GENERAL DESCRIPTION
For one week in 1945, while a selection of William Zorach's works (including Demeter, 1945.14) were shown in a contemporary art exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, he came to the Museum as a Visiting Artist. He gave lectures and three modeling and carving demonstrations to museum supporters and local artists. The week was billed as "an event of unusual interest" and likely resulted in Zorach donating this demonstration piece to the Museum's permanent collection.
Emily Schiller, Digital Collections Content Coordinator, 2016.
NOTES
The information for this object was pulled from a notation in the file by John Lunsford that corresponds to archival records about Zorach's time as a Visiting Artist from January 23 to 29, 1945.
Removed TMS object tag because rule exists.
Add artist geography-
Artist born (geography)- Jurbarkas, Lithuania
raised- Cleveland, OH
trained- Cleveland Institute of Art
Worked- Paris
Worked- NYC- teacher at ASL 1929-1960
EXHIBITIONS:
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. An Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings & Sculpture, Pamphlet, 1945; (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183319/ : accessed March 06, 2015), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas , Texas.
Added object number in Piction.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. [Announcement for William Zorach: Sculpture and Watercolors exhibition]. Dallas, Texas. The Portal to Texas History. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth225393/. Accessed March 6, 2015. William Zorach: Sculpture and Watercolors; 10473: Exh ID; 12058172: UMO
Added object number in Piction.
Did not resolve mystery of these two exhibitions and whether this work was officially part of either of the 1945 shows. "William Zorach: Sculpture and Watercolors" is in Piction but not TMS. (1/19/2017) Deleted both %UMOpending and %exhibitionspending tags.
This draft was routed and revised by Sue in October 2016. I have transfered those changes and am moving the GDoc to Queta's folder in GDrive.
After verifying revisions visible in GDrive, I removed routed tag and added completed tag- 1/24/2017.
Changed format of terracotta to single word in TMS because that is preferred format in AAT.
Catalogue essays specific to object
Artist/designers
William Zorach
Cultures
Geography
Dallas, TX
Process/materials
terra cotta
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
sculpture
teacher
head
roughness
bisque fired
demonstrations (presentation events)
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1945: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of the artist [1] [2]
[1] A note by John Lunsford in the Collections Records Object file suggests this piece was likely a demonstration piece created by the artist on site at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts when he was a Visiting Artist, January 23-29, 1945.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
Photograph included as part of the announcement for "William Zorach, Visiting Artist," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1945. (More information included in Archive resources below.)- this is page 2 of the four page pdf file assigned
12058172: UMO
Object number added to Piction record.
WEB RESOURCES
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
Object file contains photocopies of a series of letters exchanged between William Zorach and Mr. Howard in April 1936 to April 1937 regarding an unrealized commission for a pioneer woman sculpture. The letters were sent to Roberta Tarbell for her catalogue raisonné on Zorach in 1974.
200X.15- 90th Anniversary timeline photos, Series 1- Items 48 and 49- Zorach giving a demonstration at the DMFA; Zorach used Bywaters children, son-Dick and daughter-Jerry, as models during his time as Visiting Artist.
William Zorach demonstrating sculpture for a children's class in the Museum School.
Object number added in Piction. 259241154: UMO
Sculpture class in Museum School, led by sculptor William Zorach. (TWO COPIES IN PICTION. MARKED BOTH with object number and NR.)
Object numbers added to Piction.
FUN FACTS
- Zorach taught many other artists represented in the DMA collection. These include Bess Bigham Hubbard (1947.36), Lee Bontecou (1963.92.FA), and Dorothy Austin (1994.174; 1933.22; 2001.47).
- Prior to visiting Dallas in 1945, William Zorach's connection to the city came from exhibiting four watercolor landscapes in a Dallas Art Association exhibition in 1922 and discussing the possibility of a public monument to pioneers in 1936.
