Impressions | Fall 2015 by McNay Art Museum

September December 2015

IMPRESSIONS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Tom Frost Chairman Sarah E. Harte President Connie McCombs McNab Vice President Lucille Oppenheimer Travis Secretary Barbie O’Connor Treasurer Toby Calvert John W. Feik Don Frost Walton Vandiver Gregory Joan Buzzini Hurd Harmon W. Kelley, MD John C. Kerr Shon J. Manasco Brad Parman Carolyn Jeffers Paterson Harriett Romo, PhD Kirk Saffell George F. Schroeder

Opposite page: Joan Miró, Figures, Birds, Constellations (detail), 1976. Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015. Georges Braque, Fox (detail), 1911. Etching and drypoint. Gift of the Friends of the McNay. Oscar Bluemner, Earth Sets on Moon (detail), 1922. Watercolor on paper. Collection of Alice C. Simkins. Henri Boutet, L'Averse (Deluge) or L'Ondee (Rainstrom) (detail), 1895. Etching and aquatint. Gift of Janet and Joe Westheimer in honor of the 60th anniversary of the McNay Art Museum.

Director’s Message This fall the McNay presents a particularly rich array of exhibitions and installations exploring major developments in modern and contemporary art. Miró: The Experience of Seeing is a rare opportunity to see a superb collection from Madrid’s Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. One of the great innovators of modern art, Joan Miró (1893–1983) created an expressive and joyful pictorial and sculptural universe throughout his 60-year career. A contemporary of Picasso, he was aligned with the Surrealists in 1920s Paris, but developed an independent body of work that earned him a central place in the history of 20th-century art, culminating in an extraordinary burst of creativity in the two last decades of his long life. Simultaneously, the museum presents the exhibition Picasso, Braque, and the Cubist Legacy, featuring prints and drawings from the permanent collection. A special opportunity to see works of art infrequently exhibited, it explores the work of the two inventors of Cubism and their lasting influence on the art of the next generation. From Europe, we turn to the U.S. in American Modern: Works from the Collection of Alice C. Simkins. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from a choice personal collection, this exhibition nicely complements the museum’s strength in American modernism. Collecting in Context takes a related approach by demonstrating the historical and aesthetic connections to our existing collection that we consider when choosing new acquisitions for the museum. The history of art is key to two new exhibitions from the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. Art History Goes to the Theatre: Research Secrets of Great Designers explores the sources in past art that scene and costume designers have tapped to create sympathetic environments for their productions. Studio to Stage: Degas’s Little Dancer/Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon is a perfect example of such influence, and one where works of art serve as the very inspiration for the drama itself. Bringing us up to the present moment are new installations of contemporary art. The Extraordinary Ordinary: Three Installations presents works by Tom Burckhardt, Ernesto Pujol, and Sandy Skoglund that create unique environments for the viewer, using a variety of ordinary materials. Martín Gutierrez’s Transcending Rhythm is the latest in the museum’s series of video installations in the Frost Octagon, adjoining the AT&T Lobby where Stephen Westfall’s The Holy Forest remains on view through July 2016. In addition, you can see many of our 60th anniversary acquisitions, dating from the 19th century to the present day, on view throughout the Main Collection Galleries. Finally, I am delighted to report that the San Antonio City Council has made the decision to close the Rittiman Road spur at the southwest corner of the museum’s campus, allowing the McNay to move forward with our master plan and create a safer, more attractive welcome to the museum’s campus.

Franco Colavecchia, Front cloth design for Treemonisha (detail), ca. 1974. Collage and watercolor on paper sheet. Gift of the artist.

As I begin my final year as director of the McNay, I want to thank the many members and colleagues who have written to wish me well since announcing my planned retirement in the fall of next year. Meanwhile, I look forward to an exciting year of progress on the museum’s strategic plan and a smooth transition to new leadership. As we continue to bring our public the best of modern and contemporary art from near and far, I hope to see you here often during this superb season of exhibitions and public programs.

William Ivey Long. Costume design for Young Marie during prologue of Little Dancer (detail), ca. 2014. Ink on paper. Collection of the artist. Sandy Skoglund, The Cocktail Party, 1992. Installation with found objects, Cheez Doodles, and paint. Given anonymously.

McNay Art Museum 6000 North New Braunfels San Antonio, Texas 78209 210.824.5368 phone 210.805.1760 fax mcnayart.org William J. Chiego and Sarah E. Harte, President of the Board of Trustees

William J. Chiego Director

EMERITUS TRUSTEES

Miró The Experience of Seeing...................................................... 4

Picasso, Braque, and the Cubist Legacy Prints and Drawings from the Collection. . ........................ 7

American Modern Works from the Collection of Alice C. Simkins................ 8

Curt Anastasio Laura Bertetti Baucum Steve Blank J. Bruce Bugg Jr. Jonathan C. Calvert Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD Barbara Seale Condos E. H. Corrigan Raye B. Foster Betty Murray Halff Marie M. Halff Jane Stieren Lacy Peggy Pitman Mays Bill McCartney Charlene McCombs Allan G. Paterson Jr. Ethel Thomson Runion Thomas R. Semmes Alice C. Simkins Amy Stieren Smiley Gaines Voigt Joe Westheimer

HONORARY TRUSTEE Mrs. Nancy B. Negley

Collecting in Context........................................................ 9

Art History Goes to the Theatre Research Secrets of Great Designers. . .............................. 10 HOURS

Degas’s Little Dancer/Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon.............10

Su Noon–5 pm M Closed Tu 10 am–4 pm W 10 am–4 pm Th 10 am–9 pm F 10 am–4 pm Sa 10 am–5 pm

The Extraordinary Ordinary

Closed New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. During Daylight Saving Time, grounds are open 7 am–7 pm. During Standard Time, grounds are open 7 am–6 pm.

