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January 2, 1970
Recent Accessions: Oriental Department, exhibition organized by curator of Oriental Art Department Jack Sewell; major gifts added to AIC Russell Tyson Collection; Japanese pottery and paintings presented by Margaret O. Gentles; works on view; Recent Accessions: Japanese Prints, exhibition featuring works by Toshinobu, Toynobu, Kiyomitsu, Shunsho, Eoshi, Utamaro, and Hokusai 68-69
January 7, 1970
Portrait of Ange Laurent de la Live de Jully by Jean Baptiste Greuze, gift of Mrs. Ralph Poole and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes in memory of Mr. Wickes; the painting history and subject, comments by curator of Painting Joseph J. Rishel; the larger version of the portrait in The National Gallery, Washington, D.C., 70-71
January 27, 1970
Chiang Er-shih, exhibition organized by curator of Oriental Art Department Jack V. Sewell, comments; the 1955 Chiang Er-shin one-man show at AIC 72-73
Parris Island: Photographs by William Mares, exhibition of Chicago Sun-Times photographer, photographs of a US Marine training camp; comments by William Mares and curator of Photography Department Hugh Edwards; related publication 74-75
February 2, 1970
Major acquisitions through the bequest of Preston Owsley Morton [Mrs. Sterling Morton Bequest]: The Toreador by Mary Cassat, Retiring by Edgar Degas, Portrait by Jacques-Louis David, Pantaloon Catching a Fly by Antoine Watteau, The Snowballs by Edouard Vuillard; the Mortons endowment for AIC Morton Lecture Hall and Morton Wing; excerpts from article by AIC Associate Director John Maxon (in Calendar of AIC, January 1970, vol. 64, no. 1) 76-78
February 27, 1970
Creative Copies: Five Centuries of Prints, exhibition from Permanent collection, old printmaking techniques of copying paintings and drawings, curator of Prints and Drawings Department Harold Joachim; comments, works on view 79-80
March 2, 1970
Art Rental and Sales Gallery, exhibition of Chicago-area artists; members of the jury Letitia Cerio, and SAIC alumni Robert Amft and Vincent Arcilesi; installation by Mary Gehr and Eldon Danhausen of the Artists’ Committee 81-82
March 4, 1970
Ary Scheffer’s Portrait of an Artist, gift of Silvain and Arma Wyler; comments by curator of Panting Joseph Rishel 83-84
March 17, 1970
Photographs by Edmund Teske, exhibition organized by curator of Photography Department Hugh Edwards; biography notes on the artist, faculty member of Chicago “New Bauhaus”, photographer for Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and WPA photo documentation project 85
March 20, 1970
Acquisitions in American Arts Department, decorative art objects including sofa table by J. and J. W. Meeks; comments by curator of Western Art David A. Hanks 86-87
March 31, 1970
A Quarter Century of Collecting: Drawings Given to AIC, 1944-1970, by Margaret Day Blake (Mrs. Tiffany Blake), exhibition, curator of Prints and Drawings Department Harold Joachim; Mrs. Tiffany Blake, the first President of AIC Woman’s Board (1952), first woman elected to AIC Board of Trustees (1953), and Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Textiles; exhibition catalogue published by AIC Woman’s Board 88-90
30th Annual exhibition of The Society for Contemporary Art; organization and special fund for new acquisitions; members of the jury comprised of President of the Society Bruce Graham, AIC Director Charles C. Cunningham, Curator of 20th Century Art Department A. James Speyer, and curator of 20th Century Art Anne d’Harnoncourt 91
April 20, 1970
Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth, exhibition organized by International Exhibition Foundation; note on exhibition history of the collection; comments by curator of Prints and Drawing Department Harold Joachim; catalogue by James Byam Shaw 92-93
April 22, 1970
The Middle Ages: Treasures from The Cloisters and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, exhibition as a part of The Metropolitan Museum Centennial Celebration; exhibition venues; works on view, catalogue by Vera V. Ostoia with foreword by Director of The Metropolitan Museum Thomas P. F. Hoving; comments by Curator of Decorative Arts Department Allen Wardwell 94-95
April 27, 1970
Photographs by Eugene Atget, exhibition organized by John Szarkowsky of The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., works acquired from Berenice Abbott Collection; comments by curator of Photography Department Hugh Edwards 96-97
May 7, 1970
SAIC and The Goodman School of Drama on the national strike protesting against invasion of Cambodia and tragic events at Kent State University, OH; joint statement by SAIC Dean Roger Gilmore and The Goodman School Dean Charles McGaw; canceling of classes, free performances by The Goodman Theatre students 98-99
June 3, 1970
Armand Guillaumin’s The Aqueduct at Arcueil (1874), gift of Mrs. Clive Runnells; comments by curator of Painting Joseph Rishel 100-101
June 4, 1970
The Work of the Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo Silversmiths, shown as a part of modern craft exhibition program 102
June 10, 1970
SAIC Fellowship Exhibition, announcement of Traveling Fellowship Awards, jury comprised of members of SAIC faculty and three guest jurors Katherine Kuh, Robert Indiana, Natan Lyons; list of prize-winners including the Chicago Imagists Ed Paschke and Barbara Rossi, other exhibition participants; comments by the first AIC curator of Modern Art Katherine Kuh and SAIC Director Donald J. Irving 103-105
June 11 , 1970
Grant J. Pick Collection, exhibition of 20th Century Art, bequest to AIC, other gifts, donations in support of AIC modernization program; works acquired through Grant Pick Fund by AIC Board of Trustees; exhibition catalogue made possible by Mr. Pick’s children with foreword by AIC Director Charles C. Cunningham 106-107
June 16, 1970
AIC Board of Trustees meeting, resignation of President of the Board Frank H. Woods, announcement by the Nominating Committee; Vice President of the Board Leigh B. Block named a candidate for President of AIC Board; Leigh and Mary Block Collection 108
