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55ss Mrs. James H. Clark. Meride by Victor Vasarely, DMFA purchase through
Contemporary Arts Council Fund.
Architect.
SJerry Bywaters becomes Chairman of the Fine Arts Division of SMU. Frederick
M. Mayer is elected Chairman of the Dallas Art Association. Barney Delabano,
Associate Curator, is named to head the Museum School.
1966
Trustee officer James H. Clark pic- U Orb by Adolph Gottlieb is purchased with proceeds from the Beaux Arts Ball. An
tured in his office with Brancusi's untitled painting by Arshile Gorky is acquired with monies from the Contempo-
Beginning of the World, which he rary Arts Council Fund. Egyptian Triptych by Alan Davie, an anonymous gift.
and his wife, Lillian, gave to the Sculpture Classique by ean Arp, a gift in memory of Mary Seeger O'Boy
Foundation for the Arts in 1977. Sculpture Classique by Jean Arp, a gift i memory of Mary Seeger O'Boyle by her
The Brancusi was featured in family and friends. The Reveler by Jean Dubuffet, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H.
the 1965 exhibition, Sculpture: Clark. Study for Homage to the Square: Joy, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe DeWitt.
Twentieth Century, organized by
the Dallas Museum. n Large one-man shows of the works of Jean Dubuffet and photographer Aaron
Siskind. r Texas Painting and Sculpture 1966 (DMFA).
M Artist Richard Diebenkorn serves as a juror for Texas Painting and Sculpture.
1967
Arp's 1960 Sculpture Classique U Elegy to the Spanish Republic 108 by Robert Motherwell is purchased through
was given in memory of Mary The Art Museum League Fund. Portrait and a Dream by Jackson Pollock and a
Seeger O'Boyle by her family and painting by Sam Francis are given by Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the
Meadows Foundation. Echoes of Broadway by Mark Tobey, a gift of the artist.
A large retrospective of the works of Pablo Picasso is presented. Contemporary
American Glass (DMFA). A memorial showing of work by Alexander
Archipenko.
M Lawrence S. Pollock, Jr. is elected President of the Dallas Art Association with
Mrs. A. Earl Cullum, Jr. and John Ingle as Vice Presidents.
1968
* Slate Cross by Franz Kline and paintings by Mark Rothko and Lee Krasner are
given to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows
Foundation. Rock-Rock by Richard Lindner, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Clark. Mouth #11 by Tom Wesselmann, a gift of the Mr. and Mrs. Edward S.
Marcus Foundation.
* Mark Tobey Retrospective (DMFA). = Franz Kline 1910-1962.
' .1969
M Jean Arp Memorial Exhibition. 4 Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. x: A large
showing of sculpture by David Smith.
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Brettell, Richard R. NOW/THEN/AGAIN: Contemporary Art in Dallas 1949-1989, book, 1989; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth307668/m1/60/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Museum of Art.