Cabin fever and my isolation is getting
to me, even with my dogs and work (some remotely and some at MHS). Last week I
was exceedingly vulnerable to criticism, or even presumed criticism. I found it
impossible not to take pretty much everything personally. Reminded me of a
family trait of sharp- tongued speaking—my great aunt one time commented: “You
are smarter than you look…” I hadn’t seen my great aunt for a
number of
years and was in fact going out of my way specifically to see her. Her comment
has stayed with me ever since.
In our Poindexter Collection, de
Kooning’s Woman has
that same judgmental expression. Could my great aunt have posed for Mr. de
Kooning?!
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| Woman, by Willem de Kooning, oil on artist board, ca 1948, MHS X1960.05.01 |
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