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Oral history

Volkmer traces the development of her interest in art and design, and her arrival at The Museum of Modern Art in 1943 to work for Monroe Wheeler. Parts of her interview describe Rene d'Harnoncourt and Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Volkmer explains the founding of an in-house Conservation Department and the Museum fire in 1958. She describes specific paintings that were damaged and the treatments required. She also recalls the departure of Guernica, the Picasso mural, in 1981.

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