- December 7, 1975-February 16, 1976
The European Vision of America
Overview: 339 catalogued works included paintings, tapestries, pieces of furniture, small sculpture, engravings, porcelains, maps, and silver and gold works depicting the European view of American life, from the discovery of America to the Statue of Liberty. The exhibition honored the 1976 American Bicentennial. The works were installed thematically, in all exhibition areas on the West Building ground floor. Entrance was from the Seventh Street lobby. The show was organized by William S. Talbot of the Cleveland Museum of Art and Irène Bizot of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux de France in Paris, with guest curator Hugh Honour, British writer and art historian.
Gaillard Ravenel, George Sexton, Mark Leithauser, and Hugh Honour designed the exhibition for the National Gallery.
Attendance: 100,809 (70 days)
Location: Ground Floor, Central Gallery, Galleries G-1 through G-7, G-9, G-10, G-12, G-13, G-14, G-15, G-19, Space 33 (15,000 sq. ft.)
Catalogue: The European Vision of America, by Hugh Honour. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
Book: The New Golden Land: The European Vision of America from the Discoveries to the Present Time, by Hugh Honour. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975.
Brochure: The European Vision of America, Notes on the Exhibition, by Helen O. Borowitz. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
- Other venues:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- April 28-August 8, 1976
- Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
- September 17, 1976-January 3, 1977
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