Past Exhibitions

The Glass of Frederick Carder

See a retrospective exhibition of glass craftmanship by Steuben Glass Works' founder.

January 28, 1972 – May 12, 1974

Anacostia Community Museum

Barnett-Aden Collection: 100 Years of Multi-Ethnic Art

See about 100 paintings and sculptures on loan from this important collection.

January 20, 1974 – May 6, 1974

Art of the Pacific Northwest: From the 1930s to the Present

See some 80 paintings, 20 sculptures, and 20 drawings with about 45 artists represented, including Mark Tobey, Morris Groves, C.S. Price, and Kenneth Callahan.

February 8, 1974 – May 5, 1974

Herman A. Webster: Etchings, Drawings and Watercolors

See some 70 works by the American Expatriate artist Herman Webster (1878-1970) that reveal his interest and skill in lovingly portraying a romantic Europe.

February 15, 1974 – April 21, 1974

Santos: Popular Forms of Faith in Latin America

See some 50 folk representations of religious personages from New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil, ranging in date from the late 18th century to the present.

March 16, 1974 – April 15, 1974

Portrait of Senator Hubert Humphrey

View a portrait of Senator Hubert Humphrey by Iowa artist Robert Templeton, presented to the Portrait Gallery last month.

March 1, 1974 – April 15, 1974

Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collections Commemorating the Bicentenary of the American Shakers*

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Shakers in the U.S. as well as the 50th anniversary of Shaker connoisseurship by teacher and historian Dr. Edward Deming Andrews and his wife Faith.

November 2, 1973 – April 7, 1974

American Self-Portraits

View about 100 works illustrating 300 years of changing taste and fashion in portraiture, in this International Traveling Exhibition Foundation show.

February 1, 1974 – March 15, 1974

Paintings from Pakistan

See a selection of some 30 paintings made by a panel of artists and art critics invited by the Pakistan Ministry of Information to choose significant and interesting works of contemporary Pakistani artists.

January 17, 1974 – March 3, 1974

Steinberg at the Smithsonian; The Metamorphoses of an Emblem

Follow 36 drawings on Smithsonian stationary that illustrate how Saul Steinberg, artist-in-residence at the Institution in 1967, wittily contained, adapted, re-read, and reworked the Smithsonian symbol at the top of the pages of official stationery.

December 21, 1973 – February 24, 1974

Modern American Woodcuts

Take in a survey of 20th century American woodcuts, many from the NCFA collection, others from the Library of Congress. Artists include Milton Avery, Carol Summers, Max Weber, and Leonard Baskin.

November 30, 1973 – February 10, 1974

Marguerite Zorach: The Early Years 1908-1920

View 40 paintings, drawings and prints centering around a group of 1912 California canvases not exhibited in 60 years. The exhibit is intended as a re-evaluation of Mrs. Zorach's status as an artist.

December 7, 1973 – February 3, 1974

Portrait of Pearl Buck

See a 1968 oil portrait of the author Pearl S. Buck, added to the permanent collection at a presentation ceremony January 21, 1974.

January 21, 1974 – February 3, 1974

James Renwick in Washington

See photos and architectural renderings that detail the architect's buildings in Washington.

January 28, 1972 – January 31, 1974

Tribal Costumes of Southern Africa: Watercolor Portraits by Verda V. Peters and Olemara Peters

View over 400 watercolors documenting the colorful originality of the clothing of the peoples of Southern Africa.

November 2, 1973 – January 13, 1974

Natural History Museum

Robert Loftin Newman (1827-1912)

See some 80 printings and 25 drawings on loan from 42 private and public collections. Considered a wonderful colorist, many of his works are on variations of the Mother and Child theme, religious and secular.

October 26, 1973 – January 6, 1974

Asian Art Museum, West Building

Turkish Art from the Ottoman Period

See about 25 objects commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.

August 1, 1973 – December 31, 1973

Synthetic (Man-Made) Crystals

Visit a spectacularly colorful exhibit explaining the role of these newly developed materials, the technology that produces them and their relationship to natural materials.

May 11, 1973 – December 31, 1973

Natural History Museum

The Black Presence in the Era of the Revolution, 1770-1800

View portraits, prints, broadsides, petitions, poems, letters and related objects—about 150 in all—assembled from public and private collections around the country that show the participation of black men and women in the Revolutionary War and the early years of the Republic.

July 4, 1973 – December 25, 1973

Anacostia Community Museum

Africa: Three Out of Many: Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria

See art objects and other artifacts relating to religion and everyday life in these countries.

September 15, 1973 – December 22, 1973

American Glass Now

View a nationwide invitational selection of 100 contemporary glass sculptures from more than 60 top glass craftsmen.

October 12, 1973 – December 3, 1973

The Spanish Connection: Prints from NCFA Workshops in Madrid and Barcelona

See 50 color and black and white creations, the fruits of a print making workshop that traveled to Spain.

October 19, 1973 – December 2, 1973

23rd National Exhibit of Prints

Among the artists exhibiting their prints are Sam Gilliam, Wayne Thiebaud, Gabor Peterdi, and Clayton Pond.

September 21, 1973 – November 25, 1973