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Photographic Explorations:
A Century of Images in
Archaeology and Anthropology 

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Photo: George F. Dales, 1969
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George F. Dales surveyed the Seistan region (pictured above) of southwestern Afghanistan in search of evidence of contact between the Indus and Mesopotamian civilizations.

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Photo: Jane Goodale, 1954

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The Tiwi are an Australian Aboriginal group living on
Melville Island. Jane Goodale, then a graduate student in Penn's
Anthropology Department, spent most of 1954 living among them.

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Photo: James B. Pritchard, 1958.

James B. Pritchard excavated the site of Gibeon in modern-day
Jordan, a site mentioned a number of times in the Bible. Pictured here is
the spectacular pool of Gibeon.

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Photo by John Henry Haynes, 1899

Workers carry away baskets full of dirt in a stark, surreal landscape
at Nippur in Iraq, 1899.

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ICA Presents: Charles Ledray, Sculpture 1989-2002
 Through July 14.

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At left: Charles LeDray, Come Together, 1995-1996, fabric, thread, embroidery floss, metal, 43.5 x 26 x 6.5 inches, Collection: San Francisco Museum of Art, couresy Sperone Westwater.

 

 

Below: Charles LeDray
Milk and Honey (detail), 1994-1996
2000 hand-thrown porcelain vessels
collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

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Space 1026: Scratch off the Serial; Through July 14.

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Space 1026, Scratch Off the Serial, Ink, pencil, digital manipulation. 9 x 12 inches. courtesy of Space 1026.

 

You go first :

Wall painting by Arturo Herrera

at ICA

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At right: interiror view of ICA corridor.

Below: view of corrider from outside ICA.

Off the Wall: Current Work by Robinson Fredenthal
Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives

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MUSEUM’S MONGOLIAN TREASURES

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MUSEUM’S MONGOLIAN TREASURES

Above, from left to right:

Halh woman's hand-embroidered leather boots;

Classic saddle for everyday use;

a Halh married woman's summer deel and long vest from the early 20th century;

Halh man's summer deel and vest, early 20th century;

part of a married Halh woman's headdress from the early 20th century.

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The Collector's Eye: Nineteenth-Century Prints from the Arthur Ross Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Through June 9, 2002

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Camille Corot (1796-1875)
Souvenier of Italy, 1866
Etching, State II/V
11 1/8" x 8 3/4"
Arthur Ross Foundation
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Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
The Absinthe Drinker, 1860,
printed c. 1910 - 1912
Etching and aquatint on laid Japan paper, state IV/V, 11 3/8 x 6 1/3"
Arthur Ross Foundation
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Recent Paintings by T.L. Solien
 at Esther Klein galery through June 29

 

Solein's Ashes of a Flower Girl

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Morris Arboretum: Closely Observed,
Photos by Andrea Baldeck

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Morris Arboretum: David Rogers' Big Bugs Lands
Through June 30

Ant Sculpture
25' long x 12' wide x 10' high
Weight: 700 lbs. each
Body: bent willow on armature
Eyes: Carved red cedar
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Assassin bug Sculpture
7' long x 7' wide x 3' high
Weight: 200 lbs.
Body & legs: Carved black walnut
Eyes & sword: Carved red cedar
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Grasshopper Sculpture
11' long x 4.5' wide x 4' high
Weight: 200 lbs.
Carved black locust
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Praying mantis Sculpture
18' long x 20' wide x 2' diameter
Weight: 1200 lbs.
Carved black locust
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Dragonfly Sculpture
17' long x 17' wide x 1' diameter
Weight: 150 lbs.
Carved red cedar
Wings: willow on armature
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Spider with web Sculpture
Spider 3' long x 4' wide x 1' high
Carved red cedar
Weight: 60 lbs.
Web: 15' long x 15' wide
Weight: 50 lbs.
Willow on armature
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

Honeybee with hive Sculpture
Bee: 24" l x 16" w x 7" h
Weight: 50 lbs.
Black walnut
Hive: 10' diameter x 2.5' high
Willow on armature
Morris Arboretum see Exhibits

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Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 32, April 30, 2002

Talks

Children's Festival

Alumni Weekend Classes

Alumni Weekend Activities

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
April 30, 2002
Volume 48 Number 32
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School of Social Work selects three recipients for Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Robin Beck will succeed Jim O'Donnell at ISC when he leaves for Georgetown.
Virginia Clark leaves Penn for a newly created post at the Smithsonian.
Penn's Chaplain denounces hate speech.
The Bridge: Cinema De Lux comes to 40th and Walnut.
The Museum is preparing to open its new wing and courtyard to the community with several celebrations, tours and a new exhibition.
Retirement seminars for investors of all ages and at all stages of planning.
Procedures for the establishment, merger, and closing of departments, divisions and entities within schools.