1 West 53 Street. New York, N,Y,l0019 Circle 5·8900 Cable, Modernart No. 37 n, (lil R / I' «t . t. 1:. z, Wednesday, April 19, 1967 l a /uuis: J & 1) r.. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE jjfj-fl ~2 '1 .i->: )'(/U1 Z ~ Jt /w ~ /'/(j 1 The ~ill commemorate 's centennial year ~ith three

exhibitions aod a two-~eek cycle of Canadian films this spring. CANADA '67, 8n

exhibition of 40 recent prints by Canadian artists) will be on view from May 2

through June 4 in tbe Museum's Auditorium Gallery; the Canadian films ~ill be

screened fr01llMay 2 through May 15 in the Aud itorium; a new work) The Star Garden

(A place), by the young Canadian artist, Les Levine, will be on view on the Upper

Terraoe of tbe Sculpture Garden frOlU April 21 through Mlly21; and a model and photo-

grapha of Moutresl's Habitat housing project in Expo 67 will go on view l4t~ in 'May. MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist Included in the print exhibition are ~orks by painters , Yves

Goucher, and Jean-Paul Riopelle, by oculptora ond Michael

Snow, ond prints in new materials, such aa Les Levine's vacuum formed vinyl

Disposables, Francois Dallegret's silvered uvex Urbatomic and Sheldon Cohen's • architectural oznlid machine compositions. Artieta from Ottawa, , ,

Calgary and Van~ouver are repreG8nted.

This is the first all-Canadian exhibition to be shown at The Museum of Modern

Art, although an earlier eXhibition FIFTEEN CANADIAN ARTISTS, eponsored by the

Museum's International Council, waa circulated to museums around the United Statea.

The Museum Collections include more than 110 works by Canadian artists (8

complete liat of painters snd sculptors represented is attached). One of tbe first

~ork9 by a Canadian artist to be ahown at the Museum was the Totem Pole (l~9) by

John sud Fred Wallace, Baide Indians from British Columbia, which WBS included in

INDIAN ART OF THE UNITED sTATES in 1941. The work, wbich is on extended loan to the

MuseUM from the Indian Arta and Crafts Board of the Uoited States Depsrtment of tbe

Interior, bas been sent to Montreal for Expo 61. In May, a large model and photographs of Expo 67's Habitat will be shown.

The 12-story housing project designed by 28-yesr old Israeli-born architect, Mosbe

Safdie, consists of 354 steel-reinforced, pre-csst concrete boxes, laid out in 15

t -2- 07) iff~nt floor plana to create 158 apartmeots. The architect sees Rabitat as 8

seful concept in urban reaewal, as well as eventually providing mass-produced,

nexpensive new housing. "Instead of flattening .••the heart of a city;" he says,

'the Habitat system could eat through streets like a caterpiller __ st different

eights and .den.eitiesand at a rate you can handle."

The Star Garden (A Place), a new work by Canadian artiat Les Levine, will be

installed on the Upper Terrace of the MUseum's Garden on April 20 and will remain

on view through May 30. Called an architectural device by the artist, The Star

GSrden (A Place) covera 8n area ~ feet square and is about 7 feet tall; it is made

of Acrylite sheeta which have been heated end then ahaped by jets of air into

MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist rouBded forms. The work consistn of four separate sections which the viewer walks

through and around. The material has been given by the American Cyanamid Co.,

Building Products Division, Wakefield, Massachusetta.

Beginning on May 2, the Museum will present a program of Canadian films,

aelecte~ by Williard Van Dyke, Director of the Department of Film, which will span

Canadian film-making hiatory with documentaries, Shorts, children's films aod avant- garde films.

The cycle will be introduced 00 the evening of May 3 with a special screening

of films produced by The National Film Board of Canada. Sponsored by the Conaul

General of Canada in New York, the Canada Week Committee and The Museum of Modern

Art, the invitational screening will feature Norman McLaren's abstract film, MOSAIC,

documentaries HIGH STEEL, FEUX FOLLETS and TAKE IT FROM THE TOP, and the children's

film PADDLE TO THE SEA, taken from the classic children's story.

