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Exhibition Records, 1982-1994

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Collection ID:: SIA.FA97-102
Creators:: National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department
Dates:: 1982-1994
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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This accession consists of records that document the exhibition Jacob Kainen that was held at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) from September 10, 1993 to January 2, 1994. Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Chief Curator of the NMAA Curatorial Department, and Guest Curator Walter Hopps, who was Curator of The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, curated the exhibition. After closing at NMAA, the exhibition traveled to the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where it was shown from January 21 to March 28, 1994; and to the Equitable Gallery of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York, New York, where it was shown from July 1 to October 1, 1994.

The records document all aspects of the show, and include a prospectus; research files; correspondence with the guest curator, lenders, and the Kainen family; lender files; checklists; photographs and slides of the artwork; label copy; brochure and catalog texts; press clippings; and agreements with the tour host galleries. Most of the files date from 1991 to 1994, but some research files contain interviews with Kainen that date from 1982.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-102, National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department, Exhibition Records

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Hopps, Walter	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Kainen, Jacob	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mecklenburg, Virginia M. (Virginia McCord)	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Addison Gallery of American Art	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Equitable Gallery (New York, N. Y.)	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Jacob Kainen (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Traveling exhibitions	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museum exhibits	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Art museum curators	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white photographs	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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