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Wichita Art Museum: 75
Years of American Art
November 14, 2010 - July 24, 2011
Introductory wall panel
In honor of its seventy-fifth
anniversary, the Wichita Art Museum published Wichita Art Museum: 75
Years of American Art. The book includes an 
introductory
history of the Museum, a catalogue section that features at least one work
of art for each year the Museum has been collecting, and a concluding section
on the potential future of the collection. Beginning with Bruce Moore's
Saint Francis -- the Wichita Art Museum's first acquisition -- the
objects that represent each year of collecting were chosen not because they
are especially famous or valuable, but because they are indicative of either
a particular time in the Museum development of a general characteristic
of the overall collection. (right: Frederick Frieseke, 1874-1939,
The Yellow Tulip (ca.1902). Oil on canvas. Gift of William and Martha
Connelly.)
This exhibition features the majority of the works of art
included in the anniversary publication, arranged largely in the order in
which they were acquired. The nature of the exhibition juxtaposes objects
that otherwise would probably never be shown next to each other. Yet frequently
the unorthodox juxtapositions are visually rich and allow us to see familiar
works in a new way. For example, the presence of Ed Davison's Morning
Sun next to Christopher Wilmarth's Expanding Drawing suggests
an icy beauty in Wilmarth's work.
Due to practical concerns, not all works illustrated in
the anniversary publication are included in this exhibition. Mary Cassatt's
Mother and Child and Frederick Frieseke's Yellow Tulip, for
example, are featured in the American Impressionism exhibition in the Carlene
and Lee Banks Rotunda Gallery, and the Tripod Jaguar Effigy Vessel
is among the other Pre-Columbian objects in the Cessna Art Investigation
Gallery
Catalogue
The purpose of the volume, Wichita Art Museum: 75
Years of American Art is to document the remarkable growth of the Wichita
Art Museum. The exhibition opening Sunday, November 14, by 
the same name, will display most every work of art featured
in the volume.
Each object that was selected for inclusion in the volume,
is based on the object's importance to the collection, and the contribution
to the Museum's overall vision. Both book and exhibition chronicle a history
of not only the Museum and those who brought the institution to fruition,
but also the city of Wichita and the surrounding community.
Rarely does the Museum display all of these important and
popular works at one time; making this exhibition a once-in-a-lifetime event
for lovers of WAM's fine collection. (left: front cover of the exhibition
catalogue. Image courtesy of the Wichita Art Museum)
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Additional images from the exhibition
To view additional images from the exhibition, please click here
Checklist for the exhibition
- Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
- RISE OF THE PRISM
- 1919
- Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M63.46
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- Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
- CONFERENCE AT NIGHT
- 1949
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M100.52
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- Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)
- WINTER MOONLIGHT
- 1951
- Watercolor on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M120.54
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- John Marin (1870-1953)
- CAPE SPLIT
- 1939-1942
- Watercolor on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M136.55
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- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953)
- SEASON ENDED
- 1940-1945
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M145.57
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- George Cohen (1919-1999)
- AERIALIST
- 1959
- Oil and crayon on linen
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M158.59
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- Mark Tobey (1890-1976)
- GOLDEN GARDENS
- 1956
- Tempera and graphite on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
- M159.60
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- Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
- THE MISERIES AND MISFORTUNES OF WAR
- plate 5 & 6
- 1633
- Etching on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, L. S. and Ida L. Naftzger Collection
of Prints
- 1943.33 - .34
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- Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
- THE MISERIES AND MISFORTUNES OF WAR
- plate 15 &16
- 1633
- Etching on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, L. S. and Ida L. Naftzger Collection
of Prints
- 1943.43 - .44
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- John Taylor Arms (1887-1953)
- THE GOTHIC SPIRIT from the Gargoyle Series
- 1922
- Etching and stipple on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, L. S. and Ida L. Naftzger Collection
of Prints
- 1951.1
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- Robert Morgan Kiskadden (1918-2004)
- ITALIAN FAÇADE
- ca. 1956
- Oil on masonite
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase Award, Third Air
Capital Annual
- 1956.7
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- Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974)
- FEBRUARY 4th
- 1961
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Georgette Passedoit
- 1961.2
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- Charles M. Capps (1898-1981)
- MOUNTAIN COTTONWOODS
- 1957
