Degas to Dali
From the National Galleries of Scotland
Currently exhibiting at the Auckland Art Gallery until 10 June.
Images discussed by Mary Kisler and Kim Hill on Saturday Morning 10 March 2012.
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) France
Study for The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer c1878
Bronze, 72 x 33.5 x 29.5 cm
NG 1624, Purchased 1923
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)
Spain
Exploding Raphaelesque Head 1951
oil on canvas, 43.2 x 33.1 cm
GML 345, Private Collection
Max Ernst (1891–1976)
Germany
The Joy of Living 1936
oil on canvas, 73.5 x 92.5 cm
GMA 3886, Purchased with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Art Fund 1995
Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964)
Italy
Still Life 1962
oil on canvas, 30.5 x 30.6 cm
GMA 906, Purchased 1965
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
Germany
Japanese Theatre c1909
oil on canvas, 113.7 x 113.7 cm
GMA 911, Purchased 1965
Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)
France
The Chat 1893
oil on canvas, 32.4 x 41.3 cm
GMA 2934, Presented by Sir Alexander Maitland in memory of his wife Rosalind 1960
Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966)
Italy
Woman with her Throat Cut 1932
Bronze, 22 x 87.5 x 53.5 cm
GMA 1109, Purchased 1970
Fernand Léger (1881–1955)
France
Study for ‘The Constructors’: The Team at Rest 1950
oil on canvas, 162 x 129.5 cm
GMA 2845, Purchased 1984
Andy Warhol (1928–1987)
America
Portrait of Maurice 1976
synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on linen, 65.8 x 81.4 cm
GMA 4095, Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
Lucien Freud (1922–2011)
Germany, England
Two Men 1987–8
oil on canvas, 106.7 x 75 cm
GMA 3410, Purchased 1988
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.