Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989

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Correspondence from Anne d'Harnoncourt, 20th Century Art Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Alexina Duchamp.

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Correspondence from Kynaston McShine, Curator for the Museum of Modern Art, to Virgil Thomson.

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Correspondence from Virgil Thomson to Kynaston McShine, Curator for the Museum of Modern Art.

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"Gertrude Stein Opera Amazes First Audience" by Joseph W. Alsop Jr. Clipping from the Herald Tribune.

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Marcel Duchamp and others, including Virgil Thomson[?], on the S.S. Brazil.

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Marcel Duchamp and others, including Virgil Thomson[?], on the S.S. Brazil.

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"Music: Saints in Cellophane." Clipping from Time Magazine.

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Duchamp, Marcel. "Portrait of Florine Stettheimer," 1926. Photo by Nathan Rabin.

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Stettheimer, Florine. "Portrait of Marcel Duchamp," 1923. Photo by Nathan Rabin.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As the correspondents in this sub-subseries make evident, McIlhenny cultivated a social network that reached across noted names in all the arts, as well as titled gentry, royalty and political figures. Whenever celebrities of the stage, screen or concert hall were performing in Philadelphia, McIlhenny would invite them to his home at Rittenhouse Square, just a stone's throw away from the major theatres and hotels. Although they could not always accept the offer, invitees included Noel...