Sunday Talk at Sheldon

Posted on September 17, 2009 in Arts & Entertainment 0 Comments

Sheldon Art Museum

UNL’s Wendy Katz Leads Discussion at 2 p.m. Sunday

Wendy Katz, an associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will discuss James McNeill Whistler: 40 Years of Printmaking,  at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 20. The title of her Sheldon Sunday talk is “Whistler and the Print Revival.”

Admission to the Museum and talk is free and the public is invited.

The Whistler exhibition, which has been on view since May 26, closes its run at Sheldon at 5 p.m. Sunday. It includes approximately 40 etchings and lithographs from Sheldon’s permanent collection shown together for the first time. The works, dating from 1859 to 1899, include prints from two well-known portfolios called the Thames Set and the French Set. The most recognizable pieces in the collection include Black Lion Wharf (1859), Bibi Lalouette (1859), Early Morning Battersea (1878), and Savoy Pigeons (1896). Numerous works in the exhibition were the gifts of James A. and Ann K. Rawley and the F. M. Hall bequest. The exhibition also includes a selection of works by artists who were influenced by Whistler from the collection of Norman and Judy Zlotsky. The Zlotskys have also lent two Whistler prints for the exhibition.

This exhibition is made possible by the support of James and Rhonda Seacrest.

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