Hg INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OP THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART No. 60 BST S3 STRUT, NEW YORK 10, N.V. TELEPHONE: CIRCLE 5-8900 FQR RELEASE: Saturday, June 10, 1961 MODERN AMERICAN DRAWINGS, an exhibition prepared by the Department of Circulating Ex­ hibitions of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, under the auspices of the Interna­ tional Council of the Museum, will be inaugurated at the 1961 "Festival of Two Worlds" in Spoleto, Italy. Opening June 15, the exhibition will remain on view for the dura­ tion of the Festival, closing July 16. The galleries in which the drawings will be displayed are on the main floor of the Palazzo Ancalani on the Piazza della Liberta. After its showing in Spoleto, the proposed itinerary of the exhibition includes Israel Greece, Scandinavia, Germany, France and England* Selected by William S. Lieberman, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum, and Miss Elaine Johnson, Assistant Curator, the exhibition comprises seventy-three works by forty-four artists, chosen to reflect the richness and variety of American art in the drawing medium during the last twenty years* The distinguished older generation of draftsmen is represented by such artists as Lyonel Feininger, Arshile Gorky, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jackson Pollock and Ben Shahn, who themselves range in style from romantic realism to abstract expressionism* Jasper Johns, James McGarrell and Larry Rivers testify to the vigor of new directions taken by the younger generation* Other artists included in the exhibition are Hyman Bloom, Fritz Glarner, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, WiUem de Kooning, Jack Levine, Loren Madver, and Andrew Wyeth* The exhibition was organized in response to a number of requests from European and Israeli museums* These requests were stimulated in great part by the enthusiastic reception tendered to earlier shows of American painting and sculpture touring Europe between 195^ and I960* The desire was then created for an exhibition of drawings of comparable quality which would reveal the basis for the most significant accomplish­ ments of contemporary American art* For many institutions in these countries Modern American Drawings will be the first exhibition presenting American art of the present* Twenty-five private collectors, 10 galleries,and 5 museums and institutions have lent works to the exhibition* The "Festival of Two Worlds" was founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958* Modern American Drawings will be the only part of the Festival devoted to the graphic arts; other events are devoted to music, the dance and drama* The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, the sponsoring organiza­ tion under whose auspices Modern American Drawings will be shown, is a non-profit membership organization, composed of art patrons and community leaders from many parte of the United States* Among the exhibitions which will be organized for showing abror during the next year under the sponsorship of the Council will bo one-man shows of Leonard Baskln, Mark Rothko and Ben Shahn, Visionary Architecture and the U* S* Representation at the VI Sfio Paulo Bienal* ft***********.********************.*********** t •« •." . >•••.'.*.. •-••' • -..• ?or additional information and photographs contact Elizabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, Museum, of Modern Art, U West 55 Street, New York 19, N. Y. CI 5-8900, JHE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART II WEST 53rd STREET NEW TUKfv IT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TELEPHONE, CIRCLE 5-89OO June lU, 1961 CABLES, MODERNART, NEW YORK Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Byron Smith of Lake Forest have loaned a drawing entitled Tfofohflr Baron| by Mark Tobey to the exhibition "Modern American Drawings'1 assembled by the Museum of Modern Art for circulation abroad. The exhibition will have its inaugural showing at the 1961 "Festival of Two Worlds" in Spoleto, Italy from June 1$ through July 16. The proposed itinerary includes Israel, Greece, Scandinavia, Germany, France and England. Organized in response to requests from European and Israeli museums, the exhi­ bition consists of seventy-three works by forty-four artists, chosen to reflect the richness and variety of American art in the drawing medium during the last twenty years. For many institutions in which it will be shown, "Modern American Drawings" will be the first exhibition of contemporary American art. The drawings were se­ lected by William S. Lieberman, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, and Miss Elaine Johnson, Assistant Curator. The exhibition is sponsored by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, a non-profit organization composed of art patrons and community