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Special Exhibitions Department Records

Collection Summary

Information for Researchers

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Series Outline

I. 1980s

A. "The Unnatural History of Dragons." Dec. 12, 1981-Jun. 27, 1982

B. "Century IV." 1982

C. "Treasures of Ancient Nigeria." Feb. 21-Apr. 18, 1982

D. "Thomas Eakins: Artist of Philadelphia." May 29-Aug. 1, 1982

E. "Danny Lyon: Pictures from the New World." Feb. 27-May 2, 1982

F. "Form in Art." May 21-June 20, 1982

G. "Great Ideas." July 26-Aug. 13, 1982

H. "From the Collections: 19th Century French Drawings." Aug. 14-Nov. 28, 1982

I. "John Cage: Scores & Prints." Sep. 11-Oct. 31, 1982

J. "From the Collections: Twentieth-Century Artists´ Books." Sep. 11-Oct. 31, 1982

K. "The Pennsylvania Germans: A Celebration of their Arts, 1683-1850." Oct. 17, 1982-Jan. 9, 1983

L. "American Graphics, 1860-1940: Selected from the Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art." Nov. 20, 1982-Jan. 16, 1983

M. "Dance in Pennsylvania: The Nation´s First Steps." Dec. 11, 1982-Feb. 20, 1983

N. "From the Collections: Paintings by Jan Steen." Jan. 15-July 3, 1983

O. "Minor White, Photographs." Feb. 5-Apr. 3, 1983

P. Oudry exhibition. Canceled

Q. "Julius Bloch: Portrait of the Artist." Mar. 20-May 1, 1983

R. "Tibet: The Sacred Realm, Photographs 1880-1950." Mar. 20-May 22, 1983

S. "Impressions of the Front: Woodcuts of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895." Apr. 23-June 26, 1983

T. "100 Years of Acquisitions." May 7-July 3, 1983

U. "Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections." June 19-Aug. 21, 1983

V. "Pennsylvania Modern: Charles Demuth of Lancaster." July 16-Sep. 11, 1983

W. "Particulars: Selections from the Miller-Plummer Collection of Photography." Oct. 1-Nov. 27, 1983

X. "Design Since 1945." Oct. 16, 1983-Jan. 8, 1984

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

Z. "From the Collections: Paintings from Siena." Dec. 3, 1983-May 6, 1984

AA. "The Whitman Sampler Collection." Travelling exhibition. Feb. 11-Apr. 29, 1984

AB. "Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting." Mar. 18-May 13, 1984

AC. "Dutch Tiles." Mar. 18-May 13, 1984

AD. "Form in Art." May 18-July 8, 1984

AE. "John Marin: Prints and Watercolors from the Collection." June 23-Aug. 26, 1984

AF. "Beyond a Portrait:" Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz and Dorothy Norman." June 23-Oct. 28, 1984

AG. "Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844." July 1-Sep. 23, 1984

AH. "From the Collections: Paintings by John Constable." Aug. 4, 1984-Jan. 6, 1985

AI. "Ansel Adams." Sep.22, 1984-Apr. 28, 1985

AJ. "Jonathan Borofsky." Oct. 7-Dec. 7, 1984

AK. "The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900." Oct. 27, 1984-Jan. 6, 1985

AL. "All American: Photographs by Burk Uzzle." Nov. 17, 1984-May 19, 1985

AM. "Dreadful Fire!: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament." Nov. 23, 1984-Jan. 6, 1985.

AN. Kienbusch Centennial

AO. Brinton Collection

AP. "Pertaining to Philadelphia V: Paintings by Sidney Goodman." Jan. 5-May 12, 1985

AQ. "From the Collections: Spanish Gothic Painting." Jan. 19-July 14, 1985

AR. "Mary Cassatt and Philadelphia." Feb. 17-Apr. 14, 1985

AS. "Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker." Feb. 17-Apr. 14, 1985

AT. "Fleeting Moments: Japanese Prints from the Collection." Mar. 23-May 19, 1985

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

AV. "Form in Art." May 17-Jul. 7, 1985

AW. "Bill Brandt: Behind the Camera, 1928-1983." June 15-Sep. 22, 1985

AX. "From the Collections: Italian Renaissance Portraits." Aug. 10-Oct. 27, 1985

AY. "Ars Medica: Art, Medicine, and the Human Condition." Sep. 22-Dec. 1, 1985

AZ. "W. Eugene Smith: "Let Truth Be the Prejudice"." Oct. 19, 1985-Jan. 5, 1986

BA. "Unknown Territory: Photographs by Ray K. Metzker." Oct. 20, 1985-Jan. 5, 1986

BB. "A Tribute to J.S. Bach (1685-1750)." Nov. 24, 1985-Jan. 26, 1986

BC. "Painted Delight: Indian Paintings from Philadelphia Collections." Jan. 26-Apr. 20, 1986

BD. "From Mantenga to Goya: Selections from the Muriel and Philip Berman Gift of European Old Master Prints." Feb. 1-Mar. 29, 1986

BE. "Benjamin West in Pennsylvania Collections." Mar. 1-Apr. 13, 1986

BF. Cheltenham Art Centre installation. Mar. 9-Apr. 6, 1986

BG. "Pertaining to Philadelphia VI: Works on Paper from the Seventies and Eighties." Mar. 9-May 6, 1986