Photographs and additional information available from Elizabeth Shaw, Director, and Lynn Trsiger, Assistant Director, Department of Public Information, The Museum of .! Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, Ne'" York 10019. CIrcle 5-8900, ext. 203 .,~. ,i,; No. 43 FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, May 2, 1967 PRESS PREVIEW; Monday, May I, 1967 11 8.m ... 4 p ..m. /'\ '.~ , ',j', ~~l);\ an exhibition of more than recent prints by Canadian painrere and ,:':\'." . '67, 40 ~.culrto~., opens at The Museum of Modern Art on May 2, in conjunction with Canads W~k, in New York, snd will remain on view through Juue 4 in the Museum's Auditorium (;~Pi!W' ,"":',~'u" I ." , Thi; is the first all·Canadisn exhibition to be shown at The Museum of Modern

Art, altbQUgh au MCtier exhibition prepsred by the Museum, FIlI'XElN CANADIANARtISTS,

e1rculsted throughout the United Stat8S Item 1963 until 1965 under the auspices of

cbs Muaeum'. Inte:rnational Council. MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist "Thi. higbly selective survey suggests the vitality, excitement and variety of

CaDadiJIn art today," eays William S. Liebermlln, I>irector of the I>epar1:ll1cntof 1>1:8_

i~e aDd Printe, who selected ths worke with Mi8S Riva Castleman, Curatorial Aesi.-

cant for Printe.

Hi.. Castleman etates in the introduction to the exhibition, "The work of Jeau-

Paul Riopelle 'illuetrates the earlier French Cauadian tradition which compelled

artiJIts to seek iuspiration in Paria. A few English Canadiane, however, BOUght, 1£ na~onal not pl'OIIlOCed,,j / tradition. Among tbem sre lIarold Town aud Alex Colville. In

V'!Incc;Nver, Alistair Bell rbapaaBlee the dr!llJlat1cpresence of nature in Brithh

'(:olumbiJI. He is the only artiot repreaented by woodcuts in tbe sXhibition. :;,.: Aside fr~ tPaie, the tendenclae are varied and tbe influences apparent. A tbird of the

,;'; art:l!IU;s!.Deluded in the exhibition were born sbl'Md, moot i~grating SO adults.

'~ny Qave lived and IItudied iu Europe, encouraged primarily by 8rant~ from the

Canada Council, established a decade sgo. The res~lt ill an artistic production in~

'.\. ternat10nal in character, embodying cu~ent imaginative use of material and subjects.

"When, in the 20th century, artiets recognil:ed, the tactile p01lllibU1tims of the printed sarface, IIome began to treat the print ae a Bculpturnl fOT1ll. John Esler lind

(more) baa gone further. He molda the paper

His multiples have not only

but incorporate contemporary subjects and attitudes. Certain- . "' 11 ." ~~""'J:1til today, fe>! artists hsve sez Lous Ly created a work which is intended to be 1,/ . ',~. .; ¥P'):j:egjSi"a 1. ts, " ;.~<.\f""rchitecturalsubjects in new materiela ere reflected in the work of Francois

'~4~}egTet and Sheldon Cohen. Hard-edg.e, optical and minimal concepts are translated

J .' I ir'ltq.···S:ertllraphabyJack Bush and FranfOiB Thtlpot of Toronto and Richsrd Lacroix and ',",' ;':.~t MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist ':'.''''l:lJdo..,Molinariof Montreal. From the portfolio Toronto 20, several works challenge

~rk Twain's 'Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' finda a rival in

the,paiJ:1t:-coveredtoad who leaped his way across the entire edition (100 sheets) of

Gprdon Rayner's print. This and Ricbard Gorman'a print from magnetically attracted

b~I.U bearings give evidence that !:here is also wit within a not readily defined

Also included in the exhibition are four Eskimo prints -. sealskin atenci1s ao

BAffin Islabd, just south of the Arctic Circle, are a recent developMent in Canadian <~: ...:' .' l pTintmaking. Through the encouragement of tbe Csnadian government new techniques

»ere evo1ve~ for making prints from materials already being utilized for sculpturs ,\. I and the decoration of c1orbing. Since 1959, the Eskimo artists bave depicted scenes

t ' ",1,,>[' of everyday life and legend in stone-cut and sealakin stencil prints. Pootagook,

." ",.< , one of the printmakera whose work is shown, was formerly the ruler of the cape

