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Center for British Art “Snowdon” In 1960 Anthony Armstrong-Jones married England’s Princess Margaret and became the Earl of Snowdon. Before, during, and after his marriage, however, he was also known as one of his country’s leading photographers. The first full retrospective exhibition of Snowdon’s photography, mounted initially at London’s National Portrait Gallery, covers the entire range of his work from the 1950s through the 1990s. Included in the exhibition are some of Snowdon’s photojournalistic endeavors, which document locations abroad as well as the treatment of the mentally ill in England. “The Line of Beauty: British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century” The 18th century witnessed a flourishing of the practice of drawing among both professional artists and amateurs. A display of more than 100 drawings and watercolors celebrates the BAC’s outstanding 18th-century holdings, and ranges from large-scale, highly finished exhibition watercolors to informal sketches intended for private use.
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Art Gallery “Art for
Yale: Defining Moments” Significant artworks from each of the Gallery’s curatorial departments come together to trace the growth of the Art Gallery’s collections from the time of its founding in 1832 to the end of the 20th century. The main focus is on those objects that either were the first of their kind to be acquired, were single masterpieces, or were groundbreaking collections that significantly changed the Gallery’s collections. “The Colossal Keepsake Corporation and Claes Oldenburg’s Lipstick” The installation of the sculpture Lipstick (Ascending) On Caterpillar Tracks by Claes Oldenburg '50 in Beinecke Plaza in 1969 marked a “defining moment” for art at Yale. Lipstick was commissioned by the Colossal Keepsake Corporation of Connecticut, a group made up of students and faculty, and during the sculpture’s first year on campus, it was vandalized. Oldenburg had it removed, but he returned it to campus five years later, this time in Morse College. For the Defining Moments exhibition, Lipstick rests in the Art Gallery’s sculpture garden and is accompanied by a number of sketches and models related to its creation.
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