Leo Katz
1887–1982
- Born
- 1887, Czech Republic
- Died
- 1982, United States of America
- Gender
- Male
- Studio eras
- Studio role
- One of the studio’s known helpers
- Listed in
- Moser Appendix (1977)
- Grippe Ledger book (1952–54)
Atelier 17 group shows 10
- 1945Tenth 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.
- 1947Atelier 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.
- 1949Fourteenth 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).
- 1949Atelier 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.
- 1949Stanley 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. - 1952St. W. Hayter – Grafisch Werk, Boekillustraties / Atelier 17
Stedelijk Kunstsalon Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium · May 24 to June 11, 1952
Notes and sources
Sources
St. W. Hayter: Grafisch werk, boekillustraties; Atelier 17. Introduction by John Trouillard. Exhibition catalogue. Antwerp: Stedelijk Kunstsalon, 1952.
- 1954Engravings from the Collection of Atelier 17, Selected by Lotte Jacobi
Lotte Jacobi Gallery, New York, New York · November 30 to December 21, 1954
Notes and sources
Sources
An exhibition announcement, Series XIII: Oversized Material, Oversize Box 3, Lotte Jacobi Papers, University of New Hampshire Library.
C.L.F., "Jacobi Print Group," Arts Digest, December 1, 1954.
- 1962Hayter 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).
- 1967S. 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.
- 1977Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition
Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin · October 9 to December 4, 1977
Traveled to
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa · December 16, 1977 to February 26, 1978
- The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York · March 18 to May 14, 1978
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan · June 4 to July 30, 1978
- Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois · August 20 to October 1, 1978
Notes and sources
Sources
Moser, Joann. Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition. Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1977.