BH. "Richard Hamilton: Image and Process." Apr. 19-June 22, 1986

BI. "Form in Art." May 16-July 6, 1986

BJ. "Diego Rivera: A Retrospective." June 1-Aug. 10, 1986

BK. "Black Sun: The Eyes of Four." Aug. 9-Oct. 26, 1986

BL. "Philadelphia Collects: Art Since 1940." Sep. 28-Nov. 30, 1986

BM. "From the Collections: British Drawings and Watercolors." Oct. 11, 1986-Jan. 11, 1987

BN. "Martha Graham: Sixty Years in Photographs." Oct. 11-Nov. 30, 1986

BO. "Modern Jewelry, 1964-1984: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection." Nov. 1, 1986-Jan. 4, 1987

BP. "African Sculpture from the University Museum." Nov. 23, 1986-Feb. 8, 1987

BQ. "Diane Arbus: Magazine Work, 1960-1971." Dec. 6, 1986-Jan. 18, 1987

BR. "Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617): Virtuoso Printmaker." Jan. 10-Mar. 22, 1987

BS. "Design 1900-1940: From the Collections." Jan. 31-Dec. 10, 1987

BT. "European Sculpture and Decorative Art: Acquisitions by David DuBon, 1958-85." Mar. 3-Oct. 4, 1987

BU. Postmodernism exhibition. Proposal

BV. "Twelve Photographers Look at US." Apr. 11-July 5, 1987

BW. "Pertaining to Philadelphia VII: Videodisc Installation by Peter D´Agostino." Apr. 18-July 5, 1987

BX. Russian exchange. Canceled

BY. "Form in Art." May 15-July 12, 1987

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

CA. "Federal Philadelphia, 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World." July 5-Sep. 20, 1987

CB. "Recent Acquisitions I: Twentieth-Century Prints, Drawings, and Photographs." July 25-Oct. 4, 1987

CC. "Pertaining to Philadelphia VIII: "Rockin" by Maurie Kerrigan." Aug. 8-Oct. 4, 1987

CD. "Apropos of Marcel Duchamp 1887/1987." Oct. 1, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988

CE. "Paul Klee in Philadelphia Collections." Oct. 3, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988

CF. "The Captured Imagination: Drawings by Joan Miró from The Fundacio Joan Miró, Barcelona" and "Miró in Philadelphia Collections." Oct. 3-Nov. 29, 1987

CG. "Richard Misrach: The American Desert." Oct. 24, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988

CH. "The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection." Nov. 22, 1987-Jan. 17, 1988

CI. "From the Collections: The Hague School." Dec. 22, 1987-Apr. 17, 1988

CJ. "Recent Acquisitions II: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs before 1900." Jan. 30-Mar. 27, 1988

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

CL. "New Art on Paper: The Hunt Manufacturing Co. Collection." Apr. 16-Jul. 3, 1988

CM. "Fans from the Collection." Apr. 23-Sep. 4, 1988

CN. "Form in Art." May 1988

CO. "Masters of Seventeenth Century Dutch Landscape Painting." June 5-July 31, 1988

CP. "Picasso, Braque, Léger, Gris: Drawings from the Douglas Cooper Collection." Jun. 16-Jul. 31, 1988

CQ. "Jasper Johns: Work Since 1974." June 26-Sep. 25, 1988; Oct. 23, 1988-Jan. 8, 1989

CR. "The Fairmount Waterworks." July 23-Sep. 25, 1988

CS. "Art Nouveau in Munich: Masters of Jugendstil." Sep. 25-Nov. 27, 1988

CT. "Pietro Testa, 1612-1650: Prints and Drawings." Nov. 5, 1988-Jan. 1, 1989

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

CV. "Robert Adams: To Make It Home: Photographs of the American West, 1965-1986." Feb. 19-Apr. 16, 1989

CW. Chiaroscuro woodcuts

CX. Guido Reni. Canceled

CY. "Twenty-Five Years of Gifts from the Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs." Mar. 18-May 21, 1989

CZ. "Contemporary Photographs: Recent Acquisitions." Apr. 29-July 30, 1989

DA. "The Sadelers: Engravers from the Golden Age of Antwerp and Prague." Apr. 15-July 9, 1989

DB. "Robert Adam and Kedleston: The Making of a Neo-Classical Masterpiece." Apr. 22-June 2, 1989

DC. "The Charlotte Dorrance Wright Collection from the Philadelphia Museum of Art."

DD. Cy Twombly

DE. Calder jewelry

DF. "Jasper Johns, "Between the Clock and the Bed": Preparatory Stages for the Lithograph." Sep. 7-Dec. 12, 1989

DG. "Building the City Beautiful: The Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art." Sep. 9-Nov. 26, 1989

DH. "Dorrance Collection." Sep. 28-Oct. 4, 1989

DI. "Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray." Oct. 22, 1989-Jan. 7, 1990

DJ. "From the Collections: Rubens and the Oil Sketch." Nov. 4, 1989-Feb. 21, 1990

II. 1990s

III. 2000s

Subseries . Chiaroscuro woodcuts

Date:

1989

Scope and Content Note

Box	Folder	Author/Title	Date