He assembled many notes , comments and photos into a manuscript .
At the insistence of Museum of Modern Art Director Alfred Barr in the 1940s , De Zayas began writing a history of the introduction of modern art to New York .
De Zayas assembled many notes , comments and photos into a manuscript .
At the insistence of Museum of Modern Art Director Alfred Barr in the 1940s , De Zayas began writing a history of the introduction of modern art to New York .