Correspondence, 1951-1952.

ArchivalResource

Correspondence, 1951-1952.

Collection consists of 147 letters and post cards written by Blanche and John P. Leeper describing their activities at the Pasadena Art Institute (now Pasadena Art Museum) and in Southern California art circles generally.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409523

University of California, Los Angeles

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Leeper, Blanche Magurn

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Pasadena Art Museum

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Art museum, Pasadena, Calif. Renamed Norton Simon Museum of Art in 1974 and later renamed the Norton Simon Museum. Held Duchamp retrospective 1963. From the description of Marcel Duchamp Restrospective Exhibition records, 1959-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502678 ...

Leeper, John Palmer

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Leeper was born in 1921 in Dennison, TX; BS in journalism from Southern Methodist Univ. and an MA in art history from Harvard Univ.; Blanche Magurn Leeper was born in 1911 in Boston, MA; BA in philosophy and MA in Fine Arts from Radcliffe College; she was asst. curator of Oriental Art at the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum at Harvard; asst. to the director, Pasadena Art Museum, 1950-53; married John Leeper in 1953; from 1954-90 John served as the director of the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum in ...