MAM Rio: Origin and Construction

Table 1: Founding Act

The creation of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro in 1948 

1. Cover and inside page of the Pintura Europeia Contemporânea (Contemporary European Painting) exhibition catalogue, 1949.
   
   
2. Cover of the first publication of the Estatutos (Museum Statutes), 1948. 
   
   
3. Detail of the Pintura Europeia Contemporânea (Contemporary European Painting)  exhibition invitation, 1949. Arquivo Histórico Museus Castro Maya – IBRAM/MinC, Rio de Janeiro-RJ. 
   Reproduction: Thiago Barros
   
   
4. Excerpt from O Museu de Arte Moderna (The Museum of Modern Art), article by an unidentified author published in Sombra magazine, nº 87, February 1949. Acervo da Fundação Biblioteca Nacional – Brasil.
   
   
5. Excerpt from O Museu de Arte Moderna (The Museum of Modern Art), article by an unidentified author published in Rio magazine, nº 116, February 1949. Acervo da Fundação Biblioteca Nacional – Brasil.
   
   
6. Letter from Nelson Rockefeller to Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya about conversations surrounding the creation of MAM Rio, 26 November 1946. Arquivo Histórico Museus Castro Maya – IBRAM/MinC, Rio de Janeiro-RJ. 
   Reproduction: Thiago Barros
   
   
7. Meeting minutes of the creation of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, 3 May 1948.

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