Enrique Zañartu

Atelier 17 group shows 18

1. 1944
   New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17

   Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York · June 28 to October 8, 1944

   Shown at the traveling venues below, not at the first venue.

   Traveled to

   • Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba · November 19 to November 25, 1946
   • Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago de Chile, Chile · April 23 to May 7, 1947
   • Galleria Viau, Buenos Aires, Argentina · August 28 to September 13, 1947

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   James Johnson Sweeney, "New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17," Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 12, no. 1 (August 1944).

2. 1945
   Tenth Exhibition: Prints by 35 Members of Atelier 17 Group

   Willard Gallery, New York, New York · May 15 to June 2, 1945

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Tenth Exhibition: Prints by 35 Members of Atelier 17 Group. Texts by James Johnson Sweeney and Carl Zigrosser. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Willard Gallery, 1945. Anne Ryan papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

   Maude Riley, "Atelier 17," Art Digest, June 1945.

   "The Passing Shows," Art News 44 (1945): 6.

3. 1945
   Gravure in Revolution by Eighteen Artists of Today Associated with the Atelier 17

   The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois · May 4 to June 1, 1945

   Notes and sources

   Thank you to Álvaro Cárdenas Castro for sharing the brochure for this show.

   Sources

   Gravure in Revolution by Eighteen Artists of Today Associated with the Atelier 17. Exhibition brochure. Chicago: The Cliff Dwellers, 1945.

4. 1947
   Atelier 17: New Etchings and Engravings by Members of the Group

   The Leicester Galleries, London, United Kingdom · March 1 to March 31, 1947

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Catalogue of an Exhibition of New Etchings and Engravings by Members of Atelier 17 Group. Introduction by Herbert Read; technical note by S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. London: Leicester Galleries, 1947.

5. 1949
   Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by Members of the Atelier 17 Group

   Laurel Gallery, New York, New York · March 14 to April 1, 1949

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by Members of the Atelier 17 Group. Texts by Herbert Read, James Johnson Sweeney, A. Hyatt Mayor, Carl Zigrosser, and Stanley William Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1949.

   "Prints by Members of Atelier 17," Art Digest 23 (March 1949): 20.

   [Review of Atelier 17 exhibition at Laurel Gallery], Art News 48 (March 1949).

6. 1951
   Atelier 17

   Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York · September 24 to October 14, 1951

   Traveled to

   • Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan · January 1952
   • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota · February 5 to February 24, 1952
   • Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland · March 10 to April 8, 1952

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Atelier 17. Contributions by William Lieberman, Massey Trotter, Una Johnson, Ruthven Todd, and S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1951.

7. 1953
   Quelques Graveurs Contemporains autour de l’Atelier 17

   Kunsthandel Martinet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · November 26 to December 23, 1953

   Traveled to

   • Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium · January 9 to January 20, 1954
   • ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands · February 27 to March 27, 1954
   • Nordisk Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark · May 20, 1954
   • Galleria Numero Redazione, Florence, Italy · December 16, 1954 to January 5, 1955

   Notes and sources

   This show’s checklist changed over the various venues.

   Hayter also attempted to bring this show to Paris at the Musée de Luxembourg, but it was refused:
   https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?consIr=&frontIr=&optionFullText=&fullText=&defaultResultPerPage=&irId=FRAN_IR_053971&formCaller=GENERALISTE&gotoArchivesNums=false&auSeinIR=false&details=true&page=&udId=c1vb03hgzj12--d6voacimgb8m

   Sources

   Exhibition poster, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/23/1.

8. 1955
   Kunstnere tilknyttet Atelier 17

   Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway · December 9 to December 31, 1955

   Traveled to

   • Bergens Billedgalleri, Bergen, Norway · January to February 1956
   • Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway · March 1956

   Notes and sources

   About the exhibiting artists

   Marc Chagall, Pierre Courtin, Anthony Gross, Joseph Hecht, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, and Jacques Villon were listed as "Invités à l'honneur."

