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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).
Article
The origins of Edward Hopper’s earliest oil paintings
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 870-877
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Shadwick, Louis (Shadwick, Louis)
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1. Old ice pond at Nyack, here identified as A winter sunset, after Bruce Crane, by Edward Hopper. Here dated 1898−1900. Oil on canvas, 29.8 by 50 cm. (Heather James Fine Art).
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10. Artist’s studio, by Edward Hopper. c.1900. Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper, 37 by 29 cm. (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
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11. Reverse of Fig.7, showing the stamp of F.W. Devoe & Co. (Heather James Fine Art).
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2. A winter sunset, by Bruce Crane. 1880s. (Repr. The Art Interchange, 6th December 1890; photograph the author).
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3. Rowboat in rocky cove, here identified as Lake view, after an unknown artist, by Edward Hopper. 1895. Oil on canvas, 25.4 by 34.9 cm. (Private collection; photograph Frick Art Reference Library, New York).
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4. Lake view (‘Athelstane’). 1880s. (Repr. The Art Interchange, 14th February 1891; photograph the author).
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5. Ships, here identified as A marine, after Edward Moran, by Edward Hopper. c.1898. Oil on canvas, 30.5 by 50.8 cm. (Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne FL).
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6. A marine, by Edward Moran. 1880. (Repr. The Art Interchange, 14th August 1886).
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7. Church and landscape, by Edward Hopper. c.1897. Oil on canvas, 25.4 by 35.5 cm. (Heather James Fine Art).
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8. Church and landscape. Nineteenth century. Painted porcelain, 27 by 34 cm. (Private collection; photograph Bellmans Auctioneers).
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9. Country road, by Edward Hopper. c.1897. Oil on canvas, 23.5 by 33 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Mark Murray Fine Paintings, New York).
Article
Van Gogh as mentally ill: his contested Oslo self-portrait
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 88-101
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Meedendorp, Teio (Meedendorp, Teio)
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Pilz, Kathrin (Pilz, Kathrin)
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Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
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1. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 51.5 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, Oslo).
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10. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 40 by 31 cm. (Private collection).
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11. Madame Roulin and her baby, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Canvas, 63.5 by 51 cm. (Robert Lehman Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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12. Undergrowth, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 49 by 64.3 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Image of Fig.1, superimposed with the X-radiograph, illustrating the initial outlines of the head, neck, shoulder, ear and lapel (with thanks to Heleen van Driel).
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14. Detail of the upper right edge of Fig.1, showing the paint to be less discoloured around the edges than in the picture plane.
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15. Micrograph of Fig.1 in raking light, showing the brushed texture of the paint in the lapel, partly flattened with a palette knife.
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16. Self-portrait as a ‘bonze’, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge MA; bequest from the collection of Maurice Wertheim).
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17. Portrait of Peter Altenberg, by Max Oppenheimer. 1910. Whereabouts unknown. (From W. Michel: Max Oppenheimer, Munich 1911, p.3).
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18. The Arlésienne (Portrait of Marie-Julien Ginoux), by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 60 by 50 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome).
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19. Entrance to a quarry, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 60 by 74.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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2. Self-portrait with bandaged ear and pipe, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 51 by 45 cm. (Private collection).
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20. Peter Altenberg, by Oskar Kokoschka. 1909. Oil on canvas, 76 by 71.5 cm. (Private collection, courtesy of Neue Gallery, New York).
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3. Armand Roulin, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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4. Self-portrait, by Edvard Munch. 1886. Oil on canvas, 33 by 24.5 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
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5. and 6. Photograph of Fig.1 and its reverse, with an annotation by Eugène Blot: ‘Portrait de Van Gogh / oreille mutilée’. c.1909. (Cassirer-Archive, Zurich).
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7. Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, formerly attributed to Van Gogh. 1925– 28. Oil on canvas, 59.1 by 47.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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8. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 57.8 by 44.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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Opposite 9. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Article
Relocating Anders Zorn’s ‘Ice Skater’
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 214-221
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Doe Stone, Elizabeth (Doe Stone, Elizabeth)
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1. Letter from Anders Zorn to Carl Larsson, showing the first scene of a narrative (‘Presens’) and the last (‘Futurum’). 1893. Pen on paper, 11.3 by 17.7 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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10. Above Study here identified as being for Night effect, by Anders Zorn. c.1894. Graphite on paper, 9.5 by 15 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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11. Right Night effect, by Anders Zorn. 1895. Canvas, 161 by 106 cm. (Gothenburg Museum of Art).
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2. Verso of Fig.1, showing the second scene (‘Imperfectum’) and the third (‘Perfectum’).
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3. The ice skater, by Anders Zorn. 1898. Canvas, 120.5 by 150 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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4. On the ice in Mora, by Anders Zorn. 1898. Etching, 37.1 by 28.5 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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5. The ice skater, by Anders Zorn. 1898. Watercolour on white paper, 25.1 by 35.2 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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6. On the ice, by Anders Zorn. 1890s. Graphite on paper, 15.8 by 24.9 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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7. Detail of Self-portrait on horseback (verso of Fig.6), by Anders Zorn. 1890s. Watercolour on paper, 15.8 by 24.9 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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8. Detail of Anders Zorn on horseback in the Bois de Boulogne. 1890s. Photograph, 15 by 17 cm. (Zorn Museum, Mora).
