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Baur, John I. H. (John Ireland Howe), 1909-1987

 Person

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Leaders of American Impressionism [10/17/1937-11/28/1937] [01 of ], 1937 - 1940

 File
Identifier: PSC_02_144
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding purchases from Yale; Garvan estate. List of paintings. Correspondence regarding loans; valuations; shipping. Correspondence regarding Quidor purchase.

Dates: 1937 - 1940
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Exhibitions

Lectures by curators, 1937

 File
Identifier: PSC_05_002
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Art Students League regarding lecture, "New Lights on the History of American Impressionism." Baur resume.

Dates: 1937
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Extra-museum activities

Lectures by curators, 1939

 File
Identifier: PSC_05_003
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Charlotte Koos Foster regarding Baur lecture.

Dates: 1939
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Extra-museum activities

Memos, 1939-1940

 File
Identifier: PSC_01_341
Scope and Contents

Memos with Director regarding deliberations on gifts, loans, purchases; Governing Committee decisions. Memos regarding administration; Brooklyn Artists exhibition. Requisition forms: Trompe l'Oeil: Still Life by William M. Harnett; Portrait of a Woman; drawings by Andre L'Hote.

Dates: 1939-1940
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration

Memos, 1941-1946

 File
Identifier: PSC_01_342
Scope and Contents

Memos with Director regarding deliberations on gifts, loans, purchases; Governing Committee decisions. Memos regarding administration; alterations to fifth floor galleries; "Fakes and Forgeries" exhibition; protection of museum objects; deaccessions.

Dates: 1941-1946
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration

Memos, 1934-1938

 File
Identifier: PSC_01_340
Scope and Contents

Memos regarding procedures for accessioned objects; insurance; administrative organization; recent acquisitions; objects; with Director regarding deliberations on gifts, loans, Governing Committee. Exhibition schedule. List of accessioned books (1935). Regulations for gifts, loans, purchases. Additional file number: 1343.

Dates: 1934-1938
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration

Memos, 1952-1955

 File
Identifier: PSC_01_343
Scope and Contents Memos with Director regarding deliberations on gifts, loans, purchases; Governing Committee decisions. Memos regarding administration; vandalism; destroyed plaster casts; fifth floor reconstruction; exhibitions; museum policy; policy on purchases. Report to exhibitions committee. Notice of Arrival forms: "Pinnacles from a Pier" by Lena Gurr; "Portrait - 1948" by Oscar Kokoschka; "Queensboro Bridge" by Ernest Lawson; "Cyberenetics" by Ben Shawn. Description of Painting and Sculpture...
Dates: 1952-1955
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration

Museums: Fogg Museum, 1937 - 1940

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Identifier: PSC_01_368
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Michael Friedsam collection; Fogg Museum exhibition. List of Friedsam collection paintings.

Dates: 1937 - 1940
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration

Museums: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1939

 File
Identifier: PSC_01_370
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with J. Chillman, Jr. regarding list of artists as possible exhibitors.

Dates: 1939
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration

Museums: Museum of Modern Art, 1926 - 1940

 File
Identifier: PSC_01_371
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding loans; exhibitions; Toulouse-Lautrec. Receipts. Valuations. List: Bliss collection.

Dates: 1926 - 1940
Found in: Brooklyn Museum Archives / RG-04-10, Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art records / Departmental Administration
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