"Benjamin West in Pennsylvania Collections." Mar. 1-Apr. 13, 1986, 1978-1986
Scope and Content Note
Benjamin West (1738-1820) was the first American artist to win international acclaim. This exhibition of 37 paintings and 50 drawings served as a comprehensive survey of his career and included two of the earliest known portraits by West, painted in his native Pennsylvania, a version of his first historical commission in England, and one of his best-known history paintings, William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. Darrel L. Sewell, the Robert L. McNeil Curator of American Art; Joseph J. Rishel; and Ann Percy, Curator of Drawings collaborated to organize this exhibition in celebration of the publication by Yale University Press of the catalogue "Paintings of Benjamin West", by Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley. Records in this subseries pertain to the catalogue, loans, and a related symposium. Correspondence, exhibition lists, and administrative materials are also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1978-1986
Creator
- From the Collection: Bye, Arthur Edwin, 1885- (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Clifford, Henry (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Gardiner, Henry G. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Rishel, Joseph J. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Strehlke, Carl Brandon (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Sutton, Peter C. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Tancock, John L. (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903-1957 (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Access to unprocessed and institutional records less than 10 years old is at the discretion of the Archivist.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 137 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
Files arranged alphabetically by subject.
Repository Details
Part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives Repository
Philadelphia Museum of Art
PO Box 7646
Philadelphia PA 19101-7646 United States
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