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Schedule of Exhibitions - December 1982

NEW EXHIBITIONS

Dec. 3 Opening of the Living Room from the Francis Little House (Permanent Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright installation) Installation of the living room from the house Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Francis Little in Wayzata, Minn., acquir­ ed by the Metropolitan when the house was torn down in 19 72. Room will be installed with much of its original furniture designed by Wright. The installation is made possible through the generosity of Saul P. Steinberg and Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In The American Wing)

Dec. 3 (Through Feb. 27) Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum An exhibition of about 100 objects from the Museum's collec­ tion of Frank Lloyd Wright material: architectural drawings, furniture, antique photographs, ceramics, engravings, fragments and graphics. Exhibition is made possible through the generos­ ity of Saul P. Steinberg and Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In The American Wing; galleries adjacent to Francis Little Eoom installation)

Dec. 3 Installation of the Museum's Annual Christmas Tree and Baroque (Through Jan. 9) Creche Display Nineteenth consecutive annual display of the Museum's famous Christmas tree and collection of 200 18th-century Baroque Neapolitan creche figures presented to the Museum by Loretta Hines Howard in 1964. The installation is made possible by Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In the Medieval Sculpture Court, main floor)

Dec. 7 Annual Christmas Display at The Cloisters (Through Jan. 9) At Christmas each year the whole of The Cloisters becomes suffused with holiday fragrances, flowers, candlelight and music. Dried herbs and flowers hang from the main hall archways, the 12th-century Italian marble ciborium in the Langon Chapel is wrapped with pine garlands, fresh fruit and nuts, the Saint- Guilhem Cloister is planted with a medieval winter garden, and in the Chapter House from Pontaut, a 12th-century Italian paint­ ed creche — figures of Mary, Joseph, the Christ Child and ox and ass, made in the Florentine workshop of Antonio Rossellino - - are displayed in a garden of pine, ferns and white cyclamen. Recorded medieval and Renaissance Christmas music is played daily at -12:30 and 2:30. (At The Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park)

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Dec. 7 Albrecht Purer and the Holy Family (Through Feb. 6) Exhibition, part of an ongoing program to show the treasures of the Metropolitan Museum's print collection, includes 70 prints (woodcuts and engravings) by Albrecht Durer on one of his favorite themes, the Holy Family. Exhibition is made possible by Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In the Galleries for Drawings, Prints and Photographs, second floor)

Dec. 21 La Belle Epoque (Through Sept. 4, 1983) The eleventh consecutive exhibition organized by Diana Vreeland for The Costume Institute, La Belle Epoque will evoke the spirit of Proust and the era he chronicled so brilliantly — the joyous years of pleasure, change and achievement that preceded the First World War. There will be approximately 150 costumes of men and women in the exhibition as well as a complete range of accessor­ ies. Among the colorful personalities of the period who will be represented are Sarah Bernhardt, Queen Alexandra, Eleonora Duse, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Queen Margherita of Italy, the Countess Greffulhe, Lina Cavalieri and Cleo de Merode. There will also be paintings and decorative objects, including the famous por­ trait of Sarah Bernhardt by Georges Clairin from the Petit Palais which will be on exhibition outside France for the first time. Much of the exhibition will be drawn from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum with loans from public and private collections in the United States, France, England, Italy and Japan. The ex­ hibition is made possible by a grant from the Pierre Cardin Management Corporation. (In The Costume Institute, ground floor)

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Through Jan. 2 Watercolors by William T. Richards (Opened Nov. 4) 110 miniature watercolors by the 19th-century Philadelphia landscape and marine painter, Willian T. Richards (1833-1905) from the collection of Richard and Gloria Manney. (In the Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery for Special Exhibitions, The American Wing)

Through Jan. 2 The Search for Alexander (Opened Oct. 27) A major loan exhibition of about 180 works of Greek art dating from the 4th-2nd centuries B.C. which comes to the Metropolitan as the final location on its tour of major American museums. The objects, many of which are in this country for the first time, are presented differently from the installations in the other museums on its tour, and have been supplemented by mate­ rial from the Museum's own collections. The exhibition focuses on the art of northern Greece and on the superb craftsmanship and artistry achieved at the time of Alexander the Great and under his successors. It displays the richness of Hellenistic art and of Alexander's legacy to other periods and cultures. The exhibition has been made possible by The National Bank of Greece, Time Incorporated, Mobil, and with the cooperation of The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sciences. (In the Sackler Exhibition galleries, second floor) (more) Schedule of Exhibitions - December 1982 Page 3

