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Exhibition History of The Art Institute, 1955-1959

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1955
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Peruvian Pottery and Weaving of Ancient Date, Nathan Cummings Collection, formerly the Wassermann - San Blas Collection June 28, 1954-Jan.3, 1955 2 0
Tapestries 1500-1800 from the Museum Collection Oct.19, 1954-Mar., 1955 0 0
Max Kahn Prints Oct.25, 1954-Mar.6, 1955 CL 0
Early Chelsea Porcelain Fall, 1954-Spring, 1955 0 0
Japanese Prints by Kitagawa Utamaro Nov.12, 1954-Jan.1, 1955 0 0
Photographs by Brassai Nov.15, 1954-Jan.1, 1955 0 0
Department of Prints and Drawings: Carter H. Harrison Memorial Exhibition Nov.19, 1954-Feb.1, 1955 CL 0
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection Dec.1, 1954-Jan.29, 1955 0 0
Recent Accessions of the Oriental Department Dec.3, 1954-Feb.15, 1955 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: The Virgin and Child, by Andrea Mantegna Dec. 15, 1954 - Jan. 1955 BCL 0
Art Students League Annual Exhibition Jan. 9 - 30, 1955 1 0
Photographs by Izis Jan.15-Mar.1, 1955 1 0
Water Colors Illustrating Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, by Max Gubler Jan.15-Feb.28, 1955 0 0
Great French Paintings: Chauncey McCormick Memorial Exhibition Jan.20-Feb.20, 1955 2 5355 FF1
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Mark Tobey Retrospective Jan.21-Mar.20, 1955 CL 0
Silkscreen Prints, by Dean Meeker Jan.22-Feb.27, 1955 CL 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Hunt on the Heavenly Mountain, Chinese Scroll, 4th C. February, 1955 BCL 0
Joseph Winterbotham Collection of European Paintings March-April, 1955 0 0
Contemporary Chinese Paintings by David Kwok Mar.3-Apr.10, 1955 2 0
Masterpieces of Japanese Prints Mar.10-Apr.17, 1955 2 5355 FF2
Photographs of Japan by Werner Bischof Mar.15-May 1, 1955 2 0
Society of Typographic Arts 28th Annual Mar. 26-May 1, 1955 2 0
Peruvian Art, Gaffron Collection Spring-Fall, 1955 0 0
Drawings and Woodcuts of Karl Zerbe Mar.-Apr.24, 1955 0 0
Collages by Marie Zoe Greene Mar.-Apr.24, 1955 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Portrait of Louis XV, by J. C. le Blon April-May, 1955 BCL 0
Drawings by Modigliani, J. W. Alsdorf Collection Apr.3-May 1, 1955 2 5355 FF5
Drawings by Abraham Rattner Apr.15-May 29, 1955 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: The Trial by Jack Levine Shown With Three Oil Studies And Many Preliminary Drawings Apr.15-Sept.15, 1955 0 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 15th Annual Apr.27-May 30, 1955 CL 0
Japanese Folding Screens Apr.30-Sept.30, 1955 0 0
Growing Art: Work by the Raymond Fund Classes of the Art Institute May 1-May 15, 1955 0 0
Woven Fabrics of the 19th Century May 1-Oct.1, 1955 0 0
Photographs by Edouard van der Elsken May 15-July 1, 1955 CL 0
Graphic Workshop May 6-June 5, 1955 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Monkey Band (Affenkapelle), Meissen, German, ca. 1765 June, 1955 BCL 0
Chicago and Vicinity 58th Annual June 2-July 4, 1955 3 5355 FF3
Masterpiece of the Month: Isabella, Wife of Philip IV of Spain, by Velasquez July, 1955 BCL 0
Photographs of Chicago: A Portrait (Press Photographers) July 15-Sept.1, 1955 2 0
SAIC: Faculty Work July 19-Aug.7, 1955 0 0
Japanese Prints by Ichiryusai Hiroshige July 20-Nov.6, 1955 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Reclining Water Buffalo,jade, Sung Dynasty August, 1955 BCL 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Silver "Caudle" Cup by Cornelius VanderBurgh September, 1955 BCL 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Sept.5-Sept.25, 1955 0 0