Studio to Stage

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Where Are They Now? page 13

Party Party PARTY page 14

Six Artists MEET THE FUTURE page 15

ADMISSION During Miro: The Experience of Seeing, September 30, 2015−January 10, 2016: McNay members FREE Children 12 and under FREE Adults $20 Students with I.D. $15 Seniors (65+) $15 Active Military $15 Admission price includes entrance to Main Collection Galleries and to Miró. On H-E-B Thursday Nights (4−9 pm) and First Sundays of the Month, entrance to Main Collection Galleries is FREE. FREE FIRST SUNDAYS is made possible by generous support from Dickson-Allen Foundation.

September 30, 2015 | January 10, 2016

Miró: The Experience of Seeing presents a rare opportunity to introduce American audiences to the astounding and innovative paintings and sculptures that Joan Miró (1893–1983) created in his later years. Comprised of 57 paintings, drawings, and sculptures, this exhibition is the first dedicated to the fruitful period of the artist’s life in the United States. The exhibition focuses on Miró’s late period with works beginning in the 1960s, a chapter that even today remains mostly overshadowed by his contributions during the interwar and immediate postwar periods. Miró’s works during those mature years represent a more personal language, where neither painting nor sculpture takes precedence. Instead, approaching these disciplines again from his original perspective, he set out to explore their conceptual limits by questioning their very nature. The paintings and sculpture in the exhibition closely examine aspects of the art-making process, part of the basis of his output since his earliest works. In his quest to transcend the idea of easel painting, the pictorial space is enlarged across expanded canvas fields, on which calligraphic signs reach maximum intensity through minimum resources, reflecting the artist’s attempt to reach a square one of painting through simplicity and emptiness. Assembling found objects, and adding techniques such as modeling and bronze casting, also meant that he could create a work that somehow bestrode all of modern sculpture’s possibilities for expression. Without ever being part of any formal categories, Miró continually changed his expressive medium, developing a process of intervention-reaction in the various series that he worked on for extensive periods. The modifications he introduced affected the group’s final equilibrium, always reiterating in both media the same conceptual aspects and technical solutions: simplicity, flatness, line, gesture, and ideogram. Miró: The Experience of Seeing was conceived by Chief Curator of Sculpture Carmen Fernández Aparicio and Chief Curator of Paintings Belén Galán Martín, under the guidance of Rosario Peiró, Chief Curator of the permanent collection at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain. The McNay exhibition is the final presentation before the works are returned to Spain. A fully illustrated catalogue is available.

Monday, September 28, 6:00–8:30 pm Members Preview: Lecture & Cocktail Reception $25 for members Tuesday, September 29, 1:00–3:00 pm Members-only First Look Exhibition organized by the Seattle Art Museum and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Lead funding at the McNay is most generously given by Brown Foundation, Inc., the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992, and Jane and Bill Lacy. Additional support is provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment, the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions, the Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, the Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation, Terry Touhey, the Nathalie and Gladys Dalkowitz Charitable Trust, Rackspace, the Director’s Circle, and the Host Committee. Joan Miró, Head in the Night, 1986. Lost-wax casting, patinated bronze. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015. Joan Miró, Figure and Bird, 1968. Lost-wax casting, patinated bronze. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015. Joan Miró, Head, Bird, 1977. Lithographic ink and acrylic on Barker paper. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015.

Clockwise: Joan Miró, Figures, Birds, Constellations, 1976. Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015. Joan Miró, Young Woman, 1967. Lost-wax casting, patinated bronze. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015. Joan Miró, Figure, Birds, 1974. Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015. Page 4: Joan Miró, Woman and Bird in the Night (detail), 1974. Oil, acrylic, and charcoal pencil on canvas. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015.

October 21, 2015 | January 24, 2016

Picasso, Braque, and the Cubist Legacy Prints and Drawings from the Collection

The McNay has a very fine collection of Cubist prints and drawings, including an outstanding group of etchings and drypoints by Georges Braque. The museum has made a concerted effort in the last few years to add to this strength of the collection. These new acquisitions not only provide fascinating context for the work of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, but also show the different ways various artists used the ideas introduced by those pioneers of Cubism. This exhibition is the first time the public has a chance to see newly acquired works by Louis Marcoussis, Jean-Emile Laboureur, and Henri van Straten alongside the Picasso and Braque works that inspired them. Comparing the prints and drawings in the show reveals how each artist used Cubist elements in different ways, contributing to the evolution of modern art throughout the 20th century. The exhibition shows how Cubism inspired or influenced other important art movements of the 20th century, including Futurism and Expressionism. Both American and European prints and drawings are included to show the reach of Cubist ideas not only over time, but across the Atlantic as well. Some of the other artists included in the exhibition are Fernand Leger, Albert Gleizes, Burgoyne Diller, Stuart Davis, Werner Drewes, Sybil Andrews, C.R.W. Nevinson, Mildred Rackley, and Fannie Hillsmith.

