Art: Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena [001]

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Title Art: Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena [001]
Photo Number Box 54, USA Pasadena Art Museum, 1
Description Photograph of contemporary sculpture, Pasadena Art Museum (later re-named Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena), Pasadena, California
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1973
Subject Sculpture--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Pasadena Museum of Modern Art--California--Pasadena--Photographs; Pasadena Art Museum--California--Pasadena--Photographs; California; Museums; Art
Keywords Fine arts
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Pasadena (Calif.)
Caption on Slide Contemporary sculpture, Pasadena, California. Photo: Steve Connal
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The history of the Norton Simon Museum begins with the Pasadena Art Institute. The Institute was founded in 1922 and incorporated two years later on August 14, 1924 as a privately endowed, nonprofit institution...In April, 1954, the Institute changed its name to the Pasadena Art Museum and concentrated its efforts on the acquisition and exhibition of modern art... On March 1, 1973, the Museum again changed its name. It [then] became the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art...On June 24, 1974 the Museum closed for renovation. After combining the Pasadena Art Museum and Norton Simon collections, it reopened on March 1, 1975. In October of that year, the name of the institution changed to the Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena."--Museum History, Norton Simon Museum website. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "Pasadena Art Mus. Spring '63 Contemporary Show, Padadena Mus. Of Mod. Art Pasadena, Ca. Photo: Steve Connal" with Date. Original provided as: 1973.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6sn0t1k
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 341039
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sn0t1k
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