Photographs of San Francisco, Perspective Photographs by Fred Lyon Sept.15-Nov.1, 1955 1 0
Midwest Designer Craftsmen 2nd Annual Sept.24-Sept.25, 1955 0 0
Landscape Prints -Fall, 1955 0 0
Edouard Manet -Fall, 1955 0 0
Francisco Goya y Lucientes -Fall, 1955 0 0
Recent Accessions of the Print Collection -Fall, 1955 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Study for the Bathers, Drawing by Renoir October, 1955 BCL 0
French Drawings: Masterpieces from 7 Centuries Oct.13-Nov.27, 1955 2 5355 FF4
Contemporary Chinese Paintings by Chiang Er-Shih Nov.1-Dec.15, 1955 0 0
Japanese Surimono, Helen and Frank Gunsaulus Memorial Collection Nov.11-Dec.11, 1955 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Presenting the Art Institute's Picassos -Dec.10, 1955 0 0
Art Rental and Sales Gallery: Christmas Sale Dec.2-Dec.10, 1955 0 0
1956
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Photographs by Aaron Siskind Nov.15, 1955-Jan.1, 1956 0 0
Selections from the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro Collection Nov.18, 1955-1956 1 0
Japanese Prints by Okumura Masanobu Dec.16, 1955-Jan.29, 1956 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Recent Work by Rico Lebrun Dec.15, 1955-Mar.1, 1956 0 6255
Selections from the Bequest of Curt Valentin Dec.19, 1955-1956 0 0
Toulouse-Lautrec Jan.10-Feb.15, 1956 2 5356 FF1
Photographs by William Garnett Jan.15-Mar.1, 1956 CL 0
Venice Biennale: American Artists Paint the City, organized by the AIC Jan.16-, 1956 3 5356 FF5
Needlework and Textiles Jan.18-June 18, 1956 0 0
Oriental Textiles, lent by Miss Elizabeth Cheney Jan.27-Apr.29, 1956 0 0
Ancient Peruvian Art: Selections from Dr. Edward Gaffron Collection Feb.1-, 1956 0 0
Fresco Facsimiles from 2nd C. Peru, Mochican Temple, Panamarca Feb.18-Mar.18, 1956 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Crucifixion, by Alegretto Nuzi March-April, 1956 BCL 0
Chicago and Vicinity 59th Annual Mar.8-Apr.12, 1956 3 5356 FF2
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Works from the Stieglitz Collection donated by Georgia O'Keeffe Mar.11-May 1, 1956 0 0
Photographs by Arnold Genthe Mar.15-May 1, 1956 CL 0
Portrait Printmakers of Japan Mar.16-Apr.29, 1956 0 0
Society of Typographic Arts 29th Annual Mar.31-May 6, 1956 1 0
Masterworks from Yale University Apr.21-May 1, 1956 2 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: People May 1-Sept.15, 1956 CL 0
Photographs by Margaret Bourke-White May 15-July 1, 1956 2 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 16th Annual May 17-June 14, 1956 CL 0
Design in Scandinavia May 17-June 14, 1956 1 5356 FF4
Paintings from the Joseph Winterbotham Collection July, 1956 0 0
Stuyvesant Peabody Photography Collection July 15-Sept.1, 1956 CL 0
Col. Alexander F. and Jeannie C. Stevenson Memorial Collection of Miniatures, donated by Miss Mary Louise Stevenson Summer, 1956 0 0
Contemporary Japanese Pottery -Sept.30., 1956 0 0
School of the Art Institute 77th Annual Sept.4-Sept.30, 1956 0 0
Central Coast Peruvian Archaeology in the Art Institute Collections Sept.15-Sept.30, 1956 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: Portraits of Artists Sept.15-Dec.31, 1956 CL 0
Photographs by Todd Webb Sept.20-Dec.30, 1956 CL 0
Japanese Screens Oct.5-Nov.25, 1956 0 0
UNESCO: International Museums Week Oct.7-Oct.13, 1956 0 0
