Relaxation Inspiration

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Experiment Station

Happy Labor Day! Kick back and relax today, you deserve it.

Leon Kroll, Reclining Lady, not dated. Charcoal on paper, 9 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Bequest of June P. Carey, 1983

Jules Olitski, Reclining Nude from the Back, 1968. Pencil, wax, crayon, and sanguine on paper, overall: 18 in x 13 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. The Dreier Fund for Acquisitions, 2012.

Roger de La Fresnaye, Studies of Reclining Nude, 1913. Ink on paper, 10 x 16 3/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Gift of Jean Goriany, 1943.

Pablo Picasso, Reclining Figure, 1934. Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. Gift of the Carey Walker Foundation, 1994.

American Acrostics: Ernest Fiene

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Experiment Station

Ernest Fiene, Fall of Old Houses, not dated. Oil on canvas, 26 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1930.

To celebrate the last month of Made in the USA, we’ve asked Phillips staff to create acrostic poems for works in the exhibition. In this post, Phillips Director Dorothy Kosinski highlights what she finds unusual about this cityscape scene.

Ernest Fiene, Fall of Old Houses
Urban scene…in pinks and blues??
Speeding Elevated trains
Assemblage of old and new / constant change

Dorothy Kosinski, Director

Bibs, Dogs, Hip Hop, and Hair: Miss Amelia’s Thoughts

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Experiment Station

Over the course of the exhibition, we’ve been highlighting some of our favorite submissions to our Made in the USA in-gallery comment station. The station asks visitors to respond to Thomas Eakins‘s Miss Amelia Van Buren by answering the question, “What is Amelia Thinking?”. Below are this month’s installment of giggle-worthy submissions.