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UNIQUE ID: 
SFC.S02.B039.F021
Title: 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Creation Date: 
1969-1994
Work Creator Name: 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Work Creator Name: 
New York Times
Work Creator Name: 
Campbell, Sandra L. Still
Work Material Medium Name: 
ink
Work Material Support Name: 
paper
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
New York, New York
Work Description: 
This file contains invitations for exhibition openings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and newspaper articles related to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It opens with invitations to the exhibitions "New York Paintings and Sculptures: 1940-1970" and "The Cubist Epoch." There are articles on art sales and trades and the ethics of these sales and trades in the New York Times and National Review. There are articles from the New York Times about the costs of new wings or buildings related to the museum. There are articles from the New York times on exhibitions and art collections at the Metropolitan Museum. There are brochures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1974-1975. There is a 1976 article on John Pop-Hennessy joining the Metropolitan Museum to a chairman of European paintings and articles about the achievements and controversies around director Thomas Hoving. There are letters from Sandra Still Campbell to Clyfford Still about seeing his painting at the Metropolitan Museum in 1977. There are the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1977 calendar. In 1978, the are New York Times articles about the selection of Thomas Hess as chairman of the department of 20th-century art. There are New York Times articles about collections coming to the Metropolitan Museum including the Dillon collection and Roman Empire era art collected by Hoving in 1981. In 1983 there are New York Times articles about De Montebello's efforts to create the public image of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in turn the attendance information about the museum. There are articles about the collections and collection policy of the Met, including information on the decisions to collect Modern Art, Abstract Expressionism, and specifically Jackson Pollock's works. Finally, there are some pamphlets of the flor plan of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Image Type Format: 
PDF/A
Image Holding Institution: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Image Collection Name: 
Clyfford Still Archives - Subject Files
Image Rights Statement: 
IN COPYRIGHT
Image Capture Hardware: 
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Image Capture Operating System: 
Macintosh OS 10.9.2
Image Cataloger Name: 
Hadley Kluber
Image Cataloger Role: 
Contract Digitization Specialist