newsletter Volume 4, Number 4 December 1'979

announcements how we feel

Resident Scholarships at CASVA As members (should) know, the CAA Board of Directors has resolved 1980-81 is the inaugural year for the Resident that we will refrain from holding future conventions in states that have Scholarship Program at the new Center for not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment until such time as the ERA is Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the Na­ finally adopted or rejected. Because of prior contractual commitments, tional Gallery of Art. Recent recipients of the it is necessary for us to hold our 1980 Annual Meeting in Louisiana, a doctoral degree (or its equivalent) as well as state that has not ratified the ERA. more experienced scholars are eligible. It is To make our feelings known, the button at right will be available expected that three to six Resident Scholars without charge at the Annual Meeting and, it is hoped, will be prom­ will he named. Applications may be made for inently worn by all who share the sentiments of the Board. The button has been paid for by study.in the history, theory, and criticism of voluntary contributions from members of the CAA Board of Directors. any fonn of visual art of any geographical There will be a table adjacent to the Registration Desk at which contributions for the Na­ area and for any period. Resident scholar­ tional Organization of Women's ERA campaign will be collected. Volunteers are sought to ships will normally be awarded for an man (or woman!) that table. Please check the preliminary program for Registration Desk academic year, but a number of shorter-term schedule and, if you are able to work for a minimum of two hours, please contact CAA office scholarships are also available. In exceptional stating time you would be available. II cases, renewal is possible. Privileges of schol­ ars include a study, secretarial assistance, a monthly stipend, and additional allowances for research materials, travel, and housing. For applications: Executive Assistant, TIAA·CREF: score one for equality CASVA, NGA, Washington, D.C. 20565. "BE IT RESOLVED THAT the College Art Association record its disapproval of any CAA Monograph Series discriminatory policy in pensions plans; that the CAA express its disapproval to the appropriate Manuscripts for the CAA Series of Mono­ governmental agencies, the private insurance companies, .and its own member institutions; graphs in the Fine Arts and Archaeology may and that the CAA endorse actions ofthe Committee on the Status of Women and the Women's be submitted for consideration to the Editor. Caucusfor Art designed to study thts serious problem and work towards a more equitable plan Text and notes should not exceed 300 typed for the large number of our members adversely affected by the present policy. " pages, double-spaced, or be less than 150 pages. For submissions: Isabelle Hyman, 303 Unanimously adopted by CAA Board of Directors October 16, 1976 Main Bldg., New York University, Washing­ ton Square, New York, N.Y. 10003. It is with very great pleasure that we report expectancies for determining retirement that TIAA-CREF has announced that it will benefits." NEH Summer Seminars for 000 seek New York State Insurance Department The resolution quoted above was followed College Teachers approval of a merged gender, or "unisex," by a meeting with TIAA-CREF represen­ The purpose of this program is to provide op­ mortality table for use in TIAA and CREF an­ tatives attended, on behalf of the CAA, by portunities for faculty at undergraduate and nuities. The new table will take age but not then-president George Sadek, Eleanor two-year colleges to work with distinguished sex into account in determining the monthly scholars in their fields at institutions with Dodge Barton, Marilyn Stokstad, and Rose annuity benefits to be purchased by future library collections suitable for advanced WeiI. We don't for a moment believe that our premiums for existing and all newly issued an­ research. Seminars last eight weeks; each has efforts were decisive; we do, however, believe nuity contracts. This will mean that men and twelve participants; participaIltt; receive a sti­ that our efforts - along with those of col­ women of the same age wt'll receive equal pend of $2,500. For detailed information and leagues at universities, learned societies, and monthly benefitsfor equal premiums paid on application forms, write to the director of the other educational institutions across the the new basis. seminar at the address given below (same as country - helped. Remembering the less seminar location). Application deadline for The change, regrettably, will not affect than encouraging tenor of that meeting, the all seminars; April 1. payments to persons now receiving annuity prevailing feeling at present is one of not en­ Dionysos and His Followers: Changz'ng income, nor will it affect any future benefits tirely unmalicious glee! Modes of Consciousness in Western Art. June resulting from premiums paid before the And since glee is so appropriate for this adoption of the new table. 16-August 8. Sheila J. McNally, Dept. Art holiday season; we are also happy to report History, 108 Jones Hall, Univ. Minnesota, "This decision results from the weight of that we have been unofficially informed by Minneapolis, Minn. 55455 opinion from recent judicial, legislative and Albert H. Wohler's, the company that regulatory developments, and from concerns Stained Glass in the Medieval Abbey and handles the CAA Group Disability Insurance, Cathedral. June 16-August 8. Meredith Par­ of our own participating institutions," stated that our policy is being revised to include TIAA-CREF chairman Tom Edwards. sons, Dept. Fine Arts, 441 Hall of Languages, benefits for pregnancy. CAA heroine of this Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y. 13210. "What's happening is that today's social particular battle has been Ann Sutherland pressures are taking precedence over using Harris, whose unremitting effOlts have at last Continued on p. 2, col. 1 the known differences in male and female life been rewarded. II lannouncements annual business meeting agenda

Art Literature and Perception: Michel­ Studies Center in France Attention: Michigan Artists CAA members will have the opportunity to Wanda Corn, Mills College; David Driskell, And now for the good news: it is proposed angelo and Picasso. June g .. August 1. Leo The Camargo Foundation offers, at no cost, a The Detroit Institute of the Arts has issued vote for Officers, for six new Directors, and University of Maryland; Ilene H. Forsyth, that institutional dues be increased from Steinberg, c/o Summer Session Office, 102 dozen furnished apartments and a small another appeal for all artists in the state to call for the 1980 Nominating Committee and to University of Michigan; Lee Anne Miller, $50.00 to $60.00, nowhere near 12% com­ Low Memorial Library, Columbia Univ., reference library for artists and scholars who or write the museum in order to be listed in consider proposed changes in the by-laws at Wayne State University; and Gabriel P. pounded annually for six years. For in­ New York, N.Y. 10027. wish to pursue projects in French culture for the forthcoming computerized Michigan Ar­ the annual members business meeting, which Weisberg, Cleveland Museum of Art. dividuals, particularly poorer individuals, the Art since Mid-Century. June 16· August 8. one or two semesters in the city of Cassis, a tists' Registry. To date, only 5,000 of the will be held on Thursday, January 31, at Those nominated to serve on the 1980 news is even better. It is proposed that student Sam Hunter, Dept. Art and Archaeology, half-hour away by car from Marseilles or from estimated 20,000 to 30,000 artists in the state 12:15 P.M. at the Hyatt Regency New Nominating Committee (which selects those and low-income dues remain unchanged, but McCormick Hall, Princeton Univ., Prince­ Aix-en-Provence. Advanced graduate stU­ have responded. Those listed will receive Orleans. directors who will be elected in 1981) are: that two new categories be introduced above ton, N.]. 