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Past Exhibitions

Robert Laurent and American Figurative Sculpture 1910–1960

October 4–December 11, 1994

This exhibition traced the complex trajectory of realist American sculpture from idealized classical forms to early modernism and again to a stylization associated with Art Deco.

An Old Master Painting Restored: King David by Girolamo da Santa Croce

August 30–December 4, 1994

An Old Master Painting Restored focused on the conservation of Girolamo da Santa Croce's King David, a sixteenth-century Venetian School portrait of the biblical king playing his lyre.

MFA 1994

July 14–August 28, 1994

The eleventh annual group exhibition of work by recent graduates of the University of Chicago's Midway Studios featured a diverse selection of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculpture.

John Phillips: Selections from the Series A Contemporary Odyssey

July 5-August 21, 1994

A modern reexamination of classical themes and the heroic search for the self, this exhibition presented six oil and collage paintings from John Phillips's 78-piece series depicting scenes from Homer's Odyssey.

The Stage Is All the World: The Theatrical Designs of Tanya Moiseiwitsch

April 14–June 12, 1994

With over 100 sketches, models, costumes, notebooks, and masks, The Stage Is All the World celebrated the life and work of noted theatrical designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch.

Hannah Höch 1889-1978: Collages

April 12–June 26, 1994

31 collages highlighting Hannah Höch's innovative use of photomontage as an artistic medium.

An Eye for Antiquity: Photographs from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski

January 20–March 13, 1994

This exhibition examined issues of artistic inspiration in photography and our relationship to antiquity.

Vessels of Meaning: Modern British Ceramics

December 14, 1993–March 6, 1994

Vessels of Meaning featured the works of twenty leading contemporary British ceramists, including Alison Briton, Ewen Henderson, Bernard Leach, and Janice Tchalenko.

The Tradition and Influence of the German Woodcut

October 5–December 5, 1993

This exhibition, as a complement to The German Print Portfolio, focused on the history of the woodcut and its development in early and modern German art and history.

The German Print Portfolio 1890-1930: Serials for a Private Sphere

October 3–December 12, 1993

A nationally touring exhibition organized by the Smart Museum, The German Print Portfolio examined the central role of the portfolio—a thematic set of images viewed sequentially—in Germany and Austria from 1890 to 1930.