.., Dorsa t Eskimos." ....,. \ Mr. Lieberman first became involved with Canadian prints in 1964 wben he was .! "r11:' '. (more) _ ':$ '~~H~'.'',' .; , '';'

'y ';'~~:':'!"J\"" :\;\~~~t..juror for ths first bienial Canadien Water Colours J Drawings and Prints!

c, ~.l4'}·" '·~:i .:'i·r~h~·~more chan 1,400 works were submitted. Sixty of these were selected for ~ ';;':l,l!;':',':: ,"' . . 'f ~lb~tton and, subsequently, were purchased by the National Gallery in Ottawa ~ )):1'.1 ~i·.·

";i;,,:~::j,~fbited tbr oughout Canada. Earlier thia year J Mias Castlellllln visited Toronto, J.' i,,\,J:#.l,) -. . ,~\/ ,,\1' • 6tl:i!:w'~ snd Montreal under thll auspices of the Canada lveak Coomittee and Mr. Lieberman ::;~:;::'"', . to Brfthb Columbia as the guest of the Vancouver Art {;allery.

'~e Museum Collections include more than 110 works by Cansdian artists (a

') ••te liBt of painters and sculptors represented ia attached) j photograpbll by

,~ '#~~:f tarshj IJIlJi approximately sixty addi tional prints.

CIUlADA'67 is one of four exhibitions and eventa at 1:he Museum of Modern Art

,li:l~'6r,.tiDg Canada' 8 centennial. THE STARGARDEN(A PLACE); II new work by Lea MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist

ODApril 20 in the Museum's Sculpture Garden, where it will remain

" 'c, .ti:y.:I:ewthrough May 21. A model and photographs of HABITAT,Expo 61's new housing

Q'. "~4ect, will ge On view 1atar in May. The Museum's Department of Film will presetlt : \:, .,~. •· ..·,·,t.:lIti.. week cycle of films, A SALUTETOTHE NATIONALFILMBOARDOFCANADA,from May 4

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·.~~~~R~aDd sddi tiona1 information ""aHab1e fr Qll Elizabeth Shaw, Director, and .~~Jf,t"~!ter,Assistant Direc~or, Depart;gmt of Public Infom/l.tioD, The Museum of :t:~7~~I;,11 West 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. CIrcle 5-8SKXJ. \; '\ I' ' . • ':>t ,I "

.'1 ~. ~i1!~:"i:'" 11 West 53 Street, New r orx. 1~,T.lIJU.l,'::I!.;lrCle:.:J-'d':!UUvaoie:Moaernart (Vl ft.!! A CY/ CANADA '67 May 2 - June 4, 1967

Checklist

Unless otherwise noted, the srtists are resident in the' p1sce of their birth.

AYOT, Pierre. Born Montreal, 1943.

1, "Chercher In femne." 1965. Color lithogrnph, 23 1/2:l< 11 1/2" (6/lD). Lent by Galerie Agn&s Lefort, Montreal. (Petersen 2745).

BELL, Alistair. Born Eogland, 1913. Lives in Vancouver.

2. Black Vulture. (19'i8). Color woodcut, 22 1/4 x to 1/4" (5/:30). Lent by the artist.

3. Spanish Broom. (1964). Color lMoodcut, 15 5/8 x 23 7/16" (13/35). MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist Lent by the artist.

BOYD, James. Born Otts,""" 1928.

4. One Red MallIe Leaf. (1964). Relief metal collage, 11 3/4 x 97/16" (1/1). Lent by the Isaacs Gallery, Toronto.

5. Quiet Life. 1966. Relief metal co118ge, 22 1}2 x 173/8" (1/1). Lent by The Isaacs Gsllery, Toronto.

BUSH, Jack. Born Toronto, 1901.

6. Red Sash, from the portfolio Five Colour Prints. 1965. Serigraph, 26 1/16 x 20 1/2" (58/100). Lent by The il/lVfdMirviah Gallery, Toronto.

7. Stripes to the..!!&E!J from the portfolio Five Colour Prints'. 1965. Serigraph, 26 1/16 x 20 1/2" (58/100). Lent by The David Mirvish Gcllery, Torouto.

COllEN, Sheldon. Born Ritchener, Ontnrio, 1935. Lives in Toronto.

8. l'SP X J2. (1966). x S Ozalid sud stencil, 21 1/16 16". Lent by Gallery Moos, Toronto. (Petersen 2746).

