Odilon Redon, “Orpheus,” c. 1903-1910. Pastel on brown paper.
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Sometimes I worry that I have slept through it all.
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@clevelandmuseumofart #odilonredon #orpheus #sleep #dream #pastel
Nancy Grossman, Untitled Drawings, 1970. Lithographic crayon on paper.
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Let me out of here!!!
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@whitneymuseum #nancygrossman #leather #bound #bdsm #drawing
Ships on a stormy sea, painted over a fragmentary portrait of a young man (c. 1655-1660 CE for the portrait, c. 1685-1690 CE for the seascape). The portrait is attributed to Isaak Luttichuys, while the seascape is attributed to Ludolf Backhuysen. Oil on panel.
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Unsteady ground, liquid mind.
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@dickinsongallery #sea #ocean #ship #portrait #dutch
Henry Ossawa Tanner, “Salome,” ca. 1900, oil on canvas.
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Noli me tangere. Quarantined in the blue.
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@americanart #blue #salome #dress #shadow #painting
Sol LeWitt, “Untitled Cube (6),” 1968. Painted steel and aluminum.
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It’s quiet here. Fenced in is not a bad place to be. Everything is in its place.
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@whitneymuseum #sollewitt #grid #cube #sculpture #minimalism
Medallion with the Face of Christ, P*lish, c. 1380-1400. Carved baltic amber with polychrome.
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yeooowcchhh!!!!!!
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@metcloisters #jesus #amber #medieval #ouch #whatever
Adrian Piper, “The Mythic Being: I Embody Everything You Most Hate and Fear,” 1975. Gelatin silver print with oil crayon.
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Say it like you mean it baby cakes.
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@artinstitutechi #drawing #conceptualart #sunglasses #blackart #kant
Heinrich Campendonk, “Pierrot with Serpent,” c. 1923. Oil on canvas.
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I’ve made some poor decisions.
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#clown #pierrot #heart #surreal #germanexpressionism
Bottle in the shape of the cardiorespiratory system, Wari culture, Ayacucho, Peru, 6th to 10th century C.E. Painted terracotta.
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The infectious breath of life.
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@conocealperu #peru #heart #lungs #breathe #ceramic
Jean François Nicéron, “Tabula 15,” from “The Curious Perspective- Optics and Catoptrics,” 1638. Engraving.
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Viral.
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@christiesinc #geometric #math #shape #print #renaissance