- Aquatint and etching on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Bequest of Elizabeth T. Forter in
memory of her father, Cecil Alfred Forter
- 1962.146
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- Chinese Export Porcelain
- TEACUP & SAUCER
- Mid 18th century
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Donna Evans Kingsbury
in memory of Mrs. John L. Evans on her birthday, September 21, 1963
- 1963.2.1-.2
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- William Blake (British, 1757-1827)
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB
- 1825
- Engraving on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Robert B. Fizzell
- 1964.3.16
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- Attributed to the New England Glass Company
- PITCHER IN THE CLEAT PATTERN
- ca. 1860
- Clear blown lead glass
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Elizabeth and Laura Smith
- 1966.5
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- Attributed to John Haberle (1856-1933)
- LANDSCAPE SEEN THROUGH A STRETCHER
- ca. 1880
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Wichita Art Museum
Members, Director's Discretionary Fund
- 1967.5
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- Edmund L. Davison (1877-1944)
- MORNING SUN (also known as WINTER MORNING)
- 1936-1937
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Edmund L. and Faye Davison Collection
- 1968.27
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- Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
- UNTITLED
- 1944
- Oil and collage on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Wichita Art Museum
Members Foundation, Inc., and the National Endowment for the Arts
- 1969.4
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- Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928)
- ENERGIA
- ca. 1913
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Wallingford
and Wichita Art Museum Members Foundation, Inc.
- 1970.5
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- Christopher M. Wilmarth (1943-1987)
- EXPANDING DRAWING
- 1971
- Etched glass and steel cable
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase with funds donated
by Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Beren, Wichita Art Museum Members Foundation, Inc.
- 1972.26
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- Oscar E. Berninghaus (1874-1952)
- ASPENS, EARLY AUTUMN, TAOS
- ca. 1940
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Mrs. George
M. Brown
- 1974.7
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- John Koch (1909-1978)
- THE WINDOW WASHERS
- 1975
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of the Paul Ross Charitable
Foundation, Inc. as a memorial to Paul Ross
- 1976.45
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- Alex Katz (born 1927)
- FRANK AND SHEYLA LIMA
- 1964
- Oil on linen
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, National Endowment
for the Arts
- 1978.61
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- Walter Launt Palmer (1854-1932)
- GRAND CANAL, VENICE
- 1882
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Mid-Kansas Savings
and Loan Association in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brasted, Sr.
- 1978.89
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- Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
- AFTER THE CHASE
- 1965
- Watercolor and gouache on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor in memory
of Lee E. Phillips, Jr.
- 1979.54
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- Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
- RIPPLE
- 1963
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Friends of the Wichita
Art Museum, Inc., Volunteer Alliance
- 1980.90
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- William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
- ON THE SOUND
- ca. 1890
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Paul Ross Charitable
Foundation Fund
- 1983.66
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- Peter De Wint (British, 1784-1849)
- A CORNFIELD, HUNTINGDONSHIRE
- 1833
- Watercolor and graphite on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Virginia and George
Ablah Fund
- 1985.72
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- Carl Wuermer (1900-1983)
- AMERICAN FARMER
- 1930
- Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Friends of the Wichita
Art Museum, Inc., Volunteers of the Gift Shop
- 1987.6
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- Vincent La Gambina (1909-1994)
- 14TH ST. & 6TH AVENUE., SMALL MARKET
- ca. 1945
- Oil on canvas
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Vincent La Gambina
- 1988.22
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- Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946)
- ABSTRACTION
- 1942-1943
- Mixed media on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Gift of William C. Dove
- 1989.22.4
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- Gustave Baumann (1881-1971)
- TAOS PLACITA
- 1947
- Woodcut on paper
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Burneta Adair Endowment
Fund
- 1990.20
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- Hiram Powers (1805-1873)
- GINEVRA
- 1863
- Marble
- Wichita Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Burneta Adair Endowment
Fund
- 1992.4
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- Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
- THE BIRCHES
- 1891
- Pastel on board
- Wichita Art Museum, John W. and Mildred L. Graves Collection
- 1993.1
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- David E. Bernard (1913-2006)
- HUMANISTIC LANDSCAPE
- 1968
- Color intaglio on paper, 19/20