COLVILLE, G. Alex. Born'Toronto, 1920. Lives in Sackvilla, New Brunswick.

9· Doa with Bone. 1961. Serigraph, 29 7/8 x 25 1/16" (ed, 20). Tha Museum of Modern Art, gift of Gr~ham Colville. (Petersen 545).

DALLEGRET, Frsnroie. Born Morocco, 1937. Lives io Montreal.

10. Urbatomic. 1967. Serigraph on acetate, 213/8 x 27 1/4" (8/35). Lent by Gallery MOaB, Toronto.

(more) ESLER, John 1<.. 0...... ------, ------~ - ...... - !.ntaglio, 36 x 2.1 1/2." ('2.0/'2.5). 11. Freeway aud The Cherry Orchard. 1966. Lent by The Douglas Gsllery, Vancouver. (peteraen 21'41).

12. Century Pi.-ce (Canadian). 1966. Intaglio, 22 x 17 1/8" (8/35). Lent by Gallery Pascal, Toronto.

FORTIER, Michel. Born Montrea 1, 1943.

13. The Fly. 1966. Serigraph, 17 x 22 11/16" (2/15). Lent by tbe artist.

GAUCHER,Yves. Born Montreal, 19.34.

14. R01lllIl1jetoWebern, II. 1963. Embossment, 223/8 x 30" (A.F. 1/5). x:e;t by Gallery Moos, Toronto. (petera"n 2747),

15. Holllllgeto Webern, III. 1963. Embossment, 22 5/16 X 29 15/16" (A.P. 1/15). Lent by Gallery Mooe, Toronto.

GORMAN,Richard. Born Otca",a, 19.35. Lives in England. MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist 16. Rand01llMAgnet:1cPritlt Series ... Three Red Five Blue from the portfolio Toronto 20. 1965. Inked ballbearing, guided magnetically, 26 x 20" (76/100). Lent by The Isaacs Gsllery, TaTonto.

LACROIX,Richard. Born Montreal, 19.39·

17. Variant V.B. 1966. serigraph, 18 x 18 1/16" (13/53). Lent by the Graphic Guild, Montreal.

18. Variant IV-S. 1966. Serigraph, 18 1/16 x 18 1/16" (16/50). Lent by the Graphic Guild, Montres1. (petersen 2748).

LEVINE,Le.. Born Ireland, 19.35. Lived in Toronto. Lives in .

19· Plate from the portfolio Toronto 20. (1965). Serigraph oe acetate, 26 x 20" (76/100). Leet by Tbe Isaacs Gallery, Toronto.

20. S22 from the portfolio Les Levine LXVI. (1966). Photo offset, 123/4 x 9 7/16" (In/CL). The Museumof Modern Art, gift of the FischbAch Gallery.

21. s28 from the portfolio Lee LevinA LXVI, (1966). Photo offset, 12 3/4 x 9 7/16" (III/eL). The Museumof Modern Art, gift of the FiQchbach Gallery.

22. Disposable. (1967). Vscuumformed rigid vinyl, 12 1/16 x 12 1/8". (edition unlimited). Lent by tbe artist. (Petersen 2749).

Disposable. (1967). Vscuumformed rigid vinyl, 12 1/4 x 12 5/16" (edition unlimited). Lent by tbe artist.

MARKGRAF, Waltraud. Born Germey, 1957. LiveD io TOToeto.

24. Plate from the portfoHo Toronto 20. 1965. g er Lg-r-aph, 16" 16 1/2" (76/100). Lent by The Isnacs Gallery, Torento. (Petersen 2743). (more) McEWEN, Jean. Born ... _

25. RD1ll9geto the Poets .... (1965). Color lithograph, 153/16 x 12 5/lf:/' \~'''U}. Lent by Gallery MOaB, Toronto.

MOLINARI,GUido. Born MOntreal, 1933.

26. Encircling White. (1956-67). Serigraph, 24 3/4 x 27 1/16" (E,A.l/5). L~nt by the artist.

27. Bi-B1ue. 1965. Serigraph, 34 x 22 1/8" (E.A.2/5), Lent by the artist. (Petersen 2754).

MORRIS,Michael. Born England, 1942. Lives in Vancouver.

