Finding 26: Exhibitions Visited Form

As Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, James Johnson Sweeney required staff to attend exhibitions throughout New York City. The museum created the Exhibitions Visited forms as part of an effort to discover new artists and track the activities of other museums and galleries. The form pictured here was filled out by Georgine Oeri, the museum’s staff manager. The majority of staff members provided only the location of the exhibition and the artists featured, but some, such as this one, includes short criticisms. These forms provide a glimpse into New York City’s exhibition history of the 1950s, and the museum staff’s relationship to it. Additional items in Sweeney’s records such as his research also provide documentation on New York City’s museum and gallery exhibitions of the 1950s.
  
—Pete Asch, archives assistant