Did the weekend leave you feeling EGG-static?Did you have a HOP-ening time? Perhaps a little cottontail or two bounced by and left you some yummy treats hidden in eggs. One thing is certain, the DMA’s galleries are overflowing with bunny foo foos and rascally rabbits this spring! You’d best look quick—they are bound to be springing from one painting to the next, scooping up field mice and bopping them on the head.
Egg of Brahman or Svayambhu Lingam, India, Asia, probably 20th century, stone, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, The Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus Collection of Fertility Figures 1982.345.FA
Unknown, Toy Rabbit with Cymbals Which Belonged to Churchill, n.d., Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection 1985.R.533
Otis Dozier, Jack Rabbit, 1972, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Dozier Foundation 1990.49
Otis Dozier, Jack Rabbit, 1987, lithograph, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Dozier Foundation 1990.62
Otis Dozier, Jack Rabbit, 1961, mixed media on paper, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Dozier Foundation 1990.87
Salvador Dali, Random House, Inc., Maecenas Press, Down the Rabbit Hole, 1969, lithograph and text on Mandeure paper, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Lynne B. and Roy G. Sheldon 1999.183.3 © 2008 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Marcel Broodthaers, Oval of Eggs 1234567 (Ovale d’oeufs 1234567), 1965, eggshells and oil paint on wood panel, Dallas Museum of Art, fractional gift of The Rachofsky Collection 2001.337
Constantin Brancusi, Beginning of the World, c. 1920, marble, nickel silver, and stone, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clark 1977.51.FA
Murray Percival Bewley, Bunny, c. 1921-1922, oil on cardboard, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Association Purchase 1922.1
Otis Dozier, Jackrabbits, n.d., lithograph, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Arthur Kramer, Sr. 1956.135
John A. Thomas, The Egg, 1966, pastel and pencil, Dallas Museum of Art, Mrs. Edwin B. Hopkins Purchase Fund, Seventeenth Exhibition of Southwestern Prints and Drawings, 1967 1967.14
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Julie-Thank you for the eggs-acting & fun trip through the rabbits on Easter! Rabbits of less renown manage to sneak under our fence from time to time, looking for eats and treats. The Museum’s collection has more charm!