Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection

The Smithsonian American Art Museum hosts Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection, an exhibition which features twenty-six paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from 1960 to 1980, including works by Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Theodore Halkin, Vera Klement, Ellen Lanyon, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barry Tinsley, and Ray Yoshida.

The artworks are all by Chicago artists from the S. W. and B. M. Koffler Foundation collection, given to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Samuel and Blanche Koffler. The Kofflers, avid art collectors in Chicago, formed a foundation in 1971 to purchase art by local artists. Many of the artworks in the installation are typical of the well-known Chicago taste for figurative art.

This collection is presented in honor of Blanche Koffler, who passed away in 2010, and Samuel Koffler, who passed away in 1994, and their generous dedication to contemporary art.

Date: until January 2, 2012
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum. 8th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004.
Hours: from Monday to Sunday from 11.30am to 7pm