Monday, May 19, 2008

What A Day!

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa at Hammerstein Ballroom, May 17, 2008.
Photographer: Gregg Rock. Copyright 2008 by Karmapa Foundation.
WE WERE HONORED AND BLESSED TO SEE AND HEAR HH KARMAPA AT HIS FIRST PUBLIC TEACHING THE WEST. THE TALK WAS VERY, VERY SWEET. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

AFTER LUNCH WITH FRIENDS AT BEN'S KOSHER DELI WE WALKED OVER TO MOMA. IT WAS A GORGEOUS, SUNNY DAY, AND WE RELISHED THE WALK THROUGH THE CITY. S HAD TO TEAR ME AWAY FROM THE PAINTINGS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. HERE ARE TWO THAT I ADORE.

Vasily Kandinsky. (French, born Russia. 1866-1944). Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 1. 1914. Oil on canvas, 64 x 31 1/2" (162.5 x 80 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris


AndrĂ© Derain. (French, 1880-1954). L'Estaque. 1906. Oil on canvas, 13 7/8 x 17 3/4" (35.3 x 45.1 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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