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John Berggruen Gallery

Berggruen, John

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The sculpture has a large circular base made of textured, muted gray or brown fabric. Resting on the base is a flat wooden disc. Rising from the left edge of the disc is a curved, ribbed wooden structure that arcs upwards and to the left. The structure has an open, ladder-like appearance due to its evenly spaced wooden segments.
Martin Puryear, Jack Pot, 1995, canvas, pine, and hemp rope over rubber, steel mesh, and steel rod, Gift of Edward R. Broida, 2005.142.31

Jack Pot

Martin Puryear · 1995 · canvas, pine, and hemp rope over rubber, steel mesh, and steel rod ·  Accession ID  2005.142.31

Six bunches of harvested corn close to us lead back to two people planting fields, which in turn lead back to a red barn and white house in this horizontal landscape painting. The shocks of corn are tied into rounded, pyramidal shapes on a ground streaked with brown dirt and green growth. In the center of the composition and in the distance, a person on a horse-drawn wagon hands a sack or other object down to a person standing at the back of the wagon. Vibrant green hills roll back to red and white structures to the left and a row of dark green trees on the horizon to the right. In the top third of the painting, a wave of white clouds seems to crest against a jewel-blue sky. The curves of the land are slightly exaggerated, giving the painting a stylized look. The artist signed and dated the painting in the lower left corner, “Benton 48.”
Thomas Hart Benton, Corn and Winter Wheat, 1948, oil on canvas, Gift (Partial and Promised) of Helen Lee Henderson in memory of Helen Ruth Henderson, Founder, HRH Foundation, 2001.122.1

Corn and Winter Wheat

Thomas Hart Benton · 1948 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2001.122.1

William Baziotes, Pierrot, 1947, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1984.43.1

Pierrot

William Baziotes · 1947 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1984.43.1

The image shows a room with a chair near a window with light coming in from the left side. The color palette is monochromatic, with varying shades of gray from pencil sketching. Objects in the room include a window, a chair, a pipe running from the floor to the ceiling beside the window, and frames or doors in the distance. Shadows are also visible on the background to the right.
Paul Wonner, Embarcadero Studio, San Francisco, 1959, graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Bud and Fran Moreland Johns), 2015.19.3517

Embarcadero Studio, San Francisco

Paul Wonner · 1959 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3517

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Sky Garden

Louise Nevelson, Sergio and Fausta Tosi, Pace Editions · 1971 · embossed lead mounted to Fabriano wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3281