Opening Lecture-American Watercolors: A Conversation with Artist Richard Tuttle and Curators

Join us for a discussion about our special exhibition "American Watercolors, 1880-1990: Into the Light," featuring artist Richard Tuttle, who contributed to the exhibition catalogue, and members of the curatorial team.
Speakers:
+ Richard Tuttle, Artist;
+ Joachim Homann, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings, Division of European and American Art, Harvard Art Museums;
+ Penley Knipe, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works on Paper and Head of the Paper Lab, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums;
+ Miriam Stewart, Curator of the Collection, Division of European and American Art, Harvard Art Museums;
+ Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Visiting Senior Scholar for Drawings, Division of European and American Art, Harvard Art Museums;
+ Elisa Germán, Lunder Curator of Works on Paper and Whistler Studies at the Colby College Museum of Art (former Emily Rauh Pulitzer Curatorial Fellow in Contemporary Drawings at the Harvard Art Museums);
+ Welcome and Introduction by Martha Tedeschi, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director.
On view at the Harvard Art Museums from May 20 to August 13, 2023, the exhibition presents more than a hundred compelling and rarely seen watercolors by both well-known and historically underrepresented American artists. All works are drawn from the Harvard Art Museums’ deep and diverse holdings. Expanding the canon and including many new acquisitions on view for the first time, the exhibition seeks to inspire conversations and enrich today’s practitioners.
Take A Closer Look:
+ Explore exhibition "American Watercolors, 1880-1990: Into the Light:" harvardartmuseums.org/exhibit...
+ Order your copy of the exhibition catalogue: hvrd.art/buythebook
Timestamps:
+ 0:00:00 Welcome by Martha Tedeschi
+ 0:08:06 Introductions by Joachim Homann
+ 0:16:45 Poem for Watercolor by Richard Tuttle
+ 0:27:25 Material Matters with Penley Knipe
+ 0:32:30 Artist Marks with Miriam Stewart
+ 0:36:44 Bill Taylor's "Mule and Plow," c. 1939-42, with Margaret Morgan Grasselli
+ 0:43:34 American Watercolor in the Late 20th Century with Elisa Germán
+ 0:50:00 Exploring Richard Tuttle's watercolors with Joachim Homann
+ 0:52:30 In Conversation with Richard Tuttle
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Support for this exhibition is provided by the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund, the William Amory Fund, the Rabb Family Exhibitions Fund, and an anonymous donor. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. The accompanying catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
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Video Thumbnail Image: Richard Foster Yarde, American, "Cunard Street, Interior II," 1980. Watercolor. Harvard Art Museums, 2021.214. © Estate of Richard Foster Yarde. hvrd.art/o/370163
Recorded May 23, 2023. Video: Casey Preston. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at [e-mail].

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