Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Rickey, George
| title | George Rickey Sculpture Archive | repository | University of Notre Dame Archives |
| description | The archival material includes Rickey’s personal and business correspondences, along with published and unpublished works. The collection features engineering drawings and specifications, photographs, films and a computer database of the artist’s sculptures, as well as published essays on various topics. The University Archives will organize and make the material available for study and research by international scholars and the Rickey Foundation will utilize the information to publish a complete catalog of the artist’s works. |
| extent | Unprocessed |
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| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=19322 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:59 |
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| title | George Rickey interview, 1968 June 11. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of George W. Rickey conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor; East Chatham, N.Y. |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel (4 hours) |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Transcript can be found on the repository's website. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives' 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 11:30:01 |
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| title | From reliable sources : [videorecording] : the Archives of American Art / director, Robert Pierce. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Video documentary on the Archives of American Art, a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution holding original source material and microfilm relating to American artists and art history. The video describes the holdings of the archives, the collecting process and the value of the resources to researchers. Appearing in the video are director Richard Murray, regional collector Robert Brown, curator Garnett McCoy, and other staff, and sculptor George Rickey. The video was made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Charitable Trust. |
| extent | 1 videocassette (ca. 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| formats | Video recording |
| access | Video available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Also available for purchase through AAA. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Produced: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, Office of Telecommunications, 1985. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Oral history interview with George Rickey, 1965 July 17. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of George Rickey conducted at the artist's home in East Chatham, N.Y., 1965 July 17, by Joseph Trovato for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor; East Chatham, N.Y. |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel (1 hr.) : 1 7/8 ips 5 in. Transcript: 15 p. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Transcript can be found on the repository's website. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | A list of interviews conducted for the New Deal and the Arts project is available at all Archives of American Art offices. |
| acquisition information | This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Four Sculptors [videorecording] : Parts I and II / State University of New York at Albany, Educational Community Center ; director, Carl Howard and Richard Stankiewicz | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interviews of the sculptors Donald Judd, Louise Nevelson, George Rickey and George Segal, conducted by the sculptor Richard Stankiewicz. |
| extent | 1 videocassette (56 min.) : col., 3/4 in. |
| formats | Video recording |
| access | Use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. office. Copyright retained by SUNY at Albany. Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from: Jack Finch, SUNY Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12222. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1984 by the State University of New York at Albany. Reproduction: Video copied from 16mm film. Location of Original: Original 16mm film located at SUNY Albany. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Connie Lembark papers, 1967-1999. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters to Lembark, a receipt, photographs and slides, printed material, and a video. Letters are to Lembark from sculptors George Rickey (1 letter and 4 cards, 1972-1997), and Duane Hanson (7 letters and 3 postcards, 1988-1997); and a receipt for the purchase of a work by Harry Bertoia. The correspondence relates to work in progress and invitations to exhibitions. Also found are 6 folders about Sam Francis which include his obituaries, printed material (articles and exhibition announcements), reviews and articles of Lembark's book "The Prints of Sam Francis: a Catalogue Raisonne, 1960-1990," book catalogues for the book, price list of Francis' prints, and press releases about the book; 3 rolls of negatives with contact sheets taken in the studios of Francis and Joan Mitchell; printed material and slides on Rickey, Arthur Gibson, and Stephen Antonakos; and a video tape "Eric Orr: Prime Matter." Bio / His Notes: Art consultant, author; Nashville, Tenn. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Printed Materials Video recording |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1998 and 2000 by Connie Lembark. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Richard Stankiewicz papers, 1948-1984. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Resumes and an autobiographical sketch; correspondence with dealers, curators, collectors, artists, students, friends and family; 2 appointment books, a 10-page journal, describing a 1955 visit to Fairfield Porter in Maine, and other notes and writings; transcripts of interviews with Louise Nevelson, Donald Judd, George Rickey, and George Segal for a documentary, "Four Sculptors"; lists of supply costs and of art sales; 2 accounts ledgers; invoices from the Leo Nash Steel Corporation; legal documents, including a draft of a will, 1967, and divorce documents, 1978; materials relating to the Hansa Gallery, and minutes of meetings of the Artist Tenant's Association; exhibition materials, including loan forms, insurance evaluations, and price lists; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings; a menu designed by Larry Rivers; art works, including sketches and diagrams of a sculpture workshop and machines, and 7 sketches of sculpture; and photographs of Stankiewicz and his family. SEALED: Diary (1 v.), 1951 and undated. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor and educator; New York, N.Y. Died 1983 In 1952, Stankiewicz and 11 other artists formed the co-operative Hansa Gallery in New York. Some others in the group were: Jane Wilson, Paul Georges, Wolf Kahn, George Segal, Jan Muller, Allen Kaprow, and Jean Follett. Stankiewicz left Hansa in 1957 and became associated with the Stable Gallery. He exhibited there from 1957-ca.1967. In 1967 he became a professor of art at the State University of New York at Albany, and in 1972 he became associated with the Zabriskie Gallery. |
