Menil Annual Report 2017

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CO N T EN TS Fiscal Year 2017, July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017 4 Director’s Message 5 Board of Trustees, Menil Council, 6

and Founding Benefactors Mission Statement and Core Values

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THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MENIL Overview Menil Drawing Institute Energy House The Menil Neighborhood

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EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTION Exhibitions Collection Management Acquisitions Loans of Art to Other Institutions SCHOL ARSHIP

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CONSERVATION Artist Documentation Program Selected Sculpture Treatments Research

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ENGAGEMENT Public Programs Education Menil Bookstore

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SUPPORT Donors Corporate Supporters Friends of the Library Glass Key Society Menil Society Membership Menil Contemporaries Financials Staff

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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

Director Rebecca Rabinow and President of the Board Janet Hobby.

Dear Friends of the Menil,

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he Menil Collection’s 2017 annual report summarizes the wide range of activities that took place during the last fiscal year, which extended from July 2016 through June 2017. It is both an overview of our accomplishments as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the projects in progress across our thirty-acre neighborhood of art.

The cover of this annual report features Amahigueré Dolo’s Components of the World (Adouron Bew), 2007, which trans­ formed our light-filled garden gallery as part of the exhibition ReCollecting Dogon. Organized by Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis, the show juxtaposed historical architectural elements, body adornments, and masks crafted by the Dogon peoples of Mali with recent work by contemporary African artists, such as Dolo and Alaye Kene Atô.

Drawings continue to be a focus of attention as we anticipate the 2018 opening of the Menil Drawing Institute. Guest curator Carmen Giménez explored Picasso’s lifelong engagement with graphic art in Picasso The Line. The fully illustrated catalogue that accompanied the show includes reproductions of all 90 drawings as well as an essay by Giménez, an esteemed Picasso scholar and founding director of the Museo Picasso, Málaga. The Menil also presented The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections. The 99 drawings on view were selected from the bequest and promised gifts of three generous Menil Foundation trustees, whose vision and philanthropy have significantly shaped our collection.

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The Menil’s 30th anniversary celebration kicked off in March of 2017. I thoroughly enjoyed my time preparing for a members’ lecture in March, which high­lighted memorable moments from the Menil’s history. The program began with a rousing performance of Initiale, a com­­position for brass ensemble that Dominique de Menil commis­sioned from Pierre Boulez to commemorate the museum’s inauguration in 1987. On June 3, we recognized the actual opening of the museum (June 1987) with a public birthday party on the front lawn, where hundreds of guests enjoyed lemonade, birthday cake, and live music.

Of course celebrating the Menil’s history underscores the attention and efforts underway now as we look towards its future. A number of noticeable enhancements have been made in accordance with the 2009 Menil Master Site Plan. The West Alabama parking lot has been planted with native plants and trees to create a welcoming entrance for visitors headed to the museum, the Menil Bookstore, and the Bistro Menil. In fiscal year 2017, ADA-compliant sidewalks were installed to connect the West Alabama parking lot with the main museum, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and the Menil Drawing Institute. Each of these buildings is powered by a new central plant with modern, energy-efficient equipment. Construction on the Menil Drawing Institute steadily advances, and hundreds of trees and thousands of plants and grasses are taking root in the adjacent green spaces. In short, the neighborhood continues to transform in an inspiring and beautiful way.

The Campaign for the Menil was launched in 2012 to fund these significant projects. The fundraising effort—led

by Campaign Chair Leslie Elkins Sasser, with the support of Chairman and Life Trustee Louisa Stude Sarofim, President Janet Hobby, and the Menil Board of Trustees—has been a remarkable success. Under their determined and enthusiastic leadership, The Campaign for the Menil raised $19.7 million during fiscal year 2017.

Detailed information on these and other activities is included on the pages that follow. None of these endeavors would have been possible without the dedication of our patrons, members, and staff. With your support, access to the art, architecture, green spaces, and programming at the Menil Collection remains free and open to all.

Regards,

Rebecca Rabinow Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MENIL COUNCIL

FOUNDING BENEFACTORS

Officers

Henrietta K. Alexander Chinhui Juhn Allen Michael D. Cannon Bob Carney Nancy D. Carney Bettie Cartwright Danny David Daniel R. Dubrowski David Fitch Barbara Gamson Cullen K. Geiselman Kelly Hamman Terri Havens Anita Jaisinghani Carol Kelley I.H. (Denny) Kempner III Fadila Kibsgaard J. David Kirkland Alison Leland Greg Looser Ransom Lummis Nancy McGregor Manne Mary Hale L. McLean Marc C. Melcher Jack Moriniere Judy Nyquist Geraldine Ordway Francesco Pellizzi Jessica Phifer Harry C. Pinson Jerome B. Simon Louis Sklar Reggie Smith George Stark Aliyya Stude Mark L.D. Wawro Lea Weingarten Marcy Taub Wessel

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

Louisa Stude Sarofim, Chair and Life Trustee Janet M. Hobby, President Douglas L. Lawing, Vice President Eddie R. Allen III, Treasurer Adelaide de Menil Carpenter, Secretary Nancy Isabel Abendshein Suzanne Deal Booth Clare T. Casademont Michael Conforti Aziz Friedrich Russell B. Hawkins George B. Kelly 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 James W. Stewart Jr. Marcy Taub Wessel Michael Zilkha Miles Glaser (1925–2004), emeritus

p. 1: The northern gateway to the Menil neighborhood. pp. 2–3: Visitors picnic during the Menil’s 30th birthday celebration.

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Mission Statement

Core Values

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

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

Visitors at the opening of Picasso The Line.

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THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MENIL

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Overview

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iscal year 2017 marks the fifth year of The Campaign for the Menil.

Under the leadership of the Menil Board of Trustees and Campaign Chair Leslie Elkins Sasser, our fundraising efforts have produced impressive results. To date, some 400 donors—primarily Menil members and civicminded Houstonians—have generously participated. At the close of our fiscal year on June 30, the campaign total was $117,466,624, surpassing the goal of $115,000,000. Individual contributions range from $5 to well in excess of $1 million. Extraordinary principal gifts have been provided by Louisa Stude Sarofim and the Brown Foundation, Inc. Additional major support has come from the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Kathrine McGovern; Houston Endowment; the Elkins Foundation; and Adelaide de Menil. We are deeply grateful to the Menil community for its generous philanthropy.

The Campaign for the Menil

$50 million raised by the campaign will be applied to the endowment. Another $65 million

has been designated for new capital projects and other improvements. Priorities include:

The Menil Drawing Institute to create a space dedicated to the acquisition, study, exhibition, conservation, and storage of modern and contemporary drawings

$117.4 Million+ New Energy House Raised * to build a central plant with new energy-efficient equipment needed to meet the ever-growing power requirements of the $115 Million Menil’s thirty-acre neighborhood Goal

Key Museum Initiatives to repair and restore the original pine floors, update the fire detection system, and enhance the lighting of the Renzo Piano–designed main building

Redesigned Gateway to welcome visitors to the Menil neighborhood and guide them from a beautifully landscaped new parking lot on West Alabama Street to the Bistro Menil, the Menil Bookstore, and other museum buildings and parks

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

An Increased Endowment

to support our growth, care for our collections and neighborhood, and ensure that admission remains free to all visitors

$0 * Amount raised as of June 30, 2017

opposite: Construction crews assemble the custom steel canopy around the west courtyard of the Menil Drawing Institute.

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Menil Drawing Institute

Johnston Marklee architects lead a hard hat tour of the Menil Drawing Institute in the fall of 2016. The group is gathered in the Scholars Courtyard.

Left to right: Architect Mark Lee, Campaign for the Menil Chair Leslie Elkins Sasser, Vice President of the Menil Board of Trustees Douglas Lawing, President Janet Hobby, Dan Gilbane of the Gilbane Building Company, Menil Director Rebecca Rabinow, Architect and Project Manager Nicholas Hofstede, and Architect Sharon Johnston.

Menil Trustees Louisa Stude Sarofim (left) and Janie C. Lee were the first to sign a cedar plank during Make Your Mark, a special event to recognize leadership donors. The autographed board has been used to clad the exterior of the Menil Drawing Institute.

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Landscaping underway in the new green space adjacent to the Menil Drawing Institute, Energy House, and Cy Twombly Gallery.

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ince the museum opened thirty years ago, green spaces have been an essential component of the Menil neighborhood. A carefully designed network of lawns, parks, and tree-lined walkways connects the Menil’s art buildings, outdoor sculptures, and bungalows. Relaxing under the canopy of a sprawling live oak tree, it is easy to forget that the thirty-acre enclave sits at the heart of a major metropolitan city.

Plans for the south campus expansion addressed the public’s desire for additional outdoor space. In fiscal year 2017, construction began on a park nestled between the new Energy House, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and the Menil Drawing Institute.

This flexible space will be used for an array of events, including lectures, concerts, and movie screenings.

Following the successful completion of the Menil’s West Alabama parking lot, the New York-based landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. [MMVA] began work on the courtyards and lawns in and around the Menil Drawing Institute. MMVA selected a variety of local drought-tolerant species that would thrive in Houston’s subtropical climate. Knowing that the addition of thousands of new plants and trees would create a significant demand for water, the Menil devised a resourceful water recycling program.

Condensation produced by the industrial cooling system in the Energy House is captured, cleaned, and then used for irrigation. It is anticipated that the ecologically friendly practice will save thousands of gallons of water each year.

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

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Energy House

The Energy House contains three state-of-the-art boilers that heat and dehumidify the main museum building, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and the Menil Drawing Institute.

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o meet its growing power requirements, the Menil constructed an efficient 10,000square-foot Energy House. Designed by Johnston Marklee, the ecologically sensitive, electrical generating plant was activated in March 2017 and now supports most Menil facilities.

Construction crews successfully transferred the power supply from the original central plant over to the new Energy House.

By centralizing the heating and cooling systems in the Energy House, there is no need to place industrial equipment around or on top of Menil art buildings. As a result, the gallery spaces are quiet and light filters through skylights unobstructed.Â

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The MenilGateway Neighborhood

North lawn of The Menil Collection.

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ecent neighborhood enhancements include wider sidewalks that connect the West Alabama parking lot to the main museum building, the Cy Twombly Gallery, and the Menil Drawing Institute. All improved sidewalks are ADA-compliant (five feet or wider) and meet the current standards required by the City of Houston.

In January 2017, Houston METRO installed a new bus shelter at Richmond Avenue and Mandell Street. Trees for Houston donated three native maples to shade the stop near the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall.

New METRO bus shelter

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Warhol Sunset August 19, 2016–January 8, 2017 Sunset, 1967, is a rare, unfinished film by Andy Warhol that Menil Collection founders John and Dominique de Menil commissioned in 1964. A single shot captures the slow and colorful shift of atmospheric light over the Pacific Ocean. As the sun sinks to the horizon, the deep voice of the singer Nico reads poetry off-screen. Sunset was restored and re-released in 2000 as part of The Andy Warhol Film Project, a collaborative archival research project of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The Menil arranged for projectionists to screen Sunset in the original 16mm format more than 100 times during the exhibition run.

