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Anne Burnett Tandy Distinguished Lectures on American Art
Symposium
George Catlin’s Mysterious Publications
Saturday, April 9, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
(check-in begins at 9 a.m.)
In conjunction with the exhibition, Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth-Century American Color-Plate Books, the Amon Carter Museum will host a scholarly symposium entitled George Catlin’s Mysterious Publications. A distinguished panel of three noted scholars will address many of the unanswered questions related to the fascinating world of this artist-explorer, whose works are some of the most enduring images in the literature of nineteenth-century Americana.
Mr. Catlin, Mr. Colt, and the Business of Art, Nancy Anderson, Curator, American and British Paintings, National Gallery of Art
Plains Geometry, as Seen by George Catlin and William Fuller, William H. Truettner, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Making of Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio, William S. Reese, William Reese Company, Guest Curator
Admission is free. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. Please call 817.989.5030. Confirmation of reservation will be mailed.
Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth-Century
American Color-Plate Books
January 29–May 8, 2005
Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth-Century American Color-Plate Books features more than 120 items that trace the development of color illustration in nineteenth–century America, from its tentative beginnings when hand-colored engraving was most prevalent to the invention of photomechanical reproduction processes.
Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth-Century American Color-Plate Books is organized by the Amon Carter Museum in association with William S. Reese and is made possible in part by a grant from the Garvey Texas Foundation.
For more information on the exhibition and its related programs, click here.
Amon Carter Museum
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
817.738.1933
Allen K. Townsend, Past President, ARLIS/NA
Library Director
Amon Carter Museum
3501 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Phone: 817 989 5073
Fax: 817 989 5079
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