Recent Drawings USA Sponsored by the Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art Author Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Date 1956 Publisher The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition URL www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3344 The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition history— from our founding in 1929 to the present—is available online. It includes exhibition catalogues, primary documents, installation views, and an index of participating artists. MoMA © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art u§eum of Modern Art Sponsored by the Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art /jr£./\iV-£- T6~ b~ I % Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art t , j John Hay Whitney, Chairman of the Board ; Henry Allen Moe, 1st Vice-Chairman; Nelson A. Rockefeller, 2nd Vice-Chairman; William A. M. Burden, President; Mrs. David M. Levy, 1st Vice-President; Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Stephen C. Clark, Ralph F. Colin, Mrs. W. Murray Crane,* Rene d'Harnoncourt, Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, Philip L. Goodwin, A. Conger Goodyear, Mrs. Simon Guggenheim* Wallace K. Harrison, James W. Husted* Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, Mrs. Henry R. Luce, Ranald H. Macdonald, Mrs. Samuel A. Marx, Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller, William S. Paley, Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, Mrs. Charles S. Payson, Duncan Phillips* Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, David Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, Beardsley Ruml, Paul J. Sachs* John L. Senior, Jr., James Thrall Soby, Edward M. M. Warburg, Monroe Wheeler * Honorary Trustee for Life The Junior Council of The Museum of Modern Art Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, Honorary Chairman; Mrs. Donald B. Straus, Chairman; Harmon H. Goldstone, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. E. Powis Jones, Secretary; Charles T. Keppel, Treasurer; Peter A. Riibel, Budget Chairman; Mrs. Julius Ochs Adler, Jr., Davis B. Allen, Arthur G. Altschul, Mrs. Clark Andrews, Walter Bareiss, Courtlandt D. Barnes, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos, Mrs. Robert P. Bass, Jr., Mrs. Amory H. Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Broido, Jr., Mrs. William Brunei, Arthur Bullowa, Winslow Carlton, Miss Phyllis Clarke, Miss Pamela Colin, Mrs. Ruth Emerson Cooke, Mrs. Richard Deutsch, Mrs. Sawyer G. Dewey, Mrs. Gregory H. Doherty, Mrs. Peter Farb, Mrs. Peter Gimbel, Miss Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Robert D. Graff, Mr. and Mrs. August Heckscher, Mrs. Barklie Henry, Arthur W. Hepner, Mrs. John Hersey, Richard Hunt, William N. Jayme, Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, Mrs. Robert E. Kintner, Miss Sandra Krasne, Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Leach, Harold Eliot Leeds, Mrs. Robert Leonhardt, Mrs. John E. Lockwood, Mrs. Roger McCollester, Mrs. Stanley Mase, Mrs. Margaret Wallace Miller, Mrs. John B. Oakes, Don Page, Charles P. Parkhurst, Norwood Patton, Perry R. Pease, Mrs. Lawrence S. Phillips, Mrs. John Pierrepont, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. R. Pinkham, Miss Ann C. Resor, Mrs. Reuben F. Richards, Mrs. Robert W. Sarnoff, Mrs. David Sawin, Charles Schwep, Mrs. Carleton Sprague Smith, Mrs. Alfred R. Stern, David Swope, Miss Lily van Ameringen, Mrs. Ann Deming Walton, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkie The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin Vol. XXIII, No. 4, 1956 Design and Typography By Helen Federico recent drawings U.S.A. Recent Drawings U.S.A. is an exhibition organized by the Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art. The Council is a group of young men and women who work actively within the Museum's program and keep the Museum in touch with the thinking of the young people who form such an important part of its membership. Among the activities of the Council since its founding in 1949, have been symposia , special film programs and exhibitions. The Art Lending Service, initiated and operated by the Junior Council, has been in existence for five years. Housed on the 6th floor, adjoining the Penthouse, its services are available to all members of the Museum. A selection of paintings, prints and small sculptures from 50 New York galleries are available for purchase and rental. Through the auditorium series " The Related Arts of Today ' (1951-54 ) and " The Living Arts of India " {1955), the Council has attempted to reinforce aspects of Museum exhibitions. In addition, the Council has held three exhibitions of its own: " Young American Printmakers ," prints by artists under 35; " Young Collectors," an exhibition of paintings owned by members of the Council; and " Recent Drawings U.S.A.," of which this publication is the catalog. " Recent Draivings U.S.A." has taken two years of preparation. It has been financed by the Council and has relied largely on