Andy Warhol: Sunset was curated by Michelle White.

This exhibition was generously supported by Pelican Builders; Janet and Paul Hobby; Anne and David Kirkland; Harry and Karen Pinson; Susanne and William E. Pritchard III; Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray; Michael Zilkha; and the City of Houston.

Sunset projectionists (left to right): Trey Ferguson, Tish Stringer, Kirston Otis, and Paul Nelson.

Installation view of Sunset.

opposite: Installation view of The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections.

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Menil Society members at the opening of Picasso The Line.

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Picasso The Line September 16, 2016–January 8, 2017 Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was one of the most innovative and prolific artists of the 20th century. He pursued drawing assiduously throughout his career, and while his drawings have previously been the focus of important exhibitions, Picasso The Line is the first to explore the distinctiveness of Picasso’s line drawings and consider the essential position that these works hold within the artist’s oeuvre.

Picasso The Line featured 90 works on paper in a wide range of mediums: ink, graphite, charcoal, and collage. The exhibition presented drawings from both public and private collections in the United States and Europe, several of which had never before been exhibited in America.

Picasso The Line was guest curated by Carmen Giménez, the founding director of the Museo Picasso Málaga, and was coordinated by David Breslin and Menil Associate Curator Clare Elliott.

Bank of America was the Lead Corporate Sponsor for Picasso The Line.

This exhibition was organized by the Menil Collection with exceptional support from the Musée national Picasso-Paris. Major funding was provided by Madame Bérengère Primat; The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren; and Susan Vaughan Foundation. Additional support came from Richard and Susan Anderson; Mike and Diane Cannon; Schlumberger Limited; Skadden, Arps; Bloomberg Philanthropies; Jones Day; Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; Janet and Paul Hobby;

Guest Curator Carmen Giménez and a guest at the opening of Picasso The Line.

John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Linda and George Kelly; Anne and David Kirkland; Franci Neely; Susanne and William E. Pritchard III; Leslie and Shannon Sasser; Anne and Bill Stewart; Marcy Taub Wessel, Henry J. N. Taub II, and the Taub Foundation; and the City of Houston.

United Airlines is the exclusive travel partner of the Menil Collection.

Installation view of Picasso The Line.

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EXHIBITIONS Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture on the West Coast November 18, 2016—March 12, 2017 Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture on the West Coast focused on a group of artists who took advantage of California’s permissive atmosphere after the Second World War to create a thriving new art scene. Artists John Altoon, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, George Herms, and Edward Kienholz were part of the so-called “Beat” generation, whose social critiques would eventually be incorporated into the national counterculture and social protest movements that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Operating outside of established schools, galleries, and museums, these Los Angeles and Bay Area–based artists combined influences from jazz, poetry, and popular culture and stressed experimentation and self-exploration. Questioning the optimism and conformity of the Eisenhower era and opposed to the illusion of perfection manufactured and sold by Hollywood, they formed their work from the detritus of everyday life. This exhibition of works on paper and assemblages from 1955 to 1970 was drawn primarily from the Menil’s permanent collection.

This exhibition was curated by Associate Curator Clare Elliott This exhibition was generously supported by Suzanne Deal Booth; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Linda and George Kelly; Susan and Francois de Menil; Marilyn Oshman; and the City of Houston..

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Installation view of Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture on the West Coast.

Visitors at the opening of Holy Barbarians.

Components of the World (Adouron Bew), 2007, with artist Amahigueré Dolo.

ReCollecting Dogon February 3–July 9, 2017 During the 20th century, the society and visual culture of people living along the steep, rocky Bandiagara escarpment in present-day Mali captured the imagination of Europeans and Americans. The Dogon—known through a large corpus of colonial literature, ethnographic fieldwork, exhibitions, and films—occupy a prominent position in the West’s history of the African continent. ReCollecting Dogon presented works attributed to these peoples and collected by museum founders John and Dominique de Menil from the late 1950s through the 1970s. Commissioned masks, videos by Sérou Dolo of recent masking events, and contemporary works by artists Amahigueré Dolo and Alaye Kene Atô served as counterpoints to the historical representations of Dogon peoples.

This exhibition was curated by Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis The exhibition was supported in part by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support comes from the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Houston; Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; Janet and Paul Hobby; Susan and Francois de Menil; Franci Neely; and the City of Houston.

Installation view of ReCollecting Dogon.

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Houston and Madrid–based artist Lauren Moya Ford presents her lecture-performance Fabiola in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.

The Fabiola Project Byzantine Fresco Chapel May 20, 2016–October 28, 2018 Belgian artist Francis Alÿs initiated The Fabiola Project shortly after he moved to Mexico City in the early 1990s. Fascinated by the city’s artisanal culture and short of funds, he combed the city’s flea markets and antique shops looking for local copies of Renaissance masterpieces. Instead, he found reproductions of a now-lost 1885 painting of the Roman Saint Fabiola by the French artist Jean-Jacques Henner. Alÿs’s casual collecting gathered steam as he and his friends stumbled across images of the redhooded saint during their travels in Europe and North America.

A selection of 450 of these discoveries, including bas-relief carvings, needlepoint, painted ceramics, jewelry, and mosaics, are on view in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.

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Francis Alÿs: The Fabiola Project was co-curated by Francis Alÿs and Lynne Cooke and coordinated by Toby Kamps.

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.

The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections February 24–June 18, 2017 When I see a white piece of paper, I feel like I’ve got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything.

—Ellsworth Kelly In anticipation of the new Menil Drawing Institute building, the museum organized The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections. A range of narratives and art histories emerged from the 99 drawings on display: the possibility of experimentation inherent to the medium; the role of drawing in artistic and art historical research; and the sense of immediacy that drawing offers. As an art form that transcends discipline—it is as valuable to the choreographer, composer, and archaeologist as it is to the architect and artist—drawing acts as a common language between creative cultures. The exhibition highlighted promised gifts from the collections of Menil Trustees Janie C. Lee and Louisa Stude Sarofim, as well as works from David Whitney’s 2005 bequest.

Curated by David Breslin This exhibition was generously supported by Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; Chinhui and Eddie Allen; Anne and David Kirkland; Marilyn Oshman; Leslie and Shannon Sasser; Michael Zilkha; and the City of Houston.

Eva Hesse, Untitled, 1964.

Curatorial Assistant Kelly Montana speaks about a series of Bruce Nauman drawings.

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Ellsworth Kelly: Early Paintings April 17–February 25, 2018 In conjunction with Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip, the Menil presented seven early paintings by the American artist Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). These loans from the artist’s foundation were created between 1955 and 1960, when Kelly lived on the East River waterfront in lower Manhattan. The artist’s bold, abstract forms were directly inspired by the natural world around him. As Kelly once explained, “I’m not interested in the texture of a rock, or that it is a rock but in the mass of it and its shadow.”

Ellsworth Kelly: Early Paintings was organized by Curator Michelle White.

This exhibition was generously supported by the City of Houston.

Installation view of Ellsworth Kelly: Early Paintings in the Menil’s foyer.

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Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip April 14–August 27, 2017 Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip featured early work by Chryssa, Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman.

These artists were among a group of intellectuals, writers, filmmakers, and poets who, during the late 1950s and early 1960s, lived and worked in lower Manhattan in the old seaport known as Coenties Slip. Distinguished by its views of the Brooklyn Bridge and its proximity to the East River, the slip served as an important inspiration for the artists, who frequently incorporated aquatic themes into their early work. The exhibition featured 27 aesthetically distinct works, united by the artists’ desire to locate new ways of thinking about abstraction.

Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip was curated by Michelle White This exhibition was generously supported by Suzanne Deal Booth; Mike and Diane Cannon; H-E-B and the H-E-B Tournament of Champions; Frost Bank; Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; Scott and Judy Nyquist; and the City of Houston.

Installation view of Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip.

Lenore Tawney, Transcendental Geometry, 1966.

Lenore Tawney, Seed Puzzle on Three Levels, 1966.

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COLLECTION

Collection Management

left to right: Registrar Catherine Eckels, TMS Administrator Julie Thies, and Art Preparators Russ Lane and Alex Rosas deinstall Picasso The Line.

Collection Management consists of four sub-departments: Registration, Art Services, Imaging Services, and Digital Collection Management.

Registration The Menil’s registration team tracks some 17,000 artworks in the permanent collection. Registration also facilitates the many loans coming in from and going out to other arts organizations. For example, from July to December 2016, Menil registrars organized the loan of 70 artworks to outside arts institutions. A loan moratorium during the 2017 calendar year allowed the registrars time to inventory the 1,836 drawings in the permanent collection which will soon be moved to the Menil Drawing Institute.

Art Services The Art Services team carefully transports and installs artwork at the Menil. In fiscal year 2017, six temporary exhibitions required the installation of 314 artworks in Menil gallery spaces. An additional 349 artworks from the permanent collection were moved by these skilled art preparators.

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Collection Management

Librarian Lauren Gottlieb-Miller (left) and Imaging Technician Anthony Flores capture highresolution images of rare Menil Collection documents.

Imaging Services In fiscal year 2017, Imaging Services secured reproduction rights for in-house publications, licensed Menil images to outside scholars and publishers, and provided 637 images to external users. A complete inventory of Menil object photography was performed, as well as an evaluation of the copyright status of every artwork in the permanent collection. In a collaboration with the Menil Library, Imaging Services also scanned seven rare books, and these images are now publicly available online through the Menil’s website as well as the Getty Research Portal. Digitizing and cataloguing installation photography from past Menil exhibitions is an ongoing activity.

The photos are posted on Artstor’s Shared Shelf and available for public use via the Shared Shelf Commons (www.sscommons.org).

Adam Neese, Matter/Framer and Conservation Photographer, photographs artworks from the collection.

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The Menil Collection’s eMuseum intranet site.

Digital Collection Management The Digital Collection Management team is continually uploading data on artworks from the permanent collection to the Menil’s website (www.menil.org). More than a thousand entries are currently available to the public, 649 of which were added in fiscal year 2017. In addition, the museum’s collection management software was upgraded to support eMuseum, a intranet site that provides staff access to a digital catalogue of some 5,000 accessioned objects.

A catalogue entry on the Menil’s public website.

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COLLECTION

Acquisitions

HAROLD ANCART, Belgian, born 1980 Untitled (there is no there there), 2014/2016

Oil stick on paper Sheet (each): 153/4 × 193/4 inches (40 × 50.2 cm) Frame (each): 167/8 × 207/8 × 15/8 inches (42.9 × 53.1 × 4.1 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the William F. Stern Acquisitions Fund and Janet and Paul Hobby

STEPHEN ANTONAKOS, American, 1926–2013 The Mirror, 1963

Graphite, acrylic paint, sand, colored pencil, crayon, and mirror on paper Sight: 247/8 × 213/4 inches (63.2 × 55.2 cm) Gift of the Stephen Antonakos Studio in honor of Charles and Elizabeth Byron

Harold Ancart, Untitled (there is no there there) (details), 2014/2016.

