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Broken Obelisk Materials

 File — Container: RC02H, Box: 021
Identifier: RC02H.021

Dates

  • 1971

Extent

From the Series: 10 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

General

Files include: 01. The Broken Obelisk, 1972 02. Museum Contacts, American and Foreign 03. Broken Obelisk information for hand-out at the chapel 04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflict, 1969 05. Broken Obelisk, newspaper clippings, 1969 06. Broken Obelisk Purchase, 1969 07. Excerpts from City Council Minutes, Aug 20, 1969 08. Broken Obelisk, 1969-1972 09. Broken Obelisk, Press release, media coverage, 1969-1971 10. Broken Obelisk, Media coverage and correspondence, 1969-1971 11. Broken Obelisk, 1969-1983 12. Broken Obelisk, 1970-1983 13. Reflection pool, 1970-1971 14. Correspondence about plaque for Broken Obelisk with Annalee Newman, 1971 15. Letter from Anna Lee Newman about dedication, 1971 16. Broken Obelisk by Harold Rosenberg, 1971 17. Article about Broken Obelisk, Houston Post, February 2 1971 18. Coretta King’s telegram on the occasion of dedication, February 24 1971 19. Address made by Dominque de Menil at dedication of Broken Obelisk, February 28 1971 20. Media coverage on purchase of Broken Obelisk, April 7, 1971 21. Article about Broken Obelisk, Christian Century, April 7, 1971 22. Letter from Annalee Newman, July 8, 1971 23. Newswire about dedication of sculpture to MLK, Aug 26, 1971 25. Broken Obelisk pool maintenance, 1974-1978 26. Broken obelisk, Cor-ten steel 27. National Association of Corrosion engineers, 1978-1979, summary of the technical program 28. Broken Obelisk mechanical drawings, July 1979 31. Dominque’s response to Mayor’s appeal for financial support for a statue of MLK, Sep 30, 1980 32. Conservation – Broken Obelisk, 1982-2010 33. Annalee’s letter about photo reproduction rights for chapel, Sep 10, 1983 34. Broken Obelisk, 1983 36. First appeal to Barnett Newman Foundation for Broken Obelisk repairs, May 28, 2003 37. Broken Obelisk – restoration media coverage, 2005 38. Media Coverage of Broken Obelisk, 2006 39. The Getty Conservation Institute Broken Obelisk Conservation Study, Spring 2007 40. Media coverage, on “Broken Obelisk” Conservation case study, Feb 22, 2008 41. Commentary on Houston’s Broken Obelisk, 2010 42. Condition Inspection of Broken Obelisk, Griswold Conservation Associates, February 4, 2010 43. New appeal to Barnett Newman Foundation for funding, 2010 44. Meeting Agenda about Broken Obelisk Reflecting Pool maintenance, May 8, 2011 45. Broken obelisk, 2016 46. Broken Obelisk fact sheet, and conservation treatments, 2016 47. Tentative schedule for broken obelisk reinstallation, Dec 2016 48. Broken Obelisk Pool Filtration Guidelines 49. Broken Obelisk Conservation, 2004-2005 50. Neil Prinitz File on Broken Obelisk 51. Pool Correspondence, 1984-1987 52. Olympic Pool 2010 53. Details about Broken Obelisk written by Dominque de Menil 54. Broken Obelisk Conservation, April 19 2013 55. Broken Obelisk Conservation, 2016 56. Correspondence with Frank Stella , Nov 16 2005 57. Broken Obelisk Conservation

Repository Details

Part of the Rothko Chapel Archives Repository

Contact:
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Houston TX 77006 USA
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