Papers relating to art commissioned for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

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Papers relating to art commissioned for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

1992-1998

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The papers relating to art commissioned for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, compiled by Judith Zilczer, measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1992-1998. Papers kept by Zilczer in her capacity as a member of an advisory committee to the General Services Administrations (GSA) Art-in-Architecture Program, charged with recommending works of art to decorate the federal Ronald Reagan Building and International Center. The collection documents the process that resulted in the selection of three works of art: Martin Puryear's Bearing Witness, Stephen Robin's Federal Triangle Flowers, and Keith Sonnier's Route Zenith. The records also document the role of the committee as advocates for the artists when Stop Work Orders for Puryear and Sonnier were issued due to massive construction overruns.

0.4 Linear feet

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United States. Public Buildings Service. Art-in-Architecture Program.

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Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (Washington, D.C.)

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Sonnier, Keith, 1941-....

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Keith Sonnier (1941- ) is a sculptor and painter in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Keith Sonnier, 2009 Sept. 22- Oct. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596879 Keith Sonnier (1941- ) is a sculptor and painter from New York, N.Y. Born in Mamou, La. From the description of Oral history interview with Keith Sonnier, 1972 Aug. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 49559672...

Robin, Stephen, 1944-

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Zilczer, Judith

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Zilczer is a curator at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Streets was most expensive federal building ever constructed, with a price tag of more than $818 million. From the description of Papers relating to art commissioned for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1992-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78323605 ...

Puryear, Martin, 1941-....

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