NGA - Picasso: The Saltimbanques (12/1980)

Picasso: The Saltimbanques

December 14, 1980-March 15, 1981

Overview: 41 paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and documents, relating to Picasso's Family of Saltimbanques in the Chester Dale collection and to the theme of vagabond performers, marked the centennial of Pablo Picasso's birth. They were assembled by E.A. Carmean Jr., curator of 20th-century art. Research by Ann Hoenigswald of the conservation department detected 2 other circus compositions beneath the surface of Family of Saltimbanques. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting.

Attendance: 137,362 (93 days)

Location: East Building, Mezzanine, Northwest, Pod II (3,000 sq. ft.)

Catalogue: Picasso: The Saltimbanques, by E.A. Carmean Jr. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1980.

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	Picasso: The Saltimbanques December 14, 1980-March 15, 1981 Overview: 41 paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and documents, relating to Picasso's Family of Saltimbanques in the Chester Dale collection and to the theme of vagabond performers, marked the centennial of Pablo Picasso's birth. They were assembled by E.A. Carmean Jr., curator of 20th-century art. Research by Ann Hoenigswald of the conservation department detected 2 other circus compositions beneath the surface of Family of Saltimbanques. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting. Attendance: 137,362 (93 days) Location: East Building, Mezzanine, Northwest, Pod II (3,000 sq. ft.) Catalogue: Picasso: The Saltimbanques, by E.A. Carmean Jr. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1980. Search past exhibitions Previous \| Next (chronological list)
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