| extent | 4.0 linear ft. (partially filmed on 5 microfilm reels) reels 3747-3751 |
| formats | Microfilm Business Papers Correspondence Writings Diaries |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unfilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. Unmicrofilmed diary: SEALED; no access. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1974 and 1979 by Richard Stankiewicz, and in 1984 by his sons Peter and Anthony. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Gyorgy Kepes papers, 1825-1989 (bulk 1909-1989) | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, correspondence, financial records, notes, writings, interview transcripts, exhibition files, a file for book "Art on a Public Scale", a file for the Times Square Project, art work, printed material, photographs, and audio-visual material reflect Kepes' career as a painter, muralist, designer, filmmaker, educator at the New Bauhaus (Chicago School of Design) and at M.I.T., and as founder of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies. REEL 1211: Ninety-eight letters to Kepes, 1946-1974, are from colleagues including Josef Albers, Marcel Breuer, Alexander Calder, Charles Eames, Buckminster Fuller, Naum Gabo, Walter Gropius, Robert Motherwell, Pier Luigi Nervi, and Hans Richter. One letter each was received from Ansel Adams, Alexander Archipenko, Al Capp, Alduous Huxley, Le Corbusier, Margaret Mead, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Oppenheimer, Herbert Read, and David Smith. REELS 5303-5321: Biographical material, 1940-1980, includes biographical sketches, diplomas, membership certificates, and award medals and certificates. General correspondence, 1936-1986, is between Kepes and colleagues including Josef Albers, Rudolf Arnheim, Marcel Breuer, Alexander Calder, Henry Dreyfuss, Walter Gropius, S. W. Hayter, Jean Helion, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, George Rickey, and various colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence files, 1946-1976, contain letters and printed material concerning six arts organizations, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Financial records, 1963-1974, consist of a record of personal checks and miscellaneous receipts. Notes, 1940-1974, include lists of art work, mailing lists, minutes of meetings, lecture notes, notes concerning exhibitions and publications, and miscellaneous notes. Writings consist of typescripts of lectures, grant proposals, and essays by Kepes and others. Interview transcripts are of the Urban Forum Seminar with John Cage, James T. Farrell, and Andreas Feininger, by Kepes, 1954, and of an interview of Kepes for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1968. Exhibition files, 1963-1968, contain correspondence, writings, printed material, and photographs concerning the "Light as a Creative Medium" exhibition and the Triennale di Milano. A book file, 1970-1974, contains correspondence, notes, and writings connected with "Art on a Public Scale". The Times Square Project file, 1972-1974, contains correspondence, notes, writings, printed material, and photographs. Art work, 1924-1985, includes 2 sketchbooks, 450 annotated sketches by Kepes and others, caricatures for "The Emperor's New Clothes", and posters. Printed material, 1825-1989, includes clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for Kepes, his wife Juliet, and others, press releases, lecture announcements, prospectuses, calendars of events, programs, brochures, booklets, books, reproductions of art work, blueprints, and miscellaneous printed material. Photographs, 1909-1988, are of Kepes, his family, students, studio, exhibition installations, art work, and the work of others. Photographs of colleagues include Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder, Serge Chermayeff, Max Ernst, Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, Margaret Mead, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Otto Piene, Herbert Read, Jonas Salk, and Saul Steinberg. One lantern slide shows Picasso creating a design with a light. There are photographs of the works of old masters, cityscapes, architectural details, and mechanical devices, used as teaching tools, and photographic prints of x-rays and photomicrographs showing experiments with light and other natural phenomena. A reel of microfilm from the British Museum contains the notes of J. M. W. Turner. Audio-visual material, 1953-1972, consists of reel-to-reel audio tapes of interviews, lectures, and symposia, and motion picture film of interviews, art-related programs, and student projects, many of which were transferred to VHS. There are also 4 undated stencils of numerical and elliptical forms. A few oversize documents have not been microfilmed. Bio / His Notes: Painter, muralist, designer, filmmaker, educator; Cambridge, Mass. Born 1906. Died Dec. 29, 2001. Born in Selyp, Hungary, Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, working with Moholy-Nagy in Berlin and London before joining him at the New Bauhaus (later the Chicago Institute of Design) in 1937. From1946-1980 he was professor of visual design at MIT, as well as director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies from 1967-1974. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels 1211 and 5303-5321 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Language Note: A typescript is in Braille. A letter and a clipping are in Dutch. Nineteen letters, six typescripts, three clippings, and six exhibition catalogs are in French. Several letters and printed items are in German. Several letters, a manuscript, and printed items are in Hungarian. Several letters and printed material are: In Italian. Ten letters are in Russian. Several letters, and printed items are in Spanish. |
| extent | 25.0 linear ft. (microfilmed on 20 reels) reels 1211 and 5303-5321 |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from: Julie Kepes Stone, 46 Parker Street, Watertown, Mass. 02172, or Imre Kepes, 11 Arnold Road, West Pelham, Mass. 01002-9757. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Material on reel 1211 was lent for microfilming 1974 by Gyorgy Kepes. He donated material on reels 5303-5321 1974-1993. Location of Original: Reel 1211: Originals returned to Gyorgy Kepes after microfilming. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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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 | Interviews 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 source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| 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 | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Perry Townsend Rathbone papers, 1936-1985. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, correspondence, subject files, writings, lectures, photographs and printed material. Included in the biographical material are vitae, biographical and autobiographical sketches, passport, citations for honorary degrees and for his appointment as Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, and a memo to WBOS about his achievements as Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1972. Letters are from colleagues, artists, dealers, friends and the general public, including: Max and Mathilde Beckmann, Hanns Swarzenski, Curt Valentin, Jane Sabersky, Marian Willard, Xavier Gonzalez, Marino Marini, and a Christmas card from Oskar Kokoschka; and condolence letters about Curt Valentin's death from George Rickey, Louis Stern, William R. Valentiner, Ulfert Wilke, and others. Subject file titles include: George Caleb Bingham drawings dispute; Brooks Memorial Gallery; Cambridge Arts Council; Chase Manhattan Bank Art Program; City Art Museum of St. Louis; Ford Foundation; Mass. Art Commission; Masterpieces of Art exhibition -NY World's Fair (containing photos of Katharine Cornell, Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Eleanor Roosevelt); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Rhode Island School of Design; Horatio Shaw; Gilbert Stuart portraits dispute; and Hanns Swarzenski "Festschrift." The files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, photographs and printed material. Writings consist of student papers for a Harvard fine arts course, drafts and typescripts for exhibition catalogs, museum publications, magazines and articles on art and artists, museums and various exhibitions, and notes and notebooks from European trips, 1966-1969. Also included is a draft by S. Lane Faison, "The Rathbone Years"; lectures on Max Beckmann and a translation of a lecture by him; and a transcript of an interview of Rathbone, 1967. Photographs are of Rathbone, 1936-1971, of a drawing by Alexander Calder, "Just 2 Girls from Philly," and miscellaneous photographs of exhibitions at the Curt Valentin Gallery, the Buchholz Gallery and the Willard Gallery, 1950-1953, including a Beckmann exhibition. Printed material includes clippings, press releases and invitations. Bio / His Notes: Museum director, New York, N.Y. Director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1940-1955, and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1954-1972. He was director of the auction house, Christie's USA, between 1973-1977, senior vice-president from 1977-1987, and a consultant beginning in 1987. He died Jan. 22, 2000 at age 88. |
| extent | 3.8 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Subject Files Writings Photographs Printed Materials |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/perry-townsend-rathbone-papers-8353/more |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1977 and 1988 by Perry Townsend Rathbone. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | John L. Pappas papers, 1929-1977. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical sketch; 6 photographs of Pappas; a scrapbook of clippings; exhibition catalogs and announcements; a magazine article; and "Art Week: A National Spotlighting of American Art and Artists for the Sale of Their Work"; and correspondence, including letters from Clyde Burroughs, Michael Lekakis, Roland J. McKinney, E.P. Richardson, George Rickey, and Jean Paul Slusser. REEL 440 AND SCANNED One photograph of Pappas and a student in his painting class; this photograph was microfilmed under Photo of Artists I, and has subsequently been scanned and returned to the Pappas papers. Bio / His Notes: Painter, educator; Detroit, Michigan. Born in Florina, Greece. Came to the U.S. in 1914. Best known for his landscapes done in oils or watercolors, often depicting small Greek villages or ancient ruins. Died in 1976. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel) reel 1891 |
| formats | Photographs Scrapbooks Clippings Exhibition Catalogs Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1980 by Penelope Cooper. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | David Smith papers, 1926-1965. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence; sketchbooks; sketches; scrapbooks; exhibition catalogs; photographs; business records; and printed material. Correspondence, mostly routine business dealing with exhibitions, sales, purchases of equipment, and other business matters, and from family and friends in the art world, including Alexander Calder, Herman Cherry, Robert M. Coates, Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, George Rickey, Marian Willard and others; sketchbooks, sketches, and notebook, annotated and relating to his sculptural work, 1930s-1940s; lectures, speeches, and writings; an 18 p. transcript of an interview of Smith conducted by Thomas Hess, June 1964; photographs, mostly small snapshots of Smith's work, often annotated with descriptive information; scrapbook materials; articles; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and publications. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor; Bolton Landing, N.Y. Began his career as a painter. Studied at Art Students League. Married artist Dorothy Dehner. Was one of the first sculptors to develop a uniquely American abstract style. Worked in monumental style, incorporating painted metal and welding techniques into his work. Smith died in an automobile accident in May 1965. |
| extent | reels NDSmith 1-NDSmith 6 |
| formats | Correspondence Sketchbooks Scrapbooks Exhibition Catalogs Photographs |
| access | ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Finding aid available at Archives of American Art offices. |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming by Rebecca and Candida Smith. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Saul Z. Cohen correspondence with George Rickey, 1977. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence relating to the repair and preservation Cohen's sculpture by George Rickey, including a photocopy of a letter, Feb. 2, 1977, from Cohen to Rickey concerning Rickey's repair on the damaged sculpture, which Cohen feels "caused it to lose some of its grace. The arts no longer taper to as delicate a point..."; a 2 p. reply from Rickey, Apr. 7, justifying his method of repair, telling Cohen "you should give the piece as a whole a chance to re-assert its qualities of choreography and performance, which are still exactly what they were, but now far more secure"; and a memo from the George Rickey Workshop on "Surface Discoloration of Stainless Steel Sculptures in Maritime Climates." Bio / His Notes: Art collector; New York, N.Y. Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel 4909 (fr. 964-969) available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 3 items. (on partial microfilm reel) reel 4909 (fr. 964-969) |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated by Saul Cohen, 1988. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Makler Gallery records, 1957-1989. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Files on artists and galleries; sales book; price lists; photographs; printed material; and scrapbooks. Artist and gallery files, containing correspondence, price lists, receipts and printed material; a sale book, containing sale prices and paintings lists; 3 scrapbooks, 1959-1973, containing printed material, correspondence, photographs, and a brief history; a complete run of PROMETHEUS, the newsletter published by the gallery, containing articles on the gallery's exhibits, trends in collecting, the art market, and reviews of Philadelphia and New York city exhibitions; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and photographs of installations and artworks. Among the artists represented are Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Mary Frank, Hans Hofmann, George Rickey, and Jyoti Swaroop. Included in the photographs are artists Harry Bertoia, Jacques Lipchitz, Louise Nevelson, and Jules Pascin. |
