The Ford Foundation provided support for a building expansion which enclosed most of the original garden, expanded the facility on the first floor and provided an second exhibition gallery on the second floor.
In its early years, The Print Center exhibited artworks in a wide variety of media. The earliest photography exhibit was offered in 1933, entitled Colored Photographic Reproduction. In 1958, the second show dedicated to photography was mounted: John Reed, Photographs.
In 1941 Carl Zigrosser was appointed as the first Curator of Prints, Drawings and Rare Books at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a position he held until 1963. Under Zigrosser’s direction, the collection grew dramatically and came to include a number of important gifts ranging from a group of Watteau engravings from Lessing J. Rosenwald…
Jacqueline van Rhyn was appointed as the organization’s first curator, with the support of The William Penn Foundation.
Dolan was the Director from 1973 – 1978. In addition to mounting an impressive exhibition schedule, she focused efforts on strengthening membership, particularly by encouraging non-artists to join and by cultivating interactions between artists and collectors. Exhibitions were as frequent as twice a month, accompanied by at least two related events every month, one for…
Joe Goode, Untitled, 1973, Screenprint, 13 x 17 inches, Edition of 75
Lydia Panas, Ashley, 2013, Archival Pigment Print, 8 x 8 inches, Edition of 25