Collection Item
Forrest Bess, The Asteroids #4, 1946
Oil on canvas overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm Gift of Miriam Schapiro Grosof, 2014
Collection Item
William Christenberry, The Alabama Box, 1980
Wooden box with metal sign, carved wood, framed drawing, textile bag, color photographs, and red soil closed: 6 1/8 in x 16 3/4 in x 12 3/8 in; 15.56 cm x 42.54 cm x 31.432 cm Gift of Linda and Beau Kaplan, 2016, in memory of William Christenberry
Event
Aristo Sham
November 27, 2016, 4 pm
Pianist Aristo Sham, the winner of the 2016 New York International Piano Competition, will make his DC debut on November 27, 2016.
Collection Item
Forrest Bess, The Asteroids #2, 1946
Typewritten page overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm; Framed: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in; 29.85 cm x 23.5 cm Gift of Miriam Schapiro Grosof, 2014
Collection Item
Forrest Bess, The Asteroids #4, 1946
Typewritten page overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm; Framed: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in; 29.85 cm x 23.5 cm Gift of Miriam Schapiro Grosof, 2014
Collection Item
Forrest Bess, The Asteroids #1, 1946
Typewritten page overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm; Framed: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in; 29.85 cm x 23.5 cm Gift of Miriam Schapiro Grosof, 2014
Collection Item
Forrest Bess, The Asteroids #3, 1946
Typewritten page overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm; Framed: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in; 29.85 cm x 23.5 cm Gift of Miriam Schapiro Grosof, 2014
Event
Amy Sherald
March 29, 2018, 6:30 pm
Through her portraits, Amy Sherald explores the ways people construct and perform their identities in response to political, social, and cultural expectations. Her work offers a critical view of African American cultural history and the representation of the African American body. Known for using a grayscale palette to paint skin tones, Sherald challenges the concept of color-as-race. Sherald will be in conversation with Dorothy Kosinski, Director of The Phillips Collection. Note: This conversation takes place at the David C. Driskell Center, located on campus at the University of Maryland in
Event
Ana Vidović
February 24, 2019, 4 pm
Guitarist Ana Vidović makes her Phillips debut with works by J.S. Bach, Mario Giuliani, Francisco Tárrega, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Domenico Scarlatti, and Astor Piazzolla.
Collection Item
Jacob Kainen, Dawn Attack, 1969
Oil on canvas 36 in x 44 in; 91.44 cm x 111.76 cm Bequest of Marion F. and Norman W. Goldin, 2017
