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Collection Creator:
Harrow, Gustave  Search this
Extent:
1.6 Linear feet (Boxes 33-35)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1971-1981
Scope and Contents:
Found here are reference materials assembled by Harrow for legal actions unrelated to the Rothko case. They include his researchabout the proposed Walter Annenberg gift of a communications center to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1976. Included are clippings and articles, Metropolitan Museum reports, notes, correspondence, and one sound cassette recording of the 3/14/1977 Metropolitan Museum of Art Board Meeting. The remainder of the materials concern various other issues at the museum, including administrative issues, challenges to the authenticity of certain pieces, the de Groot donation, the Packard Collection, and alleged misattributions in an Asian Art exhibition.
Arrangement:
Arranged in original order
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recording with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Gustave Harrow legal records relating to the Estate of Mark Rothko, 1957-1986, undated. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.harrgust2, Series 7
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Gustave Harrow legal records relating to the Estate of Mark Rothko
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b759c180-8bd9-4a59-81b6-fcdc21b35ffc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-harrgust2-ref31