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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "de Menil, John".
John de Menil (husband of Dominique de Menil) writes from Houston, Texas. A prominent oil family, the de Menils collected one of the largest and most important American collections of art. They also devoted much of their later lives to ecumenism. The Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel are testaments to their legacy in the arts and in ecumenism.
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See also "Andrade, Jaime" file for a similar request for a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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1957/03/16 |
TLS to Merton |
We will be very glad, my wife and I, to help you find a sculptor who would accept commission |
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responds to Merton's call to help him find a sculptor for a Madonna statue (could be a statue for the novitiate - see "Andrade, Jaime" file)
«detailed view» |
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