Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-1975
| title | Carl Zigrosser papers, 1891-1971. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Personal and professional records including correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, subject files, photograph album, and diaries relating to Zigrosser's work as an authority on prints and printmaking and his personal relationships with artists. Included are: correspondence with family and with over 900 printmakers, painters, sculptors, acquaintances, friends, associates, organizations, museums, publishers, and magazines; general correspondence, notes, clippings, and manuscripts pertaining to The Modern School Magazine; files of correspondence from Zigrosser's work at: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1932-1971; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, 1946-1971, including correspondence with Frank Lloyd Wright concerning the Guggenheim Memorial Museum; Print Council of America, 1954-1971, regarding exhibitions, council meetings and other matters; and the Tamarind Workshop, 1960-1971. Of particular interest is material relating to the 1913 Armory Show, including Zigrosser's annotated catalog, notes and sketches. Also included are speeches and notes, 1930-1968; manuscripts for lectures and unpublished materials; memorabilia; a photo album of sculpture by John B. Flannagan; art work, including prints and drawings by Karig Nalbandian, prints by Rockwell Kent, and oversized works of art on paper by Mabel Dwight, Wanda Gag and Kent; family photograph album; journals and pamphlets (covers only); and diaries, 1916-1971, discussing personal and professional events such as art openings, conversations and activities with Rockwell Kent, Alfred Stieglitz, and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others. Among the correspondents are: the American Artists Group, John Taylor Arms, Art in America magazine, Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred Barr, E. Boyd, Charles Burchfield, Alexander Calder, Fitz Roy Carrington, Federico Castellon, Ed Colker, Howard N. Cook, Crown Publishers, Adolf Dehn, Caroline Durieux, John Bernard Flannagan, Andre Girard, Stanley William Hayter, Edward Hopper, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences and Professions, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Frederick Keppel, Rockwell Kent, Fiske Kimball, Misch Kohn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Julius Lankes, Mauricico Lasansky, Merritt Mauzey, Kneeland McNulty, James A. Michener, Marian Mitchell, Museum of Non-Objective Painting (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Karnig Nalbandian, Dorothy Norman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Walter Pach, Harold Paris, Print Club (Philadelphia), Diego Rivera, Ruth Starr Rose, Arnold Ronnebeck, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Andre Ruellan, Carl Oscar Schniewind, Roderick Seidenberg, William Spratling, Benton Spruance, Alfred Stieglitz, Harry Sternberg, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Kuei Teng, U.S. Office of War Information, Curt Valentin, Heinz Warneke, Edward Weston, Weyhe Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, Harry Wickey, and Adja Yunkers. |
| extent | 30 linear ft. (on 63 microfilm reels) reels 4612-4674 |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/carl-zigrosser-papers-10859 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid prepared by the University of Pennsylvania, Special Collections Dept, available at AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming, 1991, by the University of Pennsylvania Special Collections Department, Van Pelt Library. Zigrosser donated the papers to the University in 1972. Portions of the papers not microfilmed include research files, manuscript materials for published work, family records, and journals. Originals in: University of Pennsylvania, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:56 |
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| title | Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection, 1866-1968. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other personal papers collected by Carl Zigrosser and Leila Mechlin and later added to by others, all relating to American art. REELS P10-P11 and P14: Letters to Leila Mechlin, Henry Schnakenberg and Hudson Walker. Correspondents include Robert Abbe, John Taylor Arms, Cecelia Beaux, Paul Bartlett, Gifford Beal, Paul Cadmus, Charles Curran, Royal Cortissoz, Kenyon Cox, Philip Evergood, John David Graham, Reginald Marsh, Joseph Pennell, John Sloan and many others. Some letters include printed material and photographs. Mechlin material includes writings, photographs and letters from Mary Augusta Mullikin describing her life and travels in China, 1933. Also included are letters from Adolph Dehn and Jose de Creeft to Juliana Force; from Ernest Haskell and Kenneth Hayes Miller to