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Page 1: The Frick Collection · Through June 16, 2013 Drawn from the renowned collection of nineteenth-century French art of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown,

The Frick Collectionsummer 2013 progr ams

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I nternationally recognized as a premier museum and research center, The Frick Collection is known for its

distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding exam-ples of European sculpture and decorative arts.

The collection was assembled by the Pittsburgh indus-trialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and is housed in his family’s former residence on Fifth Avenue. One of New York City’s few remaining Gilded Age mansions, it provides a tranquil environment for visitors to experience masterpieces by artists such as Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Goya, and Whistler. The museum opened in 1935 and has continued to acquire works of art since Mr. Frick’s death.

Adjacent to the museum is the Frick Art Reference Library, founded by Helen Clay Frick as a memorial to her father. Today it is one of the leading institutions for research in the history of art and collecting.

Along with special exhibitions and an acclaimed con-cert series, the Frick offers a wide range of lectures, symposia, and education programs that foster a deeper appreciation of its permanent collection.

hours

Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

closed Mondays, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas

admission

General Public $20 Seniors (65 and over) $15 Students $10 Members Free

On Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., visitors may pay what they wish.

Children under ten are not admitted.

Group visits are by appointment; call 212.288.0700 to schedule.

The Frick Collection welcomes students from grades 5 through 12. To arrange a guided school visit, please call 212.547.0704 or visit www.frick.org/schools.

1 east 70th street, new york, ny 10021212.288.0700 www.frick.org

The Frick Collection

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e x h i b i T i o n s

The ImpressIonIsT LIne from Degas

To TouLouse-LauTrec: DrawIngs anD

prInTs from The cLark

Through June 16, 2013

Drawn from the renowned collection of nineteenth-century French art of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, this selection of works on paper represents the diverse interests of Realist, Impression-ist, and Post-Impressionist artists in a rapidly changing world. Sheets by Millet, Courbet, Degas, Manet, Pissarro, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, and other masters range widely in subject matter and technique and span the entire second half of the nineteenth century. Graphite and charcoal drawings of classi-cally idealized nudes exhibit the virtuoso finish and illusion-ism long championed by academic tradition, while rapidly executed sketches present more candid and provocative ren-derings of the body. Luminous pastels and watercolors capture impressions of city and country, and lively etchings and vivid color lithographs convey the spectacle and atmosphere of modern life. Populating these images are peasants, perform-ers, racehorses, and mythological goddesses. Settings vary from the French countryside and far-flung islands to Parisian cafés and dancehalls, shifting between highlife and low.

The exhibition is organized by Colin B. Bailey and Susan Grace Galassi of The Frick Collection and by Jay A. Clarke of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. The exhibition is made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation.

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precIsIon anD spLenDor:

cLocks anD waTches aT

The frIck coLLecTIon

Through February 2, 2014

Today the question “What time is it?” is quickly answered by looking at any number of devices around us, from watches to phones to computers. For millennia, however, determining the correct time was not so simple, and it was not until the late thirteenth century that the first mechanical clocks were made, slowly replacing sundials and water clocks. It would take several hundred more years before mechanical time-keepers became reliable and accurate. Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection explores the dis-coveries and innovations made in the field of horology from the early sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The exhibition features eleven clocks and fourteen watches from the bequest of Winthrop Kellogg Edey, along with five clocks lent by the collector Horace Wood Brock that have never before been seen in New York City. Together, these objects chronicle the evolution over the centuries of more accurate and complex timekeepers and illustrate the aesthetic developments that reflected Europe’s latest styles.

The exhibition is organized by Charlotte Vignon, Asso-ciate Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection. Major funding is provided by Breguet. Additional support is gener-ously provided by The Selz Foundation, Peter and Gail Goltra, and the David Berg Foundation.

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Lectures are free, and, unless otherwise noted, no reservations are necessary. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Selected lectures will be webcast live and made available on our Web site and The Frick Collection’s channel on FORA.tv. Please visit our Web site for details.