June 19, 1970
Forms in Fibers, exhibition of contemporary textile design; list of participants with biography notes, including curator of Textiles Virginia Bath and SAIC alumni ; comments by curator of Textile Department Christa C. Mayer [Thurman] 109-112
June 23, 1970
Chicago Photography Task Force Workshop, exhibition in AIC Junior Museum’s Picnic Room as part of President’s Council on Youth Opportunity program, Chicago coordinator S. William Pattis, comments 113
July 1, 1970
Thomas Eakins as a Photographer, exhibition from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, AIC installation by curator of Photography Department Hugh Edwards, comments; exhibition catalogue by Gordon Hendricks 114
July 6, 1970
Photographs by Lucien Clergue, exhibition; European shows 115-116
July 24, 1970
Christina Johnson, appointed Supervisor of Publications replacing Anselmo Carini; Anselmo Carini appionted Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings 117
August 7, 1970
Silver Boxes, lent by Dr. and Mrs. Morris Fishbein, exhibition, curator of Decorative Arts Department Allen Wardwell 120-121
August 21, 1970
Painting in Italy in the 18th Century: Rococo to Romanticism, exhibition organized by AIC Associate Director John Maxon and AIC curator of Painting Joseph Rishel in collaboration with Director of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Anthony M. Clark, and Director of The Toledo Museum of Art Otto Wittmann; catalogue by distinguished scholars with introduction by Ellis K. Waterhouse of Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, England; remarks by John Maxon 122-125, 132-133
August 24, 1970
Painting in Italy in the 18th Century: Rococo to Romanticism, exhibition opening;lecture series conducted by Director of Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham Ellis K. Waterhouse and made possible through Samuel A. Marx Memorial Lecture Fund 122-125, 132-133
Piet Mondrian’s Room, exhibition of interior design called Salon de Madame B. a Dresden (1926) produced by The Pace Gallery in New York using the artist’s plans and drawings in the collection of Harry Holtzman; catalogue with essay by the collector 126-127
August 31, 1970
The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, exhibition of photographs lent by Commission of Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks, architectural fragments, drawings, and stencils; the Chicago Architecture; comments by AIC Director Charles C. Cunningham 128-129
September 1, 1970
Paul Klee: Etchings and Lithographs, exhibition of Ursula and Frank Laurens Collection, works lent by The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; acquisition of the Laurens Collection; catalogue with essay by curator of Prints and Drawings Department Harold Joachim 130-131
September 14, 1970
Painting in Italy in the 18th Century: Rococo to Romanticism, acquisition in celebration of the exhibition opening, The Continence of the Scipio by Sebastiano Ricci purchased through Preston O. Morton Memorial Fund; comments by curator of Painting and Sculpture Joseph Rishel 122-125, 132-133
September 16, 1970
The Joseph Winterbotham Collection, annual exhibition; the 1921 Winterbotham Plan for the collection development 134
September 17 , 1970
The American Windsor Chair, exhibition from Permanent collection, curator of Western Art David A. Hanks 135-136
September 18, 1970
The First Four Decades of the Twentieth Century, subscription series presented by AIC Staff Lecturer George P. Schneider 137
September 30, 1970
Esther Sparks, appointed Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings Department; Marie Czach, appointed Assistant Curator for Photography;
retirement of Mr. Hugh Edwards, AIC Curator of Photography 138-139
October 2, 1970
The Painters of the Punjab Hills, lecture by Dr. B. N. Goswamy, Professor of Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, in association with Indian art symposium at Los Angeles County Museum 140
October 6, 1970
The Campbell Museum Collection, Camden, NJ, exhibition of ceramic and silver tureens; catalogue by consultant of the collection John M. Graham III of Colonial Williamsburg, VA; exhibition venues 141-142
November 5, 1970
Silver gilt monstrance by Joseph Moser, new acquisition exhibited in honor of AIC Annual Meeting of the Governing Members; comments on the acquisition by curator of Decorative Arts Department Allen Wardwell 143-144
November 16, 1970
Vice President of AIC Board of Trustees Leigh B. Block elected President of the Board replacing Frank N. Woods; Bowen Blair, Brooks McCormick, and Bryan S. Reid, Jr., elected Vice Presidents of the Board; other officers re-elected 145-146
November 25, 1970
Edifices and Monuments by Jean Dubuffet, exhibition organized by AIC curator of 20th Century Art A. James Speyer in cooperation with the artist and The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts; excerpts from exhibition catalogue by James Speyer 147-150
December 10, 1970
Junior Museum, Holiday Films series screening, director Norman McLaren; the New-Wave animation 151,174
December 22, 1970
Meeting of the Board of Trustees (December 14), introducing discretionary museum admission charge, announcement and comments by AIC President of the Board Leigh B. Block 152-153, 161-162, 172-173
December 22, 1970
Photographs by Raymond Moore, exhibition; comments by curator of Photography Marie Czach 154
December 28, 1970
Georgia O’Keeffe Retrospective, organized by Whitney Museum of American Art, catalogue by Director of Whitney Museum Lloyd Goodrich and guest curator Doris Bry; Ms. O’Keefe honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (1967, SAIC) and AIC benefactor; biography note on the artist, comments by curator of 20th Century Art Anne d’Harnoncourt 157-160
December 31, 1970
AIC Discretionary Admission Plan, new regulations effective January 4, 1971, announcement by AIC Director Charles C. Cunningham; admission fees for various categories of visitors 152-153,161-162, 172-173
