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A Countess Collects, Part II Examples of Italian Renaissance embroidery and lace donated to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Countess Elizabeth Phelps Resse. Holiday Traditions in the Period Rooms Costumed docents lead tours through the period rooms, decorated for the holidays. On Sacred Terrain Photographs of the Holy Land by Stuart Klipper. Berenice Abbott: An American Photographer This exhibition will consist of approximately 40 photographs by Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991) drawn primarily from the Institute’s permanent collection. Abbott is acknowledged as a pre-eminent influence in American photography, who was active from the late 1920s through the 1960s. Most well known for her heroic yet affectionate photographs of New York City in the1930s, she was also widely recognized for her skillfully realized scientific photographs and for her portraits of notable artists and writers. Organized by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Michael Mazur: A Print Retrospective This retrospective exhibition highlights the graphic art produced by Michael Mazur between 1958 and 1998. It provides an overview of the themes Mazur has explored over the years and reveals the depth of his talent as a graphic artist. This exhibition was organized by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Degas & America: The Early Collectors June 17–September 9, 2001 Target Gallery (admission to be charged) This exhibition will examine the early response to Degas in America and will be the first to investigate this under-explored chapter in Degas’ critical fortunes. It will include about 75 works in all media that were either exhibited or acquired in America toward the end of the 19th century or in the early part of the 20th century. A catalogue will accompany the exhibition. Degas & America: The Early Collectors, is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in collaboration with The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Dayton’s Project Imagine and Dain Rauscher. Wood Turning In America from 1930 to the Present This exhibition is organized by the Wood Turning Center and Yale University Art Gallery and will feature approximately 125 objects of turned wood, including pieces from institutional and private collections. Because of the Industrial Revolution, the art of wood turning started to be revived in America in the 1930s through the impetus of James Prestini (represented in the Institute’s collection). Following WWII, interest in pure design and the influences of Scandinavia inspired the likes of Bob Stocksdale and Philip Moulthrop. Their successors have been pushing the limits of the medium ever since. The more experimental and challenging approach to wood turning between the 1960s and the 1990s will be the main focus of this exhibition. This exhibition is made possible by grants and support from: The Windgate Foundation, the Center for the Study of American Art and Material Culture at Yale, the Yale University Art Gallery, Robyn and John Horn, Ruth and David Waterbury, and The Warnick Family Foundation, Inc. Jack Lenor Larsen: The Company and the Cloth Using Jack Lenor Larsen fabrics, the exhibition looks at high-end textile manufacturing in the last half of the 20th century, emphasizing its international character and close association to contemporary western aesthetic preferences. The focus is creative design and production, bringing attention to a variety of issues affecting the end product, including the evolution of cottage production to high-tech manufacturing, the availability of materials, tariff restrictions, trade wars and other issues. The Jack Lenor Larsen archive was formally given to the museum and the University of Minnesota in 1999.
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