Dr. Susan Weber
Founder and Director, Bard Graduate Center

The Trustees of Bard Graduate Center

and

Tamara Préaud, Soazig Guilmin, and Charlotte Vignon
Sèvres, Manufacture et Musée nationaux

cordially invite you to an opening night celebration for

Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today

Thursday, September 19, 2024
6 to 8:30 pm
Remarks at 7 pm

Exhibition Viewing at Bard Graduate Center Gallery
18 West 86th Street

Reception at Bard Graduate Center
38 West 86th Street

RSVP to bgc.bard.edu/opening or 212 501 3071 by Monday, September 16. This invitation admits two and is non-transferable.

Sèvres Extraordinaire! is on view from September 21, 2024, through January 5, 2025.

Support for Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today is generously provided by the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation, the Majolica International Society, the Belvedere Trust, Michele Beiny Harkins, Giles Ellwood and Philippe Sacerdot, and other donors to Bard Graduate Center.

Agathon Léonard, figure from Le Jeu de l’écharpe (The Scarf Dance) centerpiece, first size, 1900. Pâte nouvelle porcelain biscuit and stands with gilding. Sèvres, MNC 1726obis R. Kristin McKirdy, Nature morte (Still Life), 2010. Glazed and decorated porcelain. Private collection.

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 Dr. Susan Weber 
Founder and Director, Bard Graduate Center
The Trustees of Bard Graduate Center
and 
Tamara Préaud, Soazig Guilmin, and Charlotte Vignon 
Sèvres, Manufacture et Musée nationaux
cordially invite you to an opening night celebration for
<a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/138/sevres-extraordinaire">Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today</a>
Thursday, September 19, 2024 
6 to 8:30 pm 
Remarks at 7 pm
Exhibition Viewing at Bard Graduate Center Gallery 
18 West 86th Street
Reception at Bard Graduate Center 
38 West 86th Street
RSVP to <a href="http://bgc.bard.edu/opening">bgc.bard.edu/opening</a> or 212 501 3071 by Monday, September 16. This invitation admits two and is non-transferable.
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