Museum News
LIBERTIES WITH LIBERTY POSTER EXHIBITION The Museum of American Folk Art is offering a unique opportunity for people all over the country, and abroad, to enjoy highlights ofa Museum exhibition and share the centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty. Through the generosity of The Xerox Foundation, the Museum has produced a handsomely photographed fourcolor poster exhibit of objects from our upcoming exhibition "Liberties with Liberty!'Included are three centuries of American folk art in a range of media — paintings, sculpture, and textiles. The twenty-piece set of 24" x 36" posters tracing the changes in the personification of America from an Indian maiden to the Statue of Liberty, will be made available through the governor's offices of all fifty states for circulation to university museums, historical societies, libraries and shopping malls. Additional sets will be distributed abroad through U.S.I.A. Washington, D.C. The individual posters are mounted on heavy cardboard and are ready for display. For information about borrowing a set of the Liberties with Liberty Poster Exhibition for your community or business contact the governor's office of your state, or call the Exhibitions Office of the Museum at 212/977-4423.
Above:Director Robert Bishop and Benefit Committee Co-Chairman Cynthia V.A. Schaffner pause to hear thefiddler's tunes. The old wooden windmill was part ofMadderlake's displayfor the exhibition of windmill weights.
There was plenty of looking, left, as well as buying at the Fall Antiques Show's opening night. Below, Randall Morris with two contented-looking customers at Frank Maresca's booth.
FALL ANTIQUES SHOW SUCCESS Once again this year the Fall Antiques Show at the Pier opened with a smashing gala evening to benefit the Museum. Two thousand people attended the event, which was sponsored by THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY on behalf of American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc., American Express Bank, Ltd., Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc., IDS Financial Services Inc., and Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies,enjoying the fine food of David Ziff Cooking, Inc., the beverages supplied by Whitbread North America — wine courtesy of Richard J. Newman — and the spectacular decor by Madderlake. The setting, as well as the cuisine reflected the event's theme "In Celebration: The American Frontier:' 64
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