americans in Florence

AMERICANS
IN FLORENCE
SARGENT AND THE AMERICAN
IMPRESSIONISTS
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
March 3, 2012
July 15, 2012
With the patronage of
Consulate General of the United States
of America in Florence
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività
Culturali
Promoted and organized by
Exhibition curated by
Francesca Bardazzi
Carlo Sisi
Scholarly advisory board
Katherine Bourguignon
Marc Simpson
Carol Troyen
Exhibition realized by
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
Installation design
Luigi Cupellini
with the collaboration of
Carlo Pellegrini
Exhibition graphics
and communication design
RovaiWeber design
Exhibition installation
Galli Allestimenti
Atlas e Livelux Light Designers
Stampa in Stampa
Alessandro Terzo
Franco Bianchi
with
and
with the support of
with the contribution of
Accompanyng texts in the exhibition
Ludovica Sebregondi
Translation of accompanyng texts
Stephen Tobin
Lara Fantoni
Xue Cheng
Mila Alieva
Communication and promotion
Susanna Holm
Sigma CSC
Press office
Antonella Fiori (national press)
Sue Bond Public Relations
(international press)
Website
Netribe
Multimedia applications
Netribe
Onde Comunicazione
Research
Benedetta Scarpelli
Graphic novel “Alla prima”
Texts and illustrations
Kevin Huizenga
Printed edition
Comma 22
iPad edition
Z-app
Family itinerary
Texts
James M. Bradburne, Devorah Block
Translations
Lara Fantoni
Programming for families, youth
and adults
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
Groups and schools programs
Sigma CSC
Exhibition reservation office
Sigma CSC
Exhibition and ticket office staff
TML Service
Multichannel ticket office
Vivaticket by Charta
Audio guides
START
Insurance
AON Artscope
CS Insurance Service – Axa Art
Lloyd’s
Transport
APICE Firenze srl
Preventive conservation
and climate control
Opificio delle Pietre Dure,
Settore Climatologia e Conservazione
Preventiva
Roberto Boddi, Director
Sandra Cassi, Assistant
Inspection of the conservational status
of works
Opificio delle Pietre Dure,
Settore Dipinti Mobili
Marco Ciatti, Director
Chiara Rossi Scarzanella,
Technical Director
Condition reports
Caterina Toso, Francesca Bettini,
Oriana Sartiani, Patrizia Riitano,
Luisa Gusmeroli
Head of security
Ulderigo Frusi
Head of prevention
and protection service
Andrea Bonciani
Electrical systems assistance
and maintenance
Simone Bagnoli
Alarm systems assistance
and maintenance
Professional Security srl
Conditioning systems assistance
and maintenance
R.S. di Rossi Sergio & C. srl
Supply of plants and floral decorations
Giardino Torrigiani
Lenders
Andover (ma), Addison Gallery
of American Art, Phillips Academy
Buffalo (ny), Collection Albright-Knox
Art Gallery
Chestnut Hill (ma), McMullen
Museum of Art, Boston College
Chicago (il), Terra Foundation for
American Art
Cincinnati (oh), Cincinnati Art
Museum
Davenport (ia), Figge Art Museum
Florence, The British Institute
of Florence
Florence, Ente Cassa di Risparmio
di Firenze
Florence, Eredi Graziosi
Florence, Fondazione Carlo Marchi
Florence, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe
degli Uffizi, Soprintendenza psae
e per il Polo Museale della città
di Firenze
Florence, Galleria d’arte moderna
di Palazzo Pitti, Soprintendenza psae
e per il Polo Museale della città
di Firenze
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi,
Soprintendenza psae e per il Polo
Museale della città di Firenze
Florence, Grand Hotel Cavour
Florence, Kunsthistorisches Institut
in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut
Fredericton (nb), Canada, The
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Genoa, Raccolte Frugone
Indianapolis (in), Indianapolis
Museum of Art
Livorno, E. Angiolini Bottega d’Arte
London, Bank of America Merrill
Lynch
London, National Portrait Gallery
London, Royal Academy of Arts
