Menil Annual Report 2016

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CO N T EN TS Fiscal Year 2016 July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

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THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MENIL Progress Report Master Site Plan Implementation Menil Drawing Institute and Energy House

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EXHIBITIONS and COLLECTION Exhibitions Introduction Menil Traveling Exhibitions Loans of Art to Other Institutions Collection Introduction Collections Management Acquisitions

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SCHOL ARSHIP Publishing Website Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings Conservation Research: Library and Archives

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Public Programs Education Menil Bookstore Membership Programs

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SUPPORT Donors Corporate Donors Friends of the Library and Glass Key Society Membership

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and Founding Benefactors Staff

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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

Dear Friends of the Menil,

T Director Rebecca Rabinow

p. 1: North portico and entrance to The Menil Collection. pp. 2–3: The Menil Collection front lawn during the opening celebration for the exhibition As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither.

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he Menil Collection neighborhood has been abuzz with activity since I arrived last June. The capital campaign is headed towards a successful con­ clusion, and construction has advanced on the Menil Drawing Institute, energy house, and adjacent green spaces. Thousands of plants have been added to our grounds alongside a hundred new trees. Our campus is abloom.

The Menil Collection’s fiscal year 2016, which extends from July 2015 through June 2016, ended two weeks before my arrival. It was a year of leadership transition. In June 2015, after a successful twelve-year tenure as Director of the Menil, Josef Helfenstein announced his plans to oversee Basel’s renowned Kunstmuseum. Through Josef ’s sound leadership, the Menil’s annual attendance doubled, the value of the endowment grew by almost fifty-four percent, and more than one thou­ sand works of art were added to the collection. The Board of Trustees, led by President Janet Hobby, hired Thomas (Tom) Rhoads to serve as Interim Director from the time of Josef ’s departure in December 2015 through the summer 2016. With care and patience, Tom ensured that the transition in the Director’s office was seamless. Tom was a steadying influence and worked diligently to keep important large-scale programs, such as the capital campaign and campus building projects on track. The staff and the Board of Trustees of the Menil Foundation are extremely grateful to him for the efforts he made on behalf of this institution.

During that time, the Menil presented a full slate of beau­ tiful exhibitions and thought-provoking public programs.

Our Annual Report cover depicts an installation shot from MicroCosmos: Details from the Carpenter Collection of Arctic Art. You may recognize the feathered mask that has been a feature of the Witnesses installation ever since Ted Carpenter placed it in the Surrealist galleries in 1999. Sean Mooney, Curator of the Edmund Carpenter Collection, realized that this mask was originally created as part of a pair. Together they represent the twin animal spirits of the wolf and the caribou.

Front entrance to The Menil Collection.

The Menil Collection green spaces and east portico.

A previous collector had separated the masks back in the 1940s, but thanks to the dedication of Trustee Adelaide de Menil Carpenter, the wolf and the caribou were reunited for the first time in over seventy years in the Menil galleries. This remark­ able tale became the focus of our first digital e-publication, which may be found on the Menil’s website (see also page 51).

MicroCosmos is one of many highlights from the 2016 fiscal year that I hope you enjoy reading about on the pages that follow. The Menil is poised for a vibrant future, and I am privileged to build upon the significant accomplishments that Josef and Tom achieved during this period.

Warmest regards,

Rebecca Rabinow Director

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Mission Statement

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he Menil Collection is shaped by the vision of its founders, John and Dominique de Menil, and their belief that the arts are central to the human experience. There is a deep spirituality and humanism at the heart of the collection, and the intimate and contemplative environment in which art is displayed respects the primacy of the artwork and the viewer’s direct encounter with art. The Menil Collection is committed to sustaining the special spirit and core values that define this institution and to keeping them relevant for future generations.

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A commitment to taking extraordinary care for works of art and their display in an environment that respects the primacy of the art.

Having museum buildings devoted solely to art and its requirements.

Preserving the spirit and character of the campus environment and neighborhood setting.

An intellectual independence and a willingness to take risks and be out of the mainstream.

Valuing the artist’s intention and working with certain artists on a deeper and more sustained level.

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The central role of research and scholarship.

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An international character and presence.

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A commitment to ethical integrity and social responsibility.

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Accessibility and an institutional culture that is sensitive and responsive to issues of diversity.

A visitor views sculptures by Charlie Willeto in the exhibition As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither.

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Progress Report

Steel framework for Menil Drawing Institute showing a portion that includes the Drawing Room (a large drawing study area) and the Conservation Lab.

The new entrance corridor leads visitors to the interior of the museum neighborhood. The parking lot includes an environmentally friendly, underground water retention reservoir.

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he accomplishments in the first twenty-nine years of the Menil’s remarkable history have defined the museum as an art and urban experience unlike any in the world. Our plans for the future build upon our values and stem from two wellconsidered studies—a Strategic Plan in 2006 and a Master Site Plan in 2009. The outcome of these in-depth studies resulted in setting the priorities and goals of The Campaign for the Menil.

The Campaign for the Menil raise $110 million, comprising $60 million for new capital projects will and other improvements and $50 million for endowment. Priorities include:

New Parks and Green Space to maintain our tranquil urban neighborhood, with particular regard to sustainability and natural planting

The Menil Drawing Institute to transform the understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of modern and contemporary drawing

New Energy House to replace our thirty-year-old plant with an updated building and modern energy-efficient equipment

Redesigned Gateway to lead visitors from the upgraded parking lot on West Alabama past Bistro Menil, now in its third year of operation, and then the Menil Bookstore

Key Museum Initiatives

$110 Million Campaign Goal*

$93.8 Million or 85% of Goal

to enhance collections care and conservation of artwork within our renowned Renzo Piano main building

An Increased Endowment to support programming and ensure continued excellence throughout the museum

pp. 8–9: Aerial view of Menil Drawing Institute site and new green spaces under construction, surrounded by the live oak canopy of the Menil neighborhood, June 2016.

* Goal and amount raised as of June 30, 2016

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Master Site Plan Implementation

Visitors pass the Bistro Menil (left) and Menil Bookstore (right) on the pathway to the main museum entrance.

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THE MENIL COLLECTION

BRANARD CY TWOMBLY GALLERY NEW GREEN SPACE

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MENIL DRAWING INSTITUTE

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The Master Site Plan integrates new buildings with the existing widely praised exhibition spaces, while expanding green space, clarifying PHASE 1 A pedestrian circulation, and emphasizing community integration.

Phase 2: South Expansion Energy House, new green space, and the Menil Drawing Institute PHASE 2

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Rendering (left to right) of Energy House, Cy Twombly Gallery, new green space, and the Menil Drawing Institute, looking north across the extension of West Main Street.

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South Neighborhood Expansion To the south of the Cy Twombly Gallery, significant ele­ ments of the Master Site Plan are nearing reality. The Menil PHASE 3 PHASE 4 Drawing Institute will further the museum’s commitment to art, artists, and scholarship. Los Angeles–based architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee (Johnston Marklee) have designed a distinctive building dedicated to the apprecia­ tion, conservation, and exhibition of modern and contem­ porary drawing. The unique 30,146-square-foot, single-story structure will feature a trio of spacious courtyards.

To meet the growing power requirements of the thirtyacre neighborhood, the Menil will soon complete its more efficient Energy House. The 10,000-square-foot facility, also designed by Johnston Marklee, will be an ecologically sensitive, electrical generating plant that supports increased infrastructure.

The emphasis on sustainability and natural plantings continues at the heart of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates’ landscape design around the Menil Drawing Institute and new Energy House. The nearby landscape will include another park, where visitors and neighbors can relax under the shade of a variety of trees. This garden area will serve also as a flexible social space that can be utilized for outdoor events, lectures, small concerts, and movies.

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Menil Drawing Institute and Energy House

Menil Drawing Institute is under construction; shown are the galleries and communal spaces (background left) and study, conservation, and loading areas (foreground, right).

A rendering of the completed Menil Drawing Institute gallery space.

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The new Menil Energy House will provide efficient utilities and HVAC operations for the main museum, Cy Twombly Gallery, and the Menil Drawing Institute; the water-chilling pipe system of the Chiller Room is under construction.

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EXHIBITIONS

Introduction

Visitors at the opening of Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now.

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iscal year 2016 began with Affecting Presence and the Pursuit of Delicious Experiences, one of three exhibitions­—including The Precarious and Life Is Once Forever: Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson—that explored fresh curatorial takes on various aspects of the permanent collection.

Microcosmos brought a rare viewing of Old Bering Sea PaleoEskimo objects from the Carpenter Collection of Arctic Art. Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now was a comprehensive exploration focused on how a particular artmaking technique has played out across a range of artistic styles and motifs.

In February, the west galleries exploded with color as the spaces welcomed the playful, satirical canvases assembled for William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY. The year culminated with As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither, an exhibition celebrating a gift that is a transformative addition to the museum’s strong holdings in a genre where the perceived demarcations between high and low art are quickly evaporating.

pp. 16–17: Paintings from the Nouns series on view in William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY.

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Total attendance: 236,208 This number represents all of the Menil’s exhibition spaces, including the main museum, Cy Twombly Gallery, Richmond Hall, and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.

Affecting Presence and the Pursuit of Delicious Experiences July 17–November 8, 2015

In her introduction to the 1984 exhibition catalog La rime et la raison, Dominique de Menil urged viewers to seek out transcendent experience in art, to absorb a work’s “delicious presence,” as she wrote. Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis explored the convergence of Mrs. de Menil’s aesthetic philoso­ phy with American anthropologist Robert Plant Armstrong’s conceptions of an object as an “affecting presence.” Gathering works across time, place, and cultures, Davis highlighted abstraction as a representation of the ineffable forces that shape human experience. The objects ranged from antique sculptures to paintings and works on paper that epitomize the reduction of form and the absence of representation. Works by important abstractionists in the twentieth century, such as Constantin Brancusi, Frank Bowling, Sam Gilliam, Eduardo Chillida, and others, were juxtaposed with abstract forms from earlier eras. Public programs included a discussion between art historian Patrick McNaughton and curator Christina Hellmich, and an artist talk with Sam Gilliam.

Curated by Paul R. Davis, Curator of Collections This exhibition was generously supported by Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray and by the City of Houston.

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MicroCosmos: Details from the Carpenter Collection of Arctic Art August 29, 2015–February 21, 2016

Because Micro means “small details” and Cosmos “the larger uni­ verse,” then the title of this exhibition suggested that these two concepts are both oppositional and unified. The late anthropolo­ gist Edmund Snow Carpenter, together with his wife Adelaide de Menil, assembled one of the world’s finest and most exten­ sive collections of Old Bering Sea Paleo-Eskimo objects. Sean Mooney, Curator of the Carpenter Collection, organized what was a singular exhibition of this extraordinary group of arti­ facts from the people of coastal Alaska and Siberia, ca. 250 BCE to 1,000 CE. Predominately made of walrus ivory, these finely carved pieces represent shamans in flight and mythical beasts, such as seals and water fowls with human heads, or pregnant women with walrus tusks. Many of the artifacts are miniature, some of them as small as one centimeter. The exhibition also included a rare presentation of two late nineteenth-century Yup’ik storytelling dance masks, reunited for the first time in nearly a hundred years. Public programs included a performance by dancer and storyteller Chuna McIntyre, and Mooney’s lecture on Carpenter’s life and work.

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Yup’ik masks of wolf and caribou, late nineteenth century

Curated by Sean Mooney, Curator of the Edmund Carpenter Collection This exhibition was generously supported by Clare Casademont and Michael Metz, Anne and Bill Stewart, and the City of Houston.

Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now September 11, 2015–January 3, 2016 Rubbing—the technique of rendering an image by placing a sheet of paper over an object or textured surface and rubbing on top of it with graphite or another marking agent—is one of the most ancient and enduring drawing practices. It is also the forebear of frottage, which Surrealist artist Max Ernst claimed to have discovered in 1925 while gazing at the floorboards of a hotel room. Curator Allegra Pesenti presented works on paper by over fifty international artists.

Rubbings also evoke a sense of ghostliness, which is why the poet and painter Henri Michaux referred to his rubbings as “apparitions,” an inspiration for the exhibition. Each of the works on view was dis­ tinguished by the individual gesture of its maker, and together these images formed a lexicon of the language of touch. Public programs included Pesenti’s lecture “Apparitions and Curatorial Adventures,” and “What’s the Rub?,” a solo performance by composer and per­ cussionist Glenn Kotche, including a new commission.

The exhibition was organized by the Menil Collection and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and curated by Allegra Pesenti, Curator at Large, Menil Drawing Institute.

In Houston this exhibition was generously supported by Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Michael Zilkha; Frost Bank; UBS Wealth Management/UBS Private Wealth Management; Janet and Paul Hobby; David and Anne Kirkland; Marilyn Oshman; Michael and Diane Cannon; Scott and Judy Nyquist; and the City of Houston.

Furthermore, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, provided support for the related publication.

Max Ernst, The Sap Rises, Rises (La sève monte, monte), 1925.

Graphite frottage on paper mounted on paper, 81/8 x 63/8 inches (20.5 x 16 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston.

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The Secret of the Hanging Egg: Salvador Dalí at the Menil November 5, 2015–June 20, 2016 The Menil has only one drawing by the Surrealist Salvador Dalí, titled Gangsterism and Goofy Visions of New York. The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, generously loaned the artist’s 1932 painting Eggs on a Plate without the Plate (Oeufs sur le Plat sans le Plat), giving viewers a rare opportunity to see Dalí’s paint­ ing within the context of the Menil’s renowned Surrealist hold­ ings. Associate Curator Clare Elliott exhibited the painting with other works, including small, egg-shaped rocks painted by Victor Brauner and Joan Miró and enigmatic landscapes by Yves Tanguy and Joseph Cornell. Also on view were rare publications from the Menil’s library, including Violette Noziéres, 1933, and a 1937 port­ folio of twenty-one Surrealist postcards, both examples of Dalí’s collaborations with Surrealists in 1930s Paris. Works by later art­ ists who continued the Surrealist tradition, such as Robert Gober, David McGee, and Steve Wolfe, completed this special offering.

Public programs included a lecture by independent scholar Danielle Johnson and a screening of Dalí and Luis Buñuel’s films Un chien Andalou and L’âge d’or.

Curated by Clare Elliott, Associate Curator This exhibition was generously supported by the City of Houston.

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The Precarious December 16, 2015–May 1, 2016 Beginning with the modestly scaled, tenuous collages by German artist Kurt Schwitters and ending with the cardboard construction of contemporary Vietnamese-born artist Danh Vō, this exhibition concentrated on a strain of artistic practice that foregrounds how pre­ cariousness is as much a social phenomenon as an aesthetic concern.

David Breslin, the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, Menil Drawing Institute, examined various works in the Menil Collection that are indebted to the collage tradition. In 1920, the critic and poet Guillaume Apollinaire claimed that this novel artistic medium was “steeped in humanity” as many hands were tacitly responsible for a work’s manufacture. This exhibition focused on a medium that embodies the joy and vulnerability that comes with depending on others and included works by Gene Charlton, Sari Dienes, Elizabeth McFadden, Anne Ryan, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Tuttle, and others. Public programs included Breslin’s conversation with Vō and another with Rothko Chapel Director David Leslie.

