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Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College is closing for a year for renovation and generously agreed to lend one of its most beautiful and important works of African art to TMA. This covered cup, sometimes called a saltcellar, was carved from a single tusk of ivory during the first generation of contact between [...]
Guercino Painting Added to Collection
Posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010It is a gap in its impressive collection of 17th-century masterworks that the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has been trying to fill for more than 50 years. A work by Bolognese master Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, commonly known as Guercino (“the squinter”), has been a long-sought-after addition to the TMA collection. Guercino’s vibrant Lot and [...]
“A Moment Supreme”
Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009The Museum has acquired Vincent DaCosta Smith’s (American, 1929-2004) etching titled “A Moment Supreme” from a generous donor. Music was a recurring theme in his paintings as well as graphics. “A Moment Supreme,” an etching done in 1972, depicts the funeral service of John Coltrane at St. Peter‘s Lutheran Church in New York City on [...]
Three Queen’s Bracelets
Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009In September 2009, TMA acquired a set of three gold bracelets formerly owned and worn by a series of Asante queen mothers. Three Queen’s Bracelets represent a range of expert goldsmithing techniques and symbolism. Regalia has practical, religious, and symbolic functions among the Asante, who today number 1.5 million people. The ostentatious processions that display [...]