[As seen in the museum’s lobby. Click for a larger view.]
Above, a display for four exhibitions at the Morgan Library & Museum. Whoever designed the posters and their sequence must have put much thought into — and taken much pleasure from — the work. The sequence honors neither historical chronology nor opening dates, but it’s hardly random. What patterns do you see? (Be sure to click for a larger view.)
Elaine and I found the Morgan a perfect museum experience: three hours of great variety and endless surprises, a day before Thanksgiving. Dig the architecture, the art, the books, the manuscripts.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
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We were just at the Morgan a week ago to see the Brontë exhibit. It was a treat to see the oil painting of the siblings with Branwell's ghost portrait.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed to see the letter from Brontë’s father to one of her readers. Her father was sending along a lock of his (dead) daughter’s hair.
ReplyDelete(I know you know that. But someone reading might wonder what it was all about.)
ReplyDeleteCorrection: the writer asked for hair. Brontë’s father sent a small square of paper with her handwriting.
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