28. Letter MacbiD.e. 1966, Serigraph, 22 1/4 x 15 1/8" (18/20). Lent by the artist.

29. For Ernst Jandt. 1967. Serigraph, 223/8 x 28 5/8"- (5/50). Lent by the 8rtist.

ONLEY,Toni. Born Isle of Man, 1928. Lives in Victoria. MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist 30. DiBtent Mountain. (1965). Etching, 2 5/8 x 3 5/16" (15/25). Lent by The Douglas Gallery, Vancouver.

31. Quiet Shore. (1965). Etchine, 2 1/2 x 3 3/16" (9/25). Lent by The Douglas Gallery, Vancouver.

32. Silent Bay. (1965). Etching, 3 X 3 15/16" (15/25). Lent by The Douglas Gallery, lIancouver ..

33. Silent DepJlrture. (1965). Etching, 3 1/16 x 3 15/16" (A,P.). Lent by The Douglas .Gallery, Vsncouver.

RAYNER,Gordon. Born Toronto, 1935.

34. Plate from the portfolio Toronto 20. 1965. Psint-covered leaping toad, 26 x 20" (76/100). Lent by The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. (Petersen 2742'.

RIOPELLE,Jean-poul. Born Montreal, 1923. Lives in France.

35. Untitled. 1967. Color lithograph, 29 15/16 x 47 1/4" (H.C.). Lent by Galarie Maeght, Psris. (Petersen 2750).

SACILOTTO,Deli. Born Kimberly, B.C., 1956, Lives in NewYork City.

36. Urbina Series No.2. (1966). Color lithogrllpb, 24 7/8 x 167/8" (2/15). Lent by the srtist.

SAND!!RS,Benita. Born England, 1935. Lives in New 1brk City.

37. Ziggurat, 1966. Color intaglio, 187/8 x 195/8" (A.P.). Lent by the er ets c, (Petersen 2 51).

(more) 38. Carnival. 1965. Etching and aqua t tnt , 19 13/16 x 293/4" (2/8). Lent by The Douglas Gsl1ery, Vancouver.

SMITH,GordoD A. Born England, 1919. Lives in Vancouver.

39. Uncitled. (1966). Serigraph, 26 1/16 x 20" (13/30) LenC by The Douglas Gallery, Vancouver.

SNOW, Michael. Born Toronto, 1;128. Lives in N'"'' York City.

40. Plate from the portfolio Toronto 20. 1965. Photo offset and relief cut, 24 x 173/4" (76/100). Lent by The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. , THEPOT,Franfois. Born France, 1;125. Lives in Toronto.

41. Chessboard. 1966. Serigraph, 17 1/4 x 19 5/16" (30/50). Lent by Gallery Moos, Toronto. (Petersen 2752).

42. Chessboard. 1966. Serigraph, 17 1/2 x 19 9/16" (28/50). Lent by Gallery MooB, Toronco.

MoMAExh_0827_MasterChecklist TOWN, Harold. Born Toronto, 1924.

43. The Firsc Infernsl Submar t.ne, 1957. Monotype x 181/4 x 23 7/8" (1/1). The Museum of Modern Art, AdVisory Committee Fond.

44. Radar Detecting Spring. 1958. Monotype, 18 1/4 x 23 1/8" (1/1). The Maseum of MoclernArc, Mrs. Bliss Parkinson Pond. (Petersen 2753).

PRINTS BY ESKIM:lS OF CAPE DORSET,BAFFIN ISLAND,CANADA

NIVIAKSIAK. 1920(1)-1959.

45. Polar Bear aod Cub in Ice. 1959. Sealskin stencil, 9 5/8 x 19" (3/30). The Muoeumof Modern Arc, gift of M=s. Donsld B. Straus. (5-16.607).

PARR. Dates unknown..

46. Goese, Mon and Anilll81•. 1963. Sealskin scendl, 18 x 22 13/16" (36/50). The Museum of Modero Art, gift of Mrs. DODald B. StraUB.

POOTAGOOK-1889(1)-1959.

47'(1100 Build r. (19591). Stone rubbieg ood stonc cut, 9 5/16 x 19 1/16" 1150). Thll Muoe-ueof Modern Art, gifc of 8. Doo.a1dB. Scrsus.

IUOLIK. Born ell. 1888.

48. cuc , 18 5/8 x 6 1/16" (1/50). Donald B. Scraus.