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The Museum of Modern Art Archives
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New York, NY 10019-5497
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© 1992
The Museum of Modern Art Archives
Finding aid prepared by Rona Roob and Apphia Loo, June 1992, updated by Rachel Garbade, 2024.

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lowry, Bates, 1923-2004
Title: Bates Lowry Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1947-1970
Bulk Dates: 1965-1970
Quantity: 6.67 linear feet
Fifteen 5" document boxes

Arrangement

The Papers have been processed to the folder level. Files are arranged alphabetically by department or subject matter. Original order has been maintained whenever possible.
The collection is organized in two series and four subseries:
Series I: Administrative Records Processed in 1992, 1965-1969
Series II: Administrative Records Processed in 2024, 1947-1970
Subseries II.A: General Correspondence, 1968-1969
Subseries II.B: Director's Correspondence 1947-1970
Subseries II.C: Correspondence and Files Regarding Outside Organizations, 1963-1969
Subseries II.D: Exhibition Files, 1949-1969


Biographical Note

Bates Lowry was born in 1923 in Cincinnati. He received his Bachelor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, and PhD from the University of Chicago. Amidst his studies, he served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. Following his service, he studied in France at the Université Grenoble and La Sorbonne. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he taught art history at the University of Chicago, the University of California at Riverside, the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, Pomona College, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Delaware. In 1963, he joined the faculty of Brown University and, in 1966, became Chairman of its Department of Art.

He also held the following positions: editor of the Art Bulletin and the College Art Association Monograph Series; founder of The Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA) and Chairman of its Executive Committee; trustee of the American Federation of Arts; member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Inter-American Relations in New York; and member of the Advisory Board of the Studio Museum in Harlem. And, he served on the Boards of Directors of the College Art Association and Society of Architectural Historians. Lastly, he published several books on wide ranging topics in art history—such as Renaissance architecture and 19th century daguerreotypes—often in collaboration with his wife, Isabel Barrett Lowry.

In January 1968, Lowry joined The Museum of Modern Art as the Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture following Alfred H. Barr, Jr.'s retirement. During this time, he worked under the direction of René d'Harnoncourt, in preparation for d'Harnoncourt's retirement. In July 1968, he succeeded d'Harnoncourt as the third Director of the Museum. Following Lowry's untimely departure in May 1969, the "Operating Committee" (composed of Walter Bareiss, Chairman of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture; Wilder Green, Director of Exhibitions; and Richard Koch, Director of Administration) undertook the temporary administration of the Museum, led by Bareiss.

After leaving MoMA, Lowry was appointed Chairman of the Art Department at the University of Massachusetts. With his wife, Lowry created the Dunlap Society to produce and distribute visual documentation of American art and architecture for educational purposes. In 1980, Lowry became the founding director of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., where he remained until his retirement in 1987. He died in Brooklyn in 2004, though he was a resident of Boston at the time.


Scope and Content Note

The Papers concern many aspects of the Museum's operation–both administrative and curatorial–and external affairs. Correspondence and other files are largely dated between the years 1965 and 1970. Some papers are dated outside of Lowry's short tenure (from January 1968 to May 1969) and belonged variably to René d'Harnoncourt, Bates Lowry, Wilder Green, Walter Bareiss, or Richard Koch; it appears as though some folders were kept in place from one administration to the next, possibly maintained by one assistant. Among the subjects documented in the files are symposia, Jazz in the Garden concerts, the Children's Art Caravan, the Children's Art Carnival, proposed and realized exhibitions, acquisitions, and publications. There are also files related to outside organizations' activities and inquiries from members of the public.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The records are open for research and contain few restricted materials. Several committee meeting minutes were removed and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Bates Lowry Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the staff of the MoMA Archives.


Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons and Organizations:
Art museum directors
Lowry, Bates, 1923-2004
Lowry, Bates, 1923-2004 -- Archives
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Sources
Subjects:
Art museum directors
Lowry, Bates, 1923-2004 -- Archives
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Sources


Related Collections at MoMA

For complementary exhibition-related materials, please consult The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records, Department of Circulating Exhibitions Records, and the International Council and International Program Records.


Administrative Information

Provenance

The Papers in Series I were originally transferred to the Museum Library from the Director's Office; ownership was then transferred to the Archives in June 1992. The Papers in Series II were transferred from the Director's Office to the Archives through the Records Management Program in 2000. They were processed and opened for research in 2024.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Long version: Bates Lowry Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Short version: Bates Lowry, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY.

Processing and Condition Information

The collection as a whole is in good condition. In processing, staples were removed; folders and plastic sheet protectors were discarded and replaced with acid-free equivalents; and acidic and other unstable materials were encapsulated as appropriate.

When Series II was processed in 2024, folders in Series I were reassigned sequential numerical labels. A crosswalk from the original 1992 finding aid is available upon request.


Additional Descriptive Data

Explanation of Abbreviations

BL Bates Lowry
ALS autographed letter signed
TL typed letter
TLS typed letter signed
Corresp. correspondence
C/E Circulating Exhibition sponsored by the Department of Circulating Exhibitions (now the Exhibitions Program)
ICE-F MoMA exhibition circulated internationally
MoMA Exh.# refers to exhibition number assigned by the Department of the Registrar to all museum shows
Incl. includes
n.d. date information incomplete, i.e., no date supplied by document
Typescript typed manuscript


List of MoMA Exhibitions Mentioned in Finding Aid

Function Without Form: Two Models for an Undesignable City (Waddell) [MoMA Exh. #883, March 1-April 30, 1969]

Memorial to 6 Million Jewish Martyrs [MoMA Exh. #870, October 17-November 17, 1978]

James Stirling: Three University Buildings [MoMA Exh. #859, June 11-August 4, 1968]

Hector Guimard [MoMA Exh. #921, March 11-May 10, 1970]

Career of an Actor: Anthony Quinn [MoMA Exh. #874, November 7-1969 January 12, 1968]

Manhattan Observed by William S. Lieberman [MoMA Exh. #854, March 22-May 12, 1968]

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27-1969 February 9, 1968]

Stills from Lost Films [MoMA Exh. #880, February 3-June 15, 1969]

Function Without Form: Two Models for an Undesignable City (Waddell) [MoMA Exh. #883, March 1-April 30, 1969]

Memorial to 6 Million Jewish Martyrs [MoMA Exh. #870, October 17-November 17, 1978]

James Stirling: Three University Buildings [MoMA Exh. #859, June 11-August 4, 1968]

Hector Guimard [MoMA Exh. #921, March 11-May 10, 1970]

Career of an Actor: Anthony Quinn [MoMA Exh. #874, November 7-1969 January 12, 1968]

Manhattan Observed by William S. Lieberman [MoMA Exh. #854, March 22-May 12, 1968]

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27-1969 February 9, 1968]

Stills from Lost Films [MoMA Exh. #880, February 3-June 15, 1969]


Container List

Series I: Administrative Records Processed in 1992, 1965-1969

This series includes exhibition files and correspondence regarding museum matters and external affairs. Owing in part to Lowry's short tenure (from January 1968 to May 1969), correspondence found in these folders is addressed variably to René d'Harnoncourt, Bates Lowry, Wilder Green, Walter Bareiss, or Richard Koch; it appears as though some folders were kept in place from one administration to the next, possibly maintained by one assistant. This series was processed in 1992.

