Object Notes

This is a rare example of an early landscape by Boucher, the painter whose style of painting is synonymous with the French rococo. The son of an obscure guild painter, little is known of Boucher's artistic development.

The depiction of female bathers without the framework of an established story became a new feature in French painting in the 1720s. In an idyllic, hilly landscape, a group of sixteen women is assembled around a small pond in front of an elaborate pavilion.

Among the ruins recalling the Roman Colosseum, a monk prays at an unadorned makeshift altar. To the left, two village girls sneak into the sanctuary to steal flowers placed before a small picture of the Virgin Mary, while an older woman tries to discourage their mischievousness.

Elsa Rady's elegant ceramic works blur the line between sculptural art and functional design. Continually revisiting familiar forms - vases, bowls, and bottles - Rady creates recognizable objects that are not necessarily practical.

This conglomeration of stuffed panda bears, part of the Campana brothers’ series of furniture made from plush children’s toys, represents the most recent development of a type of chair conceived in 2003 as a realization of the designers’ interest in recycling mundane objects through both ha

Frank Gehry's design for the Superlight represents his most recent and successful effort to create a chair with lightweight, minimal construction which echoes his architectural work in both a technical and material sense.

Danish designer Hans J. Wegner sought to design, "just one good chair in my life," constantly endeavoring to improve his designs.

Master woodworker Sam Maloof built his legacy on skillful craftsmanship and the creation of timeless furniture. This 1984 armchair is no exception, epitomizing his mastery of natural materials and carefully attenuated curves.