THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF DOLLS This Christmas season the Museum of American Folk Art and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cosponsored THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF DOLLS. THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF DOLLS was more than an exhibit — it was a holiday festival featuring over 200 international dolls, doll houses and miniature rooms as well as demonstrations of folk art, puppet shows and programs of singers and dancers. The exhibit was organized by Micki McCabe. Highlights of THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF DOLLS included the original Winnie the Pooh figures from the collection of E.P. Dutton and Co., unusual dolls and doll houses from the collections of Mrs. Lenon Hoyte from Auntie Len's Museum and Flora Gill Jacobs, and the first paper doll commercially published in the United States from the collection of Herbert Hosmer.
AMERICAN CAT-ALOGUE January 13—March 26, 1976 CATS,CATS, CATS!
Be sure to visit AMERICAN CAT-ALOGUE: The Cat In American Folk Art, which is currently breaking all attendance and sales records at the Museum. 122 pieces which depict the domestic cat have been assembled — quilts, weathervanes, sculpture, paintings, hooked rugs and a variety of other folk art forms,to show the cat in all his different personalities — charming,cunning,scheming, playful or cuddly. On view are two enormous cats — a Dentzel carrousel figure and a large black and white papier-mâché cat as well as a variety of small and medium sized cats. Some of the finest American folk painters have masterpieces in the show: Ammi Phillips, Joseph H. Davis, John Kane, Joseph Chandler, Morris Hirshfield, John Bradley, Caleb Purrington and Sturtevant J. Hamblen. A valuable adjunct to the exhibition is our catalogue, AMERICAN CAT-ALOGUE, a paperbound book published in association with Avon Books, fully illustrated with color and black and white photographs of all 122 objects in the exhibition. In addition it includes amusing folktales and superstitions about cats. It is available at the Museum for $4.95, $5.95 by mail ($3.96 or $4.96 by mail order to members). For lovers of the real thing we suggest you visit the Invitational Cat Show at Madison Square Garden, sponsored by the Knickerbocker Cat Fanciers on March 20 through 21st. The Museum will have a booth at the Cat Show where we will be selling Cat books and posters and we hope you will visit. 4
MANHATTAN HOUSE TOUR BENEFIT November 22, 1975 The first Manhattan House Tour Benefit was a great success. The tour was organized by our trustee, Mrs. Ronald Lauder and a committee which included Mrs. Phyllis Haders and Mrs. Eugene Zuriff. Over 250 members and friends took part in the tour through five houses, all beautifully decorated with American Art. The tour culminated in a reception at trustee Andy Warhol's Factory where guests were able to buy items from the Museum bookshop and take part in psychic readings organized by Frank Andrews. A beautiful red and white double Irish chain quilt, donated by Mrs. Phyllis Haders was raffled.