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Annual Report
05/06
The Montreal
Museum
of Fine Arts
Conserving for All to Share The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, true to its vocation of acquiring and promoting the work of Canadian and international artists past and present, has a mission to attract the broadest and most heterogeneous public possible, and to provide that public with first-hand access to a universal artistic heritage.
Annual Report
05/06
Cover: The Montreal Museum
Michael Snow
of Fine Arts
Four Grey Panels and Four Figures
From the series “Walking Woman”, 1963
Purchase, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ /03 President’s Report
Volunteer Association Fund and /07 Director’s Report
Horsley and Annie Townsend Bequest
2005.97.1-4 /12 Volunteers’ Reports
/13 Officers and Board
of Trustees
/14 Committees
/15 Exhibition Calendar
/16 Acquisitions
/36 Auditors’ Report and
Financial Statements
The Montreal Museum
of Fine Arts Foundation
/51 President’s Report
/53 Officers, Trustees
and Committees
/54 Auditors’ Report and
Financial Statements
/60 Fund-raising
/69 Sponsors
/70 Museum Staff
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
02/03
President’s
Report
As I study the results and projects such as the acquisition Museum could again become a the high quality of our services.
performance of the Montreal of the Erskine and American flagship for the arts in Montreal. But the facts must be faced:
Museum of Fine Arts in the Church and its conversion to a I am delighted to be able inventiveness has its limits, and
year 2005-2006, the word that Pavilion of Canadian Art and the to report that, overall, the the financial constraints under
comes to mind is “paradox.” It is eventual expansion southward Montreal Museum of Fine Arts which we labour constitute a
truly paradoxical that, despite of the Jean-Noël Desmarais still stands in a class of its own; severe handicap on our ambi-
the fact that we have had our Pavilion ought to be not only nevertheless, year after year tions for the future.
second best year in terms of encouraged but supported in a I am saddened by our ongoing Thanks to a remarkable
attendance, and our best ever in concrete manner. The exhibition state of financial paralysis. In programme of superb tempo-
terms of the number of members space currently available for this respect, I must acknowledge rary exhibitions, we welcomed
and partnerships with major the display of our collection is the Quebec government’s addi- a total of 611,390 visitors to
institutions both nationally and already inadequate and has been tional funding of $2 million to the galleries during the twelve-
internationally, at the same for many years. It is unthinkable help us balance our operating month period ending on March
time the Museum has been in a that we should be obliged to call budget and reduce the deficit 31, 2006. This result has only
situation of paralyzing financial a halt to the enrichment of our accumulated in 2005-2006. But been surpassed once in the
insecurity. collection because of a lack of this was just a one-time contri- history of the institution, in the
It is equally paradoxical that, space. The expansion that we bution: the disturbing reality is year 2000-2001, when 626,610
while in eight years, thanks to the envisage would certainly permit that the slight surplus remaining people visited the Museum,
Museum Foundation and donors, us to display many more works at the end of this fiscal year is 327,644 of them just to see
we have acquired over ten thou- than at present, and furthermore, still insufficient to wipe out our the exhibition From Renoir to
sand distinguished artworks, it would enable us to acquire new accumulated operating deficit Picasso: Masterpieces from the
that this year’s acquisitions works with a view to judiciously of $1.6 million. We are back to Musée de l’Orangerie. Given
are valued at over $8 million, enlarging each of our collections square one. The Museum is forced that there has been a worldwide
compared to $1.5 million fifteen and hence to preserving more of to struggle year after year to drop in museum attendance, I am
years ago, and that we are our collective artistic heritage. obtain the funding it needs in particularly delighted by these
receiving ever more offers of With these new infrastructures, order to operate, perpetually results.
significant artworks thanks to the Museum would be in a posi- juggling with a precarious finan- In drawing your attention to
the tireless efforts of the whole tion to fulfil its role as a unique cial situation that undermines these achievements I must not
Museum staff and in particular cultural landmark with renewed its ability to achieve its full fail to give full credit to our faith-
the Curatorial and Development vigour, and to establish itself potential. For quite some time ful supporters, the Friends of the
Departments, yet the search as the economic and artistic now, we have been performing Museum. We now have 44,172
for funding for the Museum’s force that it could and should this high-wire act in order to members – more than ever
expansion projects has gotten be. I am convinced that, with the produce exhibitions of interna- before! Their strong attachment
bogged down. It is clear that firm support of its partners, the tional calibre while maintaining to the Museum and the loyalty
of an ever growing public encour- the Museum Foundation. Their volunteers. Their exemplary a profit. Given the growing
age us to pursue our mission and sincere commitment and unwa- dedication and passionate number of benefit events in
to develop even more exciting vering loyalty constitute further commitment not only help to Montreal, this is undoubtedly
exhibitions and activities. proof of the inherent vitality of establish good relations with a most encouraging sign.
I also salute the outstanding this institution. our visitors on a daily basis but Of course, it is obvious that
work done by the Board of Trust- The support of our sponsors also guarantee the success of we could not possibly continue
ees and the Museum’s numerous is, of course, vital. We have the our fund-raising events. I should to carry out our mandate without
committees, who have used good fortune to be able to rely on also like to thank the many the ongoing collaboration of
their expertise and networking funding from distinguished com- individuals whose contributions our government partners. Here
contacts to help launch many panies like Sun Life Financial, ensured that this year’s Museum I must stress the support of
institutional and educational which presented the exhibition Ball made a record profit, en- Quebec’s Ministère de la Culture
projects. By building relation- Edwin Holgate in the summer abling the Volunteer Association et des Communications, which
ships between the Museum and of 2005. Our thanks also go to to present us with a cheque for has responded to our appeals for
various companies, foundations, Dynamic Mutual Funds and to our $830,000. These funds permit assistance in recent years. I am
organizations and patrons, we devoted partner METRO; without us to present world-class exhibi- also grateful to Canadian Herit-
acquire the resources to offer these sponsors the Montreal tions, to publish the catalogues age and its Museums Assistance
a varied programme that helps presentation of the exhibition for which the Museum is famous Program, to the Conseil des arts
make the Museum a leader in Landscape in Provence would and to acquire more works of de Montréal and the Canada
its field. not have been possible. We are art for our collection. This year Council for the Arts, also major
This year, we have had the also most grateful to Hydro- I want to stress the Volunteers’ a contributors.
pleasure of welcoming two Québec, a long-time partner priori support for our expansion We have recently had the
new members to the Board of and the proud sponsor of the project, since a portion of their good fortune to attract to our
Trustees, the Honourable Francis exhibition Catherine the Great, donation will help finance the ranks Michel Lamoureux, the
Fox and Huu Trung Nguyen. Our presented last spring. purchase of the Erskine and new Executive Director of the
warmest thanks go to the retir- Many companies and foun- American Church, which will, Museum Foundation. The Foun-
ing members, Louis Bernard, dations have demonstrated we hope, be converted into a dation’s role is a vital one for
Rachel D. Sachs and Christine their support for the various Pavilion of Canadian Art. I must the Museum’s future, and I am
Marchildon, who throughout activities of the Education and also congratulate the Volunteer confident that he will be success-
their mandate have given us the Public Programmes Department, Association for having instituted ful in rising to this challenge.