| extent | 2.3 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel). reels 4362-4364 |
| formats | Financial Records Photographs Scrapbooks Correspondence Clippings |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1990 by Paul and Hope Mackler. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers, circa 1926-1982 and undated. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | These papers document Joseph Hirshhorn's relationships with artists and dealers, 1946-1981. Of particular interest is correspondence with artists Willem de Kooning, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, George Rickey, Man Ray, David Hayes, and Henry Moore. There are smaller amounts of correspondence with other well-known artists including Robert Motherwell, Marcel Duchamp, Milton Avery, Josef Albers, Marino Marini, Louise Nevelson, Larry Rivers, and Niki de Saint-Phalle. Many of these files contain clippings, an occasional photograph, and greeting cards. Also included is Hirshhorn's general and social correspondence; Hirshhorn's speeches; awards, plaques and diplomas; personal newspaper clippings, 1955-1981; fan letters; some biographical material; a large number of photographs; and material regarding the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. These papers contain no material relating to Hirshhorn's business interests. |
| extent | 12.76 cu. ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Greeting Cards Photographs |
| access | Use of this record unit requires prior arrangement with the Archives staff. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | (1) Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers, circa 1926-1982, accession number 91-104; (2) Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers, circa 1969, 1973-1977, 1982 and undated, accession number 94-008. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Lester Burbank Bridaham papers, 1912-1986. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, writings, art works, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and files on Julio De Diego and Kimon Nicolaides and other topics, related to Bridaham's career as an artist and writer. REEL 8: Printed material, including articles written by Bridaham for periodicals (1950-1957), 15 exhibition catalogs (1928-1968), clippings by and about Bridaham (1930-1959), 6 press releases (1956-1957), a transcript of a radio discussion which included Bridaham (1951), 2 advertisements, a lecture announcement (1957), instructions on using egg tempera for Bridaham's students, a guide book to the Louisiana State Museum (1956), brochures about Strathmont Museum (1958), and resumes. REEL 3: Material related to Kimon Nicolaides, including a radio address given by him, 1933; publicity for his book THE NATURAL WAY TO DRAW; exhibition catalogs; clippings; press releases; and a photograph of one of his sculptures. [Microfilm title: Kimon Nicolaides papers] UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with Kimon Nicolaides and Henry Schnackenberg (1921-1923), Julio De Diego (1941-1952), Ethel Spears (1961), Isabel Bishop (1975), and George and Edith Rickey. Letters to Mamie Harmon concern a Nicolaides exhibition and book (1938-1941). Writings include nine v. of diaries (1946-1954) kept during his tenure at the Art Institute of Chicago, and notes and drafts for an unpublished book (1938-1982). Subject files concerning Ivan Albright's poetry, the Colonial Craft Survey for Massachusetts (1935), Olof Krans (1939), the reorganization of the Metropolitan Museum's photographic department (1949), Romanesque and Gothic sculpture and the Society for Contemporary American Art. A file (1921-1983) on Julio De Diego contains Bridaham's research materials, sketches and drawings by the artist, a journal kept by De Diego in New York (1932) and photographs of De Diego, his family including third wife Gypsy Rose Lee, friends and art works. Kimon Nicolaides' file (1921-1986) contains his writings and drawings (1928), drawings by Vivian Gordon and Howard Ahrens (1923-1986), photographs and other research materials. Printed materials consists of clippings (1930-1972), "The Chicago Artist" newsletter (1938), press releases, a book cover, Artists Equity publications (1952-1953), posters, exhibition catalogs and anouncements and membership cards. Photographs show Bridaham, friends, National Art Week activities with Macena Barton, Charles Biesel, Jules Eboli and Richard Florsheim, his studio and drawings (1928-1949). Other materials include over 150 prints and drawings (1927-1977) of Moroccan scenes, Colorado wildflowers and other subjects, resumes, an illustrated notebook of Bridaham's plans for art works (1931-1932) and a list of his works (1974). ADDITION: Material concerning the latter part of Bridaham's life, including original works of art, photographs, a dream sketchbook (1945), a notebook devoted to Julio de Diego; Bridaham's letters to Jeanette Fowler, 1989-1990 and other correspondence, 1940s-1950s; and printed material. Bio / His Notes: Museum director, art historian, painter, and printmaker; d. 1992. Bridaham received a degree in chemical engineering from M.I.T. and studied art history at Harvard's Fogg Museum from 1936-1937. He received a 1931 American Field Service fellowship for study in France and Morocco, and studied studio art at the Art Students League under Kimon Nicolaides and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Between 1938 and 1954, Bridaham was a staff officer at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also the director of the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, and of the Strathmont Museum, Elmira, N.Y. He is the author of Gargoyles, Chimeras and the Grotesque in French Gothic Sculpture. Language Note: Some material in Julio De Diego files are in Spanish. |