No No No No No No No, 1963 Graphite and colored pencil on paper Sight: 221/4 × 281/4 inches (56.5 × 71.8 cm) Gift of the Stephen Antonakos Studio in honor of Charles and Elizabeth Byron Untitled Pillow, 1963 Cloth, wood, metal nails, and paint 211/2 × 153/4 × 73/4 inches (54.6 × 40 × 19.7 cm) Gift of the Stephen Antonakos Studio in honor of Charles and Elizabeth Byron Untitled Pillow, 1963 Cloth, wood, and cotton 30 × 173/4 × 9 inches (76.2 × 45.1 × 22.9 cm) Gift of the Stephen Antonakos Studio in honor of Charles and Elizabeth Byron

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MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO, Mexican, 1902–2002 The One from Fine Arts (La de las Bellas Artes), 1933–1934

Gelatin silver print, 27/75 Image: 73/8 × 91/2 inches (18.8 × 24.1 cm) Mount: 147/8 × 197/8 inches (37.8 × 50.5 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Kathryn Rabinow

Striking Worker, Murdered (Obrero en huelga, asesinado), 1934,

printed 1974 Gelatin silver print, 27/75 Image: 71/2 × 95/8 inches (18.9 × 24.4 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Kathryn Rabinow

JOHN CAGE, American, 1912–1992 Where R = Ryoanji R/13–2/88, 1988

Graphite pencils on paper Sheet: 10 × 19 inches (25.4 × 48.3 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

BRUCE DAVIDSON, American, born 1933 From the series Welsh Miners South Wales, 1965, printed 1982 Gelatin silver print Image: 8 × 113/4 inches (20.3 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 161/8 × 20 inches (40.8 × 50.6 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Clint Willour South Wales, 1965, printed 1982 Gelatin silver print Image: 93/4 × 143/8 inches (24.8 × 36.5 cm) Sheet: 161/8 × 20 inches (40.8 × 50.6 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Clint Willour South Wales (A bride walking in field), 1965, printed 1982

Gelatin silver print Image: 77/8 × 113/4 inches (20 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 16 × 197/8 inches (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Clint Willour

South Wales (Miner holding baby in doorway), 1965, printed 1982

Gelatin silver print Image: 97/8 × 77/8 inches (25.1 × 20 cm) Sheet: 20 × 161/8 inches (50.6 × 40.8 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Clint Willour

South Wales (Portrait of a group of miners), 1965, printed 1982

Gelatin silver print Image: 12 × 145/8 inches (30.5 × 37.1 cm) Sheet: 161/8 × 20 inches (41 × 50.6 cm) Gift of Joe C. Aker in honor of Clint Willour

Stephen Antonakos, Untitled Pillow, 1963.

Stephen Antonakos, Untitled Pillow, 1963.

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Acquisitions

Tacita Dean, GAETA, 2015 – Fifty photographs, number 29, 2015.

TACITA DEAN, English, born 1965 GAETA, 2015 – Fifty photographs, number 5, 2015 Gelatin silver print 3/4 +1AP Sheet: 193/4 × 275/8 inches (50 × 70 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust

GAETA, 2015 – Fifty photographs, number 23, 2015

Silver dye bleach print 3/4 +1AP Sheet: 71/8 × 103/4 inches (18 × 27.3 cm) Frame: 101/8 × 135/8 × 15/8 inches (25.5 × 34.5 × 4 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust

GAETA, 2015 – Fifty photographs, number 24, 2015 Silver dye bleach print 3/4 +1AP Sheet: 71/8 × 105/8 inches (18 × 27 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust

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GAETA, 2015 – Fifty photographs, number 29, 2015

Chromogenic print 3/4 +1AP 275/8 × 413/8 inches (70 × 104.9 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust

GAETA, 2015 – Fifty photographs, number 49, 2015 Chromogenic print 3/4 +1AP Sheet: 311/2 × 471/4 inches (80 × 120 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust

LEE MULLICAN, American, 1919–1998 Untitled, 1949

Ink on paper Sheet: 21 × 23 inches (53.3 × 58.4 cm) Purchased with funds provided by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

BRIAN ENO, British, born 1948 Untitled (Self‑portrait), 1985

Graphite on paper Sheet: 115/8 × 81/4 inches (29.6 × 20.9 cm) Gift of Michael Zilkha

Untitled (Sound Sculpture), 1994

Paint, wood, audio speakers with audio cassette and player 60 × 60 × 3 inches (152.4 × 152.4 × 7.6 cm) Gift of Michael Zilkha

JASPER JOHNS, American, born 1930 Fragment of a Letter, 2008

Bronze 381/2 × 241/8 × 1 inches (97.8 × 61.2 × 2.5 cm) Gift of Louisa Stude Sarofim in honor of Janie C. Lee

Jasper Johns, Fragment of a Letter, 2008.

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Acquisitions

Oscar William Kitchens, Japanese Symbols, 1971.

OSCAR WILLIAM KITCHENS, American, 1901–1986

Japanese Symbols, 1971

Oil and acrylic on board 15 × 161/2 inches (38.1 × 41.9 cm) Gift of Wm. F. Lassiter in memory of Stephanie and John Smither

NATHAN LERNER, American, 1913–1997 Dreaming, 20th century

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Puddle mud and grass, 20th century

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Puddle reflection on a Japanese street, 20th century Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

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Tree and water reflections, 20th century Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Beautiful Girl, 1936

Torn screens, 20th century

Children on Ford, 1936 Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Two benches, 20th century

The Classroom, 1936 Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Window and leaves, 20th century Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Sleeping Man, San Francisco, 1936

Women waiting, London, 20th century

St. Louis, Missouri, 1936 Gelatin silver print Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 11 × 91/2 inches (27.9 × 24.1 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

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Meal, 1936

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Head, Maxwell Street, 1937

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 103/4 × 14 inches (27.3 × 35.6 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

My Shadow, 1937

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Quality Folks, 1937 Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner Water Light, 1942

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 12 × 83/4 inches (30.5 × 22.2 cm) Mat: 17 × 14 inches (43.2 × 35.6 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Beach, New York, 1942–1944

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Eye on Window, New York, 1943 Gelatin silver print Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner Man with Pipe, 1944 Gelatin silver print Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner Ferris Wheel, ca. 1950

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

Glasses, Tokyo, 1974

Nathan Lerner, My Shadow, 1937.

ALBERT LOUDEN, British, born 1942 Untitled, 2002

Oil on canvas 30 × 20 inches (76.2 × 50.8 cm) Gift of Marilyn Oshman in honor of Stephanie and John Smither

SYLVIA PLIMACK MANGOLD, American,

born 1938

Study for Inches and Field, 1978

Graphite, ink, and colored pencil on paper 11 × 141/2 inches (27.9 × 36.8 cm) Frame: 141/2 × 173/4 × 11/4 inches (36.8 × 45.1 × 3.2 cm) Anonymous gift in honor of Thomas Rhoads

Gelatin silver print Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

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BRUCE NAUMAN, American, born 1941 Model for Underground Tunnel Made from Half Circle, Half Square, and Half Triangle, 1981

Cardboard, string, wire, paint, electrical tape, spray Styrofoam, and wood 13 × 68 × 55 inches (33 × 172.7 × 139.7 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Louisa Stude Sarofim in honor of Bernice Rose

GERHARD RICHTER, German, born 1932 4. Juli 2015, 2015 Graphite on paper Sheet: 113/4 × 153/4 inches (29.8 × 40 cm)

5. Juli 2015, 2015 Graphite on paper Sheet: 113/4 × 153/4 inches (29.8 × 40 cm) 6. Juli 2015, 2015

Graphite on paper Sheet: 113/4 × 153/4 inches (29.8 × 40 cm)

7. Juli 2015, 2015 Graphite on paper Sheet: 113/4 × 153/4 inches (29.8 × 40 cm)

Bruce Nauman, Model for Underground Tunnel Made from Half Circle, Half Square, and Half Triangle, 1981.

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Loans of Art to Other Institutions

Installation view of Charles Howard: A Margin of Chaos at the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive.

During fiscal year 2017, the Menil loaned 70 works to 23 institutions in eight countries.

Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas David Zwirner Gallery, New York Fondazione Prada, Milan Galleria Nazionale d’Arte di Palazzo Barberini, Rome Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Haus der Kunst, Munich Kunstmuseum Basel LaM Lille Métropole, Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid The Museum of Modern Art, New York The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Réunion des Musées Nationaux‑Grand Palais, Paris Royal Academy of Arts, London San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Tate Modern, London Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

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Conservators, curators, and scholars examine a selection of works during the April 2017 Magritte Scholars Day.

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he Collections Analysis Collaborative (CAC) is a partnership between the Menil Collection, Rice University, and the University of Houston–Clear Lake that aims to discuss collecting practices, object-based research, and museum display with students, art historians, archaeologists, and museum professionals. Led by Curator of Collecions Paul R. Davis, this year’s research and educational initiative focused on nearly 600 objects from the Menil’s ancient Mediterranean art collection.

The CAC’s three-day conference, “Collaborative Futures for Museum Collections: Antiquities, Provenance, and Cultural Heritage,” was presented in October 2016 at the Menil and Rice University.

Featuring respected archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals from around the country, the conference underscored the importance of collaboration and open discussion regarding challenging topics such as cultural stewardship.

Conference proceedings are available on the CAC website (www.cac.rice.edu) and on the Menil’s YouTube channel.

Catalogue entries on the CAC website.

left to right: Carla M. Antonaccio, Duke University; Jennifer Gates Foster, The University of North Carolina– Chapel Hill; Susan Langdon, The University of Missouri; Nassos Papalexandrou, The University of Texas at Austin; Victoria S. Reed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Morag M. Kersel, DePaul University; Nicole Budrovich, J. Paul Getty Museum; and Phoebe C. Segal, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at the Collaborative Futures for Museum Collections: Antiquities, Provenance, and Cultural Heritage conference.

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Publishing

Picasso The Line Carmen GimĂŠnez, with contributions

by David Breslin and Clare Elliott 176 pages, 130 illustrations September 2016 Hardcover

Page spread from Picasso The Line.

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ReCollecting Dogon e-Publication Bilingual: English and French Paul R. Davis, with contributions by Huib Blom, Paul Chandler, Isaïe Dougnon, Jessica Hurd, Éric Jolly, Polly Richards 9 webpages, 1 video, 3 audio tracks, 1 photo essay, 63 total illustrations, 4 maps February 2017

A special e-publication was produced in conjunction with the exhibition ReCollecting Dogon. Stunning videos of masked dancing, music recordings from the 1930s, and six engaging essays provided context to the works on view in Paul R. Davis’s show and, more broadly, to the Menil’s collection of African art. In order to make Menil scholarship readily accessible to audiences in Mali and elsewhere in Africa, the companion publication is posted on the Menil website in both English and French.

