Editing Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (section)

==== Difficulties ====
The building's construction was delayed, first because of material shortages caused by World War II,<ref name=Stern811/><ref name="New York Herald Tribune 1946"/> then by increasing construction costs after the war.<ref name=Pfeiffer21/><ref name=Stern811/> By late 1946, Guggenheim and Rebay had redesigned the basement theater to accommodate concerts.<ref name="New York Herald Tribune 1946">{{cite news |date=November 5, 1946 |title=Wright Details How Museum Will Blend Arts: Construction on Circular Building of Non-Objective Painting Starts in Spring |page=27 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1287185430}}}}</ref> Rebay and Wright disagreed over several aspects of the design, such as the means by which the paintings were to be mounted,<ref name=Stern811/><ref>{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission Interior|1990|ps=.|pp=7–8}}</ref> although they both wanted the design to "reflect the unity of art and architecture".<ref name=NPS23>{{harvnb|National Park Service|2005|ps=.|p=23}}</ref> Wright continued to modify his plans during the late 1940s, largely because of concerns over the building's lighting, and created another model of the museum in 1947.<ref name=Pfeiffer25>{{harvnb|Pfeiffer|1995|ps=.|p=25}}</ref> The collection was greatly expanded in 1948 through the purchase of art dealer [[Karl Nierendorf]]'s estate of some 730 works.<ref name=Calnek/>

Progress remained stalled through the late 1940s,<ref name=Stern812>{{harvnb|Stern|Mellins|Fishman|1995|ps=.|p=812}}</ref> and William Muschenheim renovated an existing townhouse on the site, at 1071 Fifth Avenue, for the museum's use.<ref name=Stern812 /><ref name=NPS22>{{harvnb|National Park Service|2005|ps=.|p=22}}</ref> Guggenheim's health was in decline, but he refused Wright's offer to downsize the planned building so it could be completed during Guggenheim's lifetime.<ref name=Pfeiffer25/> After Guggenheim died in 1949, members of the [[Guggenheim family]] on the foundation's board of directors had personal and philosophical differences with Rebay.<ref name=Rebaybio>[http://pastexhibitions.guggenheim.org/hilla_rebay/biographies_1.html "Biography: Hilla Rebay"], Art of Tomorrow: Hilla Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2012.</ref> Under Rebay's leadership, the museum had become what [[Aline B. Saarinen]] described as an "esoteric, occult place in which a mystic language was spoken".<ref name="nyt-1954-05-30">{{Cite news |last=Saarinen |first=Aline B. |date=May 30, 1954 |title=Lively Gallery for Living Art; Manhattan's Guggenheim is off to an exuberant new start as a showcase for pioneers who 'open up a different corner of vision' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/30/archives/lively-gallery-for-living-art-manhattans-guggenheim-is-off-to-an.html |access-date=October 4, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=NPS15>{{harvnb|National Park Service|2005|ps=.|p=15}}</ref> Some of the museum's staff and trustees wished to oust Rebay and cancel Wright's design.<ref name=Stern812 /><ref name=NPS22/> Wright, however, persuaded several members of the Guggenheim family to acquire additional land on Fifth Avenue so his design could be developed in full.<ref name=Stern812/><ref>{{harvnb|National Park Service|2005|ps=.|pp=22–23}}</ref>

To accommodate the growing collection, in August 1951 the Guggenheim Foundation acquired an apartment building at 1 East 88th Street to remodel for museum use.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 5, 1951 |title=Non-Objective Art Museum Plans to Grow: Remodeling of Apartment Building Will Allow More Paintings To Be Shown |page=24 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1322198382}}}}</ref><ref name="Newsday 1951">{{cite news |date=August 13, 1951 |title=Guggenheim Fund Buys Exhibit Site |page=6 |work=Newsday |id={{ProQuest|873053656}}}}</ref> It now owned a continuous frontage on Fifth Avenue from 88th to 89th Street.<ref name="Newsday 1951"/><ref name=Pfeiffer29>{{harvnb|Pfeiffer|1995|ps=.|p=29}}</ref> This prompted Wright to redesign the new building yet again, proposing a multi-story annex with apartments behind the museum.<ref name=Stern812/><ref name=Pfeiffer29/><ref name=NPS23/> The foundation also announced that the museum would start exhibiting "objective" works of art, as well as older artwork.<ref name=NPS15/><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 5, 1951 |title=Museum Changing Exhibition Policy; Guggenheim Foundation Will Show Old Masters as Well as Non-Objective Works |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/08/05/archives/museum-changing-exhibition-policy-guggenheim-foundation-will-show.html |access-date=October 3, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Rebay, who disagreed with this policy, resigned as director of the museum in March 1952.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 30, 1952 |title=Miss Rebay Quits as Head Of Non-Objective Museum |page=9 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1313587133}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1952-03-30">{{Cite news |last=Louchheim |first=Aline B. |date=March 30, 1952 |title=Museum Will File Plans for Building; Changes Made by Non-Objective Painting Institution – Hilla Rebay Is Director Emeritus |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/30/archives/museum-will-file-plans-for-building-changes-made-by-nonobjective.html |access-date=October 3, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Nevertheless, she left a portion of her personal collection to the foundation in her will.<ref name=cork>[http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/museums/guggenheim-new-york.htm "Guggenheim Museum New York"], ''Encyclopedia of Art'', visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved April 18, 2012.</ref> Shortly after Rebay resigned, Wright filed plans for the building, which was now projected to cost $2 million.<ref name=nytCost/> It was renamed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1952.<ref name=Rebaybio/>