Walton opens Crystal Bridges
By Tracie Dungan
BENTONVILLE — There’s a reason Norman Rockwell’s iconic Rosie the Riveter painting resonates with John Douglas, who was 6 years old during the United States’ early involvement in World War II.Continue reading...
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Crystal Bridges Grand Opening
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Abigail Levy Franks
Gerardus Duyckinck I (attributed to) Abigail Levy Franks, ca. 1735 Oil on canvas 45 1/4 x 35 13/16 in. (114.9 x 91 cm) 2005.8 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Jacob Franks
Gerardus Duyckinck I (attributed to) Jacob Franks, ca. 1735 Oil on canvas 45 3/4 x 35 15/16 in. (116.2 x 91.3 cm) 2005.9 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Jacob Franks
Gerardus Duyckinck I (attributed to) Jacob Franks, ca. 1735 Oil on canvas 45 3/4 x 35 15/16 in. (116.2 x 91.3 cm) 2005.9 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Franks Children with Bird
Gerardus Duyckinck I (attributed to) Franks Children with Bird, ca. 1735 Oil on canvas 45 1/2 x 35 7/8 in. (115.6 x 91.1 cm) 2005.12 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Franks Children with Lamb
Gerardus Duyckinck I (attributed to) Franks Children with Lamb, ca. 1735 Oil on canvas 44 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (113 x 90.5 cm) 2005.10 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Richa Franks
Gerardus Duyckinck I (attributed to) Richa Franks, ca. 1735 Oil on canvas 44 13/16 x 35 11/16 in. (113.8 x 90.6 cm) 2005.11 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Mrs. Theodore Atkinson Jr. (Frances Deering Wentworth)
John Singleton Copley Mrs. Theodore Atkinson Jr. (Frances Deering Wentworth), 1765 Oil on canvas 51 x 40 in. (129.5 x 101.6 cm) 2005.24 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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George Washington
Charles Willson Peale George Washington, ca. 1780-1782 Oil on canvas 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) 2010.70 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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George Washington [The Constable-Hamilton Portrait]
Gilbert Stuart George Washington [The Constable-Hamilton Portrait], 1797 Oil on canvas 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) 2005.27 Photograph courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Winter Scene in Brooklyn
Francis Guy Winter Scene in Brooklyn, 1820 Oil on canvas 58 x 106 in. (147.3 x 269.2 cm) 2006.98
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King Ottoe Half Chief, Husband of Eagle of Delight
Charles Bird King Ottoe Half Chief, Husband of Eagle of Delight, ca. 1822 Oil on panel 18 x 14 1/2 in. (45.7 x 36.8 cm) 2010.87 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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King Wai-Kee-Chai, Sanky Chief, Crouching Eagle
Charles Bird King Wai-Kee-Chai, Sanky Chief, Crouching Eagle, ca. 1824 Oil on panel 17 1/2 x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.6 cm) 2010.88 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Amon Carter Museum.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Samuel Finley Breese Morse Marquis de Lafayette, 1825 Oil on canvas 29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (75.6 x 62.9 cm) 2005.26 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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War News from Mexico
Richard Caton Woodville War News from Mexico, 1848 Oil on canvas 27 x 25 in. (68.6 x 63.5 cm) 2010.74
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Kindred Spirits
Asher Brown Durand Kindred Spirits, 1849 Oil on canvas 44 x 36 in. (111.8 x 91.4 cm) 2010.106 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog in a Grape Arbor
Susan Catherine Waters (attributed to) Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog in a Grape Arbor, ca. 1855-1860 Oil on canvas 40 x 28 x 13/16 in. (101.6 x 71.1 x 2.1 cm) 2010.2 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Robert LaPrelle.
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The Buffalo Hunt
John Mix Stanley The Buffalo Hunt, 1855 Oil on canvas 29 3/4 x 39 in. (75.6 x 99.1 cm) 2010.95 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Susan A. Cole, Seattle Art Museum.
