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February 6, 2024
New Acquisitions and Gifts Introduced This Spring
On Tuesday, March 5, the Morse will present recent gifts and new acquisitions of Tiffany objects in the Reception Hall gallery and Other Rooms gallery of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall. Among the additions are new acquisitions marked “A-Coll” for the artist’s collection, representing important examples of Tiffany’s work from his estate on Long Island. A second oil painting study of Tiffany’s circa-1892 window, The Entombment, will be installed in the Chapel Narthex, offering a unique perspective into the window’s development.
This c. 1905 blown glass vase by Tiffany Studios (1900–32) makes its debut on Tuesday, March 5.
National Gallery of Art Curator Sarah Cash Lectures Feb. 21
On Wednesday, February 21, at 2:30 p.m., Sarah Cash, Associate Curator of American and British Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., will present Politics and Pageantry: Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave, Frederick Douglass, and the Capital City. Hiram Powers’s marble sculpture The Greek Slave met with unprecedented popular and critical success in the mid-nineteenth century. Cash will explore the sculpture’s display in Washington, D.C. punctuated by its literary, artistic, and critical responses as a reflection of the ongoing debate over American slavery.
This lecture, one of four Wednesday lectures for the season, is free to the public and held in the McKean Pavilion, 161 West Canton Avenue (just behind the Museum).
The Greek Slave by Hiram Powers. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington (2014.79.37).
Flowers That Bloom All Year
The Morse Museum Shop has an enchanting “garden” of ceramic flowers, offering an array of colors and blooms perfect for decorating a wall or table. Designed by Chive, each piece is unique in size, color, and design. Prices vary from $20 to $88. Visit the Museum Shop in person to pick your ever-blooming flowers today.
Shop ceramic flowers by Chive in the Morse Museum Shop.
FROM THE COLLECTION
Library lamp, c. 1905
Shade No. 1505, 22 in. Peony design,
Holden shape
Standard No. 367, cushion base, large,
O’Brien design
Leaded glass, bronze
Tiffany Studios, New York City, 1900–32
H. 32 1/2 in.
(69-016)
The Museum's first director, Hugh F. McKean (1908–95), wrote the following in 1988 for this library lamp: “This lamp was given to Mr. Tiffany’s ‘Dear son Charles.’ According to the family, ‘Papa always had trouble with red.’ Red glass is difficult to make, and we are glad to give the briefest account of how it is made. Copper oxide (or [selenium], or pure gold in a solution) is introduced into a pot of clear glass. The glass, which is now rather yellow, is cooled and then reheated. As it cools again it ‘strikes’ meaning it turns red. Any error in timing causes it to turn a dull brown or a dull something.”
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