Metropolitan Museum of Art / Annenberg Etc.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Harrow, Gustave
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content: Gustave Harrow legal records relating to the Estate of Mark Rothko
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.6 Linear Feet (Boxes 33-35)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.harrgust2, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged in original order
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Found here are reference materials assembled by Harrow for legal actions unrelated to the Rothko case.  They include his researchabout the proposed Walter Annenberg gift of a communications center to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1976.  Included are clippings and articles, Metropolitan Museum reports, notes, correspondence, and one sound cassette recording of the 3/14/1977 Metropolitan Museum of Art Board Meeting.  The remainder of the materials concern various other issues at the museum, including administrative issues, challenges to the authenticity of certain pieces, the de Groot donation, the Packard Collection, and alleged misattributions in an Asian Art exhibition.