Curated by David Breslin, John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, Menil Drawing Institute The exhibition was generously supported by Architectural Digest, Kathrine G. McGovern/McGovern Foundation, Scott and Judy Nyquist, John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Susanne and William E. Pritchard III, and the City of Houston.

Danh Vō, fiat veritas, et pereat mundus, 2013. Gold leaf and ink on cardboard, 14 x 15½ x 10½ inches (35.6 x 39.4 x 26.7 cm). Collection of the artist.

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EXHIBITIONS William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY February 19–July 24, 2016 American artist William Nelson Copley (1919–1996), who went by the artist moniker CPLY, pursued art without obtain­ ing formal training. He is known for his unique figurative and narrative style, which often reveled in the absurdities of high and low culture. This exhibition was the first comprehensive look at the artist’s work in the United States, examining the arc of Copley’s colorful career from the early 1950s to the 1990s and tracing the development of his style and experiments in line, color, pattern, allegory, and humor. Copley was also a major collector of many Surrealist and Pop artists and served as an important connector of European and American circles.

Public programs included a panel discussion with Toby Kamps, Germano Celant, and exhibition catalogue contribu­ tors Alison M. Gingeras and John Griffin, and another conver­ sation with Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and Dan Nadel, founder of the publishing company PictureBox.

The exhibition was co-organized by the Menil Collection, Houston, and Fondazione Prada, Milan, and was curated by Toby Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, and Germano Celant, Artistic Director of Fondazione Prada.

In Houston, the exhibition was generously supported by Terra Foundation for American Art; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; The Brown Foundation, Inc. / Nancy and Mark Abendshein; Eddie and Chinhui Allen; Suzanne Deal Booth; Adelaide de Menil Carpenter; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Marilyn Oshman; Susanne and William E. Pritchard III; and the City of Houston.

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EXHIBITIONS Life is Once, Forever: Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographs March 11, 2016–July 24, 2016

Henri Cartier-Bresson is widely considered the founding father of contemporary street photography, a movement dedicated to capturing the flux of life in the public sphere. In his early career he had captured images in Mexico, Spain, and North Africa that were prized by Surrealists for their collage-like composi­ tions. Later, he took photographs after escaping from a German prisoner-of-war camp. Cartier-Bresson went on to create many thousands of photographs of newsworthy and chance subjects as well as hundreds of revealing portraits of cultural luminaries.

In the early 1970s, at the instigation of longtime friends and col­ lectors John and Dominique de Menil, Cartier-Bresson reviewed his thousands of contact sheets with the idea of creating a “mas­ ter collection.” Curator Toby Kamps used the artist’s edit of his archive and grouped subjects by country, and within country by theme, as a starting point for a breathtaking examination of this pioneering photographer’s career. Public programs included a lecture by Peter Galassi, curator of the 1987 exhibition Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Curated by Toby Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art The exhibition was generously supported by the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation; Lazard Frères & Co.; Gilbane Building Company, Eddie and Chinhui Allen; Suzanne Deal Booth; Adelaide de Menil Carpenter; Susan and Francois de Menil; Franci Neely; Leslie and Shannon Sasser; Anne and Bill Stewart; and the City of Houston.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lock-gate on the Seine at Bougival, 1955, printed 1985. Gelatin silver print, 14¼ x 9⅜ inches (36.2 x 23.8 cm).

The Menil Collection, Houston.

As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither June 10–October 16, 2016 In celebration of a remarkable promised gift to the Menil Collection from Houston-based collectors Stephanie and John Smither, curator Michelle White presented highlights from the Smither family’s extensive holdings of work by self-taught and visionary artists, two intertwined terms used to define those who work outside of the mainstream art world. The exhibition included Thornton Dial’s boisterous and colorful neo-expressionist assemblages, Oscar Hadwiger’s wooden models of fantastical architectural structures, Sister Gertrude Morgan’s spiritual paintings of flying angels, and Carlo Zinelli’s drawings illustrating his life in the Italian country­ side after the Second World War. Joining these artists are other visionaries such as Georgia Blizzard, Hiroyuki Doi, Solange Knopf, Martín Ramírez, Jon Serl, Johnnie Swearingen, Charlie Willeto, and Domenico Zindato.

Public programs included a panel discussion, Visionary and Self-Taught Art in the Community; and an evening of visionary art with a concert by Lonnie Holley on Discovery Green; and a series of concerts, readings, and performances at Smither Park, co-presented by the Menil Collection, the Orange Show, and the Beer Can House.

Curated by Michelle White, Curator This exhibition was generously supported by The Brown Foundation, Inc./ Nancy and Mark Abendshein, Susan and Francois de Menil, and the City of Houston.

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Paintings of Saint Fabiola from Francis Alÿs’s collection.

The Fabiola Project

Byzantine Fresco Chapel May 20, 2016–January 28, 2018 The Fabiola Project consists of more than 450 hand-made reproductions of a lost 1885 painting of fourth-century Roman Saint Fabiola by nineteenth-century French artist Jean-Jacques Henner. Belgian artist Francis Alÿs initiated this project in the early 1990s, shortly after he moved to Mexico City. Fascinated by the city’s artisanal culture and short on funds, he decided to build an art collection by combing the city’s flea markets and antique shops. He expected to find copies of masterpieces by painters such as Raphael, da Vinci, and Jean-François Millet.

Instead, he bought versions of Henner’s Fabiola, depicted in left-facing profile wearing a red headscarf. Gradually Alÿs and his friends discovered new images of the saint during their travels throughout Europe and North America. Today, the Fabiola Project also includes bas-relief wood carvings, needlepoint, painted ceramics, jewelry, and even a rice and beans mosaic.

Francis Alÿs (right) attended the opening of The Fabiola Project, Byzantine Fresco Chapel.

Coordinated by Toby Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art The exhibition was generously supported by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Leslie and Shannon Sasser; and the City of Houston.

Originally housing two fourteenth-century frescoes, the Byzantine Fresco Chapel was repurposed in 2015 as an installation and gathering space.

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Visitors viewing the opening of The Fabiola Project, Byzantine Fresco Chapel.

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Menil Traveling Exhibitions

Installation views of William N. Copley at the Fondazione Prada, Milan.

William N. Copley Fondazione Prada, Milan October 20, 2016–February 12, 2017

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Loans of Art to Other Institutions During fiscal year 2016, the Menil loaned eighty-one works to twenty-nine institutions in seven countries.

Art League Houston Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, California De Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Detroit Institute of Arts Fondation Beyeler, Basel Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, Paris Fondazione Prada, Milan Galveston Arts Center Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles Hauser & Wirth, Zurich Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Institute of International Education, Houston Kunsthaus Zürich Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Francis Picabia, Spring (Printemps), ca. 1937–38, 1943, The Menil Collection, Houston, appeared in the exhibition Francis Picabia: A Retrospective at the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Museum Ludwig, Cologne National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Tate Modern, London The Broad, Los Angeles The Met Breuer, New York The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York University of Houston Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Tony Smith’s monumental sculpture The Snake is Out, 1962, on long-term loan to the University of Houston main campus, is installed outside the art department building.

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COLLECTION

Introduction

Arts of the Ancient World Gallery.

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haped by the humanist vision and intel­ lectual pursuits of founders John and Dominique de Menil, the permanent collection of approximately 17,000 artworks is the foundation of the museum. As the collection grows with new acquisitions, it continues to deepen the artistic connections across different eras and cultures and embody the legacy of the de Menils’ original project. In fiscal year 2016, new exhibitions and gallery reinstallations, significant conservation and digital initiatives, as well as numer­ ous public programs and innovative research projects with artists and scholars provided abundant oppor­ tunities to showcase the diverse artworks in the permanent collection and inspire new and returning visitors to the museum.

Modern and Contemporary Gallery with Barnett Newman’s Ulysses, 1952.

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hough usually working behind the scenes, Collections Management is a crucial museum depart­ment that orchestrates the museum’s day-today art operations. The department facilitates the public’s encounters with artworks in-person within the Menil galleries, in publications, and online as digital imagery. The registration, shipment, and insurance of art­ works, including both outgoing loans from the collection and incoming loans from other institutions are among the staff ’s responsibilities. Registrars and preparators undertake the storage, tracking, movement, preparation, care, and installa­ tion of artworks in the museum’s galleries. The staff of Imaging Services and the administrators of The Museum System (the museum’s collections database) are involved in the long-term digitization of both imagery and data, in order to share such information internally and with other scholars and institutions.

Registration and Preparation In fiscal year 2016, the department managed, transported, and tracked the movement of 1,144 artworks for nine temporary exhibitions, along with the 209 artworks that were transferred within the building for re-hangings of the permanent collec­ tion. The preparators also frequently move artworks in nonpublic spaces to accommodate curatorial, conservation, and scholarly activities. This work was in addition to overseeing the care and shipment of eighty-one outgoing loans (highlighted on page 31).

Preparators installing artworks in the exhibition Apparitions.

Imaging Services Imaging Services manages the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of photography of the collection and other aspects of the museum’s presence for both internal and exter­ nal uses. In addition, the department handles rights and reproductions: securing rights for reproducing artworks in the museum’s own publications as well as licensing our images to scholars and publishers. In fiscal year 2016, Menil image rights were evaluated for close to one thousand uses; approxi­ mately 1,430 images were provided to external users. Digitizing images from color film and black-and-white print formats is an ongoing activity; for example, this year the department began scanning exhibition installation photography, then cataloguing the images using Artstor’s Shared Shelf and post­ ing them online for research via Shared Shelf Commons. The department also purchased its first high-resolution camera for digitization projects on a professional copy-stand.

Despite the complete transition to digital photography in the last ten years, Imaging Services still processes and scans archival material that exists only in outdated formats.

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Acquisitions CARL ANDRE, American, born 1935 Untitled, 1960

Ink on board Sheet (each): 4½ × 3 inches (11.3 × 7.6 cm)

FREDERICK C. BALDWIN, American, born 1929 Picasso’s Studio, Villa Californie, 1955, printed 2014 Inkjet print Image: 8¼ × 8 inches (21 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 12¼ × 12 inches (31.1 × 30.5 cm) Gift of the artist

Self‑portrait with Picasso, 1955, printed 2014 Inkjet print Image: 8⅛ × 8 inches (20.6 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 12¼ × 12 inches (31.1 × 30.5 cm) Gift of the artist

Chief of Police Clowning with the Sheriff, Reidsville, Georgia, 1957

Frederick C. Baldwin, Gathering Place before the Convoy, Pooler, Georgia, 1957.

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n fiscal year 2016, the Menil Collection continued its commitment to living artists, acquiring contemporary works by Trisha Brown, Mel Chin, Marlene Dumas, Arturo Herrera, Otabenga Jones & Associates, Carolee Schneemann, and Jack Whitten, among others. The Menil added works by Jennifer Bornstein, Sari Dienes, and others featured in the exhibition Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now. A major new suite of drawings by Trenton Doyle Hancock entered the collection following his retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

After the 2014 Menil exhibition In the Midst of Things: Fred Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, an important selection of works by the two photographers— done both collaboratively and as individuals—was gifted to the collection by the artists and by other patrons. Former director Josef Helfenstein donated a significant cache of correspondence art by James Lee Byars; other works

by Marlene Dumas, William Kentridge, and Thomas Schütte were given in Helfenstein’s honor by supporters. Additional highlights include a suite of paintings by Frederick Hammersley and several works by Leon Polk Smith.

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 9½ × 13¾ inches (24 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artist

Family Decorating Car before the Convoy, Pooler, Georgia, 1957

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 8½ × 12⅛ inches (21.6 × 30.7 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Gas Stop, Highway 288, Georgia, 1957

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 6½ × 9¾ inches (16.5 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 6⅞ × 10 inches (17.5 × 25.4 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Gathering Place before the Convoy, Pooler, Georgia, 1957

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 9¼ × 13¾ inches (23.4 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 10 × 14 inches (25.4 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Grand Kleegle Making a Speech on the County Courthouse Steps, Reidsville, Georgia, 1957

opposite: A recent acquisition, Trisha Brown’s Untitled (Montpellier), 2002, is mounted on the rear wall in the conservation lab behind Paper Conservator Jan Burandt.

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 13¾ × 9⅜ inches (34.9 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 9⅞ inches (35.6 × 25.1 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Rally in front of the County Courthouse, Reidsville, Georgia, 1957 From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 13¼ × 9 inches (33.5 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10⅞ inches (35.4 × 27.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Reviewers in Front of Police Booth, Reidsville, Georgia, 1957

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 6½ × 9⅝ inches (16.5 × 24.4 cm) Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.7 × 25.4 cm) Gift of the artist

Stop to Repair Rain Damage, Highway 288, Georgia, 1957

From the series Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Gelatin silver print Image: 8⅝ × 13 inches (21.7 × 33 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artist

The Ballot Bus, Savannah, Georgia, 1963 From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 13¾ × 9 inches (34.9 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France “Big Lester” Recruiting Longshoremen, Longshoremen’s Hall, Savannah, Georgia, 1963 From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 13⅞ × 9 inches (35.1 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Gift of the artist

Hosea Williams Preaching from Tomo‑Chi‑Chi’s Rock, Wright Square, Savannah, Georgia, 1963 From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 8⅜ × 13 inches (21.3 × 33 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artist

Hosea Williams Recruiting Longshoremen, Longshoremen’s Hall, Savannah, Georgia, 1963 From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 9¼ × 13⅜ inches (23.5 × 34 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.4 cm) Gift of the artist

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Frederick C. Baldwin, Hosea Williams Recruiting Longshoremen, Longshoremen’s Hall, Savannah, Georgia, 1963.

