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Pathways of American Art at the Morse Museum Celebrating 75 Years Pathways of American Art at the Morse Museum OBJECT GUIDE In this exhibition, the Morse presents more than sixty objects that illustrate the breadth and depth of the collection assembled by Hugh and Jeannette McKean over fifty years. Equally important, the exhibition reflects the Museum’s foundational values: a belief that art improves lives, a passion for educating, and a respect for all artists and artistic contributions. For Hugh McKean, the Museum’s many of McKean’s delightfully visionary first director, “pathways” conversational labels. Finally for were the various media, techniques, the show, the Morse has replicated styles, subjects, and points of the Art Machine, an exhibit at the view represented in the visual Museum from about 1988 to 1995 arts. Through the works selected of Thomas Sully’s 1871 study of a for our seventy-fifth anniversary young Queen Victoria with precise exhibition, the Morse explores instructions on how to view and many of these paths and underscores appreciate the work of art. its commitment to teaching and First and foremost, the McKeans interpretation. wanted to guide people to love The exhibition is organized art by providing access to it and a into sections by media or themes. way to approach it. They believed These include plaster art replicas; that all art sincerely made deserves ceramics; portraits; American glass; sincere consideration and that all art landscapes; and works on paper. One enriches the lives of those who take of the eight sections pays tribute to an interest. Hugh McKean with objects such as a John Rogers sculpture and a print by Norman Rockwell that speak to Above: Portrait of Mrs. Henry Labarre the spirit that inspired his collecting Jayne, c. 1895. Oil on canvas, Cecilia Beaux, decisions. The exhibition includes American, 1855–1942 (P-072-93). Objects and object groups are numbered by Above: Left to right: 8) Vase, 1900 case or at their location and identified here. Portrait of Mantchick, Muache, Ute Design, c. 1902 Vase, c. 1910 Maker: Rookwood Pottery, I. PLASTER REPLICAS Tomatoes Bronze over white clay Cincinnati, 1880–1967 Watercolor on paper Marks: B.P 315 / L.C. Tiffany – Decorator: Grace Young, American, OF ART Alice Carmen Gouvy, American, Favrile Bronze Pottery / 1868–1947 c. 1870–1924 [conjoined LCT] Marks: [conjoined RP surmounted , c. 1911 1) Plaster casts Tiffany Furnaces, Inc., Corona, (79-549) by flames] / 907 / D / (Mantchick) / P. P. Caproni & Brother, Boston, New York City, 1902–20 Ute --- / [conjoined GY] Massachusetts, c. 1890–1969 Signed, lower right: A. C. Gouvy / Vase, c. 1904 Gift of Herbert O. and Susan C. Sep. 13, 190[1] Glazed white clay Robinson Top to bottom: Marks: TIFFANY FURNACES Marks: [conjoined LCT] / 7 (PO-040-84) (89-021) (77-039) Fragment, Cupids, Singing 9) Portrait of Sylvester S. Marvin, c. 1905 No. 10002 3) Bowls Oil on canvas Original artist: Giambologna III. PORTRAITS Swimming fish William Merritt Chase, American, (Giovanni da Bologna), Flemish, Maker: Tiffany Studios, New York 1849–1916 1529–1608 5) Portrait of a Young Girl, City, 1902–32 Signed, lower left: WM M. Chase (2007-021:04) c. 1920 Designer: Edith Wilhelmine Wessel Oil on canvas Gift of Leslie and Kathryn Grammer Lautrup, Danish, 1875–1963 (2016-009) Madonna and Child with Charles Webster Two Angels Hawthorne, American, Left to right: 1872–1930 10) Portrait of James Preston Esq., 1904 No. 8376 Oil on canvas Plaster Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Aldis Bowl, c. 1910 Robert Henri, American, 1865–1929 2 Original artist: Andrea (P-084-80) 3 Gilt bronze over glazed white clay Signed, lower left: Robert Henri 1904 della Robbia, Italian, Marks: [conjoined LCT] / B.P 392 / Marks: 13 C / Robert Henri / Portrait 1435–1525 6) Portrait of Mrs. Henry LaBarre Jayne, L.C. Tiffany – Favrile Bronze Pottery of / James Preston Esq. / by Robert (2007-021:10) c. 1895 (55-009) Oil on canvas Henri / 58 West 54 New York Arts Cecilia Beaux, American, 1855–1942 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin II. CERAMICS Bowl, 1902 (P-072-93) Andersen in memory of Glazed white clay Hugh F. McKean 2) Vase, c. 1904 Marks: [conjoined LCT] / P / EL 7) Portrait of a Young Girl, c. 1910 (P-001-95) Tomato vine (74-027) Oil on canvas Glazed white clay Robert Henri, American, 11) Portrait of Richard Aldrich C. McCurdy, Tiffany Studios, New Bowl, c. 1904 1865–1929 1890 York City, 1902–32 Glazed white clay (P-059-87) Oil on canvas Marks: [conjoined LCT] / 7 Marks: [conjoined LCT] / 7 John Singer Sargent, American, (2003-019) (66-018) 1856–1925 Signed, reverse: John S. Sargent 1890 4) Vases (P-002-81) Hydrocleys nymphoides (water poppy) and snake Tiffany Studios, New York City, 1902–32 Celebrating 75 Years Pathways of American Art at the Morse Museum IV. AMERICAN GLASS