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Turner, Evan H.

 Person

Biography

Evan H. Turner (born 1927), an art historian and scholar, was the Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from 1964 to 1978, leading the Museum through a period of significant growth and transformation. He created new art departments for American and 20th Century Art, and the innovative Department of Urban Outreach (DUO) to promote art across the City of Philadelphia. These progressive activities were matched by a groundbreaking exhibition in 1973, the Marcel Duchamp retrospective, which drew upon significant scholarship and assembled virtually the entire oeuvre of one of the most important artists represented in the Museum. In 1975, Turner led the Museum in a major construction project to install a new climate control system in the building, and in 1976, he helped plan the United States’ Bicentennial and the PMA’s Centennial celebrations. Turner was an active member of a number of professional organizations, as well as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Cable from Evan H. Turner to Harnden and Bombelli, circa 1969

 Object — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Identifier: EDR_B001_F040_001
Scope and Contents

Cable from Evan H. Turner to Harnden and Bombelli about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés.

Dates: circa 1969

Draft telegram from Evan H. Turner to Alexina Duchamp, 1970 July 27

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 49
Identifier: TUR_B010_F049_027
Scope and Contents

Draft telegram from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Alexina Duchamp.

Dates: 1970 July 27

Draft telegram from Evan H. Turner to Peter Graham Harnden, 1969 January 28

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_119
Scope and Contents

Draft telegram from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Peter Graham Harnden.

Dates: 1969 January 28

Telegram from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, 1970 July 29

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 49
Identifier: TUR_B010_F049_010
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Alexina Duchamp to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1970 July 29

Telegram from Evan H. Turner to Peter Graham Harnden, 1969 January 28

 Object — Box: 10, Folder: 50
Identifier: TUR_B010_F050_120
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Peter Graham Harnden.

Dates: 1969 January 28

Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 25

 Object — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: EDR_B001_F041_002
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés.

Dates: 1969 February 25

Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 26

 Object — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: EDR_B001_F041_003
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés.

Dates: 1969 February 26

Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner, 1969 February 26

 Object — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: EDR_B001_F042_001
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Harnden and Bombelli to Evan H. Turner about shipment of bricks for Étant donnés [annotated photocopy].

Dates: 1969 February 26

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