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			As American As... Parrish Museum of Art, Southampton, N.Y. Aug. 1-Sept. 19, 1999 100 works from the museum's permanent collection of American Art. Curator: Parrish curator Alicia Longwell; guest curator Klaus Kertess. Funding: Cowles Charitable Trust, et al.

			Yoshida Hiroshi: Japanese Prints of India and Southeast Asia Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C. Aug. 1-Oct. 17, 1999 32 prints of monuments and sites made by the Japanese artist while traveling with his son in 1931-32.

			French Manuscript Illumination of the Later Middle Ages J. Paul Getty Museum Aug. 3-Sept. 26, 1999 Books, leaves and cuttings from 1375 to 1525, including work by the Boucicaut Master, Jean Fouquet and Simon Marmion.

	Thomas Fletcher Punch bowl 1829		Glimmers of the Past: Presentation Silver from the Collection of the New-York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society Aug. 3-Dec. 5, 1999 Pitchers, serving dishes, trophies, dinner services and more, all commemorating historical American events. Funding: New York State Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

	Philip Renteria Sky Mind Triptych II (one of three) 1989-90		Intrinsic Radiance: The Paintings of Philip Renteria The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Aug. 5-Sep. 12, 1999 Meditations on light via three paintings and more than a dozen works on paper by the late Houston artist (1947-1999), as part of a series honoring the Glassell School of Art faculty. Funding: Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lahr, Friends of Philip Renteria.

	Georgia O'Keeffe Slightly Open Clam Shell 1926		Georgia O'Keeffe: The Poetry of Things Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe Aug. 6-Oct. 17, 1999 64 still lifes made from 1908 to 1963, exhibited with objects similar to those in the paintings. Tour: Co-organized by the Phillips Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art, the show next appears at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.

	Andy Warhol Happy Bug Day 1954		Andy Warhol Drawings, 1942-1987 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Aug. 8-Nov. 28, 1999 More than 200 works surveying the Pop icon's entire career. Curators: Walker curators Mark Francis, Dieter Koepplin. Catalogue essays: Francis, Koepplin. Tour: The exhibition was organized by the Andy Warhol Museum and the Kunstmuseum Basel, and tours internationally following its premiere at the Walker.

	Girl's 2-Piece Dress England, c. 1885		The Fashionable Child of the 19th Century Los Angeles County Museum of Art Aug. 12, 1999-Jan. 17, 2000 An exploration of changing attitudes towards children via 29 children's costumes. Curator: Dale Carolyn Gluckman, LACMA curator of costumes and textiles.

	Harry Callahan Seaside, Florida 1987-88		Harry Callahan Photographs High Museum of Art, Atlanta Aug. 14-Nov. 6, 1999 The beach, the city and grasses in 85 works by the Atlanta artist, including his famed 1992 "Peachtree Series." Funding: Met-Life, Georgia Pacific Corporation.

	Malick Sidibé Drissa Balo Wedding Party 1965		Malick Sidibé Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Aug. 14-Nov. 7, 1999 Around 70 black-and-white images of everyday life in Bamako, Mali, in the 1960s and '70s by the African photographer. Curator: MCA curator Andre Magnin.

	Laylah Ali Untitled (Greenheads) 1998		Small Aggressions: Works on Paper by Laylah Ali Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Aug. 14-Nov. 7, 1999 The African-American artist addresses images of racial discrimination and stereotyping in pastel-colored cartoon-like images. Curators: MCA senior curator Francesco Bonami, curatorial assistant Heather Felty.

	Gustave Caillebotte Skiffs 1877		Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art Aug. 15-Nov. 29, 1999 69 landscapes, portraits, interiors and cityscapes in yet another effort to satisfy the public's appetite for late-19th-century French art. Organized by the National Gallery of Art. LACMA curator: J. Patrice Marandel.

	C. S. Tarpley Water Vessel (Cibola Series) 1997		Head, Heart and Hands: Native American Craft Traditions in a Contemporary World American Craft Museum, N.Y. Aug. 19-Oct. 10, 1999 An examination of tribal traditions in contemporary society via 50 examples of pottery, glassware, weaving, painting, sculpture, jewelry, carving and blowing by Native American craft artists. Curator: Brion Clinkingbeard, curator and director of exhibitions, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation. Funding: Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

			Modern Masters of Kyoto: Nihonga from the Griffith and Patricia Way Collection Seattle Asian Art Museum Aug. 19, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000 19th-and-20th century paintings by Japanese artists who sought to modernize their artistic traditions, calling their work "Nihonga" in distinction from Western-style oil painting. Guest curator: Michiyo Mmorioka.

			Here's Looking at You: Portraits from the Collections Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. Aug. 20-Dec. 6, 1999 Sculpture, painting, drawings, prints, decorative arts, books and photographs from the Renaissance to the present.

			Transmute Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Aug. 21-Nov. 7, 1999 40 contemporary artworks along with on-site computer kiosks and a web page that allow guests to become virtual curators and artists. Curator: Joshua Decter, independent curator, critic, theorist and educator. Funding: Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund.

			Painted with Light: Photographs by the Seattle Camera Club Seattle Art Museum Aug. 21, 1999-Feb. 6, 2000 Images from the 1920s and 1930s by such artists as Ella McBride, Frank Kunishige, Kyo Koike and others who promoted their work in the journal Notan. Curators: Trevor Fairbrother, SAM curator of modern art and deputy director for Art/Jon, and SAM research associate Rock Hushka.

	Francis Bacon Figure Study II 1945-46		Francis Bacon: A Retrospective Exhibition Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Aug. 22-Oct. 24, 1999 50 paintings made between 1933 and 1990 by the British expressionist. Organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions. Curator: Dennis Farr, former director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries. Catalogue essays: Dennis Farr, Sally Yard and Michael Peppiatt. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Yale Center for British Art, and traveled to the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco.

	Julia Margaret Cameron The Echo 1868		Julia Margaret Cameron's Women San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Aug. 27-Nov. 30, 1999 57 vintage prints explore the Victorian construction of femininity. Curator: Whitney photography curator Sylvia Wolf, previously of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Art Institute of Chicago and traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Catalogue essays: Sylvia Wolf, Phyllis Rose, Debra N. Namcoff. Funding: American Airlines; National Endowment for the Arts.

	Barbara Westover Summer Home for Stella		Dog Haus: Architecture Unleashed Oakland Museum of California Aug. 28-Oct. 17, 1999 Doghouses designed by 24 California architects, including one for a dog who lives with a homeless person. Organized in conjunction with the Oakland SPCA.

	Joe Coleman The Man Who Walked Through Walls (Harry Houdini) 1995		Joe Coleman Wadsworth Atheneum Aug. 29-Nov. 14, 1999 The New York "fringe" artist's first major museum show includes 12 acrylic-on-masonite portraits of criminals, insane people, public figures and himself. Curator: Nicholas Baume, Wadsworth contemporary curator. Funding: Lannan Foundation.

	John Singer Sargent Six Head Studies for "Gassed" 1918-1919		John Singer Sargent, Draughtsman: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art Grey Art Gallery, New York University Aug. 31-Oct. 30, 1999 More than 100 works \from childhood sketchbooks to mural decorations for Boston's Public Library. Curator: Eric Denker, Corcoran curator of prints and drawings. Funding: Abby Weed Grey Trust.

	Thomas Davies Niagra Falls 1759		Putting it on Paper: 200 Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection of the New-York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society Aug. 31, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 New York views and portraits of significant New Yorkers by artists who worked primarily in New York.