2000.208.FA Félix Hilaire Buhot, At the Boulevard de Clichy
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1954.139 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Le Divan Japonais
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is an advertisement for Le Divan Japonais, one the many café-concerts that sprung up in the Montmartre quarter of Paris during the second half of the 19th century.
1978.71.25 Nikolai Ivanovich Kulbin, Lithographed text and illustration from "Explodity"
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Disrupting conventional orders of perception, the words here move erratically across the page.
2000.224.FA Jean Louis Forain, To Bullier's
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this etching, Jean Louis Forain portrays two fashionable young women, arms linked, enjoying an evening on the town. Floating behind them are the glowing gas light fixtures that appear frequently in images of Paris’s theaters, restaurants, and entertainment venues at the turn of the century.
Paris at the Turn of the 20th Century
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Whether depicting the city’s broad avenues or dazzling nightlife, painters, printmakers, and photographers were drawn to capturing everyday life in Paris at the turn of the century.
Timeline of Margaret and Eugene McDermott's relationship with the Dallas Museum of Art
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- 1949—Margaret Milam becomes the publicist for the Dallas Museum of Art.
- 1952—Margaret Milam and Eugene McDermott marry.
- 1960—The McDermotts make their first major gift to the DMA, Aristide Maillol’s Flora (1911).
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An Enduring Legacy: The McDermott Collection of Impressionist and Modern Art
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Margaret Milam and Eugene McDermott married in 1952 and began a partnership that led to remarkable philanthropy in Dallas and beyond. A Dallas native, Margaret was profoundly influenced by childhood visits to the Dallas Museum of Art.
2007.37, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Under Discussion, 2005, video
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In Under Discussion, a fisherman steers a motorboat fashioned from an upturned table. He navigates a landscape featuring brilliant blue waters and a wildlife refuge, but also warning signs and abandoned military equipment.
2006.40, Mamma Andersson, Gone for Good, 2006, acrylic and oil on panel
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A painter of deliberately naïve sensibility, Mamma Andersson composes domestic scenarios gone awry, as in this haunting image of a couch set on fire within a conventional living room.
1982.24.FA Piet Mondrian, Spring Sun (Lentezon): Castle Ruin: Brederode
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A weblike network of tree branches reveals a distant glimpse of a deteriorating medieval castle.