| extent | 7.5 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) reels 3 and 8 |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment . |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1974-1987 by Lester Burbank and Dorothy Bridaham. In 1996, an additional 0.8 ft. was donated from the Jeanette Fowler estate. Reproduction: Writings by Kimon Nicolaides are photocopies. Location of Original: Writings by Kimon Nicolaides: Location of originals unknown. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Sue M. Thurman, 1993 Apr. 23 - 1998 Mar. 11. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Sue M. Thurman conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art over 7 sessions, Apr. 23, 1993-Mar. 11, 1998, in Thurman's home, Brookline, Mass. APRIL 23, 1993 session: Thurman discusses her childhood in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, a major tobacco center; her father's work in retail sales; her early schooling; and the impact on her of the Methodist church, attending Bethel Women's College, and World War II. SEPT. 30, 1997 SESSION: Study of studio art and art history at the University of Kentucky; the influence of teachers Ray Barnhart, Cliff Amix and Ted Rannells; founding an art dept. at Wilmington College (a small Quaker college near Cinncinatti, Ohio); marriage to artist Harold Thurman; moving to NYC in 1951 to study art history at Columbia on an American Council of Learned Societies' scholarship; study of communal tribal arts, in particular the transfer of motifs from one medium to another in the Congo, under Paul Wingert, with consultation from Meyer Schapiro, and research in several anthropological collections in NYC; teaching of design at the Barnard School for Boys in the Bronx; returning to Ky. to direct the Junior Art Gallery at the Louisville Free Public Library and developing it into a program which stressed display of original art and borrowing items from New York dealers; going to New Orleans in 1957 to direct the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art (now the New Orleans Museum of Art) at the urging of sculptor and museum trustee George Rickey, whom Thurman had met when he installed a sculpture in the Louisville library. DEC. 3, 1997 SESSION: The near chaotic situation she faced at the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art due to its understaffing and the involvement of various factions - politicians, socialites and artists; help from George Rickey; enhancing the museum's local presence and stature through an exhibition, "Early Masters of Modern Art" (1959); getting the building renovated and obtaining a professional curator to assist her. JAN. 6, 1998 SESSION: Leaving New Orleans in 1961 after sucessfully competing for the directorship of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (at the urging of former director Thomas Messer); finding the ICA to be in serious financial trouble; holding a Potlatch event, in which artists contributed work for purchase, which put ICA on stable financial footing and enabled it to move into new quarters in the shopping district; Thurman's cyclical exhibition program from 1963-1967 which featured contemporary artists, regional work, topical issues relating to design, and international shows. She recalls the response to the Edward Kienholz installations in 1966, and an Andy Warhol exhibition which was marred by vandalism by his entourage and led to ICA's eviction from its leased quarters. FEB. 3, 1998 SESSION: Thurman continues her discussion of her tenure at ICA, including exhibitions focusing on themes and various media; its no-collecting policy; display of art from New England museums and from art collected by the federal government for embassies; her belief that art should be allowed to speak for itself through careful installations and absence of intrusive labels; and exhibitions of unconventional media and of contemporary design. She describes her work undertaken for the Ford Foundation in 1969 to study the effectiveness of its financial support of art schools. FEB. 11, 1998: Thurman discusses the ICA's board of trustees, mentioning Charles Withers as someone she felt was an exemplary trustee and her views to exclude art collectors as trustees. She discusses her membership on MIT's Committee for the Arts; her appointment, as a result of her Ford Foundation work, as vice-president for development at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, for a 3-year term (1970-1973), and the difficulties there of imposing changes and raising funds. MAR. 11, 1998 SESSION: Caring for her terminally-ill mother, 1973-1975; returning to Boston and beginning a new career as a general fund raiser; directing a quilt museum in Lowell, Mass.; and her beliefs that what sustained her through the years was altruism, acute powers of observation, and determination. Bio / His Notes: Art administrator; Louisville, Ky., New Orleans, La., Boston, Mass. Thurman received a M.A. at Bethel Women's College, University of Ky., 1950 and in art and archeology from Columbia University in 1953. She taught at Wilmington College, Ohio, 1950-1951, and held directorships at the Junior Art Gallery, Louisville Free Public Library, Ky. (1954-1957), the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, La. (1957-1961), the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (1961-1968) and the New England Quilt Museum (1991-1992). She was Vice-President for Development at Cranbrook Academy of Art (1970-1973) and has served as consultant and director to various development and fundraising initiatives. |
| extent | 5 sound cassettes (7 1/2 hrs.) : analog. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Untranscribed; 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 administrators. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Jeanne L. Wasserman, 1993-1994. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Jeanne L. Wasserman conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art. Wasserman recalls her childhood in New York City and New Rochelle, N.Y., and the progressive education she received at the Feldston School, especially art instruction by Peppino Mangravite, and later at Radcliffe College. She remembers visiting New York City art galleries and conversations with Alfred Stieglitz. In 1938 she eloped with Max Wasserman, and she comments on their early art collecting activities together in the 1950s, particularly as it contrasted with the avant-garde collection they assembled in later years. Wasserman speaks about artists she became acquainted with through her collecting activities, including Niki De Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Robert Indiana, Claes Oldenburg, Yaacov Agam, and George Rickey; her involvement with the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston from the late 1950s onward as a trustee and member of the exhibitions committee; ICA directors James Plaut, Thomas Messer, Sue Thurman, Andrew Hyde, Christopher Cook, Stephen Prokopoff, and David Ross; the evolution of her participation at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge from volunteer to curator; shows that she organized, the controversy that some of them aroused; working with conservator Arthur Beale and director John Coolidge; and of her and her husband's involvement with the art collection at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including her husband's bequest to the collection. Bio / His Notes: Museum curator, art collector; Boston, Mass. Born 1915. |
| extent | 5 sound cassettes (7 hrs., 30 min.) : analog. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording |
| access | Untranscribed; 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 administrators. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Charles Rand Penney papers, ca. 1955-1994. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Art collection files arranged alphabetically by name of artist, consisting of correspondence, financial records, clippings, printed material, and photographs pertaining to modern and contemporary paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs (European and American) represented or formerly represented in the Charles Rand Penney Collection; and 20 exhibition catalogs, 1966-1991, relating to the Collection. The records do not include Penney's files relating to Charles Burchfield, Western New York state artists, or objects from the Arts and Crafts movement. Artists include: Robert Adams, Roy Ahlgren, Harold Altman, Horst Antes, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Karel Appel, Kenneth Armitage, John Taylor Arms, Jean Arp, John James Audubon, George C. Ault, Wilton Avery, Michael Ayrton, Peggy Bacon, Enrico Baj, Will Barnet, Lionel Barrymore, Bartlett Prints, Leonard Baskin, George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Harry Bertoia, George Biddle, Max Bill, Isabel Bishop, Oscar Bluemner, Paolo Boni, Martyn T. Boon, Bernard Brussel-Smith, Pol Bury, Reginald Butler, Paul Cadmus, Alexander Calder,Vincent Canade, Anthony Caro, Federico Castellon, George Catlin, Lynn Chadwick, Asa Cheffetz, Jean Cocteau, Timothy Cole, Steve Conley, Clyde Connell, Pietro Consagra, Howard Norton Cook, Guillaume B. Corneille, Currier and Ives Prints. Also, Salvador Dali, Hubert Dalwood, Arthur B. Davies, Lee B. Davis, Stuart Davis, Jose de Creeft, Adolf Dehn, Sonia Delauney, David Diao, Alexander Dobkin, Stevan Dohanes, Piero Dorazio, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Mabel Dwight, Fritz Eichenberg, Louis M. Elshemius, Jimmy Ernst, Sorel Etrog, Philip Evergood,Helen Farr, Lyonel Feininger, Herbert Ferber, Ernest Fiene, Augustin Filipovic, Bruce Fink, David Finn, James M. Flagg, John B. Flannagan, Marian Ford, Sam Francis, Antonio Frasconi, Daniel C. French, R. Buckminster Fuller,Donald Furst, Wanda Gag, Emil Ganso, Paul Gedeohn, Alberto Giacometti, Diego Giacometti, David Gilhooly, Dorothy Gillespie, Gerald Gladstone, Robert Goodnough, Arshile Gorky, David Gottshall, Marie Gottshall, Morris Graves, Nancy S. Graves, Emilio Greco, Marion Greenwood, Red Grooms, George Grosz. Also, Dimitri Hadzi, Samia A. Halaby, Henri J. Harpignies, Dieter Hastenfenfel, Stanley W. Hayter, Al Herbert, Robert Henri, Barbara Hepworth, Gottfried Honegger, Edward Hopper, Richard Hornaday, Peter Hurd, Jacques Hurtubise, Paul Jenkins, Jasper Johns, Wolf Kahn, Alex Katz, Henry Keller, Rockwell Kent, William King, Jonah Kinigstein, Lyman Kipp, Ronald B. Kitaj, Richard Klein, Franz Kline, Gabriel Kohn, Leon Kroll, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jean-Emile Laboureur, Gaston Lachaise, Leroy Lamus, Armin Landeck, Mauricio Lasansky, Fernand Leger, Jack Levine, Alexander Lieberman, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, Seymour Lipton, Vincent Longo, Louis Lozowick,Adrian Lubbers, Luigi Lucioni, George B. Luks. Also, Giuseppe Macri, Rene Magritte, Aristede Maillol, Manuel M. H. Manola, Paul Manship, Conrad Marca-Relli, Gerhard Marcks, John Marin, Marino Marini,Reginald Marsh, Ralph A. Massey, Roberto Matta, Jan Matulka, Bernard Meadows, Torino Miki, Kenneth Hays Miller, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Robert Morris,Robert Motherwell, Shiko Munakata, Jerome Myers, Elie Nadelman, George Nakashima, Reuben Nakian, Nathaniel Neujean, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Sam Ogden, Kazuo Okazahi, Claes Oldenburg, George Ortman, Alfonso Ossorio, Jim Pallas, Robert A. Parker, Philip Pearstein, Beverly Pepper, Irene Rice Pereira, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Jackson Pollock, Michael Ponce de Leon, Richard Pousette-Dart, Rudy O. Pozzatti. Also, Man Ray, Frank K. M. Rehn, Philip Renteria, Germaine Richier, George Rickey, Larry Rivers, Boardman Robinson, Walter Rogalski, John Rogers, Arnold Ronnebeck, James Rosati, Niki Saint Phalle, Lucas Samaras, Juvenal Sanso, Louis Schanker, Oskar Schlemmer, Harry Seager, George Segal, Everett Shinn, Lewis C. Simpson, John Sloan, David Smith, Tony Smith, Sasson Soffer, Harumi Sonoyama, Pierre Soulages, Raphael Soyer, George Spaventa, Theodoros Stamos, Saul Steinberg, Frank Stella, Joseph Stella, John B. Storrs, Milkos Suba, Carol Summers, Don Swann, Peter Takal, James E. Taylor, Joe Tilson, Mark Tobey, Ernest Trova, Victor Vasarley, Charmion Von Wiegand, Abraham Walkowitz, Max Weber, David Weinrib, Stow Wengenroth, Frank N. Wilcox, Ulfert Wilke, James Wines, Nina Winkel, Isaac Witkins, N. C. Wyeth, Walter Yarwood, Marjorie S. Yoder, Mahonri M. Young, Jack Youngerman, Adja Yunkers, William Zorach, and Toronto 20 exhibition. |
| extent | 22.6 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Clippings Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1993-1994 by Charles Rand Penney. Files relating to Western New York artists, Charles Burchfield, and American Arts and Crafts objects located at: Burchfield-Penney Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N.Y. Additional files relating to the Charles Rand Penney Foundation (1963-1976) located at: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Esther Bear Gallery records, 1954-1977. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Files on artists, exhibitions, events, associates, other galleries, and other subjects pertaining to the activities of the gallery. The bulk of the records (4 ft. out of 5.4) are not microfilmed; records on reels 3986-3987 consist of fifty-five artists' files containing exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings, photographs and slides of the artist and their works of art, and some correspondence. The Thomas Cornell file contains a sketch. Of the 55 files, all but 14 are also represented with additional material in the unmicrofilmed section. The 14 files only on microfilm are: Robin Bagler, Thomas Bang, Morris Broderson, Theo William Brown, Thomas George, John Hultberg, Shiro Ikegawa, Thomas Johnson, Knox Martin, Alfred Martinez, Miles Varner, Shane Weale, Cady Wells, and William Williamson. The following files are unmicrofilmed, or are represented in both microfilmed and unmicrofilmed portions: Academy of Arts and Letters, Advertising and Rate Sheets, Affiliates, African Art, African Art/ correspondence, Oliver Andrews, Archives of American Art, Michael Arntz, Art Dealers, Art Magazines, Art week, Ruth Asawa, Margaret Ash, Atlantic-Richfield Co., Michael Ayrton, Robin Bagler, Jack Baker, George Ball, Thomas Bang, Mat Baranoff, Kate Barnard, Leonard Baskin, Robert and Lynn Bassler, John Baxter, Herbert Bayer, Donald Bear Collection, Mona Beaumont, Adele Bednarz, Bekins, Karl Benjamin, Berlin Artists, John Bernhardt, Glenn Berry, Frank G. Bettencourt, Biographies of Artists, Robert Birmelin, William Brackney, William Brice, Donald Brewer, Morris Broderson, Theo William Brown, Lawrence Calcagno, Elena Karina Canavier, Cart & Crate, Ann Caudle, Hugh