A Modern Patronage: de Menil Gifts to American and European Museums

by Ann Temkin, Marcia Brennan, Alfred Pacquement

A celebration of the internationally renowned collectors John and Dominique de Menil and their commitment to the modern museum

In the early 1940s, John and Dominique de Menil began to acquire art. Collecting in an intuitive and personal manner, the de Menils gathered "things in which we believe," as John phrased it, and proceeded to develop an inspired collection that would eventually find a permanent home at The Menil Collection in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300123795
• ISBN13: 9780300123791
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Menil Foundation
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 11.0"