with Me |
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| Marcel Duchamp Network of Stoppages |
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| Pablo Picasso Woman Plaiting Her Hair |
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| Pablo Picasso Vase of Flowers |
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| Pablo Picasso Repose |
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| Georges Braque Soda |
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| Juan Gris Still Life with Flowers |
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| Piet Mondrian Composition in Oval with Color Planes 1 |
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| Pablo Picasso Guitar |
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| Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night |
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| Andre Derain Bridge over the Riou |
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| Andre Derain Bathers |
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| Edvard Munch The Storm |
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| James Ensor Tribulations of Saint Anthony |
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| Henri Rousseau The Dream |
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| Paul Cezanne Chateau Noir |
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| Paul Cezanne Pines and Rocks |
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| Paul Cezanne Still Life with Apples |
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| Paul Gauguin Washerwomen |
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| Paul Gauguin The Seed of the Areoi |
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| Georges-Pierre Seurat Grandcamp, Evening |
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| Georges-Pierre Seurat Evening, Honfleur |
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| Paul Gauguin Still Life with Three Puppies |
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| Vincent van Gogh Portrait of Joseph Roulin |
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| Jasper Johns Tantric Detail I |
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| Paul Cezanne The Bather |
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| Pablo Picasso Boy Leading a Horse |
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| Umberto Boccioni The City Rises |
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| Stanton Macdonald-Wright Synchrony |
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| Florine Stettheimer Family Portrait, II |
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| Henri Matisse The Rose Marble Table |
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| Fernand Leger The Mirror |
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| Gerald Murphy Wasp and Pear |
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| Alexandra Exter Theatrical Composition |
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| Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Dada Portrait of Berenice Abbott |
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| Gustav Klimt Hope, II |
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| Frantisek Kupka Mme Kupka among Verticals |
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| Vasily Kandinsky Picture with an Archer |
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| August Macke Lady in a Park |
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| Marc Chagall I and the Village |
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| Gustav Klimt The Park |
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Street, Dresden |
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| Oskar Kokoschka Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat |
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| Jean-Michel Basquiat Glenn |
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| Andrew Wyeth Christina's World |
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| View from the cafeteria |
My brain was exhausted with art overload, and even in the cafeteria I looked across the courtyard and the side of the building became "modern art."
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| Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
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| Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
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| Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
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| Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
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| Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
Before my scheduled rendezvous with my family I wanted to take one more look at Picasso's Demoiselles, certainly the museum's signature work, but I did so from the back of the crowd. The living people and the painted people interacted like actors in the same performance. And what do the ladies do at night when the people go away? The answer requires a dream.
I love the fact that you share your moments like these, a visit to an amazing museum that I /we may never ever see. I hope that your time with your family went very very well. Peace,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the MOMA tour. Glad you enjoyed it. I like the Dutch Masters (not the cigars) and your plant selections better. Sharon Yankee
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm not surprised at your appreciation of art—the depth and selection is amazing.
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