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Marks of Distinction: Two
Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum
of Art
March 29 - May 29, 2005
(above: Benjamin West, 17381820,
Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation, 1784, Pen and ink over black
chalk with touches of red and blue chalk on laid paper, 44.2 x 30.9 cm
(17 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches). Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund;
D.959.104)
In honor of the Hood
Museum of Art's twentieth anniversary, the museum is proud to present a
major new exhibition, Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American
Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art. On view from March
29 to May 29, 2005, this traveling exhibition highlights a stunning diversity
of works dating from 1769 to 1969, many of which have never before been
on view. Nearly 120 works feature the talents of such distinguished artists
as John Singleton Copley, John James Audubon, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt,
James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Joseph Stella, Jackson Pollock,
Eva Hesse, and Romare Bearden. Taken as a whole, these drawings and watercolors
reveal the rich variety of approaches, media, and subjects that have attracted
American artists over the course of two centuries. Highlights range from
Copley's magnificent 1769 pastel portrait of New Hampshire's last royal
governor, John Wentworth, to early-nineteenth-century folk portraits and
landscapes, lyrical nineteenth-century watercolor marines and interiors,
dynamic images of New York City in the jazz age, and purely abstract compositions
by pioneering artists associated with abstract expressionism and minimalism.
The Hood will host the opening festivities for this signature
exhibition on Friday, April 1. Barbara J. MacAdam, Jonathan L. Cohen Curator
of American Art, will present "The Paper Chase: Investigating Dartmouth's
American Watercolors and Drawings" in the Arthur M. Loew Auditorium
at 4:30 P.M. A reception hosted by the Friends of Hopkins Center and Hood
Museum of Art will follow in Kim Gallery.
Marks of Distinction is the
result of a multiyear research project and a concerted effort to strengthen
the museum's impressive holdings of American drawings and watercolors through
gifts and purchases. The exhibition will be accompanied by a 282-page illustrated
catalogue copublished with Hudson Hills Press. The publication provides
an overview of the American collection by renowned art historian and former
Dartmouth professor John Wilmerding; a history of the collection's development
by Barbara MacAdam; in-depth scholarly entries on eighty of the museum's
most noteworthy American drawings and watercolors by MacAdam, Mark Mitchell,
Derrick Cartwright, Katherine Hart, and Barbara Thompson; as well as illustrations
of about 170 additional collection highlights.
According to curator Barbara MacAdam, "This exhibition
and its accompanying catalogue bring to light some of the Hood's finest
works of American art. Thanks to the generous assistance of the Henry Luce
Foundation and many other supporters of the museum, we have been able to
give intensive attention to the development, research, and publication of
the museum's greatest asset, its permanent collection."
Special educational resources will accompany the Hood's
exhibition including a reading area in the galleries. Selected works in
the show will be paired with audio components that make connections with
the visual art through music, prose, and poetry. A family guide designed
for children ages 6 to 12 will be available for the duration of the exhibition
as a fun and informative way for families to explore the show together.
In addition, a special book bag, filled with hand-picked reading resources
for children that focus on particular artists in the show such as Calder,
Cassatt, Whistler, Lawrence, and Bearden, will be available free of charge
for check out at the Visitor Services Desk.
Organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College,
this exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation,
Inc. Its presentation at the Hood Museum of Art is generously supported
by the Bernard R. Siskind 1955 Fund and the Hansen Family Fund. Following
the exhibition's debut at the Hood Museum of Art, approximately eighty of
the works in Marks of Distinction will travel to the Grand Rapids Art Museum
in Michigan, from June 24 to September 4, and the National Academy Museum
in New York City, from October 20 to December 31.
Twentieth Anniversary of the Hood Museum of Art
The Hood Museum of Art marks its twentieth anniversary
in 2005 with a yearlong series of exciting exhibitions and programs that
probe the museum's collections from their inception to the museum's vision
for their future. The year includes a critical look at how the permanent
collections are interpreted and used by Dartmouth faculty; the museum's
recent acquisitions in new media; Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years
of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art; and a
major installation by internationally renowned American artist and curator
Fred Wilson.
