Worden Day
1912–1986
- Born
- 1912, United States of America
- Died
- 1986, United States of America
- Gender
- Female
- Studio eras
- Years of affiliation (if known)
- Listed in
- Moser Appendix (1977)
- Grippe Ledger book (1952–54)
Atelier 17 group shows 8
- 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).
- 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. - 1949[Unknown title]
Stephens College Art Gallery, Columbia, Missouri · November 1949
Notes and sources
Worden Day served as an instructor at Stephens College during this time and likely facilitated this exhibition. Stanley William Hayter had been at Stephens College in March 1949 to give a lecture in association with a solo show of his work.
Sources
"Stephens Art Gallery Opens in Evening," Columbia Daily Tribune, November 7, 1949: 5; "Art Gallery to be Open 3 Nights at Stephens," Columbia Missourian, November 9, 1949: 59.
- 1950[Unknown title]
Galerie Lutz & Meyer, Stuttgart, Germany · January (?) 1950
Traveled to
- [Unknown venue], Berlin, Germany · February 1950
Notes and sources
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch clipping says: "A collection of new prints by Werner Drewes and others by members of Atelier 17, New York, recently closed at a gallery in Berlin, Germany, following an initial showing at Lutz & Meyer gallery, Stuttgart." The name of the Berlin gallery is still not known.
Sources
"A Joint Exhibition," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 19, 1950: 78.
- 1951Atelier 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.
- 1952Printmakers from Atelier 17
Highfield Gallery, Falmouth, Massachusetts · July 28 to August 11, 1952
Notes and sources
The Highfield Gallery, located in the theater space at Highfield Hall, was a short-lived venture and active only in the early 1950s. The artist Esteban Vicente was its director and coordinated several loan shows from the Peridot Gallery in New York.
About the exhibiting artists
A list of exhibiting artists is written on page 67 of the register Peter Grippe mantained, The Grippe Collection, Allentown Art Museum.
Sources
An exhibition pamphlet, without a checklist, is located in GC/AAM. Thank you to Meg Costello at the Museums on the Green/Falmouth Historical Society for alerting me to many articles about the gallery in the local newspaper, Falmouth Enterprise.
- 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.
- 1981Atelier 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.