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Surrealist Eye

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1939 Material: height: 13 x width: 8 3/8 inches
Creator: Levy, Julien Contributor: Woodner, Ian Identifier: aql:1311 2004.2.115 QMOA

Description: Proposal for a surrealist pavilion detailing estimated costs and net returns after investment. The idea eventually came to fruition as the "Dream of Venus" Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Title : Surrealist Eye

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Levy, Julien

Contributor : Woodner, Ian

Date : 1939

Summary/Description : Proposal for a surrealist pavilion detailing estimated costs and net returns after investment. The idea eventually came to fruition as the "Dream of Venus" Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Subject : Surrealism; Pavilions; Projections; Amusement Area

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Type : proposals

Format : height: 13 x width: 8 3/8 inches

Identifier : aql:1311 2004.2.115 QMOA

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Subject:
Surrealism; Pavilions; Projections; Amusement Area
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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