Carl Zigrosser; miscellaneous letters from Marc Chagall, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Louis Eilshemius and Childe Hassam; an autobiography of William Sartain; and material on Thomas Eakins, including letters, a list of expenses, 1867, and motion study material,including writings, sketches and photographs taken with a camera invented by Eakins. REEL 4547: Charles Burchfield letters; Susan and Thomas Eakins material; Jacques Lipchitz correspondence; Henry McCarter letters; and Carl Zigrosser correspondence. The Burchfield letters consist of 41 items, 1929-1947, from Burchfield regarding exhibitions, sales, and his paintings. The Eakins material includes letters from Susan Eakins to the Milch Galleries, 1933-1935, regarding the sale of Thomas Eakins' work, receipts from the Milch Galleries, Thomas' expense book, ca. 1866, for daily living in Paris and Switzerland and an autographed account of expenses while at school in Paris, April 12, 1867, a photograph of Susan Eakins by Carl van Vechten, a photograph of Eakins, and 71 engraved portraits from the collection of Thomas Eakins. The Lipchitz correspondence is with R. Sturgis Ingersoll regarding Lipchitz's commission for the sculpture "Prometheus." Also included are 8 letters from Curt Valentin to Ingersoll regarding Lipchitz. The McCarter material includes 66 letters, 1933-1942, some containing sketches, from McCarter to Mrs. George B. Roberts regarding paintings, frames, exhibitions, and offering painting advice. The Zigrosser correspondence is regarding the purchase of prints from the regional projects of the WPA for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and later included in the exhibition "Between Two Wars" at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Included are invoices and inventories of the prints from the various offices. |
| extent | 4 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Material on reels P10-P11 and P14 lent for microfilming, 1954, by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Additional material on reel 4547 was microfilmed in 1991 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The idea for the archives originated with Carl Zigrosser, who donated material, solicited it from others (mainly Henry Schnakenberg, Leila Mechlin and Hudson Walker), or pulled it from the files of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Museum continues to add to the collection. It is not connected to the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:53 |
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| title | Papers of Alexander Z. Kruse, 1890-1972 (bulk 1930s-1960s). | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The Alexander Z. Kruse papers contain documents relating to Kruse's career as an artist, art critic, and author. The time frame covered is 1890 to 1975 with the bulk of the material originating from the 1930s to 1960s. The material is arranged by functional series and includes: literary manuscripts and notebooks; correspondence; photographic materials--photogrpahs and slides; ephemera--clippings, catalogs, and biographical material; and books. The majority of the collection is in its original format with a few being photocopies. The photographic materials are in good condition. However, much of the ephemera (especially the newspaper clippings) is extremely fragile. Most of the clippings are from Kruse's columns with the Brooklyn Eagle and the New York Post. The literary manuscripts and notebooks include the original mockups and handwritten notes for Kruse's published works. Some of Kruse's other projects include: a staple machine invention; an idea for a television show; and some literary projects, which did not achieve fruition. The correspondence includes letters received by Kruse between the early 1900s until his death in 1972. Some were from personal friends; and others were from other artists, students, and business-related entities such as galleries or publishers. Included in the collection are approximately 2000 slides and photographs, mainly of Kruse's paintings and other works of art. The catalogs in the collection also depict Kruse's artwork at various shows and galleries from 1917 to 1972. The collection also includes several books kept by Kruse that contain autograph annotations by Kruse. The remaining four books from the Kruse library are cataloged separately in Rare Books, call numbers: 606358, 606359, 606360, and 606362. Bio/History: Alexander Kruse (1888-1972) was a student of the "Ashcan" School of Art at the turn of the century, studying under artists John Sloan, Henry McBride, and George Bellows, among others. Some of his more well-known paintings include "The Butcher Shop," "Young Smoker," and "Ted Lewis Performs," among hundreds of other paintings as well as drawings, etchings, and lithographs. |
| extent | ca. 3,755 items. |
