Volume XVI / Number 3
1952
Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: A. K., II
Foreword: 14 Eyes in a Museum Storeroom
Every large museum, and most smaller ones, have far more specimens than can possibly be exhibited at the same time. […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Franklin C. Watkins
Franklin C. Watkins: Painter
Mr. Watkins liked this bamboo zither from Borneo and said: In the room where all the musical instruments are stored […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Jacques Lipchitz
Jacques Lipchitz: Sculptor
Mr. Lipchitz was asked why he had chosen this Mayan stone relief from Honduras, and he said: When you asked […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes: Designer
Of this sculptured Mayan death’s head from Guatemala, Mr. Bel Geddes said: This intrigues me. I don’t especially like it […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Charles Addams
Charles Addams: ...Of The New Yorker
Charles Addams chose this figure of a whale from a Tlingit helmet, Southeast Alaska, and remarked: These objects were selected […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Louis E. Stern
Louis E. Stern: Collector
Pottery of the 15th century A.D. from Lago de Ajudante, Brazil, interested Mr. Stern. I was attracted by the grace […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Rene D'Harnoncourt
Rene D’Harnoncourt: Museum of Modern Art
Mr. d’Harnoncourt chose a Sepik River wood sculpture from New Guinea. That is a fine thing without any qualification. I […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Lincoln Kirstein
Lincoln Kirstein: Ballet
Mr. Kirstein was the only selector to choose a piece from the Museum’s large New Ireland collection. Of this dance […]
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