Reina Sofía Museo

Reina Sofía Museo

Madrid, Spain – June 13, 2010

Earlier today, Hillary and I went on what will probably be our last father-daughter date before she goes to college.  We went to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Queen Sofía National Art Center Museum).  We both liked this museum a lot more than the Prado Museum.  Modern art is not necessarily my favorite style; however, I really enjoyed seeing all of the works by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Just possibly the best part of our visit today was that admission for everyone was free!

One of the elevator towers at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Queen Sofía National Art Center Museum).
The museum has two glass elevator towers.
Detail of Figure by Pablo Picasso (1928).
Detail of Still Life by Salvador Dalí (1924).
Detail of Bust and Palette by Pablo Picasso (1925).
Detail of Still Life by Salvador Dalí (1926).
Detail of Pierrot Playing the Guitar by Salvador Dalí (1925).
Detail of Figures by the Sea I by Pablo Picasso (1932).
The sculpture Carmen by Alexander Calder (1974) in the inner courtyard.
Detail of the Enigma of Hitler by Salvador Dalí (1939).
Detail of Endless Enigma by Salvador Dalí (1938).
Detail of the Invisible Man by Salvador Dalí (1929-1932).
Detail of The Memory of the Woman-Child by Salvador Dalí (1929).
Detail of the Face of the Great Masturbator by Salvador Dalí (1929).
Detail of Portrait of Joella by Salvador Dalí (1933-1934).
Detail of Horse Head Sketch for “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso (1937).
Detail of Mother with Dead Child [II] Postscript of “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso (1937).
Detail of The Swimmer by Pablo Picasso (1934).
Detail of Triadic Ballet by Oskar Schlemmer (1922).
Detail of Still Life by Pablo Picasso (1944).
Detail of Woman Seated in a Grey Armchair by Pablo Picasso (1939).
Detail of Seated Woman Resting on Elbows by Pablo Picasso (1939).
Detail of Portrait of Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso (1939).
Detail of Triadic Ballet by Oskar Schlemmer (1922).
Detail of Portrait by Salvador Dalí (1925).
Detail of Figure at the Window by Salvador Dalí (1925).
Detail of Self Portrait by Alfonso Ponce de León (1936).
Detail of Cubist Self-Portrait by Salvador Dalí (1923).
An unknown sculpture.
An unknown sculpture.
A display in the museum.
A hole in the roof.
A hole in the roof II.
View toward the Atocha rail station.
Seemingly endless stairs.
Brushstroke by Roy Lichtenstein (1996).
Moonbird by Joan Miró (1966).
Detail of a water fountain in the inner courtyard.
Carmen by Alexander Calder (1974) in the inner courtyard.

We walked through a lot of the museum and took a lot of photographs. After the museum, we walked across the plaza and had lunch.  I had a pizza and Hillary had pasta.

Snacks after the tour.
A Yorkie terrier resting outside the museum.
A Kodak photo container in the plaza.

When we finished lunch we walked north to an area near the Prado. We were on a mission to buy Leslie a new hand-fan. The one she had was broken.  On our way, we came across a wall of vegetation and a unique elephant sculpture.

Not too far from the wall, we found a hand-fan at a tourist kiosk.  Then, Hillary and I walked back to the Metro and rode home.

The vegetation wall with an elephant balancing on its trunk.
The vegetation wall by La Caixa Forum building.

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