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[Notes on Hotel Stationery]

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1939 Material: height: 9 3/8 x width: 4 1/8 inches, [2 pages]
Creator: Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 Identifier: aql:1679 2004.2.15 QMOA

Description: Handwritten notes on hotel stationery detailing possible names for the surrealism exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The title ultimately selected was "Dream of Venus."

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989

Date : 1939

Summary/Description : Handwritten notes on hotel stationery detailing possible names for the surrealism exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The title ultimately selected was "Dream of Venus."

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Surrealism; 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.

Coverage : Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)

Type : notes

Format : height: 9 3/8 x width: 4 1/8 inches, [2 pages]

Identifier : aql:1679 2004.2.15 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Surrealism; 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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