the work of volunteers for its preparation. To this untiring committee, and to William S. Lieberman, director of the exhibition, the Junior Council acknowledges its gratitude. Elizabeth A. Straus, Chairman, Junior Council In May 1955 the Junior Council announced its sponsorship of the exhibition "Recent Drawings U.S.A." open to artists of the United States. For the purposes of the exhibition, a drawing was arbitrarily defined as "a work executed in black or one color on paper or paper substance." The prospectus added: "It is hoped that a sujficient number of entries will be submitted to provide a selection of 125 drawings to be exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art." More than 5000 drawings by artists from 46 states were received. Only work of the past five years was eligible for inclusion and any single artist could submit as many as three entries. 150 drawings by as many artists were chosen. As a survey of contemporary American draughtsmanship the exhibition is, of necessity, limited to available space within the Museum and to those artists who contributed. Nevertheless the selection embraces a broad national scope and includes work by familiar as well as relatively unknown artists. Almost all possible drawing media are represented . ink, pencil, crayon, chalk, charcoal, paint. In interest, vitality and variety, it is hoped that the exhibition demonstrates its announced purpose: "To emphasize new talent and directions in American drawing." All drawings are for sale. Prices have been determined by the artists or their representatives. William S. Lieberman Recent Drawings U.S.A.—Executive Committee Paul J. Sachs, Honorary Chairman ; Mrs. E. Powis Jones, Chairman; Mrs. Carleton Sprague Smith, Vice Chairman; William S. Lieberman, Director of the Exhibition Cicero: Untitled. 1955. Ink Levee: Untitled. 1955. Gouache Rosenthal: Drawing for the Sculpture " The Oracle 1955. Ink Yacoe: Dispersion. 1955. Ink and crayon ~ "" Giuliani: Leaf. 1955. Ink Pickering: Pomegranate. 1955. Ink \\ mw ?.' J'. rJ K >py&' - # sfi^fi M ? a J" // ,/> * ,i> < i^'r A: iJ* $4#> A' : ''$' dh \ '*: *' losian: Village in the Storm. 1955. Ink Abbott: Figures in Landscape. 1953. Charcoal Parker: A Portrait of Napoleon as a Young Man. 1954. Ink Baskin: Haman. 1955. Ink Albert: Study: Head. 1954. Charcoal Corbett: Number 18. 1952. Charcoal Takal: Wood. 1955. Ink Krallman: The Seeker. 1955. Ink and crayon Snow: Mummy Cliffs, Utah. 1955. Gouache Drumlevitch: Torah. 1955. Ink k sfttc,' ii« tit trr p«r 4 ff/irfr »>' /»*' "an-f «»v' <««<«'/^n />3 ,«*/<' V' " '"»<»I '« f)<«'< (it> .'*'».» * tt «h ft - J . Feininger: Illustration to Stendhal's "La Chartreuse de Parme ." 1951. Ink f //jp Graves: Field-Wall and Hedgerow Wildlife of Ireland (Number 2). 1954. Ink Wilde: Croak's House. 1955. Pencil :V Feinberg: Observation of Sound. 1955. Charcoal mmmm Maier: The Jersey Side. 1953. Pencil Kamys: Monaco. 1955. Ink Berger: Landscape. 1955. Contc crayon Hultberg: Industrial Landscape. 1955. Ink Ely: Fantasy of St. George. 1954. Ink Rivers: Family Portrait. 1954. Pencil Koerner: Girl with Coke. 1955. Ink Lieberman: One-Eyed Scholar. 1955. Red chalk Bouche: Portrait of Frederic Kiesler. 1954. Pencil Zajac: Procession. 1955. Ink Ratkai: Neapolitan Singer. 1955. Ink Greene: The Taking of Christ. 1955. Ink *1. Abbott, Mary. Born New York, N. Y., 1921; lives in Southampton, N. Y. 1%1%" Figures in Landscape. 1953. Charcoal, 34 x 24 (88.5 x 63.0 cm.). 2. Albers, Josef. Born Bottrop, Germany, 1888; lives in New Haven, Conn. Structural Constellation. 1955. Ink, 17 x 22% " (43.2 x 56.2 cm.). *3. Albert, Calvin. Bom Grand Rapids, Mich., 1918; lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. n%l%" Study: Head. 1954. Charcoal, 35 x I9 (90.6 x 50.0 cm.). Recent Drawings U.S.A. ^ Alcalay, Albert. Born Paris, France, 1917; lives in Brookline, Mass. z/%" (April 25—August 5, 1956) Times Square. 1955. Ink, 24 % x 36 (61.9 x 92.3 cm.). 5. Altman, Harold. Born New York, N. Y., 1924; lives in Greensboro, N. C. Untitled. 1955. Ink, 5% x 10%" (13.4 x 26.6 cm.). 6. Anderson, Edward A. Born Elgin, III., 1923; lives in Wilton, Conn. Belle of Calhoun. 1955. Ink, 15% x 2914" (40.1 x 75.5 cm.). 7. Askin, Walter. Born Pasadena, Calif., 1929; lives in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Humanist. 1955. Charcoal, 19% x 25%" (48.6 x 63.8 cm.). 8. Asman, William C. Born Brooklyn, N. Y., 1909; lives in Little Silver, N. J. l%" Reclining Figure. 1953. Ink, 12 x 15 (30.5 x 40.5 cm.). 9. Atwell, Allen. Born Pittsburgh, Pa., 1925; lives in Ithaca, N. Y. The Flower Turns Down. 1952. Pencil, 6% x 8" (16.8 x 20.4 cm.). 10. Ballinger, R. Maxil. Born Walnut Grove, Mo., 1914; lives in New York, N. Y. l% In the Temple. 1955. Ink, 24 x 19%" (63.2 x 49.9 cm.). 11. Bard, Phil. Born New York, N. Y., 1912; lives in New York, N. Y. l%l%" Man with Cigarette. 1955. Ink, 23 x 18 (61.0 x 47.8 cm.). 12. Barrett, Neil. Born Milwaukee, Wise., 1915; lives in Kenilworth, 111. Family Group. 1955. Ink, 24% x 19%" (62.4 x 49.2 cm.). *13. Baskin, Leonard. Born New Brunswick, N.