Faces and Places: Art Interpretation

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

Sir Joshua Reynolds — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:19:54 -0500

Title	Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)
Artist	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Date	1758-1759
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G324

Portrait of a seated woman head turned to her proper right looking downward at an angle, she wears a white dress with two red jewels at center of dress associated with two strands of pearls and one larger central pearl, a blue cape drapes over proper right shoulder and covers lap.

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785) by Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A.

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785) by Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A.
Creator	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2008
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

30-90 second Quick Stop Audio Tour Commentary

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

Sir Joshua Reynolds — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:19:54 -0500

Title	Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)
Artist	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Date	1758-1759
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G324

Woman Sharpening a Scythe

Käthe Kollwitz — Thu, 01 Jun 1905 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Woman Sharpening a Scythe
Artist	Käthe Kollwitz
Date	1905
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	Not on view.

no.14 in Peasant Rebellion Series

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Spoonbridge and Cherry
Creator	Walker Art Center
Date	1998
Institution	Walker Art Center

The centerpiece of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Spoonbridge and Cherry was commissioned especially for the site from the artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Coosje van Bruggen:
"And scale is one of the most difficult things to determine. Scale is the proportion of the object in comparison to other things in the surroundings-buildings, the highway, anything. All of that you have to take into account when you do a public sculpture."

This is a clip from the video Walker 'Round Sculpture (Walker Art Center, 1998).

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen — Sat, 01 Jun 1985 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Spoonbridge and Cherry
Artist	Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen
Date	1985-1988
Institution	Walker Art Center
Location	On view at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

A large spoon with a cherry suspended on the rim. Water exits the cherry from both ends of the black cherry stem. Sculpture weighs approximately 7000 lbs..

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770) by Nicolas de Largillière

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770) by Nicolas de Largillière
Creator	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2008
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

30-90 second Quick Stop Audio Tour Commentary

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)

Nicolas de Largillière — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:16:27 -0500

Title	Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)
Artist	Nicolas de Largillière
Date	c. 1699
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G308

Portrait. Madame Aubry wears an ultramarine blue velvet dress, cloak lined with flowered brocade and a bodice of silver lamé with lace and rose ribbon. Her hand touches a whippet which may have belonged to the artist as it appears in other portraits. Her hair is styled à la Fontanges. She married into a family from Tours and later became the Marquise de Castelnau in the Berry region near Bourges.

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)

Nicolas de Largillière — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:16:27 -0500

Title	Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)
Artist	Nicolas de Largillière
Date	c. 1699
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G308

Dining chair

George Grant Elmslie — Wed, 01 Jun 1910 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Dining chair
Artist	George Grant Elmslie
Date	1910
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G300

Tall-backed chair with geometric and organic openwork design on chairback; brown leather seat cover

Dining Chair by George Grant Elmslie

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Dining Chair by George Grant Elmslie
Creator	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2008
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The characteristics of the Dining Chair made by George Grant Elmslie are discussed on this audio tour stop.

Dining chair

George Grant Elmslie — Wed, 01 Jun 1910 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Dining chair
Artist	George Grant Elmslie
Date	1910
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G300

Tall-backed chair with geometric and organic openwork design on chairback; brown leather seat cover

Woman by the Sea

Pablo Picasso — Thu, 01 Jun 1922 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Woman by the Sea
Artist	Pablo Picasso
Date	1922
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G377

Woman in a white gown seated next to the sea. Picasso's Classical period.

Woman by the Sea by Pablo Picasso

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Woman by the Sea by Pablo Picasso
Creator	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2008
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

30-90 second Quick Stop Audio Tour Commentary

Woman by the Sea

Pablo Picasso — Thu, 01 Jun 1922 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Woman by the Sea
Artist	Pablo Picasso
Date	1922
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G377

Woman in a white gown seated next to the sea. Picasso's Classical period.

Frank

Chuck Close — Sun, 01 Jun 1969 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Frank
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	1969
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G373

Portrait Of Frank James

Frank by Chuck Close

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Frank by Chuck Close
Creator	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2008
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

30-90 second Quick Stop Audio Tour Commentary

Frank

Chuck Close — Sun, 01 Jun 1969 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Frank
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	1969
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G373

Portrait Of Frank James

Frank

Chuck Close — Sun, 01 Jun 1969 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Frank
Artist	Chuck Close
Date	1969
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G373

Portrait Of Frank James

The Birthday Party

John Singer Sargent — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:26:54 -0400

Title	The Birthday Party
Artist	John Singer Sargent
Date	1887
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G351

Genre.

The Birthday Party by John Singer Sargent

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Title	The Birthday Party by John Singer Sargent
Creator	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date	2008
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The painting, The Birthday Party, and the artist John Singer Sargent are discussed on this audio tour stop.

The Birthday Party

John Singer Sargent — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:26:54 -0400

Title	The Birthday Party
Artist	John Singer Sargent
Date	1887
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G351

Genre.

Young Housewife, Bethnal Green, London

Bill Brandt — Tue, 01 Jun 1937 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Young Housewife, Bethnal Green, London
Artist	Bill Brandt
Date	1937
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

kneeling woman leaning over a bucket, cleaning a floor, seen through an open door

Aphrodisiac Telephone

Salvador Dali — Wed, 01 Jun 1938 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Aphrodisiac Telephone
Artist	Salvador Dali
Date	1938
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

modified telephone; lobster receiver

Faces and Places: Art Interpretation

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

1758-1759

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785) by Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A.

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785) by Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2008

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

1758-1759

Woman Sharpening a Scythe

Woman Sharpening a Scythe

1905

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Walker Art Center

1998

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Spoonbridge and Cherry

1985-1988

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770) by Nicolas de Largillière

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770) by Nicolas de Largillière

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2008

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)

c. 1699

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)

Portrait of Catherine Coustard (1673-1728), Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry (1667-1735) with her Son Léonor (1695-1770)

c. 1699

Dining chair

Dining chair

1910

Dining Chair by George Grant Elmslie

Dining Chair by George Grant Elmslie

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2008

Dining chair

Dining chair

1910

Woman by the Sea

Woman by the Sea

1922

Woman by the Sea by Pablo Picasso

Woman by the Sea by Pablo Picasso

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2008

Woman by the Sea

Woman by the Sea

1922

Frank

Frank

1969

Frank by Chuck Close

Frank by Chuck Close

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2008

Frank

Frank

1969

Frank

Frank

1969

The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party

1887

The Birthday Party by John Singer Sargent

The Birthday Party by John Singer Sargent

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2008

The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party

1887

Young Housewife, Bethnal Green, London

Young Housewife, Bethnal Green, London

1937

Aphrodisiac Telephone

Aphrodisiac Telephone

1938