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Collection Summary

Information for Researchers

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Series Outline

I. Names and subjects

II. Exhibitions

A. 1981-1996

1. "Manifestations of Shiva." Mar. 29-June 7, 1981

2. "American frontiers: the photographs of Timothy O'Sullivan." Oct. 2, 1981-Jan. 3, 1982

3. "Sir Edwin Landseer." Oct. 25, 1981-Jan. 3, 1982

4. "John Cage: scores and prints." Sept. 11-Oct. 31, 1982

5. "The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850." Oct. 17, 1982-Jan. 9, 1983

6. "Pertaining to Philadelphia II." Oct. 29, 1982-Aug. 21, 1983

7. "American graphics, 1860-1940, selected from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art." Nov. 20, 1982-Jan. 16, 1983

8. "From the collections: paintings by Jan Steen." Jan. 15-July 3, 1983

9. "Julius Bloch: portrait of the artist." Mar. 20-Apr. 29, 1983

10. "Tibet: the sacred realm, photographs 1880-1950." Mar. 20-May 22, 1983

11. "Impressions of the front: woodcuts of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895." Apr. 23-June 26, 1983

12. "100 years of acquisitions." May 7-July 3, 1983

13. "Design since 1945." Oct.16, 1983-Jan. 8, 1984

14. "Tabu Dada: Jean Crotti & Suzanne Duchamp, 1915-1922." Nov. 19, 1983-Jan. 29, 1984

15. "Masters of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting" and "Dutch tiles." Mar. 18-May 13, 1984

16. "Philadelphians and the China trade, 1784-1844." July 1-Sept. 23, 1984

17. "Jonathan Borofsky." Oct. 7-Dec. 2, 1984

18. "The Golden age of British photography, 1839-1900." Oct. 27, 1984-Jan. 6, 1985

19. Marc Chagall." May 12-July 21, 1985

20. "Bill Brandt: behind the camera, 1928-1983." June 15-Sept. 22, 1985

21. "W. Eugene Smith: 'Let truth be the prejudice'." Oct. 19, 1985-Jan. 5, 1986

22. "Unknown territory: photographs by Ray K. Metzker." Oct. 20, 1985-Jan. 5, 1986

23. "A Tribute to J.S. Bach (1685-1750)." Nov. 23, 1985-Jan. 26, 1986

24. "Painted delight: Indian paintings from Philadelphia collections." Jan. 26-Apr. 20, 1986

25. "From Mantenga to Goya: selections from the Muriel and Philip Berman gift of European old master prints." Feb. 1-Mar. 29, 1986

26. "Benjamin West in Pennsylvania collections." Mar. 1-Apr. 13, 1986

27. "Richard Hamilton: image and process." Apr. 19-June 22, 1986

28. "Rivera: a retrospective." June 1-Aug. 10, 1986

29. "Philadelphia collects: art since 1940." Sept. 28-Nov. 30, 1986

30. "Modern jewelry 1964-1984: the Helen Williams Drutt collection." Nov. 1, 1986-Feb. 1, 1987

31. "African sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania." Nov. 23, 1986-Feb. 8, 1987

32. "Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617): virtuoso printmaker." Jan. 10-Mar. 22, 1987

33. "European sculpture and decorative art: acquisitions by David DuBon, 1958-1985." Mar. 3-Sept. 30, 1987

34. "The Quest for eternity: Chinese ceramic sculpture from the People's Republic of China." Mar. 22-May 24, 1987

35. "Twelve photographers look at US." Apr. 11-July 5, 1987 1985-1987

36. "Claude Monet: Philadelphia." June 20-Aug. 30, 1987

37. "Federal Philadelphia, 1785-1825: the Athens of the Western world." July 5-Sept. 20, 1987

38. "Recent acquisitions of prints, drawings, and photographs Part I: the twentieth century." July 15-Sept. 20, 1987

39. "Miró in Philadelphia collections." Oct. 3-Nov. 29, 1987

40. "Paul Klee in Philadelphia collections." Oct. 3, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988

41. "The Henry P. McIlhenny collection." Nov. 22, 1987-Jan. 17, 1988

42. "Recent acquisitions, II: prints, drawings, and photographs before 1900." Jan. 30-Mar. 27, 1988

43. "Anselm Kiefer." Mar. 6-May 1, 1988

44. Fans from the collection." Apr. 23-July 24, 1988

45. "Masters of the 17th century Dutch landscape painting." June 5-July 31, 1988

46. "Picasso, Braque, Léger, Gris: drawings from the Douglas Cooper collection." June 16-July 31, 1988

