Alan and Janet Wurtzburger Papers 1955-1969

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Alan and Janet Wurtzburger Papers 1955-1969

The Alan and Janet Wurtzburger Papers contain the correspondence and art collection related papers of Baltimore collectors Alan and Janet Wurtzburger. Contains almost exclusively material related to the Wurtzburgers acquisition and loan of works from their collection of modern sculpture. After collecting and donating their collections of African, Pre-Columbian and Oceanic art to the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Wurtzburgers began working with Director Adelyn Breeskin and Curator Gertrude Rosenthal to build a collection of contemporary sculpture suitable for a garden that would also eventually go to the museum. The material in the Wurtzburger Papers relates mostly to the details of purchase of sculptures, their shipping to the U.S., and exhibition in various museums.

0.6 Linear feet ; 2 boxes

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Wurtzburger, Janet, 1908-1973

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Wurtzburger, Alan, 1900-1963

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Janet E. C. Wurtzburger, Jan. 29th, 1908 - Dec. 1973. Born Janet E. Cohn in Cleveland, Ohio. She was on the Board of Trustees at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, and American Academy in Rome. Also interested in cooking, she edited the cookbook, Private Collections: A Culinary Treasure, and worked with James Beard. She was killed in car accident in Jamaica shortly after the book was published. Alan Wurtzburger, April 22nd, 1900 - Feb. 20, 1963. ...