08540. dents are also eligible. A few modest stipends notification of programs, competitions, and George Sadek, Cooper Union, Chair; Benny the current "top" of $40.00 for members with Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of are available. Selection of fellows is based other activities in their field. As the punch Elections Andrews, New York City; Martha Leeb annual income above $16,000: members with Paris, 1150-1550. June 16-August 8. Craig solely on an evaluation of the project pro­ line of an old joke has it: can it hurt? Call, or Hadzi, Mt. Holyoke College; Irving Lavin, annual income of $20,001 to $25,000 would Wright, Dept. Music, c/o NEH Summer posed and on the applicant's professional send briefbio, to DIA, 5200 Woodward Ave., The Board of Directors proposes the follow­ Institute for Advanced Study; Virginia pay $45.00 and members with annual income Seminars, Box 2145, Yale Station, New qualifications. For application fonn: Mrs. Detroit, Mich. 48202. ing for election as Officers for 1980: Presi­ Rembert, University of Arkansas at Little above $25,000 would pay $50.00 Haven, Conn. 06520. Jane M. Viggiani, Main Street, East Had­ dent: Joshua C. Taylor, National Collection Rock; and Gabriel P. Weisberg, Cleveland It is also proposed that the Board of Direc­ English Literature and Art, 1660-1760. dam, Conn. 06423. of Fine Arts; Vice- President: Lucy Freeman Museum of Art. tors be given power to increase dues within the June 16-August 8. Robert E. Moore, Dept. New Art Reference Book Series Sandler, New York University; Secretary: Procedures for placing additional candi­ limits oj'the increase in the cost-of-living. English, Univ. Minnesota, Minneapolis, The Art Reference Collection is a series of art John R. Martin, Princeton University. dates in nomination are described in the Currently, any change in dues requires at Minn. 55455. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships reference books to be published by Green­ Candidates to serve as Directors are nom­ Notice of Meeting which was mailed sepa­ least two years lead time before it can become English Literature and Visual Arts in the These are available to non-tenured scholars wood Press. The editor is Pamela Jeffcott inated by the Nominating Committee, which rately. effective; that just isn't compatible with 19th Century. June 9-August 1. Carl Wood­ in the humanities and are offered at univer­ Parry, editor of the ARLIS/NA newsletter. is guided by returns on the preferential ballot. sound financial management in these infla­ ring, c/o Summer Session Office, 102 Low sities throughout the country. Appointments Proposed By-Laws Changes The series will be open-ended and unstruc­ This year, the usual postal delay forced the tionary times. Memorial Library, Columbia Univ., New are usually for one or two years; fellows tured and will include bibliographies, dic­ usual extension of the usual October 10 The Board of Directors has proposed several The other proposed amendment simply York, N.Y. 10027. generally devote about half-time to teaching, tionaries, indexes, and other reference deadline (when will we learn!). By October amendments to the By- Laws, most of which adds the requirement that those accorded Literature and the Visual Arts: Theory and half to advanced research. Current openings: materials in the fine arts, decorative arts, and 29, when the final count was taken, we had have to do with dues. In anticipation of gasps Retired Member status (and thereby reduced Practt'ce. June 23-August 15. John Bender, University of Pennsylvania. For scholars architecture. Those working on projects received nearly 1400 ballots - a return of of horror: membership dues were last raised dues) shan have been active members of the Dept. English, Stanford Univ., Stanford, who, by September 1, will have held the suitable for publication in the series or who 21 %. The slate reported by the Nominating in 1975 and the proposed changes would not Association for at least ten years. Calif. 94305. Ph.D. for not less than three and not more have ideas for art reference books they would Committee for election to the Board ofDirec­ go into effect until 1981; that's six years dur­ For those unable to attend the annual than eight years. Stipend $14,000. Special like to see published should contact PJP, 143 tors in 1980 (to serve until 1984) is: Alessan­ ing which the country has experienced an in­ members business meeting, proxies have been consideration will be given to interdis­ Bowling Green Place, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. dra Comini, Southern Methodist University; flation rate of ca. 12% per annum. included with the Notice of Meeting. .. Minorities Fellowship Program ciplinary applications or to those that do The Committee on Institutional Coopera­ not fit into nonnal ac.ademic programs. For tion's fellowship program, funded by the applications: Dr. Alfred]. Rieberg, Chr., Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is designed Humanities Coordinating Committee, 16 History of Gardens Award to increase thf' representation of minority College Hall/CO, UP, Philadelphia, Pa. Dumbarton Oaks has established an annual annual meeting addenda c. groups among PhD degree recipients. At least 19104. Deadline: February 15. Mildred Barnes Bliss prize for the best book­ ten fellowships in the humanities will be length manuscript representing original Emory University. For scholars who have awarded for 1980-81. Each award provides research on subjects related to the history of PLACEMENT ORIENTATION on Thursday, Jan. 31,12:00-1:45 P.M. The and we don't intend to add to that plethora of earned the Ph.D. by January 1980. Stipend full tuition for each of two academic years gardens. The award will be $1,000, and the There will be an infonnal placement orienta­ reunion for the University of California, information. (A note, though: most of the $14,000. Preference will be given to those plus an annual stipend of$4,250 at any of the manuscript will be published by Dumbarton tion session held BAHBL (before-aIl-hell­ Berkeley has been cancelled. better restaurants require reservations; Gala­ interested in fields that bridge traditional eleven participating Midwestern universities. Oaks. Submissions will be judged by a com­ breaks-loose) on Monday evening, January Speaking of reunions: Cornell University toire's will not accept them; it does not help to disciplines. Send vitae, at least two letters of For complete information: CIC MFP, Kirk­ mittee whose decision, including that ofmak­ 28, from 8:30-lO:00 P.M. in the Burgundy will have a display of current books by art cry over the phone.) recommendation, and a 4- to 5-page descrip­ wood Hall Ill, Indiana University, Bloom­ ingno award, is final. For details about length Room (Fourth Floor) of the Hyatt Regency history faculty at its annual meeting reunion. On the budget side: There will be a tion of current research and two courses to be ington, Ind. 47405, or call toll free until and fonnat: Center for Studies in Landscape New Orleans. The session is being organized Quite a shelffull- eight books published in breakfast and lun-cheon buffet in the Atrium taught to Jerome Beaty, Chr., MF Commit­ January 15, 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. EST (800) Architecture, DO, 1703 32nd Street, N.W., by Donald Krueger, who chaired the very 1979 by a relatively small department - and of the Hyatt; less expensive than sit-down tee, Dept. English, Emory College, EU, 457-4420. In Indiana call (812) 337-0822. Washington, D.C. 20007. Submission dead­ successful session on 'Jobs for Artists: Alter­ the annual meeting display is a nice innova­ fare, but still not cheap. Fast though. Atlanta, Ga. 30322. Deadline: January 1. Application deadline: January 15. line: September 15. native Possibilities" at the Los Angeles annual tion, we think. The Plaza Cafeteria, at Howard Avenue, Cornell University, Ph.D. since June 1975 meeting in 1977, and Beverly Zisla Welher, about two blocks from the Hyatt, is open for or essentially completed by March 1, 1980. author of the popular "How to Survive CAA breakfast (6:45 11:00 A.M.) and lunch Stipend $13,000. The specified area for ap­ Placement by Knowing How To Try." All COMING ATTRACTIONS (11:30 A.M.-2:15 P.M.); inexpensive break­ Renaissance Archival Sciences Services for Self-Employed plicants in art history is Japanese art. For candidates and interviewers are invited. Now in their third year. ann ual meeting film fast specials, luncheon platters, and the usual The first of three Summer Institutes in the Ar­ Support Services Alliance, Inc., is a nonprofit showings look as lively as ever. Among films all-you-can-eat salad bar. complete information: Anna Geske, MF, organization set up several years ago with chival Sciences for post-doctoral scholars and A.D. WhiteHouse, CU, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853. scheduled: Marc Chagall: The Colours of The Horn of Plenty on the Second Floor of advanced graduate students interested in the substantial funding from The Rockefeller the Hyatt (10:00 A.M. -6:00 P.M.) features Application deadline: March 1. PROGRAM NOTES Passion; Fourteen A mericans: Directions oj research techniques necessary for work with Foundation to provide self-employed persons Additions, corrections, deletions since the the 1970s; Cezanne: The Late Years; Dis­ take-out snacks, sandwiches, and drinks; historical and literary sources for the period and small businesses with group buying power Preliminary Program went to press: covering Form in Art; Landscape from a their homemade banana bread and lemon 1450-1700 will be held June 23-August 15, on such crucial items as medical insurance The Association of Historians of Ameri­ Dream: Paul Nash; Museum: Behind the pound cake are superb. 1980 at the Newberry Library. The first In· Smithsonian Institution Fellowships (Blue Cross/Blue Shield; major medical), can Art will hold a business meeting on Fri­ Scenes at the Art Institute oj Chicago; Europe Also in the vicinity of the Hyatt, there are a stitute will focus on French and will be under Available on- both predoctoral and postdoc­ legal services, auto and Xerox rentals, etc. day, Feb. 1, 12:15-1':45 P.M. The Caucus for after the Rain (on Dada and Surrealism); number of greasy spoons along S. Rampart the general direction of Bernard Barbiche of torallevels. For research in the history of art The idea is to bring to small businesses and to Central European Studies will hold a busi­ Bridget Riley; Northwest Visionaries (Mark and O'Keefe and several po' boy (the New the Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris. Ten involving the collections and facilities of any the self-employed (artists and unaffiliated ness meeting on Friday. Feb. 1, 12:15-1:45 Tobey, Morris Graves, etc.); and Kay Sage. Orleans version of the hero, submarine, or post-doctoral fellowships of up to $2,500 are Smithsonian museum or research institution. scholars take note) benefits and services P. M. The National Print Organization will All films will be shown in the Burgundy what-have-you) places on Perdido, Union, available. In addition, fellowships of up to The National Collection of Fine Arts and the routinely available to employees of large cor­ hold a business meeting on Friday, Feb. 1, Room. See final program for times. and Gravier. $2,000 are available to faculty and students Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden porations. No dues, but there's an enrollment 12;15 1;45 P. M. The French Quarter is full of all kinds of from each of six collaborating Chicago-area also offer museum training programs. For fee of $10. 00 - $5.00 if you tell them you are a The Women's Caucus for Art session eating places at all kinds of prices. Don't miss universities. Fluent knowledge of French is re­ infonnation and application forms: Chief, member of the CAA. For complete informa­ "Southern Exposure: Concerns of Southern CHEAP EATS the Cafe du Monde Coffee Stand, open 24 quired. Inquiries: John Tedeschi, Newberry Office of Fellowships and Grants, SI. 3300 tion, send enrollment fce to SSA. Crossroads Women in the Visual Arts" has been shifted to Our theory is that gourmet guidebooks and hours daily. For those counting cents (but not Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Ill. L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20560. Bldg., 2 Times Square, New York, N.Y. Thursday, Jan. 31,12:15-1:45 P.M. word-of-mouth will enlighten everyone suffi­ calories), the beignets are an unbeatable 60610. Application deadline: March 15. Application deadline: January 15. 10036.(212)398-7800. II The Fogg Art Museum will hold a reunion ciently about the joys of New Orleans cuisine, buy. II

eAA newsletter 2 December 1979 3 grants and awards Igrants and awards coming soon ... 1981 annual meeting

TRAVEL GRANTS FOR BOLOGNA AMERICAN ART AWARDS Adams, Yale Univ.; Jennifer Gibson, Univ. (MORE) ACLS GRANTS-IN-AID Actually, not quite so soon as might have been nine years of existence. (Talk about being As reported earlier, the CAA had set aside a Five distinguished scholars were Lh(' recipients Virginia; Nancy Heller, Rutgers Univ.; Ar­ Sixty-six grants-in-aid were awarded to recent expected. The 1981 annual meeting will be token!) She is writing a book about cultural special fund to provide travel grants for par­ of the first awards giwn by the Archives of thur Pontynen. Univ. Iowa; Merrill Sch­ recipients of the Ph.D. for the preparation of held in San Francisco, February 26 through nationalism in early American modernism. ticipants in the XXIVth International Con­ American Art in recognition of outstanding leier, Univ. California, Berkeley; Wilford their doctoral dissertations for publication or 28. Our traditional late January meeting is a Previously, she had been in California for gress of Art History held in Bologna this past contributions to the knowledg(, of American Scott, Univ. Delaware. in special cases for research leading to a first holdover from a bygone era when there was nine years, teaching at Mills College and serv­ September. Those awarded CAA travel art history. The awards, presented at a dinner substantial publication. There were one hun­ such a thing as a fairly unifonn intersession ing, on various occasions, as a guest curator of grants aTC: Albert Alhadeff, Univ. Colorado; marking the 2:)th anniversary of the Archives, dred fifty applicants. Among the recipients: period. That no longer being the case, it American art for the Fine Arts Museums of James Patrick Cooney, The Frick Collection; went to Edgar Preston Richardson, Lloyd Michael R. Cunningham, Case Western seemed to the Board that a later meeting San Francisco. (Address proposals to Wood­ Joan S. Cwi, Survey Research Associates; Goodrich, Thomas Flexner, A. Hyatt Reserve Univ: Sesshti School painting in the would work better in terms of placement, and row Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution Sheila Edmunds, Wells College; Philipp Mayor and Alice Winchester. ACLS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM late 15th-early 16th centuries; Neil M. Flax, better in terms of people not having to miss Building, Washington, D.C. 20560.) FehI, Univ. Illinois; SherwoodA. Fehm, Jr., Sixty-nine fellowships were awarded. Among Dept. Humanities, Univ, Michigan, Dear­ classes at the beginning of the semester and Southern Illinois Univ.; Mojmir S. Frinta, the recipients: Madeline H. Caviness, Tufts born: The visual arts in Goethe's literary that could not possibly be much worse in SUNY / Albany; Kathryn Grecnthal, In­ ROME PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS Univ.: The windows of the Abbey Church of works; Thomas Gallagher, Dept. Cinema terms of weather. Speriamo! stitute of Fine Arts; William Hauptman. The American Academy in Rome has an· St. Remi: Joseph J. Connors, Univ. Chicago: Studies, Ithaca College: John and Francis Despite the delay, it is none too early to Univ. Maryland; Jean Henry, Univ. Maine; nounced the appointment of 32 Fellows for The architecture of Francesco Borromini; Ford: M. Thomas Martone, Univ. Toronto: begin thinking about session proposals. Those Seymour Howard, Univ. California, Davis; the academic year 1979-1980. Among those Molly A. Faries, Indiana oniv.: The life and The iconography of Michelangelo's Conver­ wishing to propose topics for 1981 should sub­ Elizabeth A. Kirby, Florida State Univ.; work of Jan van Scorel: Dorothy Glass, named: Laura Newman, New York City: F. sion of Paul fresco; Steven N. Orso, Univ. mit them to the appropriate chairman by Jean Lozinski, Swain School of Design; Painting: Stephen S. Geldman, Univ. Cal· S.U.N.Y., Buffalo: Romanesque sculpture in Michigan: Art and decoration at the court of March 31, 1980. LeRoy D. McDermott, Univ, Kansas, Campania and Sicily; Herbert L. Kessler, ifornia, lrvin(': Painting; Donald C. Shields, Philip IV of Spain; Naomi Rosenblum, Par· Lawrence: Betty Rogers Rubenstein, Johns Hopkins Univ.: The Cotton Genesis; Dallas: Painting; Gwynn E. Murrill, Agou· sons School of Design: Paul Strand and the Florida State Univ,: Lorette Russenberger, John D. Lyons, Dept. Romance Languages, ra, Calif: Sculpture: Michael J. Cooper, modern art movement in the United States; Univ. Chicago; Nancy J. Scott, Brandeis Santa Clara, Calif.: Sculpture; Russell R. Dartmouth College: Study of theory and Kathleen J. Shelton, Univ. Chicago: The Univ.; Eleanor Sims, Univ. Pennsylvania: history of cinema in France. Culp. Chicago: Photography: Christopher Esquiline Treasure; Marianna S. Simpson, Jack J, Spector, Rutgers Univ.: Frank F. Moss, Princeton Univ.: Carved stone fur­ In addition, Josephine Gear, U.C.L.A., U.C.L.A.