Pitcher, c. 1905 Punch bowl with cups, Bowl, c. 1910 Maker unknown c. 1915 Peach and Pear pattern 12) Bowl, c. 1897 (GL-047-85) Wreath of Roses pattern Dugan Glass Company, Indiana, Cut and engraved Fenton Art Glass Company, Pennsylvania, 1904–13 blown glass Vase, c. 1915 Williamstown, West Virginia, (GL-028-87) Tiffany Glass and Maker unknown 1905–present Decorating Company, (2008-009:33) (GL-001-64) 15) Three Face Pattern Glass, c. 1878–90 New York City, 1892–1900 Pressed glass Marks: o3440 / Louis C. Tiffany Front row, left to right: Bowl, c. 1910 George Duncan & Sons, Paper label: TIFFANY FAVRILE Grape and Cable pattern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1874–91 GLASS REGISTERED Knife rest, c. 1905 Harry Northwood and Company, TRADEMARK / Maker unknown Wheeling, West Virginia, 1901–25 Back row, left to right: [conjoined TGDco] (2016-011) (2004-023:03) (64-031) Compote Bowl, late 19th century Pitcher, c. 1910–30 (GL-046-70) 13) Cut Glass Maker unknown Diamond Lace pattern Various makers Bequest from the estate of Imperial Glass Company, Bellaire, Biscuit jar Ruth C. McLain Ohio, 1901–84 (2008-008:022:1) Back row, left to right: (2009-016:002) (GL-054-85) Covered compote Bowl, c. 1906–19 Dish, c. 1900–1915 Front row, left to right: (GL-047-70) Libbey Glass J. Hoare & Company, Corning, Company, Toledo, New York, c. 1873–c. 1920 Fruit bowl, c. 1910 Compote 4 Ohio, 1892–present Marks: J. HOARE & CO. Peacock at the Fountain pattern (GL-018-65) 5 Marks: Libbey CORNING / 1853 Harry Northwood and Company, (GL-045-85) Gift of Marvin and Sandy Wheeling, West Virginia, 1901–25 Front row, left to right: Heckendorf (U-042) Vase, c. 1910 (GL-040-82) Goblet Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, Bowl, c. 1915 (GL-039-70) Ohio, 1892–present Bowl, c. 1910 Peacock and Grape pattern Marks: Libbey Maker unknown Fenton Art Glass Company, Sauce dish (GL-005-79) (2008-009:25) Williamstown, West Virginia, (2008-008:019:6) 1905–present Vase, late 19th century 14) Carnival Glass (2004-023:12) Saltshaker and salt dips Maker unknown Pressed glass (2008-008:025:3, 5, 6) Bequest from the estate of Various makers Rose bowl, c. 1910 Ruth C. McLain Fine Cut and Roses pattern Cream pitcher (2009-016:003) Back row, left to right: Harry Northwood and Company, (GL-021-80) Wheeling, West Virginia, 1901–25 Bowl, c. 1910 Punch bowl, c. 1910 (2004-023:08) T.G. Hawkes & Co., Corning, Fashion pattern New York, 1880–1962 Imperial Glass Bowl, c. 1911 Marks: HAWKES [logo] Company, Bellaire, Petal and Fan pattern (GL-047-84) Ohio, 1901–84 Dugan Glass Company, Indiana, (U-050) Pennsylvania, 1904–13 (2004-023:28) Celebrating 75 Years Pathways of American Art at the Morse Museum V. THE MCKEANIAN 20) The Dinkey-Bird, c. 1904 22) Jug, c. 1900–1905 24) Top to bottom: SPIRIT Oil on paper and paperboard Dickens Ware, 2nd Line Maxfield Parrish, American, Glazed clay Fifth Avenue Noon, 1916 16) Nude, early 20th century 1870–1966 S.A. Weller Pottery, Zanesville, Ohio, Etching Chalk on paper Signed, lower right: M . P 1872–1948 Childe Hassam, American, Arthur Bowen Davies, (P-056-91) Marks on base: X 233 / 13 / 1859–1935 American, 1862–1928 DICKENS WARE / WELLER Marks, lower left: April 1st / (DRAW-061-80) Below: Inscribed on side: The Mt. Vernon / CH / 1916 Bridge Co. / Mt. Vernon, O. Marks, lower right: 17) Against Darkness, c. 1920 Poems of Childhood, 1904 (PO-043-68) [conjoined CH] imp Exhibited: Ninth Exhibition of Author: Eugene Field, American, (PR-009-81) Contemporary American Oil 1850–95 Above: Paintings, Corcoran Gallery, Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish, Limehouse, 1859 Washington, DC, 1923 American, 1870–1966 A Quiet Stream, 1916 Etching Oil on canvas Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons, Glazed white clay James McNeill Whistler, American, Arthur Bowen Davies, American, New York City Maker: Rookwood Pottery, 1834–1903 1862–1928 Gift of Herbert W. Holm Cincinnati, 1880–1967 Signed, on boat: Whistler 1859 (P-007-81) (BO-096-94) Decorator: Charles (Carl) Schmidt, (PR-077-80) German-American, 1875–1959 18) Phrenology at the Fancy Ball, 1886 VI. LANDSCAPES Signed, lower right: C. Schmidt The Pool, 1859 Cast plaster Marks, on reverse: [conjoined RP Etching John Rogers, American, 1829–1904 21) Top to bottom: surmounted by flames] / XVI / V James McNeill Whistler, American, (PO-005-68) 1834–1903 Signed: JOHN ROGERS / , Signed, lower left: Whistler / 1859 6 NEW YORK Winter Quiet, No. 9 7 Marks: PATENTED / SEPT. 7. 1923 VII. WORKS ON PAPER Gift of John Tiedtke to Hugh and 1886 / PHRENOLOGY / AT Oil on canvas Jeannette McKean THE / FANCY BALL Guy Wiggins, 23) Top to bottom: (PR-029–71) (SC-152-90) American, 1883–1962 Old Man Reading, 25) Top to bottom: Above: Signed, lower right: Guy Wiggins 1941 Marks on reverse: “WINTER Lithograph Looking into the Hand Mirror, No.
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