| formats | Business Papers Correspondence Notebooks Photographs Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A collection of artists' papers containing correspondence, notes, biographical material, exhibition catalogs, and other published material. Includes: volume of notes, drawings, and calculations made by George Bellows for a study of Jay Hambidge's theory of Dynamic Symmetry; correspondence and published and unpublished biographical and critical material on George de Forest Brush, Childe Hassam, Francis D. Millet, Joseph Pennell, Elihu Vedder, and J. Q. A. Ward. The Hassam papers are particularly voluminous, with letters from John Taylor Arms, E. H. Blashfield, William Merritt Chase, Royal Cortissoz, J. Alden Weir, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. All groups contain official Academy correspondence from its secretary Robert Underwood Johnson. Bio/History: Organized 1904, incorporated 1914; New York, N.Y. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established "to afford recognition to distinguished achievement in literature and the fine arts...." [The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters merged on Dec. 30, 1976]. |
| extent | 800 items (on 5 microfilm reels). |
| formats | Correspondence Exhibition Catalogs Notes Printed Materials Writings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Original or duplicate materials: Originals in American Academy of Arts and Letters,/ New York, N.Y./ Inventory of the microfilm on microfilm box labels./ This is a collection of miscellaneous papers representing a gathering over the years of unsolicited documentary resources on American art given or addressed to the Academy. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Martin Birnbaum papers, 1862-1970. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The papers of New York art dealer, critic, and author Martin Birnbaum measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1862-1967, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920-1967. The papers document Birnbaum's association with the firm of Scott and Fowles, the lives and activities of his friends and colleagues, and his literary work, through biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, business records, printed material, a scrapbook, scattered artwork, and photographs of Birnbaum, friends and colleagues, and artwork. REELS N698, N698A, and N698B: Correspondence primarily reflecting his association with the firm of Scott & Fowles, but also including details about lives and activities of his correspondents, among them Edward Bruce, Grover Cleveland, Norman Douglas, Rockwell Kent, Paul Manship, Upton Sinclair, Maxfield Parrish, Bernard Berenson, Augustus E. John, Jules Pascin, Carl Van Vechten, Hamilton Easter Field, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Gari Melchers, William Hunt Diederich, Elie Nadelman, Childe Hassam, John Quinn, Charles Ricketts, Nicholas K. Roerich, and Charles H. Shannon. REEL 108: Primarily letters received by Birnbaum in New York, and throughout Europe from 1917-1943. Correspondents include Grenville L. Winthrop, Gisela Richter, Stevenson Scott, Paul Manship, Maurice Sterne, Edward Bruce, and Maxfield Parrish, Upton Sinclair, George Bellows, John Gregory, Augustus John, Ivan Mestrovic, Elizabeth Winthrop Miles, Robert McIntyre, Georgia O'Keeffe, Joseph Pennell, John Quinn, Charles Ricketts, William Rothenstein, Albert Rutherston, Pamela Colman Smith, Carl Sprinchorn, Pavel Tchelitchew, Schofield Thayer, T. Zoumpoulakis, and family members. Subject matter includes business concerns, art concerns, travel, and family affairs. REELS 1023-1025: Over 1600 letters received. Correspondents include: Cecelia Beaux, Sven Berg, Gutzon Borglum, Edward Bruce, Lodewyk Bruckman, Beniamino Bufano, Mabel Choate, Stephen C. Clark, Royal Cortissoz, Walter Damrosch, Edmund Davis, Reginald Davis, Louise Dillingham, Edmund Dulac, Anne Goldthwaite, Magnus Gross, Herbert Haseltine, Malvina Hoffman, Jan Hoowij, Benjamin Javits, Rockwell Kent, Lenard Kester, Paul Manship, Elisabeth Marbury, Henry McIlhenny, Gari Melchers, Houghton P. Metcalf, Emily Winthrop Miles, Kate Morse, Georgia O'Keeffe, James Parmelee, Maxfield Parrish, Harold Woodbury Parsons, Jules Pascin, Albin Polasek, Alfred B. Potterton, Edward G. Robinson, J. F. Rock, John D. Rockefeller, Emanuel G. Romano, John Rothenstein, John Singer Sargent, Stevenson Scott, Janet Scudder, Carl Sprinchorn, Maurice Sterne, Albert Sterner, R.A. Walker (Georges Derry), Elsie Weil, Carl N. Werntz, Millicent Werntz, Edith Wetmore, Thornton Wilder, Ellis Wilson, Stanley Wilson, Grenville Lindall Winthrop, and Carl Zigrosser. REELS 1025-1026: Business and financial documents; legal documents, certificates, and passports; writings by Birnbaum and others including a manuscript for Birnbaum's book The Last Romantic, with notes by Upton Sinclair; one scrapbook of clippings, loose clippings regarding Edward Dulac, and other printed material; sketches; bookplates; notes, letters, and