“The LIsTenIng eye”:

pauL gauguIn’s prImITIve TaLes

Wednesday, May 29, 6:00 p.m.

June Hargrove, Professor, Nineteenth-Century European Painting and Sculpture, Department of Art History and

Archaeology, University of Maryland

Gauguin’s 1902 Contes barbares (Primitive Tales), seen in the context of his art in the Marquesas during the last eighteen months of his life, marks the culmination of his artistic jour-ney as a spiritual quest that took him from Brittany to the South Pacific. The painting transcends surface reality and offers the viewer a glimpse of the truth behind appearances.

The Samuel H. Kress Lecture in Museum Education

InITIaTIves onLIne

Friday, June 7, 5:30 p.m.

Teresa Lai, Manager of Online Publications, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Frick Collection is pleased to present the fifth annual Samuel H. Kress Lecture in Museum Education, intended to further the study, understanding, and practice of museum education in the twenty-first century. This year, Teresa Lai will discuss three of the Met’s online publications—Timeline of Art History, Connections, and 82nd & Fifth—and the insti-tutional vision behind them. Free with registration; visit our Web site to RSVP.

L e C T u r e s

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Degas anD The crIsIs of

moDern DrafTsmanshIp

Wednesday, June 12, 6:00 p.m.

Richard Kendall, Curator at Large, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,

Williamstown, Massachusetts

Edgar Degas’s approach to drawing changed profoundly—some would say disastrously—over his long career. Initially emulating Renaissance draftsmen, Degas rethought the tech-niques and purposes of drawing in a modern context. In old age his works on paper used gestural—even crude—marks that can still disconcert us today. This lecture will explore how the pioneering Impressionist defied tradition through his use of startling points of view, unconventional materials, and extreme breadth of handling.

scuLpTIng hIsTory:

DavID D’angers anD

The romanTIc movemenT

Wednesday, September 18, 6:00 p.m.

Emerson Bowyer, Guest Curator, The Frick Collection

In a celebrated passage from his Histoire de la Révolution Française, Jules Michelet asserted that the revolution left no lasting monuments, only empty space. Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1788–1856), perhaps the greatest sculptor of the early nineteenth century, made it his life’s work to fill that void. This lecture will follow David’s attempts to reinvigorate and adapt the notion of a historical monument to the new social and political landscape of modernity.

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The following talks are free with museum admission, but advance reservations are required. To register, please visit our Web site.

frick art reference library talk

hIDDen Treasures of The reaDIng room

Saturday, May 25, 3:00 p.m.

Works of art rarely seen by the public, including Madonna of the Impruneta by Andrea della Robbia and a fresco after Pietro Lorenzetti, hang in the Reading Room of the Frick Art Reference Library. Join Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian Stephen Bury for a half-hour tour of the Reading Room and its treasures.

collection talks

In anticipation of the fall exhibition from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, curators will discuss two unique Dutch paintings on display in the galleries. Collection Talks are thirty minutes long.

aDam anD eve

Saturday, June 22, 12:00 noon

This talk will focus on a rare oil-on-copper painting by Joachim Wtewael (1566–1638), which was influenced by Albrecht Dürer’s famous 1504 print of the same name. The work is on long-term loan from a private collection.

grapes wITh InsecTs on a marbLe Top

Saturday, July 20, 12:00 noon

Learn about the museum’s most recent gift, a virtuosic still life painted by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746–1822), a Dutch-born artist who served as official miniaturist to Louis XVI.

Ta L k s

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The following talks are free with museum admission. No reservations are required.

special exhibition talks

TIck TaLks

Ongoing, Tuesday through Friday in July12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy a five-minute talk on clocks from the permanent col-lection and the special exhibition Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection.

docent talks

henry cLay frIck anD hIs coLLecTIon

Ongoing, Tuesday through Saturday May through July, 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

A ten-minute introduction to the museum and its founder.

rooms wITh a vIew

Ongoing, Tuesday through Saturday May through July, 3:00 p.m.

