Description
A celebration of The Frick Collection with a profusion of beautiful flower sculptures
In conjunction with its reopening, following its 2020–25 renovation, The Frick Collection commissioned porcelain flowers from Ukrainian sculptor Vladimir Kanevsky. Some 20 arrangements evoke the fresh flowers displayed throughout the museum when it first opened to the public in 1935.
Kanevsky’s lifelike porcelain flowers have been exhibited in museums around the world, including the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens in Washington DC. With an essay by Xavier F. Salomon and exquisite photography, this book documenting Kanevsky’s 20 extraordinary creations is a lasting souvenir of a unique installation at the Frick.
Xavier F. Salomon is the deputy director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at The Frick Collection, New York
Table of Contents
- Director’s Foreword and Acknowledgments
- Porcelain Garden: Vladimir Kanevsky at The Frick Collection
- Dining Room Lilacs
- West Vestibule Foxgloves
- Fragonard Room Cascading roses / White hyacinths
- Living Hall Artichoke plant Library Camellia plant / Camellia branches
- Portico Gallery Dahlia branch / Anemones
- North Hall Blueberry branches
- West Gallery Peony bouquets
- Oval Room Cherry blossoms
- East Gallery Hollyhocks
- Garden Court Lemon tree
- Breakfast Room Hydrangeas
- Du Paquier Passage Tulip stems
- Boucher Room Lilies of the valley
- Gold-Grounds Room Pomegranate plant
- Walnut Room Black poppies
