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Cage, John

 Person

Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:

Boston Phoenix. "A portrait of the artist with moustache", 1987 July 31

 Object — Box: 26, Folder: 52
Identifier: MDE_B026_F052_004
Scope and Contents

Boston Phoenix. "A portrait of the artist with moustache" by David Bonetti [copy].

Dates: 1987 July 31

Cage, John, 1987-1989

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 1
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: 1987-1989

Cage, John, 1997

 File — Box: 270, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Following Robert Scott's retirement as museum President in 1996, d'Harnoncourt was appointed the following year as the museum's Chief Executive Officer in addition to her continued role as its George D. Widener Director. This subseries coincides with d'Harnoncourt's earliest years leading the museum in her dual roles. During this period, with the approach of the new millennium as well as its 125th anniversary, the museum began to plan for its future while building upon its past. There are...
Dates: 1997

Cage, John, 1988

 File — Box: 231, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: By the time of her appointment as director, Anne d'Harnoncourt was well-established as one of the foremost Duchampian scholars. In the dozen years since her 1969 participation in PMA's acquisition and installation of his mixed media assemblage, "Étant donnés," what becomes evident in these papers is the development of d'Harnoncourt's very close relationship with Duchamp's widow, Alexina, better known as Teeny, and with Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, Teeny's daughter from her first marriage to...
Dates: 1988

Cage, John, 2001-2003

 File — Box: 325, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Fireworks and other festivities begin this subseries with documentation of the museum's plans to celebrate its 125th anniversary on May 10, 2001. On that day in 1876, the Centennial exhibition opened to the world. Among its many attractions was the Art Gallery building, which was later named Memorial Hall. At the close of the exhibition, Memorial Hall became the first home of the newly chartered Philadelphia Museum of Art (then known as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art)....
Dates: 2001-2003

Cage, John. Press clippings and Guggenheim exhibition invitation, 1990-1994

 File — Box: 64, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: As evidenced in the records of the previous subseries, the Landmark Renewal campaign afforded the museum the opportunity to enhance nearly every aspect of its art collection, from display to scholarship. This subseries documents another ambitious program to improve the 24-acre grounds surrounding the "temple on the hill." The Landscape Rehabilitation Project was initiated by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), another venerable Philadelphia institution, as part of its Philadelphia...
Dates: 1990-1994

Chicago Tribune. "Art at Large: Put-ons from a master of mystification", 1974 March 17

 Object — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: MDE_B015_F001_010
Scope and Contents

Chicago Tribune. "Art at Large: Put-ons from a master of mystification" by Thomas Willis.

Dates: 1974 March 17

Chicago Tribune. "Marcel Duchamp viewed upside out", 1974 March 17

 Object — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: MDE_B015_F001_011
Scope and Contents

Chicago Tribune. "Marcel Duchamp viewed upside out" by Thomas Willis.

Dates: 1974 March 17

Correspondence from A. James Speyer to Alexina Duchamp, 1974 May 23

 Object — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Identifier: MDE_B002_F016_047
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Correspondence from A. James Speyer, Curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago, to Alexina Duchamp.

Dates: 1974 May 23

Correspondence from Akira Moriguchi to Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1981 April 8

 Object — Box: 23, Folder: 5
Identifier: MDE_B023_F005_013
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Akira Moriguchi, Curator for Seibu Bijutsukan, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1981 April 8

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