Records of the Boston Committee, 1925-1938.

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Records of the Boston Committee, 1925-1938.

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This collection includes the meeting minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Boston Committee of Sauvegarde de l'art Français ("Protection of French Art") from the years 1925-1938. Also included are maps, floor plans, publicity and notes of the French town of Larressingle, which this committee raised money to purchase and restore.

.25 linear feet

Harvard University Art Museum

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Harvard University Art Museum

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Sauvegarde de l'art Français (association)

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The organization Sauvegarde de l'art Français was founded in Paris in 1925 to protect, conserve and restore France's artistic heritage of art and monuments. The duc de Trévise, Édouard Mortier, was the President of the Society; he organized a show and sale in the spring of 1924 to benefit what was then a personal project. Soon after that fundraiser, Mortier toured cities in the United States with the intent of raising additional money to benefit his cause. In 1925, after hearing Mortier speak...