Fall 2022 - The Figure

C R E D I T S
The Figure
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Alberto Giacometti, Grande femme debout I (Large
Standing Woman I), 1960, bronze, the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Brown
Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, 86.397.
© Alberto Giacometti Estate / VAGA at Artists Rights
Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris
Welcome
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© Richard Barne
A Figure Revisited
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Henri Matisse, Back I–IV, 1909–c. 1930, bronze, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase
funded by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore N. Law in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Wiess; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wortham;
the Cullen Foundation in memory of Hugh Roy and Lillie
Cullen; and The Brown Foundation, Inc. in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown, 80.68–80.71. © Succession
H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Toward the Ultimate Figure
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Yousuf Karsh, Alberto Giacometti, 1965, printed 1991,
gelatin silver print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
gift of Estrellita Karsh in honor of Dr. Malcolm Daniel
and in memory of Yousuf Karsh, 2014.1031.3. © Estate
of Yousuf Karsh
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Alberto Giacometti, Femme debout (Standing Woman;
Tall Figure), 1948–49, bronze, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, gift of Robert Sarnoff, 76.369. © Alberto
Giacometti Estate / VAGA at Artists Rights Society
(ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris
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Alberto Giacometti, Walking Man I, 1960, bronze,
Fondation Giacometti. © Succession Alberto
Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris, 2022
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Alberto Giacometti, Bust of a Man (Lotar II), 1964–65,
bronze, Fondation Giacometti. © Succession Alberto
Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris, 2022
Figuring and Adorning the Body
in Ancient Colombia
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Calima, Pectoral with Face, 200 BC–AD 1300, gold,
the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Alfred C.
Glassell, Jr., 2010.748.
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Muisca, Seated Shaman Figure, AD 600–1500, gold, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Alfred C. Glassell,
Jr., 2010.968.
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Muisca, Hanging Ornament of a Human Sitting Cross-
Legged, AD 600–1500, gold, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, gift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2010.966.
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Malagana, Human Figure (one of a pair), 200 BC–AD
200, gold, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2010.880.1.
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Calima, Headdress Ornament, 200 BC–AD 1300,
gold, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2010.375.
Model into Myth
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Dirck van Baburen, Apollo Flaying Marsyas, c. 1623,
oil on canvas, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation,
Houston, BF.2015.1. Photo by Matthew Golden.
Go Figure
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Attributed to the Naples Painter, Red-Figure Column
Krater with Battle Scene, 460–450 BC, terracotta,
the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase
funded by “One Great Night in November, 2010,”
2010.1857.
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Auguste Rodin, Figure de femme à mid-corps (Half-
Length Figure of a Woman), c. 1910, cast 1970, bronze
with green patina and wooden base, the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston, gift of her family in memory of
Doris Fondren Allday Lummis, 2019.324.
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Left: Japanese, Dogu, 1500–500 BC, earthenware,
the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Samuel and
Gabrielle Lurie, 2020.314; right: Iran (or Turkic), Seljuq
or Seljuq of Rum, Handle or Doorknocker, 11th century,
probably bronze; cast, welded, and inlaid with gold and
silver, The Hossein Afshar Collection at the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston.
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African, Kota (Bakota, Kuta) peoples, Mbulu Ngulu
(Reliquary Guardian Figure), late 19th–early 20th
century, wood, brass, and copper, the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, gift of Frank Carroll in memory of Frank
and Eleanor Carroll, 2020.495.
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Iran, Ewer, second half of the 13th century, stonepaste;
underglaze stain and glaze painted, The al-Sabah
Collection, Dar al-Athar al Islamiyyah, Kuwait, LNS
305 C.
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Probably modeled by Daniel Greatbach, made
by Lyman, Fenton & Co., Bennington, Vermont,
Coachman Bottle, c. 1849–52, lead-glazed
earthenware (Rockingham ware), the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection,
gift of Miss Ima Hogg, B.57.18.
