Exchange: F16 Beals - Narrative Gallery Tour

F16 Beals - Narrative Gallery Tour

Landscape painting with white mountain peak in center background, body of water in foreground, and a Native American encampment to left.

John Stanley
Mount Hood from The Dalles
oil on canvas
62 in x 96 ½ in (157.48 cm x 245.11 cm);62 in x 96 ½ in (157.48 cm x 245.11 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Edith Stanley Bayles and the late Mrs. Jane C. Stanley

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The whole print has a rather greenish hue and is broken up horizontally just below the center of the print by a row of black objects, which are likely trees. Just below this space are what appear to be waves on the surface of the pond made by white curves lines.

Naoko Matsubara
Winter Pond
woodblock print on paper
15 3/4 in x 14 3/16 in (40.01 cm x 36.04 cm);23 in x 21 in (58.42 cm x 53.34 cm)
Gift of Marilyn Symmes in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sawyer

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The print features bright horizontal bands of the colors of the rainbow starting with red on top, progressing to yellow and green in the middle, and returning to a deep red at the bottom of the print.

Ay-Ō
Rainbow Landscape
lithograph on paper
20 3/4 in x 29 5/16 in (52.71 cm x 74.45 cm);22 1/8 in x 217 1/2 in (56.2 cm x 552.45 cm);25 in x 34 in (63.5 cm x 86.36 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Clark

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Japanese
Kaiawase (Shell Game) Set
color and gold on shells
2 in x 3 in x 1 in (5.08 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies

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Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.

Indian
Tara
black schist
21 1/16 in x 12 3/8 in x 3 13/16 in (53.5 cm x 31.5 cm x 9.7 cm);21 1/16 in x 12 3/8 in x 3 13/16 in (53.5 cm x 31.5 cm x 9.7 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel

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Nude woman turned away from the viewer. She is holding a glass sphere at the height of her shoulder, standing in shallow water.

Alice Boughton
Dawn
photogravure on paper
12 7/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 7/16 in (31.59 cm x 23.02 cm x 1.11 cm)
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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Hughie O'Donoghue
A Monument in Rouen
oil and inkjet on gampi tissue on linen
109 4/5 in x 97 ⅝ in x 2 ⅛ in (278.92 cm x 247.97 cm x 5.4 cm);109 4/5 in x 97 ⅝ in x 2 ⅛ in (278.92 cm x 247.97 cm x 5.4 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Metal figural sculpture made of decommissioned AK-47s welded together

Ouk Chim Vichet
Apsara Warrior
metal
89 in x 44 ⅞ in x 47 ¼ in (226.06 cm x 113.98 cm x 120.02 cm);89 in x 44 ⅞ in x 47 ¼ in (226.06 cm x 113.98 cm x 120.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by Guy and Nora Barron

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A vase with flowers sits before a window, between two books that lie on a table, and framed by open red curtains. The landscape outside the window shows a blue cloud sky above a body of water.

Marsden Hartley
Northern Summer Window
oil on canvas
24 5/16 in. x 20 1/4 in. ( 61.8 cm x 51.5 cm )
Museum Purchase

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Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres
"Untitled" (March 5th) #2
40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets
19 ft. 6 in. x 7 in. x 2 in. (594.36 x 17.78 x 5.08 cm);19 ft. 6 in. x 7 in. x 2 in. (594.36 x 17.78 x 5.08 cm);10 1/4 x 11 13/16 x 11 in. (26.04 x 30 x 27.94 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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<p>Interior composition with male and female dancers positioned at center with seated female at lower left, standing male on crutches at right and a group of birds in the leftmost background.</p>

Max Beckmann
Begin the Beguine
oil on canvas
5 ft. 9 9/16 in. x 3 ft. 11 1/2 in. (176.69 x 120.65 cm);6 ft. 3 3/4 in. x 4 ft. 5 3/4 in. x 4 in. (192.41 x 136.53 x 10.16 cm)
Museum Purchase

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LED display running time approximately 25 minutes with looping text of approximately 170 truisms in red text.

Jenny Holzer
Selections from Truisms
electronic L.E.D. with red diodes
6 ½ in x 60 ⅝ in x 4 in (16.5 cm x 154 cm x 10.2 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund and anonymous individual benefactors

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