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GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL
THE COLLECTION
AMERICA’S FIRST
MUSEUM OF uncan Phillips (1886–1966), a collector and philanthropist, built the extraordinary MODERN ART collection you see today. When Marjorie and Duncan Phillips, c. 1922 the museum opened in 1921 as The Phillips Memorial Art Gallery, in honor of Phillips’s father and brother, the collection The Phillips Collection is home to a growing, included work by American Impressionists and their French Through the second half of the 20th century, Phillips counterparts. A major coup was the 1923 purchase of Pierre- continued adding significantly to the collection, acquiring world-class collection of more than 4,500 Auguste Renoir’s sumptuous Luncheon of the Boating Party. major works by Europeans such as Ben Nicholson and Nicolas works of modern and contemporary art. de Staël, and Americans such as Willem de Kooning, Adolph Phillips’s marriage to painter Marjorie Acker and friendships Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Morris Louis, and Joan Mitchell. Housed in Duncan Phillips’s boyhood with artists helped develop his taste, and he worked enthusiastically to train his eye. Within a few years, the Phillips valued strong connections with artists, collecting home and additions to it, the museum museum’s holdings increased with works from both American many artists in depth. Avery, Bonnard, Daumier, Degas, organizes acclaimed exhibitions, offers lively and European artists, including: Diebenkorn, Dove, Klee, Lawrence, Marin, and Stieglitz, some of whom Phillips knew well, are a few of the artists whose programming for adults and children, and Milton Avery Arthur Dove Henri Matisse work is held in large concentrations. conducts important scholarly research. Pierre Bonnard Wassily Kandinsky Claude Monet Georges Braque Paul Klee Georgia O’Keeffe Recent acquisitions include works by major artists of today Paul Cézanne Jacob Lawrence Pablo Picasso such as Simone Leigh, Whitfield Lovell, Zilia Sánchez, and Phillips referred to the museum as an Honoré Daumier Edouard Manet John Sloan Regina Pilawuk Wilson. The museum also houses over 1,000 “experiment station,” and today it retains Stuart Davis John Marin Vincent van Gogh photographs, many by American photographers. the founder’s personal stamp in a gathering of art that combines tradition and daring. THE BUILDING One of the great pleasures of the Phillips is the unconventional way in which works by artists Duncan Phillips originally exhibited his collection in specially of different nationalities, periods, and styles built galleries at his family home, an 1897 Georgian Revival house in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighborhood. The coexist side-by-side in visual conversations grand oak-paneled Music Room was added to the house within its galleries. Special exhibitions and in 1907 ( #79). Over time, the building was adapted to include more galleries and offices, particularly after the frequent changes in the arrangement of the Phillips family moved out in 1930. permanent collection mean there’s something In 1960, Phillips added a modernist wing, which was renamed fresh to see on every visit. the Goh Annex in 1989 when it was renovated and expanded. In 2006 the Phillips opened the new Sant Building which included an auditorium and library, as well as the two-story University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge behind the museum. The intimate scale of the original galleries has been replicated in the additions to the museum.
DETAILS: COVER Vincent van Gogh, Entrance to the Public Gardens in Arles, 1888, Oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 35 3/4 in., Acquired 1930; OVER Arthur Dove, Red Sun, 1935, Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 in., Acquired 1935; Alma Thomas, Breeze Rustling Through OPEN FOR MAP! Jazz performance in the Music Room Fall Flowers, 1968, Acrylic on canvas, 57 7/8 x 50 in., Gift of Franz Bader, 1976 PHILLIPS HOUSE GOH ANNEX AND SANT BUILDING COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
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1 Crafting a Personal Collection #90 Listen to Duncan Phillips talk about his museum in a lecture from 1961. Phillips explains his collecting philosophy, emphasizing the importance of maintaining diversity and unity in his personal creation and describing his desire to share his collection with all open-minded people through frequently changing displays.
