GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE

Two outstanding gifts have recently come to Dartmouth, both the work of the noted American sculptor, Jason Seley. "Hanover I," executed early this year while Seley was serving as artist-in-residence at the College, has been pre- sented by the sculptor. The gift of "The Boys from Avignon," which Mr. Seley terms his "most significant work to date," was made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe of New York, donors of the Jaffe-Friede Gallery in the Hopkins Center.

Both sculptures were included in the popular survey of Jason Seley's work exhibited in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery in March. Attendance reached a near record high with over 7600 gallery visitors.

Successful as an educator - he was recently appointed Professor of Art and Chairman of the Art Department at Cornell University - Mr. Seley is also an informal philosopher. He describes the chromium-plated steel automobile bumper, which is the medium he customarily uses for his sculpture, in these words: "To me the automobile bumper is an offering of nature's abundance. I am as much concerned with its pre-history as the wood-carver with the growing tree. ... I do not think of myself as an 'automobile' or 'junk' sculptor, nor an 'assembler.' I am a sculptor facing the challenge of the means and materials of my choice."

The artist has given his "Hanover I" in memory of DeWitt C. Peters, a friend and founder of Le Centre d'Art in Portau-Prince, Haiti. This sculpture, with "The Boys from Avignon," was recently on view at the Fleming Museum, the University of Vermont, as part of a special Seley exhibition.

GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE: Jason Seley's "Hanover 1" (foreground), presented bythe artist, and "The Boys from Avignon," the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe.