Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Jensen, Alfred, 1903-1981
| title | Artist file: Jensen, Alfred; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Jensen, Alfred |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991012814699707141 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:58 |
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| title | Artist file. Jensen, Alfred, 1903-1981. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as: Brooklyn Museum Library Collections. Schweitzer Gallery files. Location: Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number: AF Schweitzer J |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013270499707141 |
| finding aid | Files arranged alphabetically. |
| acquisition information | Gift, M.R. Schweitzer, 1990. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Bertha Schaefer papers and gallery records, 1909-1975, bulk 1940-1965 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence (1932-1971), notes (1950-1954), writings (1959-1965), drawings, subject and project files (1930-1965), scrapbooks (1927-1975) on several artists who exhibited at her gallery, printed material (1922-1971), and photographs document Bertha Schaefer's career as an interior designer and director of the Bertha Schaefer Gallery. REEL N69-115: A scrapbook about Alfred H. Maurer contains 14 exhibition announcements and catalogs (1946-1969), clippings (1945-1960) including Willard Huntington Wright's essay about Maurer's 1916 exhibition at the Anderson Galleries, and a photograph of Maurer. REEL 440 AND SCANNED One photograph of Alfred H. Maurer, which was previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists I and has subsequently been scanned and returned to the Schaefer papers. REEL N69-126: Two scrapbooks on Will Barnet contain exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, and press releases (1946-1963). REEL N70-60 (frames 177-208): A scrapbook about Hale Woodruff contains 13 clippings (1927-1950) and 6 exhibition catalogs (1953-1954). REEL 42: Three scrapbooks contain exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, press releases and miscellaneous printed material on Balcomb Greene (1945-1961), Ben-Zion (1946-1959), and Nicolas Vasilieff (1947-1951). REEL 271: Correspondence between Schaefer and colleagues, including Ben-Zion, Lynn Chadwick, Elisabeth Frink, and 58 letters from Balcomb Greene, primarily concerns the sale and exhibition of work and the representation of artists by the Bertha Schaefer Gallery (1932-1971). One letter from Jackson Pollock apologizes for his "inconsiderate behavior" (1948), one from David Smith discusses the availability of his work (1958), one from Will Barnet severs his business relations with the gallery (1964), and 2 letters from Carl Sprinchorn discuss Schaefer's visit (1968). REEL 271: Subject files contain letters, notes, drawings of floorplans, receipts, price lists, and exhibition catalogs concerning interior design (1930-1960) and Ben-Zion (1942-1954). Printed material consists of clippings (1923-1968), mostly about Schaefer's interior and furniture design, exhibition catalogs, press releases, programs, brochures, membership lists, and telegrams of condolence (1953-1971). Approximately two hundred photographs show interiors designed by Schaefer, including the first domestic installation of fluorescent lighting (1943-1958), and works by Hale Woodruff, Roger Jorgensen and architect Huson Jackson. Other material includes a drawing by Ben-Zion and Schaefer's diploma (1914) and resume (1959). REEL 2129: Announcements and catalogs from exhibitions held at the Bertha Schaefer Gallery and the New Bertha Schaefer Gallery (1944-1975). UNMICROFILMED: Letters (1940-1971) from friends and colleagues including William Baziotes (1948), Dorothy Farr (1953-1961), John von Wicht (1960), and Hale Woodruff (1966) discuss work and exhibitions. Writings consist of Schaefer's essays and notes on interior design (1959) and essays on art and design by Mary Coggeshall and David Porter (1964-1965). Artist files contain letters, price lists, clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs (1946-1966). Photographs show interiors designed by Schaefer (1951-1954), Schaefer with friends and colleagues, a painting by Hale Woodruff, and Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner in Pollock's studio. Twenty-five client files contain letters, photographs, floor plans, layout drawings, and samples of fabric, tile, and wallpaper (1954-1964). Unfilmed: Artist files contain letters, price lists, clippings, exhibition announcements and photographs for Alfred Jensen (1957-1958), Henry Toledano (1953-1954), and the "Self-Portrait Sculptures by the Blind" exhibition. Printed material includes clippings (1948-1971), and exhibition announcements and catalogs (1946-1966). |
| extent | 4.5 linear ft. (partially filmed on 6 microfilm reels) reels N69-115, N69-126, N70-60, 42, 271, and 2129 |
| formats | Correspondence Notes Drawings Scrapbooks Photographs |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.schabert.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/bertha-schaefer-papers-and-gallery-records-9497 |
| finding aid | Reel 2129: A finding aid listing artists mentioned in exhibition catalogs is available at AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | The bulk of the collection was given or lent by Bertha Schaefer. Some materials were originally given by Schaefer to the George Arents Research Library, Syracuse University, then transferred to the Archives of American Art. Material on reel 2129 was donated by Paul Creamer, an associate of Schaefer. Several scrapbooks are listed on the microfilm reels by the name of the artist, not by Schaefer, including those of Will Barnet, Hale Woodruff and Alfred Maurer. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:11 |
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| title | Saidie A. May papers, ca. 1880-2002, bulk 1924-1972. | repository | Baltimore Museum of Art |
| description | The Saidie A. May Papers contain the correspondence, art collection related papers, financial papers, and photographs of Saidie Adler May and document her art purchases and donations to the Baltimore Museum of Art as well as other museums. A significant amount of correspondence, research notes, and other material relating to Mrs. May and her collections that was created by BMA staff is also included. The staff continues to add to this collection as materials are found or created that relate to Mrs. May. Series 1, Art Collection, contains correspondence, lists, notes, research materials and other documents relating to Mrs. May's art collections. The Baltimore Museum of Art staff created a significant portion of this material after Mrs. May's death. Series 2, Financial Papers, contains documentation relating to Mrs. May's art purchases from 1919 until her death. A large part of the material consists of receipts and invoices from art dealers. This material is first divided into American Museums and Galleries and Foreign Galleries. Those dealers from whom Mrs. May purchased numerous items are filed separately. A few general receipts for book purchases are filed at the end of the subseries. Series 3, Correspondence, contains correspondence between Mrs. May and various museums, galleries and artists mostly relating to her purchases of artworks and their exhibition and donation to museums. A large amount of the correspondence relates to Mrs. May's dealings with the Baltimore Museum of Art, particularly her donations of the Renaissance Room and the Members' Room for Modern Art and the particulars of their installations. Series 4, Photographs, contains photographs of works in Mrs. May's collection, several of the rooms she donated to the BMA, artists, and Mrs. May herself. Series 5, Paintings, contains three copies by Mrs. May of paintings in the Louvre. |
