The Norbert Schimmel Collection of Ancient Art: A Special Collection at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Page: 1

                                
THE NORBERT SCHIMMEL COLLECTION
OF ANCIENT ART
A Special Exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
January 15, 1975 - March 2, 1975
The Norbert Schimmel Collection is the foremost private collection
of ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art in the United States. It has
been painstakingly assembled over the past twenty years with individual
loans occasionally made to significant international exhibitions such as
the Age of Tutankhamun recently shown in Brooklyn and Detroit. From
time to time individual items have been shown at the Metropolitan Museum
in New York.
For the first time, the entire collection will be exhibited this winter
on a very limited tour to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum
of Fine Art and the Art Museum of Basle, Switzerland. Included in the
loan are such masterpieces as a series of Egyptian Amiarna reliefs, the
only gold objects from Troy in an American collection, and superb Greek
sculpture, gold and silver. It certainly is not an exaggeration to say
that it is the highest quality ancient art ever to be shown in the Southwest
and will be an eye opener for the people of this area.
The exhibition of some 150 objects has an insurance evaluation of
several million. It will be accompanied by a major catalogue. There will
be educational brochures, special events and lectures, and a splendid
installation.
During the Spring '74 exhibition of Degas Bronzes, the Dallas Museum
of Fine Arts experimented with various installation and public relations
techniques. By advertising, staying open in the evenings, and opening

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