Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
April 21–July 23, 2017 | Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries
Samurai: The Way of the Warrior presents a selection of more than
ninety objects from one of the most important collections of Japanese
arms and armor outside of Japan. The exhibition includes armor,
lacquered objects, helmets, swords, sword guards, saddles, stirrups,
arrows, quivers, and bows from the Museo Stibbert in Florence, Italy.
The styles and craftsmanship of Japanese artisans on view manifest
the moral, cultural, and aesthetic codes of the military class. Each
object reflects the identity, taste, and status of individual owners,
and together they provide an unusual perspective on one of the
great antiquarian assemblages of nineteenth-century Europe. The
exhibition is organized by Contemporanea Progetti SRL with the
Museo Stibbert, Florence, Italy.
Sword guard (tsuba) mid-18th century,
- gilded copper, copper,
steel, gold, silver, shakudo,
3 1 ⁄ 8 x 2 ¾ x 1 ⁄ 5 in., Museo Stibbert, Florence, Italy.
Sets: Printed Variations
May 26–August 20, 2017 | Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries
Series of prints have long been used to tell stories, each print a
different scene in a tale. Sometimes sets of prints convey a group
of parallel ideas without a narrative, like the seven virtues, the four
seasons, or the Seven Wonders of the World. In the twentieth century,
Jim Dine works on the Chazen commission in his Paris studio.
Photo by Russell Panczenko.
the print set became more open ended, exploring variations on a
theme. This exhibition presents sets in their entirety as the artists
A new mural for the Chazen by Jim Dine will be
originally intended, allowing viewers the full effect of these multi-part revealed in the ancient gallery (Gallery I) on June 22.
works of art. They do not retell familiar stories, but invite the viewer to Working on custom canvases created to perfectly fit
explore the underlying unity of the set. the Chazen’s Gallery I skylight, Jim Dine completed
the four panels of the mural in his Paris workshop.
Jörg Immendorff (German, 1945–2007), Folder for Seam (Naht) portfolio, 1982, screen print on board
with fabric tape, cotton tie, 33 5 ⁄ 8 x 25 ¾ in., Leslie and Johanna Garfield Fund purchase, 2014.25j
Dine, who in 2015 donated 67 works to the Chazen’s
permanent collection, will be on hand for the unveiling.