Chisholm, Christmas Show, Consignments to Bear Gallery, Consignments Out, Corda (See Zajac), Chris Cordes, Thomas Cornell, Christopher Cornell, Cottage Hospital, Russell Cowles, Michael Cunningham, Stephen Cortright, Florence Dauber, Kip Decker, Delinquent Accounts, Terry Dintefass, Dole-photos, William Dole, Arthur Dove, Margaret Dunlap, Michael Dvortcsak, Don Eddy, Christopher Edwards, Melvin Edwards, M. H. Eejima, Rex Evans Gallery, Bruce Everett, Edgar Ewing, Exhibitions-Prospective, Export Declaration Forms, Kelly Fearing, Howard Fenton, Sam Francis, Antonio Frasconi,Esther Bear Gallery, Gehenna Press, Thomas George, Graphic Price Lists, Henry Guerriero, Edith Halpert (Downtown Gallery), Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Clarence Hinkle, Joseph Hirshhorn, Elwood Hitchcock, Thomas Howe, John Hultberg, Martha Hultberg (Martha Jackson Gallery), Shiro Ikegawa, Martha Jackson Gallery, Thomas Johnson, Ynez Johnston, Lila Katzen, Masatoyo Kishi, Martin Knox, Gabriel Kohn, Eloul Kosso/Rita Letendre, Patsy Krebs, Kiyoki Kusada, Felix Landau, Margo Leavin Gallery, Richard Lee, Lefal Reference-James Wood, David Ligave, Long Beach Museum, Dan Lutz, Susan Manchester, Leo Manso, Miguel Marina, Knox Martin, Alfred Martinez, Michael Mazur, Michael McCormick, Michael Michalczyk, Joan Mitchell, Mike Mullen, Lee Mullican, Newport Harbor-Fine Arts Patrons, New Room, O'Hanlon, Mabel Packenham-Walsh, Betty Parsons Gallery, Channing Peake, Franklin Phillips, Photos-Time Magazine, Leona Pierce, Hank Pitcher, Reginald Pollack, Aline Porter, Ernest Posey, Print Show-1964, Prints, William Ptaszynski, Rea Express, Fred Reichman, Rental Gallery-LAC MA, Rental Gallery-Santa Barbara Museum, Daniel Rich, George Rickey, Esther Robles, William Rohrbach, Ben Sakogochi, Stephen Samerjan, Ruth Saturensky, Ruth Schaffner, Julius Schmidt, Fritz Scholder, Marc Schreibman, Amalia Schulthess, Sculpture Show 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, Denry Seldis, Sept. 14 Show, Stanley Sheinbaum, Mario Shinoda, Eloise Smith, Seldon Spaulding, Rudolf Springer, Jack Stark, James Strobotne, Joan Tanner, Bob Thomas, Richard Thompson, Time Reproductions, Paul Tuttle, UCLA Graduates, Miles Varner, Theodore Villa,Judith Von Ever, Vonerberg & Wesslehoeft, Peter Vought, John Waggamann, Mrs. Corydon Wagner, Nina de Creeft Ward, Howard Warshaw, Watergate Book-Warshow, Anna Wu Weakland, Shane Weale, Cady Wells, William Williamson, Jane Wilson, Wonner-Brown, Paul Wonner, Jules S. Worthington, Jack Zajac, and Jacob Zeitlen. |
| extent | 5.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) reels 3986-3987 |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Clippings Photographs Slides Correspondence |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated by Esther Bear, 1978-1987. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Cleve Gray papers, 1942-2004. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical information, correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, photographs, works of art, sound recordings, printed material, artifacts and miscellaneous documenting Gray'scareer as a painter, sculptor and art historian. REELS D314 & D315: Correspondence; exhibition catalogs and notices; documentation for and drafts of Gray's articles on James Edward Davis, the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of History and Art, John Marin, Robert C. Osborn, Michael Ponce de Leon, David Smith, and Jacques Villon; photographs of works of art by Gray; 29 photographs of works of art and women artists used in an article "Women Artists" for Cosmopolitian Magazine, 1961; and two scrapbooks of clippings. Among the correspondents are Jacques Barzun, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, Grace Hartigan, George L.K. Morris, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, and Jacques Villon. UNMICROFILMED: Resumes; correspondence with museums, galleries, and artists including the Betty Parsons Gallery, Hans Richter, Bridget Riley, Dorothy Dehner, Robert Motherwell, William Stryon, and Mercedes Matter. Also included are letters from Marcel Duchamp, Richard Hamilton, Merce Cunningham, Peppino Mangravite, Barnett Newman, Ralston Crawford, Alexander Calder, Phillip Guston, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, John Cage, George Rickey, Richard Avedon, and Richard Chamberlain as well as 35 letters from Gray to a family friend Louise Grace describing Gray's experiences in the military and travels within Europe during WWII with transcriptions prepared by the donor. Writings by Gray concern his political activities as well as research material regarding John Marin and Hans Richter and David Smith. Photographs are of Gray, his artwork, including his mural series Threnody, exhibitions, ceremonies, and Gray's family, including photographs by Irving Penn, Ugo Mulas, Alexander Liberman, and Renate Ponsold (Motherwell). Art work includes loose sketches, drawings, and prints as well as designs for Gray's mural "Movement in Space" at the Hartford Union Station, Connecticut. Sound recordings include a 7" tape and a 59 p. transcript of an interview of Jimmy Ernst conducted by Francine Gray, and four reel-to-reel and cassette audio recordings of programs and interviews with Gray. Printed material consists of price lists, exhibition catalogs, and announcements. Also included are various awards, a Chinese scroll, and Gray's paint brushes. Bio / His Notes: Painter, sculptor, art historian; Cornwall Bridge, Conn.; b. 1918; d. 2004 Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reels D314-D315 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 11.7 linear feet (partially microfilmed on 2 microfilm reels) reels D314-D315 |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Writings Scrapbooks Photographs |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1967-1968 by Cleve Gray, and in 2007 and 2008 by Francine du Plessix Gray, Gray's widow. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Peter Howard Selz papers, 1954-2003 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence; subject files containing letters, notes, writings, business recods, printed material and sound recordings; and photographs pertaining to Selz's various exhibition and publication projects. REELS 2343-2345: Exhibition and artist files containing correspondence, writings, printed material and some photographs. Exhibitions include "American Modern Art Between the Two World Wars," "The American Presidency in Political Cartoons," "Bay Area Rapid Transit Art Council," "Funk," and "Seven Decades of Modern Art." Artists' files include Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Fletcher Benton, Christo, Bruce Conner, Sam Francis, mostly regarding Selz's book on Francis, and Rico Lebrun. REELS 4383-4385: Correspondence with dealers and museum professionals concerning articles and exhibition projects; 24 subject files, containing correspondence, notes, printed material, and photographs; project files relating to curatorial activities at the Museum of Modern Art, articles on artists, fabric art, consultation for Disney World, a