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Date:
1966
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, "The Torch," June 1966, p. 1.
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1967. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1967, p. 318.
Summary:
Saul Steinberg chosen first Smithsonian Artist in Residence. His first tour of duty was scheduled for January 1967. The tenure of the position was to be one year, and the artist would have an office in the National Collection of Fine Arts.