Opening events, 1983

Joseph Rishel, Curator of European Paintings before 1900, worked closely with the Barnes Foundation and several local private collectors to bring 45 works by Paul Cézanne to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exhibition, which celebrates the extensive collections of Philadelphia-area institutions and individuals, reveals the city as one of the most impressive gathering places of the Cézanne's work. Included in this subseries are funding records relating to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, general correspondence, budgeting materials, conservation records, education and programming files, and materials relating to public relations and opening events.