testimony, "Recent Trends in the Arts behind the Iron Curtain" before the House Subcommittee on Europe, grant applications, an art nouveau book, and art organizations; and files on artists Rupert Garcia, Michael Dvortsak, Alain Gerbault, Christopher Lane, Richard Lindner, Hans Namuth, and Edward Steichen. Also included is a file "Matter of Mark Rothko," relating to Kate Rothko's case against Marlborough Gallery, Inc. UNMICROFILMED: Two (7") tapes on a panel discussion moderated by Peter Selz. Participants are Mowry Baden, Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Manuel Neri, James Frederick Melchert, and Peter Voulkos. The panel discussion was presented in conjunction with "Funk," an exhibition at U.C. Berkeley, University Art Museum. ADDITION: Research, project, and correspondence files, 1959-2003. Among the subjects and/or correspondents are John Altoon, Jean Arp, Francis Bacon, Andre Breton, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Richard Diebenkorn, Jean Dubuffet, Lyonel Feininger, Alberto Giacometti, Herbert Gentry, Leon Golub, Morris Graves, Philip Guston, Dmitri Hadzi, Ferdinand Hodler, Allan Kaprow, Richard Lindner, Jacques Lipschitz, Len Lye, Reginald Marsh, Isamu Noguchi, Georgia O'Keeffe, Claes Oldenberg, Nathan Oliveira, Harold Paris, Ad Reinhardt, George Rickey, James Rosen, Mark Rothko, and Varlin and other artists, publishers, galleries and museums. Among the files are those compiled for Selz's books Beyond the Mainstream and Theories of Modern Art. Bio / His Notes: Art historian and writer; Germany and Berkeley, Calif. Born in Munich, Germany, Selz studied at the University of Chicago. He was curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1958-1965, and founding director of University Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley, 1965-1973. He taught at the Chicago Institute of Design, 1953-1954, Pomona College, 1955-1958, and at Berkeley. Author of German Expressionist Painting (1957), Art in a Turbulent Era (1965), Art in Our Times (1981), Harold Paris (1972), Ferdinand Hodler (1972), Sam Francis (1975), and numerous exhibition catalogs, including Funk (1967), German and Austrian Expressionism (1978), and Two Decades of American Painting, 1920-1940 (1979). Additional forms: 35mm microfilm reel 2343-2345 and 4383-4385 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 3.4 linear ft. (microfilmed on 6 reels) |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Microfilmed material must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed requires an appointment and is limited to the Washigton, DC office |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1976-2004 by Peter Selz. Additions are expected. Reproduction: Portions are photocopies |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | George Rickey Archive, [ca. 1960]-1967. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The collection consists of 27 albums of material collected by Rickey in preparation for his 1967 book Constructivism: Origins and Evolution (NY: Braziller). The albums contain correspondence, clippings, photographs and exhibition catalogues for artists, most of whom are discussed in Rickey's book. Rickey's interest in contemporary kinetic and optical art is reflected in his book and in the Archive. The contents of Volume XXVII consist only of slides and/or negatives, including works by artists not represented elsewhere in the collection. Bio/History: George Rickey (1907-2002), a prominent sculptor, teacher, lecturer, and author has been well-known since the 1950s for his kinetic sculptures which explore the effects of light and movement. Location MoMA Archives |
| extent | 7.7 linear ft. (27 albums) |
| formats | Clippings Correspondence Photographs Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. |
| record source | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/GeorgeRickeyf.html |
| finding aid | Alphabetical Correspondents list |
| acquisition information | The George Rickey Archive was given to The Museum of Modern Art Library in 1968 and transferred to the Museum Archives in XXX. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:01 |
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| title | Artist file. Rickey, George. | 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 R |
| extent | 1 folders |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013242919707141 |
| acquisition information | Found in: BMA artist files Files compiled by BMA library staff from 1917 to the present. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Edward Millman Papers, 1921-1969. | repository | Syracuse University Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, family, personal, and business (1921-1969); original artwork and reproductions, including photographs of the Federal Art Project murals in Illinois and St. Louis; research material, sketches, photographs of paintings of steel-works which Millman executed for the Gimbel Pennsylvania Art Collection; as well as sketchbooks, sketches, and photographs relating to Millman's combat paintings for the U.S. Navy; writings, which encompass essays and notes on art as well as combat journal entries; and memorabilia, including financial material, photographs of Millman, clippings (1933-1964), and exhibition catalogs and announcements (1936-1953). Correspondents include Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky, Ralston Crawford, Richard A. Florsheim, Norbert Heermann, Kenneth Hudson, Amy Freeman Lee, Edmund Lewandowski, Fletcher Martin, Reginald Neal, William C. Palmer, Stuart R. Purser, George Rickey, Mitchell Siporin, David Smith, Prentiss Taylor, and Ralph L. Wickiser. Bio/History: American Jewish muralist, painter, and educator. |
| extent | 3.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Artwork Photographs |
| access | There are no access restrictions on this material |
| record link | http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/m/millman_e.htm |
| record source | http://library.syr.edu/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished guide. |
| acquisition information | Gift of Mrs. Edward Millman, 1977. |
| updated | 11/01/2017 15:42:07 |
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| title | Artist file. Rickey, George. | 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. Schweitzer Gallery files. Location: Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number: AF Schweitzer R |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013287579707141 |
| acquisition information | Gift; M.R. Schweitzer; 1990. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Artist file: Rickey, George; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Biographical/historical note b. 1907; d. 2002. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Rickey, George. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011184889707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Artist file: Rickey, George | 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: Rickey, George | 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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