benefit of their managerial skills and we offer them our warmest a new fund-raising event de- And speaking of success, I am
and their love of the visual arts. thanks. signed to attract new donors. In immeasurably grateful to Réal
I should like to take this oppor- And here I must acknow- less than two years, the original Raymond, now embarking on his
tunity to thank each and every ledge with deep gratitude the masked soirée known as “Eyes third year as President of the
member of the Board and of tremendous work done by our Wide Open” is already showing Museum Foundation. With his
04/05
enthusiasm, his ready availabil- specialists have made signifi- museums and occupying a unique
ity and his idealism, he projects cant contributions to the history position among the museums of
a huge optimism about our of art. Canada. We are confident that
development projects. It will be In addition to greatly expand- the various levels of government
thanks to committed people like ing our collection over the past will also assign it a special place
Mr. Raymond that we will be able decade, Mr. Cogeval’s bold and in their list of top priorities.
to contribute to the new dynamic original vision has brought the
of Montreal in the twenty-first MMFA to the attention of major
century. museums the world over. By
Let me conclude these striking out in new directions,
acknowledgements by paying he has attracted the interest Bernard Lamarre
tribute to the astonishing crea- of such legendary institutions President
tive energy of our Director, Guy as the Louvre, the Met, the
Cogeval. In the past year, his Hermitage and the Grand Palais
adventurous spirit and initiative and made them actual or poten-
not only brought us the exhibi- tial partners.
tion Landscape in Provence, But even a visionary like
co-produced with the Musées the Director would be unable
de Marseille, but also the extraor- to achieve these successes
dinary Catherine the Great in without the co-operation, pro-
collaboration with the State fessionalism, dedication and
Hermitage Museum and the Art efficiency of his matchless team
Gallery of Ontario. Once again, headed by Nathalie Bondil, Chief
his resourcefulness and deep Curator; Danielle Champagne,
knowledge of the arts have en- Director of Communications;
abled the Montreal Museum of and Paul Lavallée, Director of
Fine Arts to take its place on the Administration.
world stage. In light of these achieve-
We should not forget the ments, the result of the hard
publication of the many exhi- work of its staff, its volunteers
bition catalogues for which the and its partners, the Montreal
Museum is celebrated. These Museum of Fine Arts is undeni-
richly illustrated volumes with ably an exceptional institution,
essays contributed by renowned ranked among the world’s leading
06/07
Director’s
Report
Like our President, Bernard funding, which now covers mandate or contribute to the the Hermitage Museum, Mikhail
Lamarre, I find it deplorable that between 40 and 50% of the recognition of our community Piotrovsky, gave a memorable
our uncertain financial situation operating costs. What is more, beyond our borders. address. Congratulations to
is preventing us from achieving our acquisitions of works of art As I said before, the Montreal the Museum’s Chief Curator
our goals, while for years the must be almost entirely self- Museum of Fine Arts is famous and curator of this exhibition,
combined efforts of everyone at funded. For a museum in Canada, because of the quality of its Nathalie Bondil, for succeeding
the Museum have contributed so where private cultural initiative programmes. By backing major in making a historical character
much to the fame and reputation is less common than in the exhibitions like Eternal Egypt: accessible, and investing so
of Montreal and indeed of all United States, this is truly an Masterworks of Ancient Art much energy and effort, passion
Quebec. achievement. from the British Museum, Right and knowledge in the planning
We have great aspirations So it is reassuring, indeed under the Sun: Landscape in and execution of the project! The
for the Montreal Museum of Fine encouraging, that the number Provence, from Classicism to exhibition catalogue Catherine
Arts, and the potential spin-offs of Friends of the Museum has Modernism (1750-1920) and the Great immediately became
of these aspirations for our city grown phenomenally this year, Catherine the Great: Art for the reference on the subject;
and province are even greater. more than any time in our his- Empire – Masterpieces from the a special thank you to the
Our President and I continue tory. We are now counting more State Hermitage Museum, Saint Museum’s publishing team.
to believe in our dreams and than ever on the unconditional Petersburg, we took a gamble Apart from pleasing art
are determined to continue the support of these 45,000 mem- that paid off, attracting a vast lovers, these major shows turn-
expansion and enrichment of our bers, whose legendary solidarity audience with these ambitious ed out to be opportunities for
collection and our institution. is expressed in a variety of ways. presentations. I am particularly forging and strengthening links
The Montreal Museum of Fine Thus, hundreds of thousands of happy about the high number with the international museum
Arts must become a benchmark dollars are generated by indi- of visitors recorded this year, community. The exhibition dedi-
for museums in Canada. It is the vidual donations during each especially when compared to cated to Landscape in Provence
country’s oldest cultural insti- Annual Fund-raising Campaign. the drop in attendance in most is the most convincing example
tution and should continue to In the face of such generosity, museums. of such connections. For this
be recognized as much for its we could not hope to expect It would be negligent of me event, the Museum’s expertise
encyclopedic collection as for its more support from our members not to emphasize the extraor- came into its own, especially in
original exhibitions orchestrated and the general population. dinary success of the exhibition the initial preparation phase.
by our own team and interna- I would also like to express my Catherine the Great. It attracted First, the division of the sub-
tional partners. gratitude to all the individuals some 185,000 visitors, who came ject matter, starting with the
I would like to emphasize and all the businesses who to learn more about a woman Romanticism of Joseph Vernet
once again the considerable believe in our mission. Without who influenced the course of and ending with the Fauves,
effort the Museum has made to our donors’ financial support, we history. At the inaugural ceremo- was unusual. Next, the Montreal
maintain its high level of self- could not properly carry out our nies for this event, the Director of Museum of Fine Arts played
a major role in organizing and Pepall, the exhibition Edwin illustration, design, watercolour collections of Canadian art prior
presenting this exhibition in Holgate was the first major and oil painting. In connection to 1950. The event was a great
Marseilles. This initiative meant retrospective dedicated to this with this exhibition, a presenta- success and will be repeated in
that the talent of our curators, painter since his death. It re- tion of some of Sean Murphy’s 2006 on the subject of contem-
our conservators, technicians vealed the great talent of this favourite works were featured porary Canadian art.
and installation team made leader in modern Canadian art of in The Collector’s Eye. Stéphane The mission of promoting
an impression in France. Even the 1920s and 1930s. Not only Aquin organized the Freeform Canadian art has crossed the
the design of the Marseilles was this exhibition shown in our Series exhibition John Oswald: Atlantic with the organization
presentation was the work of Museum, it also travelled to four instandstillnessence, which and presentation of Riopelle,
one of Quebec’s own, designer other Canadian institutions: the plunged us into the unusual world shown at the State Hermitage
Christiane Michaud. Glenbow Museum in Calgary, of time-lapse photography. The Museum in Saint Petersburg in
During the year 2005-2006, the McMichael Canadian Art exhibitions Jean McEwen: “From summer 2006 and at the Musée
visitors also discovered Dutch Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario, My Hand into Colour” and the Cantini in Marseilles in winter
Prints and Drawings from the the National Gallery of Canada in admirable Nicolas Baier: Hunting 2006-2007.
