Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 08-056
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Curatorial Office
Exhibition Records, 1988-2006
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records which document the research, development, fundraising, publicity, production, and execution of exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Staff represented include Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, SAAM; Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, Renwick Gallery; Louise Reeves, Exhibitions Coordinator, SAAM; Charles J. Robertson, Deputy Director, SAAM; and Joann Moser, Senior Curator, Graphic Arts, SAAM.
Exhibitions covered include Modern American Realism: Selection from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection; Glass! Glorious Glass!; Woodcuts by Hiratsuka; Abbott Thayer: The Nature of Art; Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life; Dominic Di Mare: A Retrospective; David Beck: L'Opera; Silver and Gold: Photographs of the Gold Rush; The American Art Forum: Selected Gifts; American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Visual Poetry: The Drawings of Joseph Stella; The Paintings of Charles Burchfield; Ansel Adams, A Legacy: Masterworks from the Friends of Photography Collection; Colonial Art from Puerto Rico: Selections from the Gift of Teodoro Vidal; Nam June Paik's Megatron/Matrix; Time Out! Sports in Art; Gilded Age - Watercolors and Pastels; American Photographs: The First Century from the Isaacs Collection in the National Museum of American Art; Elihu Vedder's Drawings from the Rubaiyat; Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden 1940-1987; The Furniture of Sam Maloof; USA Clay; Star Spangled Presidents: Portraits by Liza Lou; Spirits of the Cloth: Contemporary Quilts by African American Artists; Amish Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown; The Art of John Cederquist: Reality of Illusion; Birthday Tribute to Jacob Kainen and Selections from the Washington Color School; Edward Hopper: The Watercolors; The Renwick Invitational: Five Women in Craft; The Renwick Invitational: Four Discoveries in Craft; Homecoming: William H. Johnson and Afro-America, 1938-1946; Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory; and The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920.
These records also cover a period of time when this office was known as the National Museum of American Art, Curatorial Office; as well as the National Museum of American Art, Curatorial Department. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, checklists, grant proposals, loan agreements, press kits, brochures, pamphlets, floor plans, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 01/08/2007 memorandum, Toda to Earle; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Abbott Thayer: The Nature of Art (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Traveling exhibition) (1999-2002)
- American Photographs: The First Century from the Isaacs Collection in the National Museum of American Art (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)from the Isaacs Collection in the National Museum of American Art
- Amish Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown (Exhibitions) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Ansel Adams, A Legacy: Masterworks from the Friends of Photography Collection (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Birthday Tribute to Jacob Kainen and Selections from the Washington Color School (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Colonial Art from Puerto Rico: Selections from the Gift of Teodoro Vidal (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- David Beck: L'Opera (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Dominic Di Mare: A Retrospective (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Edward Hopper: The Watercolors (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Elihu Vedder’s Drawings from the Rubaiyat (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Gilded Age Watercolors and Pastels from the Collection (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Glass! Glorious Glass! (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Homecoming: William H. Johnson and Afro-America, 1938-1946 (Exhibition) (1991-1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Mecklenburg, Virginia M. (Virginia McCord), 1946-
- Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden 1940-1987 (Exhibition) (1992-1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Modern American Realism: Selections from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C)
- Moser, Joann
- Nam June Paik’s Megatron/Matrix (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Curatorial Department
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Curatorial Office
- Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Reeves, Louise
- Renwick Gallery
- Robertson, Charles (Charles J.)
- Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Silver and Gold: Photographs of the Gold Rush (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Spirits of the Cloth: Contemporary Quilts by African American Artists (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Star Spangled Presidents: Portraits by Liza Lou (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- The American Art Forum: Selected Gifts (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- The Art of John Cederquist: Reality of Illusion (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- The Furniture of Sam Maloof (Exhibitions) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- The Paintings of Charles Burchfield (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- The Renwick Invitational: Five Women in Craft (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- The Renwick Invitational: Four Discoveries in Craft (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920 (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Time Out! Sports in Art (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Trapp, Kenneth R.
- USA Clay (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Visual Poetry: The Drawings of Joseph Stella (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Woodcuts by Hiratsuka (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-056, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Curatorial Office, Exhibition Records