The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has appointed Toshiaki Koseki to be the Carol Crow Conservator of Photographs.

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), located in Houston, is the largest art museum in the State of Texas and the largest art museum in the USA east of Los Angeles, south of Chicago, has appointed Toshiaki Koseki to be the Carol Crow Conservator conservator n. a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect and manage the financial affairs and/or the person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age. of Photographs, the museum's first position in the conservation department dedicated exclusively to photography. Koseki's endowed en·dow
tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows
1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income.

2.
a. position is named by an anonymous friend in honor of the Houston photographer and sculptor Carol Wilson Crow (1915-1997), whose works in the museum collection will come under Koseki's care. The photography collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is a nationally recognized assemblage assemblage: see collage.

assemblage

Three-dimensional construction made from household materials such as rope and newspapers or from any found materials. of over 20,000 photographs by approximately 3000 artists that encompasses dozens of major collections.

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Title Annotation:	Notes from the Field
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Date:	May 1, 2005
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