A ten-minute talk focusing on one of the distinctive and beautiful rooms of The Frick Collection.

There will be no docent talks given during the month of August; talks will resume after Labor Day.

Ta L k s (continued)

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objecTs of TIme, objecTs of DebaTe

Tuesday, July 9, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Kevin K. Birth, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Queens College, City University of New York

Join the author of Objects of Time: How Things Shape Tempo-rality (2012) for a seminar inspired by the special exhibition Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Col-lection. Participants will have the rare opportunity to examine the Frick’s timepieces up close while contemplating the ways in which changing representations of time influence culture and perception. $100 ($90 for Members)

Seminars provide unparalleled access to works of art and encourage thought-provoking discussion with experts in their fields. Sessions, held when the galleries are closed to the pub-lic, are limited to twenty participants. Advance registration is required; register online or by calling 212.547.0704.

cLauDe LorraIne’s

sermon on The mounT

Tuesday, June 4, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Rika Burnham, Head of Education, The Frick Collection

“Ideal landscape” is a term signifying the creation of an image of nature more beautiful than nature itself. In this seminar, explore and discuss the marvelous Sermon on the Mount (1656), by one of the greatest ideal landscape painters of all time, Claude Lorraine. $100 ($90 for Members)

books as works of arT

Thursday, June 20, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Stephen J. Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, Frick Art Reference Library

In the twentieth century artists increasingly embraced the book format. This seminar will examine how artists have cre-atively used the book and propose ways to understand the book as a work of art. Many examples to be discussed come from Stephen Bury’s private collection, about which he has written in Artists’ Books (1995 and 2013) and in a regular col-umn for Art Monthly. $100 ($90 for Members)

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s e m i n a r s

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frIDay nIghT skeTch

Fridays, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.June 14 & July 12

Artists of all skill levels are invited to sketch in the galleries of the Frick after hours. Materials will be provided. The pro-gram is free, but space is limited and advance reservations are required; please visit our Web site to register.

sunDay skeTch

Sundays, anytime between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.June 2, 16 & 30 and July 14 & 28

Visitors are invited to sketch in the Garden Court. Materials will be provided, and a teaching artist will be available for instruction. Free with museum admission; no reservations are required.

sT u d i o

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Advance reservations are required; to register, please visit our Web site.

arT DIaLogues

For young professionalsFridays, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

June 14 & 28 and July 12 & 26

Art Dialogues offers the dual pleasures of a long look at a great work of art and the opportunity to meet like-minded art lovers. Sessions take place after hours when the museum is closed to the public. Led by Rika Burnham, Head of Educa-tion, and Olivia Powell, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow, The Frick Collection. This program includes free after-hours museum admission.

gaLLery conversaTIons

Saturdays at 12:00 noonJune 15 & July 13

Participants are invited to study and discuss selected master-pieces in the galleries with museum educators. Each hour-long session focuses on a single work of art. Led by Rika Burnham, Head of Education, and Olivia Powell, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow, The Frick Collection. Free with museum admission.

C o n v e r saT i o n s

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The Frick offers programs for middle school, high school, col-lege, and graduate students. Visit our Web site to register.

art club

For middle school studentswrITIng anD DrawIng

Tuesdays, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.May 14, 21 & 28 and June 4 & 11

Write and illustrate imaginative stories in the galleries, inspired by the many masterpieces of the Frick. Free, but reg-istration is required.

cool classes for hot nights

For high school, college, and graduate students. Cool Classes are free, but are by application only. To apply, visit our Web site. Courses are limited to twenty participants.

The hours

Three-part course: June 18, 19 & 20, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Olivia Powell, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow, The Frick Collection

In celebration of Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection, this course will focus on works that explore the theme of time, from a self-portrait of the aging Rembrandt to Fragonard’s grand narrative paintings.