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The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait The Life of a Hunter: A Tight Fix, 1856 Oil on canvas 40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm) 2010.72
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The Backwoods of America
Jasper Francis Cropsey The Backwoods of America, 1858 Oil on canvas 42 x 70 1/4 in. (106.7 x 178.4 cm) 2006.100 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photograph by John Lamberton, courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Valley of the Catawissa in Autumn
Thomas Moran Valley of the Catawissa in Autumn, ca. 1862 Oil on canvas 39 3/4 x 63 1/2 in. (101 x 161.3 cm) 2005.6 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Steven Watson.
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Landscape
Robert Scott Duncanson Landscape, 1865 Oil on canvas 13 x 25 in. (33 x 63.5 cm) 2010.104 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Professor Benjamin Howard Rand
Thomas Eakins Professor Benjamin Howard Rand, 1874 Oil on canvas 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm) 2007.167 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Cattleya Orchid, Two Hummingbirds and a Beetle
Martin Johnson Heade Cattleya Orchid, Two Hummingbirds and a Beetle, ca. 1875-1890 Oil on canvas 14 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (36.2 x 56.5 cm) 2010.67
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Spring
Winslow Homer Spring, 1878 Watercolor and pencil on paper 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (28.6 x 22.2 cm) 2010.85
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Portrait of Carolus Duran
John Singer Sargent Portrait of Carolus Duran, ca. 1879 Ink and pencil on paper Image size: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (34.3 x 27.3 cm) Sheet size: 16 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (42.5 x 32.4 cm) 2010.80
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Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife
John Singer Sargent Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, 1885 Oil on canvas 20 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (51.4 x 61.6 cm) 2005.3 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Small Change
John Haberle Small Change, 1887 Oil on canvas 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (23.5 x 18.4 cm) 2010.91 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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Anne Page
Dennis Miller Bunker Anne Page, 1887 Oil on canvas 42 1/2 x 54 in. (108 x 137.2 cm) 2010.84 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Susan A. Cole, Seattle Art Museum.
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The Indian and the Lily
George de Forest Brush The Indian and the Lily, 1887 Oil on canvas 21 x 20 in. (53.3 x 50.8 cm) 2010.83 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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The Art Student [James Wright]
Thomas Eakins The Art Student [James Wright], 1890 Oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm) 2006.80 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Worthington Whittredge
William Merritt Chase Worthington Whittredge, ca. 1890 Oil on canvas 64 1/2 x 53 1/4 in. (163.8 x 135.3 cm) 2006.99 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Rose Garden
Maria Oakey Dewing Rose Garden, 1901 Oil on canvas 24 x 40 1/2 in. (61 x 102.9 cm) 2006.67 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Lee Stalsworth.
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A French Music Hall
Everett Shinn A French Music Hall, 1906 Oil on canvas 24 x 29 1/2 in. (61 x 74.9 cm) 2010.90 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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My Studio in Paris
Max Weber My Studio in Paris, 1907 Oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (60.3 x 73 cm) 2007.18 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Excavation at Night
George Wesley Bellows Excavation at Night, 1908 Oil on canvas 34 x 44 in. (86.4 x 111.8 cm) 2010.77 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
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Jessica Penn in Black with White Plumes
Robert Henri Jessica Penn in Black with White Plumes, 1908 Oil on canvas 77 x 38 in. (195.6 x 96.5 cm) 2010.105 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Susan A. Cole, Seattle Art Museum.
