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Traum und Wirklichkeit Wien, 1870-1930
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Six painters and the object
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All of the painters in the 1963 exhibition Six Painters and the Object were born between 1923 and 1933, making them, at the time of the exhibition, either emerging artists or artists who were mid-career Although some of these six artists were commonly referred to as "object-makers," this exhibition focused on the artists as painters and the canvas as subject. The six artists who were highlighted in this exhibition include: Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. In his catalogue essay, curator Lawrence Alloway underscores a shared similarity between the artists to be found in the common use of objects drawn from communications network and the physical environment of the city. On the cusp of Pop art's explosion in the art world, the exhibition marks a significant moment in art history and the accompanying catalogue an essential guide to understanding the nascent exhibitions leading up to a movement that would sweep the art world. The catalogue includes a list of works in the exhibition and reproductions of selected works in the exhibition.
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Three promotional flyers for Chautauqua Summer Schools, 1930
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Three promotional flyers for Chautauqua Summer Schools, 1930. The three pieces are in a paper envelope addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford. The first piece is an 8-page (a single sheet folded into fourths) promotional flyer that provides general information about the Institution and photographic illustrations. The second piece is an 8-page (a single sheet folded into fourths) informational brochure entitled Arts and Crafts at the Chautauqua Summer Schools, July 7-August 15, 1930. Laid into this piece is a single sheet addendum that lists two supplementary courses on stage craft and stage design, also offered as part of the arts and crafts classes. The third item is the complete list of summer school course offerings entitled Chautauqua Summer Schools, Fifty-Seventh Season 1930, July 7 - August 15. This brochure is 8 numbered pages in length; on the second page is series publication information: The Chautauqua Quarterly, Vo. 30, No. 2, April 1930. Courses offered fees charged, are listed in full. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Umgebungen von Laibach und Adelsberg
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2518 d Laibach. Umgebungen von Laibach und Adelsberg. [Vienna?], D. Huber, C. Stein, 1871. 1 sheet. [see cabinet]."MS note in Burton's hand in left margin. Laibach (Ljubljana) is in the upper right corner of the map, Adelsberg (Postojna) is in the bottom center. Below the neat line is an embossed stamped with the double-headed eagle that appears in the imperial coat of arms for the Austrian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Russian Empire, among others.Probably removed from Spezial-Karte der Herzogthümer Steiermark, Kärnten und Krain, der gefürsteten Grafschaft Görz und Gradiska, der Markgrafschaft Istrien, der reichsunmittelbaren Stadt Triest sammt ihrem Gebiete und des königlich ungarischen Küstenlandes, first published in Vienna in 1842 and republished in 1875. Embossed deal of Austro-Hungary. MS notes: Burton's indecipherable hand. Other: Burton (map collection) Laibach 2518. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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The Random House collector's encyclopedia : Victoriana to Art Deco
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Correspondence, 1870-1871
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The majority of the collection consists of letters sent by Montgomery Meigs to his parents, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs and Louisa Rodgers Meigs, and his sister, Louisa Rodgers Meigs Forbes (known as Loulie), while he was working as a surveyor and engineer on the Northern Pacific Railroad in Minnesota and the Dakota and Montana Territories from 1870-1873. The correspondence begins in May 1870, when Meigs was traveling by rail to Minnesota by way of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and continues with his impressions of St. Paul and his visit to Saint Anthony Falls, including a description of an 1869 bridge collapse there. In June 1870 he accompanied a surveying party to the Old Crow Wing area, where he wrote of Ojibwa Indians, the particulars of running a railroad line, his hunting of prairie chickens, and conflicts between homesteaders and the railroad. In September Meigs went on an expedition through the Detroit Woods, running a line from the Oak Lake area toward Georgetown, Minnesota. During this time Meigs wrote of camp life and the progress of the railroad line, before he was sent back to St. Paul and later the new railroad headquarters in Brainerd. In April 1871 Meigs accompanied new chief engineer Thomas Lafayette Rosser to the Dakota Territory. Although they made some progress past Fort Rice, Meigs wrote that by June the threat of Sioux attacks had forced them to turn back. In the fall of 1871 Meigs went on the Whistler Expedition to the Yellowstone River, and in April 1872 he was made a resident engineer for the railroad line heading east. His letters frequently mention his difficulties with his new position, including his continual conflicts with the contractors and the slowness of his party's work (Meigs blamed a shortage of men and supplies for their lack of progress). By the end of May he was considering leaving the railroad, and in September 1872 wrote extensively of the Northern Pacific's ongoing economic and management issues. In a December 1872 letter sent from Fargo, Meigs wrote to his parents that "the N.P.R.R. appears to be hard up...[and] they have so disbanded the fine engineer corps we had and were so proud of that I scarcely care whether I stay or go." But in June 1873 Meigs still held his position, and was preparing to serve as chief of party for another Yellowstone Expedition, this one accompanied by the 7th Cavalry ("Custer's Cavalry...present a fine appearance on the march," Meigs wrote admiringly). In September they had established themselves at Camp Thorne in the Montana Territory, and Meigs' final letter of the trip, dated September 9, 1873, was written shortly after he had explored the Musselshell Valley. Meigs' next letter was written in August 1874, when he was in Rock Island, Illinois, waiting to go on an expedition up the Mississippi River. He had apparently left the railroad and was employed in making leisurely surveys to estimate the cost of deepening the channel. His final letter was written on May 17, 1875, and in it he wrote to his father that "I think I may someday work into the place of U.S. Civ. Engr." Individuals Meigs met, worked with, or wrote of throughout his correspondence include Walter Atwood Burleigh, George Washington Cass, Ignatius Donnelly, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, and General Ira Spaulding. Also included in the collection are original sketches made by Meigs during his expeditions; typescripts of his letters, some with extended accounts, made by Meigs in 1929; and miscellaneous Meigs family ephemera.
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Evening on the lagoon
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Image of a lagoon with gondola boats between exhibition buildings at the Trans-Mississippi Exhibition held in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898.
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