Mark Rothko's "Yellow Band" is on view in "Now's the Time" at Sheldon Museum of Art. 

LINCOLN, NE.- Visitors to Sheldon Museum of Art will find new exhibitions throughout the landmark Philip Johnson building. Drawn from Sheldon’s collection of nearly 13,000 objects, the museum’s fall exhibitions demonstrate the breadth of its holdings. 

Three new exhibitions—Now’s the Time, Sheldon Treasures, and Family Style—as well as new installations in Sheldon’s six permanent collection galleries are now on view through December 31. 

Now’s the Time 
Now’s the Time riffs on bebop musician Charlie Parker’s 1945 tune of the same title to underscore the influence of the New York School artists on the trajectory of post–World War II American art. Featuring painting, photography, and sculpture made between the late 1930s through 1970, Now’s the Time presents notable works from Sheldon's permanent collection by artists including Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, David Smith, and Clyfford Still. 

Mark Rothko (Dvinsk, Russia 1903–New York, NY 1970), Yellow Band. Oil on canvas, 1956, 86 × 79 1/2 inches, Nebraska Art Association, Thomas C. Woods Memorial, N-130.1961. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art.

Lee Krasner (New York, NY 1908–New York, NY 1984), Invocation. Oil on canvas, 1969-71, 85 5/8 × 55 7/8 inches Sheldon Art Association Olga N. Sheldon, Acquisition Trust and Sheldon Art Association, U-5640.2011. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art.

William Kleinborn (New York, NY 1928), Atom Bomb Sky (Manhattan). Gelatin silver print, 1955; printed later, 11 13/16 × 15 3/4 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust, U-6677.2017. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art.

Robert Motherwell (Aberdeen, WA 1915–Provincetown, MA 1991), Hotel Flora. il on masonite, 1950, 36 × 40 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-310.1951. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Ad Reinhardt (Buffalo, NY 1913–New York, NY 1967), No. 2. Watercolor on paper, 1949, 22 3/8 × 30 11/16 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-326.1952. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Hans Hofmann (Weissenberg, Germany 1880–New York, NY 1966), The City. Oil on canvas, 1958, 60 1/4 × 52 1/2 inches Nebraska Art Association, Thomas C. Woods Memorial, N-153.1964. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Fritz Bultman (New Orleans, LA 1919–Provincetown, MA 1985), Mask of Acteon. Oil on Celotex, 1945, 50 1/2 × 40 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, gift of the artist, U-613.1968. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Sheldon Treasures 
Sheldon debuts an ongoing, rotating gallery installation of some of its most important and familiar objects, including works by Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe, Joseph Stella, and Grant Wood. The museum’s collection was initiated in 1888 by visionary citizens who organized to collect, exhibit, and teach art in Nebraska, which was granted statehood in 1867.

Georgia O'Keeffe (Sun Prairie, WI 1887–Santa Fe, NM 1986), New York, Night. Oil on canvas, 1928-29, 40 1/8 × 19 3/16 inches, Nebraska Art Association, Thomas C. Woods Memorial, N-107.1958. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Constantin Brancusi (Hobitza, Romania 1876–Paris, France 1957), Princess X. Marble with caen-limestone base, 1909–16, 22 × 11 × 9 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, gift of Mrs. Olga N. Sheldon in memory of Adams Bromley Sheldon, U-418.1963. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Albert Bierstadt (Solingen, Germany 1830–New York, NY 1902), River Landscape. Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 1867, 30 1/4 × 50 inches, Nebraska Art Association, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham M. Adler, N-137.1961. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Joseph Stella (Muro Lucano, Italy 1877–New York, NY 1946), Battle of Lights, Coney Island. Oil on canvas, 1913–1914, 39 7/16 × 29 5/16 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-639.1960. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Norman Rockwell (New York, NY 1894–Stockbridge, MA 1978), The County Agricultural Agent. Oil on canvas, 1947–48, 36 × 70 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, gift of Nathan Gold, U-563.1969. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Edward Steichen (Bivange, Luxembourg 1879–Redding, CT 1973), Shrouded Figure in Moonlight. Oil on canvas, 1905, 24 × 25 1/8 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-1483.1969. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Edward Hopper (Nyack, NY 1882–New York, NY 1967), Room in New York. Oil on canvas, 1932, 29 9/32 × 36 5/8 × 1 1/4 inches University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-166.1936. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Family Style 
Artists have long depicted the nuances of familial relationships. This selection of objects—some autobiographical, others fictional—offers unique perspectives on marriage, parenthood, family life, and genealogy. Diane Arbus, Renée Cox, Alice Neel, Alec Soth, and James VanDerZee are among the artists featured in Family Style.  

