Irving Amen (1918 – 2011), The Folk Song, 1970, etching, 16 ¾ x 22 ¼ in., Gift of Marion Sharp Robinson, UMFA1970.010.001
Signaling the rise of popular interest in traditional and folk music during the late 1960s and 1970s, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts brought this Irving Amen etching into its permanent collection the same year that Smithson completed Spiral Jetty. Many folk acts, such as this performance by Utah Philips, were featured on campus and throughout Salt Lake City during this time.
Misch Kohn (1916-2003), Janis Joplin and Mies van der Rhoe, 1971, lithograph, 13 ½ in. x 9 5/8 in. Gift of Christopher A. & Janet Graf, UMFA1972.042.012.007
Here Kohn imagined a meeting between two very different figures: American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin and modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rhoe. In August 1969, Joplin took the stage at the legendary music festival, Woodstock. Van der Rohe passed away that same day.
In 1968, Joplin was one of many significant artists to perform at the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah. Lagoon was among the important concert venues in the Intermountain region. Joplin appeared on the same stage as many of the locally popular bands, such as Holden Caulfield, also featured in this exhibit.
Bruce Nauman (1941 – ), Raw/War, 1971, lithograph, 22 ½ in. x 28 ½ in., Purchased with funds from the Owen Acquisition Fund, UMFA1980.127
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), Support, 1972, serigraph, 27 ¾ in. x 21 ½ in., Gift of Argosy Partners & Bond Street Partners, UMFA1980.064
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), Top: Treaty, 1974, lithograph, 22 ½ in. x 38 ¼ in., Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, UMFA1974.064A; Bottom: Treaty, 1974,lithograph, 21 7/8 in. x 40 3/16 in., Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, UMFA1974.064.B.
Robert Nelson (1925 – ), Jolly Roger, 1966, drawing, 26 1/8 x 34 in., Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, UMFA1971.013.001
Adja Yunkers (1900 – 1983), Homage to Monk in Saigon, 1966, lithograph, 27 ¾ x 32 in. Purchased with funds from Friends of the Art Museum, UMFA1969.001.003.002
Larry Stark (1941 – ), May 12, 1970, 1971, serigraph, 23 1/8 x 32 in. Purchased with funds from Friends of the Art Museum, UMFA1971.060.001
Jack Brusca (1939 – 1993), America, 1972, lithograph, 29 7/8 x 22 in. Purchased with funds from the Associated Students of the University of Utah, UMFA1987.055.006
UMFA poster for Marvin Lipofsky exhibition, 1969. Utah Museum of Fine Arts records, Vertical Files. University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Misch Kohn (1916-2003), General, lithograph, 28 ½ in. x 19 ½ in. Gift of Christopher A. & Janet Graf, UMFA1972.042.012.005
Misch Kohn, deeply opposed to the Vietnam War, completed this work one year before he left a printmaking post in Chicago that he had held for more than twenty years. The artist departed in protest after a colleague expressed unpopular political views and was forced to resign, reflecting the volatile atmosphere of campuses throughout the nation.