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Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings

Study for Regrets, 2012 Watercolor, colored pencil, ink, collage, and acrylic on paper 111/2 × 177/8 in. (29.1 × 45.4 cm)

Recto in pencil BIR: J Johns / ’12 Verso not seen

PROVENANCE

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[Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (January 2014)]

Collage element: Drawing on photocopy by the artist.

Private collection, Houston (April 2014)

Remarks: The drawing is a study for the Regrets series of paintings, drawings, and prints. The right side of the image is drawn over a photocopy of a tracing Johns made of a 1964 photograph of the artist Lucian Freud seated on an iron bed, with his torso twisted, legs crossed, and head in hand. Johns came across a reproduction of the photograph in the auction catalogue for Christie’s 2012 sale of Francis Bacon’s 1964 paining Study for Self-Portrait. Bacon had commissioned the photographer John Deakin to take the image of Freud, which served as the source for Bacon’s painting.

The title “Regrets” derives from a chance encounter. When Johns went to photocopy the auction catalogue, he noticed the rubber stamp—marked with the word “Regrets” and his signature—that he had made in order to respond to the many invitations and requests that reach his studio. He decided to incorporate the stamp into the upper-right corner of most of the works in the series.

The Menil Collection, Houston, Promised gift from the Collection of Louisa Stude Sarofim EXHIBITIONS

• Museum of Modern Art, New York, Jasper Johns: Regrets, March 15– September 1, 2014 (color ill. pl. 1, p. 37). Traveled to: Courtauld Gallery, London, September 12–December 14, 2014, no. 1 (color ill. p. 25); Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, January 13–April 26, 2015 • Menil Collection, Houston. The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns. Winter 2018 (color ill. p. 97) L I T E R AT U R E R E F E R E N C E S

Artist’s registration number: JJ D 650.

Belcove, Julie L. “Jasper Johns: ‘Regrets Belong to Everybody, Don’t They?’” Financial Times (London), February 14, 2014 (comm. p. 30) Cotter, Holland. “A Lens Catches; A Painter Converts.” New York Times, March 22, 2014 (comm. p. C2) Diez, Renato. “Jasper Johns oltre il Pop e il Minimalismo.” Arte, no. 489 (May 2014) (color ill. fig. 2, p. 48) Naves, Mario. “Exhibition Notes: Jasper Johns: Regrets.” New Criterion 32, no. 9 (May 2014) (comm. p. 44) Jones, Jonathan. “Jasper Johns, the Genius Who Changed Art For Ever, Is Having a Joke at Death’s Door.” Guardian (London), September 13, 2014 (ill. p. 3) Spence, Rachel. “Layer upon Layer of Teasing Mystery.” Financial Times (London), September 16, 2014 (comm. p. 13) Bernstein, Roberta. Jasper Johns: Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture. Vol. 1, Jasper Johns’s Painting and Sculpture, 1954–2014: Redo an Eye. New York: Wildenstein Plattner Institute, 2017 (color ill. fig. 10.33, p.

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Progress Report

Director of Publishing Joseph Newland compares printed color proofs with the original Jasper Johns drawing while it was on view in The Beginning of Everything: Drawings from the Janie C. Lee, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and David Whitney Collections.

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The ambitious project to catalogue all of Jasper Johns’s drawings continues its trajectory towards publication. The complete research records have been transferred to the Menil Archive. State-ofthe-art reproductions for more than 800 drawings have been prepared for printing. Director of Publishing Joseph Newland worked closely with the New York–based cataloging team, a manuscript editor in Houston, a master printer in Verona, Italy, and our publishing partners in New Haven and London to assure that the six-volume catalogue raisonné contains the highest levels of scholarship as well as exceptional reproductions. The project is the third catalogue raisonné undertaken by the Menil Foundation (the previous two were René Magritte [completed 1997] and Max Ernst [last volume 2007]), and publication is timed in conjunction with the opening of the Menil Drawing Institute, under whose auspices the project began in 2010.

Fellowships and Curatorial Award Eighth Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement

Morgan-Menil Fellowship

Established in 2001 in honor of the Menil Collection’s founding director, the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement recognizes early- to midcareer curators who have significantly contributed to the field of contemporary art. The 2016 jury included Reem Fadda Phong Bui, Co-founder and Creative Director of the Brooklyn Rail; Hou Hanru, Artistic Director of MAXXI National Museum of TwentyFirst-Century Arts in Rome; and Jessica Morgan, Director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York. The panel selected Palestinian curator Reem Fadda as the eighth recipient of the prestigious honor. Fadda served as associate curator of Middle Eastern Art for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi from 2010 to 2016; Director of the Palestinian Association for Contemporary Art from 2005 to 2007; and Academic Director of the International Academy of Art Palestine, a progressive educational institution which she helped found in 2006. In addition, she curated the Riwaq Biennale in Ramallah with Charles Esche in 2009 and the sixth edition of the Marrakech Biennale in 2016.

The Menil Drawing Institute and the Drawing Institute of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York award an annual fellowship to support advanced research related to the history, theory, interpretation, or cultural meaning of drawings.

During her time as the 2016–17 Morgan-Menil Fellow, Erica DiBenedetto studied the relationship between architecture and the wall drawings of Sol LeWitt. DiBenedetto summed up her research in her lecture “Seeing Sol LeWitt,” presented at the Menil in December 2016.

Erica DiBenedetto

VIVIAN L. SMITH FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM

Surrealism and the Art of the 1960s May 12, 2017

Since 2007, the Vivian L. Smith Foundation has underwritten a twelve-month fellowship at the Menil Collection for a University of Texas at Austin graduate student. Claire Howard, the Menil’s 2016–2017 Vivian L. Smith Foundation Fellow, produced a symposium that addressed Surrealism’s impact on the development and reception of Pop Art, “Happenings,” and narrative figuration during the cultural

ferment of the 1960s. Panelists included Sandra Zalman from the University of Houston, Steven Harris from the University of Alberta, and a video essay by artist Jean-Jacques Lebel.

The fellowship and symposium are generously supported by the Vivian L. Smith Foundation.

left to right: Sandra Zalman, Steven Harris, and Claire Howard.

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Library

Front page of René Magritte’s periodical, La Feuille Chargée (left) and the original manuscript sketch of the layout.

The manuscript includes notes and edits by the artist.

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he Menil Library added more than 1,300 new books, periodicals, and digital resources during the fiscal year 2017. Significant acquisitions include Ten Coconut, a portfolio of six etchings created and printed by John Chamberlain in 1982, and René Magritte’s original manuscript for the 1950 periodical La Feuille Chargée. Both items were purchased with funds generously provided by the Menil’s patron group, The Friends of the Library.

In May 2017, the library completed a multi-year gallery guide digitization project. A total of 161 exhibition pamphlets have been scanned and posted to the Menil website. The library also digitized ten rare books and periodicals with the help of the Menil’s Imaging Services Department. Digital resources are freely available via the Menil library catalogue, the Online Computer Library Center Union Catalogue, and the Getty Research Portal.

Sixty-eight outside scholars made ninety-four research visits during fiscal year 2016. The library distributed ninety books through Interlibrary Loans and borrowed twenty-seven volumes from affiliated libraries for Menil-related research.

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One of six etchings included in John Chamberlain’s 1982 portfolio Ten Coconut.

Archives

Darby English, 1971: A Year in the Life of Color.

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n fiscal year 2017, the Menil Archives fielded 464 internal and external requests for access to documents. Fifty-five national and international researchers made a total of 83 visits to the Special Collections. Several recent book projects were particularly dependent on repeated access to the Menil Archives, most notably Darby English’s 1971: A Year in the Life of Color (2016), which featured The DeLuxe Show, and William Middleton’s Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil (2018). The Menil Archives are available to individuals by appointment.

The DeLuxe Theater, 3301 Lyons Avenue, Houston, in 1971.

Bumper sticker created to promote The DeLuxe Show.

Helen Winkler, Peter Bradley, Kenneth Noland, and Clement Greenberg install The DeLuxe Show, 1971.

William Middleton, Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil.

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Taylor Bailey (left) and Chief Conservator Brad Epley examine an artwork.

Artists Documentation Program Founded at the Menil in 1990 by then Chief Conservator Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, the Artists Documentation Program (ADP) features interviews with artists in museum or studio settings. The artists discuss specific materials, techniques, and treatments with conservators. Not only is the footage of interest to art lovers, but it also serves as a useful record of the artists’ conservation preferences. More than forty interviews are currently available for viewing on the ADP website (www.adp.menil.org), which is co-managed by the Whitney Museum of American Art. The American artist George Herms (b. 1935) was the subject of a 1993 ADP interview that focused on Greet the Circus with a Smile, 1961, an assemblage in the Menil’s permanent collection. In 2016 Menil Chief Conservator and ADP co-director Brad Epley conducted a follow-up interview when Herms visited the exhibition Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture on the West Coast.

ADP interview of George Herms (left) by Chief Conservator Brad Epley.

opposite: Andrew W. Mellon Fellow Desi Peters at work in the conservation studio.

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Selected Sculpture Treatments

Workers reinstall Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk, 1966.

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Rothko Chapel’s Broken Obelisk In January 2017, crane operators carefully lowered the newly conserved Broken Obelisk, 1963/67, back onto its pedestal in the Rothko Chapel’s reflecting pool. Barnett Newman’s three-ton sculpture had been off-view for a full year while undergoing a significant treatment at the Lippincott facility in Connecticut.

Previous repairs had been made in 1985 and 2004.

This time Menil conservators collaborated closely with Donald and Alfred Lippincott, the original fabricators of the artwork, to develop ways to better protect the steel structure from Houston’s humid climate. Drainage and ventilation mechanisms were created inside the inverted obelisk, and the interior surfaces of the pyramidal base coated for protection against the constant exposure to the reflecting pool water. Corrosion had undermined the attachment of the original signature plate for the piece, so a new piece was recreated using a historic rubbing of the lost original and then welded into place.

Mike Kosa from the Promoco Manufacturing Company, Don Lippincott, Alfred Lippincott, Edward Giza from the Promoco Manufacturing Company, and Kari Dodson discuss modifications to the stainless steel base that would protect the sculpture from corrosion and lightning strikes.

Charmstone Treatment For more than 25 years, Michael Heizer’s Charmstone, 1991, has greeted visitors at the entrance to the main museum building. The large hanging sculpture has a clear acrylic coating that prevents moisture from corroding the internal framework of steel rebar. Over time UV radiation from the sun caused degradation of the acrylic barrier, leaving Charmstone with a chalky and cracked appearance. Working with consulting conservator Rozemarijn van der Molen, Menil Associate Objects Conservator Kari Dodson employed a delicate yet highly effective dry ice blasting technique to safely and efficiently remove the deteriorated material. She then applied a new UV-resistant acrylic coating. The treatment restored the original depth of color and gloss to the stone artwork. The copper dedication plaque under the Charmstone was also treated to reduce the white mineral deposits and green corrosion products that had built up. The plaque was waxed and polished to ensure that it weathers evenly.

