Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci - 1963 program for US exhibition

 

Program for the 1963 visit. 

This special one-picture loan was made directly to the President of the United States and the American people by the government of the French Republic. The French Minister of Cultural Affairs, André Malraux, accompanied the painting to the United States. All arrangements were handled by the White House. A special viewing was held on Tuesday, January 8, for President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, the Congress, and the Diplomatic Corps. 

The painting was installed on a baffle draped in red velvet, in the centre of the West Sculpture Hall of the National Gallery, and was guarded around the clock by United States Marines. The painting was also shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from February 7 to March 4, and returned to France aboard the S.S. United States on March 7.

 

Paperback, b/w ill., 16pp.

 

Condition: VG used - VG covers, binding and pages. "10/4/66" written on title page.

ISBN: N/A

 

Published:  1963

 

Weight: 30 gm

 

Size: 25 x 18 cm

 

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