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Past Exhibitions

MFA 1992

July 9–August 30, 1992

Paintings and sculpture by Kim Kopp and installations by Paul Coffey, Philip T. Matsikas, and Paula Melvin.

Jene Highstein: Drawings

June 16–August 23, 1992

Part of an ongoing series of intimate exhibitions focusing on the works of alumni artists, this show featured three large-scale drawings by sculptor Jene Highstein.

Depth Studies: Illustrated Anatomies from Vesalius to Vicq d’Azyr

March 17–June 7, 1992

This exhibition of twenty-nine anatomy texts from the University of Chicago Library explored the diverse ways in which anatomy text illustrators from the 16th to the 20th centuries fathomed the realms of biology and physiology.

Imagining an Irish Past: The Celtic Revival 1840-1940

February 5–June 16, 1992

This exhibition brought together nearly 300 works of art to focus on one of the last great 19th-century historical revivals in the arts.

Portrait Prints from Nolde to Dine: Selections from the Joseph P. Shure Collection

December 3, 1991–March 8, 1992

Seventeen portraits and self-portraits from the collection of Joseph P. Shure, an alumnus of the University of Chicago.

Multiple Perspectives: Cubism in Chicago Collections

October 8–December 1, 1991

Comprised of sixty works (paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints) from public, private, and corporate Chicago-area collections, this exhibition provided an overview of cubism's permutations from its initial years through the late 1920s.

The Gray City: Architectural Drawings of the University of Chicago

August 27–November 24, 1991

In honor of the University of Chicago's Centennial, this exhibition focused on campus buildings constructed between 1893 and 1986.

MFA 1991

July 11–August 25, 1991

A selection of works by Donald Asher, Joanne Berens, Norah Flatley, Peter Kapper, Elizabeth Manley, Philip Matsikas, Jane Meredith, Robert Mitchell, Fisa Schwarzbek, John Tanner, Colleen Tracey, Krister Tracey, and Ben Whitehouse.

The American Color Print

June 18–August 18, 1991

This exhibition examined how American printmakers from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries have employed traditional media such as woodcut, screenprinting, and lithography, as well as remarkably experimental and mixed techniques.

Independent Expressions: Spanish and Mexican Drawings and Sculpture, 1650-1960

April 30–June 9, 1991

This exhibition considered the diverse and innovative artistic production of Spanish and Mexican artists during the baroque and modern periods.