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Indepth Arts News: "Highlights from the Dahesh Museum Collection" 1999-09-14 until 1999-12-31 The Dahesh Museum New York, NY, USA United States of America
These works, along with several others by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier,
Jules-Jean-Antoine Lecomte de Nouy, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, and Sir John
Gilbert serve as focal points for the exhibition. The biblical and
mythological subjects favored by history painters as well as the genre
scenes and Orientalist fantasies that dominated the Paris Salon are
critically examined. Juxtaposing recent acquisitions with works from the
founding collection, Highlights from the Dahesh Museum Collection
demonstrates how art works ‘speak’ to each other -- recalling or
reformulating issues across time, space and media. In addition, since many
of the works on view have recently been added to the permanent collection,
the exhibition invites the viewer to consider how an academic art collection
is built. A full-color catalogue with an historical essay and entries on 70
works from the Dahesh Collection will accompany the exhibition.
The Dahesh Museum is located at 601 Fifth Avenue at 48th Street. Admission
is always free and children are welcome. Hours are 11-6, Tuesday through
Saturday, closed Sunday, Monday and all legal holidays. Admission is free
and the Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call (212)
759-0606 or visit our Website at www.daheshmuseum.org.
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