Box 79

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: Named after one of Man Ray's final works, produced in Paris in 1971, "Perpetual Motif" featured over 250 works spanning the artist's entire career. Merry A. Foresta organized this exhibition for the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and it later traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art under the curatorial supervision of Ann Temkin. Along with the Smithsonian Instituion's Special Exhibition Fund, additional support was provided by the...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: Named after one of Man Ray's final works, produced in Paris in 1971, "Perpetual Motif" featured over 250 works spanning the artist's entire career. Merry A. Foresta organized this exhibition for the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and it later traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art under the curatorial supervision of Ann Temkin. Along with the Smithsonian Instituion's Special Exhibition Fund, additional support was provided by the...

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Lawrence W. Nichols organized a small exhibition of Rubens' oil sketches from the Johnson Collection, providing an in-depth exploration of one of the early stages in the artist's creative process.

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: Sponsored by Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, in collaboration with the Mummers Museum, the Liberty Belle Cape, a trousseau gift for Lady Liberty made to monumental scale, was created as part of Miralda's "The Honeymoon Project." Based upon the theme of the symbolic courtship and marriage of the Statue of Liberty to the Columbus Column in Barcelona's harbor, Miralda created a series of installations, performances, and exhibitions in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to...

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Marge Kline selected some 187 works by 53 African American artists from the permanent collection for this exhibition.

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

Marge Kline selected some 187 works by 53 African American artists from the permanent collection for this exhibition.

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Innis Howe Shoemaker organized a small exhibition of figure drawings from the permanent collection.

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Since 1876, the Museum has actively collected costumes and textiles, and between 1980 and 1990, over 300 items were added to the 20,000 examples already included in the collection. Dilys Blum, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, selected exemplary pieces acquired throughout the 1980s for an exhibition that highlights the depth and scope of the collection.

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

Since 1876, the Museum has actively collected costumes and textiles, and between 1980 and 1990, over 300 items were added to the 20,000 examples already included in the collection. Dilys Blum, Curator of Costumes and Textiles, selected exemplary pieces acquired throughout the 1980s for an exhibition that highlights the depth and scope of the collection.