Singing Freedom Songs, Savannah, Georgia, 1963 From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 13⅝ × 8⅞ inches (34.5 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Voter Registration, Chatham County, Courthouse, Savannah, Georgia, 1963

From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 8½ × 13⅛ inches (21.6 × 33.1 cm) Sheet: 10¾ × 14 inches (27.3 × 35.4 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Municipal Auditorium, Savannah, Georgia, 1964 From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 12½ × 17⅞ inches (31.8 × 45.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Gift of the artist

Martin Luther King, Jr. in a Moment of Relaxation before his Speech at the Municipal Auditorium, Savannah, Georgia, January 1964

From the series Civil Rights Gelatin silver print Image: 9 × 13¾ inches (22.9 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

FREDERICK C. BALDWIN, American, born 1929 and

WENDY WATRISS, American, born 1943 “Doc” Buchanan, East Texas, 1971

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 11⅛ × 16⅝ inches (28.2 × 42.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Bedroom, Buchanan Farm, East Texas, 1971–1972 From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8⅜ × 12 inches (21.3 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists Front Room, Buchanan Farm, East Texas,

1971–1972 From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 6⅝ × 9¾ inches (16.8 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 6⅝ × 9¾ inches (16.8 × 24.8 cm) Gift of the artists

The County Sheriff, East Texas, 1971–1972

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9⅛ × 13¾ inches (23.1 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Alfred Frantzen at Luckenbach Store, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 13½ × 9½ inches (34.2 × 24.1 cm) Sheet (trimmed to image edge): 13½ × 9½ inches (34.2 × 24.1 cm) Gift of the artists

Brother and Sister, Farmers, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 12 × 17⅝ inches (30.5 × 44.7 cm) Sheet: 15⅞ × 19⅞ inches (40.4 × 50.5 cm) Gift of the artists

Husband and Wife, Farmers, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 13¾ × 9⅜ inches (34.9 × 23.6 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10¼ inches (35.6 × 25.9 cm) Gift of the artists

Making “Koch käse” at Home, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9½ × 13¾ inches (24.1 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Picking Cotton. The Last of the Tenant Farmers, East Texas, 1971–1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8⅛ × 12⅛ inches (20.6 × 30.7 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Playing Skat, The Domino Beer Hall, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1973 From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 13¾ × 9⅜ inches (34.9 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Gift of the artists

The Domino Beer Hall, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1978

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 12⅝ × 17⅝ inches (32 × 44.7 cm) Sheet: 15 × 19⅞ inches (38.1 × 50.5 cm) Gift of the artists

Homestead, Southwest Texas, 1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8¾ × 13 inches (22.2 × 33 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists

Frederick C. Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, Brother and Sister, Farmers, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1971–1973.

“La Colonia.” Mexican American Farm Worker Family on the Front Porch of their Home, Southeast Texas, 1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 13⅜ × 10¼ inches (34 × 26 cm) Sheet (trimmed to image edge): 13⅜ × 10¼ inches (34 × 26 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Labor Agents, Texas‑Mexican Border, Southeast Texas, 1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8½ × 13 inches (21.6 × 33 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Pat’s Dance Hall, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 7⅞ × 11 inches (20.1 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Waiting for Work, Mexican American Green Card Migrant Workers at the Border, Southeast Texas, 1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8½ × 13 inches (21.6 × 33 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm)

Watching Cattle, Mexican Vaquero, Southeast Texas, 1973

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 17⅜ × 11⅝ inches (43.9 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 19⅞ × 15⅞ inches (50.3 × 40.4 cm) Gift of the artists

Sunday Morning, The County Seat, East Texas, 1974

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 17⅞ × 12½ inches (45.5 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 19⅞ × 16 inches (50.5 × 40.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Family Reunion, East Texas, 1975 From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8⅛ × 12 inches (20.6 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

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Frederick C. Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, Beauty Contest, Fredericksburg World Fair, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1978.

Family Reunion, East Texas, 1975 From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9⅛ × 13¼ inches (23.1 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France Gambling, Black Rodeo, East Texas, 1976

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 13½ × 9 inches (34.3 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10⅞ inches (35.6 × 27.7 cm) Gift of the artists

Greenwood Baptist Church, East Texas, 1976 From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9½ × 13⅞ inches (24.1 × 35.1 cm) Sheet: 11⅛ × 14 inches (28.2 × 35.4 cm) Gift of the artists Saturday Night at Home, East Texas, 1976

Gelatin silver print Image: 13¾ × 9⅜ inches (34.9 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Sunday Morning, Greenwood Baptist Church, East Texas, 1976

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9½ × 13½ inches (24.1 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists

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Centennial Party, Shreiner Ranch, Kerrville.

German Settlements, Central Texas, 1977

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9⅛ × 13¾ inches (23.1 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 10¼ × 14 inches (26 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists

Preacher’s Funeral, East Texas, 1977

Gelatin silver print Image: 13½ × 9 inches (34.3 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Beauty Contest, Fredericksburg World Fair, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1978

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8¾ × 13 inches (22.2 × 33 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists

In the Chute, Black Rodeo, East Texas, 1978

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 11⅛ × 16⅝ inches (28.2 × 42.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Railroad Street, East Texas, 1978

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 11 × 16⅝ inches (27.8 × 42.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Railroad Street, East Texas, 1978

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8½ × 12⅛ inches (21.5 × 30.8 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.4 cm) Gift of the artists

Railroad Street, East Texas, 1978

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 9¼ × 13¼ inches (23.5 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 14 inches (27.7 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists

Thursday Night, Sonic Drive‑In, German Settlements, Central Texas, 1979

From the series Texas, An American Experience Gelatin silver print Image: 8⅛ × 12⅛ inches (20.4 × 30.7 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of the artists

JENNIFER BORNSTEIN, American, born 1970 Gorgeous Early Collectors’ Kodak Retina Camera with Leather Case‑IIIC, 2014

Wax rubbing on paper Sheet: 19 × 12¾ inches (48.3 × 32.4 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Michael Zilkha in honor of Allegra Pesenti

TRISHA BROWN, American, born 1936 Defense, 1980 Graphite on paper Sheet: 15⅛ × 12⅛ inches (38.4 × 30.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Untitled, 1990

Graphite on paper Sheet: 23⅛ × 29 inches (58.6 × 73.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

JAMES LEE BYARS, American, 1932–1997 Letter: Dear Joseph, July 19, 1986

Ink on three sheets of hotel stationery and envelope Sheet (each): 11½ × 8¼ inches (29.2 × 21 cm) Envelope: 4½ × 6⅜ inches (11.4 × 16.3 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Exhibition announcement: James Lee Byars,

October 13, 1986 Metallic ink on paper and envelope Card: 4⅛ × 8¼ inches (10.4 × 21 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Exhibition announcement: James Lee Byars,

October 23, 1986 Metallic ink on paper and paper envelope Card: 4⅛ × 8¼ inches (10.4 × 21 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Letter: JD, November 9, 1986 Metallic ink on red paper and envelope Letter: 42½ × 14⅝ inches (108 × 37.1 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Letter: I don’t wait . . , November 27, 1986

I am yr ghost of beauty I haunt you,

Letter, December 8, 1986 Pigment on paper Sheet: 36⅛ × 24⅞ inches (91.7 × 63.2 cm) Envelope: 6⅞ × 9⅞ inches (17.5 × 25.1 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

November 11, 1986 Gold leaf, pigment, colored pencil on paper, and envelope Sheet (each): 8⅛ × 7⅜ inches (20.6 × 18.8 cm) (approximate) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8½ inches (11.2 × 21.6 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Ribbon: The exhibition of beauty TEOB, November 12, 1986 Metallic ink on paper Letter: 3⅝ inches (9.1 cm) Envelope: 4⅝ × 8½ inches (11.7 × 21.6 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Letter: Come Joseph to beauty, November 20, 1986 Ink on paper Sheet (each): 11½ × 8½ inches (29.2 × 21.6 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein Letter: Come to (The Ni of the Bk),

November 21, 1986 Ink on paper Sheet: 11½ × 8½ inches (29.2 × 21.6 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Ink on paper Sheet: 11½ × 8½ inches (29.2 × 21.6 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Beauty Goes Avantgarde, 1986 Print Sheet: 20⅝ × 15⅛ inches (52.3 × 38.4 cm) Envelope: 4⅝ × 8⅝ inches (11.7 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein Letter: I thank you, 1986 Ink on paper Sheet (each): 11½ × 8⅜ inches (29.2 × 21.3 cm) Envelope: 4⅜ × 8⅝ inches (11.2 × 21.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein Letter: Beauty is what I want, ca. 1986 Metallic ink on red paper and envelope Sheet: 21¼ × 15½ inches (54 × 39.4 cm) Envelope: 4½ × 8¾ inches (11.4 × 22.2 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein Postcard: Looking glass, probably 1986 Ink on postcard 4⅜ × 6¾ inches (11.2 × 17.1 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Letter: The Exhibition of Beauty, May 21, 1988 Metallic ink on red paper and envelope Sheet: 42¼ × 30¾ inches (107.3 × 78.1 cm) Envelope: 4½ × 8¾ inches (11.4 × 22.2 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein Letter: Dear Joseph, October 18, 1988

Ink on five sheets of paper and envelope Sheets 1‑4: 8⅜ × 8½ inches (21.3 × 21.6 cm) Sheet 5: 11¾ × 8¼ inches (29.8 × 21 cm) Envelope: 4⅛ × 9½ inches (10.4 × 24.1 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Postcard: Beauty. Happy Summer, 1989 Ink on postcard 4 × 6 inches (10.2 × 15.2 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Postcard: Demonstrate, 1989 Ink on postcard 4 × 6 inches (10.2 × 15.1 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Postcards: A Beauty, ca. 1989 Ink on postcards and envelope Card (each): 3½ × 5½ inches (8.9 × 14 cm) Envelope: 4½ × 8¾ inches (11.4 × 22.2 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

James Lee Byars, Letter, December 8, 1986.

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GENE CHARLTON, American, 1909–1979 Untitled, 1950s

Collage with paper, ink, and varnish on wooden board 10 × 6 inches (25.4 × 15.2 cm) Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Yonge

Untitled, 1958 Collage on board 11 × 8 inches (27.9 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Yonge Untitled, 1959 Crayon on paper 6 × 4 inches (15.2 × 10.2 cm) Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lynn E. Yonge

John Chamberlain, Untitled, 1966–1970.

Postcard: How is my soul stone?, January 1990

Metallic ink on black paper 8½ × 8½ inches (21.6 × 21.6 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Exhibition invitation: The Perfect Thought,

Letter: Exhibition of Beauty, December 1993

Fabric in envelope, ca. 1990 Fabric in printed paper envelope with metallic ink Envelope: 8⅜ × 8¼ inches (21.3 × 21 cm) Fabric square: 1¼ × 1¼ inches (3.2 × 3.2 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Mel Chin, HOMEySEW 9, 1994.

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Ink on postcard 4 × 6 inches (10.2 × 15.1 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

September 7, 1990 Printed paper and gold thread Envelope: 5⅛ × 8¼ inches (13 × 20.8 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

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JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, American, 1927–2011 Untitled, 1966–1970

Ink on gold paper, printed gallery announcement, and envelope Sheet: 7⅜ × 10¾ inches (18.8 × 27.3 cm) Gallery invitation: 5⅞ × 4⅛ inches (15 × 10.4 cm) (folded) Envelope: 4⅛ × 9½ inches (10.4 × 24.1 cm) Gift of Josef Helfenstein

Polyurethane foam and string 3¾ × 8½ × 8 inches (9.5 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

MEL CHIN, American, born 1951 HOMEySEW 9, 1994

Glock 9mm handgun and emergency trauma treat­ ment kit with: two-inch wide elastic bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, intramuscular epinephrine, and angiocatheter Artist’s prototype Installed: 1⅜ × 20½ × 5½ inches (3.3 × 52.1 × 13.8 cm)

WILLIAM CORDOVA, American, born 1971 and

NYEEMA MORGAN, American, born 1977 OTABENGA JONES & ASSOCIATES, American, founded 2002

yawar mallku (sculpting elsewhere in time/the arc of the moral universe is long . . ./the Lesson, pt. 2),

2008–2013 Foamboard, electric lighting, 9 volt battery, acrylic, paper, printed paper, plastic, metal, paint, chalk, cloth, putty, and wood from Brazil, Peru, Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Congo, and Bolivia 59 × 96 × 24 inches (149.9 × 243.8 × 61 cm) Gift of the artists

SARI DIENES, American, 1898–1992 Peterboro, ca. 1949–1953

Collage with ink rubbing on paper, cloth, and torn cardboard Sheet: 32 × 23¾ inches (81.1 × 60.2 cm) Gift of the Sari Dienes Foundation

MARLENE DUMAS, South African, active in Amsterdam, born 1953

An Older Nelson Mandela, 2004–2005

Ink on paper 25½ × 19⅝ inches (64.8 × 49.8 cm) Gift of the artist in honor of Josef Helfenstein

KATE ERICSON, American, 1955–1995 MEL ZIEGLER, American, born 1956 Houston Library Project, 1979 Paint and oil pastel on paper Sheet: 23 × 35¼ inches (58.4 × 89.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Pastellus, 1983 Paint and oil pastel on paper Sheet: 22¼ × 30⅛ inches (56.5 × 76.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Theaster Gates, Hose for Fire and Other Tragic Encounters, 2014.

THEASTER GATES, American, born 1973 Hose for Fire and Other Tragic Encounters, 2014

Wood and fire hose 96¾ × 55½ × 8½ inches (245.7 × 141 × 21.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Derek and Lauren Goodman and by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust

Untitled, 2015 Ceramic 1½ × 10¼ × 10 inches (3.8 × 26 × 25.4 cm) Gift of the artist

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Acquisitions JOE GOODE, American, born 1937 Untitled, ca. 1962

Oil paint on canvas, wood, and glass milk bottle 27 × 25½ × 6¼ inches (68.6 × 64.8 × 15.9 cm) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

VIRGIL GROTFELDT, American, 1948–2009 Thirteen Steps to Satan, 1995

Gouache, pen, ink, and coal dust on paper Installed: 45 × 109 inches (114.3 × 276.9 cm) (approximate) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY, American, 1919–2009 Touch and go, 1964

Oil on chipboard panel in artist‑made frame 12½ × 11 inches (31.8 × 27.9 cm) Gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Hot rock, 1988 Oil on linen on wood in artist‑made frame 11 × 9 inches (27.9 × 22.9 cm) Gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation Swedish accent, 1994 Oil on linen 48 × 45 inches (121.9 × 114.3 cm) Gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation Joe Goode, Untitled, ca. 1962.

Frederick Hammersley, Swedish accent, 1994.

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Trenton Doyle Hancock, Epidemic! Presents: Step and Screw! (detail, No. 27), 2014.

Arturo Herrera, Untitled, 1998.