Boris Margo Oct.19-Nov.25, 1956 0 0
Louis Sullivan and the Architecture of Free Enterprise Oct.25-Dec.2, 1956 2 5356 FF3a-e
Contemporary Japanese Prints -Nov.4, 1956 0 0
1957
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Fan and Costume Accessories Nov.1,1956- 1957 0 0
Early American Bedspreads Nov.1, 1956-1957 0 0
French Silks and Embroideries Nov.1, 1956- 1957 0 0
Costumes in Prints Through 5 Centuries Nov.2, 1956-Mar., 1957 0 0
Recent Accessions of the Oriental Department Dec.1,1956-Feb.3, 1957 0 0
19th Century Beauties of Edo Dec.19,1956-Feb.17, 1957 0 0
Photographs by Lisa Larsen Jan.15-Mar.30, 1957 0 0
American Exhibition 62nd Annual Jan.17-Mar.3, 1957 2 5357 FF4
Prints: 1400-1800 Feb.1-Mar.3, 1957 2+B 5357 FF6
1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition (held at Navy Pier) Feb.12-Feb.26, 1957 2 0
Flower and Bird Prints by Several Japanese Woodblock Print Artists Feb.22-Apr.14, 1957 0 0
Evelyn Statsinger Mar.-May 12, 1957 0 0
Treasures from the Pierpont Morgan Library Mar.13-Apr.10, 1957 1+B 5357 FF5
Midwest Designer Craftsmen 1957 Mar.27-Apr.24, 1957 2 5357 FF3
The Paintings of Claude Monet Apr.1-Apr.30, 1957 0 0
Japanese Abstract Calligraphy by Toko Shinoda Apr.12-May 12, 1957 CL 0
African Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus Apr.13-June 16, 1957 2 5357 FF1
Chim's Children: Photographs by David Seymour Apr.15-July 1, 1957 0 0
Greek Photographers Apr.15-Sept.30, 1957 0 0
Society of Typographic Arts 30th Annual Apr.18-May 26, 1957 2 0
Chicago and Vicinity 60th Annual: Prize Winning Entries and Selected Items from the 1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition May 8-June 9, 1957 CL+1 0
Society for Contemporary American Art: 17th Annual May 8-June 9, 1957 0 5357 FF2
Joseph Winterbotham Collection of European Paintings May 8-June 9, 1957 0 0
Japanese Stencils from the Collection of John Huston May 24-July 7, 1957 0 0
Faculty Show June 18-July 21, 1957 0 0
Contemporary Japanese Prints July 11-, 1957 0 0
Greece: By 11 Greek Photographers July 15-Sept.30, 1957 CL 0
China-Trade Porcelain, Frederick Colburn Collection -July 31, 1957 0 0
Students of the School 78th Annual Sept.3-Sept.29, 1957 0 0
Picasso in Photographs Oct.15-Dec.8, 1957 0 0
Picasso: 75th Anniversary Exhibition Oct.29-Dec.8, 1957 2 0
Prints by Picasso from the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute Oct.29-Dec.31, 1957 0 0
Prints by Contemporaries Close to Picasso Oct.29-Dec.31, 1957 0 0
Prints by Contemporaries of Picasso with Divergent Viewpoints Oct.29-Dec.31, 1957 0 0
Printmakers of the Netherlands from the 15th Century to Ensor Nov.14-Dec.31, 1957 CL 0
Art Rental and Sales Gallery: Christmas Sale Dec.2-Dec.23, 1957 0 0
A Selection of 6 Masterpieces 1957 0 0
Prints and Drawings from the Permanent Collection 1957 CL 0
1958
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Renaissance Jewels from the Collection of Melvin Gutman 1957-1958 0 0
Fans and Bouquet Holders form the Collection of Mrs. Sawyer Goodman Dewey 1957-1958 0 0
Bedspreads and Quilts, American, 18th-19th Centuries 1957-1958 0 0
English 17th Century Embroidered Wall Panels 1957-1958 0 0
Figures and Animals in Lace 1957-1958 0 0
Animal Sculpture in Pre-Columbian Art Oct.12, 1957-Feb.2, 1958 2 0
Veteran`s Show 1958 CL 5358 FF4
Seurat: Paintings and Drawings Jan.16-Mar.7, 1958 3 5358 FF1a, b
Carl O. Schniewind Memorial Exhibition Jan. 22-Mar.3, 1958 2 5458
Drawings and Prints by Umberto Boccioni, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston Collection Mar.14-Apr.27, 1958 2 5358 FF2
