[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.
I 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.
(I know you know that. But someone reading might wonder what it was all about.)
Correction: the writer asked for hair. Brontë’s father sent a small square of paper with her handwriting.
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