This exhibition is organized by the McNay Art Museum. The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Clockwise from left: Pablo Picasso, Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;homme a la Guitare (Man with a Guitar), 1915. Etching. Gift of the Friends of the McNay. Louis Marcoussis, La Table, 1930. Etching and engraving. Museum purchase. Fannie Hillsmith, The Chair, 1960. Collage and graphite on paper. Museum purchase with funds from Alice C. Simkins.

September 30 | December 6, 2015

American Modern Works from the Collection of Alice C. Simkins

Alice C. Simkins’s aunt, the Houston collector and philanthropist Alice N. Hanszen, introduced her to the McNay when she was quite young. However, it was during a museum trip in 1969 to London, Paris, and Madrid, led by founding McNay director John Palmer Leeper, that her long history with the museum really began. Leeper was so impressed with the Newcomb College graduate that he invited Simkins to join the McNay’s staff. During her time as a staff member, she completed her Master of Arts thesis, a beautifully researched and much needed catalogue of the collection of Mary and Sylvan Lang, and organized an exhibition of American women artists in celebration of the American Bicentennial, American Artists ’76: A Celebration. Having grown up around art collectors and having served as a curator at the McNay, it is no surprise that Simkins would become a collector in her own right. Hers is a laser-focused group of American watercolors and drawings from the early Modernist period, particularly the 1910s when American artists were experimenting with new ideas and forms emanating from the influential Armory Show in 1913. Tellingly, many of the artists she has collected have parallels in the McNay’s collection, particularly works collected by the Langs as well as by Margaret Batts Tobin and Robert L.B. Tobin. Perhaps the most poignant connection between Simkins’s and the McNay’s collections is her masterful watercolor by Charles Burchfield, Sunrise and Rain from 1916. Simkins was intimately involved in the acquisition of the McNay’s equally masterful Nasturtiums and Barn created just a year later. The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with an essay co-authored by MFAH curator Alison de Lima Greene and McNay Curator of Prints and Drawings Lyle W. Williams.

This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Oscar Bluemner, Earth Sets on Moon, 1922. Watercolor on paper. Collection of Alice C. Simkins.

December 16, 2015 | April 17, 2016

Collecting in Context Museum collections like the McNay’s are built very carefully by their curators to draw connections between objects, to show the evolution of a particular style or movement, or to give fascinating historical context to individual objects. These connections are not always that visible or obvious. This exhibition strives to change that. Drawing from the strengths of the McNay’s print collection and including many recent acquisitions, this exhibition illustrates the connections a curator sees when making an acquisition, thus providing a fascinating view into how a museum builds its collection. One wonderful example of how the collection is growing is revealed by the juxtaposition in the show of Mary Cassatt’s masterpiece In the Omnibus with our recently acquired print by Henri Boutet, called L’Averse (Deluge). Both are technically accomplished 19th-century color etchings produced in Paris in the 1890s. Yet that is not the really important connection. Cassatt’s image shows a young Parisian mother traveling in an omnibus, an early form of horse-drawn public transportation, with her child and nanny. Boutet’s etching shows people running for cover during a sudden downpour outside the gates of the Louvre. The location he shows is an important transportation hub where people could board an omnibus. One of these vehicles is clearly visible in the background of the composition, with the lights of the omnibus shining from within. Another great example is the pairing of David Alfaro Siqueiros’s Portrait of William Spratling, a masterpiece of the McNay’s outstanding Mexican print collection, with Mabel Dwight’s beautifully and affectionately drawn portrait of Carl Zigrosser. The connections between these two objects might not be readily apparent, but there are many. Zigrosser was the proprietor of the Weyhe Gallery in New York and an early promotor of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Siqueiros in the U.S. William Spratling, the American silversmith who resurrected the silver industry in Taxco, often acted as an agent for Siqueiros in his dealings with Zigrosser. Other artists include Howard Cook, Jan Wiegers, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Rene Hermann-Paul, Henri Guérard, and Pierre-Georges Jeanniot.

This exhibition is organized by the McNay Art Museum. The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Mary Cassatt, In the Omnibus (detail), 1891. Drypoint and aquatint. Gift of Margaret Batts Tobin. Henri Boutet, L'Averse (Deluge) or L'Ondee (Rainstrom), 1895. Etching and aquatint. Gift of Janet and Joe Westheimer in honor of the 60th anniversary of the McNay Art Museum.

