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Impressionist painters repre­
Decorative Arts
sented in the adjacent gallery.
The museum has a fabulous Other highlights include
glass collection consisting gems such as Picasso’s Woman
of more than 6,000 items, with Tambourine (1938), Miró’s
including ancient glass and Lady Strolling on the Rambla
Tiffany vases. The pottery in Barcelona (1925), Degas’
collection features pieces from Dancer in Green (1878),
New Orleans’ own Newcomb Rodin’s The Age of Bronze
Pottery. There is also a rare (1876), and works by other
collection of “Old Paris” European masters.
porcelain, plus examples of
Sevres and Limoges. The silver
collection contains some Prehispanic/Native Native American kachina dolls representing
American Art
lustrous pieces by English a family (1958)
silversmith Paul Storr. These galleries display a strong
collection of material from
Mayan culture, including some Photography and
European Art impressive sculptures and Graphics
The European collection spans ceramics. Artifacts from Central This collection of more than
a period of 600 years and American cultures are 10,000 vintage photographs
features examples also represented, such is one of the finest of its kind
from the major as Olmec and Mixtec, in the Southeast. It includes
national schools. along with the later works by all the known
The Kress Aztec civilization. masters, such as William Henry
Collection, donated The Native American Fox Talbot’s View of the Paris
to the museum collections include Boulevards (1843), André
by the American Kachina dolls from Kertész’s Théâtre Odeon (1926),
philanthropist Samuel the Hopi and Zuni, Man Ray’s Portrait of Berenice
H. Kress, includes pottery from the Abbott in front of Man Ray
sublime Italian Old Acoma Santo Domingo Composition (1922), and
Master paintings from and San Ildefonso Diane Arbus’s A Young Brooklyn
the early Renaissance pueblos, Apache and Family Going on a Sunday
to the 18th century. Pima baskets, and Outing (1966). In his 1946
French art is also well Morning Glory Percé beadwork and Elegy for the Old South (No. 6),
represented, with works Tiffany vase textiles from the Clarence John Laughlin
from the 17th to the northwest coast. captures the nostalgia of
20th centuries. The The museum also has a the old South in surrealistic
Hyams Gallery features lesser­ special collection of Latin images of decay. His
known 19th­century Salon American colonial art, much of photographs of abandoned
and Barbizon painters, in it from Cuzco in Peru. It includes plantation homes and
contrast with the more familiar an early 18th­century portrait the South in the early 20th
Impressionist and Post­ of an archangel with a musket. century are justly famous.

Sculpture Garden
The dynamic sculptures of
Henry Moore, Barbara
Hepworth, Louise Bourgeois,
George Segal, and other
renowned artists are displayed
among the ancient oaks,
magnolias, and tranquil lagoons
of the Sydney and Walda
Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
This five­acre site, adjacent
to the museum building, was
opened in 2003 to provide a
beautiful natural space for
more than 60 modern and
contemporary sculptures.
Visitors are free to wander
around the park, or join one
The Cardinal’s Friendly Chat, Jehan Georges Vibert (1880) of the daily tours.
Longue Vue House from the Spanish Court

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