The Art Institute of Chicago
1951 Exhibition History

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Exhibition Title Dates Catalogues Photographs
Stoneware and Earthenware of the Renaissance.The Former Bondy Collection in Vienna Oct.5, 1950-Apr.9, 1951 0 0
Masterpieces of Art from Vienna: Paintings, Tapestries, Armor, Sculpture, Gold and Precious Objects Nov.9, 1950-Jan.18, 1951 2 5351 FF1a,b,c
Handwoven Fabrics Nov.22, 1950-Jan.1, 1951 0 0
Japanese Screens Nov.15, 1950-, 1951 0 0
National Amateur Photographic Exhibition Dec.8, 1950-Jan.1, 1951 0 0
Torii Kiyonaga Dec.20, 1950-Feb.4, 1951 0 0
Contemporary Liturgical Objects Jan.3-Feb.1, 1951 0 0
Drawings Recently Acquired for the David Adler Collection Jan.18-Oct., 1951 0 0
The Travelers Insurance Co.: Currier and Ives Prints Jan.22-Mar.24, 1951 0 0
Gallery of Art Interpretation: How Real is Realism? Jan.24-, 1951 0 6251
Masterpiece of the Month: Judgement of Solomon by Master FvB February, 1951 BCL 0
Woodcuts by Albrecht Durer -Feb., 1951 0 0
Prints and Drawings of the Ballet -Feb.18, 1951 0 0
Okumura Masanobu Feb.22-Apr.9, 1951 0 0
Turkish and Greek Island Embroideries from the Collection of Burton Y. Berry Feb.22-Apr.1, 1951 0 5351 FF9
Masterpiece of the Month: Desk,Italy, Lombardy, ca. 1740 March, 1951 BCL 0
Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today Mar.15-May 13, 1951 2 Photo 1
Photo 2
5351 FF2a,b
Society of Typographic Arts 24th Exhibition Mar.16-Apr.15, 1951 1 0
Chinese Furniture -Apr.22, 1951 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: La Toilette, by Mary Cassatt April, 1951 BCL 0
Chinese Ceremonial Bronzes Apr.-, 1951 0 0
Society for Contemporary American Art 11th Annual Apr.11-May 6, 1951 CL 5351 FF3
Contemporary Embroidery Apr.17-May15, 1951 0 0
Introduction to the Print Collection Apr.20-Oct., 1951 0 0
Photographs by Harry Callahan Apr.23-May 31, 1951 0 0
Woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt Apr.29-May 28, 1951 1 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Agitation, by Honore Daumier May, 1951 BCL 0
Japanese Woodcuts by Contemporary Artists May 1-Oct.31, 1951 0 5351 FF8
Edvard Munch Retrospective May 8-June 10, 1951 1 0
Chicago and Vicinity 55th Annual May 31-July 8, 1951 3 5351 FF7
Masterpiece of the Month: Sculptured Wood Finial of the Eastern Chou Dynasty, the Nickerson Collecton June, 1951 BCL 0
Alfred Stieglitz June 16-July 31, 1951 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Ewer and Rosewater Dish, by Franz Dotte, German, ca. 1600, Buckingham Collection July, 1951 BCL 0
Yellowstone Park: A Photographic Interpretation by Franz Lipp July 19-Aug.19, 1951 0 5351 FF6
Masterpiece of the Month: Giambattista Tiepolo's Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo August, 1951 BCL 0
School of the Art Institute Annual Aug.30-Sept.30, 1951 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Autumn Mountains, Scroll by Wen Cheng-Ming September, 1951 BCL 0
Photographs by Berenice Abbott Sept.5-Oct.31, 1951 0 5351 FF5
Masterpiece of the Month: Italian Landscape by Claude Lorrain, David Adler Collection October, 1951 BCL 0
Misch Kohn Oct.19-Dec.2, 1951 0 0
Contemporary Folk Art in Japan Oct.23-Dec.9, 1951 0 0
American Painting and Sculpture 60th Annual Oct.25-Dec.16, 1951 2 5351 FF4
Masterpiece or the Month: Bronze Bust of an Old Woman by Giovanni Montorsoli November, 1951 BCL 0
Woodcuts by Koryusai Nov.5-Dec.16, 1951 0 0
Recent Additions: Chinese Paintings Nov.15-, 1951 0 0
Masterpiece of the Month: Madonna and Child by Meliore Toscano December, 1951 BCL 0

 

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Abbreviations

  • AIC: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • B: Catalogue bound, combined with other catalogues in alphabetical file.
  • BCL: Checklist bound with others in exhibition catalogue files.
  • CL: Checklist available in curatorial or exhibition catalogue files.
  • OS: Oversized catalogue
  • SAIC: School of The Art Institute of Chicago
  • WPA: Works Progress (Projects) Administration

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