University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Charles Burnette to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1988 March 25
Object — Box: 25, Folder: 60
Identifier: MDE_B025_F060_004
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Charles Burnette, Co-chair for Industrial Design at the University of the Arts, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dates:
1988 March 25
Duchampiou: 1987 Faculty Exhibition on View at the University of the Arts' Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery from September 3 through 30, 1987, 1987
Object — Box: 26, Folder: 51
Identifier: MDE_B026_F051_001
Scope and Contents
University of the Arts. "Duchampiou: 1987 Faculty Exhibition on View at the University of the Arts' Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery from September 3 through 30, 1987." Press release.
Dates:
1987
Exhibition announcement for "Duchampiou", 1987
Object — Box: 26, Folder: 48
Identifier: MDE_B026_F048_001
Scope and Contents
University of the Arts. "Duchampiou." Exhibition announcement.
Dates:
1987
Exhibition brochure for "Duchampiou", 1987
Object — Box: 26, Folder: 50
Identifier: MDE_B026_F050_001
Scope and Contents
University of the Arts. "Duchampiou." Exhibition brochure.
Dates:
1987
Prints of Duchamp chess pieces, 1987
Object — Box: 27, Folder: 1
Identifier: MDE_B027_F001_001
Scope and Contents
Duchamp chess pieces. Used in graphics for University of the Arts "Duchampiou" exhibit. Includes memorandum from Susan Chun to Anne Schuster.
Dates:
1987
University of the Arts, 1988-1991
File — Box: 57, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The first major fundraising campaign d'Harnoncourt oversaw as director was the Landmark Renewal Fund, originally planned to run from 1986 to 1991. The goal of the campaign was to raise $50 million for endowment increases, building improvements and a bridge fund to support operations until the new endowments began generating income. Later in the campaign, the goal was increased another $10 million to fund a major overhaul of the Museum's European art collection. According to later press...
Dates:
1988-1991
University of the Arts, 2004-2007
File — Box: 506, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries currently is closed to researchers. File titles are subject to change when processing is finalized at a later date. Under d'Harnoncourt's direction, the museum continued to envision grander goals that would enhance the visitor's experience and allow the institution to better serve its diverse community. It seems only fitting that this last subseries should document the initiation of the most transforming project for the museum's iconic neo-classical "triumph on...
Dates:
2004-2007
University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2005-2008
File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-subseries currently is closed to researchers. D'Harnoncourt's friendship with Kimberly Camp extended beyond the latter's tenure as director of the Barnes Foundation. A folder of their personal correspondence is included here. Another friend of note is the artist Jasper Johns. The one letter from d'Harnoncourt to the artist in this sub-subseries belies their close friendship. Additional correspondence between the two, dated as early as 1983, is filed in the "Names and...
Dates:
2005-2008