Happy Thanksgiving! Keyword: 'pie'
In a search for something pleasing from the museum’s collection to share with you all today, I typed “pie” into ArtScope. And what a nice return on my effort: 141 works came up. That’s because PIE returns Pierre, and Pierrot, and pier, and pierce; along with photocopies and poppies, and more. I chose a handful of favorites I hadn’t fallen in love with before:
In a search for something pleasing from the museum’s collection to share with you all today, I typed “pie” into ArtScope. And what a nice return on my effort: 141 works came up. That’s because pie returns Pierre, and Pierrot, and pier, and pierce; along with photocopies and poppies, and more. I chose a handful of favorites I hadn’t fallen in love with before:
Joseph Raphael, Pierre Monteux Leading Orchestra, 1939
Richard Shaw, Teapot, 1973
Gerhard Richter, Spiegel, blutrot (Blood Red Mirror), 1991
Charles Scowen & Co., Stelae at South Frontispiece of Abhayagiri Dagoba, Anuradhapura, ca. 1875–90s
Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2005
Martin Venezky, Notes on the West: Bang, 1993
And there even was … a single slice of pie:
Martin Parr, Untitled (meringue), from the series British Food, 1995
Enjoy the day, everyone!