- William Zorach married Marguerite Thompson in 1912. His wife was an accomplished painter and textile designer, and an equally beloved and influential teacher at the Art Students League
TEACHING IDEAS
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General Description
For one week in 1945, while a selection of William Zorach's works (including Demeter, 1945.14) were shown in a contemporary art exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, he came to the Museum as a Visiting Artist. He gave lectures and three modeling and carving demonstrations to museum supporters and local artists. The week was billed as "an event of unusual interest" and likely resulted in Zorach donating this demonstration piece to the Museum's permanent collection.
Emily Schiller, Digital Collections Content Coordinator, 2016.
Fun Facts
- Zorach taught many other artists represented in the DMA collection. These include Bess Bigham Hubbard (1947.36), Lee Bontecou (1963.92.FA), and Dorothy Austin (1994.174; 1933.22; 2001.47).
- Prior to visiting Dallas in 1945, William Zorach's connection to the city came from exhibiting four watercolor landscapes in a Dallas Art Association exhibition in 1922 and discussing the possibility of a public monument to pioneers in 1936.
- William Zorach married Marguerite Thompson in 1912. His wife was an accomplished painter and textile designer, and an equally beloved and influential teacher at the Art Students League
Archival Resources
Object file contains photocopies of a series of letters exchanged between William Zorach and Mr. Howard in April 1936 to April 1937 regarding an unrealized commission for a pioneer woman sculpture. The letters were sent to Roberta Tarbell for her catalogue raisonné on Zorach in 1974.
200X.15- 90th Anniversary timeline photos, Series 1- Items 48 and 49- Zorach giving a demonstration at the DMFA; Zorach used Bywaters children, son-Dick and daughter-Jerry, as models during his time as Visiting Artist.
William Zorach demonstrating sculpture for a children's class in the Museum School.
Object number added in Piction. 259241154: UMO
Sculpture class in Museum School, led by sculptor William Zorach. (TWO COPIES IN PICTION. MARKED BOTH with object number and NR.)
Object numbers added to Piction.
Web Resources
Notes
The information for this object was pulled from a notation in the file by John Lunsford that corresponds to archival records about Zorach's time as a Visiting Artist from January 23 to 29, 1945.
Removed TMS object tag because rule exists.
Add artist geography-
Artist born (geography)- Jurbarkas, Lithuania
raised- Cleveland, OH
trained- Cleveland Institute of Art
Worked- Paris
Worked- NYC- teacher at ASL 1929-1960
EXHIBITIONS:
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. An Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings & Sculpture, Pamphlet, 1945; (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183319/ : accessed March 06, 2015), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas , Texas.
Added object number in Piction.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. [Announcement for William Zorach: Sculpture and Watercolors exhibition]. Dallas, Texas. The Portal to Texas History. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth225393/. Accessed March 6, 2015. William Zorach: Sculpture and Watercolors; 10473: Exh ID; 12058172: UMO
Added object number in Piction.
Did not resolve mystery of these two exhibitions and whether this work was officially part of either of the 1945 shows. "William Zorach: Sculpture and Watercolors" is in Piction but not TMS. (1/19/2017) Deleted both %UMOpending and %exhibitionspending tags.
This draft was routed and revised by Sue in October 2016. I have transfered those changes and am moving the GDoc to Queta's folder in GDrive.
After verifying revisions visible in GDrive, I removed routed tag and added completed tag- 1/24/2017.
Changed format of terracotta to single word in TMS because that is preferred format in AAT.
Catalogue essays specific to object
Artist/designers
William Zorach
Cultures
Geography
Dallas, TX
Process/materials
terra cotta
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
sculpture
teacher
head
roughness
bisque fired
demonstrations (presentation events)
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1945: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of the artist [1] [2]
[1] A note by John Lunsford in the Collections Records Object file suggests this piece was likely a demonstration piece created by the artist on site at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts when he was a Visiting Artist, January 23-29, 1945.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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