Installation/renovation/conservation
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
A Conversation about Barnett Newman , 2011-09-24
File — Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 25
Identifier: 30.93.25
Abstract
With Carol Mancusi-UngaroCarol Mancusi-Ungaro, co-author of the 2004 Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné, will address issues pertaining to the history, presence, and preservation of Newman’s Broken Obelisk. Installed on the plaza of the Rothko Chapel in 1970, the sculpture embraces the ethos of the Chapel while embodying the cultural development of Houston. Barnett Newman (1905-1970), best known as a painter, is indelibly linked with the Rothko Chapel as the...
Dates:
Event: 2011-09-24
Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration , 2017-01-15
File — Shelf 31, Box: 97, Folder: 14
Identifier: 31.97.14
Abstract
5pm: Reception on the Plaza
5:30pm: Ceremony welcoming the return of Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk
6pm: Reception continues
7pm: The Fierce Urgency of Now, a lecture by Leonard Pitts, Jr.In honor of the life and work of the Rev. Dr. King, our Annual Celebration began with a ceremony on the plaza to welcome the return of the Broken Obelisk by Barnett Newman after a year away for conservation. The event included words by Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby, Wheeler Baptist Church Senior...
Dates:
Event: 2017-01-15
Broken Obelisk and Reflection Pool, Conservation, Correspondence, proposals and sample contracts, 2003 - 2005
File — RC02H
Identifier: RC02H
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
2003 - 2005
Broken Obelisk and Reflection Pool, Conservation, Planning and progress schedules, 2004 - 2005
File — RC02H
Identifier: 2004-2005_RC02H_39
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
2004 - 2005
Broken Obelisk and Reflection Pool, Maintenance, Menil conservation department meeting agenda, 2011-05-18
File — RC02H
Identifier: 20110518_RC02H_45
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
2011-05-18
Broken Obelisk, Appeal to Barnett Newman Foundation for funding, 2010
File — RC02H
Identifier: 2010_RC02H_42
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
2010
Broken Obelisk, Conservation, Condition inspections by Griswold Conservation Associates, 2007 - 2008
File — RC02H
Identifier: 2007-2010_RC02H_41
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
2007 - 2008
Broken Obelisk, Conservation, Corrosion study by Engineer Associates, Inc., 2015-08-05
File — RC02H
Identifier: 20150805_RC02H_48
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
2015-08-05
Broken Obelisk, Conservation efforts and reports, 1978 - 1983
File — RC02H
Identifier: 1978-1983_RC02H_24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files include:0. Broken Obelisk, Chapel handout, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Details of sculpture written by Dominique de Menil, n.d.
0. Broken Obelisk, Correspondence, Handwritten note from Virginia Wright to Dominique de Menil regarding file on Broken Obelisk, n.d.
02. Broken Obelisk, Excerpts from City Council Minutes, 1969-08-20
03. Broken Obelisk, Letter and newspaper clippings from Barnett "Barney" Newman, 1969-08-26
04. Broken Obelisk, Houston City Conflictin media, newspaper...
Dates:
1978 - 1983