Printed Cottons, English and American, 18th and 19th Centuries, from the Collection of the Art Institute Apr.10-, 1958 0 0
Society of Typographic Arts 31st Annual Apr.11-May 18, 1958 1 0
A.E. Hamill Memorial Exhibition of Woodcuts Apr.21-Sept.28, 1958 CL 0
Prints by Richard Florsheim Apr.25-June 8, 1958 3 0
American Historical China from the Collections of the Art Institute -Apr.27, 1958 0 0
20th Century Ceramics May 2-Aug.3, 1958 0 0
Paintings by Boris Anisfeld May 8-June 8, 1958 2 5358 FF3
Society for Contemporary American Art 18th Annual May 8-June 8, 1958 0 0
Prize Winners from the 1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition ( German exhibition entitled "Moderne Maler aus Chicago") N.d., [1958] 2 0
Prize Winners from the 1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition ( French exhibition entitled "53 Peintres de Chicago") May 10-June 5, 1958 1 0
Oceanic Art -June 1, 1958 1 0
What's New in Primitive Art in Chicago Collections July 16-July 30, 1958 CL 0
1958 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition.Chicago and Vicinity 61st Annual (held at Navy Pier) June14-29, 1958 1 0
Chicago and Vicinity 61st Annual: Selected Works from Navy Pier No-Jury Exhibition (held at AIC) July 16-July 30, 1958 CL 0
School of the Art Institute 79th Annual Sept.2-Sept.28, 1958 0 0
1959
Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Landscapes by Japanese Woodblock Artists of the 19th Century -1959 0 0
Copperplate Printed Cottons -1959 0 0
1890-1900: The Great Decade of French Color Lithography -1959 0 0
The Housebook Master and His Contemporaries -1959 0 0
Primitive Art -1959 0 0
Recent Accessions in the Decorative Arts 1959 0 0
Josuah Wedgwood's "Heads of Illustrious Moderns" Nov.13, 1958-Mar.1, 1959 0 0
The Artist Looks at People Nov.13, 1958-Jan.11, 1959 0 0
Swedish Textiles Today Jan.19-Feb.8, 1959 2 5359 FF5
Mexican Pottery from Herbert P. Lewis Collection February, 1959 0 5359 FF11
Paul Gauguin Feb.12-Mar.29, 1959 2 5359 FF 2
Oceanic Art Feb.14-Mar.29, 1959 0 0
Drawings, Gouaches, Collages by Claude Bentley Feb.20-Mar.22, 1959 0 0
Anything but Silk -Apr.1, 1959 0 0
Tapestries by Egyptian Children -Apr.1, 1959 0 0
Dutch Drawings - Masterpieces of Five Centuries Apr.2-Apr.27, 1959 2 5359 FF6
American Quilts from Permanent Collection Apr.20-Oct.19, 1959 2 0
Society for Contemporary Art 19th Annual Apr.23-May 24, 1959 0 5359 FF1
Annual Exhibition of the Joseph Winterbotham Collection of European Paintings Apr.23-May 24, 1959 0 0
Eugene Deutch. Chicago Potter May,9 - Aug.31, 1959 0 5359 FF10
In Wind and Rain: 18th and 19th Century Japanese Prints -May 31, 1959 0 0
Pre-Columbian Art -May 31, 1959 0 0
A Selection of Chinese Jades from the Permanent Collection May 1-, 1959 0 0
Max Kahn May 1-May 31, 1959 0 0
Society of Typographic Arts 32nd Annual May 2-June 5, 1959 1 0
Chicago and Vicinity 62nd Annual May 13-June 28, 1959 2 5359 FF 3
Kimonos and Costumes Worn in the Noh Drama May 15-, 1959 0 0
Recent Accessions to the Japanese Print Collection June 2-, 1959 0 0
The US Collects Pan-American Art July 22-Sept.7, 1959 2 5359 FF7
School of the Art Institute 80th Annual Sept.1-Sept.30, 1959 0 0
Masterpieces of Photography from the Museum's Collection Sept.18-Nov.8, 1959 0 0
Glass by Frances and Michael Higgins -Nov.15, 1959 0 5359 FF8
American Prints Today Nov.11-Dec.6, 1959 1 5359 FF13
Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War Nov.19-Dec.13, 1959 0 0



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