Overview
Sponsored by the Lorillard Tobacco Company, this portfolio was created in celebration of America’s bicentennial year. It features prints by twelve American artists, each invited to interpret the question: “What does independence mean to you?” Each artist approached the theme from their own perspective, resulting in a diverse collection of prints that reflect the complexity and richness of American identity. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition includes works by Joesph Hirsch, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Indiana, Will Barnet, and others.
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this portfolio invites us to reflect on the founding ideal of independence and re-think its meaning today.
Above: Colleen Browning (American, born Ireland, 1918–2003), Union Mixer, 1976, from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Spirit of Independence, lithograph on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Lorillard, a Division of Loews Theatres, Inc., 1976.152
Organizer
Organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.
Exhibition Sponsors
Annual support for exhibitions is made possible by the following sponsors and grantors:
Lead Sponsors and Grantors: Alabama State Council on the Arts, Art Bridges Foundation, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, Mr. and Mrs. Barrie H. Harmon, Ill, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, Lamar Advertising of Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Lowder, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and Mrs. Helen Till
Sponsors: Mr. Owen Aronov, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Runkle, Sabel Steel, The S. Adam Schloss Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil, III, Laurie J. Weil, D.V.M. and Dr. Tommy Wool, and Ms. Helen Crump Wells
Co-sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Adams, Alabama Trucking Association, AmeriFirst Bank, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Campbell II, CAPTRUST, Dr. Robert Combs, Crum Family Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Camille Elebash-Hill, Harmon Dennis Bradshaw, Inc., Mrs. Ann Hubbert, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ives, Mr. and Mrs. L. Daniel Morris, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mussafer, Dr. Alfred J. Newman, Jr., River Bank & Trust, Russell Construction of Alabama, Inc., Ms. Micki Beth Stiller, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Taylor, and Warren Averett, LLC.
Special thanks to the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
