Images for Publication

General Museum Images + Stonehenge

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  View looking west at Maryhill Museum of Art. Photo by Robert Reynolds.

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  View looking east at Maryhill Museum of Art. Photo by Robert Reynolds.

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  Maryhill Museum of Art

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  George E. Muehleck, Jr. Gallery of International Chess Sets at Maryhill Museum of Art. Photo by Robert Reynolds.

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  Chinese Staunton-style chess set

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  Indian chess set

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  Basketry in the museum's Indigenous Galleries

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  Basketry in the museum's Indigenous Galleries

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  Folies Bergere poster featuring modern dancer Loie Fuller, a close friend of Samuel Hill who is considered one of Maryhill's four founders.

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  Queen Marie Gallery at Maryhill Museum of Art. Photo by Robert Reynolds.

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  Maryhill is home to one of the West Coast's largest collections of work by French sculptor Auguste Rodin

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  Pavillion interior view. Photo by Robert Reynolds.

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  The museum's William and Catherine Dickson Sculpture Park features the museum’s permanent collection of large-scale sculpture, including "Quantum Man" by Julian Voss-Andreae, shown here.

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  Spring wildflowers are abundant on the grounds of Maryhill Museum of Art.

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  Maryhill Museum of Art's Stonehenge Memorial, located three miles east of the museum.

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  Washington historian Edmund Meany at the 1918 dedication of the altar stone at Stonehenge Memorial. Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art.

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  Maryhill Museum of Art's Stonehenge Memorial, located three miles east of the museum. Photo by William Wright.

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  Maryhill Museum of Art's Stonehenge Memorial, located three miles east of the museum. Photo by William Wright.

The Hound of Heaven
On view March 15 – November 15, 2023

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  R.H. Ives Gammell (American, 1893–1981), Transfiguration (#13), Untitled (#14), and Agamemnon (#17), from Fragments of An Uncompleted Cycle, 1955-1975, oil on panel, 40⅜” x 13⅞” each; Given by the Mairs family in memory of Thomas S. Mairs, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 2021.14.2–4

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  I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers, Round the day’s dead sanctities, Panel XIII from A Pictorial Sequence by R.H. Ives Gammell Based on “The Hound of Heaven,” 1941–1956, oil on board, 79” x 31”; Gift of the R.H. Ives Gammell Studios Trust, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 2000.14.14

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  I pleaded, outlaw-wise, By many a hearted casement, curtained red, Trellised with intertwining charities, Panel VIII from A Pictorial Sequence by R.H. Ives Gammell Based on “The Hound of Heaven,” 1941–1956, oil on board, 79” x 31”; Gift of the R.H. Ives Gammell Studios Trust, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 2000.14.9

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  I … Panel I from A Pictorial Sequence by R.H. Ives Gammell Based on “The Hound of Heaven,” 1941–1956, oil on board, 79” x 31”; Gift of the R.H. Ives Gammell Studios Trust, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 2000.14.2

Nocturnes
On view March 15 – November 15, 2023

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  Alfred Philippe Roll (French, 1846–1919), The Funeral of Victor Hugo, 1885, oil on canvas, 27” x 33”; Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 1951.7.249

Portraits
On view March 15 – November 15, 2023

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  R.H. Ives Gammell (American, 1893–1981), Frances Easton Tufts, 1923, oil on canvas, 35” x 28”; Gift of Paul and Emily Keller, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 2006.12.3

Théâtre de la Mode

Maryhill Museum of Art’s permanent display of Théâtre de la Mode presents post-World War II French haute couture fashions on one-third-life-size human mannequins. In 2023, all or part of three different Théâtre de la Mode sets will be on view: Louis Touchagues’ “La Rue de la Paix en la Place Vendôme”; Georges Douking’s “L’Île de la Cité”; and a portion of Christian Bérard’s “Le Théâtre.” Read more about Théâtre de la Mode.

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  Henry à la Pensée (French, active 1800–1960s), Day ensemble and suede gloves, toque by Jane Blanchot, coiffure by Desfossés, from Georges Douking’s L’Île de la Cité décor, c. 1946, approx. 27½” tall (without hat); Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 1952.2.14

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  Lucile Manguin (French, active 1928–1960), “Barbizon”: day ensemble and hat, coiffure by Alex Tonio, umbrella by Vedrennes, from Louis Touchagues’ La Rue de la Paix en la Place Vendôme décor, c. 1946, approx. 27½” tall (without hat); Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art, 1952.2.19

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  White cotton organdy long evening dress by Nina Ricci: bands of machine-embroidered tone-on-tone circles on the full-layered skirt. Wrapped draped bodice with layers of ruffles forming short sleeves. Coiffure by Pourrière, c. 1946, approx. 27½” tall. The mannequin is from Christian Bérard’s Le Théâtre décor; Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art.

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  “Rose de France” ensemble by Mendel: full-length ermine cape lined in pale pink satin (synthetic). Matching pink satin evening dress, the strapless bodice and full skirt embroidered in a scroll pattern of old-gold sequins. Coiffure by Desfossés, embroidery by Gaby, pale pink kid gloves by Hermès, c. 1946, approx. 27½” tall. The mannequin is from Christian Bérard’s Le Théâtre décor; Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art

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  Square-necked dress in sulfur yellow (synthetic) jersey with short sleeves and back buttoning by Jeanne Lafaurie. Purple suede belt with arrow pierced heart-shaped buckle. Purple suede-brimmed hat edged in parma grosgrain ribbon. c. 1946, approx. 27½” tall. The mannequin is from “La Rue de la Paix en la Place Vendôme,” fashions and mannequins in décor by Louis Touchagues, (recreated by Anne Surgers); Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art

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  Théâtre de la Mode: “L’Île de la Cité,” original 1946 fashions and mannequins in décor by Georges Douking (recreated by Anne Surgers); Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art

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  Théâtre de la Mode: “La Rue de la Paix en la Place Vendôme,” fashions and mannequins in décor by Louis Touchagues, detail (recreated by Anne Surgers); Gift of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and Paul Verdier, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art