Golden Age: 1585-1660, pre- Ottawa and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery also turned out to be The Museum’s image was
sented in the Marjorie and Gallery in Fredericton (where it unmissable events. For the latter consolidated abroad as well.
Gerald Bronfman Prints and will be shown in 2007). exhibition, the Museum collabo- Several international projects
Drawings Gallery. Organized to Our curatorial team present- rated for the first time with the will soon come to fruition with
commemorate the sixtieth anni- ed other exhibitions dedicated Musée d’art contemporain de the collaboration of prestigious
versary of the liberation of the to Canadian artists. Our curator Montréal in the co-publication partners: the Réunion des mu-
Netherlands by Canada, the Jacques Des Rochers organized of a monograph on the artist. sées nationaux and the Louvre
exhibition featured etchings by Sam Borenstein, which revealed These events centred on as well as the Art Institute of
Rembrandt, including two self- the dynamic and striking oeuvre Canadian art reflect the Mu- Chicago and the Metropolitan
portraits and an engraving, as of the Lithuanian-born painter. seum’s determination to raise Museum of Art for the exhibition
well as drawings by Hendrick Cecil Buller proved to be the the profile of our national art as Girodet, Romantic Rebel; the
Goltzius. It was inaugurated at most important exhibition yet much as possible. We regard Musée d’Orsay and the Réunion
the Museum by Princess Margriet dedicated to this artist, who this mission as an undertaking des musées nationaux for the
of the Netherlands. earned numerous awards over towards our artists, whom we exhibition Maurice Denis: Earthly
This year, the Museum gave her long career. Cecil Buller was are trying to promote via trav- Paradise; and the Réunion des
priority to Canadian art and the mother of Dr. Sean Murphy, elling exhibitions, symposiums musées nationaux and the Grand
offered the public the chance a Museum Trustee and former and acquisitions. The Museum Palais for the presentation Once
to discover or rediscover some President and a passionate also hosted a national sym- Upon a Time Walt Disney. In
great homegrown artists. Cap- champion of the MMFA. Buller posium on Canadian art that the longer term, the Museum
tained by our curator Rosalind practised engraving as well as explored the issues surrounding is working at present in close08/09 collaboration with the Havana Museum in Toronto and then to 483 works with a total value in fall-front secretary of painted National Museum of Fine Arts the Mart in Italy. excess of $8 million, bringing wood, gold leaf and leather by on an exhibition devoted to All these partnerships have the number of items acquired Maurice Dufrêne. This is a rare twentieth-century Cuban art; helped us increase the visibil- in eight years to almost ten transitional piece exhibiting and with the Museo di arte ity of the Museum as the largest thousand. This represents a many Art Nouveau elements but moderna e contemporanea di bilingual publisher of art books 25% increase in our collection, heralding the simpler, more sober Trento e Rovereto (Mart) on a in Quebec and one of the largest which could not have been design of Art Deco. A generous show focussing on art and jazz in in Canada. It is worth noting that achieved without the generos- gift from The Museum Campaign the twentieth century. Following the catalogue on Catherine II of ity of numerous collectors and 1988-1993 Fund enabled us to the presentation of Catherine Russia was the 200th publica- donors like Liliane and David M. acquire the spectacular Proust’s the Great, new projects are tion by the Museum’s Publishing Stewart, whose gift represents Armchair by the Italian designer underway with the Hermitage Department. While the exhibi- half of the pieces acquired. Alessandro Mendini. Museum: an exhibition on the tions last only a few months, I would also like to thank Renata The Museum also thanks two last Czars, Alexander III and their complementary catalogues and Michal Hornstein, who have the International Friends of the Nicolas II, in collaboration with live on after them. Published given us priceless works that will Montreal Museum of Fine Arts the Art Gallery of Ontario; and an simultaneously in French and be admired by Museum visitors and the Museum’s Volunteer exhibition on the contemporary English, sometimes even in other for generations to come. I also Association Fund for purchasing design collection at the Montreal languages (Italian for Il Modo salute our team of experts and Raoul Dufy’s L’Estaque, painted Museum of Fine Arts together Italiano and Russian for Riopelle), curators, whose expertise en- in 1913. Another treasure with objets d’art from the they add to the Museum’s inter- sures that our collection grows among recent acquisitions is Hermitage. This project will allow national reputation. They are in an intelligent manner. the Halberdier, painted in 1895 the Museum to demonstrate its distributed in Canada and abroad The 2005-2006 financial year by the Swiss artist Ferdinand creativity in presenting tempo- by international co-publishers saw the acquisition of several Hodler. This monumental work rary exhibitions, and will make – Flammarion, Gallimard, Hazan, important pieces: the purchase now forms a centrepiece in the its decorative art collection Skira, Snoeck and Somogy – that of Self-portrait Smiling, a print Museum’s Collection of Euro- known beyond our borders. In the Museum collaborates with. by Marc Chagall; Feliciter or The pean Art thanks to an exemplary 2000, the Museum acquired the This is why the Montreal Museum Scottish Girl, a rare bust in paint- gift from Michal and Renata prestigious Liliane and David M. of Fine Arts’ publications can be ed terracotta by Henry Cros, and Hornstein, who have already Stewart collection of decora- seen in the best European and a collage by Christo entitled given us 327 drawings by this tive arts, the range of which was American bookstores, including The Pont Neuf, Wrapped, Project artist. demonstrated by the exhibition those of great museums like the for Paris. Thanks to the generous The Museum can also be Il Modo Italiano. This was mount- Louvre and the Metropolitan. financial support of the Société proud of acquiring several works ed by the MMFA and will travel This year, the Museum’s Générale/Fimat, we have enrich- by major Canadian painters: this fall to the new Royal Ontario collection was expanded by ed our collection with a superb these include Jean-Paul Riopelle’s
Gravity, a wonderful vertical positions linked to the various ment. By sharing their love of art My sincere thanks go to this
mosaic painted in 1956 and exhibitions being presented. with our visitors, the Volunteer enthusiastic and dedicated
given to us by Yseult Riopelle; a And the Cirque du Soleil and its Guides make a vital contribution team of people to whom we
historic work by Michael Snow founder and CEO Guy Laliberté to the life of the Museum. My undoubtedly owe the astonishing
donated by the Volunteer agreed to a long-term loan special thanks go to each and attendance figures recorded this
Association, Four Grey Panels of their collection of African every one of the hundred and year. Given the difficult financial
and Four Figures (1963) from art to the Museum. We took twenty guides for the wonderful situation that has obliged us to
the series “Walking Woman,” of advantage of this opportunity to work they do. cancel some ventures in pro-
which the Museum also pos- redesign new galleries for our As regards our involvement gramming, communications and
sesses three other works; and collection. With its thirty-six with the community, the Museum acquisitions, their commitment
Rita Letendre’s Poetic Device, sculptures executed between takes particular pride in the suc- is the more remarkable. It is
recently donated by Guy Fournier, the mid-nineteenth and the early cess of its outreach programme clear that without the hard work
who has also given us several twentieth century, on public “Sharing the Museum,” an ini- of every member of our staff,
works by celebrated artists display for the first time, the tiative designed to welcome the achievements we pride our-
like Pellan, Toupin, Comtois and Cirque du Soleil became our main a less privileged clientele into selves on today could never have
Vasarely. Speaking of Pellan, partner in these new galleries. our galleries in a context that is been so spectacular.
