Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Boris Mirski (Gallery: Boston, Mass.)
| title | Boris Mirski Gallery records, circa 1936-2000, bulk 1945-1972 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters and holiday cards received, ca. 1945-1974; gallery, client, and artists' files containing clippings, catalogs and announcements; announcements and posters of the Gallery and of other galleries and museums; photographs of Mirski, Arthur Polonsky and his art works, of Northwest Coast Indian objects, and of Mitchell Siporin; clippings; and financial material. |
| extent | 5.5 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Exhibition Catalogs Photographs Financial Records |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.mirsbori.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/boris-mirski-gallery-records-9939 |
| acquisition information | The Boris Mirski Gallery records were donated by Deborah Mirski Brown, Boris Mirski's daughter from 1989-1996, with additions in 2007 and 2017. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:27 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Boris Mirski, 1973 June 19 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Boris Mirski conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art. Mirski discusses the creative life of Jews in general and briefly touches upon his own background and career as an art dealer. Bio / His Notes: Art dealer; Boston, Mass |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 tape reel (ca. 1 hr.) ; 5 in. Transcript: 34 p. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Transcript: available for use in AAA's Washington, D.C. office and through interlibrary loan. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | Oral history interview with Boris Mirski, 1973 June 19 |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Ralph Coburn, 1995 May 25 and Jun. 23 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Ralph Coburn conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art., 1995 May 25 and June 23, in Coburn's home, Gloucester, Mass. MAY 25, 1995 session: Coburn talks about his parents and his childhood in Miami Beach, Fla.; his early schooling; and entering Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1941 in its 5-year architecture program. He recalls Walter Netsch, a classmate at MIT, who later became a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, who introduced Coburn to modern design and to avant-garde music. He also recalls the painter and head of painting at the Museum of Fine Arts School, Karl Zerbe, his teacher in the course of his work for advanced MIT architecture students. He talks about his return to Florida as a draftsman for an aircraft equipment company in Miami, outfitting planes for the African campaign, and his foreman, a son of Al Capone; then returning to Mass. to work with an electrical company making secret military components. JUNE 23, 1995 session: Coburn discusses returning to and dropping out of MIT; working at the Institute of Modern Art in Boston through Hyman Swetzoff; folowing Swetzoff to the Boris Mirski Gallery; studying at Mirski's art school with Esther Geller and John Wilson and friends made at the school, including Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Polonsky, and Reed Kaye. He recalls Carl Nelson, one of his teachers. He talks about the change in atmosphere at the Institute with the replacement of Thomas Metcalf by James Plaut and Nathaniel Saltonstall who changed the Institute's name to Institute of Contemporary Art and the protest surrounding the name change. Bio / His Notes: Architect, painter, designer; Gloucester, Mass. |
| extent | 2 sound cassettes (2 hrs. 15 min.) : analog. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording |
| access | Untranscribed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_216509 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-ralph-coburn-13209 |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Bruce Anthony King photographs and printed material, 1974-1986. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Photographs of artists (1974-1976) and miscellaneous printed material concerning King's photographs (1976-1986). REEL 906: One hundred three photographs by King are of Leonard Baskin, his family, his studio, and his home. REEL 1817: Six photographs of Harold Hugo, and 2 photographs of Boris Mirski (1974); previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists II and subsequently scanned. Unfilmed: Photographs of artists (1976-1977) include Giovanni (John) Castano, Beverly Hallam and Mary-Leigh Smart, John Laurent, Judy and Todd McKee and their children, Peter Plamondon and his studio, and Robert C. Vose. Printed material includes photocopies of King's photographs of Joel Janowitz and Maud Morgan. Printed material containing photographs by King includes a book VISION AND REVISION (1979), a magazine SPECTRUM (Spring/Summer 1985), and a calendar NEW ENGLAND IMAGES (1986). Bio / His Notes: Photographer, born 1934. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels 906 and 1817 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 0.3 linear ft. (on 2 microfilm reels). reels 906 and 1817 |
| formats | Microfilm Photocopies |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/bruce-anthony-king-photographs-and-printed-material-7624 |
| acquisition information | Donated by Bruce Anthony King, 1975 and 1985. The photographs of Harold Hugo and Boris Mirski on Reel 1817 are housed within Photographs of Artists II. Reproduction: Unfilmed photographs of Janowitz and Morgan are photocopies. Location of Original: Reel 906: Originals returned to the lender, Bruce Anthony King, after microfilming. Unfilmed photographs of Janowitz and Morgan: Originals in possession of Bruce Anthony King. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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