Iris Barry
English
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| 1916/00/00 | Ezra Pound invites Iris Barry down from Birmingham into the wicked life of the capital. | Life | Iris Barry's London Loves | ||||
| 1917/00/00 | Iris Barry takes Ezra Pound's advice and moves to London where she finds herself under the wing of a man seemingly at the center of an intellectual society. | Life | Iris Barry's London Loves | ||||
| 1919/06/03 | Iris Barry gives birth to Robin Lewis Barry, son of Wyndham Lewis. | Mother | Iris Barry's London Loves | ||||
| 1920/09/01 | Fathered by Wyndham Lewis, Iris Barry gives birth to Maisie Wyndham Lewi. Iris and Lewis separated sometime in 1921. | Mother | Iris Barry's London Loves | ||||
| 1922/10/02 | Hired by Harriet Weaver to acquire 2,000 copies of Ulysses, the 2nd edition arrives at La Librairie Six, 5 avenue Lowendal, Paris. Iris Barry and John Rodker sell 800 copies to a bookseller who ships them to the US and sends the rest to Weaver in London. | Work | Ulysses (book) | 7th Lt, Palais-Bourbon | |||
| 1926/00/00 | "Let's Go to the Pictures" by Iris Barry expounds her philosophical ideas on the history, aesthetics and potential of film. | Author | |||||
| 1934/10/28 | MOMA's first film program premieres with films by Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Griffith and Fritz Lang, as well as "Tabu". It marked the beginning of the film art movement in the United States. The showcase ran until 30 December 1934. | Work | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | The Museum of Modern Art | New York City | ||
| 1935/00/00 | Barry travels to Hollywood to acquire donations of film prints from producers, filmmakers and stars. | Work | |||||
| 1938/00/00 | Iris Barry, Frank Hensel, Henri Langlois and Olwen Vaughan establish the International Federation of Film Archives. | Vocation | |||||
| 1939/00/00 | With the closing of Biograph's film vault and the planned destruction of the footage, Iris Barry, founder of the film department at the Museum of Modern Art, acquires 900 cans of film from Biograph. | Work | Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day | The Museum of Modern Art | New York City |
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