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SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS - JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1994

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Information provided below is subject to change. To confirm scheduling and dates, call the Communications Department (212) 570-3951. For Upcoming Exhibitions, see page 3; Continuing Exhibitions, page 8; New and Upcoming Permanent Installations, page 10; Traveling Exhibitions, page 12; Visitor Information, pages 13, 14.

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: On April 13, the Metropolitan will open for the first time sixteen permanent galleries embracing the arts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia. The new and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia will include some 1300 works, most of which have not been publicly displayed at the Museum before.

Dates of several special exhibitions have been extended, including Church's Great Picture: The Heart of the Andes (through January 30); A Decade of Collecting: Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1984- 1993 (through January 30); and Tang Family Gifts of Chinese (indefinite close).

Museum visitors may now for the first time enter the vestibule or pronaos of the Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing, and peer into the antechamber and sanctuary further within this Nubian temple, which is one of the most popular attractions at the Metropolitan. Three steps have been installed on the south side to facilitate closer study of the monument and its wall reliefs; a ramp has been added on the eastern end for wheelchair access. (Press Viewing: Wednesday, January 19, 10:00 a.m.-noon). For further information contact Jill Schoenbach.

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Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections January 11 through March 27 Sixteenth-century Italian drawings that entered New York collections over the past 30 years, including little-known works by , , and Titian, and major works by Raphael's principal Roman followers such as Giulio Romano, Perini del Vaga, Polidoro da Caravaggjo, Giovanni Francesco Penni, and Giovanni da Udine. The important 16th-century schools are represented, with works by the Florentine draftsmen Fra Bartolommeo, Andrea del Sarto, Bronzino, and Vasari; exceptional Sienese sketches by , Baldassare Peruzzi, Sodoma, , and ; drawings by the Venetians Jacobo Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese; works by Emilian artists including Correggio, , and Bertoia; and others by members of the schools of Lombardy and Genoa. One hundred thirty works are included. The exhibition is made possible by the Italian Trade Commission (I.C.E.) and the Italian Footwear

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Manufacturers Association (A.N.C.I.) Additional support has been provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

Degas Landscapes January 21 through April 3 Unfamiliar landscapes by one of the most famous figures of . Included are 75 , pastels, monotypes, and drawings by Degas (1834-1917), many inspired by his journey through Burgundy in 1890. Landscape in the artist's work has never before received serious scholarly study although it was the focus of the only solo exhibition that Degas ever mounted of his own art A checklist of the exhibition will be included in Richard Kendall's new book on this material. The exhibition has been organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Press Preview: Wednesday, January 19, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s February 1 through May 1 An exhibition including 35-40 illustrated pages from Persian manuscripts in the Museum's collection and three pages borrowed from other institutions. Explored is miniature painting in Persia in the 1330s and 1340s, with special attention devoted to a manuscript containing the first examples of illustrated poetry. The exhibition is made possible by The Hagop Kevorkian Fund.

The Hero Twins in Ancient Mava Myth: Rollout Photographs by Justin Kerr February 4 through September 2 Thirty to 35 photographs reproducing imagery of the Maya hero twins found in depictions on ceramic vessels that date from the 4th to the 8th century. The exhibition is on view in the Photograph Study Collection, Michael C. Rockefeller Wing mezzanine. The exhibition is made possible by the Friends of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Admittance pass available at Great Hall information desk, weekdays only (10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

The Golden Age of Danish Painting February 13 through April 24 The first exhibition in the devoted to Denmark's "Golden Age," a period of great artistic productivity that spanned the years from 1780 to 1850. Paintings by 16 artists are displayed, most of which have not been seen in the United States. This exhibition of landscapes, marine views, cityscapes, portraits, and genre scenes includes works by 17 artists, including Jens Juel, Constantine Hansen, Christian Rorbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye. Emphasis is placed on works by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and his famous pupil. Christian Kobke. Some 125 works are on view. This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was made possible in part through grants generously provided by the Danish Ministry of Culture, the National Endowment for the Arts, Danfoss Inc., The Augustinus Foundation, Fris Vodka Skandia, The American Scandinavian Foundation, New York, The Scandinavian American Arts Foundation of Los Angeles, and Maersk, Inc. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. Press Preview: Thursday, February 10, 10:00 a.m.-noon

