Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
| title | George L. K. Morris papers, 1916-1967. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, articles, clippings, exhibition catalogs, photographs of works and one of Morris, and a scrapbook. Among the correspondents are Jean Arp, Frederick Dupee, Jean Helion, Geoffrey Hellman, Karl Knaths, Gaston Lachaise, Dwight Macdonald, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson. [Photos on fr. 893 and 1001 are also filmed on reel 440, fr. 388-391, Photographs of Artists Collection I]. Bio / His Notes: Painter, sculptor, designer and educator; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. Born New York City. Studied at Yale University, Arts Students League, Academie Moderne, Paris, France. Member of the Advisory Committee, Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
| extent | 0.6 linear ft. (300 items on partial microfilm reel). reel D337 |
| formats | Clippings Correspondence Printed Materials Photographs Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/george-l-k-morris-papers-8017 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1968 by George L. K. Morris |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:14 |
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| title | Abstract art around the world today: transcript, 1954 Mar. 16. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A tape-recording of a forum presented by the American Abstract Artists at the Museum of Modern Art. Panel members include Josef Albers, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Saburo Hasegawa, Franz Kline, George L. K. Morris, and Aline Saarinen with Henry Botkin as moderator. Bio/History: Art association; New York, N.Y. Notes: Botkin, Albers, Barr, Hasegawa, and Kline are on tape 1. Morris, Saarinen and others are on tape 2 |
| extent | 2 sound tapes ; 7 in. (37 p. transcript) |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/abstract-art-around-world-today-17192 |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:08 |
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| title | American Abstract Artists records, 1936-1983 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interviews conducted by Bowman (Ruth Gurin at the time of the interviews) with Ilya Bolotowsky, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, Burgoyne Diller (reel 3418), John Ferren, Carl Robert Holty, Harry Holtzman, Ibram Lassaw, Jacques Lipschitz (reel 4210), Alice Trumbull Mason, George McNeil, George L.K. Morris, and Ad Reinhardt, as background for Gurin's M. A. thesis (NYU) on the American Abstract Artists. Bolowtowsky speaks of the American Abstract Artists; the Concretionists; the attitudes of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art in the 1930s; suprematism and neo-plasticism; color and texture; financing and installing AAA exhibitions; and WPA mural projects. He recalls Byron Browne, Willem de Kooning, Burgoyne Diller, Gertrude Greene, Harry Holtzman, George McNeil, George L.K. Morris, Albert Swinden and others. In the Diller interview, subjects include the formation of the American Abstract Artists, early exhibits, studying at the Art Students League, and his work on a WPA mural project. He recalls Katherine Dreier, Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, Piet Mondrian. Bio / His Notes: Art historian; New York, N.Y. Bowman received her M.A. from NYU, and later worked as guest curator at the University's Grey Art Gallery and conducted art related interviews for the WNYU and for the Archives of American Art. |
| extent | 2 reels |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Microfilmed transcripts must be used on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed transcripts requires an appointment. Bolotowsky and Ferren interviews are: ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.amerabst.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-abstract-artists-records-9533 |
| acquisition information | Purchased by the Archives of American Art 1966 from Ruth G. Bowman. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:08 |
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| title | Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art, 1967-1968. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The interviews are of artists, educators, art administrators, and dealers. Topics covered include the Federal Art Project, the Artists' Union, the Club, the influence of French emigre artists, and political activism among artists. The transcripts range from 1 to 4 pages in length. Interviewees include: Mildred Baker, Will Barnet, Emanuel Benson, James Brooks, Paul Burlin, Giorgio Cavallon, Willem de Kooning, Jimmy Ernst, Sidney Geist, Adolph Gottlieb, Balcomb Greene, Robert Gwathmey, Seymour Hacker, Carl Holty, Harry Holtzman, Reuben Kadish, Lee Krasner, Joe Lasker, Ibram Lassaw, Jack Levine, Conrad Marca-Relli, George McNeil, Dorothy Canning Miller, George L.K. Morris, Reuben Nakian, Phillip Pavia, Louis Schanker, Ben Shahn, Theodoros Stamos, Eugene Victor Thaw, Jack Tworkov, and Esteban Vincente. |
| extent | 30 transcripts. |
| formats | Interviews Transcript |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/anne-bowen-parsons-collection-interviews-art-6198 |
| acquisition information | Donated in 1985 by Anne Bowen Parsons' son, Randall T. Parsons. Reproduction: Items are transcripts. Location of Original: Location of original tapes unknown. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:09 |
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| title | Karl E. Fortess taped interviews with artists, [1963-1985]. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Untranscribed taped interviews, 30 to 60 minutes in length, of painters, sculptors, and printmakers. The interviews were conducted and recorded by Fortess of the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston University, in part, under a contract with the Office of Education, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Fortess' Final Report on the project, June 1968, summarizes the objective was "to develop a library of taped interviews with contemporary American painters, sculptors, and graphic artists, such interviews to be concerned with questions of technical, professional and personal interest." Among the interviewees are Kenneth Armitage, Will Barnet, Romare Bearden, George Biddle, James Brooks, Adolph Dehn, Jane Freilicher, Julian Levi, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, Moses Soyer, Dorothy Varian, and many others. Bio / His Notes: Fortess was a painter and printmaker, b. 1907 in Belgium. [Fortess died in 1993.] |
| extent | 268 interviews recorded on 205 audio cassettes. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording |
| access | Dorothy Varian interview is: ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Untranscribed; use requires prior notice, and is limited to Archives of American Art offices. The donor has specified as a condition of the gift that the tapes may not be transcribed or edited. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/karl-e-fortess-interviews-artists-13399 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1978-1985 by Karl Fortess. Location of Original: Duplicate tapes also available at Boston University in the Fine and Applied Arts Library and the Mugar Library. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:16 |
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| title | Text of comments by participants in The Modern Artist Speaks forum, 1948 May 5. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Text of comments by Paul Burlin, George L. K. Morris, and Stuart Davis, delivered at a forum, "The Modern Artist Speaks," held at the Museum of Modern Art on May 5, 1948, including preliminary drafts. Burlin comments on the artist as cultural critic, Morris discusses the failure of art criticism and Davis interprets contemporary attacks on abstract art as an attempt to control the artist's attitudes toward society. |
| extent | 1 microfilm reel. reel N69/112 |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Provenance unknown. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | George L. K. Morris interview, 1968 Dec. 11. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of George L. K. Morris conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Bio / His Notes: Painter, sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. General Note: Sound quality is poor. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel (3 hours 45 min.) ; 7 in. Transcript: 65 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| 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 others. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:59 |
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| title | Artist file: Morris, George L.K., 1905-1975 | 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: Morris, George L.K., 1905-1975 | 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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