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NYC’S MODERN MUSEUM OF ART:“TOO MUCH GLASS”
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(ARCHITECTS.) GOODWIN, PHILIP L.Typed Letter Signed, to the first direc-
tor of the Modern Museum of Art in NY Alfred H. Barr, Jr., sending blueprints of
portions of the MoMA [not present], requesting input concerning certain design decisions,
complaining about lack of agreement about staircase placement, proposing a telephone sys-
tem, and, in a postscript, noting that deadlines have changed due to Board of Design
demands. 2 pages, 4to, personal stationery, written on rectos only of two sheets; some scat-
tered small holes and tears with minor loss to text, minor chipping to edges of second leaf,
even toning overall, horizontal folds; cloth chemise and slipcase.
NewYork, 4 May 1937
[300/400]
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. . . I . . . wish to send you the two enclosed blueprints, one showing the back with the glass
extending down to the three foot point on the second and third floor rear, to compare with the
rear elevation in your set; and a revision of the entrance with doors on the diagonal. . . .
“
Please let me know your reaction to the diagonal entrance, etc., and the glass arrangement on
the rear? I feel that we are getting too much glass . . . . In particular, on the third floor, a combi-
nation of clerestory and top light might give a quite unpleasant light . . . .
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. . . I wish to repeat that when you brought back the question of the stairs in the front, the
plans had already been figured out . . . .
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Secondly, the schedule that Lowry had given for the drawings and the beginning of the work,
made it impossible to make this change and study it and get the working drawings ready any-
where nearly on time. . . .
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Also, several people had dwelt at length on the desirability of a good exhibition wall near the
window, and facing the entrance. I discarded several schemes in order to work this in, only to
find that the staircase in the front was revived by persons unaware of this. . . . [W]e had all
agreed that a gaping staircase was not an agreeable thing on entering . . . .
“
I am collecting samples and suggestions for various materials, such as floor finishes, stair treads,
window types, light control and protection for windows, etc., and would be glad to have your
suggestions on any of these. . . .”
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(ASTRONAUTS.) ARMSTRONG, NEIL. Photograph Signed and Inscribed,
“ToLarryW. Jones / Best Wishes,” half-length portrait by NASA, showing him in space suit
holding helmet with moon in background. Signed in the image, lower right. 10x8 inches;
three minor depressions at left edge, biography printed on verso.
Np, [1980s]
[1,000/2,000]
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ALBUM COMMEMORATINGWEDDING
OFTERESHKOVA AND NIKOLAYEV
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(ASTRONAUTS.) TERESHKOVA, VALENTINA; AND ANDRIYAN NIKO-
LAYEV. Album of 24 photographs showing their wedding ceremony and honeymoon,
Signed by both on the front pastedown, “Tereshkova” and “ANikolayev,” in Russian.
Signed after a dated inscription, in an unknown hand, in Russian: “For comrade, /
Nikolaev,Yurii Vasil’evitch / With gratitude for help in / ‘space’ / With respect / [signa-
tures] / 12/29/63.” The first 10 photographs show the ceremony and banquet, a few of
which include Nikita Khrushchev, the others show visits to Cuba—one including Fidel
Castro—and to India—one including Jawaharlal Nehru. Each photograph 8
1
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2
x6 inches,
mounted alone to a recto page. Oblong 4to, original green cloth, soiling and abrasions to
rear cover. (TFC)
Np, 29 December 1963
[3,000/4,000]
WITH
—
a note recording the provenance of the album, in Russian:“. . .This album was the gift
to a member of an executive staff of Gossnada, (state ministry of procurement and supplies),
Nikolaev,Yurii Vasil’evitch in 1963 by general Kliukov,VV, the director of the institute of space
medicine, as a token of gratitude for his contribution to the construction of this institute. . . .”