Menil, John de

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role

Collector

dates

1904-1973

city

Houston

state

TX

other cities

Paris, France;

sex

M

historical notes

John de Menil, art collector and patron, philanthropist, oil executive and Chairman of the Board of Schlumberter, Ltd. Menil was born in Paris, France, the son of Georges Menu and Madeleine (Rougier) de Menil, he married the former Dominique Schlumberger in 1931 and settled in Houston in 1941.

Menil was a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Primitive Art, the Institute of Religion in Houston, the Rhode Island Institute of Design, and vice president of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art.

decades
of activity

1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970

website

http://www.menil.org

updated

10/31/2024 13:33:17

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Artist file: Menil, John de; miscellaneous uncataloged material.	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Subject file: Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.): miscellaneous uncataloged material.	see details...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives	James Johnson Sweeney correspondence, 1961-1967	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Alvin S. Romansky, 1979 September 17	see details...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives	Philippe de Montebello reader files, 1969-1973	see details...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives	James Johnson Sweeney subject files, 1961-1968	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Eloise Spaeth papers, 1937-1983.	see details...
Pennsylvania University	Correspondence from Edward F. Fry, 1961.	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	The Dorothy C. Miller Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1980's, bulk ca. 1942-1969	see details...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives	Lee H. B. Malone correspondence and miscellaneous subjects, Bernard J Reis, 1949-1960.	see details...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives	Nina J. Cullinan papers, 1953-1981	see details...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives	Jean tinguely sculptures, exhibition files, 1964-1965.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	American Federation of Arts records, 1956-1957.	see details...