LESLIE HEWITT, American, born 1977 Where Paths Meet, Turn Away, Then Align Again (Distilled moment from over 72 hours of viewing the civil rights era archive at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas), 2012

Untitled, 1997–1998 Mixed media collage on paper 12 × 9 inches (30.5 × 22.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell

Lithographs and site-specific wall, 2/3 Each: 11⅛ × 11⅛ inches (28.3 × 28.3 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray

TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK, American, born 1974 Epidemic! Presents: Step and Screw!, 2014

Acrylic on paper and mat board with excised lettering and gesso Thirty sheets (each): 19 × 12 inches (48.3 × 30.5 cm)

ARTURO HERRERA, Venezuelan, born 1959 Untitled, 1997–1998

Mixed media collage on paper 12 × 9 inches (30.3 × 22.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell

Untitled, 1997–1998 Mixed media collage on paper 12 × 9 inches (30.3 × 22.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell Untitled, 1997–1998 Mixed media collage on paper 12 × 9 inches (30.5 × 22.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell

Untitled, 1997–1998 Mixed media collage on paper 11⅞ × 9 inches (30.2 × 22.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell Untitled, 1998 Mixed media collage on paper 12 × 9 inches (30.3 × 22.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, South African, born 1955 Drawing for ‘Other Faces’, 2011

Charcoal and colored pencil on paper Sheet: 24¼ × 31⅜ inches (61.6 × 79.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the Board of Trustees of the Menil Collection in honor of Josef Helfenstein

LOUISE LAWLER, American, born 1947 Berlin (traced), 2000/2013

Vinyl, 2/10 Dimensions variable Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Untitled, 1997–1998 Mixed media collage on paper 12 × 9 inches (30.3 × 22.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Helen and Sam Zell

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Acquisitions ALEXANDER LIBERMAN, American, 1912–1999 Portrait of Barnett Newman, possibly 1961

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 16 inches (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

FRANK LOBDELL, American, 1921–2013 July 1954, 1954

Oil on canvas 66½ × 49½ inches (168.9 × 125.7 cm) Gift of the Manuel Neri Trust in honor of Walter Hopps

Dark Presence for Walter Hopps, 1963 Oil on canvas 97 × 70 inches (246.4 × 177.8 cm) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps ED MOSES, American, born 1926 Y Branco, 1957

Oil on canvas 61¾ × 46¼ inches (156.8 × 117.5 cm) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

JAMES ROSENQUIST, American, born 1933 The Stowaway Peers Out at the Speed of Light, 2001 Lithograph, A/P 11/12, published by Universal Limited Art Editions 46¼ × 105½ inches (117.5 × 268 cm) Gift of Caroline Huber and the estate of Walter Hopps

CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN, American, born 1939 Water Light/Water Needle, 1965

Watercolor on paper Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm) Ed Moses, Y Branco, 1957.

Water Light/Water Needle, 1966 Watercolor on paper Sheet: 12½ × 20 inches (31.8 × 50.8 cm) Both purchased in honor of Bryan J. Peters with funds pro­ vided Jory Alexander, an anonymous donor, Anne Baillio, Jorge and Kath Blanco, Nancy Bolduc, Valentine Boving, Gwyneth Campbell, Bob and Mary Kay Casey, Helen Bettman Cohen, Patti and Carey Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edmundson, Marilyn Emerich, Kerry Anne Galvin, Lela and Robin Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Godfrey, Lynn Goode, Joyce Goodman, Scott Harvey, Lynn and William Herbert, Jim Horsch, Barbara Horwitz, Sarah Howell, J. Patrick Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner III, Elizabeth B. Knight, Douglas Lawing and Guy Hagstette, Jessica Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Lummis, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan, Mr. and Mrs. Gray Muzzy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Palmquist, Laetitia P. Peden, Jennifer Pipkin, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Robinson, Leslie and Shannon Sasser, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schreiber, Ralph Sikes, Len D. Slusser, Marian and Harry Tindall, Gigi and Jose Valera, Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Weiner, Lisa and Allen Wilson, Susan and James Wise, Carol M. Wood, and Joy Wuertz

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Carolee Schneemann, Water Light/Water Needle, 1965.

THOMAS SCHÜTTE, German, born 1954 Hope, 2010 Ink and graphite on paper Sheet: 15⅜ × 11½ inches (38.9 × 29.2 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation in honor of Josef Helfenstein

AMY SILLMAN, American, born 1966 Rome #1, 2014

Pastel and gouache on paper Sheet: 36¾ × 21½ inches (93.3 × 54.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Rome #13, 2014

Untitled, 1959 Paper and graphite on paper Sheet: 7½ × 5 inches (18.9 × 12.5 cm) Gift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation Untitled, 1964 Glossy red paper on paper Sheet: 8½ × 3¼ inches (21.4 × 8.1 cm) Gift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation Untitled, 1991 Paper and tape on paper 29⅞ × 22⅜ inches (75.9 × 56.7 cm) Gift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation TONY SMITH, American, 1912–1980 The Castle, ca. 1962–1965

Pastel and gouache on paper Sheet: 30 × 22¾ inches (76.2 × 57.8 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Ink on yellow graph paper Sheet: 11 × 8½ inches (27.8 × 21.6 cm) Gift of Adrian M. Turner in honor of Jane Smith

LEON POLK SMITH, American, 1906–1996 Untitled, 1946

NANCY SPERO, American, 1926–2009 Bomb, 1966

Graphite and skinning on blue grey paper 29⅝ × 21⅝ inches (75.2 × 54.9 cm) Gift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation

Untitled, 1959 Opaque watercolor and graphite on paper 24 × 19 inches (60.8 × 48.3 cm) Gift of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation

Gouache and ink on paper 27¼ × 34 inches (69.2 × 86.2 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Leon Polk Smith, Untitled, 1964.

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Acquisitions MICHELLE STUART, American, born 1933 #7 Echo, 1973

Graphite and ink on muslin‑backed rag paper Sheet: 52 × 62 inches (132.1 × 157.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the William F. Stern Acquisitions Fund

DANH VŌ, Danish, born 1975 Handwritten by Phung Vō, Vietnamese 2.2.1861, 2009 Ink on paper Sheet: 11 × 8½ inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Gift of the artist WENDY WATRISS, American, born 1943 Before and After, Vietnam War Veteran Daniel Salmon, San Antonio, Texas, 1981

Michelle Stuart, #7 Echo,, 1973.

From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 13½ × 8⅞ inches (34.2 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Veterans of the Vietnam War, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, 1981

From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 10¾ × 15⅞ inches (27.3 × 40.4 cm) Sheet: 15⅞ × 20 inches (40.4 × 50.8 cm) Gift of the artist

Vietnam Veterans Day in Texas. Dan Jordan, Vietnam War Veteran, and his Son Chad Jordan, after a Speech about Agent Orange in front of the Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, 1981 From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 9⅝ × 13⅛ inches (24.4 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 10⅞ × 13⅞ inches (27.7 × 35.3 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Vietnam War Veteran Jim Roxby Comforting Fellow Vietnam Veteran at the Meeting of Veterans of the Vietnam War, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, 1981

From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 10⅞ × 15¾ inches (27.7 × 40 cm) Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Gift of the artist

Jack Whitten, Broken Plane #3, 1972.

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Vietnam War Veteran Jim Roxby, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, 1981

From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 11 × 15⅝ inches (27.9 × 39.6 cm) Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Wendy Watriss, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986.

Vietnam War Veteran John Woods and his Son, Jeff, Long Island, New York, 1981

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986

JACK WHITTEN, American, born 1939 Studio Floor #2, 1970

Vietnam War Veterans Michael Milne and Douglas Rudolph, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986

Dispersal ‘B’ #4, 1971 Pigment on paper 13⅛ × 20 inches (33.2 × 50.6 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the William F. Stern Acquisitions Fund

From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 11½ × 17⅜ inches (29.2 × 44.2 cm) Sheet: 16⅞ × 20 inches (42.9 × 50.7 cm) Gift of the artist

1981 From the series Agent Orange Gelatin silver print Image: 10¾ × 16⅛ inches (27.3 × 40.9 cm) Sheet: 15⅞ × 20 inches (40.4 × 50.8 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Opening Day, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986 From the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gelatin silver print Image: 11½ × 17 inches (29.2 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Gift of the artist

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986 From the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gelatin silver print Image: 12 × 16½ inches (30.4 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Gift of the artist

From the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gelatin silver print Image: 11½ × 16¾ inches (29.2 × 42.4 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Gift of the artist

From the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gelatin silver print Image: 11½ × 16¾ inches (29.1 × 42.4 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986

From the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gelatin silver print Image: 11½ × 16¾ inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1982–1986

Carbon stick rubbing on paper Sheet: 13⅛ × 20⅛ inches (33.2 × 51 cm) Frame: 15½ × 22⅝ × 1⅝ inches (39.4 × 57.3 × 4.1 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the William F. Stern Acquisitions Fund

Broken Plane #3, 1972 Paper and pastel on paper Sheet: 17¼ × 24¾ inches (43.7 × 62.7 cm) Frame: 20⅛ × 28 × 1⅝ inches (51 × 71 × 4.1 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Clare Casademont and Michael Metz PURVIS YOUNG, American, 1943–2010 Untitled, ca. 1988–1990

Oil on hardboard cabinet door with metal hinges 27 × 20½ inches (68.6 × 52.1 cm) Gift of William Fagaly in honor of Stephanie and John Smither

From the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gelatin silver print Image: 11⅛ × 16½ inches (28.2 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19⅞ inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Gay Block and Malka T. Drucker, and Eve France

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his year the Menil published titles in print and, for the first time, in electronic format, updating the museum’s mandate to contribute significantly to scholarship while informing and educating our audiences. Our first Online Feature, or e-publication, Wolf and Caribou, features videos of Native Alaskan singers and dancers perform­ ing before Yup’ik masks in the museum. Two books were co-published with partnering museums, Apparitions with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and Copley with the Prada Foundation, Milan.

Last year’s book Barnett Newman The Late Work, 1965–1970, was awarded a First Prize in Publication Design, Exhibition Catalogues, by the American Alliance of Museums.

Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now Allegra Pesenti 132 pages, 111 illustrations September 2015 Copublished with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Alice Award nominee, Furthermore Foundation

Apparitions pp. 48–49: Assistant Paintings Conservator Katrina Rush adjusts the microscope in the conservation studio.

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William N. Copley Edited by Germano Celant, with contributions by Gwen L. Allen, Paul B. Franklin, Alison M. Gingeras, Jonathan Griffin, and Toby Kamps 384 pages, 590 illustrations February 2016 Copublished with the Fondazione Prada, Milan Winner, 50 Books/50 Covers, American Institute of Graphic Arts

As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither Michelle White, with contributions by Lynne Adele, Brooke Davis Anderson, Haley Berkman, David Breslin, Víctor M. Espinosa, William Fagaly, Edward M. Gómez, Jo Farb Hernández, Lee Kogan, Colin Rhodes, and Leslie Umberger 112 pages, 114 illustrations June 2016

The Menil’s first e-publication Wolf and Caribou: Two Yup’ik Masks Sean Mooney 8 webpages, 2 videos, 18 illustrations December 2015

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Many recordings of Menil programming, such as this conversation among Francis AlĂżs and curators Lynne Cooke and Toby Kamps (left to right), are now available online.

New Content Populates menil.org Since the launch of the new site in September 2015, visits are up 60 percent, with an average of 25,000 visits to the site per month. The Menil video channel now displays forty videos, including thirty-four public program and symposia recordings, increasing the reach of the programming while forming a valuable online archive. Twelve stories were launched in May 2016 in the new feature called Articles, including artist profiles, conservation stories, and interviews with Menil curators; Articles will represent various Menil Collection voices and report on research and news of interest to our audiences.

In-depth features from the Articles section of the website.

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Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings

Progress Report The research phase of catalogue preparation drew to a close in 2015, and final manuscript preparation began.

The complete set of photographs and the catalogue entries were transferred from the New York office to the Publishing Department for editing, design, and preliminary production phases. David Breslin, former John R. Eckel, Jr. Chief Curator of the Menil Drawing Institute, worked with Johns Project Manager Eileen Costello and the Menil’s Director of Publishing Joseph Newland to move the catalogue toward completion.

Jasper Johns Top: Flag, 1959. The Menil Collection, Houston, Bequest of David Whitney.

Right: Corpse, 1974–75. The Menil Collection, Houston, Bequest of David Whitney.

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Richard Tuttle (left) with Preparator Kent Dorn installing a work in the exhibition The Precarious. During Tuttle’s Menil visit he was interviewed for the Artists Documentation Project.

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iscal year 2016 saw the continuation and expan­ sion of the groundbreaking Artists Documentation Project. The conservation department was also busy with a number of important treatment proj­ ects of drawings, paintings, and sculptures. New research initiatives included a 3-D scanning program.

Chief Conservator Brad Epley (right) interviews Robert Gober for the Artists Documentation Project.

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Artists Documentation Project A new $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foun­ dation will support the fundamental educational, publishing, and preservation aspects of Artist Documentation Project by embedding the ADP Archivist’s activities within full-time permanent positions at the Menil Collection. Additionally, the funds will support a pilot ADP Fellowship shared between the Menil Collection and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Menil remains grateful for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s ongoing support of and interest in ADP. In 1990, as part of a grant to the Menil, the Foundation funded a pilot project developed by Carol Mancusi-Ungaro that sought to document artists’ views toward future preservation of their art. The project, funded by the $85,000 grant, resulted in the production of twenty-five interviews at the Menil. In 2009, the Foundation provided $195,000 to create the ADP Archive, a widely accessible—yet responsible—repository that serves as a model for artist interview archives and contributes to the study, preservation, and exhibition of contemporary art. The consolidation integrated thirty-three artist interviews from partner institutions into a single archive, preserved the mate­ rial through digitization, and made the collection accessible to both specialist and general audiences. In 2011, a further $96,086 grant supported the production of eleven additional artist interviews, along with significant outreach efforts and a website use-assessment component.

Artist Richard Tuttle was interviewed in October 2015.

Rothko Chapel’s Broken Obelisk Initiating a twelve-month conservation treatment, the sculpture was de-installed in January 2016 and shipped to the current Lippincott facility in West Haven, Connecticut. The sculpture is undergoing design modifications to permit easier access to its interior spaces for maintenance and to promote drainage of the water that regularly collects inside the obelisk through condensation. The current schedule has the sculpture reinstalled in the reflecting pool in early January 2017.

Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk was removed from its reflecting pool in January 2016 to undergo conservation treatment.

Treatment of Frank Bowling’s Middle Passage Mellon Fellow in Painting Conservation Desi Peters began treatment on Frank Bowling’s Middle Passage, a large ten footsquare painting in need of extensive cleaning and structural work. This treatment is the first time the painting has been stretched and accessible for examination and conservation since it was included in the Some American History exhibition in 1971 at the Rice Museum, Institute for the Arts.

Mellon Fellow in Painting Conservation Desi Peters examines Frank Bowling’s Middle Passage.

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Evan Lee (right) from the University of Houston’s Center for Advanced Computing and Data Systems scans the Malian figurative sculpture with the help of Assistant Objects Conservator Kari Dodson.

3D Scanning of Malian Terra-Cottas

Conservation Scholars Day for TRESPASS

Four Djenne terra-cotta sculptures—the final objects compris­ ing the Menil’s contribution to a collaborative project with the Honors College at the University of Houston—were digitally scanned in April. The 3D scans will enable manipulation and altered viewpoints of these high-definition surrogates, and their value as a new form of documentation will be evaluated.

During TRESPASS, the Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium, Trisha Brown’s drawing Untitled (Montpellier) (10 x 8 foot, on paper), 2002, was unrolled for the first time since the Menil acquired it in 2014. It initiated discussion on gesture as participants were able to explore the same method of mark-making employed by the artist—paint and charcoal sticks held in both hands and between toes—to better under­ stand the full-body movements documented in the original.

Processing of Smither Collection Promised Gifts Ninety-six works, including paintings, sculpture, and works on paper were processed and treated by conservation as part of the assessment and exhibition of the promised gifts included in the exhibition As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither.

Art historians experi­mented with re-creating the marks on Trisha Brown’s Untitled (Montpellier), 2002, during the TRESPASS symposium.

