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Art Exhibition
Fêtes by Jacques Prévert and Alexander Calder


Date: 3/6/2006 - 4/6/2006; 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Osterman Common Room
0520 Rackham Building
915 E Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Host Department: Institute for the Humanities

Opening Reception
Thursday, March 9, 4:30 – 6:30 PM

Artist book by Jacques Prévert and Alexander Calder with additional works by Calder.

Detailed Information
Written by French poet Jacques Prévert with original prints by American sculptor and painter Alexander Calder, this artist book examplifies a wonderful interdisciplinary collaboration. Other works by Calder will also illustrate Prévert’s laudatory text on this American playful artist.

RELATED EVENTS
Lecture
Tuesday, March 7, 4:00 PM

Elizabeth Hutton Turner, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Calder and the Transatlantique

Film Screenings (subtitled)
Tuesday, March 28, 4:00 PM

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1935, 78 min.)
Directed by Jean Renoir, screenplay by Jacques Prévert
Introduced by Richard Abel, UM Screen Arts and Cultures

Tuesday, April 4, 4:00 PM
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945, 190 min.)
Directed by Marcel Carné, screenplay by Jacques Prévert


Please note the Gallery is open for public viewing from 12:00–8:00 PM on Thursdays and Fridays only, or by appointment. Curatorial or private tours available, groups and classes welcome.

Contact Information
Doretha Coval
dcoval@umich.edu
734 936 3518