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Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard
February 4–May 6, 2012

The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 gave post-impressionist artists a new source of inspiration. Investigating the techniques and compositional strategies made possible by the new apparatus, artists captured their private lives, as well as their public domains, in surprising ways. The exhibition debuts many previously unpublished photographs taken by seven European artists, renowned for their paintings and prints. Approximately 200 photographs and 70 paintings and works on paper by artists including Pierre Bonnard, Félix Vallotton, and Edouard Vuillard explore the dynamic relationships among the various media. Read more

The exhibition is co-organized by The Phillips Collection, the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Generous support provided by John and Gina Despres and the Trellis Fund

Funded in part by The Florence Gould Foundation

Additional support from Craig M. Gayhardt

Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme

June 2–September 9, 2012
One of the most celebrated artists of the modern era, Jasper Johns (b. 1930) brought new advances to printmaking. Drawing from the artist’s rich vocabulary of images, this exhibition features approximately 90 iconic examples of targets, flags, numbers, and other subjects he explored from 1960 to today. The first exhibition of his work at The Phillips Collection, Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme celebrates the legacy of Johns’s prints, as seen in his visionary response to lithography, intaglio, silkscreen, and lead relief sculpture.

Organized by The Phillips Collection in collaboration with the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation

George Hendrik Breitner, Girl in Red Kimono, Geesje Kwak, 1893–95. Collection RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), The Hague.

Jasper Johns, Figure 1, 1969. © Jasper Johns and Gemini G.E.L./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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