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Egon Schiele, Girl in Red Robe and Black Stockings,
1911, watercolor and graphite on wove paper, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, partial bequest of
Sue Rowan Pittman and The Brown Foundation, Inc.,
2003.1098.
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Viola Frey, Esther Williams and Deborah Kerr at Pool,
1975, earthenware, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, 2007.860. © Artists’
Legacy Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Ron Mueck, Woman with Shopping, 2014, mixed
media, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum
purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law
Accessions Endowment Fund, 2021.596.
© 2014 Ron Mueck
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Jack Whitten, Natural Selection, 1995, acrylic and sumi
ink on unstretched canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, museum purchase funded by the Caroline
Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, 2021.544.
© Jack Whitten Estate. Courtesy of the Jack Whitten
Estate and Hauser & Wirth
Philip Guston:
Living in a World Museum
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Philip Guston, Gladiators, 1940, oil and pencil on
canvas, the Museum of Modern Art, New York,
gift of Edward R. Broida. © Estate of Philip Guston,
courtesy Hauser & Wirth / photograph
© The Museum of Modern Art, licensed by
SCALA/Art Resource, NY
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Philip Guston, Painter, 1959, oil on canvas, High
Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from
the National Endowment for the Arts. © Estate of
Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
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Philip Guston, Legend, 1977, oil on canvas, the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by
the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund. © Estate of
Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth
Sea Change
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Edward Henry Potthast, Swimming in the Surf, c. 1910,
oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
gift of the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart
Glanville Collection, 2021.102.
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Maurice Prendergast, Marblehead Rocks,
Massachusetts, c. 1905–8, watercolor over black chalk
on wove paper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
gift of the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart
Glanville Collection, 2021.112.
Embodying Buddhist Ideas
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Sri Lankan, Seated Buddha, 8th century,
Anuradhapura period, bronze, The Xuzhou Collection
of Buddhist Art.
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Chinese, Head of Buddha, 8th century, Tang dynasty,
hollow-core dry lacquer, The Xuzhou Collection of
Buddhist Art.
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Bengal, Buddha Triumphing over Mara, c. 320–550,
Gupta period, terracotta, The Xuzhou Collection of
Buddhist Art.
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Indian, Buddha Calling the Earth to Witness, 10th–11th
century, Pala dynasty, bronze with silver and obsidian
inlay, The Xuzhou Collection of Buddhist Art.
A Fiery Figure
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Bob Fitch, At a Night Rally in Broad Street Park, a Furious
Stokely Carmichael Delivers His Famous “Black Power”
Speech, 1966, film negative, Bob Fitch Photography
Archive, Department of Special Collections, Stanford
University Library.
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Gordon Parks, Untitled, Los Angeles, California (Stokely
Carmichael Addresses the Watts Crowd from a Truck
Bed), 1966, printed 2022, gelatin silver print, courtesy
The Gordon Parks Foundation. © 2022 The Gordon
Parks Foundation
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Gordon Parks, Untitled, Atlanta Georgia, 1966, printed
2022, gelatin silver print, courtesy The Gordon Parks
Foundation. © 2022 The Gordon Parks Foundation
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Gordon Parks, (Contact Sheet of Stokely Carmichael
in Lowndes County), 1966, printed 2022, gelatin silver
print, courtesy The Gordon Parks Foundation. © 2022
The Gordon Parks Foundation
Self-Reflection
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Leandro Erlich, Le cabinet du psy, 2005, two rooms
of identical dimensions, furniture (sofa, bookcase,
desk, chairs), carpet, glass, and lights. PROA, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, 2012 © Clara Bullen, courtesy
Leandro Erlich Studio.
Q&A with Leandro Erlich
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Photo by Guyot.
Journeys
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Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, c. 1904–6, oil on
canvas, The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation on
loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, L.1988.62.5.
Photo by Bruce M. White.
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