Folder Title Date
I.1 "Admissions"

31 items
Incl. 1968 and 1969 Sales and Admissions Reports

1968-69
I.2 "Architecture and Design 1968-"

Incl. clipping and announcement re: symposium on architects' role in protecting the natural environment
Installation estimate sheets for Function Without Form: Two Models for and Undesignable City (Waddell) [MoMA Exh. #883, 1969 March 1-April 30], Memorial to 6 Million Jewish Martyrs [MoMA Exh. #870, 1978 October 17-November 17], James Stirling: Three University Buildings [MoMA Exh. #859, 1968 June 11-August 4]
Corresp. re: sales offers and proposed exhibitions such as "Architecture in Chicago and Mid-America"
Corresp. re: trip to London, Glasgow, Paris for Hector Guimard [MoMA Exh. #921, 1970 March 11-May 10]
Memoranda re: establishment of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Archive, 1968
1 TLS Robert F. Kennedy (U.S. Senate)-AD, 1968

1968-69
I.3 "Mies van der Rohe Tribute"

2 items

1969
I.4 "Bookstore 1968-69" 1968-1969
I.5 Budgets, Purchase Funds, Staff Salaries

View PDF of folder I.5

1963-69
I.6 "Building Operations"

31 items
incl. memoranda re: Matthew Donepp's appointment as Building Manager, 1969 March 10

1967-69
I.7 "Children's Art Caravan"

7 items
incl. press release No. 57, 1969 May 1; memoranda and corresp. re: grant from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund

1968-69
I.8 "Children's Art Carnival in Harlem"

49 items
Incl. press release No. 41, 1969 March 27
Clipping, memoranda and corresp. re: funding and budgeting of the Children's Art Carnival
Sample letters of invitation to MoMA Trustees
Betty Blayton exhibition announcement
See also I.36 "Harlem"

1968-69
I.9 Circulating Exhibitions: "Circulating Exhibitions 1968"

Incl. report from Emilio Ambasz re: trip to Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela
Memorandum re: revised program of the Department of Circulating Exhibitions, 1948
memoranda re: Yugoslavia: A Report (C/E 68-21)
Pamphlet, Circulating Exhibitions 1968-1969; The Museum of Modern Art, NewYork
Memoranda re: Tony Smith (C/E 68-9), Willem de Kooning (ICE-F-109-66) and Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers (C/E 64-12)
Corresp. re: proposed Richard Tuttle exhibition
exhibition brochure for Wall Hangings (C/E 66-25)
Memorandum re: fund-raising for program

1968-69
I.10 Circulating Exhibitions: "C/E Letter to Subscribers and Replies January 1969"

14 items
Incl. subscribers poll and corresp.
summary of Yugoslavia: A Report (C/E 68-21)

n.d.
I.11 Circulating Exhibitions: "Art in Embassies Program"

6 items
Incl. memoranda re: policies and status of program

1969
I.12 Circulating Exhibitions: "C/E Report, Inez Garson Spring 1968"

4 items
Incl. report on status of program ("Ten Years After Porter McCray Report") with appendices

n.d.
I.13 Circulating Exhibitions: "Circulating Exhibition Report April 1957"

1 item

1957
I.14 Committees: "Committee on Acquisitions, Curatorial Committee"

1 item
Incl. statement of Museum's purpose and policies

1970
I.15 Committees: "Development Committee 1963-68"

10 items
Incl. memoranda and corresp. from René d'Harnoncourt's files

n.d.
I.16 Committees: "House Committee"

1 item

1969
I.17 Committees: "Committee on Painting and Sculpture (Trustee) Corresp." 1967-69
I.18 Committees: "Trustee Personnel Committee 1968"

7 items

n.d.
I.19 Committees: "Planning Committee"

1 item

n.d.
I.20 Committees: "Program 1967/68" 1967-1968
I.21 Committees: "Trustee Program Committee Meeting December 1, 1966, May 1966"

5 items
Incl. lists of circulating and international circulating exhibitions

1966
I.22 Committees: "Special Events Committee"

3 items

1968-69
I.23 Committees: "Staff Executive Committee"

18 items
Incl. memoranda; announcements re: meeting dates
Agenda for May 5, meeting
Flyer produced by the Artists Coalition re: "Free Day at the Modern"

1969
I.24 Committees: "Visiting Committees"

4 items

1969
I.25 "Conservation 1968-"

22 items

1968-1969
I.26 Film Department: "Film Dept. 1969"

Incl. press releases Nos. 88, 77, 76, 75, 6, and 2, 1969
Corresp. re: proposed exhibition "Diamond Jubilee Anniversary of American Motion Picture Industry" organized by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
Corresp. re: exhibition Tribute to Anita Loos
Installation estimate sheet for Stills from Lost Films [MoMA Exh. #880, 1969 February 3-June 15]

1969
I.27 Film Department: "Film Dept. 1968"

Incl. memoranda re: MoMA's Cineprobe film series
Exhibition catalog, 2nd International Festival of Short Films (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968)
Installation estimate sheet for Career of an Actor: Anthony Quinn [MoMA Exh. #874, November 7, 1968-January 12, 1969]
Clippings re: retrospective of films from the 1930s and "Cinema Nôovo"
Corresp. re: Garbo Film Festival
1 TLS Hans Richter (copy)-Marguerite Akermark, 1968
press release Nos. 9 and 4, 1968
Exhibition brochure, Godard on Film

1968
I.28 Film Department: "Film Dept./Lincoln Center"

Incl. clippings; memorandum re: Garbo Film Festival
Memoranda re: proposed Lincoln Center - Museum of Modern Art Film Institute, collaboration between MoMA and Lincoln Center Film Departments
Press release re: formation of Lincoln Center Film Committee, 1967 August 31
Report to the MoMA Board of Trustees on meeting re: relations between Lincoln Center and MoMA, 1967
Proposed budget for Czechoslovak Film Festival

1966-69
I.29 Film Department: "Film Department Newsletter"

7 items
incl. March-May MoMA Newsletters
3 memoranda

1968-69
I.30 Film Department: "International Federation of Film Archives (F.I.A.F.)"

