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New questions about Sickert’s ‘Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford’
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 305-307
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Rough, Billy (Rough, Billy)
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1. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Oil on board, 36.8 by 23.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford, by Walter Sickert. c.1890. Black chalk with white heightening, pen and ink, 34.6 by 23.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Resource; Scala, Florence).
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3. Vesta Victoria, from the ‘Actors and Actresses’ series issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. c.1890. Albumen print, 6.4 by 3.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
The Presence of the Past in French Art, 1870–1905: Modernity and Continuity
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 822-823
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Bann, Stephen (Bann, Stephen)
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The Presence of the Past in French Art, 1870–1905: Modernity and Continuity By Richard Thomson. 288 pp. incl. 257 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2021), $70. ISBN 978–0–300– 25710–6. | :
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5. Golden age, by Emile-René Ménard. 1908. Oil on canvas, 352 by 287 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; photograph Michel Urtado and Mathieu Rabeau).
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Alexander Fisher’s ‘In praise of womanhood’
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 684-687
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Turner, Eric (Turner, Eric)
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4. In praise of womanhood, by Alexander Fisher. 1901. Enamel on copper, 38 by 54 cm. (open). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. The triptych shown in Fig.4 (closed).
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6. The search for Eldorado, by Alexander Fisher. 1899. Enamel on steel. (Present whereabouts unknown; Alamy).
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7. Evensong, St Cecilia, by John Melhuish Strudwick. 1897. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 91.5 cm. (Private collection).
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8. The lives of St Patrick in Ireland, by Alexander Fisher. c.1903. Gilt brass inlaid with enamel and silver, 45.7 by 35.6 cm. (National Museum of Ireland, Dublin).
Article
Aby Warburg and the Volksheim exhibitions of 1902 and 1905
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 362-373
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Marchand, Eckart (Marchand, Eckart)
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1. Aby Warburg in Florence, c.1902. Unknown photographer. (Photograph The Warburg Institute).
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10. Panel 5 of the Geburtstagsparade, Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, Hamburg. Unknown photographer. June 1927. (© The Warburg Institute).
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11. Plate 1 of Der Tod des Orpheus. Bilder zu dem Vortrag über Dürer und die Italienische Antike [. . .], by Aby Warburg. Unknown photographer. October 1905. (Photograph The Warburg Institute)
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2. Sketch of a display panel for an exhibition of portraits at the Volksheim, Hamburg, by Aby Warburg. 1902. Pen and ink on paper, 33.8 by 21.5 cm. (Warburg Institute Archive, London, III.60.4, fol.19; © The Warburg Institute).
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3. Sketch of a display panel and a list of proposed sections for an exhibition of portraits at the Volksheim, Hamburg, by Aby Warburg. 1902. Pen and ink on paper, 32.6 by 21 cm. (Warburg Institute Archive, London, III.60.4, fol.9v; © The Warburg Institute).
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4. Detail of a sheet of preparatory notes for an exhibition of portraits at the Volksheim, Hamburg, by Aby Warburg. 1902. Pen and ink on paper, 33.8 by 21.5 cm. (Warburg Institute Archive, London, III.60.4, fol.2r; © The Warburg Institute).
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5. The Reading Room of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, Hamburg, with an exhibition on Ovid. Unknown photographer. 1927. (Photograph The Warburg Institute).
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6. An unnumbered panel of the so-called Penultimate Version of the Mnemosyne Picture Atlas, showing the complete panel with stand, by Aby Warburg. September 1929. (Warburg Institute Archive, London, III. 106.4, B; © The Warburg Institute).
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7. Panel 4 of Geburtstagsparade at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, Hamburg, by Aby Warburg. Unknown photographer. June 1927. (© The Warburg Institute).
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8. Three panels of the Ovid exhibition at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, Hamburg, by Aby Warburg. Unknown photographer. January–February 1927. (Photograph The Warburg Institute).
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9. The Bibliothekarstag exhibition at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, Hamburg. Unknown photographer. April 1927. (Photograph The Warburg Institute).
Article
The Empress Dowager Cixi’s Japanese screen and late Qing imperial cosmopolitanism
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 886-897
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Rado, Mei Mei (Rado, Mei Mei)
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1. Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress Dowager of China, by Yu Xunling. 1903. Photograph, hand-coloured gelatin silver print, 23.1 by 17.2 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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10. Folding screen depicting peacocks among azalea bushes, by Iida & Co. (Takashimaya). Japan, c.1903. Silk embroidery, 152.4 by 304.8 cm. (From The Principal Exhibits to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis, U.S.A., 1904 by S. Iida, “Takashimaya” Kyoto Japan; Takashimaya Historical Museum, Osaka).
