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Museum
Of Modern Art Expert To Lecture On Artist Joseph Cornell
March 18, 2003--
WHO:
Jodi Hauptman, associate curator, Museum of Modern Art
WHAT:
Lecture on Joseph Cornell
WHEN:
Thursday, March 27, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:
University of Virginia’s Campbell Hall, Room 158
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support of a major gift of four boxes and eight collages by the
20th-century artist Joseph Cornell from the Joseph and Robert Cornell
Memorial Foundation, the University of Virginia Art Museum will
present a special lecture by Jodi Hauptman, associate curator, department
of drawing, The Museum of Modern Art.
Hauptman,
author of the recent book, “Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in
the Cinema,” will lecture on March 27 in Campbell Hall, Room
158. The title of her talk is "Love at Last Sight: Joseph Cornell's
Stargazing."
Hauptman
received her B.A. from Princeton University and her M.A. and Ph.D.
from Yale University. A specialist in the art of the 20th century,
she focuses on the period 1880-1945. She is currently at work on
two exhibitions, one on the French painter and graphic artist Odilon
Redon and the other on modern drawings. Other exhibitions she has
worked on include “Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism,”
“Masterpieces of the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection”
and “Mapping.” In addition to museum work, Hauptman
has taught at Princeton University, Yale University and the University
of Delaware.
The
lecture is free and open to the public.
Contact:
Jane Ford, (434) 924-4298
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