Tour of The American University Museum for 20

Item Number: 124
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Value: $250
Online Close: Mar 15, 2009 9:00 PM EDT
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Description
You and up to 19 guests can have a private tour of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Northwest DC, with Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen. The American University Museum hosts two permanent collections. The Katzen Collection, provided through an extraordinary gift from Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen, contains more than 300 works of art including paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture. The collection, a joyous, eclectic mix of fine, pop, and folk art, contains works from artists such as Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, and Pablo Picasso. The Watkins Collection which contains more than 4500 works of art, including paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture focuses on twentieth century art, with a special emphasis on Washington area art produced since the 1940s. Spring Special Exhibitions include: Vajda Lajos and Left to Right, Behind the Velvet Curtain: Contemporary Art from the Czech Republic, and Robin Rose: Cypher.