20 items
Incl. letters re: contributions towards 25th Congress of the International Federation of Film Archives fund

1969
I.31 Fund Raising: Children's Art Carnival

van Ameringen Foundation, Inc. (Mrs. Douglas Auchincloss)
The Ford Foundation (McGeorge Bundy)
The Heckscher Foundation (Mrs. Arthur Smadbeck)
Hochschild Fund, Inc. (Walter Hochschild)
New York Fund for Children, Inc. (Marion R. Ascoli)
New York Times Foundation
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D., 3rd
Rockefeller, Mary
Rockefeller Family Fund (Stephen Benedict)
Stern, M/M A. R.

1968-69
I.32 Fund Raising: Individuals and Group, General

Avnet, Lester
Bartos, Celeste and Armand P.
Gilman Foundation (Charles Gilman, Jr.)
Mayer, Joseph G. Foundation , Inc.
de Menil, Dominique and John
Old Dominion Foundation
Paley, William S.
Parkinson, Mrs. Bliss
Staempfli, Mrs. George W.
Rockefeller, David

1968-69
I.33 Fund Raising: International Federation of Film Archives

Bartos, Celeste and Armand P.
H. J. Heinz Company
Loeb, John

1969
I.34 "General Services"

Incl. memoranda re: office services

1968-69
I.35 "Graphics Dept."

7 items
Incl. 2 invitations, 2 exhibition announcements

1969
I.36 "Harlem"

4 items
Incl. memorandum re: art carnival in Harlem and announcements re: the Harlem Cultural Festival

1968
I.37 "Insurance"

5 items

1968-69
I.38 Latin American Program: "Latin-American Acquisitions Meeting -- February 9, 1970"

12 items
incl. letter to members of the Committee for Latin-American Acquisitions re: meeting dates
1 clipping
2 TLS
1 ALS

n.d.
I.39 Latin American Program: "Latin-American Program - Elaine Johnson"

Incl. proposal for program establishment
Plan of work

1968-69
I.40 Membership: "Membership"

Incl. MoMA Members Newsletter, October 1968
Memoranda
Membership counts

1967-69
I.41 Membership: "Corporate Membership"

Corresp. and memoranda

1966-69
I.42 Membership

The Bank of New York
The C.I.T. Foundation, Inc.
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation)
Lever Brothers Company, Inc.
Rockefeller Center, Inc.
United States Steel Foundation

1968-69
I.43 "Museum Computer Network 1967-1969"

See also I.67
Incl. clippings, corresp. and memoranda re: computer network for cataloging information re: museum collections (consortium included 15 New York museums)

I.44 "Museum Computer Network 1967-1969"

Incl. press release No. 125, 1967 Dec. 8
Summary of meeting held at the Whitney Museum, 1967 February 8

I.45 "Operations"

1 item

1969
I.46 "Personnel Office"

Incl. memoranda

1967-69
I.47 "For Interview - Peter Schwartz October 23, 1968 - 4:00 P.M."

2 items

n.d.
I.48 "Photography"

22 items
Incl. installation estimate sheet for August Sander [MoMA Exh. #885, March 14-June 30, 1969]
1 TLS Jean Lipman ( Art in America)-Peter Bunnell, 1968
Proposal re: "Project One," a file of photographs concerning the life of American people in 1960, originally presented by Dorothea Lange
Press releases No. 20, 1968 and No. 105, 1966 re: Peter C. Bunnell's appointment as Curatorial Associate in the Dept. of Photography

1968
I.49 "Photography Lab"

5 items
Incl. memoranda

1965-68
I.50 "Photography - Edward Steichen Archive"

10 items
incl. clipping
transcript of Dr. Henry Allen Moe's tribute

1967-68
I.51 "Production"

19 items regarding exhibition production

1968-69
I.52 "Public Information"

Incl. press release No. 4, February 5, (1968) re: acquisition of space at Port Authority Terminal
Press release No. 4, January 21, 1969 re: Gertrude Stein bequest
"Publicity Archive - Outline"
2 memoranda re: WNYC Radio Special Program on Museums, 1968
1 TLS Richard F. Carr-René d'Harnoncourt re: WNEW radio series on MoMA, 1968

1968-69
I.53 Publications: "Publications"

Incl. memorandum and floor plans for Publications Dept. in "23" Building
1 TLS Françoise Boas-BL, 1968
MoMA brochures, "Fall 1968 Books" and "Spring 1968 Books" with checklists of MoMA books in print
1 TLS Ethel Shein-Nettle Cohen (Solow-Wexton, Inc.) re: Christmas brochure and book ads, 1968
Checklist and typescript of catalog for Manhattan Observed by William S. Lieberman [MoMA Exh. #854, March 22-May 12, 1968]
Corresp. re: various individual MoMA publications
corresp. re: the Federal Support for the Visual Arts: the New Deal and Now
A Research Project
Corresp. re: publication of a "Journal of the International Study Center of The Museum of Modern Art"

1968
I.54 Publications: "Publications 1969"

Incl. memorandum re: new organization of Publications Dept., 1969

1969
I.55 Publications: "Publications - Weekly Progress Reports"

18 items

1969
I.56 Publications: "Publications - Budnick Book"

7 items
incl. memoranda and corresp. re: Introduction to The Museum of Modern Art by Dan Budnick

1967-68
I.57 Publications: "Publications - d'Harnoncourt Installations Book"

11 items
Memoranda and corresp. re: installations by René d'Harnoncourt edited by Mordechai Omer and Helen Franc
Incl. 1 TLS James Thrall Soby-Monroe Wheeler, 1969 incl. quote by Arp

1968-69
I.58 Publications: "Piccadilly Press (CODEX)"

13 items
Incl. memoranda and corresp. re: book on MoMA for El Mundo de los Museos ("Museums of the World") series

1968-69
I.59 Publications: "MACO - Family of Man Book"

17 items

1969, 1962, 1959, 1958
I.60 Publications: "David Smith Monograph"

32 items
Incl. press release from The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum re: Smith retrospective
Memoranda and corresp. re: essays by Hilton Kramer and Clement Greenberg for monograph

1966-67
I.61 Publications: "Publications - PASITMOMA"

3 items

1967-69
I.62 Publications: "Publications - Rights & Reproductions 1966-"

Incl. corresp. re: permission to reproduce works of art in MoMA collection

1966-69
I.63 Recommendations

Charles Hesse
Peter Schwartz

1966, 1968
I.64 Registrar's Office: "Atmospheric Conditions in Bldgs Registrar's Office 1965-"

Incl. temperature and humidity graphs 1965-69
Corresp. and memoranda

1968-1969
I.65 Registrar's Office: "Registrar's Office"

Incl. typescript of "Proposed Standard Exhibition and Collection Insurance Policy for Museums" by David Vance for Art Journal
Corresp. and memoranda re: procedural matters

1965-[68]
I.66 Registrar's Office: "Registrar's Office"

22 items
Incl. memoranda re: procedural matters

1969
I.67 Registrar's Office: "Computerized Catalog of Collections, David Vance"

See also I.43 and I.44
incl. corresp. with the Museum Computer Network
report, "An Information System for American Museums" by the Museum Computer Network

