2013 / Lithograph on Somerset paper / 15”x18” / Various, incl. Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC / Published by The Arion Press, San Francisco, as part of an additional suite of 4 lithographs to accompany the book “Porgy & Bess, The Libretto” by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin with 16 lithographs by Kara Walker
Previous October 10 posts:
Autumn~ October 10
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/10~
17th century / Oil on canvas / 17.5”x15.7” / Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
Previous October 3 posts:
Autumn~ October 3
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/3~
1935 / First Class Dining Room, RMS Queen Mary
Max Gill painting RMS Queen Mary map, 1935~ https://mistymisschristy.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/painting.png
The First Class Dining Room~ https://www.sterling.rmplc.co.uk/visions/retain4.html
Previous September 26 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 26
Winsor McCay: Born September 26, 1867?
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/26~
c.1503–19 / Oil on poplar panel / 30”x21” / Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Theft That Made The ‘Mona Lisa’ A Masterpiece~
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece
Previous August 21 posts:
Self Portraits~August 21
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/21~
English artist and governor of the “Lost Colony”
1585-1593 / Watercolor over graphite, touched with white / 9 3/4”x6” / British Museum, London
Previous August 18 posts:
Self Portraits~August 18
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/18~
1920 / Sheet: 10”x7” / Watercolor on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Previous July 31 posts:
Summer~ July 31
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/31~
1930 / Drypoint / 8”x6” / Various, including National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Previous July 16 posts:
Summer~ July 16
“Redes” released on July 16, 1936 (Mexico City)
Charles Sheeler: Born July 16, 1883
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/16~
1853 / Metal: Bronze, Silver, or Copper / 2 1/4” diameter / Private & public collections, incl. Museum of the City of New York
New York Crystal Palace 1853~ http://crystalpalace.visualizingnyc.org/
Previous July 14 posts:
Summer~ July 14
July 14, 1916~ The Dada Manifesto
100th anniversary of the Dada Manifesto~
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/14~
1920 / Oil on canvas / 27”x40” / Private collection
The Origin of the word “Robot” by Voyen Koreis~ http://www.capekbrothers.vkoreis.com/word_robot.htm
Previous March 23 posts:
March 23~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
March 23: National Puppy Day
Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/22~
1962 / Destroyed sofa (wood, cotton, vegetable fiber, wire, and glue) on wood backing
El Museo del Barrio, New York
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1984 / Gelatin silver photograph / 12”x8” / Various, incl. Brooklyn Museum