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Resulting 3D wireframe rendering of the sculpture.

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Internal Use Only

Framer and Conservation Photographer Adam Neese, Associate Curator Clare Elliott, and Conservation Studio Technician Grace Walters (left to right) align pieces of a 1958 untitled work by Jay DeFeo.

Treatments for Holy Barbarians Assistant Objects Conservator Kari Dodson and Summer Conservation Intern Meaghan Perry treated multiple objects on view for the upcoming Holy Barbarians exhibition including an assemblage

by Edward Kienholz titled Conversation Piece, 1959.

Fragments from a large untitled work by Jay DeFeo were united with a completed collage, White Spica, 1958/1973, and reassembled in the conservation lab to determine their original configuration.

Mellon Fellow Meaghan Perry working on Edward Kienholz’s assemblage Conversation Piece, 1959.

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Page from Manet’s illustrated edition of Poe’s The Raven.

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Page spread from the library’s first edition of Colanna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, now digitized for online access.

iscal year 2016 was a busy and exciting one for galleries, Texas Gallery and Hiram Butler Gallery, making the Menil Collection Library. In February 2016 we them available to the scholarly community. welcomed a full-time professional librarian, Lauren Of course, our primary function remains the collecting Gottlieb-Miller, to the staff in the new position of of print books and periodicals. The library added 1,263 titles.

Assistant Librarian. Lauren received her Masters Highlights include purchases for Special Collections with of Library and Information Science from the University of Friends of the Library funds: L’âge du Cinéma: numéro spécial, Wisconsin at Madison. She brings expertise in the history of Surréaliste, 1951, and Lázló Moholy-Nagy, Malerei Fotografie the book and is current on changing technologies in museum Film, 1927. and academic libraries.

Sixty-eight outside scholars made ninety-four research This year also saw the library engage in its first compre­ visits during fiscal year 2016. The library distributed ninety hensive digitization project, with the cataloguing and capture books through Interlibrary Loans and borrowed twenty-seven of gallery guides from the museum’s exhibitions. volumes from affiliated libraries for Menil-related research.

We currently have ninety-four guides available in electronic form, accessible via our library cata­ logue and the OCLC Union Catalogue; we are also adding these guides to the Getty Research Portal, to which the Menil is one of twenty-one contributing institutions.

Also available in cyberspace, with the assis­ tance of the museum’s Imaging Services, are the first three complete surrogates of works from our Special Collections: Eduoard Manet’s 1875 illus­ trated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773 (thought to be the first published work by an African American), and our 1499 first edition of Francesco Colanna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a seminal work in the history of printing. The library has also begun creating stable surrogates of exhibition Friends of the Library acquisition: a rare copy of L’âge du cinéma, 1951, with film still catalogues from two important Houston on the cover from Jindřich Heisler’s Le Surmâle.

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he Menil Archives was officially established in 2000 and houses not only Menil Foundation records, but also those related to John and Dominique de Menil’s personal and institu­ tional affiliations throughout their lifetimes, including their family archives. Other special collections related to the museum have been added. During its first sixteen years of operation, this initial accumulation of fifty years of records was catalogued—the crucial step needed to organize and make them accessible for research.

With the implementation of a comprehensive Records Management Program, the Menil Foundation departmental records are transferred to the archives on a regular basis. After cataloguing, some are transported to a local offsite records storage facility, where they are securely stored and readily accessible. Records that are referred to frequently by staff and patrons remain onsite.

This fiscal year there was an increase in the volume of records transferred to the archives due to the relocation of several departments into newly renovated bungalow offices.

Lectures, panels, and symposia are now routinely recorded and added to the Film and Media Collection, providing future researchers with a wealth of first-person documentation on artists and scholars. A Menil–related oral history project continues, this year adding the recol­ lections of Houston gallerist Barbara Cusack Hill.

When research for the forthcoming Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings was completed, all the supporting documentation was transferred to the archives, making it available for future study.

For the first time, a selection of finding aids from the institutional and special collection records databases were digitized. Available through the museum website, these finding aids will greatly expand awareness of and access to archival collections.

Meanwhile, the onsite facility remains a busy research center. In fiscal year 2016, 375 internal and exter­ nal requests were fielded. Fifty-four outside researchers from multiple geographical regions made 101 sepa­ rate visits to the special collections.

Archival Assistant Lisa Barkley retrieves onsite records.

The Menil Archives houses many unique items: these small wood maquettes were the basis for Tony Smith’s outdoor steel sculptures commissioned by John and Dominique de Menil in 1969.

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pp. 60–61: Jeremy Eugene (foreground) and others perform in a Houston VIP Poetry Slam as part of MenilFest! p. 62: Composer and musician Glenn Kotche performed a solo percussion set including the premiere of a new composition commissioned as a response to the exhibition Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now.

Sam Gilliam conversed with Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis in conjunction with the exhibition Affecting Presence and the Pursuit of Delicious Experiences.

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ublic programs, always free, drew diverse visitors to events related to or beyond the immediate concerns of Menil exhibitions. Artist, scholars, and musicians of international renown spoke to and performed for audiences who were welcomed from the entire community. The Menil’s popular outdoor programs, including MenilFest!, continued to draw crowds, and this year an evening-long festival at the downtown Discovery Green celebrated outsider artists and art cars in conjunction with the exhibition As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither.

Yve-Alain Bois presented the Third Marion Barthelme Lecture concerning the work of Ellsworth Kelly.

Following a lecture and reading from his new nonfiction book The White Road, Edmund de Waal participated in a booksigning.

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Germano Celant, Alison Gingeras, Toby Kamps, and Jonathan Griffin held a spirited conversation about the artist William N. Copley (CPLY).

The Menil Collection hosted two events as part of the CounterCurrent16 festival organized by the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Right: Big Dance Theater’s This Page Left Intentionally Blank provided a satirical guided audio-tour of various Menil neighborhood sites.

Below: Anthony Hawley’s Fault Diagnosis performance centered around a stalled car at the Menil’s SBC parking lot.

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Lonnie Holly (center) with other musicians performed at Discovery Green as part of the celebrations surrounding the exhibition As Essential as Dreams: Self-Taught Art from the Stephanie and John Smither Collection.

Trenton Doyle Hancock joined publisher Dan Nadal in a conversation inspired by the exhibition William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY. Right: Charles Ray presented “Matisse and Super Clay,� the second of three lectures in his series Thoughts on Sculpture.

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n addition to its diverse and always free public program­­ ming, the Menil Collection promotes educa­­tional endeavors associated with elemen­tary, middle, and high school levels by supporting Writers in the Schools and at the university level through research studies, internships, and fellowships. In 2016 a variety of indepth informational programs and study opportunities were held in connection with numerous museum activities.

VIVIAN L. SMITH FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM

TRESPASS: Entering the Scene of Making April 16, 2016 The Menil Collection offers a one-year fellowship for graduate students in art history at the University of Texas, Austin, to work on their dissertations while receiving collegial advice and using the museum’s library, archives, and permanent collection as aids for their research.

In 2016 the related symposium proposed new ways to understand the scenes and narratives of art­ making. Modern and contemporary works of art that harness live human behavior, or that rely on multiple drafts or iterations, reveal that the scope of artmaking is wider than a single creator and often not easily quan­ tifiable. Katie Anania, PhD candidate in art history at the Univer­sity of Texas at Austin and Vivian L. Smith Curatorial Fellow at the Menil Collection, moderated a diverse group of scholars.

This fellowship and symposium are generously underwritten by the Vivian L. Smith Foundation.

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Anna Lovatt speaking at the symposium.

Moderator Katie Anania with (left to right) Peggy Phelan, Stanford University; Cornelia Butler, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Anna Lovatt, Southern Methodist University; and Judith Rodenbeck, Univer­sity of California, Riverside, during the Vivian L. Smith Foundation Symposium TRESPASS.

Menil Intern and Volunteer Programs The Menil Collection offers internship opportunities to under­ graduate and graduate students enrolled currently in the History of Art Departments at Rice University and the University of Houston.

Students support research and exhibition planning and development under the guidance of a Menil curator or staff members in other departments. For those interested in museo­logical careers, these internships offer exposure to museum practice.

Each year, departments throughout the museum are assisted by volunteers who donate their time and energy to support the Menil.

Thomas J. Lax, seventh recipient of the Walter Hopps Award, delivered his lecture in October 2015.

Seventh Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement Established in 2001 in honor of Menil Founding Director Walter Hopps (1932–2005), the award recog­ nizes curators in early to mid-career who have made significant contributions to the field of contemporary art. In conjunction with the award, which confers a stipend of $20,000, the recipient delivers a public lecture at the Menil Collection. From a field of seven candidates, Thomas J. Lax, Associate Curator in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, was chosen by a distinguished curatorial panel as the seventh recipient of the award.

2016 Assistance Programs

■ 26 interns and volunteers ■ Participants contributed 2,159 hours

Writing at the Menil Since 1989, Writers in the Schools (WITS) has brought Houston school children to the Menil Collection for one-on-one encounters with the art displayed here. Many receive their first direct expo­ sure to works of art. Often students are awakened to the power of both art and literature by expressing their responses in their own voices. A juried competition chooses students to be pub­ lished in the Watchful Eye anthology and to read their work at the Menil Collection at the end of the school year. Sixty students were published and read from their works in 2016.

2016 WITS Participation at the Menil

■ 6,000 primary and secondary students ■ 180 classrooms from 25 Gulf Coast–area schools ■ 51 separate field trips to the museum WITS students visit the Cy Twombly Gallery with WITS writers Adrienne Perry (left) and Warren Rawson.

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Installation view of Root Shift: Photographs of Stasis and Change Selected by CAMH Teen Council.

An Institutional Collaboration The Teen Council is an annual elected group organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The teenagers are tasked with creating fresh and challenging public programming and artworks curated by youth and accessible to everyone. This exhibition coincided with FotoFest 2016 Biennial and focused on the camera’s consistent role in processing change, even as social understandings of change continue to evolve. The collaboration between the Menil and CAMH provides teens with the opportunity to learn about the curatorial process by working closely with museum staff to organize an exhibition.

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The CAMH Teen Council is supported by Louisa Stude Sarofim, Texas Women for the Arts, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. The exhibition was generously supported by the City of Houston.

With the CAMH’s Jamal Cyrus looking on (lower left), Menil Curatorial Assistant Haley Berkman (third from left) introduces the CAMH Teen Council to the Menil Collection exhibition model.

Menil Bookstore

The Menil Bookstore is a popular gathering spot during MenilFest!

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n fiscal year 2016, the Menil Bookstore experienced increased attendance due to the acclaimed exhibit Apparitions. The bookstore’s bungalow welcomed 25,240 visitors. Interest in other complementary books, merchandise, and jewelry followed. The book­ store also added several successful and well-received events to its calendar, including a Holiday Trunk Show in November, which featured Houston-based artists and artisans; over 200 guests attended.

This year, the bookstore renewed its focus on carrying not only important and hard-to-find art publications, but also an array of toys, gifts, and works by local artists. Featured were paintings by Tod Bailey and Bill Davenport, sculpture by David Graeve and Mari Omari, and art glass by Kim Renteria. In addition, the children’s section carries Italian, Spanish, and French titles along with award-winning toys designed for child development. The Menil Bookstore was also photographed for Milieu magazine, a feature that will appear in its Spring 2017 edition.

MENIL BOOKSTORE 1520 Sul Ross Street Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

The Menil Bookstore is one of Houston’s foremost locations for art publications and unique merchandise.

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Menil Contemporaries kicked off the Menil Contemporaries Fund at the Cy Twombly Gallery.

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embers of the Menil Collection are a dynamic, important part of the museum, and their contri­ butions are vital in sustaining our neighborhood of art. Fiscal year 2016 ended with nearly 2,000 supporters whose annual gifts helped to fund the museum’s general operations and ensure that the Menil remains free and available for all for generations to come.

Menil membership offers many benefits throughout the year, including exhibition openings and special events. At the annual all-member party Menil by Moonlight, hundreds gathered for live music, signature cocktails, and refreshments at an after-hours celebration of the exhibition William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY. In October 2015, outgoing Director Josef Helfenstein received a farewell toast in thanks for his twelve years of service and leadership after his address at State of the Museum.

Menil Society patrons enjoyed exhibition previews, gallery talks, and evening receptions including Menil Society Spring Cocktails at Menil House, the former residence of John and Dominique de Menil. In September 2015, a group of Menil Society members traveled to Chicago, where they visited private collections, galleries, and museums. The Menil Contemporaries, comprised of young professionals, engaged with the museum through programs specially designed for this group of supporters and hosted the popular Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party in December 2015.

Guests enjoyed an elegant seated dinner in support of the Menil Contemporaries Fund.

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Menil Contemporaries Fund In spring 2016, the Menil Contemporaries joined The Campaign for the Menil through a crowdsourcing effort to establish a permanent endowment fund in support of neighborhood greening. The Menil Contemporaries Fund is an essential part of the museum’s commitment to environmentally responsible practices, with particular regard to sustainability and native ecology. These efforts include replanting the museum’s courtyards with native vegetation, additional lush plant beds in the main parking lot, and the expansion of the Menil’s green spaces. The initiative formally launched with a kick-off event held in the Cy Twombly Gallery in March 2016. Contributions to the Menil Contemporaries Fund have included individual gifts as well as proceeds from a series of ticketed events, including the Menil Contemporaries Fund Dinner.

Members’ Noontime Talks Noontime talks are an opportunity for members to engage directly with works of art in the galleries, focusing on specific aspects of the collection or on exhibitions. Held on Fridays, all talks are led by curators, conservators, or select staff and make exhibitions more intimate and reveal the collection as never before. Fiscal year 2016 was the first full year of weekly noontime talks, with a total of thirty-one conducted. Topics ranged from Cardiff Miller’s The Infinity Machine on view at the Byzantine Fresco Chapel to a discussion on exhibition design.

Members receive invitations to exhibition opening receptions throughout the year.

Members gathered for the annual Menil by Moonlight celebration, which included a special preview of the exhibition William N. Copley: The World According to CPLY.

Menil Society members mingled at the annual Spring Cocktails at Menil House.

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For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016

Income $ 20.5 Million

50%

2%

ENDOWMENT DRAW

OTHER

21%

REAL ESTATE

27%

ADVANCEMENT

Advancement $ 5.5 Million

19%

MEMBERSHIP

25%

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

13%

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

7%

HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX

5%

CORPORATE GIFTS

pp. 72–73: Visitors at the Cy Twombly Gallery.

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31%

FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Expenses $ 20.5 Million

10%

EXHIBITIONS. PROGRAMMING. and PUBLICATIONS

11%

35%

MUSEUM DEPARTMENTS *

ADVANCEMENT

15% ADMINISTRATION

7%

19%

CAPITAL EXPENSES

REAL ESTATE

3% BOOKSTORE and OTHER

* Museum departments include: Archives, Bookstore, Collections Management, Communications, Conservation, Curatorial, Exhibition Design, Facilities & Security, Information % Technology, Library, Public Programs, and Publishing.

