{"id":77,"date":"2019-03-21T03:52:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T03:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/?p=77"},"modified":"2019-05-04T04:47:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:47:36","slug":"pamphlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/2019\/03\/21\/pamphlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-208\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/tragicfish-300x47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/tragicfish-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/tragicfish-768x120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/tragicfish-1024x160.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/tragicfish-700x109.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>All fish are tragic<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of the many themes that emerge in MacIver&#8217;s work, food is a delightful surprise. She applies her keen sense of whimsy to delicate scenes of the elaborate pies, pastries, and breads that she encountered during her years in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-254 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-254 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-dark fg-round-full fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-254\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM242_patisserie_medium.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Patisserie, 1962, oil on canvas, 21 1\/4 x 31 7\/8&quot;, Alexandre Gallery\" data-attachment-id=\"151\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/LM242_patisserie_medium\/778639204.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Patisserie, 1962, oil on canvas, 21 1\/4 x 31 7\/8\", Alexandre Gallery<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/ingreece.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"ingreece\" data-attachment-id=\"204\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/ingreece\/2402358414.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">ingreece<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM463_BonneTable.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"La Bonne Table, 1963, oil on canvas, 32 x 21 3\/8&quot;\" data-attachment-id=\"150\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/LM463_BonneTable\/1856556897.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">La Bonne Table, 1963, oil on canvas, 32 x 21 3\/8\"<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/cabbage.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Cabbage and wine, June 30, 1961\" data-attachment-id=\"219\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/cabbage\/634012286.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Cabbage and wine, June 30, 1961<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/restaurant.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"La Fontaine du Mars, July 1, 1961\" data-caption-desc=\"One of several set-table sketches and drawings done by MacIver throughout her career.\" data-attachment-id=\"205\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"One of several set-table sketches and drawings done by MacIver throughout her career.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/restaurant\/494632145.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">La Fontaine du Mars, July 1, 1961<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">One of several set-table sketches and drawings done by MacIver throughout her career.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/vecchi.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bologna Italy, 1961\" data-attachment-id=\"209\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/vecchi\/4283376676.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bologna Italy, 1961<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM304_Patisserie.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Patisserie, 1970, oil on canvas, 19 3\/4 x 28 3\/4&quot;, Alexandre Gallery\" data-caption-desc=\"This painting, produced at the end of MacIver&#039;s decade in Paris, is somewhat a culmination of years of studying the wonderful variety of a french patisserie.\" data-attachment-id=\"152\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"This painting, produced at the end of MacIver&#039;s decade in Paris, is somewhat a culmination of years of studying the wonderful variety of a french patisserie.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/LM304_Patisserie\/4204582348.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Patisserie, 1970, oil on canvas, 19 3\/4 x 28 3\/4\", Alexandre Gallery<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This painting, produced at the end of MacIver's decade in Paris, is somewhat a culmination of years of studying the wonderful variety of a french patisserie.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/cake.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Cake\" data-attachment-id=\"220\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/cake\/1348106243.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Cake<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/bread3.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Roll\" data-attachment-id=\"218\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/bread3\/3696944107.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Roll<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/bread1-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bread, July 30, 1961\" data-attachment-id=\"217\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/bread1-1\/3865035686.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bread, July 30, 1961<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/croissant.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Croissant, June 23, 1966\" data-attachment-id=\"221\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/croissant\/984456359.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Croissant, June 23, 1966<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/snackbar.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Snack Bar Restaurant, June 24, 1966\" data-attachment-id=\"207\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/snackbar\/1421933214.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Snack Bar Restaurant, June 24, 1966<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/fruitbag.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"French fruit bag\" data-caption-desc=\"This fruit bag from Paris was kept by MacIver, presumably because she was taken by the charming drawings of fruit. The pear is especially similar to what we see in the following sketch of seeble pears.