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Caspar David Friedrich to Ferdinand Hodlen Nineteenth-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Oskar Reinhart Foundation. Winterthur February 13 through April 24 German and Swiss paintings and works on paper, many revealing strong currents of . The exhibition features works not seen outside Switzerland in more than 40 years, including images of mythological fantasy by Arnold Bocklin, landscapes by Ferdinand Hodler, and Italian scenes by Carl Blechen. About 100 works are included. The exhibition is made possible in part by the Union Bank of Switzerland, Winterthur-Assurances, and Swissair. Additional support has been provided by The Real Estate Council of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It has been organized with the cooperation of the Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur, Switzerland. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. Press Preview: Thursday, February 10, 10:00 a.m.-noon

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The Decorative Arts of Frank Llovd Wright in The Metropolitan Museum of Art March 1 through September 4, 1994 A unique presentation of Frank Doyd Wright's vision as expressed in the decorative arts, including about 35 works of furniture, ceramics, textiles, , architectural fragments, and drawings from the Metropolitan's collection. The installation reveals Wright's design imperative to orchestrate all aspects of his architecture, from exterior structure to minute interior details. These works can be seen in context with an actual living room created in 1912-14 as part of Wright's designs for the home of Francis W. Little, in Wayzata, Minnesota; the room is now a permanent installation in the Museum's American Wing, illustrating both Wright's Prairie Style and his Arts and Crafts design. The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum contains one of the largest and finest collections of decorative arts by Wright (1867-1959), representing virtually the full span of his design career, from 1890 through the 1950s.

Waist Not March 30 through August 21, 1994 An exploration of the subjective, variable waistline in the history of fashion. Accompanied by a publication. Press Preview: Tuesday, March 29, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Petrus Christus: Master of Bruges April 14 through July 31, 1994 The first exhibition devoted to the works of Netherlandish master Petrus Christus (act. by 1444-d. 1475), a disciple of Jan van Eyck and the earliest Northern artist to understand and employ the principles of one-point perspective. It will contain about two-thirds of the artist's known works, including some 22 paintings which are distinguished by jewel-like luminosity, and six drawings and an illuminated manuscript. Featuring mans important loans, this is the first major exhibition in America of Flemish Renaissance works in 30 years. The exhibition is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. Press Preview: Monday, April 11, 10:00 a.m.-noon

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Sidney Nolan: The Ned Kellv Paintings April 19 through July 17, 1994 The first exhibition in the United States of a series of narrative paintings that chronicles the adventures of Ned Kelly and his gang of 19th-century outlaws. Twenty-seven paintings from 1946 and 1947 by Australia's most internationally recognized artist are included. The exhibition is made possible in part by Visy Board. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. Press Preview: Friday, April 18, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Divine Protection: Batak Art of North Sumatra April 22 through December 31, 1994 Themes of power, protection, and prestige explored through 70 works made by the Batak of North Sumatra in Indonesia. About 70 works, including guardian figures, priests' staffs and potion containers, puppets, dance masks, and ritual textiles, will be on view. Accompanied by a catalogue of the Museum's collection, from which the works are chiefly drawn.

Modern Furniture May 3 through October 9, 1994 Furniture dating from throughout the 20th century and drawn from the Museum collection. It will include an important Carlo Bugatti settee (1902) and several new acquisitions. About 45 works will be on view.

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden May 1 through October 30 For the eighth year, large from the Museum's collection will be installed on the spacious, open-air roof garden, which offers a spectacular view of Central Park and the New York City skyline. Beverage service is offered, weather permitting, from 10:00 a.m. until closing.

American and : The Painting of Modern Life. 1885-1915 May 10 through July 24, 1994 An exhibition exploring continuities and contrasts between two tum-of-the-century movements in American art that are usually viewed as merely opposed. About 80 paintings will exemplify the artists' responses ;o three key themes: the country, the city, and the home. Beginning in the 1870s, a generation of painters who would become American Impressionists was exposed to the French Impressionists' engagement with the contemporary local scene and their rapid and direct technique. Some Americans, such as Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent, worked as Impressionists in Europe. Others, including Theodore Robinson, William Merritt Chase, and Childe Hassam, returned home to confront a nation being transformed from an agrarian to an industrialized, urban society. They responded with paintings that were often euphemistic, nationalistic, optimistic, and nostalgic. After 1900, younger artists espoused a more programmatic realism in the manner of Degas and Manet. While Robert Henri, John Sloan, William Glackens, and George Bellows, and others whom we call realists, challenged their predecessors, their paintings reveal echoes of American Impressionism as well as differences in subject, style, and approach. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. The exhibition is made possible by Alamo Rent A Car, Inc. This exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. Press Preview: Monday, May 2, 10:00 a.m.-noon