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Floor 2 D C B 2 Luncheon of the Boating Party #75 #178 200 In Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880–81), LAIB WAX ROOM 201 202 ROTHKO ROOM Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted his real-life friends, including his new girlfriend, Aline Charigot, at lower left. While everyone at the luncheon seems focused 204 203 214 223 on flirting, Renoir shows Charigot looking at her dog, HOUSE STAIRWAY perhaps because dogs are a traditional symbol of loyalty. WEST PARLOR MUSIC 206 205 House ROOM FOYER DINING GOH Floor 2 Floor 1 EAST ROOM STAIRWAY PARLOR
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SHOP CAFÉ SANT 3 Rothko Room #77 #176 STAIRWAY Duncan Phillips was so captivated by the luminous ? 103 115 paintings of American Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko that he designed the Rothko Room in 1960. Floor 1 The first of its kind, the room provides a peaceful place 116 to enjoy the meditative pleasure of Rothko’s vibrant fields of color. MAIN ENTRANCE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE HOUSE ENTRANCE STREET LEVEL
NAVIGATING THE MUSEUM LIBRARY (Tue and Thu, 2-5 pm, Floor The Phillips Collection has or by appointment) Stairs expanded from its original house Lower Level 1 Elevator to encompass multiple buildings. To access the Phillips House, use 4 Laib Wax Room #86 #177 Restrooms the bridge walkways located on the This meditative chamber is lined with 440 pounds of beeswax and is lit by a single light bulb. The small space fits Water Fountain second and third floor of the Goh just one to two people at a time. When commissioned Annex or the wheelchair accessible from German artist Wolfgang Laib in 2013, it became the Coat Check House entrance. first permanent wax room housed in a museum. ? Information The University of Maryland Center Wheelchair Access for Art and Knowledge is accessible via the alley walkway between the AUDITORIUM Changing Table buildings. Floor Lower Level 2
ENHANCE YOUR VISIT 5 The Migration Series #82 Between the two World Wars, more than a million African Information Café & Shop Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban Audio Tours North in search of a better life. Jacob Lawrence portrays Phillips volunteers (in Gallery Enjoy delicious sandwiches, Hear about works of art in the Great Migration through bold colors, shapes, and 103) and Museum Assistants pastries, drinks, and more the permanent collection rhythms. His Migration Series (1940–41) captures universal throughout the galleries at Tryst at the Phillips Café. and special exhibitions themes of struggle and freedom. (wearing red lanyards) can Browse an exciting array of through our audio tours, help with directions and also gifts and goods for art lovers of available on the app, website provide information about the all ages in the museum shop. (PhillipsCollection.org/ Protect the Art museum. (Both Goh Annex, Floor 1) multimedia), or via cell phone. To enjoy the museum Look for this symbol: and keep artworks safe, Sketching Photography Our contemplation audio tour please: Visitors are encouraged to Sketching in the galleries is guides you through a mindful • Look, but do not touch take non-flash photos for permitted with pencil. experience. These stops invite the artwork. Please keep non-commercial use of the you to slow down and connect a two-foot distance. permanent collection and Free App with the art. Look for this special exhibitions, unless The Phillips Collection app (for • Leave backpacks, symbol: otherwise noted. Photography Apple and Android) includes backpack-type child 6 Hunter Courtyard #78 audio guides and videos about carriers, umbrellas, large is not permitted in the Rothko Gallery Talks and Tours In the courtyard are two works made of bronze: the Room. Selfie sticks, video the permanent collection and bags and packages, untitled bronze on the wall created by Ellsworth Kelly cameras, and tripods are not special exhibitions, event and Spotlight Talks and other items larger in 2005 that appears to defy gravity, despite weighing permitted. exhibition schedules, a map, 15-min. talks on one artwork than 15 x 13 x 7 inches nearly 1,000 pounds, and, in contrast, Dual Form (1966) and more. Tuesdays–Fridays, Noon in the complimentary by Barbara Hepworth near the doorway that is firmly Accessibility Thursdays, 6 and 7 pm coat check. Please earthbound. carry purses and small All areas of the museum are For Families Permanent Collection backpacks on the front accessible. Complimentary Please stay together. Pick up the Saturdays, 1 pm, 60 min. of the body. wheelchairs are available “For Families” brochure at the Sundays (when there is no at the coat check. Assistive admissions desk or in Gallery special exhibition on view), • Do not bring food listening devices are available 103, which includes tips on 1 pm, 60 min. or drinks into the for tours and programs in protecting the art. Also available museum. Special Exhibition the auditorium. Large print is the free, all-ages Discovery • Strollers are permitted gallery text and audio guide Pack, featuring works of art Sundays, 1 pm, 60 min. in the galleries, except transcripts are available free of from the permanent collection All talks and tours meet in in the Rothko Room. charge at the admissions desk. with engaging activities. front of the café. Can’t find your favorite work? Use the “search” function at PhillipsCollection.org/collection to see share your experience using @phillipscollection if it is on view and where it is located. and sign-up for e-news in the admissions lobby or online