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Through Jan.23 Recent Acquisitions in Indian and Southeast Asian Art (opened Oct. 5) Exhibition of 41 of the most important paintings and sculpture acquired in the past five years in an area that includes the 2000-year-old artistic legacy of India, Pakis­ tan, Nepal, Tibet, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia as well as other Southeast Asian countries. Among the other fine pieces on view are the 15 superb sculptures recently acquired from the collection of the late Christian Humann (South Indian bronzes, early Nepalese bronzes and sculpture from Thailand, Cambodia and Java). With the acquisition of these objects, together with other important acquisitions, the Metropolitan Museum's collection of Indian and Southeast Asian art now ranks among the best in the United States. Made possible by the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Charitable Trust. (In the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Recent Acquisitions Gallery, second floor)

Through Feb. 27 The Celestial Pen: Islamic Calligraphy in the Metropolitan (Opened Sept. 28) Museum of Art The first exhibition in a new special area for changing Islamic exhibitions, an area which has been made possible by a gift from the Hagop Kevorkian Fund. The 45 objects on view illustrate the beauty, artistic quality and importance of calligraphy in the Islamic culture. Objects range from the late 8th and early 9th centuries to the 18th-19th centuries and include single leaves from Korans, various literary texts, textiles, and objects in stone, metal work, ceramic, jade and wood. (In the Hagop Kevorkian.Fund.Special Exhibitions Gallery, second floor,south wing)

Through Mar. 6 Rodin's Gates of Hell (Opened June 4) This monumental bronze portal, measuring 21' high by 13' wide and weighing almost 9 tons, was intended for a building to house the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, which was never built. The portal was never cast in bronze during Rodin's lifetime. It is a sculptural ensemble of writhing figures portraying Rodin's conception of the eternal punish­ ment for human perversity and sin. The installation at the Metropolitan Museum has been made possible by a grant from Cantor Fitzgerald Group, Ltd. (In the Charles Englehard Court of The American Wing)

Indefinite Close Works of Art in Glass from the Museum's Collections (Opened June 8) 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 selection of American glass from study/storage materials; medieval stained glass; a group of newly acquired glass from the 20th-century deco­ rative arts collection. Glass from the Greek and Roman,

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the Islamic and the Egyptian collections will also be on display. (In various locations throughout the Museum)

Permanent Installation

(Opened Feb. 3) The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing A new wing unites the collection 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 acquired by the Metropolitan Museum. The new wing, a 42,000-square-foot exhibition space devoted to the arts of Africa, the Pacific Islands, Precolumbian 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 expedition in New Guinea. It is located at the south end of the Metropolitan Museum and contains some 2,000 objects. (On the first floor, south end of the Museum)

(Opened April 22) New Installation in the Douglas Dillon Galleries for Chinese Paintings and Fresh Plantings in the Astor Garden Court A re-installation of 90 of the Museum's permanent collection of Chinese paintings includes 60 paintings not previously shown. Also on view is a new group of Ch'ing dynasty (1664- 1911) robes and textiles. To celebrate the fall season, there are fresh plantings and a display of flowers in the ad­ joining Astor Garden Court. The Dillon Galleries and Astor Court were conceived as an entity and are the first phase in the new installation of the Museum's Far Eastern Art collec­ tion. 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

Jan. 10, 1983 Collaborations (Through Spring 1984) The opening exhibition in the new Ruth and Harold Uris Education Center will include ten works of art from nine curatorial departments chosen to demonstrate that many works are produced through the joint efforts of artists, designers, craftsmen and other skilled workers. (In the Ruth and Harold Uris Center for Education, ground floor)

Mid-January Installation of the Pulpit by Karl Bitter Installation in The American Wing of the pulpit by Karl Bitter, 19th-century American sculptor, acquired in part by the Metropolitan when All Angels Church (which was at 80th and West End Avenue) was torn down in 1978. Pulpit will be installed with the addition of a band of sculpted angels which is on long-term loan from the Church. The installation is made possible by a grant from Interpace Corporation.

