Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933

Summary

Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933 is an archival collection^[1].

Key Facts

• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933 is the creator of Benjamin March^[2].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933 is in the country of United States^[3].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's instance of is recorded as archival collection^[4].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's instance of is recorded as fonds^[5].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's maintained by is recorded as Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives^[6].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's collection is recorded as Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives^[7].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's inventory number is recorded as ASI^[8].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's OCLC number is recorded as 987443960^[9].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's location is recorded as Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives^[10].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's main subject is recorded as art history^[12].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's main subject is recorded as history of Asian art^[13].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's main subject is recorded as curating^[14].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's main subject is recorded as Detroit Institute of Arts^[15].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's main subject is recorded as Asian art^[16].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's main subject is recorded as art exhibition^[17].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's described at URL is recorded as http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/987443960^[18].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's collection or exhibition size is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q97958628', 'amount': '+2.5'}^[19].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's title is recorded as Records of the Curator of Asiatic Art, Benjamin March, 1927-1933^[20].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's has part is recorded as primary source^[21].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's level of description is recorded as file unit^[22].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's collection creator is recorded as Benjamin March^[23].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's start of covered period is recorded as +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's end of covered period is recorded as +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933's scope and content is recorded as The records are primarily curatorial in nature. The files contain correspondence with art dealers in the field of Asian art, shipping receipts, arrangements for museum exhibitions, research requests and correspondence with patrons of the museum. Many references throughout the files pertain to attempts to acquire works of art for the DIA during Marchʹs tenure. Five major acquisitions were made during his six years at the museum. The Depression limited March and the DIA severely in their acquisitions. Those acquisitions were: two bronze Maitreyas of the 6th and 7th centuries (one dated AD 520); two fine stone statues of Sui and Wei Dynasties (one a Buddhist monk, the other a Kuan Yin dated 581); a monumental head of a lion (cast iron of the Tʹang Dynasty); a large Sung Celadon vase; and a number of rare early paintings like ʹʹEarly Autumnʹʹ by Chʹien Hsuan (or Chun Chu) of the 13th century ʹʹSpring Pastureʹʹ of the Yuan period. Other portions of the correspondence include his administrative responsibilities such as the search for a staff member for the Near-Eastern Art position. March was also very involved in research in his position. Correspondence notes his acquisitions of reference works for the Museum Library, his searches for art work and his avid interest in personal research of his own.^[26].

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Geography

Benjamin March Records, 1927-1933 is in the country of United States^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archival collection^[4] and fonds^[5].