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Museum News Releases Index for 1939-1998
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| January 8, 1975
The Portrait Photograph, exhibition from Permanent collection marking formation
of AIC Department of Photography; works on view; Georgia O'Keeffe's gift of Alfred Stieglitz Collection
169 |
| January 10, 1975
Japanese Art and Architecture, lecture series presented by Assistant Director of AIC
Junior Museum Lois Raasch 170
Chairman of AIC Board of Trustees Leigh B. Block nominated to the rank of
Chevalier in the Order of the Legion of Honor by the President of the Republic of France 171 |
| January 22, 1975
Careers in Art Day, free program on art education sponsored by AIC,
schedule of seminars and portfolio interviews; guest panelists John Allen of Calumet High School,
chairman of SAIC Fashion Department Leah Bowman, art critic of Chicago Sun-Times Harold Haydon,
AIC staff lecturer Celia Marriott, and artists Carl Grether, Mark Rogovin, and George Suyeoka;
list of participating institutions 172-173 |
| February 6, 1975
Photographs by Mark Cohen, exhibition; biography note 174 |
| February 13, 1975
Exchange National Bank of Chicago, gift to AIC Photography Department;
comments by Department Curator David Travis on acquisition of works by Manuel Alvarez Bravo,
Brassai, and William Henry Fox Talbot 175-176 |
| February 18, 1975
African Art of the Dogon, exhibition from the collection of Lester Wunderman organized
in collaboration with International Exhibition Foundation; AIC showing coordinated by curator
of Primitive Art Department Dr. Evan Maurer; lecture series; exhibition catalogue titled
Art of the Dogon: The Myths of Cliff Dwellers by Jean Laude 177-179
Announcement on three exhibitions at AIC Print and Drawing Galleries:
20th Century Prints, Part VI: The Fifties, works on view;
Drawing, 1909-1910, featuring acquisition of Gino Severini's drawing Still Life with Match Box,
comments by curator of Prints and Drawings Department Harold Joachim,
Italian Futurism, other works; French Drawing, Daumier to Toulouse-Lautrec, exhibition
complementing major exhibition titled Paintings by Monet 180-181 |
| March 7, 1975
Paintings by Monet, exhibition organized by AIC Vice President for Collections and Exhibitions John Maxon;
extended museum hours; catalogue with contributions by Susan Wise, John Maxon,
Grace Seiberlin, Andre Masson, and J. Patrice Marandel; lecture series schedule 181-184, 190 |
| March 20, 1975
Willa Cather: A Pictorial Memoir, exhibition of Lucia Woods' photographs
illustrating Willa Cather's novels 185-186 |
| April 11, 1975
SAIC Fellowship Exhibition, list of jurors including Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt,
SAIC alumnus 187, 195-197 |
| April 18, 1975
Sculpture by Harry Bertoia, exhibition concurrent with installation of Bertoia's
Sounding Sculpture at Chicago's Standard Oil Plaza; description and date of dedication 188-189 |
| April 25, 1975
Paintings by Monet, exhibition, outstanding attendance record 190 |
| May 1, 1975
Photography Rediscovered, exhibition from AIC Permanent collection,
The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., and Collection of Exchange National Bank of Chicago;
photographic medium from 1900s to 1930s, 191-192
The Small Scale in Contemporary Art, 34th Annual Exhibition of the Society for Contemporary Art,
including works by Willaim Allan, Terry Allan, Roy de Forest, Willem de Kooning,
Llyn Foulkes, Gerald Gooch, Alexander Liberman, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeffrey F. Mendoza,
Sam Richardson, Richard Tuttle, Andy Warhol,and H. C. Westerman;
exhibition publication with checklist and essay by New York art critic Peter Frank 193-194 |
| May 9, 1975
SAIC Fellowship Exhibition, prize-winners and participants 187, 195-197 |
| May 20, 1975
Founding, The Pouring of Molten Metal, Junior Museum exhibition organized in cooperation
with SAIC Sculpture instructor Iola Rigacci; SAIC foundry class of Ernest Whitworth, photographs;
concurrent student exhibitions in Blake Court and at the Crossroads and Thoresen Avenue Galleries
198
Serigraphs from Formulation: Articulation by Josef Albers,
exhibition and publication; Bauhaus student and instructor, faculty member
of Black Mountain College, SAIC visiting professor 199-200 |
| May 30, 1975
Lecture in association with exhibition of William Current's photographs of Greene and Greene architecture;
guest lecturer Robert Judson Clark of Princeton University 201 |
| June 4, 1975
Jean L. Finch, appointed Director of AIC Ryerson and Burnham Libraries replacing Ruth Schoneman;
announcement by AIC President E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr.; Ms. Schoneman's retirement and
employment as Archivist in AIC Burnham Library 202-203 |
| June 20, 1975
The Showman(1959), tapestry by Lily Badin and Gaspard De Wit,
gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Garber, acquisition in Textiles on view at AIC 204
Arthur Dove, retrospective organized by San Francisco Museum of Art;
exhibition venues and catalogue by Barbara Haskell of Whitney Museum of American Art
205-206 |
| July 11, 1975
Marcel Duchamp's Nude Seated in a Bathtub(1910), gift of Mrs. Marcel Duchamp,
on view at AIC 207
Photographs by Charles Traub, exhibition; Chairman of Columbia College Photography Department,
Chicago 208 |
| July 21, 1975
James W. Alsdorf nominated for election as Chairman of AIC Board of Trustees,
succeeding Leigh B. Block; Mr. Block named AIC Life Trustee;
announcement by Nominating Committee of the AIC Board;
Mr. and Mrs. Alsdorf, major benefactors 209 |
| July 25, 1975