Alice Neel (Merion Square, PA 1900–New York, NY 1984), John and Joey Priestly. Oil on canvas, 1968, 36 × 24 inches, Nebraska Art Association, Nelle Cochrane Woods Memorial, N-339.1975. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Sheldon Moldoff (New York, NY 1920–Lauderhill, FL 2012), Marvel Family. Mixed media on illustration board, 1995, 10 7/8 × 14 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, gift of Dan F. and Barbara J. Howard through the University of Nebraska Foundation, U-5190.2000. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Carmen Lomas Garza (born Kingsville, TX 1948), Una Tarde / One Summer Afternoon. Alkyd oil on canvas, 1993, 24 × 32 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Robert E. Schweser and Fern Beardsley Schweser Acquisition Fund, through the University of Nebraska Foundation, U-5741.2012. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Diane Arbus (New York, NY 1923–New York, NY 1971), Man and Boy on a Bench, Central Park, N.Y.C.. Gelatin silver print, 1962; printed 1970s, 20 × 16 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust, U-6668.2017. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Re-Seeing Sheldon’s Permanent Collection 
Sheldon’s permanent collection galleries are presented as laboratories in which unique ideas and installations give visitors opportunities to see and experience the collection in new ways. The galleries are transformed periodically to highlight new acquisitions, showcase rarely exhibited objects, and explore new interpretations of Sheldon collection favorites. 

Through December, visitors to Sheldon's permanent collection galleries may explore early American modernism and a prologue to the post–World War II abstraction on view in the exhibition Now’s the Time; trompe l’oeil objects; artists' portraits of other artists; and New Deal–era prints.

Marsden Hartley (Lewiston, ME 1877–Ellsworth, ME 1943), Painting Number One. Oil on canvas, 1913, 39 1/8 × 31 3/4 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-39.1971. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Billy Morrow Jackson (Kansas City, MO 1926–Urbana, IL 2006), Ten-O-Nine. Oil on Masonite, 1976, 48 × 72 inches, Nebraska Art Association, Thomas C. Woods Memorial, N-491.1978. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

George Platt Lynes (East Orange, NJ 1907–New York, NY 1955), Marsden Hartley. Gelatin silver print, 19439 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches, Nebraska Art Association, gift of Lawrence Reger, N-586.1982. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Stanton Macdonald-Wright (Charlottesville, VA 1890–Los Angeles, CA 1973), Dragon Forms. Oil on panel, 1926, 26 1/4 × 15 1/8 inches, Nebraska Art Association, bequest of Herbert Schmidt, Centennial Committee, the Art of Politics, and Joseph Chowning, N-685.1988. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Otis Kaye (Dresden, Germany 1885–Dresden, Germany 1974), Dollar Bill. Etching with tempera, circa 1940, 2 3/4 × 6 1/8 inches, Nebraska Art Association, gift of Carl and Jane Rohman, N-690.1989. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Richard Correll (Springfield, MO 1904–Oakland, CA 1990), Moving Timbers. Color linocut, 1940, 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, allocation of the U.S. Government, Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, WPA-399.35.1943. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art

Ralston Crawford (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1906–Houston, TX 1978), Ventilator with Porthole. Oil on canvas, 1935, 39 3/4 × 33 3/4 inches, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust, H-2247.1975. © 2017 Sheldon Museum of Art