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(Inculding Non-Rental Proper ties)

Investment Portfolio $ 229 Million

41%

DOMESTIC EQUIT Y

23%

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

6%

FIXED INCOME

27%

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY

3%

Data is derived from the financial statements of Menil Foundation, Inc. as of June 30, 2016.

A complete set of Menil Foundation, Inc. audited financial statements for 2015–2016 is available on request.

PRIVATE EQUITY

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DONORS

July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

The Menil gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their cumulative gifts of $500 and above between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. Gifts shown here include all non-membership gifts in support of annual museum operations, exhibitions, conservation, public programming, and other projects.

For more information about making a gift, please contact the Advancement Office at 713-525-9437.

$500,000+ Anonymous The Brown Foundation, Inc.

$200,000–$499,999 Mr. and Mrs. Derek Goodman Houston Museum District Association John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation The Wortham Foundation

$100,000–$199,999 The Cullen Foundation Houston Endowment Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Trust Madame Bérengère Primat Helen and Sam Zell

$50,000–$99,999 The Brown Foundation, Inc./ Allison Sarofim Clare Casademont and Michael Metz Adelaide de Menil Fayez Sarofim Anne and Bill Stewart Terra Foundation for American Art Michael Zilkha

$25,000–$49,999 Chinhui and Eddie Allen Suzanne Deal Booth Brad and Leslie Bucher Mike and Diane Cannon The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation Agnes Gund Janet and Paul Hobby Linda and George Kelly Anne and David Kirkland Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren Kathrine G. McGovern/ McGovern Foundation Susan and Francois de Menil Franci Neely Marilyn Oshman Harry and Karen Pinson Susanne and William E. Pritchard III Leslie and Shannon Sasser

Anne Schlumberger Vivian L. Smith Foundation Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray

$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous Richard and Susan Anderson The Brown Foundation, Inc./ Ralph Abendshein Bettie Cartwright Mr. and Mrs. Doug Fordyce The George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman Russell and Diana Hawkins Dr. and Mrs. George de Menil Cecily Horton and Andrew Schneck Claude L. Parker, M.D. Texas Commission on the Arts Phoebe and Bobby Tudor

pp. 76–77: Preview of the exhibition As Essential as Dreams.

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Photography curator Peter Galassi’s lecture drew a standing-room-only crowd; such free events are supported by the generosity of Menil donors.

Da Camera Young Artists performed at the annual community-wide gathering MenilFest!

$5,000–$9,999 Anonymous R. Edwin Allday and Francey Pengra Laura and John Arnold The Brown Foundation, Inc./ Cris and Elisa Pye Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chapman Isabel and Danny David Jo and Jim Furr Barbara and Michael Gamson Eleanor and Dan Gilbane Kate and Shawn Gross Leslie and Mark Hull Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kapiloff Charles Leykum Beth and Greg Looser Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Lummis Roy and Evelyn Nolen Cabrina and Steven Owsley Leigh and Reggie Smith Marcy and Tom Wessel

$1,000–$4,999 Anonymous (3) Henrietta Alexander Craig Anglemier Carol and Les Ballard James Bell Andy and Kate Bellin Dr. Henry P. Bethea Gina and Devinder Bhatia Dr. Kevin Black and Mr. Anthony Bradfield Ms. Gay Block and Ms. Malka Drucker Denis and Karen Boulle Kristy and Chris Bradshaw Laurence and Henry Bragg Kristen and David Buck Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Libby Cagle Jennifer and Carl Campbell William T. Cannady Chris Carson Tripp Carter

Janis Cecil Cerón Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Estela and David Cockrell Stephanie and Ernie Cockrell The Cooper Union School Chris and Lauri Cragg Hilda and Gregory Curran Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Cushman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daly Helen Davis Sara Paschall Dodd Bevin and Daniel Dubrowski Genna and Jon Evans Marita and J. B. Fairbanks Jana and Richard Fant Diane Lokey Farb Zeina and Nijad Fares Carolyn Grant Fay Mr. and Mrs. Tull Florey Richard W. Flowers

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July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

Inclement weather brought the exuberance indoors for Who R U?, the annual children’s costume party.

Jeff Fort Gregory E. Fourticq Milane Duncan Frantz Elizabeth and Will Galtney Edward J. Gibbon Jr. Glen Gonzalez and Steve Summers Laura and Evan Greenberg Trey and Blakely Griggs Albert and Melissa Grobmyer Kate and Shawn Gross Janet Gurwitch Lauren and Warren Harris Lisa and Michael Holthouse Ms. Robyn Holzrichter Courtney and Bo Hopson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Husseini Anika Jackson Ms. Rosemarie Johnson and Mr. Scott Wood Brenda and Brad Jones Ms. Kay Kamin Joan and Marvin Kaplan

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Nicole and Evan H. Katz Boo and John Kennedy Fadila and Paal Kibsgaard Kirkpatrick Family Fund Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach Christopher Knapp Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter Lee Lahourcade George C. Lancaster Jennifer and Chris Laporte Stephanie Larsen Douglas Lawing and Guy Hagstette Ms. Renee Lewis Victoria and Marshal Lightman Lucinda and Javier Loya Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Mafrige Jr. Nancy McGregor and Neal Manne Craig and Tatiana Massey Poppi Massey Cynthia and Robert McClain Mrs. Christy K. McWhorter The Meadows Foundation

Marc Melcher Matilda B. Melnick, M.D. Michele Mendenhall Benjamin de Menil Ms. Victoria de Menil Gary Mercer Mimi Ormand Miller Melissa and Michael Mithoff Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mark Monroe Mr. and Mrs. David Moriniere Anne and Jack Moriniere Colin Moussa Mr. and Mrs. Tim Neumann Duyen and Marc Nguyen Scott and Judy Nyquist Dene Oliver Jason Page Paula and Jeff Paine George and Elizabeth Passela Katherine and Bill Phelps The Powell Foundation

Dean Putterman Bradley Radoff Eliza Lovett Randall Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Mr. and Mrs. Todd Reppert Ronald Restrepo and Candace Baggett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Reynolds Laura and Will Robertson Leslie and Russ Robinson Rob Royall Nancy and Clive Runnells John Sapp Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scanlan Laureen Schipsi and Thomas Bolling Ally Shell-van Koolwïj and Martin van Koolwïj Kelly and Nicholas Silvers Fred Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith Lucas Somoza Lois and George Stark David R. Stevenson Mary Strahan and Jason Norwood Hanna Struever

Mark Sullivan Mr. William Tempel Natasha and Paris Theofanidis John and Becca Cason Thrash Anne and Richard B. Vaughan Rob and Maggie Vermillion Richmond Walker Vivian M. Wise Tana Wood Lynn Wyatt Steven Wyatt Elizabeth and Barry Young Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Zuber

$500–$999 Patricia Beaver and Gary Skakun Richard L. and Robin Brooks Maude L. Carter Clyfford Still Museum Helen Bettman Cohen Michael Conforti Angus Corquodale Mike and Gayle DeGeurin

Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dunlap Paul Francis Forsythe and David Aylsworth Ms. Eve R. France Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Girouard Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Godfrey Ann Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Lummis Kinder Foundation Carla Knobloch Mrs. Elyse Lanier Mr. and Mrs. John McKay Kathryn G. Neuhaus Eric Osborne Michael Phillips H. Russell Pitman Kathryn and Richard Rabinow Mr. and Mrs. Luc Schlumberger Douglas Smith Emily Leland Todd Ms. Megan Williams and Mr. Paul Ellebrecht John L. Zipprich II

Menil green spaces welcome the community year round.

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CORPORATE

July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

$1,000–$4,999 Amegy Bank of Texas Barbara Davis Gallery Blackstone Oil and Gas The GE Foundation Gensler Houston Tomorrow International Flow Services LP/ Puffer-Sweiven LP Laboratoria Louis Vuitton, Houston Galleria Patek Philippe by de Boulle Tall City Exploration Teton Strategic Investments, Inc. TOD’S Tootsies Guests attend a dinner celebrating Tom Ford to benefit the Menil Collection.

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS The Menil Collection is pleased to recognize gifts from corporations in fiscal year 2016.

$100,000 + Bank of America $50,000–$99,999 Tom Ford $25,000–$49,999 JPMorgan Chase United Airlines

$10,000–$24,999 Architectural Digest BB&T Bloomberg Philanthropies Frost Bank Gilbane Building Co. Jones Day Lazard Pelican Builders Schlumberger Skadden, Arps Thompson & Knight LLP

$5,000–$9,999 Baker Botts LLP Baker Hughes Cardno Haynes Whaley, Inc. Conway MacKenzie, Inc. Shell Oil Company Vaughan Nelson Investment Management LP

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$500–$999 ConocoPhillips LINN Energy, LLC Page Southerland Page, Inc.

IN-KIND DONORS Art Mix Creative Learning Center Aztec Rentals Banfi Bergner and Johnson Design Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. Candylicious Central Market City Kitchen Heights Cigar Lounge Infovine Jackson and Company Microsoft Nice Wines Pro/Sound Public Address Design Smilebooth Sprinkles Cupcakes Treaty Oak Distilling Co.

FRIENDS of the LIBRARY A distinguished affinity group, Friends of the Library brings together Menil members who value and promote exceptional literature. Their donations directly support the museum’s scholarly efforts and broaden the library’s holdings.

Antiquarian Bettie Cartwright Paul Forsythe and David Aylsworth Laureen Schipsi and Thomas Bolling Michael Zilkha

Scholar Paolo and Surpik Angelini Ms. Charlott A. Card and Mr. Robert D. Childers AIA Karen and Bernardo Lastre Ronald Restrepo and Candace Baggett Emily Leland Todd

The 2016 Friends of the Library event was hosted by Texas Gallery, where gallerist and artists’ book collector Ian Glennie (right) shared his incomparable collection of contemporary books with the membership.

Bibliophile Helen Winkler Fosdick Mr. Lonnie Hoogeboom and Dr. Betsy Strauch Mr. Rich A. Levy and Ms. Dinah Chetrit Mr. Edward Lukasek Ms. Shelby Miller and Mr. David Courtwright Mrs. Mireille Schellhorn and Mr. Stephan Laue Lynn Wexler

GLASS KEY SOCIETY The Glass Key Society, named after a beloved Magritte painting in the collection, honors individuals who have included the Menil Collection in their wills, personal trusts, or other planned giving arrangements. Through their thoughtful contributions, members of the Glass Key Society help to ensure a vital future for the museum.

Anonymous (4) Jeff O. Beauchamp Julie and John Cogan Jr. Collection of Mollie R. and William T. Cannady Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Cushman Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Alex Heylen and Monika Lybeer Marjorie G. Horning Paige and Todd Johnson

William F. Lassiter Mary Hale Lovett McLean Mr. Marc Melcher Franci Neely Laurie Newendorp Francesco Pellizzi René Magritte, The Glass Key, 1959. The Menil Collection, Houston.

Stephanie and John H. Smither* For information about making a legacy gift, please contact John L. Zipprich II Karen Sumner, Director of Advancement, at 713-525-9455.

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THE MENIL SOCIETY The Menil Society comprises the core patrons of the Menil Collection. Their significant and sustaining contributions make possible the preservation and expansion of the permanent collection and support the museum’s special exhibitions, publications, and programs.

Menil Society programming was generously supported by Frost Bank and Pelican Builders.

Menil Society members attended the annual Spring Cocktails at Menil House.

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MEMBERSHIP

July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

Benefactor Anonymous Henrietta Alexander Chinhui and Eddie Allen Richard and Susan Anderson John and Laura Arnold Suzanne Deal Booth Charles Butt Clare Casademont and Michael Metz Julie and John Cogan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Cushman Agnes Gund Guy Hagstette Russell and Diana Hawkins Janet and Paul Hobby Linda and George Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Paal Kibsgaard Douglas Lawing and Guy Hagstette Rochelle and Max Levit Matthew Marks Lisa and Will Mathis Kathrine G. McGovern/McGovern Foundation Susan and Francois de Menil Franci Neely Marilyn Oshman Madame Bérengère Primat Susanne and William E. Pritchard III Leslie and Shannon Sasser Anne Schlumberger Mr. and Mrs. Jerome B. Simon Lois and George Stark Anne and Bill Stewart Eugene and Clare Thaw Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray Morris Weiner Michael Zilkha

Friend Anonymous Mrs. Nancy C. Allen Brad and Leslie Bucher Mike and Diane Cannon Robert J. Card, M.D. and Karol Kreymer Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Carney Bettie Cartwright Jereann Chaney Sara Paschall Dodd Barbara and Michael Gamson Heidi and David Gerger Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Karsten Greve Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hepper Mr. Ardon B. Judd Jr. Mrs. Nancy R. Judd Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner III Anne and David Kirkland Michael and Jeanne Klein Dillon A. Kyle and Sam Lasseter Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Long Beth and Greg Looser Marley Lott Nancy McGregor and Neal Manne Mr. and Mrs. John L. Marion Cynthia and Robert McClain Gary Mercer Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ordway Harry and Karen Pinson Lillie Robertson Drew and Edna Robins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Schirrmeister Jacqueline and Richard Schmeal Adrienne and Tim Unger Ann Wales

Menil Society members Judy and Scott Nyquist (center) visited with curators Michelle White and Toby Kamps at a private residence.