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American Impressionism and Realism: Drawings. Prints, and Photographs May 3 through July 24, 1994 An exhibition that explores themes of the country, the city, and the home in drawings, watercolors, pastels, prints, and photographs, all drawn from the Museum's collection. The exhibition is made possible by Alamo Rent A Car, Inc. Press Preview: Monday, May 2, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Small Silk Rugs of Kashan June 1 through November 6, 1994 A small exhibition including the Museum's four exquisite 16th century Persian silk rugs from a group traditionally attributed to the city of Kashan. There are just 15 such rugs known, and only the Metropolitan owns more than one. The rugs, one featuring animak in combat, the others with various medallion designs, have never been shown together before. Accompanied by an illustrated booklet.

Picasso and the Weeping Women: The Years of Marie-Therese Walter and Dora Maar. 1931-1943 June 12 through September 4, 1994 A selection of Picasso's portraits of the 1930s and early 1940s depicting Marie-Therese Walter (1909-77) and Dora Maar (born 1909, lives in ). Included will be paintings and works on paper drawn from public and private collections. Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. Press Preview: Thursday, June 9, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Pali: The Early Years June 28 through September 20, 1994 An exhibition examining the early work of the most celebrated Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989). It will explore the artist's influential, precocious work from the period of his student days in Madrid through the moment when he officially joined the Surrealist movement. The selection of some 50 paintings and 50 drawings will reveal the extraordinary diversity and accomplishments of Dali's painting through the 1920s. It will culminate with a small group of works from 1929-30, the period of the artist's most intense activity. Organized by the Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre, London. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

Eighteenth-Century Venetian Vedute August through October 1994 An exhibition highlighting the Museum's rich holdings of paintings, prints, and drawings by the Venetian view painters, or vedutisti, who flourished in the 18th century. Included are works by Canaletto, Carlevaris, Cimaroli, Francesco and Giacomo Guardi, Bellotto, Marco Ricci, and Marieshi. The exhibition coincides with an issue of the Museum Bulletin.

Mme. Gres September 7 through November 27, 1994 A critical study of a great fashion designer (bom ca. 1905).

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The Origins of Impressionism: Monet and Landscape Painting in the 1860s September 27, 1994 through January 8, 1995 An exhibition of paintings by avant-garde artists who worked in Paris during the 1860s, demonstrating how Manet and Monet were inspired to forge a modern painting style after absorbing the works of Courbet, Ingres, and Delacroix. About 150 works in all genres will be displayed, from history painting to still life and culminating in daring works produced by Renoir and Monet at La Grenouillere in the summer of 1869. The exhibition is made possible by Philip Morris Companies Inc. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

The Photographs of Edouard-Denis Baldus October 4 through December 31, 1994 A major exhibition of photographs devoted to Baldus. (1813-ca. 1890), who, more than any other photographer, defined modem landscape and architectural photography. His pioneering survey of historic monuments in , his proto-impressionist landscapes (including dramatic pictures of the 1856 floods), and his modem depictions of the railroad articulate central issues of mid-19th- century French life. Many of the large-format, richly printed photographs of the 1850s included in this first major exhibition of the work of Baldus have never before been shown. Jointly organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Reunion des musees nationaux, Paris, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. In New York, the exhibition is made possible by Springs Industries. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

Willem de Kooning October 11, 1994 through January 8, 1995 The first major exhibition devoted exclusively to the artist's finest paintings from the 1930s through the mid-1980s. Seventy-five works will showcase the highest and most original achievements from all phases of the artist's unparalleled five-decade-long career. Organized by the , Washington, D.C. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. The exhibition is made possible by J. P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated.

Martin Johnson Heade Fall 1994 A selection of landscapes by the great American Luminist, examined in light of contemporary social developments, especially the Civil War. Organized by the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth.

Lucie Rie and Hans Coper November 15, 1994 through May 21, 1995 Ceramics by Dame Lucie Rie, who fled before World War I from Vienna to England, where she still lives, and ceramics by one of her pupils, Hans Coper. The installation of some 80 works by these artists, who are more widely known in Europe than in the United States, will include some of their finest examples.

