A large landscape in distemper by Vuillard may encourage a kinder view of his late work.
But it also threatens to close off a large landscape of research questions with unforeseen potential.
Minutes later, a young man in white sunglasses stopped suddenly, clutched his faux-hawked friend and motioned to the window as if it were a large landscape painting.
On the one hand, I wanted to buy a strange public building (barn, school, church or warehouse) and convert it into a home; on the other, I wished for a large landscape with nothing manmade on it.
On the landing of the stairs two floors down, there was a large landscape painting, about 16 feet by 12 feet, of a pond, some flowers, a forest and a few animals.
A large landscape devoid of people or architecture, "Field" depicts a plunging expanse of deep red earth, first broken into chunks and then tilled, this difference marked by four barren shrubs.
"Trees and Caves," a large landscape by Dix in silverpoint and brown ink may also bring to mind an early-19th-century drawing by Friedrich Salathé, "Landscape With Hagar and Ishmael" at Nolan/Eckman, which has a similar image and use of materials.
Phyllis Stigliano, Aguayo & Huebener (516) 359-3332; ahrlty.com Open house Sunday, 12 to 1 p.m. COMMON CHARGE: $739.86 a month PROS: Near the 69th Street Pier, the subway and express buses, this unit has two exposures, a foyer, a working fireplace, custom closets, a kitchen with a dishwasher, and a large landscaped private deck reachable from both bedrooms.
| The downtown upstart Phillips offers its own take on the contemporary-art market (Nov. 15-16); its evening sale includes a late de Kooning (the sensual, colorful "Untitled XVI"), as well as a large landscape of laughing faces by the Chinese "cynical realist" Yue Minjun ("I Am Chinese").
And at David Tunick (19 East 66th Street) the extremes include a large landscape capriccio from 1701 by Hendrik Soukens that is every bit as busy as Mr. Warshaw's Anthoni Bays banquet scene and a spare circus act, in wiry ink lines, reminiscent of Calder but actually by Chagall.
