Penultimate Scenes and Out-Takes From NYC

Lord Voldemort bust at the Met

Somewhere on the southern bit of the island, a beautiful Japanese garden...

Turned out to be a dog park

One of the approximately 900 wooden water towers atop
the city's tallest buildings...some camouflaged, some not,
some doubling as cell towers

Attitude

Among the many beautiful old skyscrapers

Still processing the headgear

Erhuist in the Park

"A major award..."

Sic transit, Gloria...

Bowellism in Gotham

οι εργαζόμενοι πρέπει να πλένουν τα χέρια τους πριν επιστρέψουν στην
εργασία τους ("employees must wash hands before returning to work")

Among the few art nouveau sites...

We'd take this one

The AC unit on the porch above the entry adds a real touch of class

Peking duck is widely available, but will set you back $75 or so p/p

Among the many community gardens in the southern bit

Proselytizing in the park

Central Park reservoir on the night we were hoping to see the aurelia
borealis...

Artist's conception...

A last look at the tall skinnies

The Strand's outpost by the Met

Another of the older skyscrapers, the Peninsula Buiding

Incipient street party on Columbus Ave, every Saturday afternoon

Park East Halloween decor; professionally done, of course

The Met: 19th Century Paintings, 2

The Met's paintings from the 1800s, continued and concluded...

Monet, The Four Trees, 1891

Monet, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899

Monet, The Manneport near Etretat, 1886

Van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Van Gogh, Cypresses, 1889

Van Gogh, First Steps, after Millet, 1890

Van Gogh, Irises, 1890

Van Gogh, The Flowering Orchard, 1888

Van Gogh, Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885 

Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887

Seurat, Circus Side-show, 1887

Seurat, Landscape at Saint-Ouen, 1878

Seurat, Man Leaning on a Parapet, 1881

Seurat, View of the Seine, 1883

Seurat, The Gardener, 1882

Mary Cassatt, The Cup of Tea, 1881

Renoir, Tilla Durieux, 1914

Renoir, View of the Seacoast near Wargemont, in Normandy, 1880

Jules Bastien-Lepage, Joan of Arc, 1880

Klimt, Serena Pulitzer Lederer, 1899 

Klimt, Mada Primavesi, 1914

The Met: 19th Century Paintings, 1

Our last full day in New York, October 21st, we finished up our lengthy tour of the Met, concluding with one of its larger collections, the paintings of the 1800s. Most of the usual big names were there, often represented some of their earlier, less characteristic works. But these were often paired with their more mature works, affording an opportunity to observe their artistic development. Alas, my pix here are not in any strict order--we were flitting from one room to another, and the order of the rooms themselves lacked clarity...

Manet, Young Lady in 1866; none other than his model of
the time, Victorine Meurent, who had posed famously, and
without clothes, for Olympia and Luncheon on the Grass

Monet, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867; before he was Monet...

Monet, La Grenouille, 1869

Renoir, Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, 1878

Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Seated on a Sofa, 1879

Camille Corot, Ville d'Avray, 1870 

John Christian Dahl, Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight, 1846

Turner, Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811; characteristic
earlier work

Turner, Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, 1835; very
popular, middle period

Turner, Whalers, 1845; not so popular later work; the world wasn't
quite ready for his proto-Impressionism...

Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853

Courbet, The Waterspout, 1870

Albert Bartholome, The Artist's Wife, 1883

Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, The Wisteria Room, 1910-1914; a Paris dining
room, gorgeous if a little out of order...

Ditto...every aspect gorgeous...

Degas' "Bronzes"; from his private studio, cast well after his death

Degas, The Dance Class, 1874

Degas, The Ballet from Robert the Devil, 1874; Robert the
Devil being Meyerbeer's famous opera; in its hey-day, Paris Opera
productions always included a 2nd act ballet, so the late-arriving
members of the Jockey Club could see their special lady friends
on stage...a tradition to which even Wagner famously succombed...

Manet, The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864

Manet, The Funeral, 1867

Alfred Stevens, In the Studio, 1888

Manet, The Monet Family at their Garden in Argenteuil, 1874

Monet, Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867

Monet, Morning on the Seine near Giverny, 1897