Past Exhibitions

Raphael Soyer: Drawings and Watercolors

New York City life and people from the 1920s to the present are the subject of 58 figure studies and portraits by Soyer, now 77 years old.

September 30, 1977 – November 27, 1977

Andy Warhol by Jamie Wyeth

See a recent gift to the Gallery, a gouache painting of Andy Warhol by Jamie Wyeth.

July 1, 1977 – November 20, 1977

Portrait Gallery

Paint on Wood: Decorated American Furniture Since the 17th Century

Visit about 55 wooden objects--chairs, tables, chests, trunks, cornices, frames, china closets, benches, flour bins, boxes, desks--that rely on paint for their principal decorative effect.

March 18, 1977 – November 6, 1977

Iron, Solid Wrought/USA

Follow the blacksmith as an artist and craftsman from 1776 to 1976 through about 100 objects, including a butcher's block, toaster, spinning wheel, fireplace screen, weathervane, miner's candlestick, bicycle and Conestoga wagon jack.

June 10, 1977 – October 24, 1977

Wrought Iron: Rendering from the Index of American Design

See 16 watercolors of utilitarian wrought iron objects from the Index of American Design. The Index, a 1930s Federal project, is a collection of realistically executed drawings and watercolors of crafts and folk arts.

July 14, 1977 – October 24, 1977

Recent Works in Metal by Albert Paley

View gold and silver jewelry and 10 iron objects created in the past two years by Paley, considered to be one of this country's leading metalsmiths.

June 10, 1977 – October 24, 1977

Living Things: Excerpts from a Sketchbook Diary

View 39 framed works, each containing several drawings, selected from artist Olemara Peters' sketchbook diary of travels in Europe, Africa, and the U.S.

September 21, 1977 – October 10, 1977

Natural History Museum

Homage to Josef Albers: Selections from the MHSG Collection

Visit a selection of 19 works by the influential artist/teacher, including 2 major paintings of 1973, on public view for the first time.

August 1, 1977 – October 9, 1977

The Arthur B. Carles Collection of the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

See the HMSG's collection of 14 paintings by Carles (1882-1952), a pioneering American modernist who developed a style of vibrant color from the traditional subjects of figure, still-life, and landscape.

August 18, 1977 – October 9, 1977

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Palladio

See 16 large wooden models, constructed in Italy, of villas and churches designed by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580).

June 7, 1977 – October 5, 1977

Summer Sculpture '77: Jules Olitski

Visit HMSG's first outdoor loan exhibition of contemporary sculpture, consisting of 6 large works employing curved or corrugated sheets of oiled steel in horizontal or vertical layers, extending as much as 10 feet in height or width.

July 20, 1977 – October 4, 1977

Roots and Visions (Raices y Visiones)

See 48 paintings, prints and sculptures that are works of artists of American hispanic communities--Chicano, Puerto Rican, Latino and Hispano--and concentrate on themes from the artists' Latin American backgrounds.

July 9, 1977 – October 2, 1977

Asian Art Museum, West Building

A Connoisseur's Vision: Selections from Charles Lang Freer's American Art Collection

Enjoy Freer's distinctive taste as show in his choice of paintings, watercolors, pastels and etchings by turn-of-the-century artists.

November 10, 1976 – September 30, 1977

25th National Exhibition of Prints

Visit a mixture of realistic and abstract prints, including etchings, serigraphs, lithographs, intaglios, mezzotints and collographs.

May 27, 1977 – September 18, 1977

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Palaces for the People

Capture the qualities of flamboyance, fantastic spaces and extraordinary use of materials used in American resort and motel architecture through photographs, drawings, postcards, slides and models.

July 12, 1977 – September 18, 1977

Condemned Rivers of the Mother Lode

View 40 color photography of 3 Central California rivers threatened by dams and other planned projects.

July 23, 1977 – September 18, 1977

Natural History Museum

Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era

See more than 270 works by 199 artists that demonstrate the complex variety, scope and stature of art created in California from 1900 to 1976.

May 20, 1977 – September 11, 1977

Civil War Artists

Witness 30 illustrations of battle areas, camp sites and forts by Conrad Wise Chapman and Winslow Homer.

June 13, 1977 – September 5, 1977

Portrait Gallery

22 Polish Textile Artists

See 30 works illustrating textile trends in Poland between 1960 and 1976.

June 24, 1977 – September 5, 1977

The Photography of Leland Rice

See the first exhibit of exclusively photographic works at HMSG, consisting of 35 photographs, in black and white and color.

June 16, 1977 – September 5, 1977

The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

HMSG's Eakins collection is one of the largest in the U.S.; several works are on display for the first time. View 135 items, including the museum's 52 Eakins paintings, letters, scrapbooks, studio memorabilia, and studies for many major works, in photography, sculpture, and oil.

May 24, 1977 – September 5, 1977