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12. Folding screen depicting a white phoenix, pine tree and chrysanthemums. Japan, c.1895–1905. Embroidered silk, 230 by 552 cm., each panel 230 by 69 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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16. Woman’s coat, made by Iida & Co. (Takashimaya). Japan, c.1900–09. Silk embroidery on silk crêpe (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
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18. The Meiji Empress, Haruko, by Suziki Shin’ichi I and Maruki Riyō. 1889. Photograph, gelatin silver print signed by Empress Haruko, 27.5 by 20.5 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Washington)
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2. The Empress Dowager Cixi, by Yu Xunling. c.1903. Photograph, hand-coloured gelatin silver print. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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3. The Empress Dowager Cixi, by Yu Xunling. c.1903. Photograph from a glass plate negative, 24.1 by 17.8 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Washington).
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4. The Kangxi Emperor in informal dress at his writing table. Late seventeenth century. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, image 50.7 by 32 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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5. The Empress Dowager Tze His [Cixi], of China, by Katharine Carl. 1903. Oil on canvas with original camphor wood frame, canvas 297.2 by 173.4 cm. (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington).
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6. Folding screen depicting peacocks among peonies, made by Iida & Co. (Takashimaya). Japan, c.1903. Silk embroidery and later ink and colour on paper, 268 by 456 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing the padded embroidery of the peonies’ petals. (Photograph the author).
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8. Detail of Fig.6, showing the subtle colour gradations and sheen of the peacock’s feathers. (Photograph the author).
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9. Detail of Fig.6, showing the Japanese inscription on the back of the frame. (Photograph the author).
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11. Wall hanging depicting a landscape. Japan, c.1895–1905. Yūzen-dyed velvet, image 176 by 116 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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13 and 14. Front and back of a woman’s informal court robe (chenyi). China, c.1905. Silk tapestry (kesi) with embroidery highlights. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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15. Back of woman’s informal court robe (chenyi). China, c.1905. Silk tapestry (kesi), lined with squirrel and silver rat fur. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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17. Vase (one of a pair). Japan, c.1895–1905. Cloisonné enamel (shippō), height 150 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Article
In search of Hanako: fifty portraits by Rodin
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 850-859
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Ariot, Chloé (Ariot, Chloé)
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Cascio, Agnès (Cascio, Agnès)
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Mary, Guylaine (Mary, Guylaine)
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1. Portraits of Hanako by Auguste Rodin assembled in the conservation studio of the Musée Rodin, Meudon, February 2019. (© Musée Rodin – Jérôme Manoukian).
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10. Diagram showing the development of Auguste Rodin’s portraits of Hanako. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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11. Detail of Type F bust, S.00029, showing traces of the cruciform network of seam lines from the first mould. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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12. Juxtaposition of the profiles of Types A to G. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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13 and 14. Details (enlarged 3x) demonstrating the progression from Type F to Type C. The star-shaped seam-line network in the mould M.00579 appears first on the Type F bust, S.00559 and then on the Type C mask, S.00538. (© Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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15 and 16. Details (enlarged 2x) demonstrating the progression from Type B (S.00552) to Type D (S.00544). (Photograph © Agnès Cascio / Guylaine Mary).
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17. Hanako-Beethoven, by Auguste Rodin. 1912. Plaster reworked with modelling clay, height 53.5 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.02242; photograph © Musée Rodin).
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18. Detail of Hanako, mask (Type C) in clay, by Edward Steichen. c.1910–11. Platinotype, 31.6 by 24.3 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris; © Musée Rodin).
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2. Hanako, mask (Type A), by Auguste Rodin. 1907. Terracotta, height 16.4 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00196; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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3. Hanako standing, by the Fudji (New York studio). 1909[?]. Photograph. (Musée Rodin, Paris).
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4. Hanako, mask on a disc (Type B), by Auguste Rodin. c.1910–11. Plaster, height 22.5 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00552; photograph © Musée Rodin).
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5. Hanako, mask on a disc (Type C), by Auguste Rodin. c.1910–11. Plaster, height 26 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00538; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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6. Hanako, mask (Type D), by Auguste Rodin. c.1910–11. Plaster, height 24.7 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00554; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq)
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7. Hanako, mask (Type E), by Auguste Rodin. c.1907–08. Terracotta, height 26.6 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00194; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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8. Hanako, bust portrait (Type F), by Auguste Rodin. 1907, cast made in 1910. Plaster, height 47.7 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00559; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
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9. Hanako, mask (Type G), by Auguste Rodin. c.1907?. Terracotta, height 21.3 cm. (Musée Rodin, Paris, S.00549; photograph © Agence photographique du musée Rodin – Pauline Hisbacq).
Book Review
Nature’s Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form. By Allison Morehead
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 94-95
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Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
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6. Study for Décor, by Maurice Denis. c.1890–91. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 31.2 by 24.7 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Ashcan Art, Whiteness, and the Unspectacular Man. By Alexis L. Boylan
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 884-885
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Griffin, Randall C. (Griffin, Randall C.)
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6. Men of the docks, by George Bellows. 1912. Canvas, 114.3 by 161.3 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Book Review
A Connoisseur and His Clients: The Correspondence of Charles Fairfax Murray with Frederic Burton, Wilhelm Bode and Julius Meyer (1867–1914). Edited by Paul Tucker
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 883-884
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Avery-Quash, Susanna (Avery-Quash, Susanna; Quash, Susanna Avery-)
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