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Oil on canvas board 15 7/8 x 20 in.; 40.3225 x 50.8 cm. Acquired 1939

Oil and metallic paint on plywood panel 18 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.; 47.14875 x 52.07 cm.; Framed: 19 1/2 in x 21 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 49.53 cm x 53.97 cm x 3.49 cm Acquired 1926

Oil on canvas overall: 28 in x 23 in; 71.12 cm x 58.42 cm Gift of Fenner and Ina Milton, 2007

Oil on canvas 14 1/8 x 17 1/8 in.; 35.8775 x 43.4975 cm.; Framed: 21 3/8 in x 24 1/2 in x 3 in; 54.29 cm x 62.23 cm x 7.62 cm Acquired 1924

Oil on canvas mounted on cradled wood panel 8 7/8 x 18 in.; 22.5425 x 45.72 cm.; Framed: 14 5/8 in x 23 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 59.69 cm x 1 3/4 in Acquired 1921

What types of materials and techniques do artists use, and how do these decisions shape the subject, composition, and style of a work and its meaning? What methods do artists employ to subvert expectations of how things are made? The relationship between artists and their materials lies at the core of creative production. Featuring over 65 works drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition considers how artists have utilized traditional and nontraditional art materials—including paint, wood, paper, plastic, steel, bones, dirt, glass, sand, and cloth—to act as conduits of meaning. Pour

Upcoming Installation Represents Largest “Unit” of Artist’s Work in a Museum Collection WASHINGTON—Opening this Saturday, The Phillips Collection presents an exhibition featuring the acquired works of American painter Jake Berthot (1939–2014), whose introspective paintings have been described as visual poetry. The artist’s work rangesfrom monochromatic canvases in a minimalist style to more expressive works suggesting space and atmosphere, guided by his admiration for Abstract Expressionists like Mark Rothko and Milton Resnick, to dark nocturnal landscapes, reminiscent of works by George

Oil on canvas 28 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.; 71.755 x 90.805 cm. Acquired 1940

One-on-One: Ugo Rondinone / Louis Eilshemius juxtaposes paintings by Louis Michel Eilshemius (1864–1941) alongside works by acclaimed contemporary artist Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964, Brunnen, Switzerland). Rondinone has long been collecting paintings by the eccentric and prolific American poet and painter Eilshemius, who is known for his expressive and lyrical depictions of landscapes, nature, and nudes. The presentation features paintings by Eilshemius drawn from both the Phillips’s collection and Rondinone’s expansive personal collection of the artist’s work. In dialogue with Eilshemius are a