Consulting conservator Rozemarijn van der Molen (left) steadies Michael Heizer’s Charmstone, 1991, while Menil Associate Objects Conservator Kari Dodson reduces a degraded acrylic coating using a dry ice blasting technique.

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Research

Giorgio de Chirico Technical Study Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978) is best known for a series of haunting cityscapes he painted between 1909 and 1919 that influenced Surrealist artists such as Max Ernst and René Magritte. In the 1950s, de Chirico revisited the characteristic themes and styles of his “metaphysical period,” going so far as to backdate some canvases. Aware of the authentication issues that the “self-forgeries” cast on the artist’s entire body of work, the Menil initiated a technical study of the de Chirico paintings in the permanent collection. Conservation staff performed pigment analysis and took X-radiographs, hoping to identify data that differentiates a de Chirico work made prior to 1919 from one painted decades later.

The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford submitted conservation information for use in this ongoing study.

Associate Paintings Conservator Katrina Rush inspects a painting by Giorgio de Chirico.

Detail of Giorgio de Chirico’s Melancholia, dated 1916, painted ca. 1940, photographed in visible light (left) and with Infrared Reflectography (right).

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APPEAR Project In 2013, the J. Paul Getty Museum launched the APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis and Research) Project. This international collaboration among 26 museums addresses an array of questions surrounding ancient panel paintings from Roman-era Egypt. Roughly 1,000 “mummy portraits” are housed in collections, yet only a handful have undergone a rigorous technical study.

Andrew W. Mellon Research Scientist Dr. Corina Rogge worked with Menil conservators to perform X-radiography on four Fayum funerary portraits in the permanent collection. The images document the surface condition of each artwork and the paint application methods used. The Menil analyzed the pigments and binders, as well as the species of wood used as a support.

The results are posted on the Getty’s APPEAR online database (http://www.getty.edu/museum/research/appear_project/) and available for use by the scholarly community.

Mummy Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 150-200 CE, Roman. Photographed in raking light. Encaustic paint on wood, The Menil Collection.

Kara Walker

Menil conservators examine a portfolio of templates that have Kara Walker’s original sketches on the verso.

Conservation Studio Technician Grace Walters tests techniques to safely remove the black paper elements of a Kara Walker artwork from the gallery wall.

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The KoumanKe’le African Dance and Drum Ensemble perform at the Menil’s 30th Birthday Party.

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Public Programs

In conjunction with the exhibition Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip, (left to right) DaCamera Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg, art historian Suzanne Hudson, and Menil Curator Michelle White discuss the influence of nature on abstract art. The program concluded with Rothenberg’s piano performance of “In a Landscape” by John Cage.

The Menil Collection Total Attendance: 247,902 This number represents all of the Menil’s exhibition spaces, including the main museum, Byzantine Fresco Chapel, Cy Twombly Gallery, and Richmond Hall.

Red Currant, a Houston-based experimental music group, present a suite of vocal and musical pieces inspired by Francis Alÿs’s The Fabiola Project in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.

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Public Programs

The opening event of Dance Salad Festival 2017 featured Paris Opera Étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot and Jean-Paul Dessy on cello.

Menil Drawing Institute Conversation and Lecture Series

Artist Amy Sillman’s lecture was part of Draw In: Conversations and Lectures on Drawing and Its Resonances, a collaboration with the American Academy in Rome, where Sillman was the 2015 Mary Miss Artist-in-Residence.

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New York- and Reykjavik-based artist Roni Horn describes her drawing practice and answers questions from the audience.

Poet Terrance Hayes explores correlations between the written line and the drawn line in the work of writers Franz Kafka and Sylvia Plath, and artists such as William Pope.L and William Kentridge.

Roberto Tejada delivers the talk “Mexico City in the 1980s and ‘90s,” in conjunction with Francis Alÿs’s The Fabiola Project.

Malian artist Amahigueré Dolo (right) in conversation with Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis and art historian Jessica Hurd.

Leah Dickerman, Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, delivers the 2017 Marion Barthelme Lecture.

Book buyer Paul Yamazaki and Menil Associate Curator Clare Elliott discuss the history and enduring legacy of San Francisco’s City Lights Booksellers and Publishers.

The Modern Body: Picasso and the Ballets Russes with Houston Ballet soloist Oliver Halkowich.

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Education

Members’ Noontime Talks Noontime Talks are an opportunity for members of the Menil Collection to engage directly with works of art in the galleries, conservation lab, library, and facilities. Held on Fridays, Member Noontime Talks are given by Menil staff and provide inside information and unique insight into works on view as well as the growing permanent collection. In fiscal year 2017, a total of 33 talks were held and all were well attended. The speakers covered a range of topics, including drawings in Picasso The Line, conservation treatments in progress, and the architecture of the main museum building.

WITS students read from their works at the 2017 event at the Menil.

Writing at the Menil Since 1989, Writers in the Schools (WITS) has brought Houston-area children to the Menil for writing workshops in the galleries. For many children, it is their first museum experience. Often students are inspired by the artworks they encounter, which is then relayed in the expressive words they put to paper. Each year a jury selects poems and essays for publication in the Watchful Eye anthology.

Jan Burandt, Conservator of Works of Art on Paper (center), leads a Members’ Noontime Talk.

2017 WITS Participation at the Menil

■ 4,157 primary and secondary students ■ 60 separate field trips to the museum ■ 29 Gulf Coast–area schools

Menil Intern and Volunteer Programs The Menil Collection offers internship opportunities to under­graduate and graduate students enrolled in the History of Art Departments at Rice University and the University of Houston. Students support research and exhibition planning under the guidance of a Menil curator or staff members in other departments. For those interested in museo­ logical 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.

2017 Assistance Programs

■ 22 interns and volunteers ■ Participants contributed 1,956 hours A WITS student visits the Cy Twombly Gallery with a WITS writer.

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Menil Bookstore

The Menil Bookstore.

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he Menil Bookstore is housed in a charming gray bungalow adjacent to the Bistro Menil and across the street from the main museum building. The shelves are filled with an assortment of rare art books, gift items, and Menil exhibition posters. The children’s section includes French, Italian, and Spanish titles, along with award-winning toys and games that appeal to the museum’s youngest visitors. The bookstore also features a selection of artwork and jewelry by Texasbased artists, as well as ceramic pieces by Tricia Tusa and Jill Whitten and prints by Andis Applewhite.

More than 22,000 shoppers visited the store in fiscal year 2017.

MENIL BOOKSTORE 1520 Sul Ross Street Wednesday–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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DONORS

July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

The Menil gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their cumulative gifts of $500 and above between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. Gifts shown here include all nonmembership gifts in support of annual museum operations, exhibitions, conservation, public programs, and other projects.

$500,000+ The Brown Foundation, Inc.

$200,000–$499,999 Anonymous Houston Endowment Houston Museum District Association The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Wortham Foundation, Inc.

$100,000–$199,999 Cy Twombly Foundation The Cullen Foundation John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Vivian L. Smith Foundation The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

$50,000–$99,999 The Brown Foundation, Inc. / Allison Sarofim The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Sarofim Foundation Bill Stewart

$25,000–$49,999 Chinhui and Eddie Allen The Anchorage Foundation of Texas Richard and Susan Anderson Suzanne Deal Booth The Brown Foundation, Inc. / Nancy and Mark Abendshein Leslie and Brad Bucher Clare Casademont and Michael Metz Diana and Russell Hawkins Janet and Paul Hobby Linda and George Kelly opposite: Corporate Conversations.

Donations to The Campaign for the Menil are not attributed solely to fiscal year 2017 and are therefore not included in the year’s annual report. Those donors will be acknowledged separately in capital campaign updates and publications.

Anne and David Kirkland Janie C. Lee and David Warren The Levant Foundation Kathrine G. McGovern / McGovern Foundation Adelaide de Menil Susan and Francois de Menil Franci Neely Nightingale Code Foundation / Michael Zilkha Marilyn Oshman Harry and Karen Pinson Susanne and William E. Pritchard III Leslie and Shannon Sasser Anne Schlumberger Susan Vaughan Foundation, Inc. Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray Marcy Taub Wessel, Henry J. N. Taub II, and the Taub Foundation

Paradigm Talent Agency Claude L. Parker, M.D. Texas Commission on the Arts Phoebe and Bobby Tudor

$5,000–$9,999 Laura and John Arnold Zeina and Nijad Fares David and Cindy Fitch Jo and Jim Furr Harvey R. Houck, Jr. and Patricia W. Houck Foundation, Inc. Nicole and Evan H. Katz Roy and Evelyn Nolen Leigh and Reggie Smith Richmond Walker Fay and Salim Zakhem Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Zuber

$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous AG Foundation James Bell The Brown Foundation, Inc. / Isabel and Ransom Lummis The Brown Foundation, Inc. / Cris and Elisa Pye The Brown Foundation, Inc. / Aliyya and Herman L. Stude Mike and Diane Cannon Capricorn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Doug Fordyce Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman The George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Stephanie Larsen Beth and Greg Looser Lisa and Will Mathis Dr. and Mrs. Georges de Menil The Menil’s 30th Anniversary Birthday Party.

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$1,000–$4,999 Anonymous Walter M. Bering Brown University Hiram Butler Gallery William T. Cannady Chris Carson The Cockrell Foundation Hilda and Greg Curran Lama Danial Mitchell Derrick Bevin and Dan Dubrowski Carter Dugan Genna and Jon Evans Jeff Fort Glen Gonzalez and Steve Summers George E. Hamilton Caroline Huber Humanities Texas Jill and Dunham Jewett The Joan and Marvin Kaplan Foundation Brian and Tracy Kapiloff Fadila and Paal Kibsgaard Kirkpatrick Family Fund Sarah and Benjamin Kitchen Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach Carolyn and Paul Landen Ashley Langley Scott Langston Jennifer and Christopher Laporte Victoria and Marshal Lightman Marvin Lummis Dr. Penelope Marks and Mr. Lester Marks Meredith Marshall Cynthia and Robert McClain Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Moriniere National Trust for Historic Preservation David and Carol Neuberger Scott and Judy Nyquist Alvin and Lucy Owsley Foundation Cabrina and Steven Owsley George and Elizabeth Passela Carrie and Al Pepi The Powell Foundation Eliza Lovett Randall

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DONORS

July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

Noelle and Eric Reed Serge G. Ribot Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ruiz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Sarofim Kwabena and Linda Sarpong Janwa and Suhail Sikhtian Lisa and Jerome Simon Anthony Speier Mary Strahan and Jason Norwood Aliyya and Herman Stude Mr. and Mrs. James Vaughn, Jr. John Weinzierl Laurie and Michael Wood Lauri Wray

$500–$999 Anonymous (3) Mary B. Bentsen Mr. and Mrs. Larry Buck

Michael Conforti The Cragg Family Foundation Lauri and Chris Cragg Betsy Currie Helen Davis Monica Fuentes-Dominguez Mr. and Mrs. Donn C. Fullenweider Kirk Girouard Judith M. Lasca Annie Mason Marcel and Lynn Mason Will McLendon Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. H. Dixon Montague Michael Clark and Sallie Morian Sue Payne Russell Pitman Vanessa and Eduardo Sanchez

Isabel and Danny David and family at Who R U?, the Menil’s annual Halloween fundraiser.

