February is a month known for love. To celebrate love in the DMA’s collections, I would like you, the reader, to choose a work of art that best exemplifies love from the below objects. After selecting a work of art, leave a comment as to how you think it relates to love. Next Tuesday, I will let you know which work of art received the most votes. Let the voting begin!
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- Mary Cassatt, The Reading Lesson, c. 1901, Lent by the Pauline Gill Foundation
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- Eros Lamp Holder, early first century B.C., The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
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- Simon Vouet, Madonna and Child, c. 1635-1640, Dallas Museum of Art, Gift of Colonel C. Michael Paul
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- Eero Saarinen, “Tulip” Armchair, Designed 1956, Manufactured c. 1973, c. 1980, Gift of Knoll International
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- John Singleton Copley, Woodbury Langdon, 1767, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
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- John Singleton Copley, Sarah Sherburne Langdon, 1767, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
Amy Wolf
Coordinator of Gallery Teaching
I think The Reading Lesson most exemplifies love because of the action being portrayed in the painting. It is easy to exchange kisses or hugs or words of love with another person, but teaching them (about anything) is truly caring for them. It takes time, it takes effort, and it takes giving a piece of yourself away.
Hands down for the Tulip Chair. That juicy red color and sweet curves totally represent a beautiful seat of LOVE!
I have to agree, I too like the Tulip chair.
Vouet’s Madonna and Child…such a gorgeously tactile work, and that sweet kiss is a great represenation of love!