printed material relating to Aubrey Beardsley; lists and descriptions of works of art; a notebook of addresses; travel itineraries and maps; and programs. REEL 1027: 287 photographs of Birnbaum, and art related people, including Maurice Sterne, Edward Bruce, Leo Stein and Alfred Potterton at Anticoli Corrado, and Cecilia Beaux, Robert Chanler, Philip de Laszlo, Despiau, Norman Douglas, Lord Duveen, Herbert Haseltine, Augustus John by Arnold Genthe, Paul Manship by De Witt Ward, Gari Melchers, Elie Nadelman, Mrs. Gustave Radeke, William Rothenstein, Stevenson Scott, Clare Sheridan, Albert Sterner, Abraham Walkowitz, Mrs. Leonard Volkman Webb, and Grenville Lindall Winthrop; 82 travel photographs primarily of Greece; and 142 photographs of works of art. UNMICROFILMED: Three tape recordings, two containing information about The Last Romantic, dictated in 1952, and one unidentified. Co-Creator: Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898 Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942 Bellows, George, 1882-1925 Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 Berg, Sven Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943 Bruckman, Lodewyk Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970 Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930 Choate, Mabel, 1870-1958 Clark, Stephen C. (Stephen Carlton), b. 1882 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948 Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950 Davis, Reginald De Laszlo, Philip A., 1869-1937 Derry, Georges, 1886- Despiau, Charles, 1874-1946 Diederich, William Hunt, 1884-1953 Dillingham, Louise Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952 Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953 Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939 Field, Hamilton Easter Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942 photographer. Goldthwaite, Anne, 1869-1944 Gregory, John, 1879-1958 Gross, Magnus Haseltine, Herbert, 1877-1962 Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966 Hoowij, Jan, 1907- Javits, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Abraham), 1894-1973 John, Augustus, 1878-1961 Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971 Kester, Lenard, 1917- Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962 Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933 McIlhenny, Henry P. McIntyre, Robert G. Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932 Meštrovi , Ivan, 1883-1962 Metcalf, Houghton P. Miles, Emily Winthrop, 1893-1962 Morse, Kate Nadelman, Elie, 1882-1946 O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 Parmelee, James Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 Parsons, Harold Woodbury, 1883-1967 Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930 Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965 Potterton, Alfred B. Quinn, John, 1870-1924 Radeke, Eliza G., 1855-1931 Rerikh, Nikolai Konstantinovich, 1874-1947 Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972 Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931 Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962 Rockefeller, John D., 1906- Romano, Emanuel, 1897?-1984 Rothenstein, John, Sir, 1901- Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-1953 Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 Scott, Stevenson Scudder, Janet, b. 1873 Shannon, Charles Hazelwood, 1863-1937 Sheridan, Clare, 1885-1970 Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Smith, Pamela Colman Sprinchorn, Carl, 1887-1971 Stein, Leo, 1872-1947 Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957 Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946 Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957 Thayer, Scofield, b. 1889 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965 Ward, De Witt photographer. Webb, Leonard Volkman, Mrs Weil, Elsie Werntz, Carl N. (Carl Newland), 1874-1944 Werntz, Millicent Wetmore, Edith Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 Wilson, Ellis, 1899-1977 Wilson, Stanley Winthrop, Grenville Lindall, 1864-1943 Zigrosser, Carl, 1891- Zoumpoulakis, T. Berlin Photographic Company (New York, N.Y.) Fogg Art Museum Scott & Fowles (Firm) |
| extent | 4.3 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 9 microfilm reels) reels N698, N698a, N698b, 108, and 1023-1027 |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Electronic Resource Notes |
| access | Use requires an appointment. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm copy. |
| record source | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.birnmart.pdf |
| acquisition information | Donated/lent 1967-1975 by Birnbaum and his great-nephew, Jerome Ziegler. Material reel 108 donated anonymously. |
| updated | 02/24/2020 16:51:22 |