| extent | 3.2 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Ephemera |
| access | The collection is open for research./ |
| record source | http://artbma.org/about/archives.html |
| finding aid | Unpublished guide available from the Archives and Manuscripts Collections,Baltimore Museum of Art. |
| acquisition information | Bequest of Saidie A. May on her death in 1951. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:03 |
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| title | Ulfert Wilke papers, 1934-1977. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Diaries, correspondence, sketchbooks, drawings, photographs, printed material, and scrapbooks. REELS N68-52 - N68-56: Diary entries and sketchbooks, 1934-1968; biographical material; photographs of Wilke, his family, studio, exhibitions, and paintings and bronzes; drawings; exhibition catalogs, 1953-1968; clippings, 1942-1963; a scrapbook, 1942-1959; correspondence with family, galleries, museums, universities, and artists, including Max Beckmann (1954), Eugene Berman (1961-1967), Julius Bissier (1962-1968), Maurice Bonnefoy (1955-1958), Phillip Evergood 1944-1958), Lyonel and Julia Feininger (1940-1962), George Grosz (1938-1956), Carl Holty (1957-1964), Alfred Jensen (1953), Robert Motherwell (1957-1961), Ad Reinhardt, and Mark Tobey (ca. 1960); and scattered business records. REELS 1359-1363: Correspondence; photographs of Wilke, his studio, art work, and family; 6 diaries, 1968-1976; lists of his drawings; exhibition catalogs, announcements, press releases, and clippings; scrapbooks; 2 Christmas card designs; files on Wilke's art collection, exhibitions, and on his father, Rudolf Wilke. Bio / His Notes: Painter, art administrator, art collector; Solon, Iowa. Born Bad Tolz, Germany. Director, Department of Art, Kalamazoo College And Institute of Arts, 1940-1942; Director, University of Iowa Museum of Art. |
| extent | 10 microfilm reels reels N68-52 - N68-56 and 1359-1363 |
| formats | Microfilm Diaries Correspondence Sketches Photographs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/ulfert-wilke-papers-9375 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming by Ulfert Wilke, 1968 and 1977. Originals returned to the lender, Ulfert Wilke, after microfilming. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:23 |
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| title | Alfred Jensen : metaphysical and primitive, 1975. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Unpublished manuscript on painter Alfred Jensen. |
| extent | 31 p. |
| formats | Manuscript Microfilm Photocopies |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/alfred-jensen--metaphysical-and-primitive-10486 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1985 by Leila Hadley. |
| updated | 07/06/2023 17:01:37 |
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| title | Archives of San Diego Art Oral History Project interviews, 1979-1980. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Five interviews conducted or collected for the Archives of San Diego Art. Included are: Leda Klauber conducted by Grace Miller and Christine Oatman, Feb. 10, 1979 (19 p.); painter Everett Gee Jackson conducted by Christine Oatman, March 2, 1979 (14 p.); art historian Julia Gethman Andrews conducted by Dianne Gilbody, May 15, 1979 (8 p.); Alfred Jensen conversation with Regina Bogat, May 8, 1979 (14 p.); and Mary Gordon Volkman conducted by Ruth Valleau, Feb. 1, 1980 (12 p.). With the exception of Bogat, a curator, the interviewers were volunteers from the Junior League of San Diego. Reproduction: Transcripts are photocopies |
| extent | 72 p. |
| formats | Interviews Transcript Photocopies Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1981 by the San Diego Museum of Art. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:03 |
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| title | Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh, 1939-2006. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Handwritten drafts, typed manuscripts, artists files, interviews, correspondence, notes, press releases, articles, clippings, reviews, exhibition data, and miscellaneous memorabilia written by Kuh and compiled by Berman in preperation for Kuh's memoir "My Love Affair with Modern Art: Behind the Scenes with a Legendary Curator". Artists files include Joseph Albers, Hans Hofmann, Alfred Jensen, Mies van der Rohe, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, and Mark Tobey. Bio / His Notes: Art historian; New York, N.Y. Berman is Katharine Kuh's executor. Kuh opened her own gallery in Chicago in the 1930s representing a variety of now well known artists. She is considered a pioneer for women in the field of art. |
| extent | 4.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Writings Notes Transcript Interviews Correspondence |
| access | Use requires an appointment. Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publication requires written permission - see repository. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.bermavis3.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/avis-berman-research-material-katharine-kuh-13638 |
| acquisition information | Donated 2007 by Avis Berman. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:11 |
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| title | Artist file. Jensen, Alfred, 1903-1981. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. BMA artist files. Location Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number AF BMA J |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991002210539707141 |
| acquisition information | Files compiled by BMA library staff from 1917 to the present. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Artist file: Jensen, Alfred , 1903-1981 | repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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| title | Artist file: Jensen, Alfred , 1903-1981 | repository | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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