   Sources

   Atelier 17: Nasjonalgalleriet, Bergens Billedgalleri, Stavanger Kunstforening. Preface by S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1955.

9. 1956
   Atelier 17

   Galerie Colibri, Malmö, Sweden · March 22 to April 1, 1956

   Notes and sources

   This exhibition was organized by the Sturegalleriet, Stockholm. It is possible, but not confirmed, that it was part of the traveling exhibition started in 1953 at the Kunsthandel Martinet.

   Sources

   Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/22/1.

10. 1956
    [Unknown title]

    Galerie Espace, Haarlem, The Netherlands · [December] to December 23, 1956

    Notes and sources

    The show's opening date is unconfirmed, likely in early Decemer.

    Sources

    "Weerzien met het Atelier Hayter." Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, December 8, 1956, 3. Delpher, National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNHA03:179252059:mpeg21:a00056

11. 1960
    Atelier 17 – Intaglio Prints by S. W. Hayter and his Associates

    Associated American Artists, New York, New York · October 10 to October 29, 1960

    Traveled to

    • Oakes Room, University of Maine, Orono, Maine · [June] to [August] 1960

    Notes and sources

    There were three traveling exhibitions about Atelier 17 that were circulating in the early 1960s: two from the Associated American Artists and one from the American Federation of Arts.

    Research on all three tours is not yet complete.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/28/1.

12. 1962
    Original grafik fra Atelier 17, Paris

    Erling Haghfelt Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark · May 22 to June 8, 1962

    Traveled to

    • Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway · September 6 to September 30, 1962
    • Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger, Norway · January 1963
    • Larvik Kunstforening, Larvik, Norway · February 10, 1963
    • Taidesalonki Strindberg Oy, Helsinki, Finland · April 6 to April 20, 1963

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Original grafik fra Atelier 17, Paris (Copenhagen: Erling Haghfelt, Galleri for moderne kunst, 1962), Krishna Reddy Papers (MC 244), Box 2, "Exhibition programs and catalogs (small), 1960–2009," NYU Special Collections.

13. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962

    Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom · June 15 to July 14, 1962

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962 (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962).

14. 1963
    Gravures de l’Atelier 17

    Galerie Maitre-Albert, Paris, France · February 27, 1963

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those listed in the exhibition brochure under "Gravures de l'Atelier 17." The exhibition also included sections for paintings (Abidine, Aillaud, Ball, Bona, Cremonini, S. W. Hayter, Henriquez, Johannsen, Levée, Mayo, C. M. Michaelis, Peretti, Plattner, Rancillac, Witebsky, and Zañartu) and sculpture (Anselmo, Lungren [Lundgren], Phillips, and Reddy).

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/33/1.

15. 1963
    S. W. Hayter e l’Atelier 17

    Galleria de’ Foscherari, Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy · May 25 to June 13, 1963

    Notes and sources

    The exhibition in Bologna was organized "con la gentile collaborazione" ("with the kind collaboration") of Galerie du Dragon in Paris. It is not yet known if the show was also on view in Paris before or after its run in Bologna.

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter e l'Atelier 17, ed. Andrea Emiliani (Bologna: Galleria de' Foscherari, 1963).

16. 1967
    S. W. Hayter et l’Atelier 17

    Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium · February 18 to March 12, 1967

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The catalogue lists Marcel Duchamp's Les deux Frères (no. 20) in the Paris 1927–1939 section, but there is as yet no evidence that Duchamp participated in Atelier 17 during the prewar period.

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter et l'Atelier 17 (Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1967); exhibition invitation, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/202/1.

17. 1981
    Atelier 17: 1927 Paris New-York 1950

    Galerie de Seine, Paris, France · October 22 to November 28, 1981

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Pablo Picasso is included in the checklist (no. 87, "Combat," 1937, burin), but this print is not linked to Atelier 17.

    Sources

    Exhibition brochure, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/112/1.

18. 1986
    Atelier 17

    Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, New York · October 25 to November 22, 1986

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Parker, Barbara. Atelier 17. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Mary Ryan Gallery, 1986.