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Connections: Greenhouse

Nineteenth-century paintings curator Rebecca Rabinow finds a way to get a taste of the outdoors inside the galleries.

Rebecca Rabinow

March 22, 2011

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"Right now I have a crush on a sixteenth-century Italian painting that has a gigantic laurel tree."

Nineteenth-century paintings curator Rebecca Rabinow finds a way to get a taste of the outdoors inside the galleries.

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Rebecca Rabinow
Former Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center

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Lilacs in a Window (Vase de Lilas a la Fenetre), Mary Cassatt American, Oil on canvas, American — Lilacs in a Window (Vase de Lilas a la Fenetre)
Mary Cassatt
ca. 1880–83

Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Penglai, Figured satin-weave silk (rinzu) with paste-resist dyeing, stencil-dyed dots, and silk- and gold-thread embroidery, Japan — Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Penglai
Japan
late 18th century–first half 19th century

Bamboo in the Four Seasons, Tosa Mitsunobu Japanese, Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, Japan — Bamboo in the Four Seasons
Tosa Mitsunobu
late 15th–early 16th century

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), Edgar Degas French, Oil on canvas — A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)
Edgar Degas
1865

Madonna and Child with Saints, Girolamo dai Libri Italian, Tempera and oil on canvas — Madonna and Child with Saints
Girolamo dai Libri
ca. 1520

Irises, Vincent van Gogh Dutch, Oil on canvas — Irises
Vincent van Gogh
1890

The Repast of the Lion, Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) French, Oil on canvas — The Repast of the Lion
Henri Rousseau (le Douanier)
ca. 1907

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries), Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven) — The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
1495–1505

Garden at Vaucresson, Edouard Vuillard French, Distemper on canvas — Garden at Vaucresson
Edouard Vuillard
1920; reworked 1926, 1935, 1936

The Terrace at Vernonnet, Pierre Bonnard French, Oil on canvas — The Terrace at Vernonnet
Pierre Bonnard
1939

Black Iris, Georgia O'Keeffe American, Oil on canvas — Black Iris
Georgia O'Keeffe
1926

Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache, Papyrus, olive leaves, persea leaves, nightshade berries, celery (?), faience, linen dyed red — Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
ca. 1336–1327 B.C.