September 23, 2015 | January 31, 2016

Studio to Stage Degas’s Little Dancer/ Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon September 23, 2015 | January 31, 2016

Art History Goes to the Theatre Research Secrets of Great Designers Giotto, El Greco, Veronese, Degas, Monet, Seurat, Klimt, Kirchner, Delaunay, Mondrian, Ernst, O’Keeffe, Nevelson, Stella. The names of these and other visual artists may not appear in playbills. As this exhibition demonstrates, however, their paintings and sculpture have played leading roles in theatre productions. Whether quoted directly, or exerting a more subtle influence, works of art can be essential to how designers and their collaborators envision the worlds they create on stage. For scene and costume designers, paintings, sculpture, and print, are invaluable historical documents, recording polychrome reliefs in Egyptian temples or elegant garments of the Italian Renaissance courts. The works of well-known artists also function as cultural shorthand. By referencing El Greco, Monet, O’Keeffe, or Bearden, designers evoke the austerity of Hapsburg Spain, the excitement of modern Paris, the vastness of the American West, or the rhythms of African-American jazz. In the hands of visionary designers, art history can actually shape the underlying concept of theatre productions. When the ruthless philanderer Don Giovanni meets his fiery end, it takes the form of the Last Judgment from Medieval churches. The enlarged and fragmented imagery of Pop Art conveys the dehumanizing effects of war in Die Soldaten (The Soldiers). These references not only add new layers of meaning to theatre, but also call attention to how, and why, certain works of art continue to capture the imagination.

How did such famous works as Edgar Degas’s Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1878–81) and George Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte–1884 (1884–86) come into being? The subject of art historical studies, these questions also inspired two musicals: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George (1884) and Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’s Little Dancer (2014). Ann Hould-Ward’s costume designs for Sunday in the Park with George underscore the strength of Sondheim’s musical, its exploration of Seurat’s color theories. For the character Dot, Hould-Ward created a bustled dress with a silhouette recognizable from the painting. Using layers of different colors and patterns of fabrics, she suggested the simultaneous contrasts of colors Seurat sought in his “pointillist” paintings. William Ivey Long shared Little Dancer director Susan Stroman’s fascination with the socio-economic realities of the struggling young performers at the Paris Opera. Inspired by Degas’s other paintings, Long created a fictionalized persona for Marie van Goethem. Like her mother, an alcoholic, and sister, a prostitute, Marie seemed destined to succumb to the enticements of male admirers who pursued members of the corps de ballet. Represented in the exhibition by drawings and costumes as well as research materials and performance videos, these musicals raise provocative questions about art historical fact and fiction.

This exhibition is organized by the McNay Art Museum and is a program of the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.

Franco Colavecchia, Front cloth design for Treemonisha, ca. 1974. Collage and watercolor on paper sheet. Gift of the artist.

William Ivey Long, Costume design for Young Marie during prologue of Little Dancer, ca. 2014. Ink on paper. Collection of the artist.

September 8, 2015 | January 10, 2016 VIDEO INSTALLATION

Martín Gutierrez Transcending Rhythm

October 21, 2015 | April 10, 2016

The Extraordinary Ordinary Three Installations Artists Tom Burckhardt, Ernesto Pujol, and Sandy Skoglund use the stuff of ordinary life to create extraordinary environments. In FULL STOP (2004–05), Burckhardt fashions a full-scale artist’s studio from corrugated cardboard, black paint, wood, and hot glue. The walk-through installation depicts a mythical artist’s studio, with sly references to luminaries including Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, and Jackson Pollock. Pujol’s Walk#1 (2005–06) premiered at the McNay in 2006 and was subsequently acquired by the museum. Through photographs and artifacts, Pujol takes the viewer on a meditative walk through a Southern cemetery, observing a solitary robed figure as he encounters the cemetery’s natural views and architectural details. Skoglund’s The Cocktail Party (1992) recreates this domestic ritual using bright orange junk food snacks covering figures, furniture, walls, and floor. Acquired by the McNay in 2009, this presentation is the McNay’s second exhibition of the full three-dimensional tableaux, and is accompanied by a large color photograph of the same subject.

Martín Gutierrez’s music videos, four of which are shown together at the McNay, explore self-transformation and the intersection of fantasy and reality. His videos subvert typical gender tropes, thereby forcing viewers to come to their own conclusions. In Clubbing, a video from Gutierrez’s undergraduate years, the artist plays multiple characters, both male and female, in a bid to supplant ideas of traditional identity. Trio appears to display Guiterrez’s form inserted in a bleak desert landscape. The artist manipulates images of his figure— in triplicate—in order to arouse in the viewer questions of identity and reality. Both Blame the Rain and If feature the character Martine, Gutierrez’s singer persona. These works examine the status of celebrity, media, and subculture through videos that are written, sung, and produced by Gutierrez alone. The artist describes these music videos as explorations on the theme of pop singer “Lana del Rey goes to the Caribbean and is still sad.” Martín Gutierrez was born in 1989 in Berkeley, California, to an American mother and Guatemalan father, and as an adolescent moved to rural Vermont. The artist received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. He works in a variety of media and is currently focusing on music. The exhibition is organized by the McNay Art Museum. The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Martín Gutierrez, Blame the Rain (video still), 2014. Single channel video. Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE, New York.

This exhibition is organized by the McNay Art Museum. The Elizabeth Huth Coates Exhibition Endowment and the Arthur and Jane Stieren Fund for Exhibitions are generously funding this exhibition. Tom Burckhardt, FULL STOP (detail), 2004-05. Corrugated cardboard, black paint, wood, and hot glue. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Jeff Sturges.

Museum News

On Loan Two Pollock paintings featured in Tate Liverpool’s Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots The McNay is pleased to lend Jackson Pollock’s No. 2-A and No. 2-B to Tate Liverpool, which features late paintings of Jackson Pollock, made between 1951 and 1953, in the exhibition Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots. The exhibition focuses on a phase of work referred to as his black pourings, considered a highly influential part of his career.

