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Exhibition of Water Colors by American & European Artists, February 26--April 14, 1929

Description: One exhibition catalog entitled Exhibition of Water Colors by American & European Artists, February 26--April 14, 1929, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston published by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1929. This exhibition catalog is 12 unnumbered pages in length; it lists the painting and artists in the exhibit. A color reproduction of Van Gogh's "Child's Head" is above the title on the front cover. No other illustrations are included. The paper wrapper is gray in color. There are pencil ms. annotations throughout.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1929
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.

The Guild of Boston Artists: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Water Colors, Drawings, Prints, Miniatures, and. Sculpture

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One catalog entitled The Guild of Boston Artists: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Miniatures, Water Colors, Prints, Sculpture, October 27th to November 29th, 1942 at the The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1942. Printed at the top of the title page is "1914 [-] 1942". This exhibition catalog is 24 numbered pages in length, and contains black and white reproductions of some of the items in the exhibit. There are ms. annotations throughout the catalog, with comments pertaining to some of the items. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Retrospective Exhibition of American Art, 1689-1921

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One catalog entitled Retrospective Exhibition of American Art, under the direction of Mrs. Albert Sterner Inaugurating the Junior Art Patrons of America. At the bottom of the title page is printed: "May 7 to 21, 1921 Fine Arts Building, 215 West Fifty-Seventh Street, May 6th to May 21st." The catalog is 64 unnumbered pages in length, and contains a listing of the items in the exhibit, and several pages of illustrations. The first 4 and last 24 pages contain a variety of advertisements: Devoe Artists' Materials, various art galleries, and framers, for example. There are many ms. annotations, in pencil, on the pages throughout commenting on the exhibit items. "$1.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. The front cover bears a reproduction of a woodcut by Rockwell Kent above the title. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, contain advertisements.

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Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School

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One exhibition catalog entitled Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School, under the auspices of the Boston Art Students Association, Copley Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900. The cover title reads: The R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings Exhibited by the Boston Art Students Association. This catalog is 38 numbered pages in length, and contains 5 black and white plates, which are reproductions of paintings. On the verso of the title page is printed "Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston."

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Set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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One set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1926. The set of 55 posters is housed within 5 large envelopes; there are 23 different posters, with duplicate copies of 9 of the 23. All of the posters contain black and white reproductions of photographs. Accompanying the posters within the first folder is a large piece of brown wrapping paper on which is written in ms.: "Mabel Spofford; from Boston Museum of Fine Arts, received April 7. 1956 art appreciation posters." The posters vary in size, but all are large. What follows is a listing of the contents of each envelope; the title at the top of the poster has been transcribed. Env. 1: English Decorative Arts; European Decorative Arts; Massachusetts Silver of the 17th and 18th Centuries; European Furniture and Interior Architecture; Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts- English History; American Furniture and Interior Architecture 1675-1800. Env. 2: Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Aegean and Archaic Greek. Sheet VI. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Greek. Sheet VII; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Roman. Sheet VIII. 1926 (2 copies); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Greek and Roman Art (13 copies) Env. 3: Appreciation of Art. Architecture. Sheet II. (7 copies) Env. 4: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Egyptian Art (7 copies); [Untitled poster of Egyptian Art] Env. 5: Appreciation of Art. Lettering. Sheet I (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Prehistoric. Sheet II (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Early Christian and Byzantine. Sheet IX. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Renaissance. Sheet XIII; Appreciation of Art. Romanesque. Sheet XI. (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Gothic. Sheet XII. 1926 (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Colonial. Sheet XVI. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Indian-Chinese-Japanese. Sheet V. 1926; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Art of the Ancient Near East; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Assyrian. Sheet IV. 1926. Title supplied by cataloger.

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The Identification of the Artisan and Artist: the Proper Object of American Education

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One pamphlet, published 1869, entitled The Identification of the Artisan and Artist: the Proper Object of American Education. Illustrated by a lecture of Cardinal Wiseman, on the relation of the arts of design with the arts of production, by Elizabeth P. Peabody, published(?) by Adams & Co., Boston. The subtitle reads "addressed to American workingmen and educators, with an essay on Froebel's reform of primary education." This pamphlet is 48 numbered pages in length, and is unbound.

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Two envelopes : Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass

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Two envelopes with "Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass." printed on them. There are no other markings or dates, ca. 1935. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Exhibition of Water Colors by American & European Artists, February 26--April 14, 1929

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