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Arensberg Archives
Collection
Identifier: WLA
Abstract
Art collectors Walter and Louise Arensberg amassed a seminal collection of modern and Pre-Columbian art between 1913 and 1950, when they presented it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Arensberg Archives contain correspondence, ephemera, clippings, writings, personal and art collection records, and photographs documenting the couple's art collecting activities as well as their friendship with many important artists, writers and scholars, including Marcel Duchamp, Charles Sheeler, Walter...
Dates:
1905-1957, undated
Christian Brinton Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: BRI
Abstract
Through his writings and the exhibitions he curated, Christian Brinton (1870-1942) promoted modern and contemporary art, particularly from areas outside of the traditional western European school, and has been credited with introducing Nordic, Slavic and Teutonic modernism to America. This collection consists of material compiled by Brinton pertaining to multiple contemporary artists, with the most material on the Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, the Russian sculptor Prince Paul Troubetzkoy,...
Dates:
1902-1938
Étant donnés Curatorial Records
Collection
Identifier: EDR
Abstract
Étant donnés Curatorial Records were compiled by the Twentieth Century Art department and document the creation and installation of Étant donnés at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dates:
1968-2009