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9. Palais de Glace. 1890. Lithograph, 60 by 40 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Article
‘Opaque with a vengeance’: Burne-Jones’s later watercolours, 1880–98
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 128-139
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Mann, Fiona (Mann, Fiona)
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1. Detail of Fig.7.
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10. Star of Bethlehem, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1887–91. Watercolour and bodycolour with scraping on ten sheets of J. Whatman Turkey Mill Kent paper dated 1882 or 1883 on stretcher, 256 by 386.8 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; photograph © Birmingham Museums Trust; Bridgeman Images)
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11. Detail of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, by Barbara Sotheby, printed by Frederick Hollyer. 27th July 1890. Platinum print, 33.3 by 25.7 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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12. Fall of Lucifer, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1894. Gouache and gold paint and gold leaf on joined sheets of wove paper, laid down on canvas and stretched over wooden panel, 245 by 118 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Preliminary design for the Graham Piano, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1878–79. Metalpoint (probably silverpoint), 10.2 by 17.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. Study for King Cophetua and the beggar maid, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1883. Black, red and white chalk on pink wove paper, 45.9 by 30.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum; © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge MA).
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6. Record of Burne-Jones’s order for long Japanese brushes, 30th November 1889, ledger of Charles Roberson. (Roberson Archive, Order Book, Long Acre Branch, Hamilton Kerr Institute, MS 422-1993, p.343, by permission of the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge; © Hamilton Kerr Institute; photograph Chris Titmus).
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7. Full-scale cartoon of King Cophetua and the beggar maid, by Edward Burne-Jones. c.1883. Bodycolour, watercolour, coloured chalks and pastel with gold medium on paper, 290 by 132 cm. (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; photograph © Birmingham Museums Trust; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Cupid’s hunting fields, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1885. Gouache with watercolour and gold and silver paints on ivory wove paper, laid down on linen canvas, 99.5 by 76.9 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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9. The baleful head, by Edward Burne-Jones. 1885. Watercolour and bodycolour on paper laid on linen canvas, 153.7 by 129 cm. (Southampton City Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Pencil leads, from A.W. Faber Price-List, London 1897. (William Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston).
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5. Wax crayons or Faber’s Creta Laevis coloured pencil collection in box, from A.W. Faber Price-List, London 1897. (William Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston).
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).
Article
The ‘Martinoff Drawings’: a quest for Russian art at the South Kensington Museum
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1006-1015
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Hardiman, Louise (Hardiman, Louise)
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1. Copy of decoration in a sixteenth-century manuscript of the Gospels in the Patriarchal Library, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 39.3 by 26.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.M.10.b: 8881).
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10. Detail of The mitre of the Patriarch Job (1586–1605) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 30.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8854).
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11. Detail of Two pairs of eyeglasses, and cases for same, of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 35.5 by 25.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8858).
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12. A saccos (dalmatic) of the Metropolitan Dionysy, made by order of Tsar Ivan Vasilievich (1530–1584) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, 16th century (second half), by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 38 by 26.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8873).
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2. Detail of Church of the Holy Trinity, Ostankino, near Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 36.9 by 24.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8845).
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4. Detail of The Panagia of the Patriarch Job (1586–1605) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 25.4 by 36.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8842).
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5. Detail of A halo from the image of the Virgin in the sacristy of the Convent of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Staraya Russa, Novgorod, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 35.5 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum; London; no.M.10.a: 8861).
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6. Detail of The Pastoral Staff of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658), in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 28.5 by 35.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8855).
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7. A censer at the Convent of the Blessed Virgin, Serpukhov, Province of Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 37 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.M.10.a: 8849).
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8. Detail of The klobouk (headdress of the Greek friars), of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658), in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 33 by 22.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8853).
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9. A sash of the Patriarchs, in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 36.8 by 22.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8877).
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3. Reliquary or triple cross, after a seventeenth-century original at the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow, at the time of reproduction. c.1881. Electrotype, 32.4 by 16.5 by 3.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
The secrets of ‘Max Beerbohm’s house’ by Walter Sickert
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 750-753
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Lyons, Stuart (Lyons, Stuart)
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1. Max Beerbohm’s house, by Walter Sickert. Here dated 1895. Oil on board, 25.4 by 16.5 cm. (Private collection).
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2. The reverse of Fig.1, showing Sickert’s manuscript instruction and franked postage stamp, and a later vertical gloss, left.
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4. Fancy dress – Miss Beerbohm, by Walter Sickert. 1906. Canvas, 50.8 by 40.4 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
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3. Below Detail of a photograph of William Rothenstein and Max Beerbohm in Oxford. 1893. (From David Cecil, Max: A Biography, London 1964).
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