Checklist [1]
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- John Singleton Copley, 17381815
- Governor John Wentworth,
1769
- Pastel on laid paper, mounted on canvas
- 59.8 x 45.0 cm (23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches)
- Gift of Mrs. Esther Lowell Abbott, in memory of her husband,
Gordon Abbott;
- D.977.175 (right: John Singleton Copley, 17381815,
Governor John Wentworth, 1769)
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- Benjamin West, 17381820
- Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation, 1784
- Pen and ink over black chalk with touches of red and
blue chalk on laid paper
- 44.2 x 30.9 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.959.104
-
- Sarah Broome
- View on the River Dee near Bala,
1795
- Watercolor over graphite on laid paper, 45.8 x 54.9 cm
(18 x 21 5/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions
Fund
- and a partial gift from Neil Kamil; W.2004.40
-
- Henry Williams, 17871830
- Clarissa, c. 180510
- Watercolor on ivory
- 10.2 x 7.6 cm (4 x 3 inches)
- Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Marsh; W.981.79
-
- John James Audubon, 17851851
- American Buzzard or White Breasted Hawk . . . Falco
Leverianus, c. 181020
- Pastel, graphite, chalk, and white opaque watercolor
on wove paper
- 53.0 x 43.1 cm (20 7/8 x 16 15/16 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund
- and the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund; D.2003.52
-
- Charles Robert Leslie, British of American parents, 17941859
- Bust of Homer, c. 181115
- Ink wash over graphite on wove paper, mounted on a separate
sheet
- inscribed in pen and ink
- sheet: 12.2 x 9.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 11/16 inches); mount:
22.2 x 28.4 cm
- (8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund;
- D.998.12.2
-
- Attributed to Sarah Goodridge, 17881853
- Possibly Dolly Miltimore Rousseau, c. 182223
- Watercolor on ivory
- 11 x 8.6 cm (4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches)
- Gift of Mrs. D. G. Brummett to Dartmouth College Library,
transferred 2002
- W.999.28.34
-
- Attributed to Sarah Goodridge, 17881853
- Possibly Mary Lane Miltimore Hale, c. 182427
- Watercolor on ivory
- 9.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches)
- Gift of Mrs. D. G. Brummett to Dartmouth College Library,
transferred 2002; W.999.28.35
-
- Thomas Sully, 17831872
- The Last Moments of Tom Coffin,
1824
- Black ink wash with traces of pen and brown ink over
graphite on wove paper
- with watercolor wash border
- sheet: 18.7 x 15.9 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches);
- mount: 22.2 x 28.6 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund; D.999.39
-
- Thomas Birch, 17791851
- Landscape with a River, 1827
- Ink wash over charcoal on laid paper
- sheet: 17.8 x 24.7 cm (7 x 9 3/4 inches);
- mount: 22.1 28.0 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
- Purchased through the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisitions
Fund; D.999.41
-
- B. D. Stanhope
- New York Fashions, c. 1830
- Watercolor on wove paper
- 20.6 x 15.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/16 inches)
- Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.59
-
- Joseph H. Davis, active 183237
- Obed Varney, Age 24, 1835
- Opaque and transparent watercolor and graphite on wove
paper
- 30.9 x 23.0 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches)
- Gift of Nancy and Lane Woodworth Goss, Class of 1955;
W.997.52
-
- Unidentified artist
- Dartmouth College, c. 1835
- Black, white, and colored chalk on marble-dusted drawing
board
- 26.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches)
- Dartmouth College Library; D.999.28.4
-
- Sarah Goodridge, 17881853
- Daniel Webster, c. late 1830s
- Watercolor on ivory
- 9.0 x 7.0 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches)
- Gift of Edwin Allen Bayley, Class of 1885; W.X.47.1
-
- Attributed to Ann Frances Ray (Mrs. Gilbert Pillsbury),
nineteenth century
- Dartmouth College, c. 1840
- Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite indications
(with pen and ink border) on wove paper
- 18.2 x 28.2 cm. (7 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches)
- Purchase made possible through a gift from the Class
of 1951, with the assistance of
- Dartmouth College Library; W.989.15
-
- Seth Eastman, 18081875
- View of Concord, New Hampshire,
July 1841
- Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
- 11.3 x 18.1 cm (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.998.3
-
- Ann[-a] [-e] [-ie] Elisabeth L. Hobbs, 18281886
- The Last of His Tribe, c.