1967-69
I.68 Registrar's Office: "Storeroom X"

11 items

1969
I.69 "Restaurants 1963-"

18 items
Incl. memoranda and corresp. re: Museum restaurants

1963-1969
I.70 Retreat: "Retreat - Agenda"

Staff and Director's retreat to discuss Museum programs
Incl. proposal for departmental archives
proposed circulating exhibition schedule, 1968-1970

1968
I.71 Retreat: "Retreat - Arrangements"

11 items
Incl. memoranda re; Director's Program Meeting

1968
I.72 Sales and Insurance Values

Schwartz, Anne Scheinmann, contribution to general fund
Calder (Fondation Maeght), 3 sculptures
van Doesburg, Cow, The Rhythm of a Russian Dance, Color Composition, Project for a Private House
Lehmbruck, Kneeling Woman
Mondrian, Pier and Ocean
Lachaise, Knees
Pevsner, Torso
Léger, Still-life: Composition for a Dining Room (2 works)
Seurat, Port-en-Bessin
Checklist of sales from C/E exhibitions

Restricted materials removed: Condition correspondence.

1968-69
I.73 Security: "Safety (Fire) Precautions"

14 items
Incl. memoranda

1968-69
I.74 Security: "Security" 1965-69
I.75 Security: "Guard Strike"

9 items

1968
I.76 "Slide Program"

5 items
Incl. corresp. with the Courtauld Institute of Art, London

1969
I.77 Special Events: "Corporate Dinner - Feb. 4, 1969 Charles Hesse"

19 items
Incl. corresp. re: The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27-1969 February 9, 1968]

1968-69
I.78 Special Events: "Special Events"

40 items
Incl. brochure for Conference on Museum Climatology, London, 1967
corresp. re: Artists Against the Lower Manhattan Expressway
Corresp. with the International Society of Hematology

1966-69
I.79 Special Events: "Special Events - Sarah Hoge"

5 items
Incl. memoranda

1968-69
I.80 Special Events: "Group Visits - Gallery Talks"

10 items
Incl. attendance tabulations of group visits during July 1967-June 1968 and July-August 1968

1968-69
I.81 Special Events: "Jazz in the Garden Concerts"

12 items
Incl. poster for 1969 concerts
Clippings
Memoranda re: policies and procedures

1967-69
I.82 Special Events: "Proposed Lecture Series Dec. 1964/68"

12 items
Incl. registration leaflets for lecture series on "An Approach to the History of Film" by Standish D. Lawder of Yale University at MoMA and "American Art Since World War II"
List of proposed lectures and symposia, 1966-67
Foundation for the Arts, Religion and Culture Program Plans, 1965
1 TL (copy) Robert Motherwell-Mrs. Dwight J. Bradley (Elizabeth), 1965

n.d.
I.83 Special Events: "Student Evenings 1968"

14 items
Incl. results from attendance poll taken, 1968
Press release Nos. 95 and 113, 1968 re: schedule of exhibitions and events
Clippings and leaflet re: "Four Special Evenings for College Students" sponsored by the Junior Council

1968-69
I.84 Special Events: "Summer Student Project"

9 items

1968
I.85 Special Events: "Tribute to René d'Harnoncourt" n.d.
I.86 Correspondence from William S. Lieberman to Bates Lowry

Letter regarding exhibition space needs for Painting and Sculpture.

This folder was added in 2023.

1968

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Series II: Administrative Records Processed in 2024, 1947-1970

Like Series I, this series includes exhibition files and correspondence that cover the same years of Lowry's tenure, as well as earlier and later materials. Similarly, correspondence found in these folders is addressed variably to René d'Harnoncourt, Bates Lowry, Wilder Green, Walter Bareiss, or Richard Koch. This series was processed in 2024.

Subseries II.A: General Correspondence 1968-1969

This subseries largely consists of one-off letters from members of the public and arts-related institutions with occasional letters related to internal museum matters. Subject matter varies but tends to cover the following: employment opportunities, invitations to events, solicitations from artists and dealers, and various inquiries or commentary from members of the public.

Folder Title Date
II.A.1 "General Correspondence A-E 1968"

Includes correspondence regarding MoMA events, invitations to publish and attend events, employment requests, catalogue requests, inquiries from the public and other museums, solicitations from artists, museum matters, and more.

1968
II.A.2 "General Correspondence F-J 1968"

Includes invitations to meetings, employment requests, artwork authentication request, inquiries from the public, invitations to lecture, donations, invitations to join committees and clubs, correspondence with artists, solicitations from gallerists, and more.

1968
II.A.3 "General Correspondence K-O 1968"

Includes invitations to events, employment requests, inquiries from the public, requests to host events at MoMA, letters of congratulations on becoming director, correspondence regarding the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, memos regarding the loan of Picasso's Guernica, and more.

1968
II.A.4 "General Correspondence P-S 1968"

Includes inquiries from the public, requests for employment, invitations to events and conferences, solicitations from artists, correspondence regarding MoMA events, and more.

1968
II.A.5 "General Correspondence T-Z 1968"

Includes inquiries from the public, invitations to events and exhibitions, solicitations from artists, recommendations, employment and meeting requests, and more.

1968
II.A.6 "General Correspondence A-F 1969"

Includes solicitations from collectors and artists, invitations to events and lectures, employment recommendations and requests, and more.

1969
II.A.7 "General Correspondence G-L 1969"

Includes correspondence regarding outside exhibitions, museum matters, inquiries from the public and other museums, a Report of the President, and more.

1969
II.A.8 "General Correspondence M-R 1969"

Includes invitations to events, solicitations from artists and collectors, employment requests, inquiries from the public, correspondence regarding events at MoMA, and more.

1969
II.A.9 "General Correspondence S-Z 1969"

Includes employment requests, invitations to publish, inquiries from the public, and more.

1969

Subseries II.B: Director's Correspondence 1947-1970

This subseries has much in common with Subseries II.A in terms of its broad range of subject matter, but represents more sustained communications either with individuals or about certain subjects. Topics covered include external affairs and museum matters. Files retain their original titles and largely their original order; some files were rearranged to cohere with the existing "chunks" of alphabetical order.

Folder Title Date
II.B.1 "Acoustiguide 1965/66"

Correspondence regarding acoustiguide programs.

1965-1968
II.B.2 "Avnet, Lester"

Correspondence with Lester Avnet.

1968
II.B.3 "A.I.G.A. (American Institute of Graphic Arts)"

Press release about A.I.G.A. seminar.

1968
II.B.4 "Battle, Sol"

Correspondence with Sol Battle.

1968
II.B.5 Bates Lowry Resignation

Correspondence regarding Lowry's settlement with the Museum upon his resignation and original compensation package.

Entire folder restricted.

