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Deux nouveaux tableaux pour le Barber Institute

1. George Bellows (1882-1925)
Miss Bentham, 1906
Huile sur toile - 182 x 91 cm
Birmingham, The Barber
Institute of Fine Arts
Photo : The Barber Institute
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26/02/15 - Acquisitions - Birmingham, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts - Aucun nu dans un musée de beaux-arts, est-ce possible ? Oui puisque le Barber Institute ne montrait jusqu’à ce jour que des figures vêtues un peu plus chaudement que de leur simple probité candide. L’achat d’un tableau de George Bellows, Miss Bentham (1906), permet enfin d’imposer un thème qui traverse toute l’histoire de l’art (ill. 1). Acquis, avec l’aide du Henry Barber Trust, auprès d’un collectionneur privé américain par l’intermédiaire du marchand Collisart, il a un temps appartenu à Andy Warhol entre 1985 et…

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