184550
- Pastel on marble-dusted drawing board
- 43.8 x 52.8 cm (17 1/4 x 20 5/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.961.7
-
- C. Burton, nineteenth century
- Profile Portrait of a Man,
1847
- Graphite and ink wash on wove paper
- 30.5 x 25.1 cm (12 x 9 7/8 inches)
- Gift of Miss Brownlee McKee; D.X.124.2
-
- C. Burton, nineteenth century
- Profile Portrait of a Woman,
1847
- Graphite and ink wash on wove paper
- 30.6 x 25.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 inches)
- Gift of Miss Brownlee McKee; D.X.124.1
-
- John William Hill, 18121879
- High Bridge, c. 1848
- Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
- 55.8 x 80.9 cm (21 15/16 x 31 7/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund; W.999.6 (right: John William Hill, 18121879,
- High Bridge, c. 1848)
-
- Daniel Huntington, 18161906
- William Cullen Bryant, Daniel Webster, and Washington
Irving, 1852
- Graphite and brown and black ink, heightened with white
chalk and opaque white
- watercolor on tan (discolored to brown) illustration
board
- 33.5 (irreg.) x 44.8 cm (13 1/4 [irreg.] x 17 5/8 inches)
- Dartmouth College Library; D.968.66
-
- James Bard, 18151897
- The Steamer, Menemon Sanford,
185455
- Graphite heightened with watercolor and white chalk on
wove paper
- 67.8 x 119.4 cm (26 3/4 x 47 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.964.133
-
- William Trost Richards, 18331905
- Palms, 1856
- Graphite on wove paper
- 18.5 x 18. 3 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches)
- Purchased through a gift from the estate of Josephine
P. Albright; D.997.12
-
- Eastman Johnson, 18441906
- The Album, 1859
- Charcoal on wove paper
- 33.5 x 38.0 cm (13 1/8 x 15 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund; D.2003.17
-
- Martin Johnson Heade, 18191904
- Two Studies of Islands from
The Thousand Islands Sketchbook, c. 1860
- Graphite on wove paper
- 16.2 x 25.7 cm (6 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.999.40
-
- William Trost Richards, 18331905
- Along the River, c. 1860
- Graphite on laid paper
- 19.5 x 14.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 inches)
- Gift of Ellen and Theodore Conant, in memory of Grace
Richards Conant;
- D.996.35
-
- Thomas Nast, 18401902
- Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," 1862
- Brush and ink and white opaque watercolor over graphite
on wove paper
- sheet: 21.6 x 21.6 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches); mount:
31.1 x 25.2 cm (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.944.31.2
-
- Thomas Moran, 18371926
- Solitude, 1865
- Charcoal and white chalk on tan wove paper
- 75.1 x 62.4 cm (29 9/16 x 24 5/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund;
- D.998.12.1
-
- John Henry Hill, 18391922
- Lake Scenery, 1866
- Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
- 26.8 x 38.9 cm (10 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches)
- Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.957.1
-
- William Trost Richards, 18331905
- Beach Scene, c. 1870
- Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on tan
wove paper
- 16.7 x 34.6 cm (6 9/16 x 13 5/8 inches)
- Purchased through gifts from Richard and Diana Beattie
and a partial gift of
- Theodore and Ellen Conant; W.997.11
-
- Samuel Colman, 18321920
- Fishing Boats, Étretat,
1873
- Verso: Etretat
- Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on gray
wove paper
- 23.0 x 34.4 cm (9 x 13 1/2 inches)
- Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede
1929 Fund; W.998.11
-
- Fidelia Bridges, 18351923
- Pansies, c. 1875
- Graphite on wove paper
- 17.1 x 14.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 11/16 inches)
- Purchased through a gift from the Estate of David Hull,
Class of 1960;
- D.2003.5
-
- John Francis Murphy, 18531921
- Pride of the Meadow, 1876
- Graphite on tan wove paper
- 35.6 x 17.7 cm (14 x 7 inches)
- Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son,
- Everett Egginton, Class of 1921; D.954.20.659
-
- John Singer Sargent, 18561925
- The West Portals of the Cathedral of Saint Gilles
du Gard, c. 1878
- Transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gray paint[?]
over graphite on cream wove paper
- 24.6 x 33.1 cm (9 11/16 x 13 inches)
- Purchased through the Robert J. Strasenburgh II 1942
Fund and the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.988.54
-
- Mary Cassatt, 18441926
- Drawing for "Evening,"
1879/80
- Conte crayon on wove paper
- 20.1 x 22.1 cm (7 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches)
- Purchased through gifts from the Lathrop Fellows; D.2003.16
(right: Mary Cassatt, 18441926, Drawing for "Evening,"
1879/80)
-
- Julian Scott Ledger Artist A, Kiowa, Southern Plains,
nineteenth century
- Osage Dance, 1880
- Graphite and colored crayon on laid ledger paper
- 19.2 x 31.1 cm (7 9/16 x 12 1/4 inches)
- Purchased through the Robert Strasenburgh '42 Acquisition
Fund; D.2003.18.2
-
- Winslow Homer, 18361910
- Boys Bathing, 1880
- Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
- 14.5 x 33.6 cm (5 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches)
- From the estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (19151995). Presented
in 1996 by Edward Connery Lathem
- in memory of Rudolph Ruzicka (18831978); W.996.47
-
- Winslow Homer, 18361910
- Beaching a Boat, c. 188182
- Pen and brown iron gall ink on laid paper
- 7.6 x 20.6 cm (3 x 8 1/8 inches)
- From the estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (19151995). Presented
in 1997 by Edward Connery Lathem
- in memory of Rudolph Ruzicka (18831978); D.997.44
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- John Francis Murphy, 18531921
- Yellow Birch, Adirondacks, 1883
- Graphite on wove paper