Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 20-047
Renwick Gallery
Exhibition Records, 1970-2012
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document planning, development and production activities for exhibitions at the Renwick Gallery, as well as reinstallation of permanent collections and the rotation of existing exhibitions. Some records also pertain to Thomas Moran paintings in the Grand Salon that were used in exhibition planning for the Department of the Interior's 150th anniversary in 1999. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; meeting agendas; production plans; scripts; object lists; loan information; agreements; reports; press releases; exhibition catalogs; newspapers; brochures; floor and design plans; special events information; drawings; photographs, slides, and negatives; and supporting documentation.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years. until Jan-01-2028; Transferring office; 7/12/2010 memorandum, Toda to Robinson; 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
- 200 Years of Royal Copenhagen Porcelain (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)
- A Modern Consciousness: D. J. DePree and Florence Knoll (Exhibition) (1975: Washington D.C.)
- American Architecture: Photos by Frank Roos (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- American Art Deco (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)
- American Coverlets (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- American Glass Now (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- Americas: The Decorative Arts in Latin America in the Era of the Revolution (Exhibition) (1976-1977: Washington, D.C.)
- Boxes and Bowls: Decorated Containers by Nineteenth Century Haida, Tlinget, Bella Bella, and Tsimshian Indian Artists (Exhibition) (1973-1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Brazilian Baroque: Decorative and Religious Objects of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Exhibition) (1972-1973: Washington, D.C.)
- Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual (Exhibition) (1982-1983: Washington, D.C.)
- Clay for Walls: Surface Reliefs by American Artists (Exhibition) (1983-1984: Washington, D.C.)
- Contemporary Nigerian Art: Craftsmen from Oshogbo (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Contemporary Paintings from India (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- Contemporary Textile Art from Austria (Exhibition) (1974-1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Craft Multiples (Exhibition) (1975-1976: Washington D.C.)
- Design Is... (Exhibition) (1973-1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Figure and Fantasy (Exhibition) (1974-1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Form and Fire: Natzler Ceramics, 1939-1972 (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- Georg Jensen, Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 75 Years (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)
- Jack Lenor Larsen Retrospective (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Man Made Mobile: The Western Saddle (Exhibition) (1974-1976: Washington, D.C.)
- Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926
- Murals in the Round: Painted Tipis of the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache Indians (Exhibition) (1977-1978: Washington, D.C.)
- Objects for Preparing Food (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- Paintings from Pakistan (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Pueblo Pottery: Zuni and Acoma Designs from the Smithsonian Collections (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Renwick Gallery. Grand Salon
- Santos: Popular Forms of Faith in Latin America (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Scandinavian Modern: 1880-1980 (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- Selections from the Index of American Design (Exhibition) (1972-1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collections Commemorating the Bicentenary of the American Shakers (Exhibition) (1973-1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Signs of Life: Symbols in the American City (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)
- The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1876-1916 (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- The Avant-Garde in Theatre and Art: French Playbills of the 1890s (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- The Designs of Raymond Loewy (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)
- The Four Continents (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- The Glass of Frederick Carder (Exhibition) (1972-1974: Washington, D.C.)
- The Goldsmith: Jewelry and Other Objects by Contemporary Artist-Craftsmen of North America (Exhibition) (1974: Washington, D.C.)
- The Harmonious Craft: American Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (1978-1979: Washington, D.C.)
- The Sculpture of Franz Barwig (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- The Swedish Touch (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- The Woven and Graphic Art of Anni Albers (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)
- United States. Department of the Interior
- Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 20-047, Renwick Gallery, Exhibition Records