Breaking It Down: Conversations from the Vault
The Phillips Collection, from its inception, has focused on creating what founder Duncan Phillips called “units”: groups of works of art that represent key aspects of an artist’s vision or spirit. Leaders in championing the independent-minded artist, Duncan and Marjorie Phillips gave many their first museum exhibitions and acquisitions. This presentation offers a deep dive and new take on several artists who are cornerstones of the collection, including Georges Braque, Richard Diebenkorn, Arthur Dove, Sam Gilliam, Paul Klee, and Georgia O’Keeffe, alongside a growing collection of works by trailblazers of our time, including Sean Scully, Sylvia Snowden, Renée Stout, Joyce Wellman, and more.
IMAGE: Sam Gilliam, April, 1971, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 x 2 1/2 in., The Phillips Collection, Bequest of Mercedes H. Eichholz, 2013
This exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection.
The Phillips Collection gratefully acknowledges the Frauke de Looper Trust for lead support of this exhibition.
This exhibition is made possible, in part, by Stephanie and Greg Guyett.
Presented with the generous support of Lugano
Additional support is provided by Robert Berish and Barbara Brown, Dan Hamilton, and Susan Lee and Stephen A. Saltzburg.
