Lisa Taylor, Director of the Cooper-Hewitt

Summary

Lisa Taylor, the director (1969-1987) of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum), stands in front of a display of flags from the 'MAN TRANSFORMS' exhibition. The exhibition commemorates the museum's re-opening in the newly renovated Carnegie Mansion.

Subject

• Taylor, Lisa 1933-1991
• Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration
• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
• Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)
• Man transFORMS, Aspects of Design (Exhibition) (1976-1977: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• The image attached to this record is a scan of the 4w x 5h black and white negative.
• Image is from a press release kit; photographs sent from Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc., 800 Second Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 287, Box 18, Folder: 13

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Art
• Openings
• Exhibitions
• New Museums
• Museums
• Flags
• New Galleries
• Art--Exhibitions
• Museum directors

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

95-20296

Physical description

• Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: person, candid; Medium: Photgraphic negative
• Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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