T H E M U S E U M O F M O D E R N A R T 11 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CIRCLE 7-7471

For Release, Monday, December l£t^/7-3#?^

The Museum of Modern Art at 11 feet 53d Street, New York,

announced today that over 50,000 people have visited the Exhibition

of American Painting and Sculpture which opened at the Museum on

November 2d. The exhibition, which fills three floors of the

Museum, will continue on view until January 29th, 1933.

Concurrently, the Exhibition "The Art of the Common Man

in America" which opened on November 30, will continue until

January 15, 1933.

The hours of the Museum are from 10 a m to 6 p m on

week days and from 2 p m to 6 p m on Sundays.

The Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture con­

tains 119 paintings and 31 pieces of sculpture, 150 works of art

in all. It covdrs the last 70 years of American art, the period

from 1862-1932. Among the exhibits on view are such famous

masterpieces as Whistler's "Portrait of'the Artist's Mother",

the first painting by an American to be placed in the Louvre

Museum, which was loaned for this exhibition by the French

government; Winslow Homer's "Ei-2;ht Bells", loaned by the Addison

Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass; Homer Martin's

"Harp of the Winds", loaned by the Metropolitan Museum; Ryder's

"Macbeth and the Pitches", loaned by Haverford College, Haverford,

Pa; Eakins' "Pathetic Song" loaned by the Corcoran Gallery of

Art, Washington; Blakelock's "Moonlight", loaned by Horatio S.

Rubens; Inness' "Lake Albano", loaned by the Duncan Phillips

Memorial Gallery, 7ashin5:ton; and Duveneck's "Whistling Boy",

loaned by the Cincinnati Museum; and many other masterpieces

FOR INFORMATION AFTER MUSEUM HOURS :

TELEPHONE : A. E. BLACKEN, JR. REGENT 4-S758 or HELEN *. UCILLIH , CIRCLE 7-5434

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T H E M U S E U M O F M O D E R N A R T 11 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK

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loaned by public and private collections throughout the country.

The most popular picture in the exhibition is Whistler's

"Portrait of the Artist's Mother"* Since the opening; of the

exhibition the Museum has had hundreds of telephone calls and

letters asking about the picture. There is a possibility that the

picture may remain in this country for several months after the

close of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Several

reouests for the loan of the picture have been received at the

Museum from other museums in various parts of the country. The

painting will remain on view at the Museum of Modern Art until the

close of its exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture,

January 29th next.

FOR INFORMATION AFTER MUSEUM HOURS :

TELEPHONE : A. R. BLACKBURN, JR. REGENT 4-5758 or HELEN J. MoMILLIN : CIRCLE 7-5434

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T H E M U S E U M O F M O D E R N A R T 11 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CIRCLE 7-7471

The Museum of Modern Art at 11 'Vest 53d Street, New York,

announced today that over 50,000 people have visited the Exhibition

of American Painting and Sculpture which opened at the Museum on

November 2d. The exhibition, which fills three floors of the

Museum, will continue on view until January 29th, 1933.

Concurrently, the Exhibition "The Art of the Common Man

in America" which opened on November 30, will continue until

January 15, 1933#

The hours of the Museum are from 10 a m to 6 p m on

week days and from 2 p m to 6 p m on Sundays.

The Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture con­

tains 119 paintings and 31 pieces of sculpture, 150 works of art

in all. It covdrs the last 70 years of American art, the neriod

from 1862-1932. Among the exhibits on view are such famous

masterpieces as Whistler's "Portrait of' the Artist's Mother",

the first painting by an American to be placed in the Louvre

Museum, which was loaned for this exhibition by the French

government; Winslow Homer's "Slight Bells", loaned by the Addison

Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass; Homer Martin's

"Harp of the finds*, loaned by the Metropolitan Museum; Ryder's

"Macbeth and the -Vitches", loaned by Haverford College, Haverford,

Pa; Eakins' "Pathetic Song" loaned by the Corcoran Gallery of

Art, Washington; Blakelock's "Moonlight", loaned by Horatio S.

Rubens; Inness' "Lake Albano", loaned by the Duncan Phillips

Memorial Gallery, "Vashingto1:; and Duveneck's "Whistling Boy",

loaned by the Cincinnati Museum; and many other masterpieces

FOR INFORMATION AFTER MUSEUM HOURS J

T E ™ E : A. ». BLACKBURK, «. M M T 4-5758 or HELM ,. MCIIXIH : CIRCI* 7-5434

T H E M U S E U M O F M O D E R N A R T 11 WEST S3RD STREET, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CIRCLE 7-7471

loaned by public and private collections throughout the country.

The most popular picture in the exhibition is Whistler's

"Portrait of the Artist1 s Mother", Since the opening of the

exhibition the Museum has had hundreds of telephone calls and

letters asking about the picture. There is a possibility that the

picture may remain in this country for several months after the

close of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Several

reouests for the loan of the picture have been received at the

Museum from other museums in various parts of the country. The

painting will remain on view at the Museum of Modern Art until the

close of its exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture,

January 39th next.

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FOR INFORMATION AFTER MUSEUM HOURS :

TELEPHONE : A. R. BLACKBURN, JR. REGENT 4-5758 or HELEN P. MoMILLIN : CIRCLE 7-5434

For Release, Monday, December I?th8 f

T H E M U S E U M O F M O D E R N A R T 11 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CIRCLE 7-7471

The Museum of Modern Art at 11 'Vest 53d Street, New York,

announced today that over 50,000 people have visited the Exhibition

of American Painting and Sculpture which opened at the Museum on

November 2d. The exhibition, which fills three floors of the

Museum, will continue on view until January 29th, 1933.

Concurrently, the Exhibition "The Art of the Common Man

in America" which opened on November 30, will continue until

January 15, 1933.

The hours of the Museum are from 10 a m to 6 p m on

week days and from 2 p m to 6 p m on Sundays.

The Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture con­

tains 119 paintings and 31 pieces of sculpture, 150 works of art

in all. It covers the last 70 years of American art, the tieriod

from 1862-1932. Among the exhibits on view are such famous

masterpieces as Whistler's "Portrait of' the Artist's Mother",

the first painting by an American to be placed in the Louvre

Museum, which was loaned for this exhibition by the French

government; Winslow Homer's "Ei^ht Bells", loaned by the Addison

Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass; Homer Martin's

"Harp of the kinds'1, loaned by the Metropolitan Museum; Ryder's

"Macbeth and the Vitches", loaned by Haverford College, Haverford,

Pa; Eakins' "Pathetic Song" loaned by the Corcoran Gallery of

Art, Washington; Blakelock's "Moonlight", loaned by Horatio S.

Rubens; Inness' "Lake Albano", loaned by the Duncan Phillips

Memorial Gallery, "tfashin̂ ton; and Duveneck's "Whistling Boy",

loaned by the Cincinnati Museum; and many other masterpieces

I0R INFORMATION OTER MUSEUM HOURS l

TELEPHONE I A. R. BLACKBURN, JR. REGENT 4-5758 or HELEN J. MoMILLIN : CIRCLE 7-

loaned by public and private collections throughout the country.

The most popular picture in the exhibition is Whistler's

"Portrait of the Artist's Mother". Since the opening of the

exhibition the Museum has had hundreds of telephone calls and

letters asking about the picture. There is a possibility that the

picture may remain in this country for several months after the

close of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Several

reouests for the loan of the picture have been received at the

Museum from other museums in various parts of the country. The

painting will remain on view at the Museum of Modern Art until the

close of its exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture,

January 39th next.

JOR INFORMATION ASTER MUSEUM HOURS :

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