47. "The Fairmount waterworks, 1812-1911." July 23-Sept. 25, 1988

48. "Art nouveau in Munich: masters of Jugendstil." Sept. 25-Nov. 27, 1988

49. "Jasper Johns: work since 1974." Oct. 23, 1988-Jan. 8, 1989

50. "Pietro Testa, 1612-1650: prints and drawings." Nov. 5, 1988-Jan. 1, 1989

51. "A Visual testimony: Judaica from the Vatican Library." Jan. 29-Apr. 2, 1989

52. "'As pieces here to pieces join': American appliqué quilts, 1800-1900." Oct. 19-Dec. 31, 1989

53. "Perpetual motif: the art of Man Ray." Oct. 22, 1989-Jan. 7, 1990

54. "Josef Sudek, poet of Prague: photographs 1911-1976." Mar. 3-May 6, 1990

55. "Renoir: the great bathers." Sept. 9-Nov. 25, 1990

56. "Francesco Clemente: three worlds." Oct. 21-Dec. 23, 1990

57. "Emmet Gowin: photographs." Dec. 8, 1990-Feb. 24, 1991

58. Henry Ossawa Tanner." Jan. 20-Apr. 14, 1991

59. "Master drawings from Leipzig." Apr. 20-June 23, 1991

60. "Louis I. Kahn: in the realm of architecture." Oct. 20, 1991-Jan. 5, 1992

61. "A Masterpiece in focus: Hendrick Goltzius' 'Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus would freeze.'" Nov. 16, 1991-Feb. 2, 1992

62. "Ian Hamilton Finlay: the garden and the revolution." Dec. 21, 1991-Mar. 1, 1992

63. "Loves of the gods: mythological painting in 18th century France." Feb. 23-Apr. 26, 1992

64. "Picasso and things: the still lifes of Picasso." June 9-Aug. 30, 1992

65. "Delacroix: studio practices." Aug. 15-Nov. 8, 1992

66. "Leonardo da Vinci: the anatomy of man: drawings from the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II." Sept. 19-Nov. 29, 1992

67. "Martin Puryear." Nov. 1, 1992-Jan. 3, 1993

68. "The Impressionist and the city: Pissarro's series paintings." Mar. 7-June 13, 1993

69. "Workers, an archaeology of the industrial age: photographs by Sebastiao Salgado." Apr. 18-July 11, 1993

70. "Ahead of fashion: hats of the 20th century." Aug. 21-Nov. 28, 1993

71. "Drawing sounds: an installation by William Anastasi in honor of John Cage." Aug. 28-Sept. 19, 1993

72. "Thinking is form: the drawings of Joseph Beuys." Oct. 10, 1993-Jan. 2, 1994

73. "Museum studies 1: Sherrie Levine." Oct. 23-Nov. 28, 1993

74. "Visions of antiquity: neoclassical figure drawings." Oct. 30, 1993-Jan. 2, 1994

75. "'A Severe selection': modern works on paper from the A.E. Gallatin collections." Jan. 29-Mar. 27, 1994

76. "Matisse's 'The dance': the Barnes Foundation mural." Mar. 27-June 12, 1994

77. "Museum studies 2: Richard Long." Apr. 12-Aug. 7, 1994

78. "Japanese design: a survey since 1950." Sept. 25-Nov. 27, 1994

79. "Alone in a crowd: prints by African-American artists of the 1930s and 40s from the collection of Reba and Dave Williams." Oct. 9-Dec. 4, 1994

80. "Museum studies 3: Lawrence Weiner." Dec. 7, 1994-Feb. 5, 1995

81. "From Cézanne to Matisse: great French paintings from the Barnes Foundation." Jan. 31-Apr. 23, 1995

82. "John Cage: rolywholyover, a circus." June 4-July 30, 1995

83. "Tina Modotti: photographs." Sept. 16-Nov. 26, 1995

84. "Constantin Brancusi." Oct. 8-Dec. 31, 1995

85. Mediterranean: photographs by Mimmo Jodice." Dec.16, 1995-Feb.18, 1996

86. "Sidney Goodman: paintings and drawings, 1959-95." Feb. 11-Mar. 31, 1996

87. "New art on paper 2, acquired with funds from the Hunt Manufacturing Co." Mar. 17-May 26, 1996

88. "Cézanne." May 30- Sept. 1, 1996

89. "Harry Callahan." Sept. 14-Nov. 24, 1996

90. Unrealized exhibitions

III. Long-term records

IV. Other materials

Sub-subseries 51. "A Visual testimony: Judaica from the Vatican Library." Jan. 29-Apr. 2, 1989

Date:

1987-1989

Box	Folder	Author/Title	Date