#Florence and Herbert Irving collection

[metmuseum]

Octagonal box with “dragon pine”. dated 1595. Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40253

#aesthetic #art #abstract art #art museum #art history #The Metropolitan Museum of Art #museum #museum photography #museum aesthetic #dark academia

[chingozine]

Past/Present/Future: Expanding Indigenous American, Latinx, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Perspectives in Thomas J. Watson Library

Past/Present/Future is the culminating exhibition to Thomas J. Watson Library's grant project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, which aimed to assess and expand the library's collection of underrepresented heritage groups, especially Indigenous American, Latinx, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander artists. While it is impossible to apply a single definition or category to all the acquired titles, many explore a suspension or intervention of temporality, bound together by shared themes of colonialism, land sovereignty, reclamation, and reconciliation. Thus, the titles selected here present artists whose work confronts the past, reconciles the present, and draws out new possibilities for the future of historically marginalized people in the United States. This selection also mirrors Watson Library's own endeavors to build a diverse body of perspectives and resources dedicated to the study of visual art by confronting what has been overlooked in the past, addressing it in our present moment, and mapping out a future where the collection better aligns with its values and purposes.

The selected titles were gathered together through the joint effort of the project’s research associates and bibliographers Amanda Raquel Dorval, Anna Lee, and Louisa Raitt. Watson Library’s NEH Grant Project ran between October 2021 and December 2022, with catalogers Helice Koffler and Kim Ross; library associates Mia Ciallella, Raymond Lei, and Lo Traster-Lee; and led by Jared Ash, Florence and Herbert Irving Collections Librarian.

This exhibition has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan, as part of an initiative to assess, expand, and promote access to the library’s collection of publications by and about Indigenous American, Latinx, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander artists.

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/past-present-future

[arthistorydaily]

Round Red Lacquer box, China, 18th century

Met Museum New York

Provenance:  Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. New York, until 1989; sold to Irving]; Florence and Herbert Irving , New York (1989–2015; donated to MMA)

ø 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm)

The Qianlong Emperor (1711 –  1799) commissioned at least eighteen versions of this lacquer box. He was the sixth Emperor of the Qing dynasty. Like his predecessors, took his cultural role seriously. The Qianlong Emperor was a major patron and important "preserver and restorer" of Confucian culture. He collected ancient bronzes, bronze mirrors, seals, pottery, metal work as well as lacquer work, which flourished during his reign. A substantial part of his collection is in the Percival David Foundation in London. 

[text source: @wikipedia]

#18th century #lacquer #box #art #museum #public domain #china #art history #Florence and Herbert Irving collection #provenance #global art history #dragon #red

[met-european-sculpture]

Jug by Christopher Dresser, Metropolitan Museum of Art: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2016 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Glazed earthenware

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/670813

#metmuseum #themet #christopherdresser #europeanart

[the-met-art]

清乾隆 剔彩春壽寶盒|Precious Spring Longevity Box, Asian Art

Medium: Carved red, green, and yellow lacquer

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/667288

#arthistory #asianart #themet #metmuseum

[colonialcapitaltours]

Happy Lunar New Year! Celebrate the Year of the Ox with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  A full schedule of virtual performances, interactive activities and artist-led workshops to be held on February 13 as well as related activities through February 16 are listed on the Met's website.   Activities include a musical dance performance by The New York Korean Performing Arts Center, design a zodiac charm, explore the exhibition "Celebrating the Year of the Ox," and take a virtual tour of "Masters and Masterpieces: Chinese Art from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection." 🗺Colonial Capital Tours ☎️ 800.334.3754 💻 www.ColonialCapitalTours.com 📧 [email protected] #studenttours #schooltrips #grouptours #educationaltours #fieldtrips #daytrips #onedaytrips #studentgroups #schoolgroups #educationalstudenttours #nycdoevendor #seniortrips #multidaytrips #studenttrips #educationalprograms #virtualevents #virtualcelebration #virtuallunarnewyear #lunarnewyearfestival#lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftheox #metmuseum #TheMetropolitanMuseumOfArt #colonialcapitaltours @colonialcapitaltours @metmuseum

[itsfinancethings]

Chinese Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Florence and Herbert Irving Gift https://ift.tt/2YANhLx

Gifted by philanthropists and Asian art collectors Florence and Herbert Irving to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, over 300 lots of Chinese works of art will be offered this September to benefit the museum’s acquisition fund. More than 120 exquisite Imperial Qianlong period jades, brushpots, paintings and objects for the scholar’s studio will feature in the dedicated single-owner sale, including a finely carved, spinach-green jade brushpot, formerly in the Fonthill House Collection.

