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Preface
This publication and the exhibition it accompanies
represent several firsts for the Dallas Museum of
Art - the first textile show in the new Museum's
gallery for works on paper and textiles, the first of
a proposed series of modest but informative
publications related to selected future textile
exhibitions, and the announcement of a major
textile purchase, the Steven G. Alpert Collection of
Indonesian Textiles, a gift of the McDermott
Foundation.
When the Museum acquired its first Indonesian
textiles in 1981, none of us would have guessed that
this area would soon become one of particular
strength, although we knew a Dallas collection
that could make it so. Nor did we realize when we
opened the exhibition Art of the Archaic
Indonesians in the spring of 1982 that an
extended loan from Monique and Jean Paul Barbier
and the Barbier-Muiller Museum in Geneva would
provide an extraordinary group of Indonesian
primitive sculpture for exhibition in the new
building. Jean Paul Barbier had on several occa-
sions encouraged our conviction of the parallel
importance of Indonesian textiles, and he found
here in Dallas a collection of textiles worthy of a
special recommendation. The textiles admiredindependently by the Museum staff and by Mr.
Barbier belonged to Steven Alpert. And Mr.
Barbier's recommendation was made to Margaret
McDermott, whose immediate enthusiasm resulted
in the generous gift from the McDermott
Foundation.
About 20 of the total 76 textiles comprise the
initial exhibition, which emphasizes the outstanding
areas of the collection but is also a fairly
representative survey of Indonesian textiles.
The publication focuses on the exhibited pieces,
all of which are illustrated.
The significance of the textiles for us will be most
evident in their beauty. They are rich in unfamiliar,
wonderful images that stir questions about iconogra-
phy and make us curious about the distant cultures
of which they were such an integral part, about the
anonymous artists who created them. We are
extremely grateful to the McDermott Foundation
for a gift that offers opportunities for visual
enjoyment and for learning that we are just
beginning to explore.
Harry S. Parker III
DirectorCeremonial mat
Sumatra, Lampung region
1983.81
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Dallas Museum of Art. Selections from the Steven G. Alpert Collection of Indonesian Textiles, pamphlet, 1984; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth224965/m1/3/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Museum of Art.