· Early illustrated manuscripts of Trapp: Amherst College; Eleanor Tufts, niture in Rome and southern Italy; Harriett received an award under the special program the Shahnama; David R. Smith, Bates Col­ Southern Methodist Univ.; Barbara Buhler A. Weiss: The hanging Marsyas statue: of Fellowships for Recent Ph.D. Recipients lege: Problems in Dutch portraiture of the Walsh, Vanderbilt Univ.: David H. Wright, Albert Boime, S.U.N.Y., Binghamton: The for research on the meaning of images of 17th century; Cynthia M. Truant, Dept. Univ. California, Berkeley. role of acad('mies, art schools and academic children in 19th century art. Social Sciences, Univ. Chicago: Solidarity pedagogy in the modern period; Robert P. and social order among French artisans, Bergman, Harvard Univ: The medieval 1700-1848; James C. Wright, Dept. Classics, urban development of the city of AmaJfJ; Bryn Mawr College: The Mycenaean en· Virginia A. Bonito, Ph.D. candidate, trance to the Acropolis of Athens. ACLS GRANTS-IN-AID l.F.A.· The St. Anne altar in the Church of Ninety-nine awards were announced under St. Agostino; Gail Feigenbaum, Ph.D. can· this program, which provides funds in sup­ didate, Princeton Univ.: The paintings of port of individual research (e.g.) travel, Ludovico Carracci; Barbara A. Kellum, maintenance, etc.}. Among the recipients: Studio Sessions will be chaired by George Ph.D. candidate, Harvard Univ.: The elogia Thomas W. Beale, Harvard Univ.: The FELLOWSHIPS FOR PRINTMAKERS W. Neubert, a curator, art administrator and portrait sculpture remains from the origins of architectural measuring systems in Ten printmakers in the western region have and sculptor. Since 1970 Neubert has served Forum of Augustus: Catherine R. Puglisi, the Near East; Bernice F. Davidson, Frick been awarded fellowships of .$2,500 each in as Curator of Art at the Oakland Museum Ph.D. candidate, I.F.A.· Francesco Albani; Collection: Raphael's Bible: the Vienna the 1979 Western States Arts Foundation (1000 Oak Street, Oakland, Calif. 94607) John B. Scott, Rutgers Univ: The Miniatures; Rona GoHen: Duke Univ.· S. Visual Arts Fellowship Program. Winners are where he has organized numerous exhibitions iconography of the Italian library from 1450 Croce and the Frari; Sandra Hindman, Garo Antreasian, New Mexico; Wulf on American and Californian art. As a to 1750; Joseph Alchermes, Ph.D. candi­ Johns Hopkins Univ.: Painting and politics in Barsch, Utah; Nick de Matties, Arizona; sculptor, he has exhibited recently at the San date, l. F. A.: The architectural setting of the Wanda Corn, Art History Chair Celebration in Bologna after papers had heen Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea; Grant Sandy Kinnee, Colorado: Leonard Lehrer, Francisco Art Institute, California State delivered. Left to right: Jean Henry, Marilyn cult of martyrs in the fourth and fifth cen­ Holcomb, Mount Holyoke College: The Arizona; Bruce Lowney, New Mexico; John Univerity at Sacramento, the San Francisco Stokstad, Betty Rubenstein, Eleanor Tufts. turies in Rome. paintings of John Sloan, 1900-1913; John Pollock, Montana; Minna Resnick, Colo­ Art History Sessions will be chaired by Museum of Modem Art, and in a one-man F. Kenfield, Rutgers Univ.: Morgantina: the rado; Barbara Takenaga, Colorado; and Wanda Corn. Presently on leave from Mills show at the Gallery Paule Anglim in San architectural terracottas: Karl Kilinski, David Wharton, Idaho. College as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson In­ Francisco. KRAUTHEIMER MEDAL DUMBARTON OAKS FELLOWS Southern Methodist Univ.· Boetian black ternational Center for Scholars, she is the first Local events will be coordinated by Lorenz The International Congress awarded the first The following art historians have received figure vase painting in the 6th century B.C.; art historian the Center has accepted in its Eitner of Stanford University. Richard Krauth('imer Medal to Wolfgang fellowships at the Dumbarton Oaks Center Diana E.E. Kleiner, Univ. Mass, Boston: Muller-Wiener, Dir('ctor of the Deutsches for Byzantine Studies for the academic year The monument of Philopappos in Athens; archaologisches Institut in Istanbul, for his 1979 1980: John Beckwith, Victoria and Henry P. Maguire, Harvard Univ.· The FULBRIGHT AWARDS Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls. This Albert Museum: Hans Belting, Univ. relationships between Byzantine art and For university teaching and advanced re­ Research on Korean art history, Korea; Slakes, Queens College, C.U.N. Y.: Research volume is the third in a series of pictorial Heidelberg; Annemarie Weyl Carr, Byzantine literature; Anita F. Moskowitz, search abroad. More than 500 awards were David S. Furman, Pitzer College: Lecture on influence of Caravaggio and Caravaggism documentation of ancient cities; it follows Southern Methodist Univ.; Herbert Kessler, Union College: Studies in the sculpture of given in 1979-80. In art and art history: and research in fine arts, Peru; Jerry L. on art of 17th-century Netherlands, Nether­ topographical studies of Rome and Athens. Johns Hopkins Vniv.; John Lowden, Cour· Nino Pisano; Isa Ragusa, Princeton Univ.: Keith Anden AchepohL Univ. Iowa: Lec­ Kuyper, Univ. Hawaii: Lecture on principles lands; Stephen C. Sumner, S.U.N.Y., Pots· The Richard Kraut!"teimer medal was tauld Institute of Art; Carl Nordenfalk, The infancy miracles and the Abgar legend: ture in printmaking, drawing, and painting, of graphic design, letterform design, and dam: Lecture and research in photography, established by the Congress in 1978 as an Royal Museum, Stockholm; Urs Peschlow; Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, MS. lat. 2688; Egypt and Pakistan; Sidney Chafetz, Ohio typography, India; Sidney D. Markman, Peru. award for a work in the history of architecture Kurt Weitzmann, Princeton Univ. Susan I. Rotroff, Classics Dept., Mount Alli­ State Univ.: Lecture on American art, espe­ Duke Univ.: Lecture on conservation of judged by an international panel of three son Univ., Canada: Wheelmade Hellenistic cially printmaking, and workshops, Yugo­ historical monuments, Ecuador; Timothy F. The second annual Rifkind Scholar-in­ scholars to be the most valuable contribution pottery from the excavations at the Agora of slavia; Wayne E. Champion, San Jose State Mitchell, Univ. Texas: Research on early Residence Grant has been awarded to Frank to the ficld published during the two years Athens; Julian Smith, Dept. Film Studies, Univ.: Lecture and research on industrial German romantic landscape painting, Ger­ Whitford, Cambridge University, The grant precedingJanuary 1 of the year of the award. SMITHSONIAN FELLOWS Univ. Florida: Hollywood looks at Detroit: a design and professional design services, many; Edward J. Olszewski, Case Western provides for summer residence at the Robert The selection panel for the 1979 award was Six predoctoral fellows have been appointed century of witness; Burr Wallen, Univ. Netherlands; Carl D. Coker, Univ. Tulsa: Reserve Univ.: Research on the influence of Gore Rifkind Foundation, the major collec­ comprised of James S. Ackerman, chair: in the Smithsonian Institution's Program in California, Santa Barbara: Iconographical Lecture and conduct research in fine arts, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni on Roman taste tion of German Expressionist graphic art, Louis Grodecki, and Klaus Schwager. the History of Art for 1979-1980: Henry themes in the works of Bosch. Peru; Jon Carter Covell; Univ. Hawaii; and patronage in the arts, Italy; Leonard J. books and periodicals in the United States. III

4 CAA newsletter December 1979 5 CAA monograph on mosaics information linfonnation conferences and symposia

ROMAN BLACK-AND-WHITE FIGURAL MOSAICS For a proposal for international regulations, ments on the program's effect on their careers Washington Allston and His Times Museum Conservator, Merrimack Valley by John R. Clarke - the thirty-fifth volume in of plaster casts and other museum copies be­ to Marc Gerstein, 39 Cypress St., Brookline, A symposium to be held at the Museum of Textile Museum, 800 Massachusetts Avenue, the CAA Series of Monographs on the Fine ing prepared for the next General Assembly Mass. 02146. Fine Arts, Boston, January 12 (registration at North Andover, Mass. 01845. Arts-has just been published by N.Y.U. of ICOM, send opinions or information to 10:00 A.M.). Participants will be Edgar P. Press. Dr. Alfonz Lengyel, 2351 Royal Drive, Fort Richardson, Patricia Burnham, Paul Staiti, American Association for the Mitchell, Ky. 41017. For a dissertation, information about the Elizabeth Johns, Marcia Wallace and Advancement of the Humanities Black-and-white mosaics were by far the most American sculptor Ibram Lassaw is re­ William H. Gerdts: the chairman is Theodore The first general meeting of the AAAH will popular type of pavement in Roman Italy For a dissertation and subsequent exhibition, quested. Send any anecdotes, personal E. Stebbins, Jr. For information phone (617) be held at the Capital Hilton Hotel, Wash­ during- the first three centuries of our era. In information is sought about the works of the reminiscences, information from collectors, 267-9300, ext. 402_ ington, D.C., March 27···29. Its theme will be spite of their widespread use, they have Austrian painter Carl Reichert (1836-1918), etc. to Nancy G. Heller, Smithsonian Fellow, "The State of the Humanities, 1980." Sessions received relatively little scholarly attention. also known as J. Hartung. Contact Ruth Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Church and Cosmos: The Ideological will cover the condition of humanistic Viewed by pre-twentieth~century excavators Binder, Paulustorgasse 1, 8010 Graz, Austria. Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W., scholarship, the contribution of the human­ as lowly products of artisans, the mosaics Washington, D.C. 20560. Background of Ecclesiastical Art in Middle ities to public policy, the career crisis, the were poorly documented. Brief descriptions In order to document more accurately the Byzantine and Romanesque Europe A call for papers for an interdisciplinary con­ teaching of humanities courses, foreign of decorative schemes or subject matter, work of Laszlo Moholy-Na·gy, corre­ Information regarding letters, photographs, ference on medieval art and thought to be languages and international studies, and sometimes accompanied by a drawing, are spondence, articles by or about him, and personal reminiscences of the life and held at Emory University, February 29- NEH. For information: AAAH, 918 16th the sole records of many mosaics that were photographs, exhibition catalogues (especial­ work of the American photographer Frances March 2. Send one-page abstract of 3D-min­ Street, N.W., Suite 601, Washington, D.C. subsequently destroyed. Mosaics found in this ly any earlier than 1946) and any of his diaries Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) is re­ ute paper treating aspects of monumental 20006. century at Ostia, Herculaneum, and Pompeii Detail of an amorino, Baths of Caracalla, Rome. are requested. Good photocopies are accept­ quested in preparation of a book and exhibit. art, East and West, in the 11th and 12th cen­ fared better; Pernice's publication of Pom­ able. In addition, the whereabouts of his Contact Anne E. Peterson, Library of Con­ paintings, drawings, sculptures, photograms, turies, as manifestations of historical, Universities Art Association of Canada peian pavements and Becatti's catalogue of part of the book. The study of Roman art, gress, Prints and Photographs Division, photographs, etc., especially those in private t~eological, philosophical, literary and scien­ The Canadian counterpart of the CAA will those at Ostia attest to an enlightened ar­ once narrowly concentrated on selected Washington, D.C. 20540. collections, is sought. Contact HaUula tific thought by January 10 to Thomas W. hold its next annual meeting - this one chaelogical approach. These studies, with monuments of imperial sculpture, has Blake's now outdated publication of the Moholy-Nagy, 1602 Packard, Apt. B3, Ann Lyman, Art History Dept., EU, Atlanta, Ga. celebrating the centenary of the National broadened its range to include so-called The Delaware Art Museum is organizing an mosaics of Roman Italy, are narrowly fo­ Arbor, Mich. 48104. Gallery of Canada - in Ottawa, March 12- popular art and objects produced by artisans exhibition of John Sloan's original illustra­ cussed on basic problems of cataloging, 16. In addition to general period sessions and craftsmen. The recent, rapid growth of tions for magazines, books, and newspapers The Muses Flee Hitler dating, and iconography. For a catalogue raisonne of Robert Mother­ (from Medieval to the Twentieth Century), mosaic corpora, documenting pavements to open September 1980. Owners are re­ and come to the United States .. The Until now no one has attempted to analyze well collages, especially of works dating there "Will be sessions devoted to the decorative from all regions of the Roman empire, is one quested to contact Elizabeth H. Hawkes, Smithsonian Institution will conclude its the function of black-and-white mosaics as before 1970, private and public collectors are arts, prints and drawings, connoisseurship, expression of this attempt to understand Curator, John Sloan Collection, DAM, 2301 observances of the 100th anniversary of requested to contact E.A. Carmean, Jr., methodology, and the historical art of design elements operating in an enormous Roman art in its variety of mediums. Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Del. Albert Einstein's birth with a coloquium on variety of architectural settings, from the in­ Curator of 20th-Century Art, National Quebec. Like CAA, UAAC has its "ancillary Earlier studies saw black-and-white mosa­ 19806. the cultural impact of the migration to the Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 20565. meetings": slides and photographs, the status timacy of private houses to the vast vaulted ics as inexpensive artisans' versions of costly United States of European artists and intellec­ of women , and Oriental art will be among the spaces of baths and other public buildings. polychrome pavements, viewing them as tuals to be held February 7-9. Outstanding For a retrospective exhibition of the works of For a monograph on the Chicago artist topics covered therein. For program .and Basic documentation of the mosaic-in­ degenerate examples of their presumed scholars in art, music, and literature as well as O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956), informa­ Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-77), any registration information: Joyce Zemans, architecture has also been sadly lacking. iconographic models. A different picture in the social and natural sciences will par­ tion about specific works and biographical documents, letters, or specific information Chr., Dept. Visual Arts, York University, Drawings of mosaics in architectural plans emerges in the present study, which treats the ticipate. Proceedings will be published. The data is sought. Contact John Baker, Art relating to her paintings are requested by Downsview, Ont, M3J IP3, Canada. III and overhead photographs showing the mosaics on their own terms as original art. coloquium will be held in the auditoriums of History Dept., Massachusetts College of Art, Susan Weininger, Art Dept., Roosevelt Uni­ pavements with their surrounding walls have Formal conventions in the mosaics, such as the Smithsonian's Museum of History and been unavailable for on-site mosaics in Italy. 364 Brookline Ave., Boston, Mass. 02215. versity, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. the use of tesserae to establish figural outline 60605, (312) 341-3673_ Technology and the Hirshhorn Museum and Furthermore, the problem of style in the and internal linear detail, are analyzed in Sculpture Garden. Admission is free but, For a study of the life and works of Robert black-and-white mosaics, tentatively raised solidly dated pavements. By comparing these because of space limitations, tickets are re­ Gwathmey (b. 1903), reminiscences, letters, nominating by the late Giovanni Becatti, remains unex­ conventions with analogous illusionistic For a book on Hungarian artist Szinyei Merse quired. Address inquiries to Office of Sym­ writings, or other information, especially plored twenty years after his essay on style and systems in contemporary painting and Pal (1845-1920), any information on the posia and Seminars, SI, 1000 Jefferson Drive, items concerning his use of racial and other procedure chronology in the pavements at Ostia. sculpture, the visual earmarks of different whereabouts of the following three paintings SW, Room 507, Washington, D.C. 20560. social themes, is sought by Charles K. Piehl, Roman Black-and- White Figural Mosaics styles within given periods are identified. in sought: Batht"ng Hut (1872), Lowland with 405 Dodge St., Houghton, Mich. 49931. addresses itself to these basic unanswered From close visual analysis several artistic Stork (1870), and Szinye (1870). Contact Any individual member of the CAA may sub­ questions. In Part I figural mosaics still found personalities with distinctive styles emerge. Anna Szinyei, Nemzeti Galeria, Budapest I, Renaissance Conference Information about the Longview Founda­ mit to the Nominating Committee sugges­ in their original architectural settings are The stylistic pluralism that is now being Hungary or Elemer Polony, 777 Sixth Av­ To be held at the Newberry Library on April tion Art Program is sought for a study of this tions for candidates for the Board of Directors studied. New architectural plans with the mo· recognized as the usual condition of Roman enue, New York, N.Y. 10001. 