Finnish Crafts, NCFA

ID: 94-6796

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1956

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 312, Box 37, Folder 9

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Summary

Entrance to the "Finnish Arts and Crafts" exhibit by the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the National Museum of American Art, in the lower level of the North Hall of the Natural History Building. Works of Tapio Wirkkala and Rut Bryk are exhibited. The exhibit was sponsored by His Excellency Johan Nykopp, the Ambassador of Finland, April 29-May 17,1956.

Subject

  • Wirkkala, Tapio
  • Bryk, Rut
  • National Collection of Fine Arts
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Folder 7 contains several additional photographs from this event.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 312, Box 37, Folder 9

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1956

Restrictions & Rights

Smithsonian Institution

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Art
  • Entrance halls
  • Art museums
  • North Hall
  • Exhibitions
  • Crafts
  • Galleries
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Arts and Industries Building--North Hall
  • Art--Exhibitions
  • Art objects
  • Finland

Place

Finland

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

94-6796

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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