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Schedule of Exhibitions - May 1982

NEW EXHIBITIONS

May 4: George Bellows (through July 4) Exhibition' of 70-75 works by George Bellows (1882- 1925) in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his birth, includes mostly lithographs but some paintings and drawings and the Metropolitan's lithographic stone drawn by Bellows on both sides. Objects are mainly from the Metropolitan Museum's collections with some loans from public and private collections in the United States. Exhibition made possible by Reliance Group Hold- ingSjInc. (In the Erving and Joyce Wolfe Gallery, The American Wing)

May 12: The Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook of Maurice (through Sept. 5) Prendergast An exhibition of the entire contents of a folio sketch­ book by the great American artist, Maurice Prendergast (1859-1924) representing scenes from and around the famous Public Gardens in Boston. The 44 sketches, mostly watercolor with some pen and ink drawings, were executed by Prendergast between 1895 and 1897 and are from the Robert Lehman Collection. Exhibition comes to the Met­ ropolitan Museum as its last site on a tour that in­ cluded the Dixon Galleries and Gardens, Memphis, Tenn. and the Oklahoma Art Gallery in Tulsa. (In the Drawings galleries, Robert Lehman Collection, first floor)

May 18: Seventeenth Century French Drawings and Prints from the (through Aug. 22) Museum's Collections A selection of over 40 drawings and some 50 prints from the Museum's exceptionally fine collections of 17th-cen­ tury French drawings and prints. Among the artists represented are Claude, Poussin, Charles Le Brun, Coypel and Jacques Callot. The exhibition is made possible by a grant from Reliance Group Holdings,Inc. (In the Galleries for Drawings, Prints and Photographs, second floor)

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Through May 9: Counterparts: Form and Emotion in Photographs (opened Feb. 26) Exhibition of 110 photographs from the Metropolitan's permanent collection. The photographs are installed in pairs for the purpose of comparison to illustrate key concepts in the aesthetics and appreciation of photo­ graphs. An illustrated publication will be available. Exhibition and publication are made possible by Warner Communications Inc. (In the Galleries for Drawings, Prints and Photographs, second floor)

Through May 21: Outstanding Art Books of the Year - Selected Titles 1981 (opened Apr. 6) A selection of about 50 titles published during 1981 in this thirteenth annual Outstanding Art Books exhi­ bition. (In the Thomas J. Watson Library, first floor)

Through May 30: Curators' Choices: Museum Purchases under $5,000 (opened Jan. 26) An exhibition of some 100 works purchased during the past four years. The second in a series of exhibitions in­ tended to reveal aspects of the Museum's acquisitions policy, this display has been organized to show that works of high quality but of relatively small market value have their place In the Museum alongside the mas­ terpieces. The exhibition has been made possible by Reliance Group Holdings,Inc. (In the Recent Acquisitions gallery, second floor)

Through June 20: Along the Ancient Silk Routes: Central Asian Art from the (opened Apr. 3) West Berlin State Museums Exhibition, drawn from the finest collection of works of art to survive the vanished civilization of Central Asia, comprises over 150 paintings and sculptures from major archaelogical sites In Eastern Central Asia (Chinese Turkistan), dating from the 8th and 9th cen­ turies A.D. Objects on loan from the West Berlin State Museums, come from archaelogical expeditions of the Berlin Ethnological Museum in the early decades of the 20th century. This is the first major exhibition in this country of material from this vital chapter in the history of the art of Asia. Exhibition has been made possible by a grant from IBM. (In the Special Exhibition galleries, second floor)

Through June 20: A Mirror of Nature: Dutch Paintings from the Collection of (opened Apr. 15) Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter A selection of 30 pictures from one of the most impor­ tant private collections of 17th-century Dutch paint­ ings in this country. The exhibition includes land­ scapes , seascapes, church interiors and still-life paintings. Among the important artists represented are Hendrick Avercamp (Winter Scene on a Frozen Canal), Jacob van Ruisdael, Salomon van Ruysdael, important

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS (CONT'D)

A Mirror of Nature: Dutch Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mr. Edward William Carter (cont'd) flower paintings by Ambrosius Bosschaert and Jan van Huysum, and a church interior by Pieter Jansz.Saenredam. (In the European Paintings galleries, second floor)

Through Sept. 5: The Eighteenth-Century Woman (opened Dec. 16) An exhibition in celebration of the unique way the 18th- century woman of fashion used her femininity, her elab­ orate dress and her coquetries to influence her men, and through them the politics, economics and aesthetics of her era. The exhibition is designed to show different aspects of her daily life and includes 125 costumes (dat­ ing roughly from 1690-1790) ranging from ladie's riding dress, simple day wear (both under and outer), to elab­ orate ball and court gowns. A few gentlemen's costumes are shown as a complementary foil to the ladies' costumes. Included also are a full range of accessories (painted fans, jewelry, laces, hats, gloves, slippers) and also some decorative arts (furniture, musical instruments, desk sets, toilet articles), and prints. Most of the objects in the exhibition are from the Metropolitan Museum's collections, with some supplementary loans from collections in Europe and the United States. The exhibi­ tion is made possible by a grant from Merle Norman Cos­ metics. (In the Costume Institute, ground floor)

Through Sept. 15: Radiance and Reflection: Medieval Art from the Raymond (opened Feb. 26) Pitcairn Collection 121 selected obje cts (stained glass and sculpture from France, Spain, It aly and England) from the Raymond Pit- cairn Collection one of the major collections of medi- eval art in this country. This material has been made available only to scholars and has never before been exhibited to the public. An illustrated catalogue will be available. (At The Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park)

