“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.
Today: Reading letters
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675), “Woman in Blue Reading a Letter,” c. 1663, oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (46.5 x 39 cm). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest), SK-C-251.
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989), “The Image Disappears,” 1938, oil on canvas, 22 1/4 x 19 7/8 inches (56.5 x 50.5 cm). Work loaned by the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí. © 2022 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society.
On view at the Meadows Museum in Dallas through January 15, 2023, Dalí/Vermeer: A Dialogue pairs Johannes Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (c.1663) with Salvador Dali’s later interpretation of the work, The Image Disappears (1938). On loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí in Figueres, respectively, this exhibition marks the first time the pair of works are on view together.
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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan