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Feb. 16 15th- and 16th-Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan (Through April 17) Museum of Art Works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Correggio are included in this selection of about 100 of Che finest examples of Italian Renaissance draughtsmanship, all from the Museum's own collection. Exhibition made possible by Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In the Galleries for Drawings, Prints and Photographs, second floor, south wing)

Feb. 26 The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art (Through June 12) The first major exhibition of art from the Vatican Collec­ tions ever to be sent abroad. The 237 works drawn from the vast holdings within the Vatican come not only from the Vatican Museums and the Vatican Library but from St. Peter's Basilica, its Grotte, and its Treasury and the Papal Apart­ ments. The works range in date from Egyptian and classical antiquity to the 20th century. The superb works chosen for this exhibition not only give an idea of the range and mag­ nitude of the artistic resources housed in the Vatican but also reflect the history of papal patronage, and show the, way the popes have commissioned, collected and preserved works of art.

The exhibition's tour of the United States is sponsored by Philip Morris Incorporated through a grant to the Metropoli­ tan as the show's organizing museum. Pan Am has been desig­ nated as the official carrier of the exhibition. An indem­ nity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. Local corporate support for the installation and presentation at the Metropolitan Museum has come from Manu­ facturers Hanover Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., and the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Charitable Trust. Tickets to the exhibition went on sale on October 15 at Ticketron and Teletron outlets.

Mar. 15 (Through May 22) Advertising America: American Posters from the 1890s to the 1920s Exhibition of about 75 posters illustrating commercial ad­ vertising as well as First World War propaganda efforts and ranging in date from the 1890s into the 1920s. Among the artists represented are Will Bradley, Edward Penfield, James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Chandler Christy, Joseph Pennell, Ethel Rhead, Maxfield Parrish (including one of his billboards for Fisk Tires), J. C. Leyendecker and Florence Lundborg. Exhibition made possible by Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In the Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery, The American Wing)

April 13 Constable's England (Through July 31) Sixty-four outstanding paintings and oil sketches selected to reflect the whole spectrum of the career of John Constable (1776-1837), the most important painter of the English land­ scape in the 19th century. Works will come from British

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and American public and private collections. An illustrated catalogue is being written by Graham Reynolds, former Keeper of the Constable collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

April 26 Raphael in Prints (Through June 5) An exhibition, in celebration of the 500th anniversary of his birth in 1483, of about 100 works after Raphael's paint­ ings, frescoes and drawings, by printmakers from his own time down through succeeding centuries. Among the artists represented are Marcantonio Raimondi, Hendrik Goltzius, Francesco Parmigianino, Ugo da Carpi, Giovanni Volpato and Timothy Cole. Exhibition made possible by Reliance Croup Holdings, Inc.

May 14 The World of Henry Moore (Through Sept. 25) Major retrospective (the first in the U.S. since the 1946 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art) of the work of Henry Moore (1898—), one of the greatest sculptors of th e 20th century. Exhibition will include sculpture of all sizes (direct carvings in wood and stone as well as cast bronzes ranging from small to monumental) and drawings that concen- trate on specific themes. Works range in date from the mid- 1920s through 1980 and will be borrowed from public and pri- vate collections in Europe, Canada and the United S tates. Exhibition is made possible by a grant from the Gou Id Inc. Foundation.

June 6 Charles Willson Peale and His World (Through Sept. 4) Approximately 170 objects by Charles Willson Peale (1741- 1827), one of the most creative and influential artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The range of objects — portraits, miniatures, animal and landscape drawings, prints, stuffed birds, minerals, fossils, Indian artifacts — indicate the artist's achievements in colonial and federal America, not only as a portrait and history painter but also as an inventor and patriot. The installation of one section of the exhibition will be designed to give the idea of Peale's Museum, the first art and natural history musuem in the United States. The display cases, showing objects from the Museum, have been modeled after the actual cases in Peale's Museum and the pictures on the walls will be hung in the manner used by Peale in the Museum. Objects in the exhibition are on loan from the Academy of National Sciences and Independence National Hall in Philadelphia, and other public and private collections. Exhibition made possible by a grant from Lawrence Fleischman. (In the Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery, The American Wing)

Mid-June Egyptian Art Re-Installation Phase III

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June 17 Alfred Stieglitz (Through Aug. 14)

August 30 20th Century Masters from the H. H. Thyssen-Bornemiszn (Through Nov. 27) Collection

September 10 (Through Nov. 27)

MUSEUM HOURS

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

DECEMBER HOLIDAYS

Saturday, December 25, Christmas Day 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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact John Ross or Berenice Heller, Public Informa- tion Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tel. : (212) 879-5500.

December 1982