Indefinite Close: Sculpture: New Acquisitions (opened Apr. 6) Thirteen pieces of Twentieth Century sculpture, most of them acquired in the last two years, include a Calder mobile, a wall assemblage by Louise Nevelson, a work by George Segal and two works by Robert Smithson. (In the Twentieth Century Art galleries, second floor)

Permanent Installations

Opened Feb. 3: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing A new wing that unites the collections of the former Museum of Primitive Art, founded by Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1954 and donated by him to the Metropolitan Museum in 1978-79, with objects acciuired by the Metropolitan Museum. The new wing, a 42,000 square-foot exhibition space devot­ ed to the arts of Africa, the Pacific Islands, Precolum-

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Permanent Installations (cont'd)

The Michael C. Rockefeller Wfng (cont'd) bian and Native America, is named in memory of Nelson Rockefeller's son Michael, a student of the art and culture of New Guinea, who died in 1961 while on expedi­ tion in New Guinea. It is located at the south end of the Metropolitan Museum and contains some 1,200 ob­ jects. (On the first floor, south end of the Museum)

Opened Apr. 22: New Installation in the Douglas Dillon Galleries for Chinese Paintings and Fresh Plantings in the Astor Garden Court A re-installation of the Museum's permanent collection of Chinese paintings includes 60 paintings not previously shown (a total of 90 are on view) and a new group of Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911) robes and textiles. Also, to celebrate the spring season, there are fresh plantings and a display of flowers in the adjoining Astor Garden Court. The Dillon Galleries and Astor Court, were con­ ceived together as an entity and are the first phase in in the new installation of the Museum's Far Eastern Art collection. They have been made possible by the generous support of two of the Museum's leading trustees, Mrs. Vincent Astor and Mr. Douglas Dillon. (On the second floor, north wing)

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS -

June 1: Works of Art in Glass from the Museum's Collections (Indefinite Close) A number of small exhibitions of works of art in glass drawn from the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection, held in conjunction with the annual meeting the first week in June, of the International Association of the History of Glass. Some highlights are installations of Flemish 16th-century stained glass panels; 16th century Venetian glass from the Robert Lehman collection; a special selec­ tion of American glass from study/storage material; me­ dieval stained glass; a group of newly acquired glass from the 20th century decorative arts collection. Glass from the Greek and Roman, the Islamic and the Egyptian collections will also be on display. (In various locations throughout the Museum)

June 5: France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth Century French Paint­ (through Aug. 22) ings in American Collections The first major exhibition in twenty years of 17th-cen­ tury French painting. Whereas the last comprehensive exhibi­ tion, The Splendid Century, consisted almost entirely of loans from France, France in the Golden Age,will be drawn exclusively from American public and private sources. Exhibition will include 124 paintings from 58 lenders to define the various movements and themes of the century. More than half of the paintings on display have come to the United States since World War II and several have never been exhibited before. Artists in the exhibition

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FUTURE EXHIBITIONS (CONT'D)

France in the Col don Age: Seventeenth Century French I'.i Lnt- ings in American Collections (cont'd) include Poussin, La Tour, Claude, Le Sueur, Valentin and Vouet. This exhibition has been made possible by a grant from the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (In the Special Exhibitions galleries, second floor)

June 4 - Mar. 6, *83 Rodin's Gates of Hell The monumental bronze portal, about 24' high by 13' wide and weighing almost 10 tons, intended for a proposed building to house the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, which was never built. The portal, which was never cast in bronze during Rodin's lifetime, is a huge sculptural ensemble of a complex myriad of writhing figures portray­ ing Rodin's conception of the eternal punishment for human perversity and sin. The installation at the Metro­ politan Museum has been made possible by a grant from Cantor Fitzgerald Group, Ltd. (In the Charles Engelhard Court of the American Wing)

July 1: Arts of Ancient China: Selections from the Irene and Earl (through Sept. 5) Morse Collection Exhibition of 60 superb examples of ancient Chinese art from the Irene and Earl Morse Collection, one of the finest private collections of its kind. Exhibition will include ritual bronze vessels of the Shang and Chou dy­ nasties (second and first millennia B.C.), terra cotta figurines of the sixth through eighth centuries A.D., and Buddhist sculpture. The exhibition will be accom­ panied by a scholarly catalogue. (In the Marietta Lutze Sackler gallery, second floor)

July 15 - Sept. 15: Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825 - 1945 A major loan exhibition of 150 original architects' sketches, drawings and renderings of important public and commercial buildings from the early 19th century to about 1870. Although Rhode Island is the smallest of the 50 states, it has perhaps the most complete representation of domestic architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Drawings in this exhibition come from a number of public and private collections including the Metropolitan's. An equal number of drawings from the years 1870-1945 will be shown concurrently at the Academy of Design in New York City. A fully illustrated catalogue of all 300 drawings will accompany the exhibition, which will travel to the Metropolitan from three institutions in Rhode Island. (In the Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery for Special Exhibi­ tions, The American Wing)

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MUSEUM HOURS

Tuesdays 10 a.m. - 8:45 p Wednesdays - Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4:45 p Sundays 11 a.m. - 4:45 p Mondays Closed

MAY HOLIDAY

Monday, Memorial Day, May 31....Closed

ADMISSION FEES

There is a suggested $4.00 admission for adults and $2.00 for students and Senior citizens to the Main Building and the Cloisters. While visitors are required to contribute something, the amount of the tax-deductible admission fees to the Museum is voluntary.

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May 1982