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Georges Salles

fl. 1945–1953 · France

French museum director and collector, active 1945–1953. Worked with Louvre.

Life and work

  1. 1945

    1. 1945–1950

      Director of the Musées de France from 1945; Cypriot figurines were displayed among the art objects in his Louvre apartment, described in 1950.

      Revue de Paris 1950-12: Vol 57 Iss 12 (1950)

  2. 1948

    1. Directeur des Musées de France; addressee; asked to decide on cleaning of the bronzes in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document, 1948.

      Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 168-4, «[Lettre de Schaeffer à M. G. Salles à propos du dépôt d'objets au Louvre]», 4 May 1948of 2

  3. 1952

    1. Director of the Louvre in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document, 1952.

      Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 168-3, «[Correspondance entre Schaeffer et Megaw à propos des exemplaires d'Enkomi I, des objets en exportation temporaire retournés ou prolongés et du matériel de la Mission]», 6 June 1952of 6

  4. 1953

    1. party in a dispute with Faral over a detachment procedure for Schaeffer in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document, 1953.

      Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 142-2, «[Enkomi-Alasia, 7e campagne de fouilles, 1953]», 1953of 71

Sources

  1. 1.Revue de Paris 1950-12: Vol 57 Iss 12 (1950).
  2. 2.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 168-4, «[Lettre de Schaeffer à M. G. Salles à propos du dépôt d'objets au Louvre]», 4 May 1948of 2. Online
  3. 3.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 168-3, «[Correspondance entre Schaeffer et Megaw à propos des exemplaires d'Enkomi I, des objets en exportation temporaire retournés ou prolongés et du matériel de la Mission]», 6 June 1952of 6. Online
  4. 4.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 142-2, «[Enkomi-Alasia, 7e campagne de fouilles, 1953]», 1953of 71. Online

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