19. The program, entitled "Spain and the experiment in artist support. Artists who were to be elected in 1981. Letters should be ad­ saics drawn in and overhead views, achieved art is well attested in black-and-white mosa­ Europe of the Thirty Years War," is chaired through a recently invented system of mono­ involved are requested to write with com- by W. Brown Patterson. Participants areJ.H. dressed to the chairman of the Nominating ics. During most periods two or more styles are The Brandywine River Museum is trying to Committee, copy to the CAA Executive pod photography, document the relationship in evidence - sometimes used by mosaicists Continued on p. 7, col. 1 Elliott, Michael Gordon, William S. Maltby, locate artworks by Howard Pyle or his Secretary, and should contain, minimally, between mosaic composition and architec­ working side by side. students to include in an exhibition in the Jonathan Brown, Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel, the name of the proposed candidate and ture. Working from a characterization of Because the black-and-white technique re­ summer of 1980. Letters, diaries, photo­ and Paolo Cherchi. Inquiries to John Tedes­ each building's use, scale, and covering his/her institutional affiliation and area of quired the r~duction of polychrome or three­ graphs, sketches, drawing books, paintings, chi, NL, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, Ill. Foundation. Copies may be ordered from specialization. Supporting letters, up to one system, the ways in which compositional pat­ dimensional models into conventionalized and any other memoriabilia are also sought. 60610. N.Y.U. Press, Washington Square, N.Y.C. page in length, will be xeroxed at the CAA terns in the mosaics respond to the demands graphic forms, the essentials of individual Contact Ann Barton Brown, BRM, P.O. 10003. Price: $22.50; for CAA members: office and circulated to all members of the of each setting are charted. Analysis of black­ styles are often more easily identified in the Box 141, Chadds Fmd, Pa_ 19317, (215) $16.87. II Conservation Meetings Nominating Committee. To allow adequate and-white mosaics in their contexts shows mosaics than in the other mediums. In their 388-7601. New England Conservation Association time for the Nominating Committee to con­ how figural patterns relate to such architec­ role as style-markers, black-and-white meetings serve to introduce professionals sider its choices and to contact those can­ tural givens as the shapes of interiors and to mosaics accurately reflect the many-faceted Editor's Note: The description of Henry­ For a catalogue raisonne of the works by involved in various aspects of conservation didates it selects before everybody disperses sight lines dictated by entrances and exits. nature of Roman art of the imperial period. Imagery in some instances encourages direc­ Russell Hitchcock's Netherlandish Scrolled Childe Hassam (1859--1935), information is to the resources and activities of fellow for the summer, all suggestions and letters of J.R.C. tional movement, programming the viewer's Gables of the Sixteenth and Early Seven­ requested on works in private or public collec­ members. Six meetings are planned for recommendation must be received by March progress through the building. "' " teenth Centuries that appeared in the last tions. Contact Stuart P. Feld, HirschI & Adler 1979-·80, involving paper, photographic, tex­ 31, 1980. Only suggestions or letters of recom­ To admit black-and-white mosaics to the Publication of this monograph has been issue was drawn from the introduction to the Galleries, American Dept., 21 East 70th tile, book, and frame restoration subjects. To mendation from CAA members will be cir­ realm of Roman art is the aim of the second aided by a grant from The Samuel H. Kress book. Street, New York, NY 10021. II receive notices of meetings: Robert Hauser, culatedandconsidered. III

7 6 CAA newsletter December 1979 people and programs Ipeople and programs

Materialfor£nclusion in people and programs Art Bulletin and elsewhere ... Veronika In Atlanta, Emory University has appointed Department of Fine Arts. The bequest, ac­ A "Women in the Arts" program to be held at 113 paintings at the UTI A Museum in should be sent to College Art Association, 16 Gervers, associate curator in the Textile Dorinda Evans (fonnerly guest curator of the cording to University president Robert L. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville September and October. About half the East 52 Street, N. Y. C. 10022. Deadlz'ne JOT Department of the Royal Ontario Museum in National Portrait Gallery) as assistant pro­ Sproull, "will enable the University to support this spring will feature lectures by artist Judy works in the show were painted since his next issue: February 8. Toronto, died inJuly at the age of thirty-nine. fessor to teach in American and British fields. a senior person in the ficld of art history in Chicago (March 27, and at the campus of the retirement. Her Trade between the Balkans and Turkey Irina Andrecscu received a two-year ap­ order to assure a strong program in this area." University of Missouri-St. Louis on March IN MEMORIAM will be published posthumously. pointment as a Mellon Fellow; she is offering 26); art historians AIessandra Comini and UCLA reports that the department name has courses in Byzantine art and history. Jontyle SUNY Stony Brook made two new appoint­ Eleanor Tufts (May 8 and 9); and sculp­ been changed from Art Department to TEACHING AND RESEARCH Robinson is teaching in the Afro-American, ments at the rank of associate professor; tor/educator Nancy Azara (May 29). Department of Art, Design, and Art History. African and Latin American fields. John Howardena Pindell, former associate cura­ Arnold Rubin is acting chair for 1979-80. William Sebastian Heckscher and Otto von Howett was guest curator for the exhibition tor of prints and illustrated books at MOMA, The School of Fine Arts at Washington Uni­ Donald McCallum has returned after serving Simson have been named Samuel H. Kress Avant -Garde: 12 in Atlanta at the High and James Rubin, formerly of Princeton versity in St. Louis celebrated its centennial for two years as director of the University's Professors in Residence at the National Museum (October and November). During University. The department is also publishing this past fall with a number of special events. Tokyo Center. Also returned is Susan Gallery of Art for 1979-80. Heckscher was at October, Emory held a symposium in honor a new journal, Art Criticism, in conjunction A Centennial Faculty Exhibition included as Downey, back (and none too soonl) after a NGA for the Fall term, working on the French of the 50th anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa on with a new graduate program in: Art Criticism a historical segment a display of some forty year of travel in Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Renaissance illustrator and humanist campus; its theme: "Intellect and Imagina­ and Theory. Each issue of A C will contain a works by former faculty members, among GeofroyTory. Von Simson, during the Spring tion: The Limits and Presuppositions of In­ core of three articles on a single theme, a them the late Max Beckmann, Philip Guston, At other California institutions: Ricki Wein­ semester, will continue his current research tellectual Inquiry." Among the participants: monographic article on an anist. a mono­ Walter Barker, the late Gustav Goetsch and berger, who formerly taught at the Toledo on 19th-century German painting. Leo Steinberg (on the Michelangelo'S "Last graphic article on an art critic,