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The Lantern Bearers
Maxfield Parrish The Lantern Bearers, 1908 Oil on canvas on board 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm) 2006.71 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Hall of the Mountain King
Marsden Hartley Hall of the Mountain King, ca. 1908-1909 Oil on canvas Per CR 1/25/2005: 30 1/8 x 30 in. (76.5 x 76.2 cm) 2010.94 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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Schlossgasse
Lyonel Feininger Schlossgasse, 1915 Oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. (100.3 x 79.4 cm) 2007.194 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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The Studio
George Wesley Bellows The Studio, 1919 Oil on canvas 48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm) 2010.81 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Little Joe with Cow
Yasuo Kuniyoshi Little Joe with Cow, 1923 Oil on canvas 28 x 42 in. (71.1 x 106.7 cm) 2010.108 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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Still Life with Flowers
Stuart Davis Still Life with Flowers, 1930 Oil on canvas 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm) 2005.18 Photo courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum
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Still Life: Kuniyoshi's Studio
Bumpei Usui Still Life: Kuniyoshi's Studio, 1930 Oil on canvas 50 x 32 in. (127 x 81.3 cm) 2007.219
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The Steel Mill
Thomas Hart Benton The Steel Mill, 1930 Oil on canvas laid down on board 48 x 30 in. (121.9 x 76.2 cm) 2010.103 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Ploughing It Under
Thomas Hart Benton Ploughing It Under, 1934, reworked 1964 Oil on canvas 20 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (51.4 x 61.6 cm) 2006.73
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Composition (Still Life)
Arshile Gorky Composition (Still Life), 1936-1937 Oil on canvas 34 x 26 in. (86.4 x 66 cm) Promised Gift © 2011 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / The Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Robert LaPrelle.
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Sacrifice
Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Sacrifice 1941 Gouache and casein on paper
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Rosie the Riveter
Norman Rockwell Rosie the Riveter, 1943 Oil on canvas 52 x 40 in. (132.1 x 101.6 cm) 2 007.178 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Amoskeag Mills #2
Charles Sheeler Amoskeag Mills #2, 1948 Oil on canvas 28 1/2 x 24 in. (72.4 x 61 cm) Anonymous
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Studio - End of Day
John Koch Studio - End of Day, 1961 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm) 2005.20 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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October Interior
Fairfield Porter October Interior, 1963 Oil on canvas 56 x 72 in. (142.2 x 182.9 cm) 2010.89 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
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Supine Woman
Wayne Thiebaud Supine Woman, 1963 Oil on canvas 36 x 72 in. (91.4 x 182.9 cm) 2009.17 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Robert LaPrelle.
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Standing Explosion (Red)
Roy Lichtenstein Standing Explosion (Red), 1966 Porcelain enamel on steel 38 x 25 x 30 in. (96.5 x 63.5 x 76.2 cm) 2010.8 © Christie's Images Ltd. 2010
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Portrait of Martha Graham
Marisol Portrait of Martha Graham, 1977 Oil and pencil on wood and plaster 53 x 25 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (134.6 x 64.8 x 82.6 cm) 2010.12 Courtesy Sotheby's
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Dolly Parton
Andy Warhol Dolly Parton, 1985 Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas 42 x 42 in. (106.7 x 106.7 cm) 2010.11 © 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Robert LaPrelle.
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Our Town
Kerry James Marshall Our Town, 1995 Acrylic and printed paper collage on canvas 100 x 142 in. (254 x 360.7 cm) 2009.3 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Vancouver Art Gallery.
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Group of Bears
Paul Manship Group of Bears, modeled 1932, cast ca. 1999 Bronze 88 x 72 x 56 in., 2200 lb. (223.5 x 182.9 x 142.2 cm, 997.9 kg) 2008.11 Photo by Jason Ivester, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Saul and Christ on the Road to Damascus
Ted Jones Saul and Christ on the Road to Damascus, 2005 Wood 84 x 70 1/4 x 49 in. (213.4 x 178.4 x 124.5 cm) 2007.190 Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
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After The Last Supper
Devorah Sperber After The Last Supper, 2005 20,736 thread spools, hanging apparatus, ball chain, viewing sphere and stand 84 1/2 x 348 x 108 in. (214.6 x 883.9 x 274.3 cm) 2010.4 © 2005 Devorah Sperber. Installation view at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Dress Impression with Wrinkled Cowl
Karen LaMonte Dress Impression with Wrinkled Cowl, 2007 Cast glass 56 x 21 x 17 in. (142.2 x 53.3 x 43.2 cm) 2009.9 © Karen LaMonte 2008. Photography by Martin Polak.
