July 6, 2011, Filed Under: ArtFrida Kahlo self-portrait returns to the Ransom Center in time for Kahlo’s 104th birthday Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s Self–portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) has returned to the Ransom Center and is on display in the lobby beginning today, which is Kahlo’s 104th birthday, and runs through January 8, 2012. The painting, one of the Ransom Center’s most famous and frequently borrowed art works,… read more
March 30, 2011, Filed Under: ArtBust documents creative process for sculpture of W. E. B. DuBois A plaster maquette of a bust of W. E. B. DuBois has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center. The bust, which was sculpted by Walker Hancock (1901–1998), documents a step in the creative process for the final marble sculpture, which resides in Memorial Hall at Harvard University. A plaster… read more
January 26, 2011, Filed Under: Art, PhotographyPlate painted by Pablo Picasso donated to Ransom Center by photojournalist Duncan The Ransom Center has received a plate painted by Pablo Picasso from David Douglas Duncan, a photojournalist whose archive resides at the Ransom Center. Duncan donated the plate in honor of his friendship with Stanley Marcus, who suggested that Duncan donate his archive to the Ransom Center in 1996. The… read more
