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Book Review
Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to now
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 102–103
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Reviewer:
Walsh, Helen (Walsh, Helen)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues
dates:
1900-1999 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Ceramics / British / Collections, Public / Collecting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to now By Alun Graves, with a foreword by Tanya Harrod. 416 pp. incl. 919 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2023), £65. ISBN 978–0–500–48089–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Optical pot, by Elizabeth Fritsch. 1980. Stoneware, height 31.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 425-426
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Darger, Henry
dates:
1900-1999
subjects:
American art / Gender / Children / Outsider art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art By Leisa Rundquist. 126 pp. incl. 13 b. & w. ills. (Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2021), £44.99. ISBN 978–1–138–31455–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. a) Are almost murdered themselves though they fight for their lives typhoon saves them... b) Vivian girls said Glandelinian tent, by Henry Darger. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 55.9 by 223.5 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Scala Archives).
Article
The ‘fortuna critica’ of the ‘Maiden of Lille’
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 404-411
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Author:
Riviale, Laurence (Riviale, Laurence)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael / Leonardo da Vinci / Sargent, John Singer / Wicar, Jean Baptiste Joseph / Henner, Jean-Jacques / Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
collectors and dealers:
Gurlitt, Fritz
dates:
1830-1909 / 1900-1999
media:
Wax / Terracotta / Polychromy / Sculpture / Photographs / Engravings
museums and institutions:
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France
places:
Lille
subjects:
Attributions / Attributions, tentative / Attributions, former / Copies / Reproductions / Dating / Casts (sculpture) / Beauty / Symbols / Nationalism
subjects:
Critical Reception / Restoration (process) / Personification
works:
Maiden of Lille
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Study of a bust at Lille, by John Singer Sargent. c.1877. Oil on mahogany panel, 30.7 by 20.6 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
10. The Maiden of Lille, by Arthur Mayeur. Drawing reproduced on the cover of Lille et la région du nord en 1909, Lille 1909.
Attributed works:
2. The ‘Maiden of Lille’ in the Wicar galleries at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, c.1892. (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille).
Attributed works:
4. The Maiden of Lille, by Aurelio Micheli. c.1909. Plaster, wax and polychromy. (Letter Stiftung, Cologne).
Attributed works:
5. Jean-Jacques Henner’s studio in Paris, with a plaster cast of the ‘Maiden of Lille’ from the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. Detail of a photograph, c.1900. (Courtesy Henner Museum, Paris).
Attributed works:
6. Wolfgang Gurlitt’s music room at 113 Potsdamer Strasse, Berlin. Photograph, c.1920. (Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg). 
Attributed works:
7. The display of old-master drawings in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. Photograph by James Russell and Sons, 1910. (Manley family collection). 
Attributed works:
8. The plaster-cast room at the Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston. Photograph, 1902. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
9. The Maiden of Lille, in the Musée Wicar, Lille. Photograph by Robert Jefferson Bingham, 1864. (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille).
Western art unattributed:
3. The Maiden of Lille. Possibly seventeenth or eighteenth century. Beeswax, terracotta and glass, 44.5 by 30.3 by 19.5 cm. (Palais des Beaux- Arts, Lille; photograph the author).
Exhibition Review
Portraits of Lucian Freud
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 46-51
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Author:
Cahill, James (Cahill, James; Cahill, J.)
Subjects
artists:
Freud, Lucian
artists:
Morris, Cedric Lockwood / Lett-Haines, Arthur / Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
dates:
1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Portraits / Self-portraits / Biographies / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits. With contributions by David Dawson, Joseph Koerner, Jasper Sharp and Sebastian Smee. 152 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2019), £25. ISBN 978–1–912520–06–0. | :
subjects:
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth (1922–1968). By William Feaver. 704 pp. incl. 50 b. & w. + 29 col. ills. (Bloomsbury, London, 2019), £25. ISBN 978–1–4088–5093–0. | :
subjects:
Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits, Royal Academy of Arts, London. 27 October 2019–26 January 2020. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Painter working, reflection, by Lucian Freud. 1993. Oil on canvas, 101.2 by 81.7 cm. (Private collection; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
2. Self-portrait as Actaeon, by Lucian Freud. 1949. Pen and ink on paper, 22.3 by 14.5 cm. (Private collection; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
3. Interior at Paddington, by Lucian Freud. 1951. Oil on canvas, 152.4 by 114.3 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Boy smoking, by Lucian Freud. 1950–51. Oil on copper, 155 by 115 cm. (Tate; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Hotel bedroom, by Lucian Freud. 1954. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 61 cm. (Beaverbrook Art Gallery; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London). exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
6. Two Irishmen in W11, by Lucian Freud. 1985. Oil on canvas, 172.7 by 141.6 cm. (Private collection; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
7. Interior with hand mirror (self-portrait), by Lucian Freud. 1967. Oil on canvas, 25.5 by 17.8 cm. (Private collection; © The Lucian Freud Archive; Bridgeman Images.
Publication Received
Voir la Musique. By Florence Gétreau
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 703
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Reviewer:
Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld (Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld; Lavergnée, Arnauld Brejon de; Brejon, Arnauld; Lavergnee, Arnaud Brejon de)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1899 / 1900-1999
subjects:
Musicians / Music / Concert / Allegory / Religion / Audiences / Art history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Voir la Musique By Florence Gétreau. 416 pp. incl. 334 col. ills. (Citadelles et Mazenod, Paris, 2017) | :
Book Review
For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design. Edited by Jeremiah William McCarthy and Diana Thompson
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 696-698
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Reviewer:
Murphy, John P. (Murphy, John P.)
Subjects
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Academy of Design, New York, United States
subjects:
American art / Figurative art / Self-portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design Edited by Jeremiah William McCarthy and Diana Thompson. 304 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (National Academy of Design and American Federation of Arts, New York, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019), | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Self-portrait, by Andrew Wyeth. 1945. Egg tempera on gessoed panel, 63.5 by 76.2 cm. (National Academy of Design, New York).
Book Review
Wallpapers at Temple Newsam 1635 to the Present, A. Wells-Cole and B. Walker
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 442-443
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Reviewer:
Hoskins, Lesley (Hoskins, Lesley)
Subjects
dates:
1630-1669 / 1660-1719 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Great Britain
subjects:
Wallpaper / Taste (aesthetics)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Wallpaper fragment. c.1720. Coarse handmade paper grounded in yellow, stencilled in pale pink and block-printed in deep pink, 18.4 by 59.7 cm. (Temple Newsam, Leeds).
Book Review
Josef Albers: Life and Work
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 358
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Reviewer:
Troeller, Jordan (Troeller, Jordan)
Subjects
artists:
Albers, Josef / Albers, Anni
dates:
1900-1999
styles:
Bauhaus / Abstract art / American art
subjects:
Biographies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Josef Albers: Life and Work By Charles Darwent. | :
Exhibition Review
The Art of the Building Site: Construction and Demolition from the 16th to the 21st Century. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 238-241
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Reviewer:
Cellauro, Louis (Cellauro, Louis)
Reviewer:
Richaud, Gilbert (Richaud, Gilbert)
Subjects
dates:
1450-1599 / 1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2049
media:
Watercolours / Paintings / Photographs / Architectural models
museums and institutions:
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France
subjects:
construction sites / Architectural drawings / Buildings / Social history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Napoleon III visiting the Louvre, by Nicolas Gosse. 1854. Canvas, 23 by 34 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris).
Attributed works:
11. El Escorial under construction. 1576. Pencil and wash on paper, 50.5 by 77.3 cm. (Hatfield House, Marquess of Salisbury, Hertfordshire; exh. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris).
Attributed works:
12. Plug-in city (2000) – monumental experience, by Alain Bublex. 2003. Chromogenic print, 180 by 180 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris).
Book Review
Jasper Johns: Pictures within Pictures,1980–2015. By Fiona Donovan
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 175-176
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Reviewer:
Costello, Eileen (Costello, Eileen)
Subjects
artists:
Johns, Jasper
dates:
1900-1999 / 1980-1989 / 1990-1999 / 2000-2099 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
places:
United States
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Monographs / Visual sources / Iconography / Psychology / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Untitled, by Jasper Johns. 1983–84. Black and coloured ink on plastic, 72.5 by 92.4 cm. (Collection of the artist).
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