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National Gallery of Art - EXHIBITIONS

Past Exhibitions

Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century European Drawings

August 14-September 11, 1966

Overview: 50 drawings by 49 artists were selected and the catalogue was prepared by Richard P. Wunder, curator of painting and sculpture, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution. The drawings were all from private collections. The exhibition was sponsored by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and organized and circulated by the American Federation of Arts. The Kress Foundation made it possible for the exhibition to be circulated to 9 smaller museums.

Attendance: 31,094 (29 days)

Location: Ground Floor, Central Gallery, Bays I, II, III

Catalogue: 17th and 18th Century European Drawings, by Richard P. Wunder. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1966.

Other venues:
Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania
September 25-October 16, 1966
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
October 30-November 20, 1966
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
December 4-25, 1966
Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida
January 8-29, 1967
Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville
February 12-March 5, 1967
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Indiana
March 19-April 9, 1967
Picture Gallery, University of California, Riverside
April 23-May 14, 1967
Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane
May 28-June 18, 1967
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
July 2-23, 1967

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