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59 Colors by Alexander Calder is given by Braniff International in memory of
Eugene McDermott.
n Sam Francis Paintings 1947-1972. Max Ernst. North Texas Painting and
, Sculpture, a new competition for area artists, is organized by the DMFA.
Southwestern Photography 1973 (DMFA).
y Director Merrill Rueppel accepts the directorship of the Museum of Fine Arts in
- Boston. John Lunsford is appointed DMFA Acting Director. DMFA President
/ Betty Marcus and Chairman John D. Murchison head a trustees committee
seeking a new director.
* 1974
Drawings by Dallas artist Otis M Veduggio Sun by Anthony Caro, a gift of the Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Marcus
Dozier, who had been a DMFA teach- Fund. Untitled painting by David Novos, a gift of the Atwell Fund. Once I Saw a
ing instructor intermittently from Fund. Untitled painting by David Novros, a gift of the Atwel Fund. Once I Saw a
1945 until 1970, and jewelry by his Spotted Lady Whose Belly Was Round Like a Ball by James Surls, DMFA purchase.
wife, Velma, were exhibited together Treaty by Robert Rauschenberg and Four German Brushes by Jim Dine are
at the museum in A Salute to the
oat others in 1974. purchased through the Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon Fund. Bull Heads by Roy
Lichtenstein, a gift of The 500, Inc.
n Nevelson Wood Sculptures. A Salute to the Doziers of Dallas is organized by the
DMFA as a salute to Otis and Velma Dozier. Poets of the Cities: New York and
San Francisco 1950-1965, a joint venture between the DMFA and SMU.
* Harry S. Parker, III is appointed Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Separate endowments are created in memory of both Mrs. Alex Camp and
Eugene McDermott. Mrs. Eugene McDermott is elected Chairman of the Board
and John D. Murchison as President, with Dr. Bryan Williams and Robert H.
Bloom as Vice Presidents.
" Artist James Surls presents a lecture titled 'A Sculptor Looks at the Degas
Bronzes." Louise Nevelson lectures on "The Assemblage."
S.1975
U Three Men in Space by Giacometti, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus.
Sculptures by Richard Serra, John Chamberlain, Larry Bell and Joel Shapiro are
acquired. Savage Breeze by Helen Frankenthaler is purchased through the Mr. and
Louise Nevelson's Wood Sculptures Mrs. Jake L. Hamon Fund. An untitled sculpture by Robert Morris is purchased
were ehibited in Dallas for the first by the DMFA with a grant from the NEA. Untitled #1 by Nancy Graves, a gift of
time in 1974. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison. An untitled photographic image by Robert
Wade and Black Snake Blues by Roger Winter are gifts of D Magazine. Four
Triangles Within a Square by Robert Mangold, gift of an anonymous foundation to
the Foundation for the Arts Collection. Paraj by Victor Vasarely and a sculpture
by Jean Arp are gifts of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clark. An untitled photograph by
Diane Arbus, DMFA purchase through a grant from the Polaroid Foundation.
Colored Paper Images X and IV by Ellsworth Kelly purchased through the Mr. and
Mrs. Jake L. Hamon Fund.A series of art in process exhibitions by Dallas
U Robert Smithson: Drawings.
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