Craft and the
Creative Process

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Exhibition installation of OBJECTS: USA

OBJECTS: USA exhibition at the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum), 1969. Photographer unknown. Gelatin silver print. Annotated on verso: "Conception: Non-function is characterized by this broad view of several objects featured in the Johnson Collection of Contemporary Crafts. From the Richard Shaw ceramic mini-couch and chair in the foreground to the three-dimensional featured wall hanging by Dominic Di Mare the more than 250 craftsmen in the collection pose the question, is craft art?" Margret Craver Withers papers. Gift of Margret Craver Withers, 1971-1998.


Exhibition installation of Objects: U.S.A.

Exhibition installation of OBJECTS: USA, 1969. Photograph. 26 x 21 cm. Margret Craver Withers papers, 1926-1992. Archives of American Art.

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