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| title | Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection, 1866-1968. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other personal papers collected by Carl Zigrosser and Leila Mechlin and later added to by others, all relating to American art. REELS P10-P11 and P14: Letters to Leila Mechlin, Henry Schnakenberg and Hudson Walker. Correspondents include Robert Abbe, John Taylor Arms, Cecelia Beaux, Paul Bartlett, Gifford Beal, Paul Cadmus, Charles Curran, Royal Cortissoz, Kenyon Cox, Philip Evergood, John David Graham, Reginald Marsh, Joseph Pennell, John Sloan and many others. Some letters include printed material and photographs. Mechlin material includes writings, photographs and letters from Mary Augusta Mullikin describing her life and travels in China, 1933. Also included are letters from Adolph Dehn and Jose de Creeft to Juliana Force; from Ernest Haskell and Kenneth Hayes Miller to Carl Zigrosser; miscellaneous letters from Marc Chagall, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Louis Eilshemius and Childe Hassam; an autobiography of William Sartain; and material on Thomas Eakins, including letters, a list of expenses, 1867, and motion study material,including writings, sketches and photographs taken with a camera invented by Eakins. REEL 4547: Charles Burchfield letters; Susan and Thomas Eakins material; Jacques Lipchitz correspondence; Henry McCarter letters; and Carl Zigrosser correspondence. The Burchfield letters consist of 41 items, 1929-1947, from Burchfield regarding exhibitions, sales, and his paintings. The Eakins material includes letters from Susan Eakins to the Milch Galleries, 1933-1935, regarding the sale of Thomas Eakins' work, receipts from the Milch Galleries, Thomas' expense book, ca. 1866, for daily living in Paris and Switzerland and an autographed account of expenses while at school in Paris, April 12, 1867, a photograph of Susan Eakins by Carl van Vechten, a photograph of Eakins, and 71 engraved portraits from the collection of Thomas Eakins. The Lipchitz correspondence is with R. Sturgis Ingersoll regarding Lipchitz's commission for the sculpture "Prometheus." Also included are 8 letters from Curt Valentin to Ingersoll regarding Lipchitz. The McCarter material includes 66 letters, 1933-1942, some containing sketches, from McCarter to Mrs. George B. Roberts regarding paintings, frames, exhibitions, and offering painting advice. The Zigrosser correspondence is regarding the purchase of prints from the regional projects of the WPA for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and later included in the exhibition "Between Two Wars" at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Included are invoices and inventories of the prints from the various offices. |
| extent | 4 microfilm reels. reels P10, P11, P14, and 4547 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Printed Materials Writings Personal Papers |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Material on reels P10-P11 and P14 lent for microfilming, 1954, by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Additional material on reel 4547 was microfilmed in 1991 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The idea for the archives originated with Carl Zigrosser, who donated material, solicited it from others (mainly Henry Schnakenberg, Leila Mechlin and Hudson Walker), or pulled it from the files of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Museum continues to add to the collection. It is not connected to the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. Location of Original: Originals in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Weyhe Gallery records, 1919-1951. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Primarily incoming correspondence (incomplete) from curators, dealers, and museums to Carl Zigrosser and E. Wehye, relating to the sale and exhibition of the gallery's prints. Alphabet letters A-H and T-V are missing from years 1931-1941; for 1942, letters O and X-Z are missing. Also included are receipts, 1940-1947, photocopies of eight scrapbooks/ exhibition catalogs, 1919-1951, and two volumes of photocopied catalogs, 1932-1951. Of note are eight letters exchanged between Zigrosser and Los Angeles lithographer, Lyndon Kistler, between 1934 and 1939. Kistler's letters to Zigrosser mainly concern his desire to exhibit in New York his hand-printed lithographs of the work of Jean Charlot, Warren Newcombe,Elise Seeds, Beatrice Wood, Paul Sample, and Alexander Archipenko, among others. |
| extent | 3.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Scrapbooks Exhibition Catalogs Financial Records Catalogs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Box inventory available. |