1968-1969
II.B.6 "Bates Lowry File"

Report titled "The Museum of Modern Art Departments and Program"

c. 1947
II.B.7 "Memos - Director's Office"

Correspondence, press release, and clippings regarding Bates Lowry's resignation. Various memos from Lowry and others to The Staff during his tenure.

1969
II.B.8 Bates Lowry Resignation

Correspondence regarding Lowry's settlement with the Museum after his resignation.

Entire folder restricted.

1969-1970
II.B.9 "B-O-M-C"

Portfolios from MoMA's partnership with Book-of-the-Month Club for the unrealized Modern Art Project.

c. 1969
II.B.10 "Book-of-the-Month Club Project, 1961-1966"

Correspondence and manuscripts from MoMA's partnership with Book-of-the-Month Club for the unrealized Modern Art Project.

1965-1969
II.B.11 "Butler, Pierce"

Correspondence between Bates Lowry and Pierce Butler regarding a possible acquisition.

1967-1968
II.B.12 "Government Grants"

Press release announcing NEH internship program.

1968-1969
II.B.13 "Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Venice"

Press releases and clippings regarding the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

1968-1969
II.B.14 "Heller, Ben"

Correspondence with Ben Heller regarding gift to the museum.

1966-1969
II.B.15 "Menzel, Mrs. Jean"

Correspondence with Mrs. Jean Menzel regarding possible acquisition.

1968
II.B.16 "The Museum of the 20th Century Fund"

Correspondence with the Twentieth Century Fund.

1969
II.B.17 "Artists' Protest -- Literature and Newspaper Clippings"

Clippings and writing regarding the Art Workers' Coalition's protest against MoMA and the subsequent formation of the Special Committee on Artist Relations.

1969
II.B.18 "Viet-Nam 'Moratorium'"

Correspondence regarding Art Workers' Coalition's "Viet-nam Moratorium" action and MoMA's closure.

1969
II.B.19 Intermedia '68

Press kit for Intermedia '68, a festival showcasing artwork in new media.

1968
II.B.20 "Pollock, Lee"

Correspondence regarding Lee Krasner.

1967
II.B.21 "Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, December 1966 + 1967 + 1968"

Correspondence regarding meetings of the Members of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy.

1966-1968
II.B.22 "Swenson, Gene"

Clippings of articles by Gene Swenson and correspondence between him and RdH.

1968
II.B.23 "Advertisements"

Correspondence regarding museum advertising.

1969
II.B.24 "Color"

Correspondence and clippings about a proposed Museum for Black History and Culture, Black Studies program at Cornell University, Watts Workshop in Los Angeles, the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, an exhibition of "African and Afro-American art" at Yale University, and more.

1968-1969
II.B.25 "Director's Memo to the Staff"

Memos sent to the staff from Bates Lowry.

1968-1969
II.B.26 "Investment Committee"

Correspondence regarding the Investment Committee.

1969
II.B.27 "Membership Committee 1968"

Reports from the Membership Committee.

1968-1969
II.B.28 "Production Committee"

Report of the Production Committee.

1969
II.B.29 "Committee on Painting and Sculpture Minutes 1968"

Minutes and agendas from meetings of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture.

Minutes of the Meetings of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture on January 10, 1968, February 6, 1968, March 12, 1968, April 8, 1968, May 7, 1968, June 12, 1968, October 8, 1968, November 12, 1968, and December 10, 1968 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1968
II.B.30 "Committee on Painting and Sculpture Minutes 1969"

Minutes and agendas from meetings of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture.

Minutes of the Meetings of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture on January 7, 1969, February 11, 1969, March 11, 1969, April 8, 1969, May 20, 1969, and June 10, 1969 and the Meeting of the Finance Committee on May 26, 1969 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1969
II.B.31 "Painting and Sculpture Committee"

Notes and agendas from meetings of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture.

1968-1969
II.B.32 "Committee on Architecture & Design"

Minutes from a meeting of the Committee on Architecture and Design.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee on Architecture and Design on October 7, 1968 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1968
II.B.33 "Committee on Film"

Correspondence with an agenda for a meeting of the Committee on Film.

1969
II.B.34 "Committee on Drawings and Prints"

Agendas and acquisition lists from meetings of the Committee on Drawings and Prints.

Partial minutes of the Meetings of the Committee on Drawings and Prints on October 10, 1968, December 11, 1968, February 10, 1969, April 16, 1969, and May 22, 1969 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1967-1969
II.B.35 "Committee on Painting and Sculpture Minutes 1967"

Minutes and agendas from meetings of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture.

Minutes of the Meetings of the Committee on the Museum Collections on October 18, 1967, November 8, 1967, and December 13, 1967 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1967
II.B.36 "Artists' Protest -- Correspondence"

Correspondence regarding the Art Workers' Coalition's protest against MoMA and the subsequent formation of the Special Committee on Artist Relations.

1969
II.B.37 "Artists' Protest 1969"

Correspondence regarding the Art Workers' Coalition's protest against MoMA and the subsequent formation of the Special Committee on Artist Relations.

1969
II.B.38 "Fund-Raising - Foundations Sub-Committee"

Correspondence.

1969
II.B.39 "Fund-Raising - Maurice Gurin"

Correspondence.

1968-1969
II.B.40 "Fund-Raising - Evaluations Committee"

Correspondence.

1969
II.B.41 "Fund-Raising - Archibald L. Gillies"

Correspondence.

1968-1969
II.B.42 Report of a Feasibility Survey for The Museum of Modern Art

One copy of the report.

1968
II.B.43 "Fund-Raising Staff Mtg. Resolutions"

Correspondence.

1969
II.B.44 "Fund-Raising - James Delihas"

Correspondence with a report titled "A Report on the Museum's Future Program"

1969
II.B.45 "Galleries: 2nd and 3rd Floors"

Correspondence regarding artwork installations.

1969
II.B.46 "Educational Resources"

Press releases and correspondence regarding educational programs offered by MoMA and other museums.

1967-1969
II.B.47 "Exhibitions - Wilder Green 1968-"

Correspondence regarding various proposed and actual MoMA exhibitions, largely addressed to Wilder Green, Director of the Exhibition Program.

1968-1969
II.B.48 "Controller's Office"

Correspondence regarding budgets, reimbursements, donations, and other expenditures, largely addressed to Gerald E. Marenoff, Controller.

1964-1969
II.B.49 "Drawings and Prints"

Correspondence and press releases regarding donations, gifts, exhibitions, and other affairs of the Department of Drawings and Prints.

1968
II.B.50 "Museums Meeting - February 2 & 3, 1969"

Correspondence regarding meeting of multiple museum directors at MoMA in February 1969.

1969
II.B.51 "MoMA Exhibitions List - 1929-June 1967"

List of exhibitions at MoMA from November 7, 1929-June 4, 1967.

1967
II.B.52 "Drawings and Prints 1969"

Correspondence regarding Department of Drawings and Prints acquisitions, loans, exhibitions, donations, events, and more.

