LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: president

Marisol (Marisol Escobar) LBJ 1967 Medium: Acrylic and pencil on wood Dimensions: 6' 8" x 27 7/8" x 24 5/8" (203.1 x 70.9 x 62.4 cm) Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Avnet Object number: 776.1968.a-c Copyright: © Marisol Department: Painting and Sculpture Marisol's wood construction portrays United States president Lyndon B. Johnson holding small portraits of his wife and two daughters in the palm of his hand. The artist rendered their smiling faces on forms shaped after gray house wrens—a reference to Johnson's wife, known as Lady Bird. In contrast, Marisol’s portrayal of LBJ is biting: he is shown as a blockhead, replete with a grimacing face and protruding ears, nose, and chin. His towering, coffinlike figure seems to evoke the circumstance under which he became president—the assassination of John F. Kennedy—and his controversial role directing the Vietnam War. LBJ was made at the height of Johnson’s unpopularity, about which the president said, "I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don’t always please all the people."-- Gallery label from 2008. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/works/81851

Marisol (Marisol Escobar) LBJ 1967 Medium: Acrylic and pencil on wood Dimensions: 6' 8" x 27 7/8" x 24 5/8" (203.1 x 70.9 x 62.4 cm) Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Avnet Object number: 776.1968.a-c Copyright: © Marisol Department: Painting and Sculpture Marisol's wood construction portrays United States president Lyndon B. Johnson holding small portraits of his wife and two daughters in the palm of his hand. The artist rendered their smiling faces on forms shaped after gray house wrens—a reference to Johnson's wife, known as Lady Bird. In contrast, Marisol’s portrayal of LBJ is biting: he is shown as a blockhead, replete with a grimacing face and protruding ears, nose, and chin. His towering, coffinlike figure seems to evoke the circumstance under which he became president—the assassination of John F. Kennedy—and his controversial role directing the Vietnam War. LBJ was made at the height of Johnson’s unpopularity, about which the president said, "I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don’t always please all the people."-- Gallery label from 2008. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/works/81851

Marisol (Marisol Escobar) LBJ 1967 Medium: Acrylic and pencil on wood Dimensions: 6' 8" x 27 7/8" x 24 5/8" (203.1 x 70.9 x 62.4 cm) Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Avnet Object number: 776.1968.a-c Copyright: © Marisol Department: Painting and Sculpture Marisol's wood construction portrays United States president Lyndon B. Johnson holding small portraits of his wife and two daughters in the palm of his hand. The artist rendered their smiling faces on forms shaped after gray house wrens—a reference to Johnson's wife, known as Lady Bird. In contrast, Marisol’s portrayal of LBJ is biting: he is shown as a blockhead, replete with a grimacing face and protruding ears, nose, and chin. His towering, coffinlike figure seems to evoke the circumstance under which he became president—the assassination of John F. Kennedy—and his controversial role directing the Vietnam War. LBJ was made at the height of Johnson’s unpopularity, about which the president said, "I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don’t always please all the people."-- Gallery label from 2008. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/works/81851

Marisol (Marisol Escobar) LBJ 1967 Medium: Acrylic and pencil on wood Dimensions: 6' 8" x 27 7/8" x 24 5/8" (203.1 x 70.9 x 62.4 cm) Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Avnet Object number: 776.1968.a-c Copyright: © Marisol Department: Painting and Sculpture Marisol's wood construction portrays United States president Lyndon B. Johnson holding small portraits of his wife and two daughters in the palm of his hand. The artist rendered their smiling faces on forms shaped after gray house wrens—a reference to Johnson's wife, known as Lady Bird. In contrast, Marisol’s portrayal of LBJ is biting: he is shown as a blockhead, replete with a grimacing face and protruding ears, nose, and chin. His towering, coffinlike figure seems to evoke the circumstance under which he became president—the assassination of John F. Kennedy—and his controversial role directing the Vietnam War. LBJ was made at the height of Johnson’s unpopularity, about which the president said, "I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don’t always please all the people."-- Gallery label from 2008. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/works/81851

Marisol (Marisol Escobar) LBJ 1967 Medium: Acrylic and pencil on wood Dimensions: 6' 8" x 27 7/8" x 24 5/8" (203.1 x 70.9 x 62.4 cm) Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Avnet Object number: 776.1968.a-c Copyright: © Marisol Department: Painting and Sculpture Marisol's wood construction portrays United States president Lyndon B. Johnson holding small portraits of his wife and two daughters in the palm of his hand. The artist rendered their smiling faces on forms shaped after gray house wrens—a reference to Johnson's wife, known as Lady Bird. In contrast, Marisol’s portrayal of LBJ is biting: he is shown as a blockhead, replete with a grimacing face and protruding ears, nose, and chin. His towering, coffinlike figure seems to evoke the circumstance under which he became president—the assassination of John F. Kennedy—and his controversial role directing the Vietnam War. LBJ was made at the height of Johnson’s unpopularity, about which the president said, "I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don’t always please all the people."-- Gallery label from 2008. Text from: www.moma.org/collection/works/81851

Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Sculpture Created from mold created by Alexander Phimister Proctor in 1921, cast and moved to Oyster Bay. Dedicated on October 29, 2005

Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Sculpture Created from mold created by Alexander Phimister Proctor in 1921, cast and moved to Oyster Bay. Dedicated on October 29, 2005

Title: Andrew Jackson Artist: Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805–1873 Florence) Date: 1834–35; carved 1839 Culture: American Medium: Marble Dimensions: 34 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (88.3 x 59.7 x 39.4 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frances V. Nash, 1894 Accession Number: 94.14 When Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) sat for Powers at the White House, he requested that the sculptor not idealize his aging facial features: "Make me as I am. . . . It’s the only safe rule to follow." This highly realistic portrait of a president with a controversial legacy reflects both of Jackson’s sobriquets: King Andrew, for his imperial style of governing, specifically his exploitation of Native American peoples, and Old Hickory, for his unbending strength and determination in the name of a populist political agenda. The bust was carved in marble in Florence, Italy, where Powers had settled permanently in 1837. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11789

Title: Andrew Jackson Artist: Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805–1873 Florence) Date: 1834–35; carved 1839 Culture: American Medium: Marble Dimensions: 34 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (88.3 x 59.7 x 39.4 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frances V. Nash, 1894 Accession Number: 94.14 When Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) sat for Powers at the White House, he requested that the sculptor not idealize his aging facial features: "Make me as I am. . . . It’s the only safe rule to follow." This highly realistic portrait of a president with a controversial legacy reflects both of Jackson’s sobriquets: King Andrew, for his imperial style of governing, specifically his exploitation of Native American peoples, and Old Hickory, for his unbending strength and determination in the name of a populist political agenda. The bust was carved in marble in Florence, Italy, where Powers had settled permanently in 1837. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11789