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🐅 #WelcomeToTheJungle #TigerTuesday #NotOnView #BTS #MindBlownLA (at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbs1tyFmm1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Not on View: European Art

Owl | Unknown | European Art | opal, rubies, gold | 19th-20th century | 1 1/2 x 5/8 in. (3.8 x 1.6 cm. cm)

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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. 🎶 Prince (Rogers Nelson)’s life began on this day in 1958. One of the best-selling musicians of all time, Prince is also remembered for his energetic performances, film work, and songwriting. Prince fused a range of musical genres, from funk and R&B to synthpop and rock, delivering this signature sound with unapologetic style and flair. 🎤 Prince designed and played this "Yellow Cloud" guitar. It was custom-made in 1989 by the firm Knut-Koupee Enterprises, from the artist's native Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prince's distinctive personal symbol adorns both the top and side of the fingerboard. Custom work for famous instrumentalists and musicians provides an important marketing tool for small-scale guitar makers. 🎸 This guitar is not currently on display. #MusicHistory #AmericanHistory #RememberingPrince #ThePurpleOne #NotOnView #MinnesotaHistory #MNHistory #VintageGuitar #CustomGuitar https://ift.tt/2HrxC3y

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Karl Wirsum #fromthecollection #notonview (at Rockford Art Museum)

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🦘🐊🐅 Some may know that I am a HUGE fan of the Dioramas @nhmla Imagine my sheer glee to work w a photographer to capture/archive the art (and decay) of the offline Exotic Mammal Hall. #LoveWhereIWork #MindBlownLA #BTS #NotOnView #Taxidermy (at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQei4buFW86/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Not On View: Ancient Art

Pair of Earrings | Unknown | Ancient Art | Emerald, garnet, gold | 3rd century | Overall (each) - 1 1/8 × 5/8 in. (2.86 × 1.59 cm)

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Not on View: South Asian Art

Court (Sherwani) | Unknown | South Asian Art | dyed and undyed wool, silk fabric with cotton filling and backing | second half of 19th century | Overall - 44 × 33 in. (111.76 × 83.82 cm)

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Not on View: East Asian Art

Cricket Cage (Winter Cage) | Unknown | East Asian Art | gourd, enamel | 19th century | 4 1/2" H" H x 2 1/2" dia. (11.43 cm. H" H x 6.35 cm. dia.)

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Not on View: African Art

Oluweri and Yemoja | Gabriel Sunday Tenabe | African Art | acrylic (or oil?) on canvas | 1968 | Consideration Measurements - 23 × 17 in. (58.42 × 43.18 cm)

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Not on View: Modern Art

Cezanne Still Life #5 | George Segal | Modern and Contemporary Art | painted plaster, wood, and metal | 1982 | 37 x 36 x 29 in. (93.9 x 91.4 x 73.6 cm. cm)

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Not on View: American Art

Dress Coat | Unknown | American Art | wool, brass buttons | ca. 1850 | 41 in H x 18 1/2 in W (shoulder to shoulder) ; (104.14 cm. H x 46.99 cm. W (shoulder to shoulder)

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🤗 #HoldOnTight #MondayMood #NotOnView (at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHALTyFO2S/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists.They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach." — Sol LeWitt LeWitt’s version of Conceptual Art in the 1960s and ‘70s emphasized the original idea that generates a work rather than the execution or final object. While often associated with straight lines and geometric forms, LeWitt always explored irregular shapes as well. In the late 1990s, nongeometric forms became especially prominent in LeWitt’s wall drawings, sculptures, and large gouache paintings, with each type of work informing the other. By 2000 LeWitt had begun a series of sculptures he called Splotches for their eccentric contours and bright colors. At over twelve feet tall, Splotch #22 is the largest and most complex—as well as the last—of LeWitt’s nongeometric forms. Two working drawings are on the wall nearby.

Object Number: 2007.68a-f Department: Modern and Contemporary Art Artist: Sol LeWitt, American, 1928 - 2007 (Artist) Title: Splotch #22 (Primary Title) Date2007 Medium: acrylic on fiberglass Location: Not on view Credit Line: The Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment Fund, and partial gift of the Sol LeWitt Estate and Pace Wildenstein in honor of Frances Lewis and in memory of Sydney Lewis Classification: Sculpture Dimensions Overall: 148 × 96 × 86 in. (375.92 × 243.84 × 218.44 cm)

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#NotOnView | Alphonse Mucha: Lady with Daisy

Alphonse Mucha was a leading artist and designer of the Art Nouveau style in late 19th-century Paris. He is best known for his poster depicting sensual, languid women with flowing hair. His subjects included the celebrated actress Sarah Bernhardt with whom he worked in the mid-1890s. Mucha’s skill as a draftsman and decorative designer brought him commissions for a wide range of graphic projects, from large-scale advertisements for cigarette paper, champagne, and railroads to magazine and book illustrations. Here, he utilizes his skill in textile design.

Object Number: 2008.35 Department: Decorative Arts After 1890 Artist: Alphonse Mucha, Czechoslovakian, active in France, 1860 - 1939 (Artist) Artist:Lauth et Cie Scheurer, French (Alsace, Thann), 1872 - 1935 (Printer) Title: Lady with daisy (Femme à Marguerite) Date: 1898-1900 Medium: ribbed cotton Dimensions: Overall: 27 11/16 × 30 in. (70.33 × 76.2 cm) Location: Not on view Credit Line: Swenson Art Nouveau Fund Classification: Textiles 

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One of our visitor favorites, Kehinde Wiley’s Willem van Heythuysen, is currently on tour and will be back at the museum this summer. Interested in other VMFA art out on loan? Check out our new map!

Willem van Heythuysen 2006 Kehinde Wiley American, born 1977 Oil on canvas 96 x 72 in 243.84 x 182.88 cm Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund 2006.14 Read more at http://vmfa.museum/collections/art/willem-van-heythuysen/#XX0xf0EZBCgbRlZI.99