(Pictured Above) A FINELY CARVED LARGE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'IMMORTALS' BRUSHPOT QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 USD

Begins: September 10, 2019 at 10:00AM Latitude: 40.766287 Longitude: -73.953544 Learn more on Sotehbys.com

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[metmuseum]

Brush holder with garden scene. 17th century. Credit line: Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1994 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42157

#aesthetic #art #abstract art #art museum #art history #The Metropolitan Museum of Art #museum #museum photography #museum aesthetic #dark academia

[newssplashy]

The Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes an annual round up of the top 50 philanthropists by calculating their yearly donations. In 2017, America's super rich and famous donated $14.7 billion to causes, alma maters, foundations, and charities. Bill and Melinda Gates top the list.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes an annual list of the top 50 philanthropists (both individuals and couples) by calculating their yearly donations.

In 2017, America's wealthiest residents donated $14.7 billion to nonprofit organizations.

About 60% of the total was donated by people who made their fortunes in tech, suggesting America's philanthropic center is shifting away from Wall Street and towards Silicon Valley, according to The Chronicle.

America's wealthiest people donated $14.7 billion in 2017 to causes, alma maters, foundations, and charities — more than doubling the amount given away in 2016.

For 18 years, The Chronicle of Philanthropy has published an annual round up of the top-50 philanthropists in America by calculating their yearly donations. In 2017, the individuals and couples on the list donated a median of $97 million, doubling the giving amount from the first list published in 2000. The total donation amount of the 2017 list is the highest amount since the 2008 recession, according to Forbes.

The 2017 list features 11 individuals or couples from the technology industry accounting for $8.7 billion in donations, or about 60% of the total, suggesting America's philanthropic center is shifting away from Wall Street and towards Silicon Valley, according to The Chronicle.

The top three donors who gave away at least $1 billion each are tech moguls: Michael and Susan Dell, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Bill and Melinda Gates.

Notably missing from the list is billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who made a multibillion-dollar donation in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2017. But because the "annual installment" was part of Buffett's initial 2006 pledge to donate more than $36 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares to the Gates' organization, the Chronicle did not count it as a 2017 donation.

Below are the top 25 philanthropists who donated more than $97 million each in 2017. Note that four people passed away after the ranking was first published in February — Porter Byrum, David Rockefeller, Florence Irving, and Henry Hillman.

25. Sheryl Sandberg

Source of wealth: Technology

Total amount donated: $97,999,000

Biggest causes: Sheryl Sandberg & David Goldberg Family Fund, LeanIn.org and OptionB.org

Source: Forbes

23. (TIE) Kenneth and Pamela Ricci

Source of wealth: Transportation

Total amount donated: $100,000,000

Biggest causes: University of Notre Dame

Source: Notre Dame News

23. (TIE) Agnes Gund

Source of wealth: Family wealth (banking)

Total amount donated: $100,000,000

Biggest causes: Art for Justice Fund, criminal justice reform, literacy organizations including Actors' Gang, the National Book Foundation, PEN America and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Source: Inside Philanthropy

22. Joseph (Rusty) Walter III and Paula Walter

Source of wealth: Oil

Total amount donated: $101,000,000

Biggest causes: Houston Methodist Hospital for lifesaving treatments research and the hospital's transplant center

Source: Inside Philanthropy

21. Roberta Elliott

Source of wealth: Family wealth

Total amount donated: $105,800,000

Biggest causes: Montage Health Foundation and Northwestern University

Sources: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philanthropy News Digest

20. William and Linda Frost

Source of wealth: Chemicals

Total amount donated: $110,000,000

Biggest causes: California Polytechnic State University

Source: Los Angeles Times

19. Jay Shidler

Source of wealth: Real estate

Total amount donated: $117,000,000

Biggest causes: University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business and Mākālei and Lē'ahi beach parks off Diamond Head in Hawaii

Source: Honolulu Magazine

18. T. Denny Sanford

Source of wealth: Finance

Total amount donated: $140,000,000

Biggest causes: Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Zoological Society of San Diego, National University in La Jolla, California, and Sanford Health Foundation

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

17. Porter Byrum

Source of wealth: Law and real estate

Total amount donated: $140,024,500

Biggest causes: Wake Forest University, Queens University in Charlotte, and Wingate University

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

16. David Geffen

Source of wealth: Entertainment

Total amount donated: $150,000,000

Biggest causes: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Museum of Modern Art, Licoln Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and funds areas of health, education, arts and culture, LGBT and the fight against AIDS

Source: Inside Philanthropy

15. Jack and Laura Dangermond

Source of wealth: Technology

Total amount donated: $165,000,000

Biggest causes: Nature Conservancy, Esri, donated GIS software to k-12 schools in the US

