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Marceau, Henri, 1896-1969

 Person

Biography

Henri Gabriel Marceau, an internationally known scholar, art historian and architect, was the Director of the Museum from 1955 to 1964. In 1926, Henri Marceau was appointed assistant curator of the Johnson Collection. Two years later he was promoted to curator. He also maintained a position as an assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania's School of Fine Arts from 1925 until 1929, when he took on the additional role of Curator of Fine Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 1933 his position at the Museum was revised to Curator of Paintings, and then to Chief, Department of Paintings and Sculpture in 1937. At this time Marceau also became Associate Director, handling much of the Director's work when Fiske Kimball was away on acquisition missions or on vacations in Europe during the summers. Marceau worked closely with Kimball at other times, and took on full directorship after Kimball's retirement. Marceau maintained his role as Curator of the Johnson Collection throughout these various appointments, and beyond them, until his death.

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from Alfred Barr, Jr. to Walter Arensberg, 1951 October 5

 Object — Box: 13, Folder: 17
Identifier: WLA_B013_F017_020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Alfred Barr, Jr., Director of the Museum Collections at the Museum of Modern Art, to Walter Arensberg. Includes manuscript on the Portrait of Yvonne Landsberg.

Dates: 1951 October 5

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney to Henri Marceau, 1956 October 26

 Object — Box: 13, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B013_F016_019
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1956 October 26

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney to Henri Marceau, 1956 November 23

 Object — Box: 13, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B013_F016_020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art [copy].

Dates: 1956 November 23

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney to Henri Marceau, 1957 March 12

 Object — Box: 23, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B023_F016_008
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art [copy].

Dates: 1957 March 12

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney to Henri Marceau, 1957 March 25

 Object — Box: 23, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B023_F016_017
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from James Johnson Sweeney, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1957 March 25

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Carl Zigrosser, 1962 April 5

 Object — Box: 82, Folder: 12
Identifier: MAR_B082_F012_007
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Carl Zigrosser, Acting Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art [copy].

Dates: 1962 April 5

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1962 December 14

 Object — Box: 82, Folder: 12
Identifier: MAR_B082_F012_011
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1962 December 14

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1954 April 7

 Object — Box: 93, Folder: 15
Identifier: FKR_B093_F015_009
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1954 April 7

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1956 March 21

 Object — Box: 13, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B013_F016_003
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1956 March 21

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1956 March 21

 Object — Box: 13, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B013_F016_004
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art [copy].

Dates: 1956 March 21

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