Geoffrey Theodore Hellman papers relating to Albert Eugene Gallatin's Museum of Living Art, 1934-1952

Collection Information

Size: 9 Items, (on partial microfilm reel)

Summary: Two letters, 1942 and 1943, from Albert Eugene Gallatin to Hellman concerning the relocation of Gallatin's art collection, the Museum of Living Art, from New York University to the Philadelphia Museum of Art; a press release from NYU about the move; and photocopies of 6 articles about Gallatin by Hellman in THE NEW YORKER, 1934-1952.

Biographical/Historical Note

Hellman, a writer, wrote about A. E. Gallatin on several occasions in the New Yorker magazine. Gallatin formed one of America's earliest modern art collections, and displayed it as Gallery of Living Art (later Museum of Living Art) at NYU. It moved to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943.

Provenance

Donated 1976 by Geoffrey Hellman.

Language Note

English .