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Creator:
Adams, Mary E., 1920-  Search this
Names:
J. Paul Getty Museum  Search this
North Carolina Museum of Art  Search this
Adams, Mary E., 1920-  Search this
Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958  Search this
Extent:
8 Items
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1954-1957
Scope and Contents:
Letters from Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, the first director of the Getty Museum, to his assistant, Mary E. Adams. Five letters from 1954 regard the opening of the museum; the remainder were written while Valentiner was director at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Included are typescripts of the letters.
Biographical / Historical:
Mary Adams was assistant to Wilhelm Valentiner at the J. Paul Getty Museum, in 1954. She is the wife of printmaker Clinton Adams. Art historian Wilhelm Valentiner was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. He served as Director, Detroit Institute of Art, 1924-1946, Director-Consultant, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1946-1954, Director, J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, Calif., 1954, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1955-1958. Editor, Art in America, 1913-1931, and was the author of books on Dutch painting and modern sculpture.
Provenance:
Donated 1997 by Mary E. Adams.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Museum directors  Search this
Art museum directors  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.adammary
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e1eec42e-eba0-4d27-8a60-ce57ee9bd5ac
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-adammary