1969
II.B.53 A Report on the Present Status of the Department of Circulating Exhibitions, April 11, 1957

One copy of the report.

1957
II.B.54 "International Program 1968"

Press releases and correspondence regarding International Program/International Council activities.

1968
II.B.55 "International Program 1969"

Correspondence and exhibition schedules regarding International Program/International Council activities.

1969
II.B.56 "Development - Fund Raising (C. Hesse)"

Press release about the Twentieth Century Fund's Study of Art Museums.

1969
II.B.57 "Curatorium"

Minutes of the Painting and Sculpture Committee meetings, correspondence.

Minutes of the Meetings of the Painting and Sculpture Committee on August 24, 1967, October 18, 1967, November 15, 1967, and April 22, 1968 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1967-1969
II.B.58 "Development"

Correspondence from The Grolier Club.

1968
II.B.59 "Arts Magazine"

Issues of the Art Digest Newsletter and one mid-month supplement of Arts Magazine (December 1968).

1968-1969
II.B.60 "The Pragmatist in Art"

Issues of The Pragmatist in Art.

1967-1968
II.B.61 "Painting & Sculpture Department - General"

Correspondence regarding Department of Painting & Sculpture storage, loans, exhibitions, press releases, and more.

1968-1969
II.B.62 "Acquisitions P&S Decision Pending"

Correspondence regarding Department of Painting & Sculpture acquisitions and gifts.

1968-1969
II.B.63 "Acquisitions P&S Negative Committee Decisions"

Correspondence regarding Department of Painting & Sculpture rejected acquisitions.

1968-1969
II.B.64 "P&S - Miscellaneous Curatorial Corresp."

Correspondence regarding Department of Painting & Sculpture exhibitions, loans, acquisitions, gifts, and more.

1968-1969
II.B.65 "P&S - Miscellaneous Curatorial Corresp. 1969"

Correspondence regarding Department of Painting & Sculpture exhibitions, loans, acquisitions, gifts, and more.

1969
II.B.66 "Curatorium 1967-68"

Minutes of the Painting and Sculpture Committee meetings, correspondence. Includes original doodles (d'Hoodles) by René d'Harnoncourt.

Minutes of the Meetings of the Painting and Sculpture Committee on January 19, 1967, February 28, 1967, April 25, 1967, August 24, 1967, October 18, 1967, November 15, 1967, December 11, 1967, and April 22, 1968 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1967-1968
II.B.67 "Newsletter"

Correspondence regarding MoMA Members Newsletter.

1968-1969
II.B.68 "Newsletter Replies"

Correspondence regarding MoMA Members Newsletter.

1968-1969
II.B.69 "Miscellaneous Artists"

Correspondence with artists.

1967-1969
II.B.70 "Member's Newsletter & Calendar"

MoMA Members Newsletters and Calendars.

1968-1969
II.B.71 "Lending by MoMA - U.S. Embassy Residence in Paris"

Correspondence regarding the Art in Embassies program in Paris.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1969
II.B.72 "Loan Fee Question"

Correspondence with other museums regarding the possibility of charging for loans.

1969
II.B.73 "Lending by MoMA - 1969"

Correspondence regarding the Art Lending Service and other loans.

1969
II.B.74 "Purchase Funds"

Correspondence regarding Purchase Funds

1968-1969
II.B.75 "Selling by MoMA"

Correspondence regarding the sale of artworks from MoMA's collection.

1968-1969
II.B.76 "Lending by MoMA"

Loan correspondence.

1968
II.B.77 "Picasso Purchase Sculpture 1967-68"

Notes and correspondence regarding proposed purchase of a Picasso sculpture.

1967-1968
II.B.78 "Munch Purchase and Borrowing Of"

Correspondence regarding proposed loans and purchases of Edvard Munch artworks.

1968

Subseries II.C: Correspondence and Files Regarding Outside Organizations 1963-1969

This subseries has much in common with Subseries II.B in terms of its representation of sustained communication, but it specifically includes correspondence with individuals from outside organizations. In some cases, folders only include clippings and/or press releases about activities at the organizations. Files retain their original titles and largely their original order; some files were rearranged to cohere with the existing alphabetical order. Topics covered include external affairs and museum matters.

Folder Title Date
II.C.1 "Art Institute of Chicago"

Correspondence regarding circulating exhibition Dada, Surrealism, and their Heritage (C/E 66-18) at The Art Institute of Chicago.

1968
II.C.2 "Asia House"

Correspondence regarding Asia House's request to host event at MoMA.

1968
II.C.3 "Boston Museum of Fine Arts"

Correspondence requesting Bates Lowry as a lecturer at the Department of the School.

1968-1969
II.C.4 "Brooklyn Museum"

Clippings and press releases regarding the museum's activities; correspondence requesting Bates Lowry to be an award giver.

1968
II.C.5 "Center for Inter-American Relations"

Correspondence between Bates Lowry and the Center for Inter-American Relations. Also includes meeting announcements and agendas.

1968-1969
II.C.6 "Center for Urban Minority Affairs, Columbia University [Franklin Williams]"

Clipping and press release regarding Center for Urban Minority Affairs, Columbia University and Franklin Williams.

1968
II.C.7 "City University of New York 'University of the Air'"

Correspondence between Bates Lowry and Jerome E. Lord, City University of New York.

1968
II.C.8 "Christie's"

Clipping regarding opening of Christie's in New York.

undated
II.C.9 "Contemporary Crafts, Museum of"

Invitations to events at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts.

1968
II.C.10 "Corcoran Gallery of Art, The"

Press releases, correspondence regarding the gallery's activities.

1968-1969
II.C.11 "Experiments in Art and Technology"

Correspondence, clippings, and press release regarding Experiments in Art and Technology, Inc. (EAT) and The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27, 1968-February 9, 1969].

1968-1969
II.C.12 "Guggenheim Museum"

Correspondence, press releases, clippings regarding Guggenheim's Brancusi exhibition and MoMA's proposed Brancusi exhibition.

1963-1969
II.C.13 "The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Tokyo"

Correspondence regarding proposed ICE exhibition American Sculpture (ICE-F-138-69).

1968-1969
II.C.14 "Hirshhorn Museum - Washington, D.C."

Clipping regarding opening of the Hirshhorn Museum.

1969
II.C.15 "Jewish Museum"

Clipping regarding an exhibition at the museum. Also includes correspondence with The Israel Museum Jerusalem regarding the Lillie P. Bliss International Study Center.

1965-1968
II.C.16 "Los Angeles County Museum"

Press releases and clippings regarding the museum's activities.

1968
II.C.17 "Miscellaneous Museums - Art Centers"

Clippings and correspondence regarding the activities of the Wadsworth Atheneum, National Gallery of Victoria, Australian National Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, Art Gallery of the University of California, Berkeley, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Des Moines Art Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, Kunsthalle Basel, The Madison Art Center, Museum of Modern Art Japan, Stedelijk Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Walker Art Center, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The National Museum of Western Art.