\" data-attachment-id=\"222\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"This fruit bag from Paris was kept by MacIver, presumably because she was taken by the charming drawings of fruit. The pear is especially similar to what we see in the following sketch of seeble pears.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/fruitbag\/1942821550.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">French fruit bag<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This fruit bag from Paris was kept by MacIver, presumably because she was taken by the charming drawings of fruit. The pear is especially similar to what we see in the following sketch of seeble pears.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/seeblepear.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Seeble Pears\" data-caption-desc=\"Various iterations of a box of seeble pears, undated.\" data-attachment-id=\"206\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Various iterations of a box of seeble pears, undated.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/03\/seeblepear\/2205832934.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Seeble Pears<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Various iterations of a box of seeble pears, undated.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_153\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153\" class=\" wp-image-153\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM386_RomanticBreakfastForTwo_medium_1-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM386_RomanticBreakfastForTwo_medium_1-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM386_RomanticBreakfastForTwo_medium_1-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM386_RomanticBreakfastForTwo_medium_1-917x1024.jpg 917w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM386_RomanticBreakfastForTwo_medium_1-700x781.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/03\/LM386_RomanticBreakfastForTwo_medium_1.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Romantic Breakfast for Two, 1939, oil on canvas, 18 x 16 inches, Alexandre Gallery<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>A Miracle for Breakfast<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">At six o&#8217;clock we were waiting for coffee,<br \/>\nwaiting for coffee and the charitable crumb<br \/>\nthat was going to be served from a certain balcony<br \/>\n&#8211;like kings of old, or like a miracle.<br \/>\nIt was still dark. \u00a0One foot of the sun<br \/>\nsteadied itself on a long ripple in the river.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The first ferry of the day had just crossed the river.<br \/>\nIt was so cold we hoped that the coffee<br \/>\nwould be very hot, seeing that the sun<br \/>\nwas not going to warm us; and that the crumb<br \/>\nwould be a loaf each, buttered, by a miracle.<br \/>\nAt seven a man stepped out on the balcony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">He stood for a minute alone on the balcony<br \/>\nlooking over our heads toward the river.<br \/>\nA servant handed him the makings of a miracle,<br \/>\nconsisting of one lone cup of coffee<br \/>\nand one roll, which he proceeded to crumb,<br \/>\nhis head, so to speak, in the clouds&#8211;along with the sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Was the man crazy? What under the sun<br \/>\nwas he trying to do, up there on his balcony!<br \/>\nEach man received one rather hard crumb<br \/>\nwhich some flicked scornfully into the river,<br \/>\nand, in a cup, one drop of the coffee.<br \/>\nSome of us stood around, waiting for the miracle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I can tell you what I saw next; it was not a miracle.<br \/>\nA beautiful villa stood in the sun<br \/>\nand from its doors came the smell of hot coffee.<br \/>\nIn front, a baroque white plaster balcony<br \/>\nadded by birds, who nest along the river,<br \/>\n&#8211;I saw it with one eye close to the crumb&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">and galleries and marble chambers. \u00a0My crumb<br \/>\nand mansion, made for me by a miracle,<br \/>\nthrough ages, by insects, birds, and the river<br \/>\nworking the stone. \u00a0Every day, in the sun,<br \/>\nat breakfast time I sit on my balcony<br \/>\nwith my feet up, and I drink gallons of coffee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We licked up the crumb and swallowed the coffee.<br \/>\nA window across the river caught the sun<br \/>\nas if the miracle were working, on the wrong balcony.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While \u201cA Miracle for Breakfast\u201d pairs so wonderfully with the painting above, \u201cRomantic Breakfast for Two,\u201d I urge you to also look at them as two very separate works, produced by two different artists, but born of the same time in history (the poem was written in 1935, the painting completed in 1939). While both works reframe the everyday act of eating breakfast in a whimsical, exciting way, they are also both the product of artists who had lived through years of the Great Depression, \u00a0and well knew the experience of going hungry. In \u201cA Miracle for Breakfast\u201d Elizabeth Bishop is almost certainly reflecting on the bread lines that filled the country in 1935. Although there is a less clear connection to the Depression in MacIver\u2019s work, there is no doubt that after a decade of national and personal hunger and financial strain, a set table of food is a loaded image. The way each artist deals with this subject matter in a different way is particularly interesting here, as both use a veil of mystery to frame what is otherwise a fairly intense reflection. For Bishop, this veil is the \u201cmiracle\u201d of bread crumbs and drops of coffee, and for MacIver it is the \u201cromance\u201d of a breakfast for two. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The vast majority of MacIver\u2019s paintings that include food, and all of the examples above, are from the 1960s, a time of abundance as she reached the height of her career. \u201cRomantic Breakfast for Two\u201d and \u201cA Miracle for Breakfast\u201d are both reminders of the scarcity of the Depression, and demonstrative of the ways both artists indirectly engaged with the fraught political and social climate of that age, through connecting with a universal, everyday element of human existence&#8211;breakfast. <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All fish are tragic Of the many themes that emerge in MacIver&#8217;s work, food is a delightful surprise. 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