I must stress the fact that Warm thanks are also due to both educational and enjoyable. Fortunately, our chronic
Madeleine Pellan gave us the McGill University’s Redpath We rejoice in the popularity of under-funding problem was
entire corpus of prints executed Museum for lending us a num- this programme, inspired by counterbalanced by the gener-
by her husband, Alfred Pellan, ber of works to complete this role models of good citizenship, osity of a number of donors to
a total of seventy-two artist’s exhibition. Finally, I must not which enables us to play our whom I am exceedingly grateful.
proofs in impeccable condition. fail to mention our partnership part as responsible corporate Special evening events were
I am happy to report that we with another leading citizen of citizens. organized in honour of Dr. Sean
have established auspicious part- Montreal: the Daniel Langlois We are also proud of our B. Murphy, Sir Neil M. Shaw and
nerships with other Montreal Foundation, with whom we presentation A Topsy-Turvy Yvon Tardif, three outstanding
celebrities with the aim of are preparing an exhibition of World: Museum Employees in patrons to whom we largely owe
enriching the cultural life of the contemporary art for 2007. the Spotlight, held in March the enrichment of our collection.
city. Kent Nagano, musical direc- In 1879, the Museum was 2006. This exhibition of works My warmest thanks go to
tor of the Montreal Symphony already pursuing an educational executed by the Museum’s staff people who have wholeheartedly
Orchestra, and I announced the mission, which is still very was an unusual way of bringing supported me for many years: to
inauguration of a new series of much alive today. The fortieth to light the hidden talents of our Bernard Lamarre, our President,
chamber music concerts in the anniversary of the Museum’s employees and revealing their whose devotion to the Museum
galleries, featuring musicians Association of Volunteer Guides strong sense of belonging to is immeasurable; I have not the
from the orchestra playing com- is testimony to this commit- our institution. words to express my sense of10/11 indebtedness to him; and to Réal Raymond, President of the Foundation, who, since joining us has been doing a job with enormous implications for the future of the Museum. Finally, I should like to reiterate my sincere thanks to the Museum’s Volunteer Association, who pre- sented us with a record donation of $830,000 – I can never thank them enough for their dedication and their tireless and invaluable work. And of course thank you to the Volunteer Guides, the Friends of the Museum and all the staff. Their commitment, tangible proof of their affection for this institution, is a real source of pleasure and gives me a sense of great satisfaction and pride. Guy Cogeval Director
Volunteers’
Reports
Volunteer Association
Since 1948, the members of the former Erskine and American objective is to organize activities
Volunteer Association of the Church, which will be convert- that contribute to increasing
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ed to exhibition space while the Museum’s visibility and
have worked tirelessly in order to maintaining its architectural attracting more visitors and new Jennifer K. Steber
achieve two main goals: to raise integrity. members. These activities in-
funds to support the Museum’s This donation of $680,000 clude the Museum Ball, the “Eyes
activities and to help raise the is in addition to the $150,000 Wide Open” masked soirée,
Museum’s profile. donation made to the Museum cultural trips and tours, art sales
Fund-raising in Montreal is a in September 2005, which was and rentals at the Galerie Arte
difficult task, as more and more used to acquire two works of art Montréal (formerly the Art Sales
organizations vie for the same whose importance is matched and Rental Gallery), and the
dollars. However, the creativity, only by their great diversity: Christmas tree display and Yvonne Zacios
perseverance and dedication Michael Snow’s Four Grey Panels concerts. In 2005-2006, these Co-presidents
of the Volunteer Association and Four Figures from the series activities drew close to three
have once again been rewarded. “Walking Woman” (1963) and thousand Montrealers and gen-
On May 31, 2006, the Volun- Jean-Victor Bertin’s Forest Inte- erated major media coverage.
teer Association presented rior (1826). And so, the Volunteer It goes without saying that
Guy Cogeval with a cheque for Association’s total gift to the these outstanding achievements
$680,000. Part of these funds Museum for the 2005-2006 are due to the combined efforts of
will be used to help the Museum fiscal year is $830,000. all the volunteers working on the
finance the acquisition of the The Association’s second Association’s many committees.
Association of Volunteer Guides
The year 2005-2006 was truly State Hermitage Museum in Stern Sculpture Garden during
outstanding for the Association Saint Petersburg. the summer. In total, we led
of Volunteer Guides in many All year long, we had the 34,404 visitors on guided tours. Diane Gauthier
regards. We had the privilege pleasure of leading visitors on For over forty years, the
of leading guided tours of four tours through the treasures in the Museum’s Association of Volun-
very interesting temporary Museum’s collections. Wednes- teer Guides has played an
exhibitions: masterpieces of days and Sundays, our tours important role in Museum life.
antiquities from the British for the general public focussed Encouraged by our visitors’ won-
Museum, presented in the exhi- on a specific collection. And of derful support, we are putting Patricia Wenzel-Ades
bition Eternal Egypt; Canadian course we adapted our tours all our energy to work preparing Co-presidents
landscapes seen through the for all ages and levels when new guided tours. We would like
eyes of Edwin Holgate; land- dealing with school groups. We to extend our thanks to all the
scapes from Provence in the also added two new tours to our Museum’s staff and the curators
magnificent works presented in repertoire: a Tour-in-a-Wink for for facilitating our preparatory
Under the Sun; and the treasures families one Sunday a month work and making our guiding so
of Catherine the Great from the and a tour of the Max and Iris enjoyable.12/13
Officers and
Board of Trustees
as of March 31, 2006
Officers of the Museum Board of Trustees
Chairman
President Bernard Lamarre, Eng., o.c., o.q.
Bernard Lamarre, Eng., o.c., o.q.
Michel Blouin
Vice-presidents Christiane Charette
Christiane Charette Suzanne Chassé
Michal Hornstein, o.c., o.q. Jean-Guy Desjardins
Special Treasurer François Ferland
Brian M. Levitt The Hon. Francis Fox, p.c., q.c.
Special Secretary Michal Hornstein, o.c., o.q.
Michel Blouin The Hon. Charles Lapointe, p.c.
