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The Smithsonian's woes

07/2007 | 1252 | 149

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museums and institutions:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

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Collections, Public / Washington DC / Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

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Editorials / Museums / Art museums / Arts funding

subjects:

Collections, Public

Supplement

Selected Recent Acquisitions of Twentieth-Century Art by American Museums: Supplement

07/1989 | 1036 | 131

Pages: 515-520

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dates:

1900-1999

dates:

1980-1989

museums and institutions:

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

museums and institutions:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

museums and institutions:

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States

museums and institutions:

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, United States

museums and institutions:

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States

museums and institutions:

Meadows Museum, Dallas, United States

museums and institutions:

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, United States

museums and institutions:

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, United States

places:

United States

subjects:

Art museums / Acquisitions / Modern Art / French painting / Italian painting / Avant-garde

Illustrations

Attributed works:

I. Girl with a Cross, by Georges Braque. 1910-11. 55 by 43 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth). Purchased 1989.

Attributed works:

II. Seated Woman, by Pablo Picasso. 1960. 146 by 114.3 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts). Gift 1989.

Attributed works:

III. La condition humaine, by René Magritte. 1933. 100 by 81 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.). Gift 1987.

Attributed works:

IV. Still Life, by Giorgio Morandi. c. 1951. 28.6 by 48.9 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Gift 1987.

Attributed works:

IX. Grief, by Eric Fischl. 1981. 137.1 by 167.6 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum). Gift 1986.

Attributed works:

V. Ancient Wall, by Philip Guston. 1976. Oil on Linen, 203.2 by 237.8 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Gift 1987.

Attributed works:

VI. Cart: il rumore della notte, by Mimmo Paladino. 1986. Bronze, 132 by 288.4 by 81.9 cm. (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). Purchased 1989.

Attributed works:

VII. Untitled, by Ad Reinhardt. 1947. 101.6 by 81.3 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.). Gift 1988.

Attributed works:

VIII. Rock Settees, by Scott Burton. 1988. Pink and Green Cut Granite, 99.1 by 165.2 by 81.3 cm. (Pink Settee, on Left); 91.4 by 228.8 by 114.4 cm. (Green Settee, on Right). (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.). Gift 1988.

Attributed works:

X. Everything is Going Well, by Sandro Chia. 1981. 222.9 by 194.9 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Purchased 1988.

Attributed works:

XI. Angst, by Oto Gutfreund. 1911. Bronze, 147.9 by 57.2 by 50.2 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Partial Gift 1987.

Attributed works:

XII. Untitled, by Jasper Johns. c. 1954. Mixed Media, 66.7 by 22.5 by 11.1 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.).

Attributed works:

XIII. Self-Portrait, by William Orpen. 1912. Oil and Collage on Panel, 61 by 49.6 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art). Purchased 1988.

Attributed works:

XIV. Two Skulls, by Francesco Clemente. 1980. Oil and Encaustic, 91.4 by 61 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum). Gift 1987.

Attributed works:

XIX. New Figuration, by Tony Cragg. 1985. Plastic, 269.2 by 528.4 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Purchased 1987.

Attributed works:

XV. Untitled (1982), by Robert Longo. 1982. Ink, Wash, Charcoal and Pencil, 111.3 by 76.7 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum). Gift 1987.

Attributed works:

XVI. Self-Portrait, by Andy Warhol. 1986. Acrylic and Silk Screen on Canvas, 203.2 by 203.2 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). Purchased 1987.

Attributed works:

XVII. Great Black Relief ('Grand Noir'), by Antoni Tàpies. Mixed Media, 249 by 274.5 cm. (Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas). Acquired 1987.

Attributed works:

XVIII. Fishhook from Hawaii - No.1, by Georgia O'Keeffe. 1939. 45.7 by 35.5 cm. (Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N. Y.). Bequest of the Artist.

Attributed works:

XX. In the Dark, by Elizabeth Murray. 1987. 292.3 by 360.9 by 62.9 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Purchased 1988.

