Exhibition Records, 1980-1996

Object Details

Notes: Folder List in accession file.; For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization: Organized into subseries: 1) Exhibition files, 1980-1995 (boxes 1-28); 2) Outgoing loan files, 1992-1996 (box 29); 3) Restricted lender files, 1980-1995 (box 30)
Summary: The bulk of these records document the work of the Office of Exhibitions on exhibitions that were mounted by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from 1980 to 1995. Major exhibitions undertaken by the NPG in this period, and documented in these records, include "Benjamin West and His American Students" (1980-1981); "Charles Willson Peale and His World" (1982-1983); "American Colonial Portraits: 1700-1776" (1987-1988); "On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting" (1988-1989); and "Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Andrew Jackson" (1990-1991). The exhibition records consist largely of lender files, which contain correspondence with lenders, loan agreements, and object photographs. Other exhibition files include scripts, label copy, travel schedules, shipping and insurance information, object conservation information, and catalog and brochure information. The records also include a series of files on outgoing loans from the NPG permanent collection, dating from 1992 to 1996.
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Data Source: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Date: 1980; 1980-1996

Local number: SIA Acc. 97-083

Creator: National Portrait Gallery (U.S.) Office of Exhibitions
Subject: West, Benjamin 1738-1820; Smithsonian Resident Associate Program; Washington Print Club; American Colonial Portraits: 1700-1776 (Exhibition) (1987-1988: Washington, D.C.); American Portraiture in the Grand Manner: 1720-1920 (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.); Arnold Newman's Americans (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.); Artists by Themselves (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.); Benjamin West and His American Students (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.); Camera Portraits: Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery, London 1839-1989 (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.); Charles Willson Peale and His World (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.); Court Portraiture in Habsburg Spain: From Catholic Kings to Philip IV (Proposed exhibition); Dwight D. Eisenhower Centennial (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.); Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900 (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.); Eric Knight and Lassie (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.); Five of Hearts: Henry Adams and His Washington Circle (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.); Group Portrait: The First American Avant-Garde (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.); Hollywood Portrait Photographers, 1921-1941 (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.); Icons of Invention: American Patent Models (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.); Instant Likeness: Polaroid Portraits (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.); Joseph Wright, American Artist, 1756-1793 (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.); Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1896-1917 (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.); Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Andrew Jackson (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.); Oliphant's Presidents: Twenty-five Years of Caricature (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.); On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.); Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.); Portraits of the American Law (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.); Private Lives of Public Figures: The Nineteenth-Century Family Portrait (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.); Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.); Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.); Studies from Life: Portrait Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.); The Levy-Franks Family Colonial Portraits (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.); Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.); White House Families: Portraits from Life (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.); William Edward West, 1788-1857: Kentucky Painter (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)

Restrictions & Rights: Box 29 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 5/2/1985 and 3/3/1999 memoranda; Contact reference staff for details

Type: Brochures; Collection descriptions; Clippings; Manuscripts; Black-and-white photographs

Physical description: 29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)

See more items in: Exhibition Records circa 1966-1999 [National Portrait Gallery (U.S.) Office of Exhibitions]

Topic: Art museums; Museum exhibits; Portraits, American

Record ID: siris_arc_251986

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