Lea Weingarten Marcy and Tom Wessel Lettalou Garth Whittington Ben and Marion Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Wilson Lynn Wyatt

Fellow Mrs. Robert H. Allen Anne H. Bass Jeff O. Beauchamp Mary B. Bentsen Dr. John Bishop and Dr. Melina J. McCarty Bishop Cindy and Larry Burns Will Cannady Amy Sutton and Gary Chiles Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Cooksey Rania Daniel Isabel and Danny David Mr. and Mrs. Lance Davis Bevin and Daniel Dubrowski Mrs. James A. Elkins III Cece and Mack Fowler Ms. Deborah Fowler Margaret Hawk Sheila and Isaac Heimbinder Dorene and Frank Herzog Jerry Jeanmard Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Joseph Emilie Kilgore Dr. Penelope and Mr. Lester Marks Poppi Massey

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Mr. and Mrs. Downing Mears Marc Melcher Ms. Vickie Milazzo and Mr. Thomas Ziemba William R. and Cristina G. Moore Fan and Peter Morris Carol and David Neuberger Bob and Trilla Pando Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III Nancy and Clive Runnells John Sapp Dr. and Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe, Jr. MarĂ­a InĂŠs Sicardi Mrs. Ellen C. L. Simmons Leigh and Reggie Smith Stephanie K. Smither Mark E. Taylor John L. Zipprich II

Associate Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Adler Paolo and Surpik Angelini Mr. and Mrs. Matt Arnold Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard Ilene and Paul Barr Ms. Elisabeth A. Bates Laura Bellows Walter M. Bering Bert Bertonaschi Berry Dunbar Bowen Susan and Raymond Brochstein

Richard L. and Robin Brooks Mr. Bill Brosius and Mr. Ron Guillard Mr. Julian Brown and Ms. Daryl Koehn Mr. Richard W. Brown and Ms. Laura Sulak Ms. Mary Ann Bruni Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Mrs. Jennifer Butkevich Mr. Hiram Butler and Mr. Andrew Spindler-Roesle William and Virginia Camfield Chris Carson Tripp Carter Mr. and Mrs. William H. Caudill Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Ching-Wu Chu Helen Bettman Cohen Cecil C. Conner and David L. Groover Sanford and Susie Criner Elizabeth Crowell Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daly Ms. Barbara Davis Helen Davis Viviana and David Denechaud Ms. D. Lynn Dickens The Honorable and Mrs. Edward P. Djerejian Mr. and Mrs. Dale F. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Dorros Nancy S. Dunlap John and Annette Eldridge Mrs. Nanette Finger

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July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

THE MENIL SOCIETY continued

David and Cindy Fitch Jeff Fort Helen Winkler Fosdick Aziz Friedrich Dr. Gary M. Gartsman MD and Ms. Joan Borinstein Ms. Cullen K. Geiselman Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry, III Edward J. Gibbon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Henry Gissel, Jr. Larry and Louise Glenn Timothy G. Green Mrs. Jacob Greenberg Trey and Blakely Griggs Albert and Melissa Grobmyer Laurie Haley Bill Hamilton John and Sarah Hastings G. G. Hsieh and Mark Hausknecht Dawn Hawley Olive Hershey and A.C. Conrad Lee M. Huber Kerry Inman and Denby Auble Jill and Dunham Jewett Paige and Todd Johnson Ann and Arthur Jones Ms. Beverly Jurenko and Mr. Wayne Gardner Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kapiloff Susan and Richard Keeton Wendy and Mavis Kelsey, Jr. Ms. Page Kempner Jim and Sherry Kempner Boo and John Kennedy Elizabeth and Albert Kidd Carla Knobloch Carolyn and Paul Landen Mr. and Mrs. Curt Langley Mrs. Elyse Lanier Mrs. Joan Schnitzer Levy Victoria and Marshal Lightman Dr. Evelyne Loyer Marvin Lummis Beth Madison Mari and Greg Marchbanks Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Marlene Marker Mr. and Mrs. Earle Martin Wilmer McCorquodale Ms. Beth McCracken

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Sean Mooney, Curator of the Carpenter Collection of Arctic Art, led a Menil Society gallery talk at the opening of the exhibition Microcosmos.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. McCullough Mr. and Mrs. William McGee Mary Hale Lovett McLean Matilda B. Melnick, M.D. Anthony Milam Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mrs. David A. Modesett Mr. and Mrs. H. Dixon Montague Betty Moody Suzanne K. Morris Roy and Evelyn Nolen Mr. and Ms. Keith Norman Brian O’Donnell Cabrina and Steven Owsley Ms. Katy Pando John E. (Sandy) Parkerson George and Elizabeth Passela Carrie and Al Pepi Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Perea Virginia and Jean R. Perrette Mr. and Ms. Geoffroy Petit Mr. and Mrs. David Pruner Nancy and David Pustka Dean Putterman Leonor and Eric Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Todd Reppert Ronald Restrepo and Candace Baggett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Reynolds Ina and Philip Riley James L. and Carolyn Robertson Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ruiz Drs. Alicia Kowalchuk and Benjamin Saldaña

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scanlan Dr. and Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe, Jr. Bryan S. Scrivner Robert and Cheri Seldon Mariana Servitje Mr. and Mrs. George Shipley Ms. Carey C. Shuart Kelly and Nicholas Silvers Mrs. Hinda Simon Douglas Smith Josephine and Richard Smith John K. Smither Janet and John Springer Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Stedman Mr. Myron Steves and Ms. Rowena Young Aliyya and Herman Stude Dorothy Carsey Sumner Dr. Lucile B. Tennant Emily Leland Todd Bridget and Patrick Wade Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wallace Delise Ward and Craig Lidji Elizabeth and Jack Weingarten Angela K. Westwater Larry E. Whaley Melvyn and Cyvia Wolff Shirley C. Wozencraft Elizabeth and Barry Young Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Zuber

MEMBERSHIP Menil members are a special group of people whose membership directly supports John and Dominique de Menil’s legacy of arts patronage and helps sustain museum operations.

Patron Anonymous David Archer and Phyllis Panenka Isabelle Bedrosian and John Heghinian Dr. Henry P. Bethea Dr. Steven Brown Patricia Colville Angus Corquodale Tom Doneker and Joelle Doneker Mr. John Drewer and Mr. David Jaqua Virginia Dwan Marcia and Tom Faschingbauer Ron and Nancy Fischer Kerry Anne Galvin Kate and Steve Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Girouard Mr. and Mrs. Martyn E. Goossen Dr. Kay Hale John and Paula Hansen Ms. Kate Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Blake Hawk Mr. Harold Holliday and The Honorable Anna Holliday Mrs. Carrie Horne

Dr. and Mrs. William W. Ishee Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Josh Jones Ms. Kathleen Keahey and Mr. Jim E. Petersen James Kelly John and Kate Kirkland Ms. Stephanie L. Knight and Mr. Richard Duschl William H. Lane Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ernst Leiss Rebecca Marvil and Brian Smyth Mr. and Mrs. Angus McFadden Will McLendon Ms. Dallas McNamara Matt Morgan Michael Clark and Sallie Morian Kathryn G. Neuhaus Mari Omori James Peters Mr. Jim E. Petersen Jr. and Ms. Kathleen Keahey Mr. and Mrs. James L. Phillips Jason Presley Macey and Harry Reasoner

Jo S. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Mohammed Salhoot Jane and Dick Schmitt Mrs. Karen Shouse Mr. James Sidbury and Ms. Astrid Oesmann Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Smith Stephen Southern Gail & Rodney Susholtz Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tabor Harold Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Jun Teruya Ms. Barbara Tilley Ms. Sandra Tirey and Mr. Jan R. van Lohuizen Iris and Anderson Todd Mrs. June Trammell Patricia Troncoso and William Pugh Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Vest William V. Walker Mr. Scott Wilkens and Ms. Sylvia A. Pacholder

Members listen to the annual State of the Museum address, led by outgoing Director Josef Helfenstein.

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Sponsor Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Adams, Jr. Rick Adams and Elizabeth McClintock Ms. Julia Andrieni Paolo and Surpik Angelini Ms. Susan G. Anhalt Claire and Doug Ankenman Dr. Ellis Arjmand Susie and David Askanase Carlos Bacino Jimmy and Eydie Barnett Ms. Rita M. Bergers and Mr. Joel W. Abramowitz Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Berkman Ms. Nicole Betters Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Beyer Marilyn Biles Ms. Angela Blanchard Jody Blazek and David Crossley Thomas and Sally Bolam Mrs. Preston Bolton Ms. Beverly Bontrager and Mr. Kevin McCarthy Ms. Pamela E. Booton Ms. Michelle Bouchard and Mr. Rowe William Ms. Renee Bouck Ms. Margaret A. Boulware Judy Breitenbach and Jerry Feld A. R. Brenholts Katherine T. Brown Ms. Joan K. Bruchas and Mr. H. Philip Cowdin Ms. Robin Bullington Kathleen and Glenn Cambor Maude L. Carter Ms. Charlott A. Card and Mr. Robert D. Childers AIA Tonia and Bob Clark Elinor and Martin Colman George Connelly Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Cooper Ms. Victoria Corcoran and Mr. Ray Steinmetz Steven L. Cowart Dr. James Cox and Dr. Ritsuko Komaki Dr. Sharon Crandell Ryan E. Crane Nancy S. Crowther

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July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

Ms. Cay Cunningham and Dr. James A. Murtha Jonathan and Barbara Day Jan M. Diesel Mrs. Miriam Edelman Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edmundson Jane L. Eifler Mr. and Mrs. Lucas T. Elliot Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ellison Ms. Sharon Engelstein and Mr. Aaron Parazette Mr. and Mrs. Carl Estes II Ann Finkelstein Edward and Rachel Folse Paul Forsythe and David Aylsworth Marta and Alan Galicki Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gilbert Ms. Lisa K. Goetz Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Golden Mr. Ken Goldsmith and Ms. Joanne Ritacca Kenneth Adam and Gayle Goodman Lance and Lenja Gould Mr. and Mrs. Carter Green Julie Greenwood Jonathan and Nonya Grenader Dr. Robert W. Guynn Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Hall Michael Harkness Mr. and Mrs. David Harrison Dr. and Mrs. Alan Heilman Mr. David Hendricks and Mrs. Lorraine McKenna-Hendricks Mr. and Mrs. Alex Herrera Ms. Laura L. Higgins William E. Hill III Mrs. Jane C. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hogan, Jr. Mr. Benjamin Holloway and Ms. Amanda M. McMillian Mr. Lonnie Hoogeboom and Dr. Betsy Strauch Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Huffman Julie and Thomas E. Hughes Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Ibbott Mr. Jay L. Jackson and Ms. Barbara J. Waugh Dr. George H. Johnson Jr. Franny Koelsch Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kamps

Dr. Catherine Karmel and Mr. Cyril Tawa Ms. Chandra Katragadda Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Katz Ms. Anne L. Kinder Dr. Paul Klotman Quin D. Kroll Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Aivars E. Krumins Lara Landmesser and Freddy Warner Ms. Carolyn Levy Mr. Rich A. Levy and Ms. Dinah Chetrit Mr. and Ms Paul Liffman Dr. and Mrs. Larry Lipshultz John H. Louton Nancy Luton Dr. Melanie Malinowski and Dr. Andrew D. Cunningham Ms. Evelyne Marcks Ms. Ellen M. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. May, Jr. R. Scott and Rebecca McCay Mr. and Mrs. Larry F. McCrary Mr. and Mrs. Randall McElrath Dr. and Mrs. John Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Miles Robert and Nancy Mollers Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe Janet and Harvin Moore Frances E. Mount Dr. and Mrs. Cesar Nahas Carter A. Ness, Jr. W. Martin Nicholas Morgan Dunn O’Connor Diane and Charles Ofner Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Oster Mr. and Mrs. Alan Pactor Walter and Frances Pagel Michael Palmer Norman W. Parrish Mr. and Mrs. José R. Pérez Jr. Ms. Jan-Claire Phillips and Mr. Jerome Kendall Michael Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Pickett Mr. Howard R. Pitman and Ms. Anne Viault H. Russell Pitman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Polland Siddharth Prakash and Igna Van den Veyver

Men of Menil 2016: A Night of Comedy delivered laughs at Richmond Hall.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Putnam Kathryn and Richard Rabinow Mr. Peter Ragauss and Mrs. Jennifer Smith Ragauss Fairfax and Risher Randall Mr. and Mrs. Venu Rao Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ritchie Andrew Robertson Richard and Margot Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Bradley A. Roe Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Roff Jane Root Drs. Alex and Lynn Rosas John Roven Linda and Jerry Rubenstein Dr. Mark B. Ryan and Ms. Ginger Clarkson Mary Ann Ryerson Frank Rynd Ms. Kyttie Sanford Dr. Franca B. Sant’Ambrogio Dr. and Mrs. Luis A. de Santos Ms. Kristen Schlemmer Mr. and Mrs. Luc Schlumberger Ms. Sande Schlumberger Sara Shackleton and Michael McKeogh

LeRoy and Adelle Shaw Carrie and Ed Shoemake Mr. Nicolas Shumway and Mr. Robert Mayott Ms. Mary Siegele Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Silver Trish and Fielding Smith Mr. and Mrs. Craig Smyser Ms. Linda B. Spain Dr. Alana Spiwak Uwe W. Steiner Brian Stephens Brady Steward Doreen Stoller and Dan Piette Henry W. Strobel Dr. Jose I. Suarez Ms. Mimi Swartz and Mr. John Wilburn Mary Lou Swift Ms. Susan K. Talley and Ms. Claire LeBoeuf Christina Thaller and Gregor Eichele Dr. and Mrs. William M. Thorsell Ms. Jo Ann Thweatt Ellie and Jon Totz Ms. Nicola F. Toubia V. H. Van Horn

Ms. Jana Vander Lee Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughan Ms. Sally Vernon Mr. Charles Wade and Ms. Barbara Jackson Randal Weber Fabené J. Welch Michael Weller and Mimi Yam Tim and Elene West Dr. Walter M. Widrig Beth and James Wiggins Ms. Betty P. Williams Nancy Williams and Larry Stevens Joanne G. Wilson Doug and Kay Wilson Ms. Carolyn Norlene Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Jerry S. Wolinsky Lois and Stephen Zamora James T. Zebroski

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July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016

MENIL CONTEMPORARIES The museum’s dynamic young professionals group, the Menil Contemporaries, is committed to supporting the Menil and promoting its mission.

Friend Jessica Phifer Cris and Elisa Pye

Fellow Bevin and Daniel Dubrowski Julie Kinzelman and Christopher Tribble Michael Stoeger

Associate Mr. and Mrs. David Anders Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Belknap Brian Byrne Katy French-Bloom and Michael Bloom Dr. and Mrs. Patrick B. Garvey Eleanor and Daniel Gilbane Kelly and Russell Hamman Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kaplan

Caroline Starry LeBlanc and Jared LeBlanc Luis Macias-Navarro John McLaughlin Michael Naul and Stephen Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seifert Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor

Patron / Patron Couple Genna and Jon Evans Matt Goff Ryan Gordon Joshua Hansel Mrs. Mary Alexis Harrigan and Mr. Brendan Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Surena F. Matin Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Pettigrew Mr. Chester J. Urban and Ms. Aysha Kassim-Voronoff

The festive atmosphere at the annual Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party.

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Sponsor / Sponsor Couple Mr. Thain Allen and Mr. Jack McBride Mr. and Mrs. John Berger Wirt Blaffer Miss Natasha Bowdoin and Mr. Joshua Bernstein Ms. Sara Cain Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Chastang Ms. Shannon Collins Ms. Tara Conley Ms. Jessica Crutcher Ms. Julie L. Cushman Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Dalrymple Ms. Susan Derrick Ms. Brittany Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Dwyer Ms. Pamela Ferguson Paul B. Fulcher Ms. Tatiana Galitzine Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Garry Ms. Despina Giannakis Mr. Adam B. Gibson and Mr. Vernon A. Caldera Jonathan Goch Robert and Lauren Gray Matthew Greenberg Claudio Gutierrez Ms. Belinda-Leigh Hall Victor Hernandez Ms. Melissa Huntermark Ms. Emily Jackson and Mr. Robert MacAskie Anna Kaplan Ms. Madeline Kelly Ms. Sara Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kendall Dr. Christine K. Kim and Mr. Christopher Kutac Ms. L.L. S. Kise and Mr. Michael Kezirian Ms. Jelena Kovacevic Ms. Nao Kusuzaki Jennifer and Christopher Laporte

In a spectacular dinner setting, guests kicked off the Menil Contemporaries Fund as part of The Campaign for the Menil.

