Louis Michel Eilshemius, Summer, undated. Oil on illustration board, 8 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Gift of James N. Rosenberg, 1946.
Summer Looks Like . . .
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Happy Birthday Amedeo Modigliani, born July 12, 1884
Amedeo Modigliani, Caryatid, undated. Brush and ink, watercolor on newsprint attached overall to secondary support; 21 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. The Phillips Collections, Washington, D.C. Bequest of June P. Carey, 1983.
Congenial Spirits: Inseparable
Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1948. Painted sheet metal and wire; 26 x 26 x 5 1/2 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Gift from the estate of Katherine S. Dreier, 1953.
We blogged last July when friends Alexander Calder and Joan Miró appeared along our spiral staircase, and now they’re back! But this time, the pairing includes Calder’s 1948 Untitled standing mobile, one I haven’t seen in person before. It’s a delightful and delicate discovery as one rounds the stairs to the second floor of the Goh Annex.