Source: Forbes

14. Larry and Beth Gies

Source of wealth: Finance

Total amount donated: $177,250,000

Biggest causes: University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Lucile Packard Foundation, Northwestern University, Gies Foundation, Huntington Disease Society, Sarcoidosis Foundation, and Misericordia Women's League

Source: Inside Philanthropy

13. Henry and Susan Samueli

Source of wealth: Telecommunications

Total amount donated: $200,000,000

Biggest causes: University of California at Irvine College of Health Services, Samueli Foundation and Broadcom Foundation funding areas include: health, education, youth services, social services, Jewish community, and Southern California community

Sources: UCI News, Inside Philanthropy

12. David Rockefeller

Source of wealth: Family wealth

Total amount donated: $202,000,000

Biggest causes: Council of Foreign Relations, Museum of Modern Art, Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve, Americas Society

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

11. George Soros

Source of wealth: Finance

Total amount donated: $208,200,000

Biggest causes: Open Society Foundation — democratic ideals, humanitarian efforts, economic development, education, and policy reform

Source: Inside Philanthropy

10. Roy and Diana Vagelos

Source of wealth: Pharmaceuticals

Total amount donated: $250,000,000

Biggest causes: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Source: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Newsroom

9. Pierre and Pam Omidyar

Source of wealth: Technology

Total amount donated: $257,500,000

Biggest causes: Omidyar Network, Humanity United, Democracy Fund, First Look Media, and Hopelab

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

8. John and Laura Arnold

Source of wealth: Energy and finance

Total amount donated: $285,000,000

Biggest causes: Laura and John Arnold Foundation — education, scientific integrity, criminal justice, and public pensions

Source: Inside Philanthropy

7. Charles Butt

Source of wealth: Retail

Total amount donated: $290,000,000

Biggest causes: Holdsworth Center, The Charles Butt Foundation primarily funds grants towards education, cultural, and health institution with past grants for St. Mark's Episcopal Church, The Menil Collection, and Meadows mental Helath Policy Institute

Source: Inside Philanthropy

6. Florence Irving

Source of wealth: Food and beverage

Total amount donated: $680,000,000

Biggest causes: Columbia University Herbert and Florence Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

5. Michael Bloomberg

Source of wealth: Media

Total amount donated: $702,000,000

Biggest causes: Arts, education, environment, public-health groups, and programs aimed at improving city governments around the world

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

4. Henry Hillman

Source of wealth: Investments

Total amount donated: $850,000,000

Biggest causes: Hillman Family Foundation

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

3. Michael and Susan Dell

Source of wealth: Technology

Total amount donated: $1,000,000,000

Biggest causes: Michael and Susan Dell Foundation — children and family poverty in Central Texas, India, and South Africa; social enterprises and nonprofits for urban education and family economic stability

Source: Forbes

2. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Source of wealth: Technology

Total amount donated: $2,018,944,200

Biggest causes: Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Donor Advised Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Sources: The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Forbes

1. Bill and Melinda Gates

Source of wealth: Technology

Total amount donated: $4,780,000,000

Biggest causes: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — enhance healthcare, reduce extreme poverty, expand educational opportunities

Source: Forbes

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[met-european-sculpture]

Jug by Christopher Dresser, Metropolitan Museum of Art: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2016 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Glazed earthenware

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/670813

#christopherdresser #metmuseum #europeanart #themet

[the-met-art]

Qing, Musical Instruments

Medium: jade with incised gilding

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2016 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/670539

#metmuseum #themet #arthistory

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artwork of the Day (1/13/18) Classical India (Western Chalukyan Empire, 973-1189) Celestial Musician (Gandharva)(11th c.) Slate statue, 103.5 cm. high The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Gift of Florence & Herbert Irving)

A semidivine celestial musician to the gods is shown playing a flute, standing beneath the canopy of a flowering tree. This bracket figure was intended to decorate a pillar capital of the interior of a Hindu temple of the western Chalukyas. Temples of the southern Deccan favored the use of such figures of celestial musicians and dancers, poised at an angle between the capital of a pillar and the temple's interior ceiling stones to form a bridge between the worldly and heavenly spheres, and to make explicit the notion of the temple as a heavenly palace.

(from the MMA catalog)

For more South Asian and Non-Western artworks, see these MWW Special Collections: * MWW Non-Western Painting Gallery * MWW Non-Western Sculpture & Architecture

#classical india #celestial musician #gandharva #slate statue #hindu sculpture

[jadelaurent1997-blog]

Goddess and Attendants (via The Met)

Date: 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

Culture: India (West Bengal, Chandraketugarh)

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: H.10 1/2 in (26.7cm); W. 7 7/8 in. (20cm)

Classification: Sculpture 

Credit line: Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1990

Accession Number: 1990.281

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544887?sortBy=Relevance&ft=gods&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=7