Gallery

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Altman at the University of Michigan

Photograph of rehearsal for opera The Rake's Progress, 1982.
Letter from Paul Boylan to audience of The Rake's Progress, 1982
Poster for The Rake's Progress, 1982.

Film Preservation

Letter from Robert Altman to Martin Scorsese, 1998.
Letter from Steven Spielberg to Terry Semel (Warner Brothers), 1998.
Letter from Robert Altman to Steven Spielberg, 1998.

Altman & Actors

Photograph on the set of Short Cuts, 1993.
Telegram from Lily Tomlin to Robert Altman, 1982.
Letter from Harry Connick Jr. to Robert Altman, 2005.
Letter from Tom Brokaw to Robert Altman, undated.
Letter from Roman Polanski to Robert Altman, 1992.
Letter from Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, 1992.
Photograph on the set of Popeye, 1980.
Photograph on the set of California Split, 1974.
Photographs on the set of Buffalo Bill and the Indians, 1976.
Photograph on the set of Thieves Like Us, 1974.
Photographs of Robert Altman, Kathryn Altman, and Shelley Duvall on the set of Popeye (1980).

Altman & Genres

Photograph on the set of The Long Goodbye, undated.
Photograph on the set of The Long Goodbye, undated.
Letter from Robert Altman to Gian Luigi Rondi, n.d.
Photographic contact sheet for McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1970
Photograph on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller, [1971]
Photograph from the set of Buffalo Bill and the Indians, nd.
Letter from Roslyn Dauber to Robert Altman, 1987
Letter from Robert Altman to Diane Nassau, 1987
Photograph of set renderings for Buffalo Bill & the Indians
Photograph of set renderings for Buffalo Bill & the Indians
Photograph on the set of Thieves Like Us, 1974.
Photograph on the set of Thieves Like Us, 1974.
Photograph on the set of Quintet, 1979.
Photograph on the set of Quintet, 1979.
Oil Painting of characters from Quintet, 1979.
Photograph on the set of Tanner '88, 1988.
Photograph on the set of Tanner '88, 1988.
Letter from Rep. John Tanner to Robert Altman, 1988.
Sketch for set in Gosford Park, 2000.
Sketch for set in Gosford Park, 2000.
Letter from Julian Fellowes to Robert Balaban, 2000.

Altman Sound & Music

Photograph of Robert Altman on set of Nashville
Script page from Countdown, 1968.
Script page from McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971
Script page from The Long Goodbye, 1973
Typescript document, draft lyrics to "The MASH Song" by Michael Altman, [1969].
Letter from Jerome Walsh to Don Biederman (Warner/Chappell Music), 1994.
Letter from Robert Altman to Hal Davis, 1972
Photograph in the recording studio for Popeye, 1980
Photograph: Ronee Blakely sings to a crowd as Barbara Jean in Altman's hit Nashville.
Letter from the legal firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp to Robert Altman, September 23, 1975.
Memo from Robert Altman on songs of Nashville, 2000
Sheet music for "I'm Easy" from Nashville, 1975.

About this Exhibit

Photograph of Robert Altman with his mother, ca. 1930.
Photograph of Kathryn Reed Altman, ca. 1960.
Photograph of Robert Altman, ca. 1960.
Robert Altman on the University of Michigan campus, 1982.