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Back MatterSource: Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2, British Art: RecentAcquisitions and Discoveries at the Art Institute (1992), p. 192Published by: The Art Institute of ChicagoStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4101563 .

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THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (1992-93)

TRUSTEES

Mrs. James W. Alsdorf

Jennifer D. Ames Robert Bergman John H. Bryan A. Steven Crown Mrs. Robert O. Delaney Mrs. Thomas H. Dittmer

Wesley M. Dixon, Jr.

Marshall Field

Stanley M. Freehling Michael Goodkin Charles C. Haffner III David C. Hilliard

Julius Lewis Lewis Manilow H. George Mann

John W. Moutoussamy John D. Nichols Charles Price Thomas J. Pritzker Joseph Regenstein, Jr. Andrew M. Rosenfield Daniel C. Searle

James O. Silliman

Edward Byron Smith, Jr. Mrs. Thomas S. Tyler Mrs. Vernon M. Wagner Dr. Karl J. Weintraub Clarence S. Wilson, Jr. Stephen M. Wolf

LIFE TRUSTEES

Mrs. Ivan L. Albright Mrs. Frederic C. Bartlett Edward H. Bennett, Jr. Mrs. Edwin A. Bergman Bowen Blair Edward M. Cummings Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson Mrs. Edwin J. DeCosta

Maurice Fulton William E. Hartmann Neison Harris

John H. Johnson Miss Louise Lutz Mrs. Harold T. Martin Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Brooks McCormick

Andrew McNally III Charles A. Meyer Bryan S. Reid, Jr. Albert A. Robin Mrs. Paul Rosenbaum Mrs. Wolfgang Schoenborn Arthur W. Schultz

Joseph R. Shapiro

Edward Byron Smith Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken

Payson S. Wild Arthur MacDougall Wood William Wood Prince

EX OFFICIO HONORARY TRUSTEES

Richard M. Daley Mayor, City of Chicago

Walter Knorr

Comptroller, City of Chicago

Richard A. Devine President, Chicago Park District

Robert Penn General Superintendent, Chicago Park District

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEE

James N. Wood President and Director, The Museum of The Art Institute of Chicago

OFFICERS

Marshall Field Chairman of the Board

of Trustees

Stanley M. Freehling Senior Vice Chairman

of the Board of Trustees

John H. Bryan Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer

Mrs. James W. Alsdorf Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Wesley M. Dixon, Jr. Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees

James N. Wood President and Director, The Museum of The Art Institute of Chicago

Robert E. Mars Executive Vice President for Administrative Affairs

Larry Ter Molen Executive Vice President

for Development and Public Affairs

Phyllis L. Robb

Secretary

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Recent and Forthcoming Issues of Museum Studies

MUSEUM STUDIES, Vol. I7, No. i

Italian Drawings at the Art Institute: Recent Acquisitions and Discoveries

This issue is devoted to Italian master

drawings of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries: a large sacrificial scene by Gian Francesco de' Maineri, a compo- sition study for Pontormo's Christ

before Pilate, a pastel-and-chalk draw-

ing by Federico Barocci, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's early monotype God Creating Adam, and Rosalba Carriera's pastel Young Lady with a Parrot. A color-plate section features the Art Institute's drawings.

Spring g99I; 96 pages; 95 illustrations (8 in color); $io.5o

MUSEUM STUDIES, Vol. i7, No. 2

The essays in this issue examine a diverse group of works from the Art

Institute's collections: a masterpiece of Italian Baroque sculpture by Francesco Mochi, the remarkable

painting White Crucifixion by Marc

Chagall, a marvelous sixteenth-cen-

tury montage that may have been

painted by the Italian miniaturist Giulio Clovio, and an intriguing and provocative painting by the

contemporary artist On Kawara.

Fall 1991; 88 pages; 62 illustrations (5 in color); $1o.5o

MUSEUM STUDIES, Vol. i8, No. i Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On This Sleeve of Fondest Dreams

This issue was prepared in conjunc- tion with a celebrated exhibition of the Art Institute's traditional Japanese costumes. The essays in this issue delve into the cultural and art-histori-

cal background of these lavish cos-

tumes, most of which were intended for use in Noh theater. This issue also includes an introductory discussion of Noh theater, an essay on a series of prints by the

Japanese master Utamaro depicting the process of silk-making, and a portfolio highlighting the Art Institute's collection of kimono pattern books. A spectacular color-plate section repro- duces the costumes displayed in the Art Institute's exhibition.

Spring 1992; zo4 pages; 91 illustrations (27 in color); $14.95

MUSEUM STUDIES, Vol. I9, No. I The History of the Art Institute: A Centennial Celebration

This issue marks the centennial of the

SRobert Allerton Building of the Art 7 Institute, the first structure on the

present site of the museum. An exten- sive selection of photographs docu- ments the history of the museum from its earliest days. The essays in

this issue discuss Sarah Hallowell, an organizer of early exhibi- tions at the museum; the landmark I913 Armory Show; the devel-

opment of museum education; the career of Daniel Catton Rich, Director from 1938 to i958; and the historic 1949 exhibition of the

Arensberg Collection of modern art.

Spring 1993; 96 pages; 95 duotone illustrations; $Io.5o

MUSEUM STUDIES, Vol. i9, No. 2

Important Acquisitions Since 1980

For this issue of Museum Studies, James N. Wood, Director and Presi- dent of the Art Institute, has selected a

group of masterpieces that the museum has added to its collections since I980. The selection includes the magnificent Golden Bird by Constantin Brancusi, a dramatic study for The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugene Delacroix, the

superb still life Strawberries, Nuts, &c.

by Raphaelle Peale, and a contem-

plative Japanese scroll painting of Bodhidharma.

Fall 1993; 96 pages; 95 illustrations (8 in color); $o.50o

All issues of Museum Studies are available from the The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop, as well as from two new Museum Shop locations: 900 North Michigan Avenue, fifth floor, and Oakbrook Center, main level. Art Institute members receive a ro% discount on all purchases at each location. For more infor- mation concerning the Museum Shop, call (312) 443-5207. Museum Studies is also available by mailfrom the Publications Department, The Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan Avenue at Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 (please make checks payable to Museum

Studies). Subscription information can be found on the inside front cover of this issue.

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The Art Institute of Chicago Museum

Studies, published twice annually, presents

articles on the collections and history of

the Art Institute. This issue is devoted to

British art of the eighteenth to twentieth

centuries. One article examines a dramatic

biblical painting by the expatriate artist

PHILIPPE JACQUES DE LOUTHERBOURG

(pictured on the cover); another discusses

a subtle and realistic portrait by DANTE

GABRIEL ROSSETTI (pictured at right).

Other essays examine a previously

unknown portrait study by JAMES

McNEILL WHISTLER; a marvelous self-

portrait in chalk by JOSEPH WRIGHT OF

DERBY; a masterpiece in silver by OMAR

RAMSDEN and ALWYN CARR; and a brood-

ing self-portrait by SIMEON SOLOMON, an

artist who, like Rossetti, was active in the

Pre-Raphaelite circle.

ISBN 0-86559-101-6

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