Ms. Megan Light and Mr. Andrew Glisson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Mallay Mr. Jake Mase and Ms. Sara Abdolpour Mr. and Mrs. R. Whitney Mears Ms. Tamar Mendelssohn Tommy Napier Ms. Jennifer Nelsen Ms. Sarah Oshea Mary Pappas Anne and Matthew Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Heath Rehfuss Mr. Chris Robinson and Ms. Sarah Rollings Neal Sarkar Ms. Colleen Sheedy Carlos Sierra Mr. and Mrs. Josh Solera David Solomon Robert Spiegel Guido Stefanelli Judd Swanson Ms. Katherine Thurman Cade Timbers Ms. Roxanne Tizravesh

Shane Tolbert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trenta Ms. Jessica Trincanello and Mr. Jeremy Griggs Ms. Ann C. Trione and Mr. Alexander Regier Emerson Vance Mrs. Barbara Volkmer and Mr. Pablo Ruiz-Berlanga Ms. Robyn Waring Ian Wells Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wilson Ms. Mindy Wolfrom Leonard Wood Ms. Crystal Wreden Dr. Steven Yevich Tom Young Rassul Zarinfar At the Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party, guests created souvenirs at the ornament bar.

Members at the Sponsor level and above during the fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016) are listed.

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The Menil Collection framing studio in the Conservation Department.

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Menil Foundation, Inc., and The Menil Collection BOARD OF TRUSTEES Officers Louisa Stude Sarofim, Chair and Life Trustee Janet M. Hobby, President Mark L. D. Wawro, Vice President Eddie R. Allen III, Secretary Harry C. Pinson, Treasurer Nancy Isabel Abendshein Suzanne Deal Booth Adelaide de Menil Carpenter Clare T. Casademont Michael Conforti Aziz Friedrich Russell B. Hawkins George B. Kelly J. David Kirkland Douglas L. Lawing Janie C. Lee Rick Lowe Benjamin de Menil Francois de Menil Franci Neely Roy L. Nolen Marilyn Oshman William E. Pritchard III Leslie Elkins Sasser Anne Schlumberger James W. Stewart Jr. Michael Zilkha Miles Glaser (1925–2004), emeritus

MENIL COUNCIL Henrietta K. Alexander Chinhui Juhn Allen Judy Ley Allen William T. Cannady Michael D. Cannon Nancy D. Carney Bettie Cartwright Taylor V. Cooksey Isabel David Daniel R. Dubrowski David Fitch Cullen K. Geiselman Ann R. Hamman Paula M. Harris Claudia Horwitz Thomas A. Iannacone I. H. (Denny) Kempner III David Leslie William G. Looser Nancy McGregor Manne Mary Hale Lovett McLean Marc C. Melcher John Moriniere Judy Nyquist Patricia Belton Oliver Geraldine Ordway Francesco Pellizzi Jessica Phifer Jerome B. Simon Louis Sklar George Stark Aliyya Stude Sarah Whiting

FOUNDING BENEFACTORS Sylvie and Eric Boissonnas The Brown Foundation, Inc. Edmund and Adelaide de Menil Carpenter The Cullen Foundation Margaret W. and J. A. Elkins Jr. The Charles Englehard Foundation Fayez Sarofim & Co. Fariha and Heiner Fredrich Hobby Foundation Houston Endowment Inc. Caroline Weiss Law The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dominique de Menil Susan and Francois de Menil Annalee G. Newman Susan E. and Roy S. O’Connor Louisa Stude Sarofim Scaler Foundation, Inc. Annette Schlumberger The Wortham Foundation

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STAFF Administration Director’s Office Thomas W. Rhoads, Interim Director Sara Beck, Assistant to the Director

Museum Departments Archives Geraldine Aramanda, Archivist Lisa Barkley, Archival Assistant

Deputy Director’s Office Sheryl Kolasinski, Deputy Director/ Chief Operating Officer Earline Gray, Assistant to the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer Melissa McDonnell Luján, Budget and Project Manager

Bookstore Paul Forsythe, Manager Sally Glass, Buyer/Associate

Finance John S. Trahan, Chief Financial Officer Jocelyn Bazile, Accounts Payable Lisa DeLatte, Staff Accountant Shiow-Chyn (Susie) Liao, Accountant Patrick Saccomanno, Controller Tom Trammel, Financial Analyst Human Resources Suzanne Maloch, Director of Human Resources Patrice Ashley, Benefits Coordinator

Collections Management Susan Slepka Anderson, Chief Registrar David Aylsworth, Collections Registrar Kent Dorn, Art Preparator Catherine Fitzgerald Eckels, Registrar, Menil Drawing Institute Consuelo Gutierrez, Digital Asset Manager Cindy Lisica, TMS Assistant Margaret C. McKee, Imaging Services Specialist Tony Rubio, Art Preparator Heather Schweikhardt, Senior Associate Registrar for Loans and Exhibitions Julie Thies, TMS Administrator Jessica White, Administrative Assistant, Registration Communications Oliver T. (Tommy) Napier Jr., Manager of Communications Conservation Bradford Epley, Chief Conservator Adam Baker, Matter/Framer and Conservation Photographer Jan Burandt, Paper Conservator Kari Dodson, Assistant Objects Conservator Judith Hastings, Administrative Assistant, Conservation Desirae Peters, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Painting Conservation Katrina Rush, Assistant Paintings Conservator Sarah Thompson, Administrative Assistant, Conservation Grace Walters, Conservation Studio Technician, Menil Drawing Institute

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Curatorial Haley Berkman, Curatorial Assistant David Breslin, John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, Menil Drawing Institute Paul R. Davis, Curator of Collections Clare Elliott, Associate Curator Charles Q. (Toby) Kamps Jr., Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Frances Lazare, Administrative Assistant, Curatorial Department Kelly Montana, Curatorial Assistant, Menil Drawing Institute Sean Mooney, Curator, Edmund Carpenter Collection Cindy Peña, Administrative Assistant, Curatorial Department Allegra Pesenti, Curator at Large, Menil Drawing Institute Michelle White, Curator Exhibition Design Brooke Stroud, Exhibitions Designer Eric Zimmerman, Assistant Exhibition Designer Facilities & Security Steve McConathy, Manager of Facilities Chris Akin, Gallery Attendant Divinagracia Antao, Gallery Attendant Rudy Antao, Gallery Attendant Delana Bunch, Gallery Attendant Larry Campbell, Control Room Monitor Sabina Causevic, Gallery Attendant Nick Cedillo, Custodian William Cuevas, Control Room Monitor Bridget Eldredge, Gallery Attendant/ Relief Control Room Monitor Ernest Flores, Maintenance Assistant Latisha Gilbert, Gallery Attendant Jamarcus Gilmore, Gallery Attendant Vera Hadzic, Assistant Gallery Attendant Supervisor Earl Harris, Control Room Monitor Monique Harris, Gallery Attendant Christopher Henry, Receptionist

Shawnie Hunt, Control Room Monitor Anthony Igwe, Gallery Attendant Alem Imru, Receptionist/Mail Room Clerk Mitchell Johnson, Gallery Attendant Sossina Kenfere, Gallery Attendant Lerma Legaspi, Gallery Attendant Reynaldo Legaspi, Gallery Attendant Guillermo Leguizamon, Gallery Attendant Kenn Martinez, Gallery Attendant Getachew Mengesha, Gallery Attendant Supervisor Jack Patterson Jr. Facilities Engineer Jon Pennington, Gallery Attendant Matthew Rojas, Gallery Attendant Sgt. Glenn Shepherd, Director of Safety and Security Kenneth Sherman, Gallery Attendant Montra Sims, Gallery Attendant Mirzama Sisic, Gallery Attendant Konjit Tekletsadik, Gallery Attendant Eric Valdez, Gallery Attendant Information Technology Oliver M. (Buck) Bakke III, Information Technology Manager Library Eric Wolf, Head Librarian Lauren Gottlieb-Miller, Assistant Librarian Public Programs Karl Kilian, Director of Public Programs Anthony Martinez, Programs Coordinator Publishing Joseph N. Newland, Director of Publishing Rebecca Ahrens, Digital Content Manager Sarah E. Robinson, Assistant Editor

Advancement Karen Sumner, Director of Advancement Austin Andrews, Development Services Associate Theodore Bale, Director of Foundation Relations Brandon Bourque, Special Events Coordinator Sarah Cavan, Associate Director of Development, Corporate and Individual Giving Elsian Cozens, Director of Special Projects Emily Darling, Special Events Assistant Carrie Ermler, Manager of Membership and Annual Fund Jeremy Faulk, Grant Writer Eileen Johnson, Manager of Special Events Madeline Kelly, Prospects and Stewardship Manager Rachel Kronenberger, Major Gifts Officer Patrice McCracken, Prospect Researcher Alexis Pennington, Capital and Major Gifts Coordinator Thelma Smith, Visitor/Membership Associate Kristin Smyth, Manager of Development Services Hannah Thibodeaux, Membership and Visitor Desk Attendant Meghan Thrash, Assistant to the Director of Advancement Jin Yu, Membership Assistant

Real Estate and Maintenance Oretha Basey, Bookkeeper Christopher Buenrostro, Groundskeeper Juan Buenrostro, Driver/Groundskeeper Ramon Castillo, HVAC/Plumbing Technician Martin Cerna, HVAC Technician Aurelio Escalona, Groundskeeper Roberto Gonzalez, Maintenance Supervisor Gloria Joseph, Property Manager Susan Kmetz, Assistant to the Manager of Real Estate/Bookkeeper Georgina Molina, Leasing Consultant Jesus Olvera, Groundskeeper Alvin Ramirez, Groundskeeper Ricardo Salas, Maintenance/Make Ready Jose Soriano Salazar, Maintenance/ Make Ready Gabriel Romero Soriano, Groundskeeper/ Make Ready Javier Verduzco, Groundskeeper As of June 30, 2016

Jasper Johns Catalogue RaisonnĂŠ of Drawings Eileen Costello, Editor/Project Director Kimberly Costello, Researcher

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Photography

Copyrights

Jenny Antill: pp. 7, 32 (bottom), 70 (top), 84, 85, 87, 90, 91 (bottom)

Artworks by:

Rebecca Ahrens: p. 56 (top left)

Frederick C. Baldwin © Frederick C. Baldwin

Adam Baker: pp. 31 (bottom), 40 (bottom)

Frederick C. Baldwin and Wendy Watriss © Frederick C. Baldwin and Wendy Watriss

Doug Boyle, courtesy Gilbane: pp. 8–9 David A. Brown: pp. 2–3, 64 (middle & bottom), 76–77, 83 (top) Jan Burandt: pp. 33 (bottom), 56 (bottom), 57 (top) Kari Dodson: pp. 55 (top), 57 (bottom) Ben Doyle/Runaway Productions: pp. 52 (top), 62, 63 (top, middle & bottom), 64 (top), 65 (top & bottom left & right), 66 (top & bottom), 67 (top), 78 Brad Epley: p. 54 (top) Anthony Flores: p. 33 (top) Don Glentzer: pp. 48–49, 72–73 Alyssa Hartgrove, courtesy of Writers in the Schools: p. 67 (bottom) Paul Hester: front cover; pp. 16–17, 20 (top & bottom), 21 (top), 23 (top & bottom), 24, 25 (bottom), 26 (bottom), 27 (top & bottom), 28 (top), 32 (top), 39, 40 (top), 41, 42 (top & bottom), 43 (left & right), 44, 45 (top & bottom), 46 (top & bottom), 53 (top & bottom), Hickey-Robertson, Houston: pp. 31 (bottom), 83

Frank Bowling © 2017 Frank Bowling / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London Henri Cartier-Bresson © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson Trisha Brown © Trisha Brown James Lee Byars © The Estate of James Lee Byars Mel Chin © Mel Chin William N. Copley © 2017 Estate of William N. Copley / Copley LLC / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York John Chamberlain © 2017 John Chamberlain / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Salvador Dalí © 2017 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Jay DeFeo © 2017 The Jay DeFeo Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

George Hixson: pp. 18, 19 (top & bottom), 21 (bottom), 86

Max Ernst © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Johnston Marklee: p. 15 (top)

Theaster Gates © Theaster Gates

Johnston Marklee / Igor Brozyna: pp. 12–13 (bottom), 14 (bottom)

Joe Goode © Joe Goode

Ronald Llewellyn Jones, courtesy of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: p. 68 (bottom)

Frederick Hammersley Foundation © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Toby Kamps: p. 30 (top & bottom)

Trenton Doyle Hancock © Trenton Doyle Hancock

Lynn Lane: pp. 60–61, 69 (top), 79, 80

Arturo Herrera © Arturo Herrera

Morris Malakoff: pp. 70 (bottom), 91 (top)

Jasper Johns © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Menil Conservation Department: p. 54 (bottom)

Edward Kienholz © Kienholz. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA

Daniel Ortiz: pp. 25 (top), 28 (bottom), 29, 71 (top, middle & bottom), 89

René Magritte © 2017 C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Don Quaintance: pp. 1, 5, 10 (top & bottom), 12 (top), 14 (top), 15 (bottom), 32 (bottom), 58 (top left, top right & bottom), 59 (top & bottom), 69 (bottom), 81, 92; inside back cover

Ed Moses © Ed Moses

Jay Tovar: p. 82 Courtesy of University of Houston Center for Advanced Computing and Data Systems: p. 56 (top right) Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: p. 13 (top) Grace Walters: pp. 34, 55 (bottom) Eric Zimmerman: pp. 22 (top & bottom), 68 (top)

Barnett Newman © 2017 The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Francis Picabia © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Carolee Schneemann © 2017 Carolee Schneemann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Leon Polk Smith © The Leon Polk Smith Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Tony Smith © 2017 Tony Smith Estate/ Artists Right Society (ARS), New York Michelle Stuart © Michelle Stuart Danh Vō © Danh Vō Wendy Watriss © Wendy Watriss Jack Whitten © Jack Whitten

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The Menil Collection front entrance.

Copyright © 2017 Menil Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.

Published by the External Affairs Department Theodore Bale, Editor Tommy Napier, Image Editor Don Quaintance, Public Address Design, Graphic Designer Special thanks to: Susan Slepka Anderson, Austin Andrews, Geri Aramanda, David Aylsworth, Lisa Barkley, Sara Beck, Haley Berkman, Elsian Cozens, Paul R. Davis, Clare Elliott, Bradford Epley, Carrie Ermler, Jeremy Faulk, Anthony Flores, Paul Forsythe, Judith Hastings, Toby Kamps, Madeline Kelly, Sheryl Kolasinski, Melissa McDonnell Luján, Suzanne Maloch, Steve McConathy, Margaret C. McKee, Tony Martinez, Joseph Newland, Alexis Pennington, Kristin Smyth, Karen Sumner, Sarah Robinson, Hannah Siegel-Gardner, Julie Thies, Meghan Thrash, John S. Trahan, Thomas Trammel, Michelle White, Eric Wolf, and Eric Zimmerman.

Cover: Central Yup’ik peoples. Wolf and Caribou Masks, late 19th century. Alaska, Napaskiak. Collection of Adelaide de Menil and Edmund Carpenter

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