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PULLMAN, Wash. – Art by Jackson Pollock, Willem deKooning, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine and more will be among 97 works exhibited in "Washington Art Consortium Works on Paper, 1945-1975,” Sept. 28-Dec. 15 at the Washington State University Museum of Art. Admission is free.

 

A free, public opening reception will be noon-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in the museum gallery.

 

The exhibit celebrates a unique and under-recognized collection of prints and drawings made by 48 of the most important American artists of the period 1945-75. The works represent a panorama of art-making benchmarks - from the quintessential abstract expressionism of Hans Hofmann and Sam Francis, to the realism of Alex Katz and Alfred Leslie, to the geometric abstraction of Frank Stella, Josef Albers and Jo Baer.

 

The collection does not belong to any one museum, but is a shared resource of seven art institutions in Washington, of which the Museum of Art/WSU is one. The idea for the consortium was conceived in 1975 to address the lack of world-class art in the state. It was funded, at relatively modest cost, by Seattle patron Virginia Wright with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

The consortium has evolved and became the first organization of its type in the nation. Today, the range and quality of works would be all but impossible to duplicate. Most of the works have been conserved and re-framed during the past decade, so this is a special opportunity to see them in pristine condition.

The consortium is made up of: Western Gallery, Western Washington University; Museum of Art/WSU; Tacoma Art Museum; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Whatcom Museum; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington; and Seattle Art Museum.

 

The Museum of Art/WSU is located on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium in the Fine Arts Building on the WSU Pullman campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, open until 7 p.m. Thursday and closed Sunday. For more information, please contact the museum at 509-335-1910 or visit http://museum.wsu.edu.

 

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