Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
December 1981
It sure was good to visit with you yesterday. Glad I didn’t get you out of the shower this time. We are still having snow and quite cold weather, but we are driving to Amsterdam this evening to a concert with Isaac Stern as guest soloist. We’ll ge
t up early, have a bite of supper, then to the concert and right back home. We have season tickets for these concerts. Must get over to the post box.
Love to you, Dede
March 1995
Hello. How was your trip? So far mine has been great. We’ve hit every monument and tourist place in Washington, DC. It has ben very fun and I’m getting along very well with the others on the trip.
See you soon. Love, Bronwyn
View of the west front of Monticello by Jane Braddick Peticolas. Watercolor on paper, 13 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches. This pastoral scene painted around 1825, shows three of Jefferson’s grandchildren – George Wythe Randolph rolls a hoop while two of his sisters, Mary and Cornelia, stroll nearby.
Sept 2022
Had a good time in DC. Very cool exhibit.
Love, N
An Artist in Infinite Ways, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
Yayoi Kusama is a painter, sculptor, performance artist, fashion designer, film producer, author, and installation artist. Within this vast universe of talent, her name is all but synonymous with one particular element: polka dots. She sees dots and spheres as “infinity nets” that represent the universe. Her work has been shown at a nearly infinite number of museums around the world – Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand, Moscow, Sydney, London, New York, LA, DC, and of course, Tokyo – as well as the Venice Biennale. Her fashion collaborations range from Louis Vuitton to Uniqlo. Among her many honors is a National Lifetime Achievement Award from here native Japan.
Unknown British Painter, XVI century
Queen Elizabeth (?) (1533-1603)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911
New York City
The Hague August 1985
We are expecting you to arrive on May 16 am (holiday here) Bill will see about the Madrid part – do you know if flights are every Sunday? Long ways from M. to Cordoba – did you know? Wish you were here to go to Budapest with us – April 4-8… Will let you know about Ordway… I hear Tom got snowed in! We did enjoy having them both. Bill’s trip to Ouagadougou was cancelled. He had a good 2 days in Paris this week.
Love, Va
S. Apollinare Nuovo, mosaic 6th century
Christ separating the sheep from the goats
S. Vitale, mosaic 6th century
The sacrifice of Abel and Melchisedec
G. Chiatonne, 1891
Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich
July 1981
Hope you’ve had a great time in Calif. – and get home safely. We are going to airport this AM to meet Caroline who will be here overnight (from IITA). Bill had a good time there – was overwhelmed with hospitality, didn’t get involved in any problems. Nicholas up and quit one dark night – is now in Bodiga with a World Bank family – making a mint, I’m sure. Patrick working up at IH now!
Love, Va
View of a ship canal, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands
Fraumunster Church, Zurich Switzerland
Windows created by Marc Chagall in the 1970’s.
Joseph Mallord Williams Turner, British 1775*1851
Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1899
The Hague, November 1982
I have been watching BBC on TV – the cable has finally been hooked up. The first thing I watched was the Queen opening Parliament – it was glorious in all her jewels and satins, gold coach, Diana and Charles, Margaret Thatcher, et al!! I made tollhouse cookies today, walked to the street market at Stevinstraat this aft in the mist – not too chilly – rather nice, in fact. Hope you are ok.
Love, Va
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