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Philadelphia Museum of Art

 Organization

Found in 4132 Collections and/or Records:

Modern Art for the Museum, 1950s

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 39
Identifier: WLA_B041_F039_004
Scope and Contents

"Modern Art for the Museum." Clipping from unidentified publication.

Dates: 1950s

Modern Panorama: Philadelphia Installs Arensberg Collection, 1954 October 10

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 39
Identifier: WLA_B041_F039_001
Scope and Contents

"Modern Panorama: Philadelphia Installs Arensberg Collection" by Howard Devree. Clipping from the New York Times.

Dates: 1954 October 10

Museum Celebrates Duchamp Centennial, 1987

 Object — Box: 26, Folder: 38
Identifier: MDE_B026_F038_001
Scope and Contents

"Museum Celebrates Duchamp Centennial." Press release from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1987

Museum Exhibits Works on Paper by Paul Klee, 1987

 Object — Box: 26, Folder: 38
Identifier: MDE_B026_F038_004
Scope and Contents

"Museum Exhibits Works on Paper by Paul Klee." Press release from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1987

Museum founding documents

 Collection
Identifier: DOC
Abstract

This collection contains important documents related to the founding of the museum, including the Charter of the Museum.

Dates: 1875-after 1900

Museum Gets Art Collection, 1951 January 27

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 39
Identifier: WLA_B041_F039_022
Scope and Contents

"Museum Gets Art Collection." Clipping from unknown publication.

Dates: 1951 January 27

Museum of Art Gets Painting That Caused Uproar in 1913, 1951 January 18

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 39
Identifier: WLA_B041_F039_016
Scope and Contents

"Museum of Art Gets Painting That Caused Uproar in 1913." Clipping from The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

Dates: 1951 January 18

Museum of Art to Get Arensberg Collection, 1951 January 17

 Object — Box: 41, Folder: 39
Identifier: WLA_B041_F039_007
Scope and Contents

"Museum of Art to Get Arensberg Collection." Clipping from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

Dates: 1951 January 17

Museum Publishes Important Notebook by Marcel Duchamp, 1987

 Object — Box: 26, Folder: 38
Identifier: MDE_B026_F038_005
Scope and Contents

"Museum Publishes Important Notebook by Marcel Duchamp." Press release from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1987

Museum publishes important notebook by Marcel Duchamp, circa 1987

 Object — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Identifier: EDR_B002_F017_002
Scope and Contents

Museum publishes important notebook by Marcel Duchamp. Press release about the Manual of Instructions for the assembly of Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage.

Dates: circa 1987

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memorandums 238
clippings (information artifacts) 222
museum records 170
notes 159
telegrams 142
Paris, France 91
lists (document genres) 91
Tokyo, Japan 79
writings (documents) 75
Los Angeles, United States 54
agreements 47
condition reports 41
Chicago, United States 38
Barcelona, Spain 36
press releases 33
inventories 31
Washington D.C., United States 28
Pasadena, United States 26
Charlottesville, United States 21
Venice, Italy 19
London, England 17
New Haven, United States 17
Le Ver á Val, France 16
Milan, Italy 16
financial records 14
research notes 14
gelatin silver prints 13
invoices 13
postcards 13
sketches 12
Cambridge, United States 11
Ojai, United States 11
Pittsburgh, United States 11
invitations 11
Houston, United States 10
San Francisco, United States 10
floor plans (form attributes) 10
interviews 9
Madrid, Spain 8
Saint Louis, United States 8
Williamstown, United States 8
announcements 8
exhibition announcements 8
itineraries 8
lectures 7
Boston, United States 6
Colorado Springs, United States 6
Japan 6
Montréal, Canada 6
programs (documents) 6
proposals 6
receipts (financial records) 6
slides (photographs) 6
Arts 5
Baltimore, United States 5
Cadaqués, Spain 5
Irvine, United States 5
Mexico City, Mexico 5
Ottawa, Canada 5
Princeton, United States 5
Topeka, United States 5
calendars (documents by form) 5
envelopes 5
Amsterdam, Netherlands 4
Brooklyn, United States 4
Buffalo, United States 4
Chennai, India 4
France 4
Locust Valley, United States 4
Milford, United States 4
Rouen, France 4
Santa Cruz, United States 4
Vienna, Austria 4
chronologies (lists) 4
grant proposals 4
periodicals 4
printed ephemera 4
Bridgewater, United States 3
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Halifax, Canada 3
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 3
New Orleans, United States 3
Rome, Italy 3
Santa Barbara, United States 3
São Paulo, Brazil 3
bulletins 3
certificates 3
minutes (administrative records) 3
photocopies 3
Art museums and community 2
Budapest, Hungary 2
Bussigny, Switzerland 2
Camden, United States 2
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