Attributed works:

XXI. Treppenhaus, by Sigmar Polke. 1982. Dispersion on Fabric, 200 by 450 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Purchased 1988.

Attributed works:

XXII. Merritt Parkway, by Willem de Kooning. 1959. 203.2 by 179 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts). Gift 1989.

Attributed works:

XXIII. Untitled, by Joel Shapiro. 1987. Charcoal, Chalk and Pastel, 195.7 by 153.7 cm. (Toledo Museum of Art). Gift 1988.

Attributed works:

XXIV. Untitled, by Jannis Kounellis. 1986. Lead, Steel and Wool, 201 by 181 by 8.9 cm. (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.). Purchased 1987.

Supplement

Acquisitions of Twentieth-Century Art by Museums: Supplement

07/1980 | 928 | 122

Pages: 528-536

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Subjects

artists:

Calder, Alexander

artists:

Gabo, Naum

artists:

Bussy, Simon Albert

artists:

Léger, Fernand

artists:

Johns, Jasper

artists:

Burgin, Victor

artists:

Buckley, Stephen

artists:

Lichtenstein, Roy

artists:

Bomberg, David

artists:

Nicholson, Ben

dates:

1980-1989

dates:

1900-1999

museums and institutions:

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, United States

museums and institutions:

Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, United States

museums and institutions:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

museums and institutions:

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, United States

museums and institutions:

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

British Museum, London, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen, Great Britain

subjects:

Supplements / Art museums / Acquisitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

Fig. 100. Indian Red and Black by Clyfford Still (b. 1904). 193 by 173.9 cm, 1946. Purchased from the Vincent Mellzac Collection.

Attributed works:

Fig. 101. Labyrinth IV, by John Walker (b. 1939). 248 by 304 cm, 1980.

Attributed works:

Fig. 102. Aurora, by Morris Louis (1912-1962). Acrylic, 444.4 by 236.8 cm, 1958. Purchased from the Vincent Melzac Collection.

Attributed works:

Fig. 103. Linear Construction, No. 1 Variation, by Naum Gabo (1890-1977). Plastic and Nylon Strings, 45.4 by 45.4 by 17.8 cm, c. 1942-43.

Attributed works:

Fig. 104. Flamingo (Maquette), by Alexander Calder (1898-1976). Painted Aluminium, 39.7 by 46 by 25.4 cm, 1972.

Attributed works:

Fig. 105. The Curtain, by George Segal (b. 1924). Plaster Cast with Construction of Construction of Painted Wood, Plaster, Fabric and Glass, 213.4 by 99.1 by 81.3 cm, 1974. Museum Purchase 1978.

Attributed works:

Fig. 106. Untitled, by Joseph Cornell (1903-73). Glass Bell Jar on Wood and Mirror Base, 21 by 23.5 cm (Diameter), c. 1939.

Attributed works:

Fig. 107. Composition Concrete, by Stuart David (1894-1964). 518.5 by 244 cm, 1957. Fig. 108. Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue, by Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944). 41.6 by 48.6 cm, 1922.

Attributed works:

Fig. 109. Bathers at Moritzburg, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938). 151 by 199.7 cm, 1910/20.

Attributed works:

Fig. 110. The Fisherman, by Fernand Léger (1881-1955). 1917. Water-Colour and Wash, 23.5 by 28 cm. Purchased from Annely Juda Gallery 1979.

Attributed works:

Fig. 112. Man Taking Shower in Beverley Hills, by David Hockney (b. 1937). 167 by 167 cm, 1964.

Attributed works:

Fig. 113. Red Landscape with Figures, by Keith Vaughan (1912-78). 122 by 91.4 cm, 1964.

Attributed works:

Fig. 114. Relief with Red Pyramid by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948). Painted Wood, 60 by 50 cm, 1923-5. Museum Purchase 1979.

Attributed works:

Fig. 115. In the Car, by Roy Lichtenstein (b. 1923) 172 by 203.5 cm, 1963.

Attributed works:

Fig. 116. Framed (From the Series US'77), by Victor Burgin (b. 1941). Black and White Photograph with Text, 101.6 by 152 cm, 1977.

Attributed works:

Fig. 90. Portrait of Dorothy Strachey (Mme Bussy), by Simon Bussy (1870-1954). Pastel, 47 by 58 cm. 1902. Fig. 91. Study for Self-Portrait, by Francis Bacon (b. 1909). 165 by 145 cm, 1963. Fig. 92. 1936 (White Relief), by Ben Nicholson (b. 1894). Oil on Carved Board, 64.4 by 87.6 cm. Fig. 93. Figure Composition, by David Bomberg (1890-1957). Water-Colour, 30.5 by 51 cm, c. 1912-14.

Attributed works:

Fig. 94. Hilda, by Stanley Spencer (1891-1959). Pencil, 50.7 by 35 cm, 1931.

Attributed works:

Fig. 95. Head, by Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). Wood, 29.4 by 19.5 by 20.5 cm, c. 1919-23.

Attributed works:

Fig. 96. Portrait of J. Y. M. Seated, by Frank Auerbach (6). Oil on Board, 50.8 by 45.8 cm, 1976. Fig. 97. Head of a Young Girl, No. 1, by Stephen Buckley (b. 1944). Acrylic on Cheesecloth and Cotton Duck, 180.5 by 165 by 28 cm, 1974.

Attributed works:

Fig. 98. The Wave, by Willem de Kooning (b. 1904). Oil on Masonite, 122 by 122 cm, 1942-44. Gift from the Vincent Melzac Collection.

Attributed works:

Fig. 99. Coat Hanger I, by Jasper Johns (b. 1930). Lithograph, 64.8 by 53.3 cm, 1960.

Supplement

Acquisitions of Modern Art by Museums: Supplement

04/1972 | 829 | 114

Pages: 267-270

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Subjects

artists:

Ernst, Max

artists:

Caro, Anthony

artists:

Oldenburg, Claes

artists:

Warhol, Andy

artists:

Moore, Henry Spencer, 1898-1986

artists:

Arp, Jean (Hans)

artists:

Johnstone, William

artists:

Hepworth, Barbara

artists:

Annigoni, Pietro

artists:

Glackens, William James

artists:

Miró, Joan

artists:

González, Julio

artists:

Burra, Edward

artists:

Burra, Edward

artists:

John, Gwen

artists:

Picasso, Pablo

artists:

Arp, Jean (Hans)

artists:

Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri

artists:

Matisse, Henri

artists:

Bomberg, David

artists:

Vuillard, Edouard

artists:

Sargent, John Singer

dates:

1970-1979

museums and institutions:

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, United States

museums and institutions:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

museums and institutions:

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, United States

museums and institutions:

Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain

subjects:

Art museums / Modern Art / Acquisitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

73. Spanish Fountain (?), by John Singer Sargent. Signed. c.1902-03. Water-Colour and Gouache, 53.3 by 34.9 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)

Attributed works:

74. Matin dans le Verger, by Edouard Vuillard. Signed. Before 1910. Détrempe and Pastel on Paper Mounted on Canvas, 120 by 80 cm. (City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham.)

Attributed works:

75. Abstract Composition, by David Bomberg. c.1912-13. Pencil and Water-Colour on Paper, 26.5 by 28.4 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)

Attributed works:

76. The Cart, by David Bomberg. Signed and Dated 1919. Brush and Ink, 20.1 by 26.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)

Attributed works:

77. Head of Marguerite, by Henri Matisse. 1915. Bronze; Height, 31.7 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Arts.)

Attributed works:

78. Major Smythies, by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Bronze; Height, 44.5 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

Attributed works:

79. Forest 1917, by Jean Arp. 1917. Painted Wood, 40.6 by 50.8 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art.)