Recent Acquisition Saul Baizerman (1889–1950), Moonlight, November, 1950–57. The McNay recently acquired a representative group of five works by American sculptor Saul Baizerman, including MoonlightNovember, as a purchase and partial gift of Mary Jo and George N. Newton and family. One of 12 sculptures from his Months of the Year series executed between 1950 and 1957, Moonlight-November, a lyrical interpretation of the female form, has been on loan to the museum for many years. It is currently on view in the Lang Galleries; other works from this acquisition will be exhibited later.

No. 2-A and No. 2-B were painted using Pollock’s classic drip-and-pour technique he became famous for in the late 1940s and 1950s. The two paintings, featuring black, red, and yellow blobs, drips, spirals, and lines on white unprimed canvas, were part of an important bequest to the museum by Mary and Sylvan Lang in 1975. An accompanying catalogue includes scholarly texts on Pollock’s practice with new essays by Jo Applin, University of York; Gavin Delahunty, Dallas Museum of Art; Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; and Stephanie Straine, Tate Liverpool. The exhibition is on view in Liverpool from June 30 to October 18, 2015. It will then be on view from November 15 to March 20, 2016 at the Dallas Museum of Art, which organized Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots in partnership with Tate Liverpool.

The Russian-born Baizerman is a unique figure in American sculpture. His distinctive medium of hammered copper allies him to the hand work tradition of direct carving in wood and stone that is a hallmark of avant-garde American sculpture in the early 20th century. His work is an important addition to the museum’s growing collection of American modernist sculpture that includes our recently acquired limestone Head of a Woman by Elie Nadelman, as well as works by Chaim Gross, Seymour Lipton, Charles Umlauf, and others. Saul Baizerman, Moonlight-November, 1950–57. Copper. Purchase with funds from the Victor and Peggy Creighton Charitable Trust.

Jackson Pollock, No. 2-A, 1952. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel. Mary and Sylvan Lang Collection.

Julie Ledet Coordinator of Communications and Marketing Julie Ledet joined the McNay staff as Coordinator of Communications and Marketing in March 2015. Ledet holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. For the past three years she has worked in collaboration with several artists to form an artist collective, The Lullwood Group. She is also a board member for Contemporary Art Month in San Antonio. Prior to working at the McNay, she was the Digital Media Coordinator at the Witte Museum, an adjunct instructor in the art department at UTSA, and the Assistant Gallery Director at Parchman Stremmel Galleries.

Former Semmes Interns Where Are They Now? The McNay has tracked down several of our former interns and they have all gone on to start successful careers in the arts. Our most recent Semmes Curatorial Intern, Genevieve Hulley, has just accepted a position as Curatorial Assistant with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA.

Timothy Retzloff Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Curatorial Assistant Timothy Retzloff, a native of San Antonio, joined the McNay in 2013 as the Tobin Fund Intern in Theatre Arts and continued until the summer of 2015, when he enthusiastically transitioned into his new role as the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Curatorial Assistant. Timothy is an alumnus of Texas State University, where he received both his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in directing for the stage and his Master of Arts degree in dramaturgy. Prior to joining the McNay, Timothy acted as dramaturg for several productions at the Classic Theatre of San Antonio. While at the McNay, Timothy has had the pleasure of curating several exhibitions, including a three-part salute to the new Tobin Center as well as his most notable exhibition, Jedermann: Medieval Morality Onstage at the Salzburg Festival. Timothy thanks his family for their continuous and generous support of both him and the McNay.

Althea Ruoppo, 2013–2014 Semmes Curatorial Intern, works as the Curatorial Assistant of Contemporary Art & Special Projects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Jacqueline Edwards, Semmes Curatorial Intern 2012–2013, is currently Curatorial Assistant at the McNay. Jaqueline helps coordinate several yearlong projects such as Art to the Power of Ten, View and Vote, GET REEL film series, Artists Looking at Art, and works closely with the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum. Kate Kunau, 2011–2012 Semmes Curatorial Intern, is Associate Curator at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Iowa. Celeste Wackenhut, 2010–2011 Semmes Curatorial Intern, has since opened French & Michigan Gallery and currently represents a dozen artists from the central Texas region. The 2009–2010 Semmes Curatorial Intern, Lana Meador, is San Antonio Museum of Art's Curatorial Assistant for Modern and Contemporary Art. Rebecca Norris, 2006–2007 Semmes Curatorial Intern, currently holds the position of Project Assistant to Vicky Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. Rebecca continues to participate in national conferences, including the Renaissance Society of America.

Bill Chiego, Geri Bannister, and Kate Carey

Geraldine "Geri" Bannister Makes Donation Special thanks to Geraldine “Geri” Bannister for her recent donation of two concrete benches for the McNay grounds. One bench is in honor of Marion Koogler McNay and the other is in honor of the McNay docent program. As an active McNay docent and volunteer, Bannister is pleased to offer more seating for the enjoyment of the grounds and outdoor sculpture at the museum.

Adam McCoy, 2005–2006 Semmes Curatorial Intern, is now Vice President and Senior Specialist at Christie’s International.