| acquisition information | Donated 1996 by Gertrude Dennis of the Weyhe Gallery. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Frederick Keppel & Co exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1916-1923. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Catalogs of one-person exhibitions by Earl Horter (1916), Joseph Pennell (1917, with an introduction by H. G. Wells, and 1919), George Bellows (1918 and 1921), Kerr Eby (1920), and "The Bliss Collection of Etchings by Forain" (1923); and a group catalog, "New York in the Graphic Arts" (1918), with an introduction by Carl Zigrosser. Many of the catalogs contain announcement cards. Also included is a booklet, The Art & Etchings of John Henry Twachtman, by R.J. Wickenden, undated, published by Frederick Keppel & Co. |
| extent | 9 items. |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Montross Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1908-1926. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | "Eleventh Annual Exhibition-Ten American Painters," 1908; "Opening Exhibition Season 1914-1915," 1914; "Special Exhibition of Modern Art Applied to Decoration by Leading American Artists," 1915; "Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture," 1915; "Fifty Pictures by Fifty Artists," 1916; "Exhibition of Pictures by Jean Crotti, Marcel Duchamp, Albert Gleizes, and Jean Metzinger," 1916; "Exhibition New York Society of Etchers," 1916, introduction by Carl Zigrosser; "Contemporary Group Exhibition," 1916; "Special Exhibition Arthur B. Davies, Walt Kuhn, Jules Pascin, Charles Sheeler, and Max Weber," 1917; "Twentieth Annual Exhibition-Ten American Painters," 1917, enclosing an invitation card; "Special Exhibition of Pictures," 1919; "Special Exhibition Contemporary Art," 1922, two copies, one annotated (by Walt Kuhn); "Special Exhibition Contemporary Art," 1923, three copies, one annotated on cover 1923', and another annotated (by Walt Kuhn); and catalogs for one person exhibitions of Henri Matisse, Horatio Walker, Childe Hassam, [Paul] Cezanne, Jonas Lie, Randall Davey, Gari Melchers, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Allen Tucker, John Marin, Harold F. Weston, F. Overton Colbert, Max Kuehne, Marguerite Zorach, Max Weber, Oliver Chaffee, Walt Kuhn (invitation card enclosed), and Elmer L. MacRae. Also included is a xerox copy of part of a newspaper article regarding a show at the Montross Gallery, 1923. |
| extent | 42 items. reel 4859 (fr. 626-781) |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Carl Zigrosser Papers, ca. 1891-1971 | repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| description | The Carl Zigrosser Papers comprise personal and professional records including correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, subject files, photograph album, and diaries relating to Zigrosser's work as an authority on prints and printmaking and his personal relationships with artists. The Papers are particularly rich in correspondence with the major artistic and cultural figures in America during the first half of the twentieth century. Biographical and Historical Notes Print curator; Philadelphia, Pa.; d. 1975. Graduated Columbia University in literature. Worked with prints in New York City at Keppel and Co. and Weyhe Gallery; print curator at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1940-1963; author of books on prints and art works Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts Call Number: Ms. Coll. 6 |
| extent | 116 boxes |
| formats | Correspondence Research Files Writings Photographs Notes |
| access | In general, the Carl Zigrosser Papers may be examined by qualified researchers in the reading room of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. Photocopying of Zigrosser materials is at the discretion of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The receipt of photocopies does not grant publication rights without the written permission of the University of Pennsylvania and the literary executors of the authors in question. |
| record source | http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/ead/upenn_rbml_MsColl6 |
| finding aid | Available in electronic form and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift June 1972 |
| updated | 02/08/2016 18:18:29 |
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| title | Carl Zigrosser Collection, 1866-1968 | repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | This collection consists primarily of the materials Carl Zigrosser began to compile in 1942 about American artists, which he called the Archives of American Art. Comprised of correspondence, as well as photographs, signatures and other papers that Zigrosser intended for his archives as well as similar material that was added by his successors at the museum, this material makes up the first series, "Research by artist." The second series, "General Reference" consists of various materials Zigrosser did not classify specifically but decided to retain. Most of the material is now arranged by genre, with periodicals comprising the bulk of the group. The "Writings" series consists of only a few of the articles Zigrosser published. The last series is "Memorabilia" and consists of three items. Much of the correspondence was microfilmed by the American Archives of Art in 1954. Reel nos. P10, P11 and P14. Copies are available for use in the Museum's Library. |