London, Tate
Minneapolis (mn), Minneapolis
Institute of Arts
Newburyport (ma), Lepore Fine Arts
Newport (ri), William Vareika Fine
Arts Ltd
New York (ny), Adelson Galleries
New York (ny), Benjamin La Farge
New York (ny), Brooklyn Museum
New York (ny), The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
New York (ny), National Academy
Museum
New York (ny), Spanierman Gallery,
llc
Norfolk (va), Chrysler Museum of Art
Old Lyme (ct), Florence Griswold
Museum
Philadelphia (pa), Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia (pa), Philadelphia
Museum of Art
Providence (ri), Museum of Art,
Rhode Island School of Design
Rockland (me), Farnsworth Art
Museum
Rome, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale
“Vittorio Emanuele ii”
Rome, Soprintendenza alla Galleria
Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea
Sacramento (ca), Crocker Art Museum
San Francisco (ca), Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco
Saint Louis (mo), Saint Louis Art
Museum
Sheffield, Museums Sheffield
Viareggio, Istituto Matteucci
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery
of Art
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C., National Gallery
of Art
Washington, D.C., National Museum
of Women in the Arts
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian
American Art Museum
Waterville (me), Colby College
Museum of Art
Youngstown (oh), The Butler Institute
of American Art
Courtesy Marco Bertoli
Courtesy Enrico Gallerie d’Arte,
Milan-Genoa
Drusilla Gucci Caffarelli
The Earl of Dalhousie
We are also grateful to the private
lenders.
Restorations
Davenport, Figge Art Museum
(cat. no. 70)
Florence, Aviv Fürst (cat. no. 6 frame)
Florence, Julie Guilmette (cat. no. 53)
Florence, L’Atelier (cat. no. 95)
Florence, L’Officina del restauro
(cat. no. 6 painting)
Florence, Letizia Nesi (cat. nos. 14, 56)
Florence, Roberto Buda (cat. no. 6
frame)
Genoa, Nino Silvestri Restauri s.n.c.
(cat. no. 93)
London, Hamish Dewar Ltd
(cat. no. 1)
Acknowledgments
This initiative has been made possible
by the contribution of countless
people, whom the Fondazione Palazzo
Strozzi and the curators would like to
thank. In particular the directors of
the museums, the public and private
lenders and all those who have made
personal efforts toward obtaining the
loan of the works in the exhibition:
Warren Adelson, Devon Cox,
Gina Greer, Ginevra Marchi,
Elizabeth Oustinoff,
Maria de Peverelli Luschi,
James Stourton, Eric Wyding.
Thanks are also due to Francesca
Baldry, Emma Baudey, Allen Blevins,
Katherine Bourguignon, Mario CalvoPlatero, Ron e Barbara Cordover, Judi
Counts, Rena Desisto, Gwendolyn
DeSilva, Linda Federici, Elizabeth
Glassman, Vivien Green, Amy
Gunderson, Carrie Haslett, Maria
Manetti Farrow, Sarah C. Morrison,
Richard Ormond, John Paulson,
Emilia A. Puma, Percy Preston Jr.,
Kathryn A. Rakich, Jan Shrem, Marc
Simpson, Carol Troyen, Anna Villari,
Lawrence Weschler, Camilla Zalum,
Luigi Zalum.
We would like to express our gratitude
to the Gabinetto Letterario
G.P. Vieusseux, and in particular
Gloria Manghetti, Laura Desideri
and Caterina Del Vivo for their
valuable collaboration.
The curators would like to thank
Drusilla Gucci Caffarelli, Benjamin
La Farge, Phyllis La Farge, Lionardo
Lorenzo Ginori Lisci, Franca
and Giampaolo Maestrucci, Giuliano
Matteucci, Rosanna Morozzi,
Giovanna Pistone, Ilaria Taddei,
Susanna Weber.
Special thanks to Miel de Botton
and to Walter and Lucille Rubin.
We are also grateful to Wanny di Filippo
- Il Bisonte for the suitcases for the
family activities “Painter’s Satchel”;
Lorenzo Villoresi for the perfumes
inserted in the “Painter’s Satchel”;
Francesca D’Anselmo, Giulia Giuffrida
and Ilaria del Giudice of Saatchi
& Saatchi Rome for the “Discover
America at Palazzo Strozzi” campaign;
Andrea Falcone and Floor Robert for
the Kamishibai.
