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| title | Artist file: Menil, Dominique de; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Bio/History: b. March 23, 1908, Paris; d. Dec. 31, 1997, Houston. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number MENIL, DOMINIQUE DE |
| extent | 1 Folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Subject files--QNS |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011641859707141 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:50 |
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| title | Subject file: Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.): miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet File The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Subject Files Call Number MENIL COLLECTION (HOUSTON, TEX.) |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Subject files--QNS |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010249889707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | James Johnson Sweeney correspondence, 1961-1967 | repository | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| description | The correspondence files of James Johnson Sweeney contain the Director's communications with Trustees (including John de Menil), artists, art critics and journalists, collectors, art gallery owners, and museum and university professionals. Mostly dealing with possible acquisitions and exhibitions for the MFA,H, the correspondence includes requests for consultations on the value and identification of art works and arrangements for Sweeney's participation as curator or judge for exhibitions and competitions held outside the MFA,H. The papers include correspondence with artists (such as Ida Kohlmeyer, Dorothy Hood, and Laszlo Moskovits) who encouraged Sweeney to visit their studios and wrote to him about the evolution and meaning of their work. The papers illustrate Sweeney's wide circle of contacts in the international art scene and demonstrate his commitment to the broadening of the public's exposure to and understanding of twentieth-century art. A substantial portion of Sweeney's correspondence concerns ongoing research into the image of the Black in art, a project sponsored jointly by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and John and Dominique de Menil. Ranging in date from June 1963 to April 1964, this correspondence reflects a widespread and intensive effort to locate all relevant material (from any period, in any medium) in both European and American collections. Within the papers the project is termed "Exploration of Negro Subject Matter in the Fine Arts" and "de Menil Negro Art Project"; ultimately it provided the material for the publication, begun in 1976, of the Menil Foundation's multi-volume work, The Black Image in Western Art. Biographical and Historical Notes Art museum director, educator, and patron of the arts, James Johnson Sweeney was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 30, 1900 and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at the Sorbonne. He was Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946) and subsequently Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1952-1960) prior to the commencement of his tenure as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1961. A determined advocate of modern art, Sweeney organized major exhibitions and authored books, essays, reviews, and articles which fostered greater interest in twentieth-century art among the American public. He died on April 14, 1986. |
| extent | 11 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://hirsch.mfah.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=112614 |
| record source | https://hirsch.mfah.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=112614 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in repository. |
| acquisition information | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 08/25/2017 16:04:12 |
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| title | Eduardo chillida retrospective, exhibition files,1964-1968 | repository | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| description | This subseries documents "Eduardo Chillida Sculptures" (October 5-November 20, 1966), the first retrospective exhibition of sculptures and graphic works by Spanish-born Chillida to be held in an American museum. The exhibition was conceived and curated by James Johnson Sweeney, then Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In conjunction with the exhibition, Mr. Sweeney and the Houston Endowment, Inc. commissioned Chillida to create a monumental sculpture, the Abestu Gogora V (1966), specifically for the Museum. The files contain Mr. Sweeney's hand- and type-written catalogue drafts; working and final checklists; lists of Chillida sculptures located in the United States and Europe, annotated with the artist's choice of works for this exhibition; Mr. Sweeney's correspondence 1964-1966) with Chillida; his correspondence with lenders, including Dominique de Menil and Galerie Maeght, Paris; and with Houston benefactors John and Audrey Jones Beck. The papers also include publicity materials, such as newsclippings and press releases; original loan forms; insurance and shipping documents; the Registrar's annotated copy of the exhibition catalogue; and internal memoranda concerning details of the exhibition and its installation. In addition, the files contain a typed draft and published copy of Mr. Sweeney's article, "Eduardo Chillida: Sculptor", which appeared in the February 1967 issue of Texas Architect. |
| extent | 0.50 linear ft. of processed records plus. 0.50 linear ft. of photographic materials. |
| formats | Exhibition Files Manuscript Correspondence Estate Papers Legal Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://hirsch.mfah.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=112592 |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| acquisition information | Found In: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Registrar. Exhibition files, 1924-[ongoing] (CStRLIN)TxHA88-A4 |
| updated | 08/25/2017 16:03:53 |
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| title | Frank and Eleanor Freed papers, 1923-1990. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Printed material, guestbooks, writings, scrapbooks, photographs, video tapes, and cartoons and sketches. Biographical and Historical Notes Frank Freed was a painter, cartoonist and writer. His wife, Eleanor was an art critic. They lived in Houston, Texas. |
| extent | Ca. 1400 items (on 5 microfilm reels) Addition: 2.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Printed Materials Writings Scrapbooks Photographs Video recording |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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| title | Correspondence from Edward F. Fry, 1961. | repository | Pennsylvania University |
| description | Found In: Edward F. Fry Papers. Folder 406 |
| extent | see repository |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson, 1984 Aug. 15 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson and Robert Wilson conducted by Sandra Curtis Levy for the Archives of American Art. Moldawer, Swenson and Wilson speak of the art scene in Houston in the 1950s and how each came to be involved in it; the development of the New Arts Gallery; artists whose work was shown in the early days of the gallery; problems in collecting; the closing of the New Arts Gallery; the relationship between art and architecture; Houston as an arts community; ethnic exhibits; definitions of art. They recall Jermayne MacAgy, Forrest Bess, and Dominique de Menil. |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 62 p. (on one microfilm reel) |
| formats | Sound Recording Microfilm Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-marc-moldawer-kathryn-swenson-and-robert-wilson-12680 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:20 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Alvin S. Romansky, 1979 September 17 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Alvin S. Romansky conducted by Sandra Curtis Levy for the Archives of American Art. Romansky speaks of his history as a painter, ceramist and collector; the art scene in Houston as he knew it; his political and law activities; artists and collectors who were his friends and associates; the Contemporary Arts Association; his European experiences; his personal philosophies; and the future of museums. He recalls the Blaffer family, Alexander Calder, Nina Cullinan, John and Dominique de Menil; William Hayter and Buck Schiwetz. |
| extent | Sound recording: 6 sound cassettes Transcript: 234 p. (on 1 microfilm reel ) |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-alvin-s-romansky-11762 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:18 |
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| title | Philippe de Montebello reader files, 1969-1973. | repository | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| description | The Reader Files of Philippe de Montebello contain carbon copies of the Director's daily outgoing correspondence and largely concern administrative affairs, proposed exhibitions, possible accessions, his current research, and travel arrangements. T he papers illustrate the Director's activities as a museum administrator and art collector, and include frequent corrrespondence with art dealers concerning pieces the Director had earmarked for the MFA,H collection. Frequent correspondents include Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki, Director of Heim Gallery, London; Klaus Herding of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin; Colin T. Eisler; Addison Franklin Page; Annemarie Pope of the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service; Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving; John and Dominique de Menil; Miss Ima Hogg; Josep Grau-Garriga; Pierre Rosenberg; Peter Selz; Walter Hopps; and Houston architect S. I. Morris. Biographical and Historical Notes Philippe de Montebello was raised in Southern France and educated at Harvard and New York University. He became Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in September 1969, formerly having been Associate Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Under his direction the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston expanded its collections, placing emphasis on the acquisition of antiquities and masterpieces of European painting and drawing. De Montebello remained Director until December 1973. |
| extent | 1.5 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Administrative Records Exhibition Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://hirsch.mfah.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=112623 |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid in repository: each month's correspondence is accompanied, in most cases, by an index of correspondents. |
| acquisition information | Found In:Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.Office of the Director. Records, 1924-[ongoing] (CStRLIN)TxHA90-A0 |
| updated | 08/25/2017 16:05:11 |
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