Aline Meyer Liebman papers

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Aline Meyer Liebman papers

1906-1978

Correspondence, photographs, business and financial records, printed matter, scrapbooks, and exhibition catalogs document Mrs. Liebman's acquisition of modern American art, European painting and decorative arts, her interest in and support of photography, her encouragement of individual artists, the inception and early history of the Museum of Modern Art, and her own painting career.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6718820

Archives of American Art

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