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Connections: Doors

Exhibition designer Dan Kershaw talks about doors and the unexpected juxtapositions they create in the Museum.
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"It's wonderful where the door isn't just something that leads you between places, but is something unto itself."

Exhibition designer Dan Kershaw talks about doors and the unexpected juxtapositions they create in the Museum.

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Elijah Boardman, Ralph Earl American, Oil on canvas, American
Elijah Boardman
Ralph Earl
1789
Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"
Utagawa Hiroshige
1856
Dog kennel, Claude I Sené French, Gilded beech and pine; silk and velvet, French
Dog kennel
Claude I Sené
ca. 1775–80
Reliquary casket, Lorenzo Ghiberti Italian, Gilt copper and champlevé enamel, Italian, Florence
Reliquary casket
Lorenzo Ghiberti
1446
Portail milieu d'Aubeterre, Gustave Le Gray French, Salted paper print from paper negative
Portail milieu d'Aubeterre
Gustave Le Gray
1851
Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling, Kurumbai, Wanyi clan, Sago palm petiole, paint, Kwoma, Wanyi clan
Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling
Kurumbai, Wanyi clan
Artists of Mariwai Village
1973
Door Board (Amitung), Abanfogop, Wood, paint, Telefomin people
Door Board (Amitung)
Abanfogop
ca. 1910
Interior with a Hanging Lamp, from "Landscapes and Interiors", Edouard Vuillard French, Color lithograph; third state of three
Interior with a Hanging Lamp, from "Landscapes and Interiors"
Multiple artists/makers
1899
A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer Dutch, Oil on canvas
A Maid Asleep
Johannes Vermeer
ca. 1656–57
Study of Light in a Vaulted Interior, Wilhelm Bendz Danish, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Study of Light in a Vaulted Interior
Wilhelm Bendz
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors
ca. 1325–30
Tapestry with the Annunciation, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts, South Netherlandish
Tapestry with the Annunciation
South Netherlandish
ca. 1410–20
Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini, Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara), Central Italian
Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini
Central Italian
carved 1000s, assembled 1100s or 1200s
The Open Door, Charles Sheeler American, Conté crayon on paper mounted on board
The Open Door
Charles Sheeler
1932
Mastaba Tomb of Perneb, Limestone, paint
Mastaba Tomb of Perneb
ca. 2381–2323 B.C.
The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone
The Temple of Dendur
completed by 10 B.C.