Nude Wringing Her Hair, 1952, by Pablo Picasso.  Private collection.
Picasso Looks at Degas
The Clark
June 13 - September 12, 2010

Clark Museum

225 South St.

Williamstown, Massachusetts

www.clarkart.edu

Focusing on two of the great artists of the modern period, this exhibition explores Pablo Picasso’s lifelong fascination with the life and work of Edgar Degas. This ground-breaking exhibition examines Degas through Picasso’s eyes and the ways his response varied over time from emulation to confrontation and parody to homage. The Clark is the exclusive North American venue for this exhibition which explores the depth of the Spanish artist’s fixation through dramatic pairings and groupings that have never been brought together in this ambitious way. Degas’s In a Café (L’Absinthe) (1873, Musée d’Orsay) is placed alongside Picasso’s Portrait of Sebastià Junyer Vidal (1903, Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Picasso’s oil on canvas The Blue Room (Le Tub) (1901, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC) is paired with The Tub, (c. 1889, Collection Jacques Doucet, Paris), a monotype by Degas that may have served as a prototype; and Picasso’s 1905 portrait of Benedetta Canals (Museu Picasso, Barcelona) is hung beside Degas’s Woman with an Umbrella (c. 1876, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa). The two artists shared a lifelong obsession with women that is seen in portraits of friends and images of singers, ironers, ballet dancers, bathers, and prostitutes. While it is widely acknowledged that these are Degas’s signature themes, all are echoed in Picasso’s work. Usually identified as painters, both Degas and Picasso were innovative sculptors, printmakers, and extraordinary draftsmen, and the exhibition uses the full range of media to examine Picasso’s reaction to the challenge of Degas.

Upcoming Event Openings

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decorative art objects auction

Morton casa de subastas

July 31, 2010

Morton Auction house

Prol. Moliere 515

Mexico city, Mexico

http://www.mortonsubastas.com
David Johnson Am.  1827–1908 New Rochelle Oil on board 14" × 18" (35.6 cm × 45.7 cm) $9,000/12,000

Barridoff Galleries

August 6, 2010

Holiday Inn by the Bay

88 Spring St.

Portland, Maine

www.barridoff.com/
Selection of Asian Antiques at Garth's Auctions

Garth's Auctions

August 6, 2010

Garth's Auctions

2960 Stratford Rd.

Delaware, Ohio

http://www.garths.com/WebPhotos/8_06_10_Eclectic/8_06_10_Eclectic.asp
Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986 , Reclining Figure, 1972, chinagraph pen, watercolor and felt-tipped pen, Henry Moore Family Collection, © The Henry Moore Foundation.  All Rights Reserved / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

August 13, 2010

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

9400 College Station

Brunswick, Maine

http://www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
Birger Sandzen (1871-1954) Rocks, Glaciers, Snow Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.  14" x 16" oil on board.  signed lower right.  signed, titled and dated 1925 on back.  Estimate: $30,000-$35,000

Manitou Galleries

August 13-14, 2010

Hilton Hotel Mesa Ballroom

100 Sandoval St.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

www.auctioninsantafe.com
Peacock blue fish vase with ormolu mount Qing dynasty, Jiaqing reign (1796–1820); Gilt bronze mounts in Louis XV style, 19th century Porcelain, overglaze enamel or enamel-on-biscuit decoration 17 x 10 ¼ x 6 ¾ in.  (43.2 x 26 x 17.1 cm) Gift of The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, 2003.181.2a-b

Norton Museum of Art

August 21 - November 21, 2010

Norton Museum of Art

1451 South Olive Avenue

West Palm Beach, Florida

www.norton.org