Hirshhorn, Joseph H., 1899-1981
Philanthropist, Businessperson, Collector
Size: 57 items.
Summary: Memorabilia from the International Exhibition of Modern Art in 1913, commonly known as the Armory Show, includes one button, two invitations, and 54 postcards primarily from the New York installation and also a few from the installations in Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois.
Hirshhorn was an art collector; New York, N.Y. The Armory Show of 1913 was a seminal exhibition of modern art held in the 69th St. Armory, N.Y. It travelled to Boston and Chicago.
Donated 1994 by Olga Hirshhorn, from the material acquired by her late husband, Joseph H. Hirshhorn. She donated one poster to the National Museum of American Art.
Microfilm reel 5027 (1004-1090) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Armory Show (International Exhibition of Modern Art) memorabilia, 1913. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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