CORPORATE

July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

Corporate Conversations with Peter Rodriguez, Dean and Professor of Management, Jesse H. Jones School of Business, Rice University.

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS The Menil Collection is pleased to recognize gifts from corporations in fiscal year 2017.

$100,000 +

$5,000–$9,999

NRG Global Giving

Christie’s Gilbane Building Company

H-E-B Russell Reynolds Associates Schlumberger Shell Oil Company Vaughan Nelson Investment Management LP

$10,000–$24,999

$1,000–$4,999

Andrews Kurth LLP BB&T Conway MacKenzie, Inc. Jones Day Lockton Insurance Brokers Skadden, Arps

Academics Arrangements Abroad Altour International, Inc. Art and Travel LLC Art Horizons International Benefactor Travel Gensler

$25,000–$49,999

$500–$999

IN-KIND DONORS ahl&co Art Mix Creative Learning Center Aztec Rentals Buffalo Bayou Brewery Bergner and Johnson Design The Chocolate Bar/Candylicious Christie’s Da Camera Hakutsuru Sake Heights Cigar Lounge Infovine Jackson and Company Microsoft Pro/Sound Public Address Design Sapporo U.S.A. Smilebooth Treaty Oak Distilling Company

Latham & Watkins LLP

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FRIENDS of the LIBRARY The Friends of the Library is a affinity group that brings together Menil members who value and promote exceptional literature.

Donations directly support the acquisition of scholarly volumes for the Menil Library.

Antiquarian Anonymous (2) Bettie Cartwright Laureen Schipsi and Thomas Bolling Michael Zilkha

An example of a woodcut from a 16th-century architectural treatise in the Menil Library’s special book collection.

Bibliophile Monica Fuentes-Dominguez Michelle Hebert Lonnie Hoogeboom and Betsy Strauch Rich A. Levy and Dinah Chetrit Shelby Miller and David Courtwright Mari Omori Mireille Schellhorn and Stephan Laue James Sidbury and Astrid Oesmann Lynn Wexler Clinton Willour

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

GLASS KEY SOCIETY Named after a beloved painting by René Magritte, the Glass Key Society 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)

William F. Lassiter

Jeff O. Beauchamp

Mary Hale Lovett McLean

Julie and John Cogan Jr.

Mr. Marc Melcher

Collection of Mollie R. and

Franci Neely

William T. Cannady Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Cushman

Francesco Pellizzi

Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl

Stephanie and

Alex Heylen and Monika Lybeer Marjorie G. Horning Paige and Todd Johnson

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Laurie Newendorp René Magritte, The Glass Key, 1959. The Menil Collection, Houston.

John H. Smither* John L. Zipprich II

* Deceased

For information about making a legacy gift, please contact Karen Sumner, Director of Advancement, at 713-525-9455.

MEMBERSHIP

July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

MENIL SOCIETY The Menil Society is a group of committed patrons who enjoy a strong relationship with the Menil. Members are dedicated to fostering deeper engagement with the museum, its mission, and its world-renowned collection by generously supporting exhibitions, programming, and the museum’s annual fund.

Benefactor Anonymous Henrietta Alexander Chinhui and Eddie Allen Richard and Susan Anderson Suzanne Deal Booth Charles Butt Clare Casademont and Michael Metz Julie and John Cogan, Jr. Agnes Gund Douglas Lawing and Guy Hagstette Diana and Russell Hawkins Janet and Paul Hobby Linda and George Kelly Stephanie D. Larsen Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter Rochelle and Max Levit Matthew Marks Kathrine McGovern Susan and Francois de Menil Sara and Bill Morgan Franci Neely Scott and Judy Nyquist Marilyn Oshman Bérengère Primat Susanne and William E. Pritchard III Leslie and Shannon Sasser Anne Schlumberger Lois and George Stark Bill Stewart Eugene Thaw Nancy and Stephen Thorington Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray Dr. Morris A. Weiner Michael Zilkha

Friend Leslie and Brad Bucher Mike and Diane Cannon Robert J. Card, M.D. and Karol Kreymer Nancy and Robert Carney Bettie Cartwright Jereann and Robert Chaney Sara Paschall Dodd Barbara and Michael Gamson Amanda and Morris Gelb Heidi and David Gerger Karsten Greve Ann and Henry R. Hamman Sissy and Denny Kempner Anne and David Kirkland Michael and Jeanne Klein Cornelia and Meredith Long Nancy McGregor Manne and Neal Manne Anne and John Marion Cynthia and Robert McClain Gary Mercer Elizabeth and George Passela

Karen and Harry Pinson Lillie Robertson Edna and Drew Robins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Schirrmeister III Jacqueline and Richard Schmeal Adrienne and Tim Unger Ann Wales Tom and Marcy Taub Wessel Marion and Ben Wilcox Lora and Wallace S. Wilson Lynn Wyatt

Fellow Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Allen Anne H. Bass Toni and Jeffery Beauchamp Kenneth E. and Mary B. Bentsen Dr. John Bishop and Dr. Melina J. McCarty Bishop Katy French-Bloom and Michael Bloom Cindy and Larry Burns

Kathleen Mangan, Executive Director of the Lenore Tawney Foundation, at the Menil Society preview of Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip.

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MENIL SOCIETY continued

Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Mr. Bill Cannady Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Casparie Dr. Benjamin K. Chu and Ms. Donna Moylan Lauri and Chris Cragg Rania and Jamal Daniel Isabel and Danny David Mr. and Mrs. Lance Davis Bevin and Dan Dubrowski Mrs. James A. Elkins III Cece and Mack Fowler Dr. Cullen K. Geiselman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hepper Dorene and Frank Herzog Paige and Todd Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Joseph Emilie S. Kilgore Beth and Greg Looser Dr. Penelope Marks and Mr. Lester Marks Mr. and Mrs. Ben Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan William R. and Cristina G. Moore Amy Sutton and Gary Chiles

MEMBERSHIP

Carol and David Neuberger Trilla and Bob Pando Kathryn and Richard Rabinow Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Reckling III John Sapp María Inés Sicardi Mrs. Ellen C. L. Simmons Leigh and Reggie Smith Michael Stoeger Amy Sutton and Gary Chiles Lettalou Garth Whittington* John L. Zipprich II

Associate Anonymous (2) Dr. and Mrs. Anoop Ahuja Joan and Stanford Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Matt B. Arnold Carlos Bacino Mr. and Mrs. Westervelt T. Ballard, Jr. Ilene and Paul Barr James Bell Walter M. Bering Bert Bertonaschi Robin and Richard Brooks Bill Brosius and Ron Guillard Mr. Julian Brown and Ms. Daryl Koehn

Menil Society members attend a Curator’s Choice talk for Between Land and Sea.

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July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

Ms. Mary Ann Bruni Mrs. Jennifer Butkevich 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 Estela and David Cockrell Helen Bettman Cohen Cecil C. Conner and David L. Groover Susie and Sanford Criner Elizabeth Crowell Paula and Dan Daly Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daly Nilcelia and Roger Davidson Barbara Davis Helen Davis David Denechaud Norman and Christina Diekman The Honorable and Mrs. Edward P. Djerejian Lacey and Dale Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Dumas Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dunlap Nancy S. Dunlap Inell Dyer-Klein Mrs. Sarah Eilers

John and Annette Eldridge Mr. and Mrs. Greg Evans Sissy Farenthold David and Cindy Fitch Jeff Fort Robert L. Gerry Edward J. Gibbon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Henry Gissel, Jr. Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Larry and Louise Glenn Timothy G. Green Trey and Blakely Griggs Albert and Melissa Grobmyer Mr. Claudio Gutierrez Dr. Kay Hale Laurie and John Haley Mr. and Mrs. David Hartland John and Sarah Hastings Dawn and Robert Hawley Olive Hershey and A.C. Conrad G. G. Hsieh and Mark Hausknecht Lee M. Huber Jerry Jeanmard Jill and Dunham Jewett Ann and Arthur Jones Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Jones Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kapiloff Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kaplan Susan and Richard Keeton Wendy and Mavis Kelsey, Jr. Julie Kinzelman and Christopher Tribble Carla Knobloch Carolyn and Paul Landen Ashley and Curt Langley Victoria and Marshal Lightman Mr. Marvin Lummis Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Lummis Beth Madison Mari and Greg Marchbanks Kimberly and Scott Martin Kristi and Earle Martin Poppi Massey Mr. and Mrs. George Masterson Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. McCullough Mr. and Mrs. William McGee Mary Hale Lovett McLean Mr. and Mrs. Downing Mears Ms. Vickie Milazzo and Mr. Thomas Ziemba

Menil Society Spring Cocktails.

Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mrs. David A. Modesett Mr. and Mrs. H. Dixon Montague Betty Moody Janet and Harvin Moore Anne and Jack Moriniere Fan and Peter Morris Mr. J. Andrew Nairn Betty and Stephen Newton Roy and Evelyn Nolen Brian O’Donnell Dr. Maureen O’Driscoll-Levy Mari Omori Mr. and Mrs. Ted Owen Ms. Katy Pando John E. (Sandy) Parkerson Ms. Sue Payne Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Perea Mr. Geoffroy Petit and Ms. Joëlle Verstraeten Nancy and David Pustka Eliza Lovett Randall Fairfax and Risher Randall Mr. and Mrs. Nick Rasmussen Leonor and Eric Ratliff Ronald Restrepo and Candace Baggett James L. and Carolyn Robertson Dr. Benjamin Saldaña and Dr. Alicia Kowalchuk Henry* and Neda Scanlan Dr. and Mrs. H. Irving Schweppe, Jr.

Bryan S. Scrivner Mariana Servitje Mr. and Mrs. George Shipley Carey C. Shuart Kelly and Nicholas Silvers Mrs. Hinda Simon Mr. Douglas Smith Josephine and Richard Smith Mr. John K. Smither and Ms. Ann Hyde Janet and John Springer Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Stedman Mr. Myron Steves and Ms. Rowena Young Gary and Jane Swanson Mr. Mark E. Taylor Dr. Naoko Teruya and Mr. Jun Teruya Emily Leland Todd Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Wade Mary and Peter Wallace Ms. Katherine Warren Elizabeth and Jack Weingarten Angela K. Westwater Larry E. Whaley Margaret D. Williams Elizabeth and Barry Young Erla and Harry Zuber

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MEMBERSHIP

July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

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

Patron Betty and W.K. Adam David Archer and Phylis Panenka Tonia and Khleber Attwell Paul Bernhard Henry Bethea William Bickford and Oscar Cuellar Meg Boulware Robin and Richard Brooks Peter Brown Joan Bruchas and Philip Cowdin Kathleen and Robert Clarke Efrain Corzo and Andrew Bowen Susan Courtemanche Virginia Dwan Sarah and Kenneth Fisher Rachel and Edward Folse Helen Winkler Fosdick Elizabeth and Will Galtney Kerry Galvin Irma and Kirk Girouard

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Picasso The Line members opening.

