Exchange: Fall 2020 LSWA-- The Hidden Lives of Ordinary Things

Fall 2020 LSWA-- The Hidden Lives of Ordinary Things

A photograph of a group of utilitarian objects arranged for a still life. The metal objects are various kitchen utensils.

John Gruen
Utensils
gelatin silver print on paper
13 11/16 in x 16 15/16 in (34.7 cm x 43 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 71.44 cm)
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum

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Wall sculpture created from wood, irregularly shaped metal objects, and found objects—including steel rods, ratcheted discs and a paintbrush.

Frank Stella
Playskool Gym, from the Playskool series
patinated cast bronze, fabricated aluminum, wood, steel, plastic, screenprint
28 3/8 in. x 23 13/16 in. x 11 7/16 in. ( 72 cm x 60.5 cm x 29 cm )
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

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A mixed media assemblage consisting of welding goggles, rusted metal, a padlock, and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws. The position of the objects, with goggles at the top, makes the assemblage look vaguely face-like.

George Vargas
Michigan Worker
welding goggles, metal, hanging bells, rusty bottle cap, pulleys, chains, and padlock mounted on plywood
20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm);20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm)
Gift of the artist

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This print shows a landscape with a mountain rising in the middle of the background. There are trees and grass in front, and a body of water in the foreground. At the center, on the edge of the water, sits a faucet, a razor, and a toothbrush in a clear glass as if the body of water is a sink.<br />
The print is signed (l.r.) "Doug Webb" and numbered (l.l.) "197/275" in pencil.

Doug Webb
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
1980 – 1990
screenprint | paper
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
2004/2.40

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A hyper-realistic image of a sailboat with a full crew in a sink filled with water. The sail boat has an american flag on the back. In the background, behind the sink, is a formation of desert cliffs.

Doug Webb
American Dream
1986
screenprint | paper
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
2005/1.412

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Doug Webb
Liberty Renewed
1980 – 1990
serigraph | paper
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
2004/2.43

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Max Beckmann
Still Life with Toys and Shell
1934
watercolor | pink paper
Museum Purchase
1949/1.183

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Girl seated on metal chair playing with doll.

Bruce Davidson
Black Americans (Girl with Doll)
1962 – 1999
gelatin silver print | paper
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
2013/2.114

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Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Child with a Doll Carriage), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.64 cm x 50.64 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon

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Dollhouse replica of a two-storey Victorian-style flat in the East End of London. The façade is red brick with white molding. The upper storey has two tall windows that face onto the street; the door into the flat is on the left, and to the right of it is a large bay window. The split-level interior holds a bedroom and parlor, both of which are decorated with wallpaper and furnishings, including cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and a canopy bed. Reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honoré Fragonard hang on the walls. A seal on the right-facing outside wall reads: “Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here.”<br /><br />
First Floor: Reproduction of Diary of a Victorian Dandy: 14:00 Hours (1998) by Yinka Shonibare; Cabinet with shelves and books; wing chair with footstool; large bureau; fireplace; round table; side table; two chairs; bowl and cup;<br /><br />
Second Floor: Canopy bed; mirror; small bureau; reproduction of The Swing (1767) by Jean-Honore Fragonard; fireplace; chair; washstand with pit

Yinka Shonibare
Untitled (Dollhouse); from the 2002 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project
2002
resin, plastic, wood, paper and fabric |
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
2008/2.256

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Gerome Kamrowski
There Are Some
1943
paint, ink, photograph and printed paper assemblage |
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1988/2.6

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This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />

Willem Claesz Heda
Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup
oil on panel
22 1/16 in. x 31 7/8 in. ( 56 cm x 80.9 cm )
Museum Purchase

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