Montreuil, Île-de-France, France
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Undertook several research missions in view of a future exhibition curated by François Brunet, Professor of American visual arts and culture at the Paris Diderot University, and Gary Van Zante, Curator of Architecture and Design at the MIT Museum. The exhibition is bound to open in an American museum and will then travel to Paris, France. Visited institutions: The Massachusetts Historical Society, the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, the American Antiquarian Society and the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs at the New York Public Library.