Andrée D. Lessard
Museum Secretary Brian M. Levitt
Danielle Jodoin René Malo
Director General Bruce McNiven
Guy Cogeval Marie-José Nadeau
Marisa Nardini Bellini
Director of Administration
Huu Trung Nguyen
Paul Lavallée
Clément Richard
Chief Curator Jean Rizzuto
Nathalie Bondil Mrs. David M. Stewart
Director of Communications Honorary Presidents
Danielle Champagne Jacques M. Brault
Fernand Lalonde, q.c.
Executive Committee Bernard Lamarre, Eng., o.c., o.q.
Chairman Dr. Sean B. Murphy
Bernard Lamarre, Eng., o.c., o.q. Honorary Advisors
Michel Blouin Dana T. Bartholomew
Christiane Charette Claire Bertrand
Michal Hornstein, o.c., o.q. Maurice Chartré, c.a.
Brian M. Levitt Robert M. Cummings
Bruce McNiven Jean-Claude Delorme
Clément Richard Nicole V. Doucet
Jean Rizzuto The Hon. Judge Charles D. Gonthier, p.c.
Mrs. David M. Stewart Yves Guérard
Jeannine Guillevin Wood, o.c.
Kathleen Laing
Marie L. Lambert
Michael Mackenzie
Christopher W. McConnell
Joan McDougall
Joan McKim
Alfred N. Miller
Dr. John W. O’Brien
Trevor F. Peck
Betty Reitman
Léon SimardCommittees
as of March 31, 2006
Acquisition Committee Acquisition Committee Nominating Volunteer Association of
Non-Canadian Art before 1900 Decorative Arts Committee the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Chairman Chairwoman Chairman Co-presidents
Michal Hornstein, o.c., o.q. Mrs. David M. Stewart Michel Blouin Jennifer K. Steber
Vice-chairmen Farid Andraos Bernard Lamarre, Eng., o.c., o.q., Yvonne Zacios
Bruce McNiven Michel Dallaire, c.m., c.q. ex officio Vice-presidents
Dr. Sean B. Murphy Joan F. Ivory The Hon. Charles Lapointe, p.c. Georgette L. Allard
Joseph Battat Dr. Sean B. Murphy Bruce McNiven Éric Arminjon
Marcel Brisebois Louise Vernier Blouin Clément Richard Ami Bard
Irwin Browns Nelu Wolfensohn Mireille Harris
François-Marc Gagnon Programming Advisory Committee Marie Soffientini
Joan F. Ivory Friends of the Museum Advisory Chairwoman Secretaries
Jean H. Picard Committee Christiane Charette Thérèse Deschênes
Chairman Vice-chairman Marjorie Gawley
Acquisition Committee Michel Blouin Dr. Sean B. Murphy Treasurer
Non-Canadian Art after 1900 Vice-chairman Susan Salvati
Michèle Asselin
Chairman François Ferland Suzanne Chassé Assistant Treasurer
The Hon. Charles Lapointe, p.c. Suzanne Chassé François Ferland Irène Fabry
Vice-chairman Joan F. Ivory Marie Élie Lalonde Directors
Jacques M. Brault Andrée D. Lessard Betty Reitman Micheline B. Crevier
Paul Lowenstein Nadia Kronfol
David Appel Marie Senécal-Tremblay Audit and Financial Administration Alexandra MacDougall Colas
Denys Arcand Jennifer K. Steber Committee Géraldine Nadeau Mitchell
Ann F. Birks Louise Vernier Blouin Chairman Nathalie Schwartz Décarie
François-Marc Gagnon Patricia Wenzel-Ades Brian M. Levitt
Roy L. Heenan, q.c. Yvonne Zacios Association of Volunteer Guides of
Philippe Lamarre, Eng. Vice-chairman
René Malo the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Dr. Sean B. Murphy Buildings, Maintenance and
Charles S. N. Parent Security Advisory Committee Louis Bernard Co-presidents
H. Arnold Steinberg Michel Blouin Diane Gauthier
Chairman Patricia Wenzel-Ades
Bruce McNiven Robert D. Murray
Acquisition Committee Huu Trung Nguyen Vice-presidents
Canadian Art Michal Hornstein, o.c., o.q. Pierre Sébastien, q.c. Jacques Noël
Michel Kaine, Eng. Yvon Turcot Cheryl Partridge
Chairman Guy Knowles
Clément Richard Claude Liboiron, Eng. Secretaries
Ad Hoc – Development and Nora Arrata
Vice-chairman Yves R. Maheu Financing Committee
René Malo Jean-Claude Marsan Muriel Godard
Jean-François Sauvé Chairwoman Treasurer
Jean-Guy Desjardins Marie-José Nadeau
François-Marc Gagnon Museum Representatives Annick Azouz
Marie Élie Lalonde Guy Cogeval François Camirand
Philippe Lamarre, Eng. Paul Lavallée Éli Jean Chaib
The Hon. Charles Lapointe, p.c. Claude Paradis Mario Deschamps
Andrée D. Lessard Bernard Lamarre, Eng., o.c., o.q.
Museum Union Representative Jean Rizzuto
The Hon. Louise Otis, j.a. Estelle Richard
Monique Parent
Rémi Racine
Marc Régnier
Alexandre Taillefer14/15
Exhibition
Calendar
Temporary Exhibitions Right under the Sun Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion The Kogo Collection of the Montreal
Presented at the Museum Landscape in Provence, Museum of Fine Arts
from Classicism to Modernism Edwin Holgate June 4 – July 10, 2005
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion (1750-1920) May 26 – October 2, 2005 Minami-Alps City Museum of Art,
September 22, 2005 – January 8, 2006 Japan
Eternal Egypt A co-production of the MMFA and the Catherine the Great: Art for Empire
Masterworks of Ancient Art from Musées de Marseille Masterpieces from the State Catherine the Great: Art for Empire
the British Museum Hermitage Museum, Masterpieces from the State
January 27 – May 23, 2005 French Drawings of the Nineteenth Saint Petersburg Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
A co-production of the American and Early Twentieth Centuries February 2 – May 7, 2006 October 1, 2005 – January 1, 2006
Federation of Arts and the British Museum Acquisitions of the Past Five Years A co-production of the Montreal Museum Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
October 25, 2005 – March 26, 2006 of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario A co-production of the Montreal Museum
Jean McEwen and the State Hermitage Museum, of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario
“From My Hand into Colour” Literally and Figuratively in collaboration with the Hermitage and the State Hermitage Museum,
Museum Foundation of Canada in collaboration with the Hermitage
April 6 – August 14, 2005 Photographs from the Museum’s
Museum Foundation of Canada.
Collection
Temporary Exhibitions
John Oswald: instandstillnessence Recent Acquisitions Sam Borenstein
Presented Outside the Museum
Freeform Series December 15, 2005 – May 21, 2006 October 6 – November 3, 2005
April 7 – August 14, 2005 The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery,
Fritz Brandtner
A Topsy-Turvy World Hart House, University of Toronto
May 14 – August 28, 2005
Cecil Buller (1886-1973) Museum Employees in the Spotlight
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, January 13 – February 25, 2006
A Retrospective March 16 – June 4, 2006
Fredericton, N. B. The Owens Art Gallery,
and
Sean B. Murphy Nicolas Baier Mount Allison University,
Right under the Sun Sackville, N. B.
