"An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum"
2002-05-05 until 2002-10-06
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC, USA

Winterthur, An American Country Estate located in Delaware's picturesque Brandywine Valley, is widely known for its museum, garden, and library. Open to the public since 1951, it displays Henry Francis du Pont's (1880-1969) magnificent collection of American decorative arts. In celebration of Winterthur's 50th anniversary, a selection of the rarest and most renowned objects from its collection will be installed in the first exhibition to travel in the museum's history. An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum will be on view at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, 5 May through 6 October 2002.

This installation will present more than 300 masterpieces from Winterthur's collection of 85,000 objects, including furniture, textiles, paintings, prints and drawings, ceramics, glass, and metalwork, all made or used in America between 1640 and 1860.

"The American past and its aesthetic genius were the passion of Henry Francis du Pont, whose taste shaped the world of American collecting and decorating throughout the 20th century," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. "We are grateful to DuPont for its generosity in helping to bring to Washington for the first time in Winterthur's history many of the finest masterpieces from its unparalleled collection."

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