Milestones of Modernism 1880-1940: Selections from the Norwest Collection

July 9 - September 12, 1999
Dayton Hudson Gallery

Admission: Adults $5, students and seniors $3.75
Members and children 12 and under free

The Norwest Collection of Modernist Design is the single largest corporate donation of works of art ever given to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. With an estimated book value in the millions, the collection includes 475 outstanding examples of the Modernism period from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With the addition of the Norwest Collection to its already significant holdings, the Institute’s Modernist design collection ranks among the top 10 in the nation.

Norwest is among the Institute’s largest corporate benefactors, providing support for museum programs, exhibitions and capital campaigns. The new organization, created by a merger of Norwest Corporation with Wells Fargo, plans to maintain its support of the Institute. Early in the year 2000 the Institute will dedicate a new Wells Fargo Gallery of Modernist Design on the museum’s Third Floor, which will showcase many of the works not seen in the summer exhibition.

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