Norton Simon Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
411 West Colorado Blvd
626-449-6840
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Special Event
The Man Who Never Saw the Comtesse: An Introduction to Henry Clay Frick and His Collection
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Colin Bailey. Photo: Michael Bodycomb
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- When
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Saturday Jan 23, 2010 (4pm)
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Directions: Located on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado at the intersection of the 210 and 134 freeways
- Price
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$10 (Free w/ museum admission)
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“This beguiling portrait occupies a privileged position at the threshold between French Romanticism and the early hints of modernity. Its impossibly precise rendering of the crevices and folds of the young woman's garment calls to mind the great Renaissance painters, with a lavishness that borders on the erotic. Meanwhile, the young woman's coyly defiant expression and bold coquettish body language express a sassy self-possession beyond her years — an effect heightened by the creamy luminosity of her skin. It's easy to see why it takes pride of place as the Frick's centerpiece holding; take this rare local opportunity to see it full scale and lit for maximum effect, and prepare to be seduced by its haunting beauty.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
Note:
Ingres' Comtesse d'Haussonville is on loan from the Frick Collection through January 25.
In this lecture, Colin Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, introduces Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and provides a brief history of how he formed his peerless collection of Old Master paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. Bailey pays special attention to the building of Frick's Fifth Avenue mansion at 1 East 70th Street and the dispositions he made for the collection to become a public institution after the deaths of he and his wife.