Bill Hamilton Paula and John Hansen Anna and Harold Holliday Carrie Horne Anne and Brad Irick Mildred and William Ishee Rita Justice and Alexander Dell Gerry Karkowsky Kathleen Keahey and Jim Petersen Elizabeth and Albert Kidd Anne Kinder Stephanie Knight and Richard Duschl Laurence Land and Rochelle White Lily Landress William Lane Elyse Lanier Benigna and Ernst Leiss Maya and Frederic Linsig Melanie Malinowski and Andrew Cunningham Rebecca Marvil and Brian Smyth

Carl Masterson Peggy and David Matthews Angus McCorquodale Beth McCracken Kristin and Angus McFadden Will McLendon Holly Meier Matthew Morgan Kathryn Neuhaus Vivian Wise Lisa Osborn Virginia and Jean Perrette James Peters Andrea and Carl Peterson Kaylon and James Phillips Paula and Irving Pozmantier Veronique and Michael Prentice Carol and Daniel Price Carroll and Hugh Ray Macey and Harry Reasoner Natalia and Alfonso Reyes

Leslie and Russ Robinson Joyce and Mohammed Salhoot Jane and Richard Schmitt Karen Shouse Angela and Mark Smith Ruby and Melvin Sondock Stephen Southern James Stafford and Deborah Keyser Gail and Rodney Susholtz Kay and Albert Tabor Harold Taylor June Trammell Patricia Troncoso and William Pugh Chester Urban and Aysha Kassim-Voronoff Omar Vargas Emmy and Lou Vest William Walker FabenĂŠ Welch Heather and Robert Westendarp Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor

Sponsor Anonymous (3) Kenneth Adam and Gayle Goodman Norah Adams Rick Adams and Elizabeth McClintock Phyllis Adatto and Thomas Smith Alessandra and Enrique Albin Julia Andrieni Susan Anhalt Claire and Wayne Douglas Ankenman Bennie and David Ansell Elizabeth and Bob Ardell Ellis Arjmand Susie and David Askanase Maida and Paul Asofsky Luz and David Ayre Ken and Ann Babcock Tedd Bale and Joe Campana Jacquelyn Barish Eydie and Jimmy Barnett Ellen Bartell Gary and Patricia Beaver-Skakun Patricia and Chris Bell Ellie Berger Rita Bergers and Joel Abramowitz Kathy and Andrew Berkman

Local musicians performing Initiale by composer Pierre Boulez at The Menil at 30.

Nicole Betters Shirley and Stanley Beyer Marilyn Biles Jody and David Blazek-Crossley John Boehm Marjorie Boehme Peter and Minnette Boesel Sally and Thomas Bolam Pauline Bolton Beverly Bontrager and Kevin McCarthy Hilary Borow Renee Bouck Hollie and Thomas Box A.R. Brenholts Roy and Christopher Brooks Katherine and Larry Buck Annie and J.D. Buford-Stephenson Robin Bullington John Burke Peter Caldwell and Lora Wildenthal Kathleen and Glenn Cambor Cindy and Paul Cannatella Cynthia and Bob Card Maude Carter Emily and Bill Chambers Edwina and Bob Clark Phylis Cohan and Lewis Linn George Connelly Steven Cowart James Cox and Ritsuko Komaki

Nancy Crowther Michael Dale and Robert Wolff Barbara and Jonathan Day Gemma and Luis de Santos Robert Denby Kimberly Dennison Karen Desenberg Lynn Detrick and Harvey Marks Ruth Dreessen and Thomas Van Laan Roger and Janet Durand Miriam Edelman Sally and Philip Edmundson Jane Eifler Vicki and Lucas Elliot Kathleen and Keith Ellison Cathy Eng Martha and Blake Eskew Gay and Carl Estes Marcia and Thomas Faschingbauer Ann Finkelstein Deborah and Thomas Fiorito Kathleen and John Fitzgerald Paul Forsythe and David Aylsworth Janet and Michael Fourticq Barbara Friedman Adaani Frost and Wadi Suki Pam Fullenweider Larry Gana Leslie Gassner Beverley and Wayne Gilbert

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Gretchen Gillis and David Cook Elizabeth Glassman Susan and Kevin Golden Kenneth Goldsmith and Jo Anne Ritacca Helene and Lance Gould Caroline and M. P. Graham Julie Greenwood Mary and Charles Gregory Nonya and Jonathan Grenader Marc Grossberg Nora Grossman and Jerry Kaplan Cynthia and Ben Guill Robert Guynn Liliane Haddad and Johny Rizk Merrill and Joe Hafner Teruhiko Hagiwara Maureen and Gary Hall Susan and Robert Hawkins John Heghinian and Isabelle Bedrosian Bob Henderson and Deborah Nadel Lorraine and David Hendricks Ron Henriksen Perla and Alex Herrera Janice Hewitt William E. Hill Jane Hogan Jennifer and Richard Hogan Benjamin Holloway and

MEMBERSHIP

Amanda McMillian Lonnie Hoogeboom and Betsy Strauch William Howell Julie and Thomas Hughes Barbara and Charles Hurwitz Diane and Geoffrey Ibbott George Johnson Patricia Johnson Marilyn Jones and Brad Morris Chandra Katragadda Mireille and Harvey Katz David Kelley and Kim Pashko Carol and Alan Kelly Paul Klotman Quin Kroll Christa and Aivars Krumins Kathy and Timothy Lee Yildiz and Bryon Lee Rich Levy and Dinah Chetrit Carolyn Levy Carol and Paul Liffman Barbara and Larry Lipshultz Keith Little John Louton David Lowe and Nana Booker Nancy Luton Theresa and Edward Mallett Diane Marcinek Mary Lynn and J. S. Marks

Da Camera Young Artists perform free concerts regularly at the museum.

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July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017 Lisa Marshall Ellen Martin Frances Marzio Jean and Henry May Allison McAsham Rebecca and Scott McCay Anna McCullough Margaret and Randall McElrath Anne and John Mendelsohn David Miller Nancy and Robert Mollers Rhueina and John Monroe Mary and David Montague Nancy Moore Celia Morgan Frances Mount James Murtha and Cay Cunningham Liliane and Cesar Nahas Becky and Amira Naser Carter Ness W. Martin Nicholas Becky and Ralph O’Connor Meredith O’Donnell Diane and Charles Ofner Mark Onak Betty and Duncan Osborne Rochelle and Sheldon Oster Frances and Walter Pagel Michael Palmer

Men of Menil 2017: The Return of Sumo.

Norman Parrish Justin Pauls and Katherine Kunz Joan and José Pérez Jan-Claire Phillips and Jerry Kendall Michael Piana Lynn and Mark Pickett Russ Pitman Howard Pitman and Anne Viault Mary and Mark Poag Esther and Gary Polland Bernadette Prakash Katherine and Michael Putnam Jennifer and Peter Ragauss Elsie and Venu Rao Toni and Matthew Ridolfi Maura and Walter Ritchie George Rizzo Margot and Richard Rodriguez Natalie and Charles Roff Jane Root Lynn and Alex Rosas Louise Rosenfield Debra and Todd Rosengart Christopher Rothko John Roven Casey and Kevin Rowe Linda and Jerry Rubenstein Kyttie Sanford Franca Sant’Ambrogio

Mireille Schellhorn and Stephan Laue Sande Schlumberger Veronique and Luc Schlumberger William Schoenfield Sara Shackleton and Michael McKeogh Aziz Shaibani Carrie Glassman Shoemake Nicolas Shumway and Robert Mayott Mary Siegele Renie and Louis Silver Barbara and Louis Sklar Anita and Gerald Smith Trish and Fielding Smith Kathryn and Craig Smyser Linda Spain Alana Spiwak Katherine and Robert Steely Uwe Steiner Brian Stephens Brady Steward Doreen Stoller and Dan Piette Henry Strobel Mike Stude Mimi Swartz and John Wilburn Mary Lou Swift Gabrielle and Heinrich Taegtmeyer Susan Talley and Claire LeBoeuf Christina Thaller and Gregor Eichele Stephan Thien

Jo Ann Thweatt Barbara Tilley Eleanor and Jon Totz Nicola Toubia John Unger and Kathy Welch V. H. Van Horn Jana Vander Lee Margaret and Jonathan Vaughan-Cox Michael Vischak Barbara Volkmer and Pablo Ruiz-Berlanga Charles Wade and Barbara Jackson Freddy Warner and Lara Landmesser Randal Weber Michael Weller and Kris Torberson Debbie Wernet Walter Widrig Nancy Williams and Larry Stevens Janne Williams Joanne and Welcome Wilson Kay and Doug Wilson Carolyn Wolfe Jerry and Gerlind Wolinsky Annette Wood Robert and Lauri Wray James Zebroski

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MEMBERSHIP

July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

MENIL CONTEMPORARIES The Menil Contemporaries is a membership group for emerging patrons, collectors, and art enthusiasts who invest meaningfully in the Menil’s art spaces and 30-acre campus. Menil Contemporaries are the next generation of leaders and advocates of the Menil.

Friend

Sponsor

Jessica Phifer Elisa and Cris Pye

Melanie and Mitchell Baldridge Beverly Barrett Katharine Barthelme Sara and Philip Beck Ivy Bertram Chase Bice Nancy Bihlmaier Wirt Blaffer and Nina Delano Nicole Brende Anna Brewster Lindsey Brown and Chris Shepherd Kristina and Todd Bush Sara Cain Nathan Campbell Adam Carlis and Julia Doran Lauren Chapman Jessica Crutcher Katie and Kevin Dalrymple Ashlyn Davis Margaret and William Davis Elliott and Emily Doyle

Associate Kelly and Russell Hamman John McLaughlin Michael A. Naul and Stephen Schwarz Sarah Beth and Paul Seifert

Patron Jeff Graves Josh Hansel Robert Hunziker Luis Macias-Navarro Surena and Misty Matin Jason Presley Philip Riley and Ina Kuehnhoefer-Riley Thomas Robinson Caroline Starry

Menil Contemporaries Spring Mixer.

