Ernst, Max, 1891-1976

Abstract Julien Levy (1906-1981) was a pioneering New York art dealer of the 1930s and 1940s. The records date from 1857 to 1983 and include correspondence, exhibit announcements and invitations, scrapbooks, gallery financial ledgers, audio-visual materials, and personal papers such as letters, diaries, appointment books and calendars. The material in this collection reflects the course of Levy’s life, beginning with childhood letters and elementary school papers, and ending with Levy’s obituary and...

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Marcel Duchamp with group of friends, including Max Ernst, André Breton, Arshile Gorky, Nicolas Calas, Matta, Frederick Kiesler, and others. New York, New York.

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Marcel Duchamp with group of friends, including Max Ernst, André Breton, Arshile Gorky, Nicolas Calas, Matta, Frederick Kiesler, and others. New York, New York. Copy print received from the Museum of Modern Art. Another version is in the Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Marcel Duchamp with the "Artists in Exile" group. Copy print made by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Another version is in the Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Photo of Marcel Duchamp with Peggy Guggenheim in the background, mounted with two versions of the group photograph, "Artists in Exile."

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Memorandum from Margareta Akermark, Associate Director of the Department of Film at the Museum of Modern Art, to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Includes information about film programming for the Marcel Duchamp exhibition.

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"Musical Fantasy Filmed in Manhattan Loft" by Ezra Goodman. Clipping from the New York Times.

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Notes on entries from Stefi Kiesler's diary [copy].

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Julien Levy Gallery. "Painting, Surrealist Documents and Objects" exhibition brochure. Group Exhibition including De Chirico, Ernst, Duchamp, Picasso, Man Ray, Dali, et al.

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Ernst, Max. Photograph of "Le Marchand d'Ucel (C'est la Vie)," 1931. Reproduced in View, Series V, Number 1. Copy print received from the Museum of Modern Art.