Thomas Eakins: A Retrospective Exhibition

October 8-November 12, 1961

Overview: The show included 103 paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculptures, and photographs of motion, lent by 31 institutions and 26 collectors. This was the third in a series of solo exhibitions of the work of an American artist. Featured were the paintings The Gross Clinic and The Agnew Clinic, and the portrait of Walt Whitman. William P. Campbell, assistant chief curator, was in charge of the exhibition and wrote the notes for the catalogue. In return for the reluctant loan of The Gross Clinic, which had never left the walls of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, the Gallery paid for its extensive restoration.

Attendance: 42,238 (36 days)

Location: Ground Floor, Central Gallery, Galleries G-7 through G-13

Catalogue: Thomas Eakins: A Retrospective Exhibition, by Lloyd Goodrich. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1961.

Other venues:

Art Institute of Chicago

December 1, 1961-January 7, 1962

Philadelphia Museum of Art

February 1-March 18, 1962

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