The Gothic Illuminators of Florence November 22, 1994 through February 26, 1995 Some 100 panel paintings and manuscript illuminations by the masters of Gothic style in Florence, from the followers of Giotto to Lorenzo Monaco and Fra Angelico on the eve of the Renaissance (ca. 1325-1425). Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

(MORE) SCHEDULE PAGE 7 Thomas Eakins at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Late November 1994 through January 1995 In recognition of the sesquicentennial of the artist's birth, this exhibition will provide a survey of every aspect of Eakins's career, including major paintings, works on paper, and photographs drawn from the Museum's collection.

Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical Period December 15, 1994 through March 1995 A thorough and comprehensive selection of Classical Greek gold of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., assembled from the collections of the British Museum, the Hermitage, and the Metropolitan Museum. The exhibition includes some of the most revealing masterpieces of Classical gold to have survived.

Orientalism December 8 through March 19, 1995 An examination of Western fashion's uses of Eastern dress from the 18th century to the present.

French Renaissance Prints from the Bibliotheque Nationale. Paris January 10 through March 19, 1995 One hundred thirty-five woodcuts, engravings, and etchings from the early 16th to early 17th century, selected from the vast and comprehensive French national collection. Highlights include works by Jean Duvet (1485- after 1561); Jean Cousin (1490-1560); Pierre Millan (active about 1538-1560); Ren6 Boyvin (ca. 1525- after 1598); Etienne Delaune (ca. 1518-1583) and (active 1602-1617). Included too will be works of the School of Fontainebleau and numerous anonymous woodcuts. Organized by the Grunwald Center, UCLA, and accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

I Tell Mv Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin January 31 through April 30, 1995 A selection of paintings by Horace Pippin (1886-1946), one of the country's best-known self-taught painters. The Museum's exhibition will be selected from the larger traveling exhibition. Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, , and accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. The exhibition and its national tour is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc.

R. B. Kitai February 15 through May 14, 1995 Some 100 works by the American artist who has lived and worked in England for more than three decades. Themes of his work refer to his years as a merchant seaman, to such writers as Kafka, Eliot, Pound, and Joyce, to the history of film and the discovery of the artist's Jewish heritage. Organized by the Tate Gallery and accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

- - - CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS- - - Church's Great Picture. The Heart of the Andes Through January 30, 1994 An exhibition illuminating the formulation and original exhibition of the most renowned work of Frederic E. Church (1826-1900), who dominated the second generation of the painters. The centerpiece of the Museum's 19th-century American landscape paintings, 77ie Heart

(MORE) SCHEDULE PAGE 8 of the Andes is complemented by related works and ephemera from the time of its first showing in 1859. The painting is one of the artist's most ambitious, complex, fascinating, and significant works. The exhibition is made possible by Scudder, Stevens, and Clark, Inc. and the J. M. Kaplan Fund. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

A Decade of Collecting; Friends of Asian Art Gifts. 1984-1993 Through January 30, 1994 Some 50 important works from China, Japan, Korea, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia that have been acquired by the Museum with funds contributed by the Friends of Asian Art. The exhibition includes jade and gold objects, bronze, stone, and wood sculptures, ceramics, textiles, and paintings, ranging in date from ca. 2200 B.C. to the 18th century. The exhibition is made possible by The Dillon Fund. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

Lucian Freud: Recent Work Through March 13, 1994 An exhibition of some 80 paintings, drawings, and etchings celebrating the recent achievement (since 1980) of this master 20th-century figurativepainter . Lucian Freud (British, bom 1922), who is perhaps the greatest living figurative painter, renders the human form-particularly portraits and figure studies - with meticulous craftsmanship and objective truthfulness. Organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. In New York, an indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style Through March 20, 1994 An exhibition celebrating one of the 20th-cenrury's great tastemakers, addressing qualities of style advanced and originated by Mrs. Vreeland (1903-1989). It assesses her contributions as an editor at Harper's Bazaar (1936-62) and Vogue (1962-71), and as special consultant to The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1972-89). The exhibition is accompanied by a book.

Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Art Through March 27, 1994 An exhibition focusing on the world's largest land animal, as seen in art originating from West, Central, and East Africa and produced between the 9th and 20th century. Included are masks, sculptures, body ornaments, regalia, musical instruments, and other objects that depict the elephant or are made from ivory tusks. The elephant is revealed as a metaphor of power, royalty, morality, and social responsibility among African peoples. More than 70 works are on view. The exhibition in New York is made possible by the Friends of the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Sheldon H. Solow Foundation; and the Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation. The exhibition was organized by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles. Additional support has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Gold of Meroe Through April 3, 1994 The treasure hoard of Nubian Queen Amanishakheto of Meroe, who ruled in the ancient kingdom

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(second half of the first century B.C.) that flourished on the Upper Nile, in the area now known as Sudan. Bracelets, head ornaments, and rings are on view. In 1834, an Italian physician discovered this treasure hidden in a chamber at the top of the queen's pyramid, located some 125 miles north of Khartoum. The treasure subsequently was sold to collections in and Berlin. In 1990, following the reunification of Germany, the treasure was reunified and exhibited in Berlin. This first exhibition of the treasure outside Germany includes the complete jewelry, some 200 pieces. The exhibition is made possible by the Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation. Accompanied by a 50-page, illustrated booklet.

Modern Metalwork in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Through April 3, 1994 A wide range of objects dating from 1900 to the present, demonstrating diverse approaches to metalwork by designers and craftsmen. Massive pieces of furniture in steel and bronze and exquisitely worked gold and silver jewelry are included. Individual approaches are explored in the jewelry of Rene Lalique, English Arts-and-Crafts silver by Archibald Knox and Charles Ashbee, Ron Arad's 1989 massive welded-steel lounge chair, and Ettore Sottsass's post- modem "The Structures Tremble" table made of twisted and painted steel tubing, plastic, and glass.

Immortals and Sages: Fusuma Paintings from Rvoan-li and the Lore of China in Japanese Art Through April 24, 1994 An exhibition celebrating the restoration and installation in the Museum's Arts of Japan galleries of four gilded, sliding panels dating from the early 17th century. Recently proven to have originated from Ryoan-ji, the famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, these panels had been missing for over 100 years. Works on related themes from the Museum's holdings of Kano school artists are exhibited along with the panels. Some 50 works of art are included. The exhibition is made possible by Sony Corporation of America. Conservation of the screens was made possible through a fund-raising campaign led by Yoriko Hanabusa, wife of Japan's former New York Consul General Masamichi Hanabusa, with the Nippon Club. Accompanied by an issue of the Museum Bulletin.

Around George Gershwin Through Spring 1994 The centerpiece of this installation is a large portrait of the American composer George Gershwin, painted a year before his death, by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros. The composer is seated at the piano in a vast muluuered theater and the first two rows of the orchestra are filled with close friends and members of his family, all of whom are identified in an accompanying label. An extended loan to the Metropolitan Museum, the Siqueiros work is accompanied by four paintings from the composer's collection.

Klee's Land. City, and Sea Scapes Through Spring 1994 One of an ongoing series of installations of works by Paul Klee, from the Museum's Berggruen Klee Collection.

Tang Family Gifts of Chinese Painting Indefinite close A choice group of 10 Chinese masterworks ranging in date from the early 11th to the 18th century. This selection of handscrolls, hanging scrolls, and albums, presented to the Museum by the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Family, features one of only three known works by the foremost figure

(MORE) SCHEDULE PAGE 10 painter of the 11th century, Li Kung-lin (ca. 1041-1106), and an important group of paintings by Yuan dynasty scholar-artists, including Wang Meng (ca. 1308-1385) and the Taoist prelate Teng Yfl (ca. 1300-after 1378). Among the works from the Ming period is a major landscape painting. Scholar Contemplating a Waterfall, by the professional painter Chung Li (active ca. 1480-1500). Paintings from the Ch'ing period include two gemlike albums by Kung Hsien (1619-1689) and Shih- t'ao (1642-1707) and a magnificent four-panel composition, Misty Bamboo on a Distant Mountain, by Cheng Hsieh (1693-1765), one of the so-called Eight Eccentrics of Yangchou.

