Keeping up with the avant-garde at the Art Museum
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<p>In 1875, Furness and Hewitt designed the chapel and parish house next to the Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany on 13th Street in Center City Philadelphia. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Girard Trust Company Building, at Broad and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia, was designed by Frank Furness but stolen and built by his partner Allen Evans in 1905. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>For the Girard Trust Co. Building in Philadelphia, Furness adhered to his typical bank design with a tightly framed entrance opening into a vast hall lighted from above. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Horace Jayne House, designed by Frank Furness and Allen Evans, was built in 1895 on the corner of 19th and Delancey streets in Philadelphia. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The main entrance to the Knowlton Mansion in Fox Chase, Pa., still has its original stained-glass windows, also designed by Frank Furness. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Frank Furness designed the Knowlton Mansion in 1879 for the Rhawn Family. It was completed in 1881 at a cost of $32,636.16 — about $749,022 by today's standards. As architect, Furness earned $600 — or about $13,770 adjusted for inflation. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Mount Airy Station, on the Chestnut Hill East Line, which once was part of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, was built in 1882, designed by Frank Furness. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Gravers Lane Station, located on the Chestnut Hill East Line, which once was part of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, was built in 1882, designed by Frank Furness. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Wallingford train station, located on the Media/Elwyn SEPTA line, was built in 1890, designed by Frank Furness. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Frank Furness' summer home, which he named "Idlewild," is located in Media, Pa. It was built in 1888. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>On Dec. 1, 1888, Isaiah Williamson founded The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. He employed Frank Furness to design the school, asking to keep it simple. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>This dormitory at the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades was designed by Frank Furness in 1889. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Furness-Hewitt building was built for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The building was completed on 1876. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The main staircase in The Furness-Hewitt building at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Undine Barge Club, founded in 1856 and located on the Schuylkill River, is another highly visible example of Frank Furness' work in Philadelphia. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The main entrance gate to the Philadelphia Zoo was designed by Frank Furness in 1875, one year after the zoo opened. It was the first zoo in the United States. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Clement Griscom House, located in Haverford, Pa., was designed by Frank Furness and Allen Evens. The residence, under near-constant construction from 1881 to 1895, encompasses Furness' architectural evolution. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Merion Cricket Club, located in Haverford, Pa, is the sixth club house designed by Frank Furness and his business partner Allen Evans, who was one of the founders of the club in 1865. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Inside the Baldwin School, built in 1890, the main stairwell's exposed structural beams showcase Frank Furness' industrial style. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The Bryn Mawr Hall Hotel, now the Baldwin School, located in Bryn Mawr, was designed by Frank Furness and Allen Evans in 1890. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Dinner on the Great Stair Hall East Balcony, which included a menu of harvest squash rigatoni, herb-crusted branzino, and vanilla bean brulee prepared by STARR Events (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Sueyun Locks, Philadelphia Museum of Art trustee (left), artist Jasper Johns, whose work is featured in the museum's current exhibition "Dancing around the Bride," and Philadelphia Museum of Art senior curator Joseph Rishel (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Artist Philippe Parreno, the exhibition designer of "Dancing around the Bride" (left), and Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Art curator Carlos Basualdo (right) watch as a Saks Fifth Avenue model breaks a chocolate bachelor dessert (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Philadelphia Museum of Art trustees Lyn Ross (left) and Lisa Roberts, and Jill Bonovitz and her husband Sheldon, Philadelphia Museum of Art trustee (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Katherine Sachs and her husband, Keith, chair of the Art Museum's Modern and Contemporary Art Committee (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Art curator Carlos Basualdo (left), and Constance Williams, Art Museum board chair, stand in front of the 1964 painting "According to What" by Jasper Johns (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Timothy Rub (left), and artist and exhibition designer of "Dancing around the Bride," Philippe Parreno (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Jaimie Field, Philadelphia Museum of Art trustee (left), and her husband David, stand in front of Marcel Duchamp's 1912 painting, "Bride." (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Dancers from the former Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Marcie Munnerlyn (left) and Melissa Toogood, with Art Museum trustee Angelica Rudenstine of Princeton, NJ (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
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<p>Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO, Timothy Rub (left) with Mari and Peter Shaw (Photo courtesy of Kelly & Massa Photography)</p>
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the opening celebration of its latest exhibition, “Dancing around the Bride.” Become a regular of our new blog to keep up with the hottest philanthropic events.
Artist Jasper Johns was in town Oct. 25 to attend the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s opening celebration of its latest exhibition, “Dancing around the Bride.” Johns’ work, which is featured in the show, explores how French-born Marcel Duchamp influenced the lives and avant-garde work of Johns and three other important American postwar artists: composer John Cage, dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, and visual artist Robert Rauschenberg.
More than 240 guests enjoyed cocktails in the Great Stair Hall and dinner on the East Balcony prepared by Starr Events. The menu included squash mezzo rigatoni, herb-crusted branzino, and a selection of desserts including apple beignet and vanilla bean brulee.
Following dessert, Margaret Leng Tan performed Cage’s “Music for Marcel Duchamp” in the Great Stair Hall.”Bride” features over 100 works, including more than 60 by Johns and Rauschenberg and more than 40 by Duchamp, as well as sculpture, musical scores, and stage sets. The exhibition, which runs through Jan. 21, will also showcase prerecorded and live music by Cage and live performances by former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.