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Henri Lédéchaux bred the French hybrid rose Madame Ferdinand Janin in 1875. It was imported into the United States in 1886, where it was renamed American Beauty.
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Opus 951465 (2021): Painted Steel, Knotted Polylinear Cubic Lattice Path (All Photos By Gail)
The National Museum of Mathematics (aka MoMath) might not be a venue where one would expect to also find an art gallery, but they have one: and in the case of sculptor Anton Bakker, the venue is ideally suited.
Opus 951465 Digital Rendering
Bakker is a contemporary artist specializing in sculpture and its digital possibilities. He has been influenced by his life experiences in the Netherlands, France and now the US, where his artist practice has been based for more than ten years. Mo Math’s Composite Gallery is currently hosting Alternative Perspectives, an exciting exhibit of Bakker’s work — including several monumental pieces — that is complemented by the inclusion of nine rare works by the artist’s biggest influence, the legendary MC Escher.
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Richly-colored blown glass in the Bohemian taste, ornamented with cutting and engraving, attracted the American public beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. This whiskey decanter (from the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company), in a shape typical of the 1860s and 1870s, is distinguished by its brilliant faceting and detailed depiction of fruit, revealing the skill of the engraver, George Franklin Lapham . As a testament to its quality, Lapham signed and dated the work.
Photographed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
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Do you like monumental sculpture? I sure do. If that also happens to be your thing, and you’ve been looking for an excuse to head back over to the Chelsea Gallery District, you will want to know that Gladstone Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of new sculptures by Ugo Rondinone from the artist’s latest body of work, nuns + monks — and these things are massive.
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Installation View With Maria Pergay’s DeerLamp (All Photos By Gail)
Christian Germanaz is a French industrial designer and maker of furniture who studied, and still works, in Paris. Created in 1982, his Comedia Chair is comprised of foam over a metal frame construction, with a seasonal/interchangeable slipcover in bright red. The chair’s dimensions are 29 inches tall by 35 inches deep by 40 inches wide.
We understand that it sits as comfortably as you would expect by the look of the sumptuous, multitudes of pleats and folds in the chair’s slipcover. Comparisons to the appearance of the wrinkly puppy known as the Shar Pei are not unwarranted.
Perfect for curling up with a good book, or your iPad!
Photographed at Demisch Danant, Located at 30 West 12th Street in the West Village, NYC.