Ritual and Reverence: Chinese Art at the University of Chicago

10 October–3 December 1989

The exhibition centered around the substantial holdings of Chinese art at the University of Chicago. The collection which originated during the first decade of the University’s existence, was augmented by the gift of Professor and Mrs. Herrlee Creel of Chinese bronze-age objects. The study collection grew further when Father Harrie A. Vanderstappen, Professor in the Department of Art and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, proposed the acquisition of a solid study collection of Ming and Qing paintings from the collection of Victoria Contag, author of the standard reference on the subject of artists’ and collectors’ seals.

Curator: Richard A. Born, Curator of the Galleries, Smart Museum of Art

Funding was provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Prince Charitable Trusts, and the Illinois Arts Council, as well as by the Institute of Museum Services. 

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