Kenneth Killstrom

Atelier 17 group shows 7

1. 1948
   Hayter and the Atelier 17

   Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii · October to October 31, 1948

   Notes and sources

   About the exhibiting artists

   No checklist is known. Exhibitors are taken from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser's October 31, 1948 article, which names prints by Hayter, Friedrich M. Friedel, Ana Rosa de Ycaza, Minna Citron, D. Philip Platt, André Racz, Alice Trumbull Mason, Kenneth Kilstrom, James Flora, and Joan Miró.

   Sources

   "Exhibitions," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 16, 1948: 18; "Acting Keeper of Prints," Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 24, 1948: 46; "Atelier 17 Exhibition," Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 31, 1948: 48;

2. 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).

3. 1949
   Atelier 17

   Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California · July 10 to August 12, 1949

   Traveled to

   • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois · January 20 to March 5, 1950

   Notes and sources

   About the exhibiting artists

   There is no checklist for the exhibition, but press clippings illustrate work by Kenneth Killstrom (Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1949), Leo Katz, and Gabor Peterdi (Los Angeles Daily News, July 9, 1949).

   Sources

   California Institute of the Arts Library has a scrapbook for Chouinard containing two pages of press clippings about this exhibition:
   Arthur Millier, "Artists from Hayter Group Display Prints," Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1949; "Atelier 17 Exhibit is Vital Art," Los Angeles Daily News, July 9, 1949; Kay English, "Atelier 17," Los Angeles Examiner, July 17, 1949.

   The exhibition traveled from Chouinard to the Art Institute of Chicago, according to two Los Angeles newspapers: Los Angeles Daily News, July 9, 1949; Los Angeles Examiner, July 17, 1949.

4. 1949
   Stanley Hayter, Atelier 17 Group

   Art Gallery of the Atlanta Division, University of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia · October 1 to October 15, 1949

   Traveled to

   • Lila Lewis Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia · October 16 (circa) to October 24, 1949

   Notes and sources

   Gwyn Ferris, member of Atelier 17 and Atlanta native, selected 60 prints for this exhibition. The Lila Lewis Gallery additionally facilitated its display at the Art Gallery at the University of Georgia. Newspaper clippings indicate a two-week display at the Art Gallery, after which the selection was on view at the Lila Lewis Gallery.

   A type-set exhibition pamphlet in Stanley William Hayter's papers at Tate Archive matches many details provided in the press coverage. The pamphlet does not have a year and lists inclusive dates "October 1 to 24," which perhaps includes both venues in Atlanta.

   About the exhibiting artists

   The write-up in the Atlanta Constitution (September 30, 1949) mentions a checklist of 60 prints with many details matching the 60-object checklist in Tate Archive. This clipping, however, does mention Pierre Courtin and André Masson among exhibiting artists, and these two artists are not on the Tate Archive checklist.

   The Atlanta Journal review notes 57 works on exhibit.

   Sources

   "Stanley Hayter, Atelier 17 Group," October 1-24, [1949], Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/205/1.
   "Art Exhibit To Open at University Gallery Here," The Atlanta Constitution, September 30, 1949: 13; "57 Hayter Etchings On Exhibition Here," The Atlanta Journal, September 29, 1949: 32.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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).