Special Events

Annual Patrons Party Tuesday, November 10, 7:00–10:00 pm Stieren Center for Exhibitions This year’s elegant event includes a cocktail reception, live music, dancing, and more! Members of the Patrons Program are also invited to enjoy a private viewing of Miró: The Experience of Seeing. Invitation to follow. For more information about joining the Patrons Program, please call Jessica Anderson at 210.805.1755 or email jessica.anderson@mcnayart.org.

Holiday at the McNay and Shopping Extravaganza Tuesday, December 8, 5:30-8:00 pm Stieren Center for Exhibitions Presale: Member $25 | Nonmember $35 At the door: $40 Our festive and popular holiday shopping event returns for a second year. You’re invited to join us to kickoff the Museum Store double discount days, trunk shows including Susan Butler jewelry, Ayala Bar jewelry, painted silk scarves by Kavita Singh, and all things wine by Wine-tique. The Trinity AcaBellas perform merry carols while you sip sparkling cocktails and indulge in delicious hors d’oeuvres. Miró: The Experience of Seeing admission is also included. Presale admission now through midnight, December 7. Visit mcnayart.org or call 210.805.1772 to purchase tickets.

SAVE THE DATE

Meet the Future Celebration

Friday, January 22, 2016 Cocktails & Dinner 6:00–9:30 pm After Party 9:30 pm–1:00 am Donors at leadership levels to the Meet the Future Fund for Exhibitions and Education are cordially invited to a special celebration on January 22. The evening includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the Blackburn Patio, an elegant dinner in the Tobin Exhibition Galleries with each gallery celebrating a regional artist, and an After-Party in Leeper Auditorium with live music by Blind Date, drinks, desserts, and dancing. Established during the museum’s 60th anniversary, the Fund for Exhibitions and Education was a resounding success this year. Emma & Toby Calvert and Caroline & William Carrington are chairing this initiative in 2016. With a $500,000 annual goal, gifts made to the fund provide lasting support for the presentation of changing exhibitions and related educational programs. This special celebration is fully underwritten, allowing all donations to be directed to the Meet the Future Fund. To contribute to the Meet the Future Fund, please contact Colleen Kelly at 210.805.1769 or colleen.kelly@mcnayart.org.

Six Artists MEET THE FUTURE at the McNay 2016 Pop-up Exhibition On view January 22–24, 2016 Ricky Armendariz Waddy Armstrong Larry Graeber Mira Hnatyshyn Victoria Suescum Sandy Whitby

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McNay Scene

4 1 Members enjoy the Brown Sculpture Terrace at

7 Ashley and Britt Campbell, Party Chairs, at

the Lesley Dill: Performance as Art preview and reception on June 9, 2015

the 7th Annual Spring Party My Big Fat Greek McNay Party on May 15, 2015

2 Artists César Martinez, Kent Rush, and Victoria

8 Guests in greek-chic attire at the 7th Annual

Suescum at the Recycled, Repurposed, Reborn: Collage and Assemblage preview and reception on June 9, 2015 3 Lesley Dill at the Lesley Dill: Performance as Art

preview and reception on June 9, 2015 4 Teens having a blast at Free Teen Night: Art

After Dark on April 10, 2015 5 Chief Curator/Curator of Art after 1945, Rene

P. Barilleaux, and artist Lesley Dill at the Lesley Dill: Performance as Art preview and reception on June 9, 2015 6 Teens show off a screen-printed t-shirt at

Free Teen Night: Art After Dark on April 10, 2015

Spring Party My Big Fat Greek McNay Party on May 15, 2015 9 Visitors show off their photo-op pictures at the

Free Spring Break Family Days, March 10–12, 2015 10 OPA! John Gutzler smashing a plate at the 7th

Annual Spring Party My Big Fat Greek McNay Party on May 15, 2015 11 Art making fun at the Free Spring Break Family

Days, March 10–12, 2015 12 Art making fun at Free Spring Break Family

Days, March 10–12, 2015 13 Visitors show off their photo-op pictures at Free

Spring Break Family Days, March 10–12, 2015 14 A young visitor plays at our newest program

Toddler Art Play on July 10, 2015

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Gifts

Director's Circle as of June 30, 2015

$25,000 & above Mr. & Mrs. Tobin R. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Tom C. Frost Jr. Betty Murray Halff Marie Halff Mr. & Mrs. Houston H. Harte Sarah E. Harte & John S. Gutzler Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Hurd Mr. & Mrs. John C. Kerr Jane & Bill Lacy Peggy & Lowry Mays Mr. & Mrs. B.J. McCombs Mr. & Mrs. Sandy McNab Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. O'Connor III Mrs. Frederic J. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. J. David Oppenheimer Mrs. Jesse Oppenheimer Carolyn & Allan Paterson Jane Cheever Powell & Thomas L. Powell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Scanlan Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Semmes Alice C. Simkins The Tobin Endowment The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Mrs. Terence W. Touhey

Leadership Members as of June 30, 2015

Philanthropist $10,000 Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Hurd Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. O'Connor III Mrs. Jesse Oppenheimer Charles Butt

Benefactor $5,000 Mr. & Mrs. James R. Adams Ann Griffith Ash Mrs. Lawrence Bertetti Mrs. Walter F. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Tobin R. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. James Dicke II Mr. & Mrs. John Feik Dr. & Mrs. Harmon Kelley Noelle & Shon Manasco Peggy & Lowry Mays Mr. & Mrs. Sandy McNab Mr. & Mrs. Alex H. Oliver Claire O. O'Malley

