Smith College Museum of Art
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Henrik Goltzius. Dutch, 1558-1617.
Pietà (1596)
Engraving on white laid paper.
Gift of Mrs. Charles Lincoln Taylor (Margaret Rand Goldthwait, class of 1921) in honor of the class of 1921 on the occasion of her 65th reunion.
Photo by Petegorsky/Gipe.
December 2, 2011 - February 12
The culmination of a course taught by Michael Bury, Kennedy Professor in Renaissance Studies at Smith College, this exhibition will explore the impact of Albrecht Dürer’s work on printmaking in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Berthe Morisot. French, 1841-1895.
The Mozart Sonata (1894)
Oil on canvas.
Bequest of Mrs. Robert S. Tangeman (E. Clementine Miller, class of 1927).
Photo by Petegorsky/Gipe.
February 2 - June 10
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the composer and musician Claude Debussy’s birth, the exhibition—drawing largely from the Museum’s permanent collection—explores the relationship between his music and the artistic developments that revolutionized the world of painting in his time, particularly the French Impressionist movement.
Soga Shohaku. Japanese , 1730-1781.
Winter Landscape (18th century)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper.
Purchased with funds from The Japan Foundation Endowment of the Council on East Asian Studies and the Katherine Ordway Fund. Loan from the Yale University Art Gallery.
February 17 - May 27
The second of two Asian Art exhibitions this year examines a crucial period in Japanese history (1603-1868) when Japanese artists reconfigured previous conventions and adapted foreign influences to create innovative artistic styles and forms. The exhibition is part of the College and University Art Museums Collection- Sharing Project developed by the Yale University Art Gallery and funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. SCMA is one of six academic partner museums invited to develop exhibitions from Yale’s extensive holdings.
Susan Heideman. American, born 1950.
Spawn (2010)
Oil on linen.
Courtesy of the artist.
February 24 - May 27
A celebration of Smith Professor Susan Heideman, whose paintings and sewn paper collages explore the textures and movements of imagined organic forms. Heideman will retire in spring 2012.
Jay Bolotin. American, born 1949.
Print XII, The Jackleg Testament: Part One—Jack and Eve (2005/2007)
Woodcut printed in black with handwritten text in ink.
Purchased with the Carol Ramsey Chandler Fund and with the fund in honor of Charles Chetham.
Photo by Petegorsky/Gipe.
June 29 - September 9
"The Jackleg Testament Part I: Jack and Eve" is a one-of-a-kind animated, operatic film derived from the crisply styled woodcuts of artist, composer, and performer Jay Bolotin. The film, which reinterprets the story of Adam and Eve as a dark, provocative tale in which Eve is lured from the Garden of Eden by a Jack-in-the-Box, is accompanied by the 40 woodcuts used by the artist to create the images in the film.