Duane Michals died this week; he was 94. via Wayne Bremser comes an incredible archive at the Yale-hosted Praxis, of the archival photos, pdfs, and videos Michals began sending around to friends and colleagues during the COVID era. @bremser has pulled some interviews and video shorts, particularly. I’ll flag just one incredible pdf, sent on Sept 24, 2020, when Michals recounted his visit in 1983 to the descendants of Édouard Manet [manet.pdf]:
Everything there was something thrilling to see. One of my favorite paintings by him is of a little bouquet of violets and a ladie’s fan, and they owned it. I could pick it up, look at the back of it, and feel its patina.
Originally a gift to Berthe Morisot, the Manet family also owned the artist’s portrait of Morisot, which is now in the Musée d’Orsay.
Duane Michals PDFs [museumofnonvisibleart via @bremser]
previously, related: Not a Manet Facsimile Object