Masterpieces from the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, traveling exhibition organized
in collaboration with The American Federation of Art; exhibition venues and catalogue
with essays by Douglas Newton, Julie Jones, and Susan Vogel, all of New York Museum of Primitive Art 210-211 |
| August 7, 1975
Early War Photography, exhibition from Permanent collection featuring works by Roger Fenton,
James Robertson, Timothy O'Sullivan, Alexander Gardner, George Barnard, Mathew Brady 212-213
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| August 11, 1975
American Art of 17th and 19th Centuries and Its Origins, lecture series by
AIC Director of Museum Education Department Barbara Wriston
214 |
| August 12, 1975
Centennial Fund Drive, grant from Kresge Foundation towards construction of Student Library;
announcement by AIC President E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr.;
report on the progress of Museum extension and renovation 215-216 |
| August 19, 1975
America and the Artist, Junior Museum exhibition celebrating American Revolution Bicentennial,
two-year interactive installation 217
Steuben, Seventy Years of American Glassmaking, exhibition organized by Toledo Museum of Art,;
works on view, venues and catalogue with essays by Paul N. Perrot, Paul V. Gardner, and James S. Plaut
218-219 |
| August 21, 1975
Edward Munch, exhibition in commemoration of 150th anniversary of Norwegian immigration,
organized in cooperation with American Scandinavian Foundation;
lecture schedule; exhibition poster featuring Madonna(1903) by Munch 220-221 |
| August 25, 1975
Gallery and slide talks for business associates of Chicago downtown area;
schedule, program included A Statement and Questions Concerning AICby
AIC President E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., 222-223 |
| August 29, 1975
Margaret Fisher, Drawings and Watercolors, exhibition; SAIC alumnus 224 |
| September 9, 1975
The Goodman School of Drama, closing of operation,
announcement by Chairman of AIC Board of Trustees Leigh B. Block;
remarks by Chairman of the Goodman School of Drama Stanley M. Freehling and
AIC President E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., employment for staff members of the School of Drama
225-226 |
| September 16, 1975
American Institute of Architects (AIA): Chicago
Architectural Awards, exhibition of prize-winning building; jury, award presentation
by AIA Chairman of the Honor Award Committee Roy Solfisburg and AIC Curator of Earlier American Art
Milo Naeve 227-229
The Esmark Collection of Currier and Ives, exhibition of prints acquired from Mr. and Mrs.
Roy King of New York and organized in celebration of American Revolution Bicentennial;
US and European venues; comments by Chairman of Esmark Company Robert W. Reneker; catalogue 230-231 |
| September 25, 1975
Robert Natkin: Acrylics on Paper, exhibition concurrent with installation of the artist's mural
at Baxter Laboratories, Deerfield, IL; SAIC alumnus 232-233 |
| September 29, 1975
Photographs by Paul Berger, exhibition; biography note 234 |
| October 7, 1975
Lecture series on African art by Li Fran Fort of Museum Education Department
235 |
| October 10, 1975
Photographs by Aaron Siskind, retrospective exhibition from collections of the photographer,
The Exchange National Bank, Mr. Arnold Gilbert, International Museum of Photography in Rochester, NY,
Reva and David Logan Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Shorr, and AIC;
works on view including series dedicated to Joseph Cornell;
concurrent exhibitions at University of Chicago Galleries 236-237 |
| October 22, 1975
Robert E. Mars, appointed Vice President for Administrative Affairs succeeding
S. Norman Black; announcement by AIC President E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., 238 |
| October 31, 1975
Raiment for the Lord Services: A 1000 Years of Western Vestments,
curator of AIC Textile Department Christa C. Mayer Thurman; catalogue 239-240, 253-254 |
| November 3, 1975
The Age of Louis XV: French Painting 1710-1774, exhibition under patronage
of President of the French Republic M. Valery Giscard d'Estaing; paintings selected
by Pierre Rosenberg of The Louvre, Paris; exhibition venues and catalogue 241-242 |
| November 12, 1975
Annual Meeting of the Governing Life Members, Charles A. Mayer, Arthur W. Schultz,
and E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr., elected Trustees of AIC Board 243 -244 |
| November 17, 1975
James W. Alsdorf elected Chairman of AIC Board of Trustees succeeding Leigh B. Block; Mr. Block,
Mr. Payson S. Wild, and Mr. Frank H. Woods, designated AIC Life Trustees;
other officers elected 245-246 |
| November 21, 1975
Christmas-time gallery walks, schedule 247-248
Photographs by August Sander, exhibition from AIC and Halsted 831 Gallery, Birmingham, MI;
images of Germany between the World Wars 249-250 |
| September 29, 1975
Recent Acquisitions 1974-1975: The Collection
of Photography, exhibition marking the first year of AIC Photography Department,
headed by David Travis and founded by Mrs. Leigh B. Block and AIC Trustees;
checklist of new acquisitions; 1975 SAIC portfolio 251-252 |
| November 25, 1975
Raiment for the Lord Services: A 1000 Years of Western Vestments, exhibition
lectures sponsored by University of Illinois 239-240, 253-254 |
| December 10, 1975
Teaching Holiday Symbols, Junior Museum exhibition; works on view and exhibition booklet
255 |
| December 29, 1975
72nd American Exhibition, curated by A. James Speyer and Anne Rorimer of 20th Century Art Department;
list of participants, jury and catalogue 256-257 |
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