Attributed works:

80. La Cheminée, by Pablo Picasso. 1916. Canvas, 149.5 by 70 cm. (City Art Museum of St Louis.)

Attributed works:

81. Mer et Soleil, by Max Ernst. 1925. Grattage Painting (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.)

Attributed works:

82. View of Boulogne, by David Bomberg. Signed and Dated 1920. Pencil, Water-Colour and Body-Colour on Paper, 26.7 by 34.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)

Attributed works:

83. A Nun of the Dominican Order, by Gwen John. Canvas (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.)

Attributed works:

84. Cup Bearer, by Edward Burra. 1929. Woodcut, 15.3 by 10.2 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

Attributed works:

85. Balcony, by Edward Burra. 1928-29. Woodcut, 15.3 by 10.2 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

Attributed works:

86. Grand Nu Assis, by Henri Matisse. 1925. Bronze; Height, 78.5 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Arts.)

Attributed works:

87. Large Maternity, by Julio Gonzalez. 1930-33. Metal; Height, 129.5 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

Attributed works:

88. Painting, by Joan Miró. 1927. Oil and Gouache on Canvas, 97.5 by 130 cm. (Tate Gallery).

Attributed works:

89. Self Portrait, by William Glackens. c.1925. Canvas, 72.5 by 54 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.)

Attributed works:

90. General Mark Clark, by Pietro Annigoni. Signed and Dated 1946. Canvas, 91.6 by 77 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.)

Attributed works:

91. A Point in Time, by William Johnstone. c.1929-37. Canvas. (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.)

Attributed works:

92. Prelude (No. 2), by Barbara Hepworth. Signed and Dated on Reverse 1948. Gesso on Panel, 39.1 by 49.7 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)

Attributed works:

93. S'Elevant, by Jean Arp. Marble; Height, 121 cm. (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.)

Attributed works:

94. Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, by Henry Moore. 1964. Bronze; Height, 88.5 cm. (Including 19.1 cm Base). (Cleveland Museum of Art.)

Attributed works:

95. Self Portrait, by Andy Warhol. 1967. Acrylic on Canvas, 183.5 by 183.5 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

Attributed works:

96. Giant 3-Way Plug (Cube Tap) Scale B, by Claes Oldenburg. Wood; Height, 147.2 cm. (Tate Gallery.)

Attributed works:

97. Wending-Back, by Anthony Caro. 1969-70. Painted Steel; 10 ft. 6 in. Long. (Cleveland Museum of Art.)

Exhibition Review

Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Italian Architectural Drawings on tour in the U. S. A.

01/1967 | 766 | 109

Pages: 50-52

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Reviewer:

Pommer, Richard (Pommer, Richard)

Subjects

dates:

1960-1969

museums and institutions:

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

museums and institutions:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

places:

United States / Italy / Washington DC

subjects:

Exhibitions / Reviews

subjects:

Architectural drawings

Illustrations

Western art unattributed:

83. Theatre Design, for or after a Design by Pietro Righini. Pen and Brown Ink with Brown Wash, 16.1 by 23 cm. (Royal Institute of British Architects; Smithsonian Institution Touring Exh., U. S. A.)

Book Review

Recent Publications from American Museums

07/1966 | 760 | 108

Pages: 377-378

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Reviewer:

Fredericksen, Burton B. (Fredericksen, Burton B.; Fredericksen, Burton)

Subjects

dates:

1960-1969

museums and institutions:

Denver Art Museum, Denver, United States

museums and institutions:

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, United States

museums and institutions:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

museums and institutions:

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States

museums and institutions:

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States

museums and institutions:

Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, New York, United States

museums and institutions:

Georgetown University Art Collection, Washington, United States

museums and institutions:

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, United States

places:

United States

subjects:

Art museums / Collections / Research

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Armand Hammer Collection Catalogue | :

subjects:

Catalogue of Collections - Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento | :

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Catalogue of the Georgetown University Art Collection | :

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Check List of Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art | :

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Guide to the Collection of Denver Art Museum | :

subjects:

Moss Collection of Paintings (Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis) | :

subjects:

Preliminary Catalogue Listing of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington) | :

subjects:

Syracuse University Collection | :

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