The makIng of an exhIbITIon

Thursday, June 27, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Emerson Bowyer, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection

Do you know what it takes to produce a museum exhibition? Find out from the guest curator of David d’Angers: Making the Modern Monument, which will open at the Frick in September.

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Programs are free. Unless otherwise noted, reservations are not accepted.

Visitors will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

summer nIghT

Friday, July 19, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Enjoy a night of free programs and activities at the Frick as we open our doors to the public to celebrate our special exhibi-tions. Meet curators, hear lectures and gallery talks, sketch in the Garden Court, and listen to live music.

Teen nIghT

Friday, September 27, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Kick off the school year by inviting your friends to an evening at the Frick! Explore the galleries of the Gilded Age mansion and participate in a variety of programs designed especially for teens. Activities will include sketching, gallery conver-sations, and chamber music performed by members of the Praxis Youth Leadership Orchestra. For high school students with a school- or government-issued ID.

coLLege nIghT

Friday, October 4, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Find yourself at the Frick during our third annual College Night. Meet new friends as you wander the historic mansion, enjoy its distinguished art collection, and sample college programs that are offered regularly throughout the year. The evening’s festivities will include live music, gallery talks, and sketching in the Garden Court. For undergraduate and gradu-ate students with a valid college ID. Reservations are required; please visit our Web site to register.

C o u r s e se v e n T s

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m e m b e r s h i p

There are many ways to be more involved with The Frick Col-lection. Becoming a member is one of them.

All members receive unlimited free admission to the museum, a subscription to the Members’ Magazine, and dis-counts on concerts and educational programming as well as a 10 percent discount in the Museum Shop. Members at the Fel-lows level enjoy special benefits including behind-the-scenes access to the Collection, gallery presentations with curators, and invitations to exhibition openings and the annual black-tie Spring Party.

By becoming a member, you are helping the Frick to share its exceptional collection, exhibitions, research facili-ties, programs, and other offerings with visitors from around the world.

To become a member or to give the gift of membership, please visit our Web site or contact the Membership Depart-ment at 212.547.0709 or [email protected].

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cool classes for hot nights

For high school, college, and graduate students. Cool Classes are free, but are by application only. To apply, please visit our Web site. Courses are limited to twenty participants.

paInTIng, IDenTITy, anD moDern LIfe

Three-part course: July 9, 10 & 11, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Michelle Jubin, Adjunct Lecturer in Art History, Parsons The New School for Design

Participate in three conversations that reflect on identity and modernity in the nineteenth century. How did painters such as Manet, Monet, and Renoir use their canvases to investigate the world around them? What questions and conclusions did they have then—and do we have today?

Turner’s romanTIc vIsIon

Wednesday, July 17, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Olivia Powell, Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow, The Frick Collection

Students will study the Frick’s five magnificent paintings by Turner and explore how the artist’s work intersected with the major philosophical and scientific discourses of his time.  

InTense Looks

Three-part course: July 24, 25 & 26, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Rika Burnham, Head of Education, The Frick Collection

Gain a better understanding of and appreciation for works of art through shared looking and informal discussion in the galleries. Each class will be devoted to a single masterpiece.

C o u r s e s (continued)

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image credits

Unless otherwise noted, photographs are by Michael Bodycomb.

coverMantel Clock with Study and Philosophy, movement by Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau (1749–1791), figures after Simon-Louis Boizot (1743–1809), c. 1785−90, patinated and gilt bronze, marble, enameled metal, and glass; Horace Wood Brock Collection

page 7Joachim Wtewael (1566–1638), Adam and Eve, 1610–15, oil on copper, private collection

page 8The Fragonard Room of The Frick Collection

page 13Sketching in the Frick’s Garden Court; photograph by Lucas Chilczuk

page 14James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux, 1881–82, oil on canvas, The Frick Collection

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