Publications, 2014, 2019

Summary

This accession consists of two publications. The first is the "Face Value: Portraiture in the Age of Abstraction," which was the exhibit catalog for the exhibit of the same name. Written by Brandon Brame Fortune, Wendy Wick Reaves, David C. Ward, Patricia Quealy, and John Asbery, the publication is a reassessment of the reinvention of portraiture in America between 1945 and 1975, the period when the abstract expressionists reached international prominence. The second publication is "Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery," is the exhibit catalog for the exhibit of the same name. It was edited by Rhys Conlon and Sarah McGavran and features entries on key self-portraits in the museum's collection. The entries explore how American artists have portrayed themselves since 1900. Materials include publications.

Subject

• Fortune, Brandon Brame
• Reaves, Wendy Wick 1950-
• Ward, David C. 1952-
• Quealy, Patricia
• Conlon, Rhys
• McGavran, Sarah

Notes

• Electronic List in accession file.
• Folder List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 2014
• 2014-2019
• 2014, 2019

Topic

• Art
• Exhibition catalogs
• Self-portraits
• Museums
• Portraits, American
• Museum publications
• Art, Abstract
• Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

• Books
• Collection descriptions

Local number

SIA Acc. 22-128

Physical description

0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

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