| extent | 13 linear feet |
| formats | Research Files Clippings Writings Ephemera |
| access | The collection is open for research |
| record link | http://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=CZC&s=s387 |
| record source | http://www.philamuseum.org/archives/findingaids.html |
| finding aid | Available online |
| acquisition information | Greeting cards and postcards were transferred from the Prints, Drawings and Photographs Department in 2006. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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| title | Evan H. Turner Records, 1964-1978 | repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | Evan H. Turner (born 1927), an art historian and scholar, was the Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from 1964 to 1978, leading the Museum through a period of significant growth and transformation. He created new art departments for American and 20th Century Art, and the innovative Department of Urban Outreach (DUO) to promote art across the City of Philadelphia. These progressive activities were matched by a groundbreaking exhibition in 1973, the Marcel Duchamp retrospective, which drew upon significant scholarship and assembled virtually the entire oeuvre of one of the most important artists represented in the Museum. In 1975, Turner led the Museum in a major construction project to install a new climate control system in the building, and in 1976, he helped plan the United States’ Bicentennial and the PMA’s Centennial celebrations. Turner was an active member of a number of professional organizations, as well as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. The Evan H. Turner records document Turner’s tenure as Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from 1934 to 1978 (bulk: 1964-1978). A mix of correspondence, inter-office memoranda, reports, minutes and other records provide ample evidence of Turner’s leading position in the Museum’s growth and transformation during that time, as well as exhibition and event planning, and the daily operations of the Museum. The collection also documents Turner’s work with professional organizations, his efforts to help the City plan the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations, and his professorship at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| extent | 146 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Memoranda Reports |
| access | This collection is open for research use. |
| record link | http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/PMA_PMA004 |
| record source | http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/index.html |
| finding aid | Available as a PACSCL finding aid on the Penn Libraries Web site. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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| title | Weyhe Gallery records, 1919-1994 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Primarily incoming correspondence (incomplete) from curators, dealers, and museums to Carl Zigrosser and E. Wehye, relating to the sale and exhibition of the gallery's prints. Alphabet letters A-H and T-V are missing from years 1931-1941; for 1942, letters O and X-Z are missing. Also included are receipts, 1940-1947, photocopies of eight scrapbooks/ exhibition catalogs, 1919-1951, and two volumes of photocopied catalogs, 1932-1951. Of note are eight letters exchanged between Zigrosser and Los Angeles lithographer, Lyndon Kistler, between 1934 and 1939. Kistler's letters to Zigrosser mainly concern his desire to exhibit in New York his hand-printed lithographs of the work of Jean Charlot, Warren Newcombe,Elise Seeds, Beatrice Wood, Paul Sample, and Alexander Archipenko, among others. Biogrpahical Note: Weyhe Gallery, est.1919 by Erhard Weyhe (1883-1972), was one of the first galleries in New York to specialize in prints. The Wehye Book store, also owned by Erhard Weyhe, was located in the same location at 794 Lexington Avenue. Carl Zigrosser was gallery director from 1919 until 1940. Gertrude Dennis, Weyhe's daughter, operated the gallery and book store after Erhard's death in 1972 until her death in 2003. Deborah Kiley, Weyhe's granddaughter, is the current owner of the Weyhe Gallery and the book store (currently Weyhe Art Books) now located in Mt. Desert, Maine |
| extent | 13.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Scrapbooks Exhibition Catalogs Financial Records Catalogs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/weyhe-gallery-records-6057 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Box inventory available. |
| acquisition information | Donated 1996 and 2012 by the Weyhe Gallery via owners Gertrude Weyhe Dennis and Deborah Weyhe Kiley. |
| updated | 12/29/2014 17:09:28 |
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