Class of '36 Collections Shown Here

An exhibition of distinguished works of art--many of them shown for the first time in Boston--continues at the Fogg Art Museum on Quincy St., through August 25. The special exhibition of "Works of Art from the Collections of the Class of 1926" has been organized by members of the class in honor of their 25th reunion at Harvard College.

Represented among the collectors are classmates David Rockefeller, Joseph Pulitzer Jr., George Franklin, Sydney Freedberg, Paul Geir, James Laughlin, Gordon Palmer, Albert Reiner, and Ernest Teves.

Said a Harvard Crimson review early this month: "It is a stunning show... A visit to the Fogg is mandatory... The art collectors of the Class of 1936 are standouts"

About 60 paintings, drawings, sculpture, and pottery have been assembled from around the world for the occasion. All periods from the 14th century to the present are represented, including a particularly noteworthy representation of the 19th and 20th century works.

Among the latter are Cesanne's Boy in a Red Waistcoat, Monet's Sunshine (Belle Isle), Gauguin's Portrait of Meyer de Haan, and the Bathers With a Turtle, by Matisse. Also in the collections are Picasso, Annibale Carracci, and Dubuffet.

During the summer, the Fogg Museum will be open 9 to 5 dally, Monday through Friday. the Class of 1936 collections are in Galleries XIII, XIV, XV, and XVII on the second floor

Also on display are works by members of Harvard's Class of 1911, through this Friday, and Classical Art and Antiquities, through the summer.

The Busch-Reisinger Museum is showing, in addition to special summer exhibits. Design and Structure in Modern German Art, through this Friday: and the Botanical Museum, Law School Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Baker Library at the Business School, Graduate School of Design Widener Library, and Houghton Library are displaying regular exhibitions.