Acknowledgments

This volume has unfolded over a period of ten years, from the research on the James B. Duke House to publication. We wish to express our gratitude to all of the individuals and institutions who have made this transmutation, and all the intermediary steps, possible.

The seminar “Architecture and Interior Decoration in 1900 New York; the Case of Duke House,” imagined and taught by Jean-Louis Cohen at the Institute of Fine Arts in the fall of 2012, allowed for an initial exploration of the ideas developed in this book. Through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Daniella Berman, Elizabeth Buhe, Grace Chuang, Laura Dickey Corey, Kat Koh, Schuyler Swartout, and Matthew Worsnick conducted archival research that grounded the course, and served as a genesis for some of the contributions here. Institute students Jennifer Gimblett, Carley Groobman, Sarah Ickow, Lauren Johnson, Sarah Lampen, Abigail Lapin, Shannon Ness, Amy Russo, Rachel Stekso, and Rachel Wilf also wrote papers for the seminar. Guest presentations were given by Norbert Baer, Jon Ritter, and Charlotte Vignon.

In February 2013, a symposium coordinated by Yaelle Amir celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Fine Arts, including an exploration of Duke House and its neighbors. Papers considering different facets of the architecture, urban planning, and collecting practices of the period were given by Daniella Berman, Elizabeth Buhe, Alisa Chiles, Grace Chuang, Jennifer Gimblett, Lauren Johnson, Christie Mitchell, Shannon Ness, and Matthew Worsnick. The scope of the conversation was expanded by Isabelle Gournay, Theodore Prudon, and Charlotte Vignon, who has since published an essential volume on the Duveen Brothers.

Despite the energy and support for the seminar and symposium by Patricia Rubin, the director of the Institute at that time, the publication was shelved for a number of years until the arrival of Rubin’s successor. In 2017, Christine Poggi took the initiative of applying for a Faculty Forum Grant funded by New York University’s provost, proposing to produce the book as a collaborative venture between the Institute of Fine Arts and the NYU Department of Art History. This led to the creation of an editorial team composed of a professor and then-doctoral candidate from the Institute (Cohen and Berman) and a professor from the Department (Ritter) and to a renewal of the project.

We are delighted to acknowledge the support and assistance we have received along the way from many colleagues and friends to arrive at the volume in your hands (or on your screen). We are grateful to Victoria Newhouse and to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for their support of the book’s production. At Brill, Cor Wagenaar, the director of a new collection focused on architecture, acquisition editor Liesbeth Hugenholtz, and production editor Gera van Bedaf were decisive and supportive partners—we thank them warmly. Magda Nakassis undertook sensitive copy-editing that greatly enhanced the final version of the manuscript. David Luljak thoughtfully compiled the index, and Jodi Simpson meticulously proofread the volume. Daniella Berman managed the project until its final phase, when Josephine English Cook took over, coordinating the editorial process and illustration program and, along with Sam Robert Gus Woodward, the clearance of image rights. We are indebted to them for this indispensable work. José C. Hernandez’s expertly rendered maps offer readers a visual overview of our subject that complements the texts. Mosette Broderick’s expertise was crucial to ensuring the rigorous accuracy of these maps. The efforts of this expanded editorial team were essential to shaping the pages that follow.

At New York University, the funding of the research for reproduction rights and the acquisition of images was facilitated by Caroline Dinshaw and Una Chauduri, Deans of Humanities, while at the Department of Art History support was provided by chairs Dennis Geronimus and Edward Sullivan, Administrator Peggy Coon, and Visual Resources Administrator Akeem Flavors. At the Institute of Fine Arts, the budget of the project was managed by Jennifer Chung and Lisa McGhie, while Sarah Higby and Joseph Moffett handled the acquisition of external funds. Librarian Lori Salmon, Manager of Digital Media and Computer Services Jenni Rodda, photographer Nita Lee Roberts, and Professor Marvin Trachtenberg also offered important guidance, for which we are grateful.

The editors and the contributors thank all the institutions and the individuals who provided the illustration files and granted the reproduction permissions: Barry Cenower at Acanthus Press; Nancy Hadley at the American Institute of Architects; Andrea Mihalovic at VAGA/Artists Rights Society; Barbara Elam at the Bard Graduate Center Library; Colleen Layton at the Chicago History Museum; Katherine M. Prater and Meredith A. Self at Columbia University’s Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library; Valerie Gillispie and Katie Henningsen at Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Maristella Casciato and Tracey Schuster at the Getty Research Institute; Jennifer Lanman at Indiana University; Richard Bruce at the Louise Bourgeois Studio; Lauren Robinson at the Museum of the City of New York; Martino Stierli and Hannah Kim at the Museum of Modern Art; Eleanor Gillers at the New-York Historical Society; Janet Bunde and Anastasia Chiu at New York University; Kristen Costa at the Newport Restoration Foundation; Jonathan Hoppe at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Graham Stetler at Princeton University’s Marquand Library; Solenn Nieto at the Université de Bordeaux; William Whitaker and Heather Isbell Schumacher at the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design; Rodney Cook Jr. and Thomas Luebke at the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; Addison Kelly at US Lighting Consultants; and Genevieve Coyle and Jessica Quagliaroli at Yale University Library’s Manuscripts and Archives division. For their kind assistance, we are also grateful to Heather Adams, Kaylee Alexander, Jennifer Baker, Glenn Castellano, Craig Lee, Jessica Orzulak, Gilles Ragot, Sidney Ritter, Mary Samouelian, Rebecca Williams, Charlotte Vignon, and the staffs of the Special Collections reading room at the Getty Research Institute, of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Thomas J. Watson Library, of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

In addition to all the persons mentioned, Alisa Chiles thanks the staff of the New York City Department of Finance. Isabelle Gournay thanks Suzanne Noruschate, Stephen T. Moskey, and Cynthia Field. Grace Chuang thanks Charissa Bremer-David, Kee Il Choi Jr., Jonathan Hay, Margot Nishimura, and Rebecca Tilles. Christie Mitchell thanks Susan Chore at The Frick Collection’s Art Reference Library Archives, and Michelle Donnelly at Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library. Theodore Prudon wishes to express his gratitude to the late Aso O. Tavitian.

Daniella Berman, Jean-Louis Cohen, and Jon Ritter

Editors