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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 221 Collections and/or Records:

Telegram from Henri Marceau to Marcel Duchamp, 1952 December 23

 Object — Box: 81, Folder: 5
Identifier: FKR_B081_F005_007
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952 December 23

Telegram from Henri Marceau to Marcel Duchamp, 1952 December 23

 Object — Box: 81, Folder: 5
Identifier: FKR_B081_F005_009
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952 December 23

Telegram from Henri Marceau to Marjorie Yerges, 1957 April 23

 Object — Box: 23, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B023_F016_021
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Marjorie Yerges, Registrar for the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston.

Dates: 1957 April 23

Telegram from Henri Marceau to Walter and Louise Arensberg, 1950 October 18

 Object — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Identifier: WLA_B015_F005_030
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Henri Marceau, Associate Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Walter and Louise Arensberg.

Dates: 1950 October 18

Telegram from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1960 February 29

 Object — Box: 55, Folder: 6
Identifier: MAR_B055_F006_013
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1960 February 29

Telegram from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1952 December 27

 Object — Box: 81, Folder: 5
Identifier: FKR_B081_F005_004
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952 December 27

Telegram from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1952 December 23

 Object — Box: 81, Folder: 5
Identifier: FKR_B081_F005_008
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1952 December 23

Telegram from Marjorie Yerges to Henri Marceau, 1957 April 23

 Object — Box: 23, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B023_F016_022
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Marjorie Yerges, Registrar for the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1957 April 23

Telephone message from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau, 1960 January 11

 Object — Box: 55, Folder: 6
Identifier: MAR_B055_F006_017
Scope and Contents

Telephone message from Marcel Duchamp to Henri Marceau.

Dates: 1960 January 11

Three-quarter view of Marcel Duchamp, 1958

 Object — Box: 28, Folder: 18
Identifier: MDP_B028_F018_13-1972-9-064

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Type
Archival Object 215
Collection 6
 
Subject
correspondence 170
Philadelphia, United States 129
New York City, United States 41
telegrams 14
Houston, United States 8