1968-1969
II.C.18 "Henry Moore Exhibition for NY Infirmary 1970"

Clippings and correspondence regarding the Henry Moore exhibition at the New York Infirmary.

1968
II.C.19 "MUSE The Lincoln Bedford Neighborhood Museum Brooklyn"

Press release and clippings about MUSE: The Lincoln Bedford Neighborhood Museum, a branch of the Brooklyn Children's Museum.

1968
II.C.20 "National Gallery of Art - Washington"

Correspondence with and clippings about the National Gallery of Art.

1968-1969
II.C.21 "National Gallery of Canada"

Correspondence with the National Gallery of Canada regarding an exhibition of Dan Flavin artwork and American painting.

1967-1969
II.C.22 "National Gallery of Prague"

Correspondence regarding the visit of Dr. Kotalik.

1969
II.C.23 "The New School, N.Y.C."

Correspondence with Paul Mocsanyi, The New School Art Center regarding Lowry participating in a lecture series.

1968
II.C.24 "New York State Council on the Arts"

Press releases, clippings, and correspondence regarding activities of the New York State Council on the Arts, including a conference with S.U.N.Y. at MoMA.

1967-1968
II.C.25 "Parke-Bernet Galleries"

Correspondence from the Parke-Bernet Galleries.

1968-1969
II.C.26 "Primitive Art, The Museum of"

Press release from The Museum of Primitive Art.

1968
II.C.27 "Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture"

Correspondence with the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.

1961-1969
II.C.28 "Smithsonian Institution"

Correspondence with the Smithsonian Institution; clippings about Washington, D.C. art museums.

1968-1969
II.C.29 "Studio Museum in Harlem"

Clippings, press releases, and correspondence from the Studio Museum in Harlem.

1968-1969
II.C.30 "Party for the Staff of the Whitney Museum 6-14-66"

Invitation and guest list for a staff party of the Whitney Museum.

1966

Subseries II.D: Exhibition Files 1949-1969

This subseries includes correspondence, clippings, and other records regarding exhibitions that were installed or proposed during or after Bates Lowry's tenure; exhibitions were organized by curatorial departments, the Department of Circulating Exhibitions, and/or the International Program. Files retain their original titles and largely their original order; all proposed exhibitions were moved to the end of the subseries.

Folder Title Date
II.D.1 "The New American Painting & Sculpture: The First Generation"

Clippings, correspondence, press releases regarding The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation [MoMA Exh. #893, June 18-October 5, 1969].

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1969
II.D.2 "Architecture of Museums, Sept. 23 - Nov. 11, 1968"

Correspondence regarding Architecture of Museums [MoMA Exh. #867, September 25-November 11, 1968] and proposed tour (ICE-F-127-68).

1968-1969
II.D.3 "The Art of the Real: USA 1948-1968"

Correspondence, clippings, press releases, essays regarding Art of the Real [MoMA Exh. #862, July 3-September 8, 1968] and its tour (ICE-F-114-67).

1967-1969
II.D.4 "Bill Brandt"

Correspondence regarding Bill Brandt (ICE-F-140-69).

1969
II.D.5 "Brassai, Oct. 28, 1968"

Correspondence, press release, and other records regarding Brassaï [MoMA Exh. #873, October 29, 1968-January 5, 1969].

1968-1969
II.D.6 "Recent Works by Cartier Bresson, June 24-Sept. 9, 1968"

Invitation and installation estimate sheet for Cartier-Bresson [MoMA Exh. #861, June 25-September 2, 1968].

1968
II.D.7 "Christo"

Clipping, correspondence, catalogue, and poster regarding Christo Wraps the Museum [MoMA Exh. #857, June 5-June 25, 1968]

1968
II.D.8 "Dada and Surrealism"

Correspondence and clippings regarding Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage [MoMA Exh. #855, March 27-June 9, 1968] and its tour.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1967-1969
II.D.9 "de Kooning, Willem"

Correspondence, clippings, and press releases regarding Willem de Kooning [MoMA Exh. #884, March 5-April 26, 1969] and its tour (ICE-F-109-66).

1961-1969
II.D.10 "Dubuffet"

Correspondence regarding Jean Dubuffet at the Museum of Modern Art [MoMA Exh. #868, October 2-October 27, 1968] and its proposed tour (ICE-F-153-70).

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1967-1969
II.D.11 "Duchamp Memorial Panel - November 1968"

Correspondence regarding Tribute to Marcel Duchamp [MoMA Exh. #871, October 22-November 17, 1968]; clippings of Duchamp's obituary.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1968-1969
II.D.12 "Walker Evans"

Correspondence regarding Walker Evans [MoMA Exh. #952, January 27-April 12, 1971].

1968
II.D.13 "Five Major Loans: Paintings Lent by Mrs. Bertram Smith and Mr. Norton Simon, August 30, 1968"

Correspondence, clippings, and press releases regarding Five Major Loans: Paintings lent by Mrs. Bertram Smith and Norton Simon [MoMA Exh. #866, August 30-November 11, 1968]. Also includes installation photography.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1968-1969
II.D.14 "Helen Frankenthaler"

Correspondence and clippings regarding Helen Frankenthaler (ICE-F-116-68).

1968
II.D.15 "Gonzalez"

Correspondence regarding Julio González: Drawings, Sculpture, and Collages [MoMA Exh. #879, January 21-March 18, 1969].

1968
II.D.16 "John D. Graham"

Correspondence regarding tour of John D. Graham: Paintings and Drawings (C/E 67-3).

1969
II.D.17 "Hector Guimard"

Correspondence regarding tour of C/E Hector Guimard.

1969
II.D.18 "Japan - World's Fair 1970"

Correspondence regarding loans to the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan.

1969
II.D.19 "Kandinsky Watercolors"

Correspondence and press releases regarding Kandinsky Watercolors [MoMA Exh. #887, April 1-May 11, 1969] and its tour.

1969
II.D.20 "Ellsworth Kelly"

Correspondence regarding Ellsworth Kelly [MoMA Exh. #1042, September 12-November 4, 1973] and its proposed tour. Includes correspondence with the artist.

1967-1969
II.D.21 "In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., October 30-November 3, 1968 [Special Exhibition - non-MoMA]"

Correspondence, checklists, and clipping regarding In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King [MoMA Exh. #873a, October 31-November 3, 1968].

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1968-1969
II.D.22 The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

Correspondence, checklist, and annotated manuscript of essay for The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27, 1968-February 9, 1969].

1968
II.D.23 "The Machine"

Correspondence regarding The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27, 1968-February 9, 1969], its tour, and the proposed exhibition on kinetic art.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1965-1969
II.D.24 The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

Press kits for The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age [MoMA Exh. #877, November 27, 1968-February 9, 1969].

1968
II.D.25 "Manzu Doors"

Correspondence and press releases regarding Giacomo Manzu: Studies for the Portal of Death [MoMA Exh. #886, March 17-May 12, 1969].

1969
II.D.26 "Matisse"

Correspondence regarding The Sculpture of Matisse [MoMA Exh. #995, February 23-May 1, 1972].

1969
II.D.27 "Claes Oldenburg"

Correspondence and press release regarding Claes Oldenburg [MoMA Exh. #902a, September 23-November 23, 1969] and its tour (ICE-F-118-68). Includes correspondence with Oldenburg.

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1967-1969
II.D.28 "Miro from MoMA"

Folder was received empty.

II.D.29 "Newman, Barnett"

Correspondence regarding Barnett Newman [MoMA Exh. #980, October 21, 1971-January 10, 1972]. Includes correspondence with Newman.

1969
II.D.30 "Rauschenberg - October 1968"

Correspondence, clippings, checklist, press release, and wall labels regarding Rauschenberg: Soundings [MoMA Exh. #872, October 22, 1968-January 26, 1969].

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1968-1969
II.D.31 "Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection"

Correspondence, clippings, press releases, checklist, and photographs regarding Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection [MoMA Exh. #892, May 28-September 1, 1969] and its proposed tour.

1967-1969
II.D.32 "Homage to Gertrude Stein"

Correspondence and press release regarding Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family [MoMA Exh. #950, December 19, 1970-March 1, 1971] and its tour.

1968-1969
II.D.33 "Streets, Arcades and Galleries"

Correspondence regarding Architecture Without Architects [MoMA Exh. #752, November 11, 1964-February 7, 1965] and its tour (C/E 62-9) (ICE-F-70-62) (ICE-F-113-67) and a proposed exhibition called Streets, Arcades and Galleries.

1967-1969
II.D.34 "Tamarind"

Correspondence, clippings, and press releases regarding Tamarind: Homage to Lithography [MoMA Exh. #890, April 29-September 1, 1969] and its tour (ICE-F-134-69).

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1969
II.D.35 "New Forms in Technology"

Folder was received empty.

II.D.36 "Wall Hangings"

Correspondence and press release regarding Wall Hangings [MoMA Exh. #882, February 25-May 4, 1969] and its tour (C/E 66-25).

1968-1969
II.D.37 "Cezanne to Miro"

Clippings, correspondence, and press releases regarding Cézanne to Miró [MoMA Exh. #856a, April 23-April 25, 1968] and its tour (ICE-F-111-67).

1967-1969
II.D.38 "Frank Stella"

Correspondence regarding Frank Stella [MoMA Exh. #922, March 24-June 2, 1970 (Paintings), March 24-May 24, 1970 (Drawings)] and its tour (ICE-F-117-68).

1967-1969
II.D.39 "The Sidney Janis Collection"

Correspondence regarding The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection [MoMA Exh. #848, January 17-March 4, 1968] and its American tour and European tour (ICE-F-115-67).

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1968-1969
II.D.40 "Nurnberg Biennale"

Correspondence regarding the Nurnberg Biennale.

1968-1969
II.D.41 "Hemis-Fair Exhibition"

Correspondence regarding tour of Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879-1967 [MoMA Exh. #850, January 25-March 10, 1968].

1969
II.D.42 "American Embassy, Moscow (Lending by MoMA) 1969"

Correspondence regarding loan of artwork to the American Embassy in Moscow.

1969
II.D.43 "Russian Exhibition"

Correspondence regarding unsuccessful loans from the Hermitage for Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings [MoMA Exh. #803, July 19-September 25, 1966].

1966
II.D.44 "Pollock Exhibition 1967"

Correspondence regarding Jackson Pollock [MoMA Exh. #824, April 5-June 4, 1967].

1966-1967
II.D.45 "Yugoslavian Prints"

Correspondence regarding Yugoslavia: A Report [MoMA Exh. #903, September 29-November 30, 1969].

1968-1969
II.D.46 "Picasso Exhibition - 1967"

Correspondence regarding The Sculpture of Picasso [MoMA Exh. #841, October 11, 1967-January 1, 1968] and Prints by Picasso: A Selection from 60 Years [MoMA Exh. #842, October 11, 1967-Jan 1, 1968].

Restricted material removed: Condition correspondence.

1967-1969
II.D.47 Proposed Exhibition: "30 Americans"

Correspondence and preliminary checklist for proposed exhibition 30 Americans.

1969
II.D.48 Proposed Exhibition: "1907-17"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition.

1968
II.D.49 Proposed Exhibition: "Josef Albers"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition in honor of Josef Albers' 80th birthday.

1968
II.D.50 Proposed Exhibition: "Archipenko"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of Alexander Archipenko's work, likely became Archipenko: The Parisian Years [MoMA Exh. #935, July 20-October 18, 1970].

1968
II.D.51 Proposed Exhibition: "Art and Religion Exhibition"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition Artists Confront Religion.

1966-1967
II.D.52 Proposed Exhibition: "Brancusi Exhibition 1969"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of Brancusi's sculptures.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustee Program Committee on April 27, 1967 were removed from this folder and re-filed in the collection Committee Minutes.

1955-1969
II.D.53 Proposed Exhibition: "British Sculpture Exhibition"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of British sculpture.

1969
II.D.54 Proposed Exhibition: "Exhibition of British Sculpture 1966"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of British sculpture.

1963-1966
II.D.55 Proposed Exhibition: "Constructivism"

Correspondence regarding proposed constructivism exhibition.

1968
II.D.56 Proposed Exhibition: "Cubist"

Correspondence regarding proposed cubism exhibition.

1967
II.D.57 Proposed Exhibition: "Erotic Art"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of erotic art.

1969
II.D.58 Proposed Exhibition: "German Sculpture Exhibition"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of German sculpture.

1965-1966
II.D.59 Proposed Exhibition: "Modern American Sculpture"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition Modern American Sculpture (ICE-F-138-69).

1969
II.D.60 Proposed Exhibition: "Olitski, Jules"

Correspondence regarding proposed exhibition of Jules Olitski's work.

1969
II.D.61 Proposed Exhibition: "Stern Collection"

Budget for proposed "Stern Collection" exhibition.

undated
II.D.62 Proposed Exhibition: "Possible Exhibitions"

Correspondence regarding proposed architecture and Czech glass exhibitions.

1949, 1969

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Box and Folder List

Box Series Folder
1 I 1-24
2 I 25-43
3 I 44-63
4 I 64-86
5 II.A 1-4
6 II.A 5-9
II.B 1-16
7 II.B 17-36
8 II.B 37-51
9 II.B 52-68
10 II.B 69-78
11 II.C 1-30
12 II.D 1-21
13 II.D 22-32
14 II.D 33-62


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