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Exhibition Review
Alberto Giacometti. Riehen/Basel
11/2009 | 1280 | 151
Pages: 793-794
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Reviewer:
Cardinal, Roger (Cardinal, Roger)
Subjects
artists:
Giacometti, Alberto
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Basel / Switzerland
places:
Riehen
print:
Giacometti, Alberto
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Giacometti | institution: Beyeler (gallery) , institution: Fondation Beyeler
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. La Mère de l’artiste, by Alberto Giacometti. 1950. Canvas, 89.9 by 61 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
60. L’Homme qui chavire, by Alberto Giacometti. 1950. Bronze, 60 by 14 by 22 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
61. Grande femme III, by Alberto Giacometti. 1960. Bronze, 237 by 31 by 54 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Exhibition Review
‘Visual Encounters’. Basel
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 571-572
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Reviewer:
Loreti, Silvia (Loreti, Silvia)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / Riehen / Basel
print:
Non-western art
print:
Modern art
print:
Monet, Claude
print:
Mondrian, Piet
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Sculpture / Paintings / Modern Art / African / Oceanic / Western Europe
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Visual Encounters: Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art | institution: Beyeler (gallery) , institution: Fondation Beyeler
Illustrations
Attributed works:
71. Korewori crocodiles, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Wood, 723 by 36 by 33 cm. and 722.5 by 33 by 27 cm. (Mus­eum der Kulturen, Basel; exh. Beyeler Foundation, Basel); Le basin aux nymphéas, by Claude Monet. 1917–20. Canvas, three parts, each 200.5 by 301 cm. (Beyeler Foundation, Basel).
Attributed works:
72. Malagan figure and fishes, North New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. c.1900. Wood, dimensions variable. (Musée Barber-Mueller, Geneva; exh. Beyeler Foundation, Basel); Picture no.III, by Piet Mondrian. 1938. Canvas, 100.5 by 141.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Beyeler Foundation, Basel).
Non-western art unattributed:
71. Korewori crocodiles, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Wood, 723 by 36 by 33 cm. and 722.5 by 33 by 27 cm. (Mus­eum der Kulturen, Basel; exh. Beyeler Foundation, Basel); Le basin aux nymphéas, by Claude Monet. 1917–20. Canvas, three parts, each 200.5 by 301 cm. (Beyeler Foundation, Basel).
Non-western art unattributed:
72. Malagan figure and fishes, North New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. c.1900. Wood, dimensions variable. (Musée Barber-Mueller, Geneva; exh. Beyeler Foundation, Basel); Picture no.III, by Piet Mondrian. 1938. Canvas, 100.5 by 141.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Beyeler Foundation, Basel).
Exhibition Review
Picasso. Stuttgart and Basel
10/2005 | 1231 | 147
Pages: 702-704
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Reviewer:
McCully, Marilyn (McCully, Marilyn)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany / Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / Stuttgart / Germany / Basel
print:
Picasso, Pablo
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Picasso Badende | institution: Staatsgalerie
subjects:
Picasso surreal | institution: Beyeler (gallery)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
64. Dryad, by Pablo Picasso. 1908. 185 by 180 cm. (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
Attributed works:
65. Study for Dryad, by Pablo Picasso. Gouache, black wash and pencil on paper, mounted on wood, 62.5 by 37 cm. (Private collection, Great britain; exh. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
Attributed works:
66. Reclining bather, by Pablo Picasso. 1920. Pencil on paper, 49 by 64 cm. (Museum Berggruen, Berlin; exh. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
Attributed works:
67. Bather opening a beach cabin, by Pablo Picasso. 1928. 32.8 by 22 cm. (Musée Picasso, Paris; exh. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
Attributed works:
68. Bust of a woman, by Pablo Picasso. 1931. Bronze, 62.5 cm high. (Musée Picasso, Paris; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
69. Confidences, by Pablo Picasso. 1934. Distemper and papiers collés on canvas, 194 by 170 cm. (Centre george Pompidou, Paris; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Exhibition Review
Flower Myth. Basel
05/2005 | 1226 | 147
Pages: 347-348
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Reviewer:
Anfam, David (Anfam, David)
Subjects
dates:
1890-1949 / 1950-1999 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Basel / Switzerland
places:
Riehen
print:
Flowers
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Flowers / Flower pieces
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Flower Myth: From Van Gogh to Jeff Koons | institution: Beyeler (gallery)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. Flowers in a crystal vase, by Edouard Manet. c.1882. 54.6 by 35.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Foundation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
50. Blossoming chestnut branches, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1890. 72.5 by 91 cm. (Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bürhle, Zürich; exh. Foundation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
51. Flowers, by Andy Warhol. 1970. Silkscreen on paper series, each 91 by 91 cm. (Louisiana Museum for Modern Art, Humlebaek; exh. Foundation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
52. Wall relief with bird, by Jeff Koons. 1991. Polychromed wood, 182.9 by 127 by 68.6 cm. (Private collection, CT; exh. Foundation Beyeler, Basel).
Exhibition Review
Calder and Miró. Basel
08/2004 | 1217 | 146
Pages: 569
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Reviewer:
Craft, Catherine (Craft, Catherine)
Subjects
artists:
Calder, Alexander / Miró, Joan
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / Basel
print:
Calder, Alexander
print:
Miró, Joan
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Calder Miró | institution: Beyeler (gallery)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
84. Mural painting for the Terrace Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, by Joan Miró. 1947. 259 by 935 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
85. Twenty leaves and an apple, by Alexander Calder. 1946. Sheet metal, piano wire and paint. 122 by 366 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
86. The beautiful bird revealing the unknown to a pair of lovers (Constellation), by Joan Miró. 1941. Gouache and oil wash on paper, 45.7 by 38 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
87. S-shaped vine, by Alexander Calder. 1946. Sheet metal, wire and paint, 250 by 175.5 cm. (eli and Edythe L. Broad collection; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Exhibition Review
Francis Bacon. Vienna and Basel
05/2004 | 1214 | 146
Pages: 351-353
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Reviewer:
Whitfield, Sarah (Whitfield, Sarah; Whitfield, Mrs)
Subjects
artists:
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / Basel
print:
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
Reviewed Items
print:
Francis Bacon and the Tradition of Art | institution: Beyeler (gallery) , institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
78. Study from the human body, by Francis Bacon. 1949. 147 by 134.2 cm. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
79. Breakfast after the bath, by Edgar Degas. c.1895-98. Pastel, 82.5 by 79 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
80. Study after Velásquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X, by Francis Bacon. 1953. 153 by 118 cm. (Des Moines Art Center; exh. Fondation Beyeler, Basel).
Attributed works:
81. Lying figure, by Francis Bacon. 1969. 198 by 147.5 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel).