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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1937

Functions

Places

Languages Used

  • English

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

American Federation of Arts (22): publications, 1936 - 1937

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Principal respondent: Whiting, Alan. Notes on Parnassus merger. Correspondence regarding articles; circulation; National Gallery of Art; articles solicited; artists to be featured; Junior League magazine. Who's Who in American Art, first edition. Policy outline. P.N. Youtz, President, AFA.

Dates: 1936 - 1937

BIAS: trustees, 1965-04 - 1966-07

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Correspondence and memos regarding nominees; Greek Gold Jewelry exhibition thefts; policy on appraisals; establishment of committee to study sale of antiquities in Gallery Shop; death of L. Stone; National Gallery loan.

Dates: 1965-04 - 1966-07

Exhibitions: Velasco Exhibition

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Correspondence regarding travelling exchange exhibitions in cooperation with Inter-American Office, National Gallery of Art and Mexican Government; expenses; itinerary. Copies of legal agreements. Press release. Invitation to opening, Philadelphia Museum.

Inter-American Office, National Gallery of Art, 1944-06

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Correspondence regarding travelling loan exhibition, "Indian Arts in the United States" to be shown at the Museo Nacional in Mexico. Press release.

Dates: 1944-06

Museums: misc., 1943 - 1944

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Correspondence regarding exhibitions, loans, including National Gallery of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; University Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Addison Gallery of American Art; Children's Museum of Washington; Toledo Museum of Art; Berkshire Museum; Newark Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Children's Museum (Jamaica Plain, MA); Montclair Art Museum; Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art.

Dates: 1943 - 1944

Museums: National Gallery of Art, 1944 - 1945

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Principal respondent: James, Macgill. Correspondence regarding Index of American Design exhibition.

Dates: 1944 - 1945

Museums: National Gallery of Art, 1945-10 - 1946-01

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Correspondence regarding Landscape exhibition, catalogue, and prints.

Dates: 1945-10 - 1946-01

Museums: National Gallery of Art, 1941-01

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Principal respondent: Finley, David E. Correspondence regarding opening.

Dates: 1941-01

National Gallery of Art, 1936 - 1937

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Principal respondent: Marceau, Henri. Correspondence regarding A.W. Mellon donation, founding; with Carnegie Corporation regarding cultural center with Smithsonian.

Dates: 1936 - 1937