Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 16-118
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Chinese Art
Curatorial Records, 1976, 1980-1983, 1991-2010
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the curatorial activities of Joseph Chang, Curator, c. 1997-2010. Topics include exhibition development, object research, collection management, and fundraising. Materials include correspondence, proposals, scripts, label texts, floor plans, object information, object photographs, and related materials. Some files pre-date Chang's tenure and were likely acquired from other staff.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2026; Transferring office; 9/10/2001 memorandum, Wright to Hennessey; 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
- Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (Exhibition) (2006: Washington, D.C.)
- Boating on a River (Exhibition) (2005: Washington, D.C.)
- Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Chang, Joseph
- Children at Play in Chinese Painting (Exhibition) (2009-2010: Washington, D.C.)
- Chinese Arts of the Brush (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Daoism in the Arts of China (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.)
- In the Mountains (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Perspectives: Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler: Reflections (Exhibition) (2004-2005: Washington, D.C.)
- Tales of the Brush Continued: Chinese Paintings with Literary Themes (Exhibition) (2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Tales of the Brush: Literary Masterpieces in Chinese Painting (Exhibition) (2007-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Three Friends of Winter: Pine, Bamboo, and Plum in Chinese Painting (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts (Exhibition) (2005-2006: Washington, D.C.)
- Writing, Carving, and Rubbing: China's Calligraphic Arts (Exhibition) (2009: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-118, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Chinese Art, Curatorial Records