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A Roy Lichtenstein work was incor-
porated in the signage for an eK-
hibition in 1976 whose stated
purpose was to inform viewers how
to approach modern art.artists: Projects I: David McManaway; Projects II: Bruce Cunningham; Projects III:
Raffaele Martini (DMFA).
Q Three museum friends die: Mrs. George Aldredge, who had been Chairman of
the Munger Fund; Alfred Bromberg; and Mrs. John B. O'Hara, whose will
bequeathed the Museum $4.5 million for acquisitions. Dr. Anne R. Bromberg is
appointed Curator for Education. Barney Delabano becomes Curator for Exhibi-
tions. Mrs. John (Esther) Houseman retires after 18 years. The Museum League
hosts a lunch with artist Robert Rauschenberg as guest.
Q Renovation is completed on the new East Wing. The DMFA is one of four
American museums designated to receive grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
to sponsor interns.
1976
* Ave by Mark di Suvero, a gift of the Irvin L. and Meryl P Levy Endowment
Fund. Device by Jasper Johns is given by friends in honor of Mrs. Eugene
McDermott. Rise 2 by Bridget Riley, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clark.
Painting for Rain by William Wiley, an anonymous gift in memory of Edward S.
Marcus. Grand Hotel de la Boule d'Or by Joseph Cornell, a gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Alan May. Colored Paper Images - X by Ellsworth Kelly, purchased through the
Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon Fund. Electric Chair by Andy Warhol. Untitled
photograph by Jerry Uelsmann, DMFA purchase through a grant from the
Polaroid Foundation. To Corfu by Brice Marden is an anonymous gift to the
Foundation for the Arts.
Sculpture: American Directions, 1945-1975. Sculpture by Sam Richardson,
'Sight Line: Snow Drifts' (DMFA). Works by Henry Moore from Dallas
Collections (DMFA). 8 x 10: Ten American Photographers (DMFA). Dallas
From the Ground Up (DMFA). MOMA's American Art Since 1945.
Modern Art: A Guide to Looking (DMFA).
M Artists Henry Moore and Mark di Suvero visit the museum.
M The International Council of New York's Museum of Modern Art visits Dallas.
Lectures are given by Barbara Rose and Robert Rosenblum.
1977
M Night Hutch (Hoarfrost) by Robert Rauschenberg, a gift of the artist. Mo with
Five Leaves by David Hockney and Nine Drypoints and Etchings by Richard
Diebenkorn are purchased through the Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon Fund. The
Four Directions of Time - No. 2, Entropy by Pat Steir, a gift of Shaindy Fenton.
Untitled work by Robert Wade and City of Refuge by Ann McCoy are gifts of
Mrs. Elizabeth Blake. Willy by Tony Smith is purchased through the Irvin L. and
Meryl P Levy Endowment Fund and General Acquisitions Fund. An untitled
sculpture by Mac Whitney is given by Dr. and Mrs. Harold Joseph. Progress Suite
by Luis Jimenez, DMFA purchase.
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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/m1/66/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Museum of Art.