Through a Child's Eyes (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1955 November 2 - 1956 January 3

Biographical or Historical Note

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Exhibition. Opened November 2, 1955 and closed January 3, 1955. Located in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Through a Child's Eyes" featured over 30 fairy tale illustrations by Argentine children.

Summary

"Through a Child's Eyes" featured over 30 fairy tale illustrations by Argentine children. It opened with an address of welcome by the Argentine Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Enrique J. Plate. Among the subjects depicted were courtier ants, giant flowers, weeping mushrooms and multi-colored birds. To obtain the artwork, a contest was held, open to adult writers, for folk and fairy tales and a subsequent one, opened to school children, for the best illustrations to the winning stories. The drawings were exhibited with corresponding summaries of the stories they illustrated. The exhibition, sponsored by the Uruguayan-American Association, was on view in the Corner Gallery of the American Museum on Natural History from November 2, 1955 through January 3, 1956.

Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: Uruguayan-American Association; Guillermo Kraft Limitada Publishing Compnay of Buenos Aires.

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, November 3, 1955. Departmental Records, 101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Corner Gallery.
Location of exhibition.

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