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Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention
Sep 20, 06 thru Mar 04, 07
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Arms designed by Samuel Colt (1814–1862) are immediately identifiable by their artistic design—simplicity of form, elegant line, and eye-catching finishes meant to reflect light and attract customers. This exhibition offers a complete picture of the inventor's manufacturing and marketing triumphs. It draws upon Colt's personal collection of arms that was in his office at his death in 1862, now divided between the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Museum of Connecticut History. Colt amassed not only his own prototypes and models, but also examples of earlier arms, copy infringements, and counterfeits. In counterpoint are examples acquired by his widow of the Colt models in production at his death.
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Gallery Talks
Exhibition Design: Installing the Colt Collection and the Art of Promotion
Friday, September 29, noon
Cecil Adams, Head of Museum Design
Propaganda in Paint: Works by George Catlin
Friday, November 3, noon
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Krieble Curator of American Painting & Sculpure
Adult Programs
The Artful Lunch
Colt Lecture Series
Chance Encounters Over Fine Art
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