Carolyn & Allan Paterson Roxana McAllister Richardson & Bruce Richardson Laura & Jack Richmond Mr. & Mrs. George Schroeder Erika Ivanyi & Matthias Schubnell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Semmes Alice C. Simkins Amy Stieren Smiley & Chase Smiley Lucille & Jim Travis

Sponsor $2,500 Mr. & Mrs. Rowan Altgelt Mr. & Mrs. William D. Balthrope Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Cheever Jr. Flora C. Crichton Donald J. Douglass Mr. & Mrs. John Paul Gould Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. John L. Hendry III Karen & Tim Hixon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Leatherman Donna C. Martel Mr. & Mrs. David Meriwether Bradley J. Parman & Tim Seeliger Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Saffell Mrs. Marshall T. Steves Sr. Mrs. Louis Stumberg Courtney J. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Westheimer Jr.

Associate $1,500 Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Azar II Drs. Maryan & Otis Baskin Mr. & Mrs. Guy Bodine Alison & Taylor Boone Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Brown Jr. James S. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Calvert Edward E. Collins III Barbara Seale Condos Dr. & Mrs. Charles Du Val Thomas H. Edson Mr. & Mrs. F. A. Ely Susan Toomey Frost Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Goebel Mr. & Mrs. Curtis C. Gunn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. Glenn Huddleston Dianne Kamolsri Mr. & Mrs. Darrell J. Kirksey Diane Hill & James A. Lube Mr. & Mrs. Clark R. Mandigo

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Margolis Dr. & Mrs. James McMullan Dr. & Mrs. Alfred A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Moiles Mrs. Philip M. Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence B. Nicholas Mr. & Mrs. Stanley D. Rosenberg Ethel T. Runion Mr. & Mrs. William Scanlan Jr. Mrs. James D. Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Curtis T. Vaughan III Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Voigt Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Watson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. F. Mark Williams Mr. & Mrs. Phrixos O. Xenakis

Patron $1,000 Mr. & Mrs. Ben Adams Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Alterman Russell J. G. Amsberry Dr. Mary Arno Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barry Mr. & Mrs. Michael Baucum Alan C. Beckstead Mr. & Mrs. Bill Been Dr. & Mrs. Michael Berkus Jeffrey H. Berler Mr. & Mrs. D. Dean Bibles Patti T. Black Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L. Blend Donna Block Margaret Corning Boldrick Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bolner Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Bonney Mr. & Mrs. Bradford R. Breuer Mr. & Mrs. Scott Brittain Susan W. Brothers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Brundage Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mike Burke Dr. & Mrs. Ronald K. Calgaard Kirsten Carabin Mr. & Mrs. William Claiborne Carrington Mr. & Mrs. Paul Castella Mrs. C. Brandon Chenault Dr. & Mrs. William J. Chiego Barbara Christian Chumney Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Clayton Mr. & Mrs. James F. Clingman Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Cook Jr. Taliaferro Cooper Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cowden Mr. & Mrs. Wallace J. Cox

Margaret Anderson & Bill Crow Mr. & Mrs. James Cummings Bryan Dome Mr. & Mrs. Tucker Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Walter Downing Mr. & Mrs. William E. Dreyer Mrs. Albert C. Droste Donald G. Elliott & J.T. Rabinowitz Margaret Mitchell & Douglas Endsley Joel K. Erben Mrs. Hertzel Finesilver Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons Charles A. Forster Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Foster Jr. Mrs. Charles E. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Don Frost Dr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Goldzieher Dr. & Mrs. Roy R. Gonzalez Sr. David Greenwood Mr. & Mrs. Raul J. Guerra Lisa Halff Sally Halff Dr. Glenn Halff & Mrs. Mindy Alterman Dr. & Mrs. Weldon W. Hammond Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Hannah Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Hardberger Mr. & Mrs. Houston H. Harte Dr. & Mrs. P. Allen Hartsell Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hayne Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer Peter J. Hennessey Christopher C. Hill & Rodolfo Choperena Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hornberger Mr. & Mrs. Reagan Houston IV Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Howell Allen Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. James Jennings John S. Jockusch Curtis Johnson Mrs. Murray L. Johnston Jr. Mary B. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Jones Mr. & Mrs. William M. Kanyusik Mr. & Mrs. Gregory C. King Mr. & Mrs. Graham B. Knight Mr. & Mrs. John C. Korbell Michael Kreager Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Krueger Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kurokawa Barbara C. Kyse Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lende