Dieric Bouts Indefinite close A focused presentation of two versions of Virgin and Child, both painted by Netherlandish master Dieric Bouts (active 1457-1475). The Metropolitan Museum's version (oil on oak panel) is shown with a contemporary one that is on long-term loan from the M. H. de Young Museum, San Francisco. This display examines the tendency, particularly among artists of the Northern Renaissance, to produce copies of their works, frequently to supply the growing merchant class. The exhibition is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

- - - NEW AND UPCOMING PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS- - - Amarna Reliefs Opening January 19, 1994 Carved, painted, and inscribed limestone blocks that enlivened the temples, tombs, palaces, and halls of Amarna, ancient Egyptian residence of Akhenaten, the first monotheist pharaoh (reigned 1345-1335 B.C.). The blocks contain narrative scenes revealing the cultural life of the period when this ruler eliminated the entire Egyptian pantheon in favor of the worship of Aten, a solar deity represented here by a sun disk. Amarna, a capital city, was built on the east bank of the Nile between Thebes and Memphis. This installation on the south wall of the Museum's Dendur Gallery includes 108 blocks, comprising the largest collection of its kind outside Luxor. Press Viewing: Wednesday, January 19, 10:00 a.m.-noon

Greek Archaic Sculpture Gallery Reopening Opening February 10, 1994 The Museum's collection of Greek marble sculpture of the 6th century B.C. It includes the New York Kouros and some of the finest-known archaic grave monuments from Attica. A small selection of related black-figure vases will also be on display.

Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia Opening April 13, 1994 Some 1300 works of art from more than a dozen countries to be installed in the large suite of galleries created for the Museum's collections of the arts of South and Southeast Asia. The collection has grown considerably over the past 25 years and is now one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world. The installation will be on the second floor of the Museum, extending about two city blocks from the area of the Great Hall to the northern end of the building and comprising some 12,500 square feet. The galleries will be arranged in a geographical and chronological sequence. The first series of galleries will be devoted to the arts of South Asia, including early India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka. A large mezzanine space will house later Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan art. The last sequence of galleries will display the arts of Southeast Asia, including those of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Burma. A Cambodian Khmer-style courtyard will be featured in these later galleries.

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The Florence Gould Galleries for lSth-Centurv European Decorative Arts Opened December 1, 1993 Four new permanent galleries devoted to European furniture, tapestries, textiles, sculpture, silver, and porcelain from about 1700 to 1815. French, Italian, German, English, and other European works are presented in , , Neoclassic, and Empire stylistic groupings, revealing myriad interpretations and expressions. More than 250 works drawn from Museum holdings are on view, enabling viewers to compare and contrast works from similar movements produced in different countries. These new galleries now complete the installation of the Henry R. Kravis Wing-including the Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court, the C. Michael Paul Gallery and the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Galleries of 19th Century European Decorative Arts-all installed since 1990. The installation of these galleries is made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation.

The New Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries Opened September 21, 1993 A grand suite of galleries devoted to the Museum's collections of Neoclassical, Romantic, Impressionist, and Post-Impressionist masters, newly renovated, expanded, and reinstalled after two years of reorganization. These remodelled galleries, some of them skylit, comprise a suite of 21 distinct rooms-many devoted to individual artists-in a 19th-century Beaux Arts style, incorporating classical moldings, cornices, and door-surrounds, and adapted from the original designs made for the Metropolitan by architects McKim, Mead and White in the early years of this century. The renovation enables the Museum to exhibit more of its 19th-century holdings, including its large, representative collection of Impressionist masterpieces, unequalled outside the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.

Baseball Cards from the Jefferson K. Burdick Collection Rotations every few months An ongoing series of displays of baseball cards featuring baseball legends from the late 1880s through the 1950s, including Roy Campanella, Ty Cobb, Napoleon (Larry) Lajoie, Leroy (Satchell) Paige, and Jackie Robinson. Displays are drawn from the Museum's Jefferson R. Burdick Collection of American trade cards and ephemeral printing, the most comprehensive collection of its kind in the United States.

Blanche and A L. Levine Court Opened June 16, 1993 The newly named Blanche and A. L. Levine Court, a completely skylit space 31 feet high, 135-1/2 feet long and 36-1/2 feet wide, occupying the enlarged mezzanine of the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing for 20th-century art. It is designed to combine contemporary painting with sculpture in changing installations primarily chosen from the Museum's collection.

The Arts of Fire: Delia Robbia Wares and Maiolica and Glass Opened June 17, 1993 The most exceptional Italian maiolica and Venetian glass from the Museum's holdings, dating from the late 15th century to the close of the 16th century. Drawn from the largest collection of maiolica and glass in the United States and one of the finest in the world, the works include ewers, basins, bowls, dishes, and platters conceived as objects of display. They were produced in such major centers of activity as Florence, Faenza, , Gubbio, Castel Durante, Urbino, and Venice.

