Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Menil Collection, 1988
File — Box: 23, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence with Library staff, particularly Elizabeth Wrigley and Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, who was hired as Archivist in the 1980s. Much of the correspondence consists of research requests to the library, primarily about Duchamp, the Arensbergs and their circle of artist friends. There is also correspondence with the Philadelphia Museum of Art regarding the transfer of the art collection to the Museum. There are also many requests for photographs, photocopies, and permission to publish, as...
Dates:
1988
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.). Walter Hopps award for curatorial achievement, 2000-2001
File — Box: 5, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
As documented in the "Library Company of Philadelphia" folder, d'Harnoncourt again crossed paths with Fiske Kimball, her directorial predecessor by 30 years. (Both were recipients of the prestigious Philadelphia Award--Kimball in 1950 and d'Harnoncourt in 1997.) In the tradition of Benjamin Franklin and its other original founders, the Library Company offers shares in its organization as a form of support. In 2001, it informed d'Harnoncourt that the share previously purchased in 1929 by...
Dates:
2000-2001
Publication announcement for "Marcel Duchamp: Fountain", 1988
Object — Box: 26, Folder: 23
Identifier: MDE_B026_F023_001
Scope and Contents
Menil Collection. "Marcel Duchamp: Fountain." Publication announcement.
Dates:
1988
The New Yorker. "Profiles: Walter Hopps", 1991 July 29
Object — Box: 3, Folder: 35
Identifier: MDR_B003_F035_001
Scope and Contents
The New Yorker, Vol. LXVII, No. 23. "Profiles: Walter Hopps" by Calvin Tomkins.
Dates:
1991 July 29