CAA newsletter 8 December 1979 9 Ipeople and programs preservation news letters for sculpture, drawing, painting, calligra­ a graduate of the arts administration pro­ University Portrait Collection, will become National Conservation Advisory Council Tennessee, and Virginia, has organized PUBLIC SCULPTURE phy, and ceramics; three faculty studio­ gram at Harvard. The Museum has also assistant to the director when the above posi­ The CAA has become an observer organiza­ several workshops on the Conservation and offices; seven studios for advanced students; named C. Reynolds Bron assistant curator. tions go into effect. tion to the National Conservation Advisory Care of Works on Paper and Photographic To the Editor: and a seminar room. New head of the Reynolds, who earned his M.A. in art history Council (established 1973). Participating Materials (May 18-19, 1979) and the Conser­ Readers of the September newsletter are ad­ ceramics department at Reed is Geoffrey at George Washington University, comes to In recent years many museums have made organizations are involved in the advocacy, vation and Care of Textile Collections (Sept. vised on page 15 that nine public sculptures in Pagen. Alabama from an internship at NCFA. greater and greater efforts to work closely teaching or practice of conservation. The 10-11,1979). A recent publication from the Washington, D.C. are in need of "serious with academic institutions. In keeping with NCAC has been supported by major annual Indianapolis Museum covers related con­ attention." The National Park Service gives Owing to extensive renovation and expansion The search for a new director of the Art In­ this trend, the Yale Center for British Art has grants from the National Museum Act, the cerns. continuing serious attention to eight of those of existing facilities, the Far Eastern Galleries stitute of Chicago goes on (and on. . and established a new Department for Academic NEA, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. The American Film Institute, which over mentioned. A total of about 100 statues and of the Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto on). In the interim, Jack V. Sewell, who has Programs, to be headed by Teri J. Edelstein. The initial goals of the Council were essential­ the years has awarded millions of dollars for monuments are under our jurisdiction in the will be closed from December 1980 until the been curator of Oriental art at the Institute A specialist in 19th-century British (natch) ly three: to identify principal needs and prob­ the preservation and restoration of film, has city of Washington; a few, regrettably, are in spring of 1982. since 1958, has been named interim director. painting, Edelstein received her doctorate lems in conservation and offer recommenda­ recently given Wayne State University funds worse condition than your seemingly ar­ from the University of Pennsylvania and for tions for possible solutions; to consider the to investigate the use oflasers and holography bitrary list of nine. MUSEUM STAFF NOTES Although we have reported on University the last two years has served as modernist for advisability of creating a national institute for in the long-term preservation of color film. Outdoor sculptures benefit from high Mellon Fellowships, we weren't aware that the University of Guelph, Ontario. YCBA has conservation; and to recommend programs New: PhotographiConservation, a journal visibility and the changing moods of seasons there are also Mellon Fellowships in the Con­ also announced the appointment of Con­ that would ultimately result in a coordinated devoted to film preservation in newsletter and times of day. They are, however, more servation of Paintings - at the Cleveland stance Clement, an art history graduate of national policy and plan for the conservation form. For information: Graphic Arts Re­ vulnerable than museum objects to climate, Museum of Art, and possibly other places, as Hollins College, as assistant director for of cultural property in this country. To date search Center, Rochester Institute of Tech­ biological attack, and human mistreatment. well. Anyway, CMA has appointed the first of publications and information. . the Council's position papers/publications nology, 1 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, Our standard of maintenance cannot be "like its three-year Mellon Fellows: Karen Bruce have included the following Study Committee N.Y. 14623. new." The softening of sharply carved and Crenshaw and Zahira Benson Veliz. Both Other university museum appointments: reports: Conservation of Cultural Property in The Texas Commission on the Arts gave a highly polished marble surfaces is, in our hold M.A. degrees in conservation from William J. Hennessey, formerly University the U.S. (1976), Architectural Conservation mini-grant to Bandera County for restoration climate, evidence of age rather than abuse. Oberlin, plus a host of other impressive of Kansas art department and museum, has (1977), Libraries and Archives (1978), SC£en­ of its photographic archive. The stains of weathering are usually prefer­ credentials. been named director of the Vassar College tific Support (1979), and Education and able to erosive cleaning techniques. Art Gallery. William Olander has joined the Training (1979). For copies write NCAC, We have seen no evidence of alleged bad staff of Oberlin College as curator of modern c/o A & I 2225, Smithsonian Institution, pitting of bronze at any of the sites listed. We The High Museum in Atlanta has two new art at the Allen Memorial Museum. Andrea Washington, D.C. 20560. Watts Towers know that neither the Alexander Hamilton curators: Eric Zafran (Ph.D. IFA), curator S. Norris, assistant to the director of the Yale At its October meeting, the NCAC The Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in nor the Lincoln (Emancipation Group) has of European art, comes to Atlanta from the University Art Gallery since 1977, has been adopted a proposal to incorporate as a not­ Watts (P.O. Box 1461, Los Angeles, Calif. been coated with paint. The staining of the Parke-Bernet Galleries, where he catalogued appointed chief curator of the University of for-profit educational organization in order 90028) is again appealing for help from those DuPont fountain is a problem we would like old master and modern prints. Peter Morrin Texas Art Museum and keeper of its to obtain funds for future activities and reor­ interested in these remarkable works. Funds to solve if the remedy can be less offensive (Ph.D. cand., Princeton), curator of 20th­ Michener Collection. ganized its membership structure. Rotating are urgently needed to retire debts incurred in than the malady, but the transluscence of century art, formerly taught at Vassar and voting members are drawn from conservation the battle to have the City contract (which marble and its solubility by acids make it ex­ served as director of the Vassar Art Gallery. Kendall Taylor, director of the Brainerd Art training programs, regional conservation further damaged the Towers) cancelled. The tremely difficult to remove stain without Gallery at SUNY Potsdam, has been elected centers, major conservation and research State Supreme Court ordered the City of Los removing stone also. Other curatorial appointments: Calvin M. president of the Organization of SUNY laboratories, and area conservation organiza, Angeles to return $160,000 to the State. This We welcome the interest and concern of Arnold L. Lehman, Baltimore Museum of Art. Hennig has been named curator of collec­ Gallery and Exhibition Directors. tions. Non-voting members include (a) made funds available to properly develop the your readers in the artistic and technical tions at the Portland Museum of Art. He associate members drawn from the above­ essential emergency repairs now underway problems of preserving outdoor statuary. If New director of the Baltimore Museum of Art comes from Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum, PUBLICATIONS mentioned types of organizations, (b) observ­ under the supervision of the State Architect's our own responsibilities are involved, com­ where he was curator of education. New is Arnold L. Lehman, formerly director of ers drawn from national membership organ­ Office and Earl Carlson, Sr., Architect of the ment can be directed to this office. the Metropolitan Museum & Art Centers of curator of education at NCFA is Barbara The International Center of Medieval Art has izations and major government and private Dept. of Parks and Recreation. However, Paul Goeldner, Chief Coral Gables. Lehman, who received his doc­ Shissler, who was formerly director of the named W. Eugene Kleinbauer, professor of support programs having substantial interest L.A. continues to seek to have this decision Historic Resource Services torate from Yale in 1973, has also been ex­ Division of Education at the National Ar­ fine arts at Indiana University at Bloom­ in conservation, and (c) corresponding overturned, obliging the Committee to seek National Capital Region ecutive director of the N.Y .C. Parks Council chives. ington, editor of its semi-annual journal, members, comprised