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Elizabeth and Alexander Dwyer Tenley Eakin and Vivek Raj Theresa Escobedo Sophia Ewalt and Matthew Behrmann Pamela Ferguson Sarah Foltz Mike Freedman Lauren and Robert Gray Elizabeth Gregory Jeremy Griggs and Jessica Trincanello Belinda-Leigh Hall and Ben Carillo Stephanie Harcrow Rebecca Harrison Bradley Houston Jane-Paige D’Huyvetter Eileen and Bennett Johnston Heidi Kashani and Fara Ebrahimy Madeline Kelly Sara Kelly Joosung Lee Keefer Lehner Megan Light Cynthia and Chad Mabry Michael Mandola Jack McBride and Thain Allen Conor McEvily Tamar Mendelssohn Shahin Naghavi and Brooke Hudson Roopa Nalam Tommy Napier Jennifer Nelsen Josh Newcomer and Tejal Shah Cat Nguyen Nan Parsley Calia and Peter Pettigrew

Menil Contemporaries Holiday Party.

MENIL CONTEMPORARIES FUND In spring 2016, the Menil Contemporaries joined The Campaign for the Menil with a crowdsourcing effort to establish a permanent endowment fund to support 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. Contributions to the Menil Contemporaries Fund include individual gifts as well as proceeds from a series of ticketed events, including the Menil Contemporaries Fund Dinner.

Jacob Quinn and Mary Hammon Quinn Chris Robinson and Sarah Rollings Karlsson and Brian Salek Randi and Pablo Schmidt-Tophoff Liana and Andrew Schwaitzberg Kelley and Jeff Scofield Carlos Sierra Ben Skinner Guido Stefanelli

Cate Stewart Jennifer and David Strauss Jordan Strauss Judd Swanson Rachel Tenenbaum Katherine Thurman Cade Timbers Roxanne Tizravesh Jovon Tyler Shanta Williams Gin Yau Steven Yevich Michelle Young

Menil members at the Sponsor level and above during the fiscal year 2017 (July 1 2016–June 30, 2017) are listed. Every effort has been made to ensure that this list is accurate. If errors or omissions have occurred, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Kristin Smyth at 713-525-9490 or ksmyth@menil.org.

Guests play yard games and enjoy an afternoon in the Menil Park in support of the Menil Contemporaries Fund.

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FINANCIALS

Fiscal Year 2017 July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

Operating Revenues

Contributions and Grants

$2,950,655

Membership

915,187

Assets released from restrictions for operations

884,761

Investment funds designated for current year operations

Program Revenue

12,300,000

407,707

1,663,525

Total Operating Revenues

$ 19,121,835

802 Menil campus real estate

Operating Expenses

Exhibitions, Programs & Projects

5,596,387

Building, grounds, security and capital improvements

5,295,407

Fundraising

1,923,468

Administration

2,908,817

801 Campus real estate

2,757,712

Total Operating Expenses

$ 18,481,791

Operating surplus/(deficit) before depreciation and amortization

FY17 Change in Net Assets

FY17 operating surplus

Contributions designated for capital and long-term investments

Depreciation and amortization

Investment returns on long-term assets less amounts

designated for current use

$ 640,044 2,345,480

(2,481,444)

21,553,796

Net art acquisition activity

4,291,843

Capital campaign activity, net

8,265,992

Capital Expenditures included in Operational Budget

16,173,340

Disposal of building and f&e

(1,858,828)

All other, net

(1,382,559)

Total Change in Net Assets

Data is derived from the financial statements of Menil Foundation, Inc. as of June 30, 2017. A complete set of Menil Foundation, Inc. audited financial statements for 2016–2017 is available on request.

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$ 47,547,664

Sources of Funding

Fundraising by Type

$ 19.1 Million

$ 4.8 Million

2%

PROGRAM REVENUE

6%

9%

25%

REAL ESTATE

9%

12%

CORPORATE GIFTS

HOTEL INDIVIDUAL OCCUPANCY TAX GIFTS

FUNDRAISING

19%

MEMBERSHIP

12%

EVENTS

64%

42%

ENDOWMENT

FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Operating & Capital Expenditures

Investment Portfolio

$ 18.5 Million

$ 264 Million

6%

3%

4%

PRIVATE EQUIT Y

15%

REAL ESTATE

16%

29%

BUILDING OPERATIONS

ADMINISTRATION

10%

ADVANCEMENT

U.S. FIXED TREASURIES INCOME

37%

DOMESTIC EQUIT Y

22%

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

30%

EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS *

28%

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY

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

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The Menil Collection Staff

The Menil Collection and Menil Foundation staff, July 2016.

Director’s Office Rebecca Rabinow, Director Sara Beck, Assistant to the Director Elsian Cozens, Director’s Office Liaison Deputy Director’s Office Sheryl Kolasinski, Deputy Director/ Chief Operating Officer Earline Gray, Assistant to the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer Melissa McDonnell Luján, Director of Administration, Budget, and Operations Advancement Karen Sumner, Director of Advancement Austin Andrews, Development Services Associate Brandon Bourque, Special Events Assistant Emily Darling, Special Events Assistant Carrie Ermler, Manager of Membership and Annual Fund Jeremy Faulk, Manager of Foundation Relations Eileen Johnston, Director of Special Events Madeline Kelly, Prospects and Stewardship Manager

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Patrice McCracken, Prospect Researcher Laura Nauert, Membership Assistant Sylvia Sheppard, Assistant to the Director of Advancement Thelma Smith, Visitor/Membership Associate Kristin Smyth, Manager of Development Services Hannah Thibodeaux, Membership and Visitor Desk Attendant Meghan Thrash, Manager of Advancement Programs Judy V. Waters, Associate Director of Development Archives Lisa Barkley, Archival Assistant Bookstore Paul Forsythe, Manager Lili Kaneem Smith, Bookstore Associate Alison West, Bookstore Associate

Collection Management Susan Slepka Anderson, Chief Registrar David Alysworth, Collections Registrar Kent Dorn, Art Preparator Catherine Fitzgerald Eckels, Registrar, Menil Drawing Institute Anthony Flores, Imaging Technician Stephanie Harris, Associate Registrar, Loans and Exhibitions Anna Hollyer, Administrative Assistant, Collection Management Robin Key, TMS Assistant John Russ Lane, Art Preparator Margaret McKee, Imaging Services Specialist Alejandro Rosas, Art Preparator Tony Rubio, Chief Preparator Julie Thies, TMS Administrator Conservation Bradford Epley, Chief Conservator Jan Burandt, Paper Conservator Kari Dodson, Assistant Objects Conservator Judith Hastings, Administrative Assistant, Conservation

Adam Neese, Matter/Framer and Conservation Photographer 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 Curatorial Charles Q. “Toby” Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Michelle White, Curator Haley Berkman, Curatorial Assistant Paul R. Davis, Curator of Collections Clare Elliott, Associate Curator Kelly Montana, Curatorial Assistant, Menil Drawing Institute Cindy Peña, Administrative Assistant, Curatorial Department Alexis Pennington, Administrative Associate, Curatorial Department Exhibition Design Brooke Stroud, Exhibitions Designer Eric Zimmerman, Assistant Exhibition Designer External Affairs Rebecca Ahrens, Digital Content Manager Theodore Bale, Assistant Director of Public Programs Tony Martinez, Programs Coordinator Oliver T. “Tommy” Napier, Jr., Associate Director of Communications Finance John S. Trahan, Chief Financial Officer Jocelyn Bazile, Accounts Payable Ileana Del Toro, Controller Lisa DeLatte, Staff Accountant Shiow-Chyn (Susie) Liao, Accountant Patrick Saccomanno, Controller Tom Trammel, Financial and Budget Analyst

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Jenny Antill: pp. 4-5, 7, 10 (top & bottom), 16, 17 (top), 23 (top), 56, 59, 61, 63-65

Artworks by:

Richard Barnes: p. 40 (bottom) Doug Boyle / Gilbane Building Company: p. 12 (bottom left) Jan Burandt: p. 25 Elizabeth Conley / Houston Chronicle: p. 19 Sofia Dadourian: p. 41 (top left) Ben Doyle, Runaway Productions: pp. 20, 37, 41 (top right & bottom), 51 (top & bottom), 52-53, 54 (top right), Brad Epley: p. 47 (top) Carrie Ermler: p. 60 (top) Anthony Flores: pp. 24, 42 (top & bottom) Camilo Gonzalez: p. 15 (top) Alyssa Hartgrove / Writers in the Schools (WITS): p. 54 (bottom right) Paul Hester: pp. 12 (top right & bottom right), 14, 17 (bottom), 18 (top), 19 (bottom), 21 (top), 22, 23 (bottom right), 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 60 (bottom), Cover (front & back) Hickey-Robertson: p. 43 (top & bottom right) Johnston Marklee / Igor Brozyna: p. 11 (bottom) Lynn Lane: pp. 55 (top & bottom) Tony Martinez: p. 66 Laurie McDonald: p. 45 (bottom) Margaret McKee: pp. 15 (bottom), 26 (top) Tommy Napier: p. 13 (bottom) Laura Nauert: p. 62 Adam Neese: pp. 45 (top), 47 (bottom), 48 (top & bottom), 49 Daniel Ortiz: pp. 1, 2-3, 18 (bottom), 21 (bottom), 50, 57-58, 67-69, 72 Don Quaintance: pp. 8, 11 (top), 13 (top), 46 Sibila Savage: p. 35 Lenore G. Tawney Foundation: p. 23 (bottom left) Sarah Thompson: pp. 36, 75 Grace Walters: pp. 26 (bottom), 44, 54 (top left) © 2017 Christie’s Images Limited: p. 34

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Harold Ancart © Harold Ancart Stephen Antonakos © Stephen Antonakos Studio LLC Tacita Dean © Tacita Dean Amahigueré Dolo © Amahigueré Dolo Eva Hesse © The Estate of Eva Hesse. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Jasper Johns © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Oscar William Kitchens © Oscar William Kitchens Nathan Lerner © The Estate of Nathan Lerner René Magritte © 2018 C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Bruce Nauman © 2018 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Lenore Tawney © Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Adam Neese, Matter/Framer and Conservation Photographer, at work in the framing studio.

Copyright © 2018 Menil Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.

Published by the Director’s Office Sara Beck, Editor Tommy Napier, Image Editor Don Quaintance, Public Address Design, Graphic Designer Special thanks to: Susan Slepka Anderson, David Aylsworth, Lisa Barkley, Haley Berkman, Casey Betts, Jan Burandt, Elsian Cozens, Paul R. Davis, Ileana Del Toro, Clare Elliott, Bradford Epley, Carrie Ermler, Kari Dodson, Jeremy Faulk, Anthony Flores, Paul Forsythe, Lauren Gottlieb-Miller, Earline Gray, Madeline Kelly, Melissa McDonnell Luján, Suzanne Maloch, Steve McConathy, Margaret C. McKee, Tony Martinez, Kelly Montana, Laura Nauert, Adam Neese, Joseph Newland, Cindy Pena, Alexis Pennington, Lauren Pollock, Kristin Smyth, Karen Sumner, Rebecca Rabinow, Sarah Robinson, Hannah Siegel-Gardner, Julie Thies, Kara Thoreson, Judy Waters, and Michelle White.

Cover: Installation view of Amahigueré Dolo, Components of the World, 2007.

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