The Collector’s Eye Hunting Gallery
Landscape in Provence,
April 21 – June 12, 2005 Freeform Series
from Classicism to Modernism
March 21 – May 28, 2006
(1750-1920)
Dutch Prints and Drawings The exhibition was presented in the May 19 – August 21, 2005
from the Golden Age: 1580-1660 Museum’s three pavilions.
Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseilles
May 3 – September 25, 2005
A co-production of the MMFA and the
Musées de Marseille
Jack Lenor Larsen
Creator and Collector
A Dealer for “Living Art”
June 23 – August 21, 2005
Selected Works from the Max and
A co-production of the Museum of Arts
Iris Stern Donation to Montreal
& Design, New York, and the Liliane and
David M. Stewart Program for Modern May 21 – August 21, 2005
Design, Montreal McMichael Canadian Art Collection,
Kleinburg, Ont.
Sam Borenstein December 10, 2005 – March 3, 2006
June 29 – September 18, 2005 Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
Fredericton, N. B.
Tracey Moffatt
[Le Mois de la photo]
September 7 – December 4, 2005Acquisitions
16/17
1 Jean-Paul Riopelle
Gravity, 1956
Gift of Yseult Riopelle
© Estate of
Jean-Paul Riopelle/
SODRAC (2006)
2005.134
12 Markusi Nunngaq Kuannanaaq
Untitled (Nursing Mother Tending
a Qulliq, Inuit Stone Oil Lamp)
About 1968
Gift of Lois and Daniel Miller
2005.115
3 Martin Schongauer
The Entombment, about 1480
Purchase, anonymous fund
2006.6
4 César Isidore Henry Cros
Feliciter, or The Scottish Girl, 1882
Purchase, The Museum Campaign
1988-1993 Fund, Marguerite
and Cecil Buller Fund, and gift of
Rachel Sachs, Raymond D. LeMoyne,
2 3 Guy Cogeval, Jean H. Picard,
Betty Reitman, Mr. and Mrs. Michal
Hornstein, Mrs. Neil B. Ivory, the
St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal,
Nathalie Bondil, Helgi Soutar and
Ian Aitken
2005.36.1-2
5 Maurice Dufrêne
Fall-front Secretary
About 1912-1913
Purchase, Société Générale/
Fimat Fund
2005.40.1-17
6 Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
Phrosine and Mélidor, 1797
Purchase, anonymous fund
2006.7
4
7 Raoul Dufy
L’Estaque, 1913
Purchase, gift of International
Friends of the Montreal Museum
of Fine Arts and The Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts’ Volunteer
Association Fund
5 2005.3718/19
6
78 Christo
The Pont-Neuf, Wrapped,
Project for Paris, 1985
1985 two-part collage
Gift of Roy Lacaud Heenan
© Christo 1985
2005.171.1-2
9 Lars Kinsarvik
Viking Style Armchair, about 1900
Purchase, Deutsche Bank Fund
2005.91
10 Marc Chagall
Self-portrait Smiling, 1927
Gift of Freda and Irwin Browns
8
© Estate of Marc Chagall/
SODRAC (2006)
2005.283
11 Alessandro Mendini
La Poltrona di Proust
[Proust’s Armchair], 2001
Purchase, The Museum Campaign
1988-1993 Fund
2005.88
12 Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy
Dr. Charles Paphnuce Anaclet
Boucher, between 1831 and 1838
Purchase, The Museum Campaign
1988-1993 Fund
2006.21
13 Robert Longo
Joe Test / Russian, 2004
10
Purchase, The Museum Campaign
1988-1993 Fund
2005.41
920/21
11 12
1315
14
1622/23
14 Rachel Harrison
Getting Ahead, 2005
Purchase, Carol and David Appel
Fund, gift of the Louise and
Bernard Lamarre family
and of Nathalie Goyette and
Philippe Lamarre
2006.8.1-3
15 Eugène Samuel Grasset
Exhibition of Decorative Arts at
the Grafton Gallery, London, 1893
Purchase, The Museum Campaign
1988-1993 Fund
2005.178
16 James Ensor
The Entry of Christ into Brussels, 1898
Purchase, anonymous fund
2006.10
17 Norval Morrisseau
Ojibway Shaman Figure, 1975
Gift of Freda and Irwin Browns
2006.23
1718 Alfred Pellan
Water Sprites, from the series
“Estampes d’interprétation”, 1971
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
from his wife, Madeleine
© Estate of Alfred Pellan/
SODRAC (2006)
2005.278
19 Giovanni Antonio Canal,
called Canaletto
Imaginary View of San Giacomo
di Rialto, 1740-1744
Gift of Dr. Sean B. Murphy
2005.106
18
1924/25
Acquisitions
Canadian Art Betty Goodwin Léon Bellefleur The Choice, 1968
Installations Born in Montreal in 1923 Born in Montreal in 1910 Woodcut, 3/14
Chaos Below, 1999 Untitled, 1958 67.5 x 54.2 cm (sheet)
Charles Gagnon Oil stick, pastel and silvered paper Pen, brush and ink, 64.8 x 49.1 cm (image)
Montreal 1934 – Montreal 2003 collage on gelatin silver print on possibly transfer printing Anonymous gift
Being the Shadow of Its Self, 1996 translucent plastic sheet, found 30.4 x 25.3 cm 2005.165
Assembly of six paintings object (shovel), paint Gift of Guy Fournier Come, Honorine. Let’s Go In!, 1969
and six photograms 237.6 x 120.7 cm (drawing) 2005.189 Woodcut, 6/11
Oil on canvas, gelatin silver Gift of Betty and Martin Goodwin The Couple, 1957 63 x 101 cm (sheet)
prints, wood 2006.11.1-2 Ink, watercolour 61.3 x 76.5 (image)
210 x 275 x 35 cm (max. dim.) 66.5 x 51.5 cm (by sight) Anonymous gift
Gift of Glen A. Bloom and Nelson Henricks Gift of Guy Fournier 2005.166
Deborah M. Duffy Born in Bow Island, Alberta, in 1963 2005.190 Not Too Hard, Val, undated
2005.170.1-44 Satellite, 2004 Woodcut, heightened
Video projections (music: Jean Dallaire with watercolour, edition of 5
Jean-Pierre Gauthier Jackie Gallant and Nelson Henricks) Hull, Quebec, 1916 – 32 x 23 cm
Born in Matane in 1965 Duration: 10 min. Vence, France, 1965 Anonymous gift
The Janitor Has Gone to Lunch, Purchase, The Canada Council The Buffalo, 1962 2005.167
1998-2002 for the Arts’ Acquisition Assistance Oil paint, charcoal
Cleaner’s cart, liquid soap, water, Program and Marjorie Caverhill 23.1 x 29.8 cm Pierre Gauvreau
aquarium pump, air compressor, Bequest Gift of Guy Fournier Born in Montreal in 1922
air tank, electrical components 2005.53.1-8 2005.195 White Plays and Wins, 1961
Duration of cycle: 3 min. 15 sec. Gouache on cardboard
Purchase, The Canada Council for Canadian Art Albert Dumouchel 85.3 x 60.9 cm
the Arts’ Acquisition Assistance Works on Paper Valleyfield 1916 – Gift of Guy Fournier
Program and Mona Prentice Bequest Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu 1971 2005.196
2005.57 Attributed to
Philip John Bainbrigge The Danish Couple, 1970
Woodcut, A.P., 1/4 Roland Giguère
Peter Gnass Straffordshire, England, 1817 – Montreal 1929 – Montreal 2003