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The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer
Mary McCleary The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer, 2008 Mixed media collage on paper 39 1/2 x 50 3/4 in. (100.3 x 128.9 cm) 2009.20 Photo courtesy of the artist and Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
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A Warm Summer Evening in 1863
Kara Walker A Warm Summer Evening in 1863, 2008. Wool tapestry and handcut felt silhouette figure, 69 x 98 in. Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery, New York, Banners of Persuasion, London, and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.
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Lowell's Ocean
Mark di Suvero Lowell's Ocean, 2005-2008 Steel 256 x 486 x 402 in., 26030 lb. (650.2 x 1234.4 x 1021.1 cm, 11807.1 kg) 2008.17 Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Photo: Jeffrey Price.
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Room
Alison Elizabeth Taylor Room, 2007-2008 Wood veneer, pyrography, shellac 96 x 120 x 96 in.(243.8 x 304.8 x 243.8 cm) 2010.61 Image courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York. Photo: Jason Mandella.
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Enassamishhinjijweian
Tom Uttech Enassamishhinjijweian, 2009 Oil on linen 103 x 112 in. (261.6 x 284.5 cm) 2009.19 © Tom Uttech, Courtesy Alexandre Gallery, New York. Image courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Steven Watson.
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The Island
Walton Ford The Island, 2009 Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper Panel 1: 95 1/2 x 36 in. (242.6 x 91.4 cm) Panel 2: 95 1/2 x 60 in. (242.6 x 152.4 cm) Panel 3: 95 1/2 x 36 in. (242.6 x 91.4 cm) 2009.18 Photo by Christopher Burke Studio
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The Way of Color
James Turrell The Way of Color, 2009 Stone, concrete, stainless steel, and LED lighting 228 x 652 in. (579.1 x 1656.1 cm) 2009.25 Photo by Sandra Cox
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A Place Where They Cried
Pat Musick A Place Where They Cried, 2010 34 stone figures using steel pins to attach to concrete bases 76 x 672 x 864 in. (193 x 1706.9 x 2194.6 cm) 2010.13 Photo by Sandra Cox
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Soundsuit
Nick Cave Soundsuit, 2010 Appliquéd found knitted and crocheted fabric, metal armature, painted metal and wood toys 97 x 48 x 42 in. (246.4 x 121.9 x 106.7 cm) 2010.60 Photography: James Prinz. Image courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, NY.
Main Lobby
The main lobby, the museum's primary entryway, is the starting point for visiting the galleries. One side opens to a sculpture courtyard and the entrance to the Museum Store. The other opens to to the glass-walled bridge housing Eleven, the museum's restaurant.
Gallery: Colonial through 1860
Includes paintings from the Colonial era through 1860 including colonial portraiture, genre painting, and Hudson River School landscapes, such as Charles Willson Peale's George Washington and Asher Brown Durand's Kindred Spirits.
Gallery: 1865-1900
Includes paintings of Realism, Impressionism, Tonalism, and the Aesthetic Movement from 1865 to 1900, such as William Merritt Chase's Worthington Whittredge, John Singer Sargent's Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife, and Maria Oakey Dewing's Rose Garden.
Gallery
This gallery will feature small, changing exhibitions.
Gallery: 1900-1945
Includes paintings from the Ashcan School to American modernism, 1900 to 1945, such as George Wesley Bellows' Excavation at Night, Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter and Charles Sheeler's Amoskeag Mills #2.
Gallery: Post-World War II
Includes paintings from Post-World War II art movements, such as: abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism and new American realism. Examples include Roy Lichtenstein's Standing Explosion (Red), Andy Warhol's Dolly Parton and Kerry James Marshall's Our Town.
Restaurant
Eleven, the museum's restaurant, is in a glass-enclosed bridge overlooking the ponds. Executive Chef Jacob Harr will serve low Midwest and high South cuisine for lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. The restaurant will form relationships with local farmers and businesses.
Library
Guests at the museum's library can use the library's reference collection, which has more than 50,000 titles, research special collections and use computers. The library will also have displays of rare collections.
Community Showcase
"Sharing Our Story: Daily Life in Northwest Arkansas" showcases the permanent collections of regional museums. Six partner museums selected objects from their collections that chronicle daily life throughout different periods of the region's history.