leaders from many parts of the United States. Photographs and additional information available from Elizabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, 11 West 53 Street, New York City. Circle 5-8900. Lake Forester, 287 £« Deerpath JHE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART vS tf\ki WAni/ 1A 11 WEST 53rd STREET f4EW YUKl\ IT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TELEPHONE, CIRCLE 5-8900 June 1U, 1961 CABLESI MODERNART, NEWYORK SPECIAL TO FORT WDRTH STAR-TELEGRAM Mr* and Mrs. Sam B. Cantey III of Fort Worth have loaned a drawing entitled Flesh Fly by Yasuo Kuniyoshi to the exhibition "Modern American Drawings11 assdfcsbled by the Museum of Modern Art for circulation abroad. The exhibition will have its inaugural showing at the 1961 "Festival of Two Worlds" in Spoleto, Italy from June 15 through July 16. The proposed itinerary includes Israel, Greece, Scandinavia, Germany, France and England. Organized in response to requests from European and Israeli museums, the exhi­ bition consists of seventy-three works by forty-four artists, chosen to reflect the richness and variety of American art in the drawing medium during the last twenty years. For many institutions in which it will be shown, "Modem American Drawings" will be the first exhibition of contemporary American art. The drawings were se­ lected by William S. Lieberman, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, and Miss Elaine Johnson, Assistant Curator. The exhibition is sponsored by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, a non-profit organization composed of art patrons and community leaders from many parts of the United States. For photographs and additional information contact Elizabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York City. Circle 5-8900. Fort Worth Star-Telegram THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART KlFW YORK 79 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE n WEST 53rd STREET fsltVY JKjniK IY June 1U, 1961 TELEPHONE, CRCLE 5.8900 **•, Z CAtLESi MODERNART, NEW-YORK SPECIAL TO BALTIMORE PAPERS Mr, and Mr8, Robert E. Meyerhoff of Baltimore have loaned a drawing by Mark Tobey to the exhibition "Modern American Drawings" assembled by the Museum of Modern Art for circulation abroad* The exhibition will have its inaugural showing at the 1961 "Festival of Two Worlds" in S pole to, Italy from June 15 through July 16. The pro- posed itinerary includes Israel, Greece, Scandinavia. Germany, France and England. Organized in response to requests from European and Israeli museums, the exhi­ bition consists of seventy-three works by forty-four artists, chosen to reflect the richness and variety of American art in the drawing medium during the last twenty years. For many institutions in which it will be shown, "Modern American Drawings" will be the first exhibition of contemporary American art. The drawings were selected by William S. Lieberman, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, and Miss Elaine Johnson, Assistant Curator* The exhibition is sponsored by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, a non-profit organization. Photographs and further information available from Elizabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York City. Circle 5-8900. Snet to Baltimore Sun and Baltimore News-Post 1HE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART HEW YORK 19 FOR IMMEDIATE HSUSASR TELEPHONE: CIRCLE 5-8900 JUT!* lU, 1961 CABLES, MODERNART, NEW-YORK Benjamin Baldwin of Chicago has loaned a drawing by James MoOarrall to tha exhi­ bition "Modern American Drawings" assembled by the Museum of Modern Art for circulation abroad, Mr. and Mr a. Solomon Byron Smith of Lake Forest have also loaned a drawing entitled Robber Barons by Mark Tobey. The exhibition will hare its inaugural showing at the 1961 "Festival of Two Worlds" in Spoleto, Italy from June 15 through July 16. The proposed itinerary includes Israel, Greece, Scandinavia, Qermany, France and England. Organised in response to requests from European and Israeli museums, the exhibition consists of seventy-three works by forty-four artists, chosen to re­ flect the richness and variety of American art in the drawing medium during the last twenty years. For many institutions in which it will be shown, "Modern American Drawings" will be the first exhibition of contemporary American art. The drawings were selected by William 5. Llebermsn, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, and Miss Elaine Johnson, Assistant Curator. The exhibition is sponsored by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, a non-profit organisation composed of art patrons and community leaders from many parts of the United States. Photographs and additional information available from Elisabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New Xork City. Circle 5*3900. CIWCLCU(0 t«p*<} .