bachanon Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Anyone know the connection between Schlumberger and Houston's favorite art collecting family (mine anyway)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Is this a trick question or are you wanting to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/spe...tx/demenil.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Anyway, her full name was Dominique Schlumberger de Menil. John married well;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Anyone know the connection between Schlumberger and Houston's favorite art collecting family (mine anyway)?Dominique Sclumberger was the daughter of Conrad Schlumberger, one of the founders of Schlumberger. She married John de Menil. He was president of Schlumberger's US operation. The were art patrons and their collection became the de Menil collection of Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 Heightsguy, I knew the answer. I wanted to see who in HAIF knew. As I expected, many people do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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