Ms. Kim Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Lundin Ronald C. Malek Paul Martin Mrs. Walter McAllister Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William H. McCartney Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. McClane Mr. & Mrs. B. J. McCombs Mr. & Mrs. Stan McCormick Dr. & Mrs. Peter McGanity Mr. & Mrs. John V. McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Molak Drs. Blanca & Rodolfo Molina Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Lewis J. Moorman III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Moorman Diana Morehouse Judith N. Morton Dr. & Mrs. Claude L. Nabers Linda C. Nairn Oak Park Cleaners, LP Mr. & Mrs. J. David Oppenheimer Dr. & Mrs. Dan C. Peavy Kimo Jung & Robert Perdziola Drs. Diane & Robert Persellin Mr. & Mrs. Dion Perusquia Dr. Howard M. Radwin Sandra Fuller Randol Sister S. Reed Mr. & Mrs. William C. Reed Amy Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Lance Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Clay P. Richmond Mrs. Jay Lewis Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Juan Ruiz-Healy Jean B. Rumsey Dr. & Mrs. John C. Russell Mary Barad & John Seidenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Davin Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Eric Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Spigel Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Spillman Conrad K. Sterrett Mr. & Mrs. George Stieren Mr. & Mrs. A. Randall Townsend COL Thomas J. Tredici Mrs. Harold Vexler Mr. & Mrs. Jack Vexler Patricia A. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Bruce L Weilbacher Mr. & Mrs. Mel Weingart Martin Weiss

Mrs. Herman S. Wigodsky Ida Wiley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wirth Mr. & Mrs. Fred Woodley Mr. & Mrs. William E. Woods Mr. & Mrs. Clint Worth C. Thomas Wright Dr. Clinton W. Wright Robert L. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Wulfe Mrs. Leon Wulfe Jr. Mrs. Dennis Yeager Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zanikos

Corporate Partners as of June 30, 2015

Philanthropist $10,000 & above Argo Group, Inc. AT&T Inc. The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Frost Bank Gunn Automotive LLC HEB Grocery Company Jefferson Bank JP Morgan Chase Securities Luther King Capital Management Mejia Engineering Company Monticello Group at Jefferson Bank Sendero Wealth Management, LLC Valero Energy Foundation

Benefactor $5,000 & above Bank of America Lucifer Lighting Company Neiman Marcus Paratus Group II, Inc. Prism Technologies Group

Educational $5,000 & above Alamo Community College District Trinity University University of the Incarnate Word

Sponsor $2,500 & above BDO USA, LLP Catto & Catto LLP Ford, Powell & Carson, Architects & Planners, Inc. Plains Capital Bank Schroeder Interests LLC

Associate $1,500 & above Argent Court Assisted Living

Bolner's Fiesta Products, Inc. Christie's - New York & Houston Hanor Law Firm PC North American Development Bank Phyllis Browning Company Salient Partners LP Soleil Advertising, Inc.

Business Partners $1,000 Crossvault Capital Management, LLC Mission Pharmacal Porter Loring Mortuaries

Business Partners $500 Giles-Parscale Hamlin Capital Management, LLC Hot Joy

Honoraria March 1–June 30, 2015 Parman Family Paul Darr Rodrigo Portillo-Oliver Bradley J. Parman & Tim Seeliger Grace Trumble Bradley J. Parman & Tim Seeliger Peg Ziperman Lisa Bragg

Memorials March 1–June 30, 2015 Ingeborg Buech Geraldine Bannister Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer McNay Docent Council Mr. & Mrs. George C. Muellich Amelia Ramirez Canales McNay Docent Council William Chumney Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Voigt Nestor "Nick" Cisneros McNay Docent Council Susan Annette McReynolds Selig Frank Jane & Bill Lacy Joanne Herlick Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Joan C. Childress Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer Jane & Bill Lacy McNay Docent Council Mr. & Mrs. George C. Muellich

Ernest Kristoff McNay Docent Council Hebe R. Milburn COL & Mrs. William V. Hill LTC. Charles Lee Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baker Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Joan C. Childress Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Cutler Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer Dr. & Mrs. Ed A. Liske McNay Docent Council Mr. & Mrs. George C. Muellich Ollie Moye Geraldine Bannister Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Mr. & Mrs. Darren Harding Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer McNay Docent Council Theresa M. Nycz & Gary L. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. George C. Muellich Carol "C.C." Muir Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beverly Joan C. Childress Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer McNay Docent Council Alfred "Jud" Schroeder Dr. & Mrs. Jay H. Heizer David Vexler COL Joe B. Tye Jr. COL & Mrs. William V. Hill

Library & Archives as of June 30, 2015 Monica Boulton Larry Graeber John Igo Jane Martin Peg Ziperman In honor of Kate Carey 2014 New Docent Class In memory of Cathy Herpich Charles B. Thompson In memory of Betty Liston Peg Ziperman In memory of Jennifer A. Lopez Dr. Rafael & Mrs. Noris Lopez

Special Thanks Santikos Theatres—Bijou at Crossroads Whole Foods Market

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PA I D San Antonio, Texas Permit No. 2978 6000 North New Braunfels | PO Box 6069 San Antonio, Texas 78209-0069 mcnayart.org Address service requested

Cover: Joan Miró, Woman, Bird and Star (Homage to Picasso) (detail), February 15, 1966 / April 3-8, 1973. Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2015.

IMPRESSIONS a members magazine

Museum Store Miró-inspired items, including pillows, baby gear, journals, books, calendars and more, fill the museum store this fall. Add a handsome Miró exhibition catalogue to your fine arts library. McNay members $27 | nonmembers $30 Twelve sleek color pencils fill a tin emblazoned with a painting by Miró. McNay members $13.50 | nonmembers $15 A Miró espresso cup and saucer add a pop of color to your table. McNay members $21.60 | nonmembers $24

HOLIDAY Double Discounts December 9–24 Current members receive 20% discount on all purchases in the Museum Store