Born in Rostock, Germany, in 1936 Blackheath, England, 1881 47.1 x 64.6 cm (sheet)
30.3 x 40.3 (image) Cause for Concern, 1960
Das Gefühl [Sensation], 1984 Montreal from Côte-des-Neiges Anonymous gift Ink
Oil stick and graphite drawing on Road, about 1840 2005.163 40 x 50.2 cm
cream wove paper, copper plate, Watercolour and gum arabic Gift of Guy Fournier
plywood, graphite, pouncing paper over graphite drawing The House of Madam T., 1969
Woodcut, 13/15 2005.201
61 x 80.5 cm (drawing) 34.9 x 45.3 cm
98 x 32 x 38 cm (max. dim., base Purchase, Arthur Lismer Fund 67.5 x 53 cm (sheet)
and copper plate) 2006.9 61.2 x 46 cm (image)
Anonymous gift Anonymous gift
2005.182.1-8 2005.164Beast on the Watch, 1958 The Incorporation (Polyco), 1995 Untitled, undated The Street -B-, from the series
Ink Ink and graphite on plastic-coated Acrylic “Twelfth Night”, 1971
19 x 28.3 cm wove paper 70.3 x 100.4 cm Silkscreen, A.P., 5/10
Gift of Guy Fournier 56.3 x 76.1 cm Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead 66 x 102 cm (sheet)
2005.202 Gift of Massimo Guerrera 2005.28 25.5 x 63.9 cm (image)
Signals, 1958 2005.59.1-2 Untitled, 1993 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Lithograph, 9/20 We Were Just Wondering Whether Acrylic from his wife, Madeleine
62.5 x 50.5 cm We Could Locate Our Identity, 56 x 76 cm 2005.229
Gift of Guy Fournier 2002-2004 Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead The Duke’s Palace -C-,
2005.203 Red ink, graphite 2005.29 from the series “Twelfth Night”, 1973
Window on the Night, 1960 57.3 x 77 cm Untitled, 1993 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10
Ink Gift of Massimo Guerrera Acrylic 66.5 x 101.9 cm (sheet)
32.7 x 25.1 cm 2005.60 56 x 76.1 cm 38 x 76.4 cm (image)
Gift of Guy Fournier An Instant Suspended, between Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
2005.204 Unity and Distinctness, 2002-2004 2005.30 from his wife, Madeleine
Red ink, graphite 2005.230
October Rendezvous, 1961 Untitled, 1994
Ink on cardboard 57.2 x 77 cm Acrylic Room in Olivia’s House -A-,
65.1 x 46.8 cm Gift of Massimo Guerrera 40.7 x 30.5 cm from the series “Twelfth Night”, 1973
Gift of Guy Fournier 2005.61 Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10
2005.205 Maintenance Bib P-103, 1996 2005.31 66.5 x 102 cm (sheet)
Ink on plastic-coated wove paper 37.8 x 76.4 cm (image)
Untitled, 1994 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Alan Glass 50.2 x 65.8 cm Acrylic
Born in Montreal in 1932 Gift of Massimo Guerrera from his wife, Madeleine
40.7 x 30.4 cm 2005.231
Untitled, 1955 2005.62.1-2 Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead
Ink 2005.32 Seacoast -B-, from the series
26.1 x 33.5 cm Adrien Hébert “Twelfth Night”, 1975
Paris 1890 – Montreal 1967 Untitled, 1994 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15
Gift of Guy Fournier Acrylic
2005.208 View of Montreal Harbour 66.5 x 102 cm (sheet)
40.5 x 30.5 cm 34.7 x 81.7 cm (image)
Untitled, 1968 About 1940 Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead
Charcoal Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Ink, pastel, possibly white oil paint 2005.33 from his wife, Madeleine
75.2 x 100.2 cm 47.7 x 63 cm
Gift of Émile Colas q.c., ll.d. Untitled, 1994 2005.232
Gift of Guy Fournier Acrylic
2005.211 2005.226 Polychromed -O-, 1973
40.5 x 30.5 cm Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10
Untitled, 1968 Peter Krausz Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead 89.3 x 58.7 cm
Ink Born in Brasov, Romania, in 1946 2005.34 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
32.6 x 25.4 cm Untitled, 1993 from his wife, Madeleine
Gift of Guy Fournier Earth Song (Tribute to Y. G.), 2003
Charcoal, pastel, ink and gesso Acrylic 2005.233
2005.212 48.2 x 60.9 cm
on paper, mounted on canvas Polychromed -T-, 1972
244 x 508 cm Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10
Peter Gnass 2005.35
Born in Rostock, Germany, in 1936 Anonymous gift 89.3 x 58.8 cm
2005.169.1-96 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Alles ging so unglaublich schnell. Alfred Pellan from his wife, Madeleine
Plötzlich war er da. [Everything Fernand Leduc Quebec City 1906 – Laval 1988 2005.234
happened so incredibly fast. Born in Montreal in 1916 Seven Birds, 1970
Suddenly, there it was.], 1984 Polychromed -C-, 1973
Untitled, 1963 Pen and ink, wash Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10
Oil stick, graphite 20.2 x 17.6 cm
121.5 x 80.6 cm Gouache 89.2 x 58.7 cm
78.3 x 58 cm Gift of Guy Fournier Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Anonymous gift 2005.200
2005.179 Gift of Guy Fournier from his wife, Madeleine
2005.194 Les pères Noëls Album [The Santa 2005.235
Wir-Die [Us-Them], 1984 Clauses Album], 1962-1974
Oil stick, graphite Polychromed -B-, 1972
Rita Letendre 10 silkscreens, A.P., 2/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10
81 x 60.7 cm Born in Drummondville in 1929 50.9 x 35.7 cm (each)
Anonymous gift 89.2 x 58.8 cm
Sunrise II, 1971 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
2005.180 from his wife, Madeleine
Silkscreen, A.P. from his wife, Madeleine
Da auch nicht, [Not there either], 70.4 x 96 cm 2005.227.1-11 2005.236
1984 Gift of Mimi and Jacques Laurent Twelfth Night Album, 1971
Oil stick, graphite Polychromed -M-, 1972
2005.86 8 silkscreens, A.P., 1/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10
61.5 x 80.5 cm 65.9 x 50.8 cm (costumes, 1-7)
Anonymous gift 89.2 x 58.8 cm
Ray Mead 65.9 x 101.6 (scenery, 8) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
2005.181 Watford, England, 1921 – Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, from his wife, Madeleine
Toronto 1998 from his wife, Madeleine 2005.237
Massimo Guerrera 2005.228.1-9
Born in Rome in 1967 Untitled, 1992
Acrylic
The Watertight Hearth, 1997 70.4 x 100 cm
Ink on plastic-coated wove paper Gift of Carolyn Lund Mead
50.2 x 65.8 cm 2005.27
Gift of Massimo Guerrera
2005.5826/27
Cats and Fish, from the series Glossing in Paint, from the series Andante, from the series “ETC 2” Youth, from the series “ETC 3”, 1975
