: "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads: American Jewelry from Yale
University, 1700-2005" will be on view February 7 to July 23 at
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street (on the corner of
High Street).
Mourning rings, miniatures, knee buckles, bracelets and other
selections from the gallery's collections of gold, silver and
costume jewelry are presented in this exhibition. Many objects
are on public view for the first time.
From a necklace of gold beads created by a Colonial goldsmith to
insignia from the Society of the Cincinnati and the masons, from
1930s era Bakelite bracelets to studio jewelry from some of the
country's finest contemporary artisans, the exhibition reveals
how Americans have adorned and accessorized themselves for more
than 200 years.
A gallery talk by the curator takes place on Wednesday, February
22, at 12:20 pm. In addition, a special three-part master class,
"Jewelry in America," is being offered on Thursday evenings,
March 30, April 6 and April 13. For more information, call
203-432-9525.
An accompanying full-color catalog, Baubles, Bangles, and
Beads: American Jewelry from Yale University, 1700-2005,
written by Erin E. Eisenbarth, will be available in February for
purchase online (artgallery.yale.edu) or at the gallery's
bookstore. For details, call 203-432-7421.
Eisenbarth, acting assistant curator of American decorative arts,
organized the exhibition.
One of a pair of watercolor on ivory miniatures originally worn
on velvet ribbons; an unidentified artist reset it in the 1850s
in an elaborate French filigreed bracelet in keeping with
Rococo Revival tastes. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of
Caroline Hillman Backlund and Hermione Hillman Wickenden in
memory of their mother, Dorothy Woodruff Hillman.
Also on view, through the spring, is "Private Faces of Public
People: 1750-1900," an exhibition of American miniatures from the
gallery's collection that features 29 portraits of leaders in
politics and the arts, including George and Martha Washington,
Andrew Jackson, Benjamin West and Paul Revere.
"American Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts" is an
ongoing exhibition presenting a range of works. It includes one
of the earliest American portraits of John Davenport, the first
minister to the New Haven Colony, through mid-Twentieth Century
paintings by artists such as Edward Hopper and Thomas Hart
Benton, among others. Examples of furniture, turned wood, glass
and pewter and other metals are also on display.
"Selections from the Permanent Collection," an ongoing
exhibition, highlights masterpieces including Vincent van Gogh's
"The Night Café," 1888, and works by Frans Hals, Edouard Manet
and Peter Paul Rubens, among others. Important works from the
collections of African, Asian and ancient American art are also
featured.
The Sculpture Hall's ongoing selection presents more than 120
sculptures from the collections of ancient Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, Near Eastern, early European and Asian art.
For information, www.artgallery.yale.edu or 203-432-0600.
