Thursday, March 27, 2025

Frieseke - Simmons - Albers - Oliveira

Frederick Carl Frieseke
The Basket of Flowers
ca. 1913-17
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

 
Frederick Carl Frieseke
The Bird-Cage
ca. 1910
oil on canvas
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut

Frederick Carl Frieseke
In the Boudoir
ca. 1914
oil on canvas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Frederick Carl Frieseke
The Window
ca. 1915
oil on canvas
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Frederick Carl Frieseke
Through the Vines
ca. 1908
oil on canvas
Akron Art Museum, Ohio

Laurie Simmons
Blond, Red Dress, Kitchen
1978
C-print
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Laurie Simmons
Woman, Purple Dress, Kitchen
1978
C-print
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Laurie Simmons
Woman watching Television
1978
C-print
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Laurie Simmons
New Bathroom, Woman Kneeling, First View
1979
C-print
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Laurie Simmons
New Bathroom, Aerial View, Sunlight
1979
C-print
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Josef Albers
Frau Lewandowski: München
1930
gelatin silver print
Guggenheim Museum, New York

Josef Albers
Untitled (Corpus Christi, Texas - Carousel)
1937
gelatin silver print
Guggenheim Museum, New York

Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Consent
1971
oil on panel
Guggenheim Museum, New York

Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Ascending
"Eggs for Breakfast"
1953
oil on panel
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Apparition
1959
oil on panel
Guggenheim Museum, New York

Nathan Oliveira
Bather I
1959
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Nathan Oliveira
Italian Sentinel
1959
oil on canvas
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California

Nathan Oliveira
Jumping Dog
1962
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Nathan Oliveira
London Site 6
1984
monotype
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Nathan Oliveira
Man with a Hat, Cane and Gloves
1959
oil on canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

River Poem

This old man had lavender skin, a handkerchief
Toppling from his breastpocket like an iris.
We on the riverbank watched the gracing rowers
Leaving the shore and watched him watch them leave,
And Charles said: I wonder if they mean to him
As much as I can imagine they mean to him.

Charles was like that. But as evening became 
A purple element we stayed there wondering
About the old man – talking of other things,
For although the old man, by the time we all went home,
Had moved away he stayed there wandering
Like a river-flower, thinking of rivery things

(We supposed) well into the twilight. We would never
Know, this we knew, how much it had meant to him –
Oars, violet water, laughter on the stream.
Though we knew, Charles said, just how much he meant to the river. 
For he moved away, leaving us there on the grass,
But the river did not vanish, or not then at least.

– James Merrill (1951)