Most at the Whitney are presented in their unbuilt state, as language writ large or small on architectural surfaces of all kinds, or printed in books and catalogs or on matchbook covers, exhibition cards and posters.
You're bound to do a double-take at that date when you step into the Charlie James Gallery in L.A.'s Chinatown, where the MoMA exhibition "House of Cards" has been reprised.
And § 44.12, also directly in issue, requires exhibition of the card before solicitation may lawfully take place.
But he chose not to see civilization on the move; in this image, which has been turned into the exhibition's calling card, he shows us the sublime power of nature having its way with gnarled, windswept trees and weathered crags.
This exhibition of trade cards illustrates such diverse topics as recreation, pastimes, racial attitudes and stereotypes, patriotism, purity and health, gender roles, and more.
The exhibition will feature cards from 80 decks on topics from presidents to authors to baseball, including original box covers and directions.
After the exhibition closed, the cards became part of the University Archives collection.
Tickets are $14 for adults to see the card and exhibition; kids ages 5-15 are free, if they wear a baseball jersey; kids 4 & under and members of the museum are free.
Now the museum keeps a set of the cards from February 1992 under glass in an exhibition case.
The museum is also using loans as a jumping-off point for shows from the permanent collection, as in its current exhibition of Paul Cézanne's card-player paintings.