of organizations, further monies. National Park Service (1972-74) and director of the N.Y.C. Urban Gesta. This seems as good a place as any to institutions and persons interested in main­ Washington, D.C. 20242 Improvements Program (1971-72). He has Stuart Cary Welch has been named Special mention that ICMA has been accepted as an taining communication with NCAC and not lectured in art and architectural history at Consultant to the Department of Islamic Art affiliated society of CAA. eligible for other classes of membership. both Cooper Union and Hunter College. at the Met, succeeding Richard Etting­ Art Deco Devotees hausen, who headed the department from The Miami Design Preservation League, the As of January 1980, the new editor of Art­ Jane Keene Muhlert has been appointed 1969 until his death this past April. In addi­ Legislation group that, along with the Dade County forum will be Ingrid Sischy. Sischy has been director of the Amos Carter Museum, filling tion to his new appointment, Welch will con­ Pending arts legislation in several states af­ Historical Commission, successfully spear­ "updated" with flocked wallpaper, recent associated with The Print Collector's Newslet­ the vacancy left by the death of the Museum's tinue his duties as curator of Muslim and Hin­ fects conservation. In California, SB 668 headed the Art Deco Historic District in plastic fixtures, and the like. Questions of ter, Printed Matter (artists' books), and the only previous director, Mitchell Wilder. du paintings at the Fogg and as senior lecturer would prohibit alteration, mutilation or Miami Beach, has recently been awarded replication or imitation of the interior orna­ MOMA photography department. She has Muhlen comes to Fort Worth from Iowa City, in the Harvard Fine Arts Department. It's a defacement of a work for fifty years after the several grants, including one from the NEA to ment of the period are central to future also designed theatre sets, co-authored a film where she was director of the University of long commute, but both institutions seem to death of the artist and SB 1191 would allow produce a book on Art Deco restoration activities in this area and raise some real and script, and is a member of the band Disband. Iowa Museum of Art. Before that she was be ecstatic about the arrangement. anyone, not only the artist or his or her heirs, which will include a listing of manufacturers unresolved issues. (Other publications: A It's an interesting background and the ac­ curator of 20th-century art at NCFA. She to act to keep art in public view intact. While of materials used in the 1930s. MDPL has Guide to the Architecture of Miami Beach by companying press release states that Art­ earned her M.A. in art history at Oberlin Col­ The Fogg has also made a number of staff the latter bill is a boost to those fighting for recently begun publication of a glossy Arlene R. Olson, available from the Dade forum plans to "broaden its commitment to lege, where she began her professional career changes in preparation for the expansion of the conservation of public art, the former bill periodical called Portfolio to advance the County Historic Survey, 190 S.E. 12 Terrace, ongoing and changing critical issues within all as a curatorial assistant at the Allen Art Muse­ physical facilities and programs made possi­ could inhibit the conservation or restoration cause of the Art Deco preservation; income Miami, Fla. 33131.) aspects of modern and contemporary art." um. She is one of only eight women members ble by the happy success of its capital fund of art works when necessary. from sales goes to support the MDPL, the Art R.R.W. II of the Association of An Museum Directors. drive. Suzannah Doeringer, formerly assist­ Deco Historic District, and the Art Deco In­ Free for the Asking ant director, has been named deputy direc­ ternational Society. (Copies are available at The National Trust for Historic Preservation Philip A. Klopfenstein, formerly director of tor; Gabriella Jeppson, formerly director of Of Cloth and Celluloid $3.00/issue from MDPL, 1630 Euclid Ave., (1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, the Augusta Richmond County Museum, has the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art and To insure receipt of all CAA publica­ The Southern Arts Federation (Suite 712,225 Miami Beach, Fla. 33139). The Miami group D.C. 20036) has published an Annotated List been named director of the Montgomery acting assistant curator at the Busch-Rei­ tions and announcements, please be Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30303), is faced with a special range of problems, of Newsletters on Historic Preservation and Museum of Fine Arts. Klopfenstein's back­ singer, has been appointed assistant director sure to keep us informed of your cur­ supported by the State Arts Agencies of since many buildings in this important con­ Related Subjects. ground is in art education and school admin­ for curatorial affairs and programs. Lin rent address. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, glomeration of hotels and private residences Annabelle Simon Cahn II istration (M.A. Western Michigan); he is also Louise Ambler, presently curator of the Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, of the 1930s and early '40s have long been Public Information Officer

December 1979 10 CAA newsletter 11 shows by artist members

A listing ofsolo exhibitions by artist members tober 9-November 16. "Interiors/Exteriors," Geoffrey Pagen. Contemporary Crafts oj the CAA. Listings should include name oj paintings on paper. Gallery, Portland, Oreg. October 5-·27. "Re­ artist, gallery or museum, city, dates of ex­ cent Ceramic Work." Joan Bonagttra. Commission on the Status hibition, and medt'um. Since this serv';ce is of Women, N.Y.C. October 17-November Philip Pearlstein. Davidson Art Center, available only to GAA members and since we 14. Bo;x: sculptures. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. can't possibly check all the exhibition notices September 7-0ctober 7. Prints, drawings, we receive, please include a copy ofyour cur­ Ken Friedman. Union Gallery, San Jose paintings. Boston University Art Gallery. State University. October 22-November 16. rent membership card. November 16-December 16. "The Litho­ "The Union Drawings." graphs and Etchings of Philip Pearlstein." Benny Andrews. AAMARP Visual Arts Eunice Golden. Edward Williams Col­ Complex, Northeastern University, Boston. Howardena Pindell. Fine Arts Center lege, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hacken­ January 6-February 9. Recent prints, paint­ Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook. September sack, N.J. October 7-November 3. "The Past ings, drawings. IO-October 14. "Works on Canvas and Ten Years," paintings. Paper, 1977-1979, and Video Drawings, Barbara Baer. Gallery 234, University of Nicholas Hill. Birger Sandzen Memorial 1975-1979." Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. February 4-15. Gallery, Lindsborg, Kans. November. Paint­ Fabric, cord, and light installations. ings. Robert Schechter. Ward N asse Gallery, John Balsley. Mount Mary College, N.Y.C. December IS-January 3. Paintings, Milwaukee, Wise. September I5-0ctober 15. Susan Kristoferson. Texas Christian Uni­ graphics, and sculpture. Beloit College, Beloit, Wise. August 27-Sep­ versity, Fort Worth, Tex. November 5-10. Shepherd Schreiber. Galerie Hilger & tember 19. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Textiles. Schmeer, Duisburg, Germany. November Ind. October 8-26. Sculpture: welded and Jim Nawara. Community Arts Gallery, IS-January 15. Paintings. assembled constructions. Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. Oc­ Judith A. Beckman. Brooklyn Arts and tober 7-27. "Recent Work," paintings, draw­ Marjorie Trenk. Womanart Galleries, Cultural Association, Brooklyn, N.Y. Oc- ings, prints, and photographs. N.Y. C. September4-28. Paintings. III classifieds

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DATEBOOK. 11 January deadline advance registration for 1980 annual meeting. .30 January-2 February CAA annual meeting, New Orleans (Placement begins 29 January) . 8 February deadline March newsletter. . 27 February deadline submission of positions for March listing. . I March deadline Milliard Meiss applications. . 1 March deadline ACLS travel grant applications. .31 March deadline submission session proposals 1981 annual meeting. . 31 March deadline submission nominations to 1980 Nominating Committee.

G44newsletter ©1979 College Art Association of America 16 East 52 Street, New York 10022 Editor: Rose R. Weil