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Japan
Closed January 23, 1989
Raphaelle Peale Still Lifes
Closed January 29, 1989
A shallow bowl filled with oranges, grapes, and nuts is surrounded by a short, flaring glass, a glass decanter, a lemon, and more nuts arranged along a wooden tabletop in this horizontal still life painting. The objects nearly fill the composition, and the table extends off both sides. The three oranges are pale, with the one at the center nearly yellow, and a stem of dark green leaves lies across the top. A bunch of shriveled grapes, like raisins still on the vine, lies across the almonds and other nuts, all in their shells, in the bowl. The outside of the bowl is white, and it has a gently scalloped rim. A lemon sits to our left of the bowl of fruit, and behind it, the glass decanter has a teardrop-shaped glass stopper. Light coming from the front and our left makes the peachy liquid glow. To our right are four whole walnuts in their shells, with a few grapes hanging from the bowl. Behind the walnuts, a long stemmed, flaring, clear glass is almost filled with the peach-colored liquid. The background is deeply shadowed at the upper left, lightening slightly to elephant gray toward the lower right. The artist inscribed the painting as if he had written his name, date, and location on the front edge of the table, near the lower right corner: “Raphaelle Peale Aug: 5th 1814 Philad:”
Michelangelo
Closed December 11, 1988
Drawings on Stone
Closed September 4, 1988
The image shows two men in a fighting stance in a side view. Both men are positioned with their fists up, leaning slightly backward. On the left is a shirtless man with dark skin, short hair, and light-colored trousers. On the right is a shirtless man with light skin, dark hair, and striped trousers. A crowd surrounds the fighters, some seated and some standing. The background is a shaded sketch of outdoor terrain under a cloudy sky. An object resembling a jug is next to them.
Masterworks from Munich
Closed September 5, 1988
Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane
Closed September 5, 1988
The Flag Paintings of Childe Hassam
Closed July 17, 1988
Gauguin Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection
Closed October 23, 1988
The Art of Paul Gauguin
Closed July 31, 1988
Four young women with olive-green-colored skin shaded with cool blue stand or sit in a vividly colored landscape surrounded by trees in this horizontal painting. A slender, spruce-blue tree divides the picture just to our left of center. The ground around the tree spans the width of the composition and is carpeted in coral orange, carnation pink, and lavender purple with a handful of emerald-green saplings and tufts of grass. A pair of young women are to each side of the central tree, and a body of water extends across the composition just beyond this bit of land. To our left, the two women’s bodies face away, and they look back over their left shoulders at us. The girl on the left has black hair and wears a honey-orange and pale blue fabric wrapped around her waist. The girl next to her has copper-red hair with a pink cloth wrapped around her chest. They stand by or in the water so are shown from the knees up. The water there is made up of swirling pools of flame red and golden yellow bordered by lilac purple and peacock blue. On the other side of the tree, a young woman with white flowers in her brown hair sits on the ground, also with her back to us. The fourth faces us along the right edge of the canvas. She has black hair and stands next to and touches a thicker tree trunk with one hand. These two women are nude. The water beyond them is painted with patches of rose pink, lemon yellow, and ice blue. Areas mottled with teal, honeydew, and bottle green suggest shrubs and trees lining the far side of the water. Closer inspection reveals two ghostly, pale blue dogs lying on the ground near the lower right corner. The artist signed and dated in lower right, “P Gauguin 97.”
Sweden
Closed September 5, 1988
The Human Figure in Early Greek Art
Closed June 12, 1988
English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850
Closed March 13, 1988
The image depicts a landscape with a broad expanse. The horizon is low in the composition above buildings and ship masts on the distant shore. The sky occupies most of the upper portion of the painting. Buildings with red-tile roofs and whitewashed walls line the shore, with ships' masts rising above them. The brushstrokes indicate a watercolor technique, giving a soft texture to the scene. The color palette is earthy with browns, greens, and grays. Cattle are resting on dark sand or soil in the foreground. Hills are visible in the distance with buildings reflecting in the water.

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