Great Hall
The Great Hall, featuring glass walls and a sweeping domed roof with pinewood beam, is surrounded on three sides by the museum's upper pond. It has views of the restaurant and surrounding landscape.
Education Rooms
Include art studios, classrooms, and a hands-on interactive gallery.
Changing Exhibitions
These exhibitions will include traveling exhibitions organized by other institutions, as well as highlighting themes, artists, and periods from the museum's collection.
South Lobby
The south lobby provides access to the museum from the Art Trail, a sculpture path that links to Crystal Bridges Trail, part of the Bentonville trails system.
Museum Store
The Museum Store - designed by Arkansas architect Marlon Blackwell - is across from the museum's main lobby. It will offer a range of items including educational toys, gifts, books, and reproductions of many of the most popular works in the Museum collection.
Parking Garage
The museum offers free parking in a parking garage. An elevator will take visitors from the parking area to the museum.
Don Bacigalupi
Don Bacigalupi, executive director of Crystal Bridges, discusses the museum.
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2008
Crystal Bridges construction site, 2008
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2009
Crystal Bridges construction site, 2009
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2010
Crystal Bridges construction site 2010
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Early-2011
Crystal Bridges construction site, early 2011
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October-2011
Crystal Bridges construction site, October 2011, weeks before opening
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Architect Moshe Safdie walks through part of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Oct. 13. Safdie designed the museum, and has designed several others.
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The Quebec Museum of Civilization, completed in 1987, has a permanent anthropological collection and also features changing displays. Size: 20,900 square feet Cost: $30 million Canadian
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The National Gallery of Canada in Ottowa opened in 1988. It has 132,700 square feet of gallery space. Size: 600,000 square feet; Cost: $123 million Canadian.
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The Jean-Noël Desmaris Pavilion at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1991, doubling the space of the museum. Size: 250,000 square feet; Cost: $55 million Canadian.
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The Exploration Place, a science museum in Wichita, Kan., opened in 2000. Size: 100,000 square feet; Cost: $27 million.
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The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States, according to Moshe Safdie's website. Safdie's portion of the museum was completed in 2003. Size: 101,000 square feed; Cost: $54 million.
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The Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, completed in 2005, includes the Hall of Names, pictured, which houses the personal records of all known Holocaust victims, according Moshe Safdie's website. Size: 190,521 square feet Cost: $90 million
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The Telfair Museum of Art is in Savannah, Ga. Safdie's building was completed in 2006. Size: 55,000 square feet; Cost: $15 million
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The Khalsa Heritage Centre in Punjab, India, is a memorial museum for the Sikh people, opened 2011. Size: 250,000 square feet; Cost: 1.7 billion Indian rupees.
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The ArtScience Museum is part of the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore, completed in 2011. Size (entire resort): 9,096,000 square feet; Cost (entire resort): $5.7 billion including land.
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The United State Institute of Peace Headquarters is on the National Mall facing the Lincoln Memorial. The building has offices, a library and an educational center. Size: 150,000 square feet; Cost: $110 million
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An aerial view of a model of Crystal Bridges, set to open Nov. 11. Size: 201,000 square feet; Cost: Undisclosed.
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The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is set to open in 2012. It includes galleries, auditoriums galleries and a "museum of Jewish-American experiences," according to Safdie's website. Size: 170,000 square feet Cost: Undisclosed
Complex Design Complements Natural Location
By Tracie Dungan
BENTONVILLE — The pair of suspended-cable pavilions that span a ravine is home to two spring-fed ponds, resulting in the illusion they’re floating on water. The structures, one a gallery and the other a restaurant at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, feature roofing consisting of alternating bands of copper and glass.Continue reading...
Court decides art deal is good
By Tracie Dungan
BENTONVILLE — A Tennessee high court has upheld a deal for Nashville’s Fisk University and a Bentonville museum to share the university’s Stieglitz art collection, and overturned a lower court ruling requiring Fisk to sock away two-thirds of a $30 million payment in an endowment to maintain the artworks.Continue reading...
