The Christmas Show

Summary information

Date

Tue Nov 23 1971 until Sun Jan 09 1972

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

October 1971

November 1971

December 1971

January 1972

February 1972

The Christmas Show

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Posters by Cassandre

Photographs of Women

Jasper Johns: Map

Recent Acquisitions IX

Barnett Newman

Anton Heyboer; Etchings by Sol Lewitt; Henry Moore's Elephant Skull

Projects: Sam Gilliam

Tony Smith/81 More

Projects: Nancy Graves

Photographs by Robert Adams and Emmet Gowin

Seven by de Kooning

Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1969-11	1973-01	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
2	1971-07	1971-12	Posters by Cassandre
3	1971-09	1971-11	Photographs of Women
4	1971-10	1972-02	Jasper Johns: Map
5	1971-10	1972-01	Recent Acquisitions IX
6	1971-10	1972-01	Barnett Newman
7	1971-10	1972-02	Anton Heyboer; Etchings by Sol Lewitt; Henry Moore's Elephant Skull
8	1971-11	1971-12	Projects: Sam Gilliam
9	1971-11	1972-02	Tony Smith/81 More
10	1971-12	1972-02	Projects: Nancy Graves
11	1971-12	1972-02	Photographs by Robert Adams and Emmet Gowin
12	1971-12	1972-02	Seven by de Kooning
13	1972-01	1972-02	Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

Artists

There were 17 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

John Cage Alan Cote

John Cage

Biographical statement American, 1912–1992

Born 1912 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1992

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Cage was involved in 29 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 9 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show
2	1974-02	1974-05	MoMA	Works on Paper
3	1976-01	1976-03	MoMA	Drawing Now: 1955–1975
4	1976-11	1977-02	MoMA	Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976
5	1977-01	1977-03	MoMA	Projects: Buckminster Fuller and John Cage
6	1977-09	1977-12	MoMA	American Drawn and Matched
7	1979-03		MoMA	Stage Show
8	1979-03	1979-05	MoMA	The Stage Show
9	1979-09	1979-11	MoMA PS1	Sound

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1983-01	1983-02	MoMA PS1	Performance (Spring 1983): Performances From the 60's
2	1987-11	1988-03	MoMA	For 25 Years: Crown Point Press

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1993-06	1993-06	45th Venice Biennale	The Swift Sound of Things: Cage & Co.
2	1994-04	1994-04	MoMA	In Honor of Merce Cunningham
3	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	A Century of Artists Books
4	1995-05	1995-09	MoMA	Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995
5	1995-09	1996-01	MoMA	Impressions of Nature
6	1995-10	1996-01	MoMA	Drawings on Chance: Selections from the Permanent Collection
7	1998-05	1998-09	MoMA	Elements of the Natural 1950–1992, Selections from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2006-05	2006-10	MoMA	Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part 2
2	2007-01	2007-05	MoMA	Live/Work: Performance into Drawing
3	2007-05	2007-10	MoMA PS1	Organizing Chaos
4	2008-08	2009-01	MoMA	Looking at Music: Media Art of the 1960s
5	2009-01	2009-12	MoMA	Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009
6	2009-03	2009-06	MoMA	Paper: Pressed, Stained, Slashed, Folded
7	2009-04	2010-01	MoMA	Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
8	2009-10	2010-04	MoMA PS1	1969

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-10	2011-02	MoMA	Abstract Expressionist New York: Ideas Not Theories: Artists and the Club 1942–1962
2	2012-05	2012-08	MoMA	Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language
3	2013-10	2014-06	MoMA	There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage's "4'33""

Alan Cote

Biographical statement American, born 1937

Born 1937 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Alan Cote

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alan Cote was involved in 6 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1981-02	1981-04	MoMA	New Work on Paper 1
2	1981-03	1981-06	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Drawings
3	1985-06	1985-06	MoMA	Installation of Painting and Sculpture Department
4	1985-11	1986-04	MoMA	Large Drawings

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1993-02	1993-02	MoMA	Drawing in Black and White: Contemporary Works form the Collection

Anton van Dalen Porfirio DiDonna Porfirio Di Donna Mario Dubsky

Mario Dubsky

Biographical statement English, born 1939

Born 1939 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1985

Nationality

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Mario Dubsky was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

Porfirio DiDonna

Biographical statement American, 1942–1986

Born 1942 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1986

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Porfirio DiDonna

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Porfirio DiDonna was involved in 4 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show
2	1977-05	1977-05	MoMA PS1	A Painting Show
3	1979-03	1979-03	Clocktower Gallery	New Wave Painting

