James Johnson Sweeney subject files, 1961-1968.

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James Johnson Sweeney subject files, 1961-1968.

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The Subject Files illustrate Sweeney's active role as a juror and guest curator for international exhibitions held outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, specifically, the 1961 Bienal de Sao Paulo (Brazil) and the 1963 Irish Exhibition of Living Art (Dublin). A prominent subject is the 1967 exhibition ROSC, The Poetry of Vision (Dublin), for which Sweeney served as chairman of a jury completed by Willem Sandberg and Jean Leymarie. The papers include correspondence with his fellow jurors as well as with artists (Alberto Burri, Pierre Soulages, Pierre Alechinsky, and Joan Miro) who contributed to the exhibition. In addition the papers document Sweeney's role as guest curator for the 1962 exhibition of sculptures and mobiles by Alexander Calder held at the Tate Gallery in London. There are numerous letters from Calder which include sketches, his suggestions as to which works were to be included in the Tate exhibition and how they were to be shown, and discussion of new works in progress. The Subject Files also contain materials related to the Tamarind Lithography Workshop (Los Angeles), including correspondence between Sweeney and Director June Wayne; copies of correspondence between Wayne and Jean Dubuffet concerning the latter's much-publicized refusal of a Tamarind award in August 1965; and copies of minutes of the annual meeting of Tamarind's Board of Directors (1961-1967).

4.25 linear ft.

Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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