Alice Walton speaks Friday afternoon at the opening ceremonies for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
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Crystal Bridges Opening Day
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville opens to the public today. The opening begins with ceremonies and performances in downtown Bentonville, and the museum opens to public for the first time at 12:30 p.m.View Gallery - 26 photos
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RSSUA to give honorary degree to Alice Walton
Alice Walton will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters during spring commencement at the University of Arkansas, according to a news release. Continue reading...
Sweets, smarts focus of exhibit
BENTONVILLE — A newly unveiled sculpture at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was one of the most difficult installations to date because of its size and weight, a staff member said during a presentation Monday at the museum. Continue reading...
Special art programs slated for Crystal Bridges Museum
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is celebrating Black History Month with programs that include a selfguided tour showcasing works by black artists, the museum announced Thursday. Continue reading...
Official in Tennessee plans appeal of ruling that allows sale of art
BENTONVILLE — The Tennessee attorney general’s office plans to appeal a decision made late last year by that state’s appeals court that upholds a Bentonville museum’s bid to buy a half-share of a prized art collection from a Nashville university but overturns a directive that some of the money must be used to maintain the collection. Continue reading...
Museum Helps Hotels, Restaurants
BENTONVILLE — City hotels and restaurants are seeing the financial benefits from the November opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. More than 120,000 people visited the museum in its first 100 days, exceeding projections for 350,000 visits per year.
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New Crystal Bridges Overlook Opens
BENTONVILLE — Throughout construction of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, an elevated observation deck provided pedestrians on the Crystal Bridges Trail with a view of the work.
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New museum overlook opens
Crystal Bridges visitors have long known an overlook that helped them follow the museum’s construction was temporary. Continue reading...
MUSEUM BRINGS GROWTH: Tax receipts in Bentonville on the climb
City merchants piggyback on visitors to new museum
BENTONVILLE — Carl Garrett was talking one day recently with a couple eating at one of his two restaurants in downtown Bentonville. Continue reading...
Designer brings ‘wearable art’ to museum staff
When leaders at Crystal Bridges were contemplating the uniforms its gallery staff would wear, the standard “gray pant and navy blazer” didn’t seem a good fit in a place where inspiration and imagination are emphasized, one administrator recalled. Continue reading...
Guides give depth on art visits
BENTONVILLE — Barbara Youree prepared her group of museum goers for Crystal Bridges’ first Greatest Hits gallery tour, making clear their experience would be interactive. Continue reading...
Count 90,000 since opening, says museum
BENTONVILLE — Don and Gayle Gaunt made the 2 1/2-hour trip to Crystal Bridges on Monday from their home in Strafford, Mo., after reading about the museum in a Springfield, Mo., newspaper. Continue reading...
TOP STORIES 2011 NO. 4: Crystal Bridges Opens In Bentonville
THE NEWS: The opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville expanded well beyond the town where Sam Walton started Walmart Stores Inc. His daughter, Alice Walton, gained national and international headlines with art purchases and construction of such a facility in a ravine near Bentonville’s downtown square. Some in the art world were critical of the disruptions the museum created in the art world. The museum is home to a permanent collection spanning five centuries of American masterworks ranging from the Colonial era to the current day. The complex offers galleries, a library, meeting and office space, a glass-enclosed gathering hall, a museum store, a restaurant and areas for outdoor concerts and public events. The building itself is considered a work of art, designed by famed architect Moshe Safdie. The museum features 450 works on display and 11 sculptures on the outdoor Art Trail. Continue reading...
Museum Starts New Tours, Programs
BENTONVILLE — The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will kick off a full slate of programs to welcome the new year, while discontinuing a requirement that guests reserve timed tickets in advance. Continue reading...
Crystal Bridges draws patrons nationwide
BENTONVILLE — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has drawn more than 61,000 visitors in its opening six weeks and many of those patrons have come from out of state. Continue reading...
‘Dinner table’ talk art curator’s goal
Photographer Curtis focus of event
BENTONVILLE — A temporary exhibit showcasing vintage images of American Indians turned into an informal lecture space Thursday at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Continue reading...
