Belle da Costa Greene by Clarence H. White, 1911.
It was a position that she held until she retired in 1948.
After her parents separated, Greene, her mother, and her siblings all began passing as white.
Belle da Costa Greene by Clarence H. White, 1911. (Photo: Biblioteca Berenson, I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies)
I think she tells us a lot about race and gender roles…about self-reinvention and self-narrative.
The exhibition, part of the Morgan’s 100th anniversary celebrations, runs until May 4, 2025.
Pierpont Morgan may have built this library.
Photo: Graham Haber, 2014
She really is the soul of the Morgan Library.
East Room of J. Pierpont Morgans Library by Tebbs & Knell, between 1923 and ca.
Belle da Costa Greene by Adolph de Meyer, 1912.
East Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library by Tebbs & Knell, between 1923 and ca. 1935 (Photo: The Morgan Library & Museum; ARC 1637)
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Belle da Costa Greene by Adolph de Meyer, 1912. (Photo: The Morgan Library & Museum; ARC 1664)