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The Jan Mitchell Treasury Opened May 1, 1993 A treasury for Precolumbian objects in gold, installed with 250 works originating from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Mexico. This renovated treasury contains the Mitchell gift of 70 works, integrated with selections from other Museum holdings, such as the Nelson Rockefeller and Alice Bache collections.

The Renaissance in France. 1480-1600 Opened April 30, 1993 An installation of the Museum's important holdings of French Renaissance arts, surveying the stylistic development of 16th-century decorative arts from the earliest Italianate examples of stone and wood carvings to refined masterpieces of the School of Fontainebleau. Highlights include boiseries from Chateau d'Assier, two tapestries with Ovidian subjects woven for Diane de Poitiers, and rare Saint-Porchaire pottery. Among the painted enamels, early and late, are 12 plaques representing episodes from the Aeneid. Nearly 140 works are displayed in the two galleries, located adjacent to the Wrightsman Galleries, just south of the Medieval Sculpture Hall.

Robert Wood Johnson. Jr. Gallery for the Display of Drawings. Prints and Photographs Opened January 13, 1993; rotations every few months Recently renovated gallery for the display of drawings, prints, and photographs, enabling the Museum to highlight year-round the strengths of its collections of works of art on paper. As many as 75 masterworks and new acquisitions are now exhibited by the curatorial departments on a three- to four-month rotating basis.

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Note: The following exhibitions originate at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with works of art from the Museum's collections selected and organized by Museum staff members and occasional guest curators. Please confirm opening and closing dates with the local exhibiting museums, as they may be subject to change.

Treasures from an African Kingdom: Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art One hundred cast brass, carved ivory, and wood sculptures originating in the kingdom of Benin (now southern Nigeria) and executed from the 14th through 19th century. They are drawn from the comprehensive collection donated to the Metropolitan Museum in 1991 by Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls. The exhibition is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and circulated by The American Federation of Arts.

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia January 25 through April 24, 1994 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio May 21 through August 7, 1994 Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado September 6 through November 28, 1994

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MUSEUM HOURS:

Fridays and Saturdays: 9:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays-Thursdays: 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Mondays: Closed THE CLOISTERS: Tuesdays-Sundays: 9:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Mondays: Closed Please note: Listed above are The Cloisters' November through February hours ADMISSION: Suggested admission: $6.00, adults; $3.00 students, senior citizens, to Main Building and The Cloisters.

—NEW GALLERY SCHEDULE— Despite reductions in New York City and New York State funding, a majority of the Museum galleries will remain open to the public at this time; however, please note the following adjustments: On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, certain galleries will be open either in the morning or in the afternoon. Every effort will be made to keep all galleries open on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, certain galleries will open at 11:00 a.m. Not affected by the gallery schedule are the following exhibitions and installations, Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections; Degas Landscapes; The Golden Age of Danish Painting; Caspar David Friedrich to Ferdinand Hodler: 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from the OskarReinhart Foundation, Winterthur; The New Nineteenth-Century European Painting and Sculpture Galleries; Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Art; The Gold of Meroe; The Florence Gould Galleries for 18th-Century European Decorative Arts; Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style; and Lucian Freud: Recent Work. Detailed information on the Museum's alternating gallery schedule is available at the Information Desk in the Great Hall and the Uris Center or by telephone (212) 570-3791.

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Alternating Gallery Schedule

Due to continued reductions in New York City and State funding, the Museum galleries will remain on the current Alternate Gallery Schedule as follows:

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Open 9:30-1:15 Open 9:30-1:15 Open 9:30-1:15

The American Wing, AAOA The American Wing, Musical Instruments 20th Century Wing Musical Instruments

Asian Art Linsky Galleries, Asian Art Lehman Wing. Egyptian Art Egyptian Art

Islamic Ancient Near East, Open 1:30-5:15 Greek & Open 1:30-5:15 2nd Floor AAOA, AAOA, 20th Century Wing Qptn 1:30-5:15 20th Century Wing

Linsky Galleries, The American Wing, Linsky Galleries, Lehman Wing, Musical Instruments Lehman Wing,

Asian An Islamic, Ancient Near East, Islamic, Ancient Near East, Greek & Roman Art Egyptian Art Gteek &. Roman Art 2nd Floor 2nd Floor

Every effort will be made to keep all galleries open on Friday, Saturday . On Sunday, certain galleries will be open at 11:00 a.m.