“ETC 1”, 1968 “ETC 2”, 1973 1974 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15
Silkscreen, A.P., 7/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 66.4 x 51.3 cm (sheet)
66 x 51 cm (sheet) 89.3 x 58.7 cm (sheet) 51.5 x 66.5 cm (sheet) 53.5 x 40.3 cm (image)
49.7 x 39.7 cm (image) 56.2 x 48.8 cm (image) 42.5 x 55 cm (image) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, from his wife, Madeleine
from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine 2005.263
2005.238 2005.246 2005.255 Baroquerie, from the series “ETC 4”
Elements, from the series “ETC 1” Shaping, from the series “ETC 2” Either We Change..., from the series 1975
1968 1973 “ETC 3”, 1974 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15
Silkscreen, A.P., 5/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 4/15 112 x 81.5 cm (sheet)
66 x 51 cm (sheet) 89.3 x 58.7 cm (sheet) 112 x 81.5 cm (sheet) 91.8 x 63.7 cm (image)
49.8 x 33.3 cm (image) 56.1 x 48.7 cm image) 79.3 x 68 cm (image) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, from his wife, Madeleine
from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine 2005.264
2005.239 2005.247 2005.256 Sioux, from the series “ETC 4”, 1975
Zodiac, from the series “ETC 1”, 1972 Branching, from the series “ETC 2” Either We Change..., from the series Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15
Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10 1973 “ETC 3”, 1974 112 x 81.5 cm (sheet)
66.3 x 51.1 cm (sheet) Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 66.7 x 69.6 cm (image)
51.6 x 47.2 cm (image) 89.3 x 58.8 cm (sheet) 112 x 81.5 cm (sheet) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 56.3 x 48.4 cm (image) 79.3 x 68 cm (image) from his wife, Madeleine
from his wife, Madeleine Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 2005.265
2005.240 from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine Flower Gizmos, from the series
Pop Shop, from the series “ETC 1” 2005.248 2005.257 “ETC 5”, 1975
1972 Bestiary, from the series “ETC 1” Folies-Bergères, from the series Silkscreen, A.P., 4/15
Silkscreen, A.P., 2/10 1973 “ETC 3”, 1974 81.3 x 111.8 cm (sheet)
66.3 x 51.1 cm (sheet) Silkscreen, A.P., 3/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 45.7 x 91.8 cm (image)
46.8 x 40.3 cm (image) 111.7 x 81.4 cm (sheet) 66.5 x 51.5 cm (sheet) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 59.5 x 70.5 cm (image) 53.2 x 40.9 cm (image) from his wife, Madeleine
from his wife, Madeleine Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 2005.266
2005.241 from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine Disco, from the series “ETC 5”, 1975
Oneiromancy, from the series 2005.249 2005.258 Silkscreen, A.P., 4/15
“ETC 1”, 1972 Bestiary -2-, 1974 The Graces, from the series “ETC 3” 66.3 x 101.9 cm (sheet)
Silkscreen, A.P., 3/10 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 1974 56 x 66.5 cm (image)
66.3 x 51.1 cm (sheet) 81.5 x 112 cm (sheet) Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
45.9 x 40.2 cm (image) 65.5 x 91.4 cm (image) 54 x 51.4 cm (sheet) from his wife, Madeleine
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 41.2 x 66.5 cm (image) 2005.267
from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Joie de Vivre, from the series “ETC 5”
2005.242 2005.250 from his wife, Madeleine 1975
By the Sea, from the series “ETC 1” Bestiary -4-, 1974 2005.259 Silkscreen, A.P., 15/15
1972 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 Autumn Acrobatics, from the series 102 x 66.5 cm (sheet)
Silkscreen, A.P., 4/10 81.5 x 112 cm (sheet) “ETC 3”, 1974 74 x 56.3 cm (image)
51 x 66.3 cm (sheet) 66.4 x 87.5 cm (image) Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
35.1 x 56.1 cm (image) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 51.5 x 66.4 cm (sheet) from his wife, Madeleine
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, from his wife, Madeleine 41.1 x 53.9 cm (image) 2005.268
from his wife, Madeleine 2005.251 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Mini -J-, from the series “ETC 5”, 1975
2005.243 Bestiary -5-, 1974 from his wife, Madeleine Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15
The Lookouts, from the series Silkscreen, A.P., 2/15 2005.260 66.5 x 102 cm (sheet)
“ETC 1”, 1973 81.5 x 112 cm (sheet) Little Child, from the series “ETC 3” 55.4 x 67 cm (image)
Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10 56.3 x 92.8 cm (image) 1974 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
66.3 x 66.2 cm (sheet) Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 from his wife, Madeleine
48.1 x 56.2 cm (image) from his wife, Madeleine 66.5 x 51.3 cm (sheet) 2005.269
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 2005.252 54 x 41.2 cm (image) Six Flowers, 1981
from his wife, Madeleine Rest, from the series “ETC 2”, 1974 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Silkscreen, A.P., 1/8
2005.244 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 from his wife, Madeleine 50.5 x 32.9 cm (sheet)
Graffiti, from the series “ETC 2” 66.4 x 51.4 cm (sheet) 2005.261 17.9 x 19.3 cm (platemark)
1973 53.9 x 41.2 cm (image) Flower Ring, from the series “ETC 3” Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, 1975 from his wife, Madeleine
89.1 x 58.2 cm (sheet) from his wife, Madeleine Silkscreen, A.P., 1/10 2005.270
56.1 x 49.9 (image) 2005.253 81.4 x 112 cm (sheet) Le cirque sacré Album,
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Twilight, from the series “ETC 2” 63.1 x 91.7 (image) [The Sacred Circus Album], 1981
from his wife, Madeleine 1974 Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Aquatint, H.C. V, and box
2005.245 Silkscreen, A.P., 1/15 from his wife, Madeleine with printing plate embedded
66.5 x 51.5 cm (sheet) 2005.262 38.1 x 28.6 cm
53.8 x 41.3 cm (image) (each of 6 sheets, folded)
Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan, Gift in memory of Alfred Pellan,
from his wife, Madeleine from his wife, Madeleine
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