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<i>Blue Snake</i> (detail), 1971, by Romare Bearden (American, 1914–1988), 2003-226-1. © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York — Blue Snake (detail), 1971, by Romare Bearden (American, 1914–1988), 2003-226-1. © Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York

Exhibition

The Art of Collage and Assemblage

June 8–September 2, 2019

From Joseph Cornell’s curious found-object boxes to Jess’s fantastical “paste-ups,” discover the seemingly limitless ways that modern and contemporary artists have mixed materials to create something entirely new and surprising. Presented in conjunction with Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South, the exhibition explores the rich breadth and history of assemblage and collage and features many self-taught artists who reinvented their chosen mediums.

Collab Gallery

Main Building

Curators

Ann Percy, The Mainwaring Curator of Drawings

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Check out the variety of events offered by this program, for members and the public alike.

Dresses

Woman's Dress: Bodice and Skirt

Irish-born Mary A. Connelly became independently wealthy dressing New York's elite in the late nineteenth century. In 1869, she founded M.A. Connelly, one of the oldest and best known dressmaking firms in New York, on 16th Street along the Ladies' Mile on lower Broadway. In 1882, she advertised a "branch" at 21 rue Bergère in Paris as well as another in Washington, D.C. By 1889, she had moved to Fifth Avenue. Connelly was one of a number of prominent dressmakers implicated during this time for smuggling the latest Paris fashions through U.S. customs. She sold her business in 1898, a year before her death, and the firm continued under new ownership into the early twentieth century, when this gown was made.

Dresses

Woman's Dress: Bodice and Skirt

Irish-born Mary A. Connelly became independently wealthy dressing New York's elite in the late nineteenth century. In 1869, she founded M.A. Connelly, one of the oldest and best known dressmaking firms in New York, on 16th Street along the Ladies' Mile on lower Broadway. In 1882, she advertised a "branch" at 21 rue Bergère in Paris as well as another in Washington, D.C. By 1889, she had moved to Fifth Avenue. Connelly was one of a number of prominent dressmakers implicated during this time for smuggling the latest Paris fashions through U.S. customs. She sold her business in 1898, a year before her death, and the firm continued under new ownership into the early twentieth century, when this gown was made.

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