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-09	1980-11	MoMA PS1	Special Projects (Fall 1980)

Anton van Dalen

Biographical statement American, born 1938

Born 1938 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Anton van Dalen

viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Anton van Dalen was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1984-01	1984-03	MoMA PS1	Timeline: The Chronicle of US Intervention in Central and Latin America
2	1988-01	1988-04	MoMA	Committed to Print

Porfirio Di Donna

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Porfirio Di Donna was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1965-01		MoMA	Watercolors

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

John Kacere

Biographical statement American, 1920–1999

Born 1920 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1999

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for John Kacere

Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Kacere was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

Douglas Leichter

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Douglas Leichter was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

John Pearson

Biographical statement American, born 1940

Born 1940 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for John Pearson

Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Pearson was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

Harvey Quaytman

Biographical statement American, 1937–2002

Born 1937 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2002

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Harvey Quaytman

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Harvey Quaytman was involved in 7 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1966-09		MoMA	Selections from the Art Lending Service

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show
2	1977-05	1977-05	MoMA PS1	A Painting Show
3	1978-11	1979-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: American Prints

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1992-04	1992-06	MoMA PS1	Slow Art: Painting in New York Now
2	1999-02	1999-06	MoMA PS1	Harvey Quaytman: Selected Work

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2006-05	2006-07	MoMA	Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection

Murray Reich

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External information resources for Murray Reich

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Murray Reich was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

Jim Sullivan

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jim Sullivan was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

Wayne Thiebaud

Biographical statement American, born 1920

Born 1920 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Wayne Thiebaud was involved in 13 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1990s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1962-11	1963-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1965-01		MoMA	Watercolors
3	1965-12		MoMA	[Penthouse Exhibition]

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show
2	1972-03	1972-05	MoMA	California Prints
3	1972-06	1972-09	MoMA	Prints for Collectors
4	1972-10	1973-02	MoMA	Etchings Etc.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1983-03	1983-05	MoMA	Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
2	1987-11	1988-03	MoMA	For 25 Years: Crown Point Press

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-11	1991-03	MoMA	Still Life Into Object
2	1995-05	1995-09	MoMA	Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995
3	1996-06	1996-09	MoMA	From Bauhaus to Pop: Masterworks Given by Philip Johnson
4	1999-02	1999-05	MoMA	Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from the Museum of Modern Art

Merrill Wagner Jeffrey Weinstein William T. Williams Williams

Merrill Wagner

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Merrill Wagner was involved in 7 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show
2	1977-02	1977-04	MoMA	Maps
3	1978-04	1978-05	MoMA PS1	Special Projects (Spring 1978)
4	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA PS1	A Great Big Drawing Show
5	1979-11	1979-12	Clocktower Gallery	Merrill Wagner

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1986-02	1986-03	MoMA PS1	About Place: Contemporary American Landscape

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1997-10	1998-02	MoMA PS1	Reopening: Installations and Projects

William T. Williams

Biographical statement American, born 1942

Born 1942 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, William T. Williams was involved in 3 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-02	1980-04	MoMA PS1	Afro-American Abstraction

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2007-07	2007-09	MoMA	What is Painting? Contemporary Art From the Collection

Williams

Biographical statement Nationality unknown

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Died

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Williams was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

Jeffrey Weinstein

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External information resources for Jeffrey Weinstein

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jeffrey Weinstein was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-11	1972-01	MoMA	The Christmas Show

The Christmas Show

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

C

John Cage

Exhibitions

1970s (9)

1980s (2)

1990s (7)

2000s (8)

2010s (3)

Alan Cote

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

1980s (4)

1990s (1)

D

Mario Dubsky

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

Porfirio DiDonna

Exhibitions

1970s (3)

1980s (1)

Anton van Dalen

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

1980s (2)

Porfirio Di Donna

Exhibitions

1960s (1)

1970s (1)

K

John Kacere

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

L

Douglas Leichter

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

P

John Pearson

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

Q

Harvey Quaytman

Exhibitions

1960s (1)

1970s (3)

1990s (2)

2000s (1)

R

Murray Reich

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

S

Jim Sullivan

Exhibitions

1970s (1)

T

Wayne Thiebaud

Exhibitions

1960s (3)

1970s (4)

1980s (2)

1990s (4)

W

Merrill Wagner

Exhibitions

1970s (5)

1980s (1)

1990s (1)

William T. Williams

Exhibitions