Warm thanks for the generous
contribution to
Thanks for making the uniforms
of Palazzo Strozzi staff to
The exhibition is part of the
“Vespucci Year”, Florence’s celebration
of the 500th anniversary
of the death of Amerigo Vespucci
Catalogue edited by
Francesca Bardazzi
Carlo Sisi
Essays by
Silvio Balloni
Francesca Bardazzi
Margherita Ciacci
Grazia Gobbi Sica
Carlo Sisi
Biographies and entries by
Francesca Bardazzi
Lucia Mannini
Anna Mazzanti
Carlo Sisi
ENTE CASSA DI RISPARMIO
DI FIRENZE
FONDAZIONE PALAZZO
STROZZI
President
Jacopo Mazzei
Institutional Founders
Comune di Firenze
Provincia di Firenze
Camera di Commercio di Firenze
Honorary President
Edoardo Speranza
Vice President
Giampiero Maracchi
Board of Directors
Donatella Carmi
Marco Carrai
Luca Giannozzi
Franco Lucchesi
Maria Duccio Traina
Raffaello Napoleone
Giuseppe Rogantini Picco
Pierluigi Rossi Ferrini
Franco Scaramuzzi
Carlo Sisi
Auditors
Stefano Casagni
Francesco Corsi (President)
Adriano Moracci
Director General
Renato Gordini
Project Analysis
Alessandra Bandini
(Art and Culture Department)
Founders
Associazione Partners Palazzo Strozzi
Banca CR Firenze
Banca Federico Del Vecchio
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.
Fondazione Premio Galileo 2000
Chairman
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
Board of Trustees
Cristina Acidini
Rena Desisto
Rocco Forte
Jacopo Mazzei
Daniele Olschki
Lorenzo Villoresi
Auditors
Gian Pietro Castaldi (President)
Carlo Ridella
Marco Seracini
Director General
James M. Bradburne
Advisory Board
Charles Saumarez Smith (President)
Hubertus Gassner
Mauro Natale
Antonio Paolucci
Maria de Peverelli Luschi
Annalisa Zanni
Major Exhibitions
Piano Nobile - Palazzo Strozzi
Director
Antonella Loiero
Scholarly and editorial coordination
Ludovica Sebregondi
Organizational coordination/Senior
Registrar
Linda Pacifici
Logistical coordination/Registrar
Simona Pugliese
Assistant Registrar
Manuela Bersotti
with the collaboration of
Sandra Serafini
Images management and visual
communication
Elena Bottinelli
Coordination of educational services
Devorah Block
Programming for families, youth
and adults
Irene Balzani
Cristina Bucci
Lisa Colombi
Elena Crudo
Chiara Lachi
Ilaria Mele
Chiara Naccarato
Centre for Contemporary Culture
Strozzina (CCCS) - Palazzo Strozzi
Director
Franziska Nori
Registrar
Fiorella Nicosia
Project coordination
Riccardo Lami
Educational services
Alessio Bertini
Martino Margheri
Francesca Giulia Tavanti
Installation coordination
Rita Scrofani
Secretariat and assistant to the Directors
Giulia Sabattini
Press office and public relations
Lavinia Rinaldi
Events management
Alessandra Lotti Margotti
Research and statistics
Miriam Medel
Administration
Luca Bartoli
Accounts
Rossana Trinci
Simona Tecà
Fiscal Advice
Pietro Longari
Legal Advice
Ginevra Giovannoni
(Studio legale Contri)
Associazione Partners Palazzo Strozzi
Founding Members
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas/Findomestic
Brevan Howard
Fingen
Intesa Sanpaolo
Leo France
Saatchi & Saatchi
Salvatore Ferragamo
The Boston Consulting Group
The Rocco Forte Collection
Supporting Members
Acqua Panna
Aeroporto di Firenze
Bassilichi
Firenze Parcheggi
Fondazione Banca del Chianti Fiorentino
Fondazione Nuovo Pignone
KME Group
Publiacqua
Sace
The Wine Families (Antinori, Folonari,
Frescobaldi, Mazzei)
Toscana Finanza Gruppo Banca IFIS
Members
Associazione Giovani Industriali Firenze
Associazione Industriali Firenze
Enic
IED - Istituto Europeo di Design
FDE - Florence Discovery Experience