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Russell, John, 1919-2008

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 19190122 - 20080823

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Art People / Russell, John; Phillips T., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-31428-32917
Scope and Contents

John Russell reviews the exhibition of Tom Phillips in the Lefebre Gallery, New York including a detailed description of "A Humument." The Sackners attended this exhibition and the large exhibition in the Basle Kunsthalle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Modern Art Museums: The Surprise Is Gone / Russell, John; Johns J; Andre C; Bartlett J., 1985

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Identifier: CC-31027-32488
Scope and Contents

John Russell contends that "the same few artists dominate all the major contemporary collections...[because] we feel comfortable with what we know, and for better and for worse that sensation is available in full measure in museums of modern art...It is, in fact, the buildings, and not what we see in them, that are full of surprises." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Tom Phillips / Russell, John., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-31394-32881
Scope and Contents

Reviews Phillips' Dante's Inferno exhibition at the Center for Book Arts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Tom Phillips / Russell, John; Phillips T., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-03482-3539
Scope and Contents

Review of the Center for Book Arts exhibition from which the Sackners purchased "Miami Beach: More Than a Million Poems." The original pages of "The Heart of a Humument," held by the Sackner Archive were also on view. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986