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titleCorrespondence with miscellaneous artists (Rewald) MA 4360
repositoryPierpont Morgan Library Archives
descriptionCorrespondence with miscellaneous artists.

There are apprx. 86 entries in Corsairs under the call number: Misc Artists (Rewald).

Dept./Collection: Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Location: Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS)

Call Number: Misc Artists (Rewald)

Accession Number: MA 4360

extentSee repository
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://corsair.morganlibrary.org
acquisition informationGift; Mr. John Rewald; 1986. Accession #MA 4360.
updated03/16/2023 10:29:48
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titleJohn Rewald Papers, ca. 1922-1998
repositoryNational Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives
descriptionThe John Rewald Papers consist of files accumulated by the art historian during his lifetime of research on Cézanne and other Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists.

Included are working files for his two major Cézanne publications: Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors (1983) and The Paintings of Paul Cézanne (1996). Files from the art historian’s pre-World War II research in Europe and writings on other artists as well as some personal materials also are included.


Preferred Citation
John Rewald Papers, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gallery Archives

Related Materials
Plates of Cézanne works from the catalogue raisonné of paintings, other photographs of works of art (except those associated with research materials), and Cézanne site photographs are in the holdings of National Gallery of Art Library Image Collections (formerly the Photo Archives).

John Rewald's library of monographs, periodicals, exhibition and sales catalogues numbering almost 15,000 volumes has been incorporated in the holdings of the National Gallery of Art Library. An annotated bibliography is available. Catalogue records include item specific information.

An illustrated database to historical photographs of people and places in the Rewald Papers in the Gallery Archives and to the Cézanne site photographs in the Library Image Collections is available in the Gallery Archives.
John Rewald donated approximately 50 cubic feet of papers to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. These are closed until 2044. Contact the Archives of American Art for further information.
extent48 cubic feet (123 boxes)
formatsCorrespondence Photographs Notes
accessThe John Rewald Papers are not governed by specific restrictions; however, general guidelines for access to records in the Gallery Archives apply.
record linkhttp://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/gallery-archives/pdf/nga-ga-rg43-johnrewaldpapers.pdf
record sourcehttp://www.nga.gov/
finding aidAvailable on th national Gallery of Art's website
acquisition informationJohn Rewald sold these materials to the National Gallery of Art together with his library in 1986. By agreement, Rewald was permitted to keep the materials in his possession during his lifetime. Following his death in 1994, approximately 18 oversize boxes containing Rewald papers were transferred to the National Gallery of Art. These files were transferred to the Gallery Archives in 2000. Jayne Warman transferred approximately 20 cubic feet of research and publication files for The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné to the Gallery Archives in 1998 following completion of the publication project.
updated04/23/2015 14:08:41
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titleJohn Rewald Oral history, 1991.
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionRewald discusses his student days in Germany, his growing interest in art, and his first meeting with Alfred H. Barr, Jr. in Paris before World War II. He recounts his journey to the U.S. during the war, and his first employment at The Museum of Modern Art as a proofreader. He discusses subsequent work with Barr on the latter's seminal book, Matisse: His Art and His Public (c. 1951) as well as the publication of his own pioneering books The History of Impressionism (c. 1946) and Post-Impressionism from van

Gogh to Gauguin (1956) that he wrote for the Museum. Rewald remembers his 1948 Pierre Bonnard exhibition at the Museum [MoMA Exh. #376, 1948 May 10-September 6], and the 1952 Fauves show [Les Fauves, MoMA Exh. #521, 1952 October 7-1953 January 4]. He highlights his relationships with Barr and William Rubin, and his own part in the acquisition and disposition of the Gertrude Stein Collection. His role as art advisor to John Hay Whitney is also recalled.

Biographical/historical note
Honorary Trustee; art historian, guest curator/director of Museum exhibitions.

Location
MoMA Museum Archives

Call Number
mmym MA

Other locations
Original recordings stored at Rockefeller Archive Center.

Duplicate recordings stored at The Museum of Modern Art Archives.

Transcripts housed at Rockefeller Archive Center and The Museum of Modern Art Archives.

Transcripts with interviewee's notes housed at Rockefeller Archive Center; not available to researchers.
extent1 transcript (72 p.) 2 sound cassettes.
formatsSound Recording Transcript
accessTranscripts available to qualified users by appointment at The Museum of Modern Art Archives and Rockefeller Archive Center. Transcripts with interviewee’s notes are not available.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009763229707141
acquisition informationGift of John Rewald, 1992.
updated11/29/2022 15:49:50
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titleArthur Mones photographs of art critics and historians, 1981.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionFour portrait photographs of John Rewald, Meyer Schapiro, Robert Rosenblum and Clement Greenberg, signed on the verso by the photographer.

Biographical and Historical Notes
American photographer, author of "Artists in photographs" (N.Y., 1981).

extent4 items.
formatsPhotographs
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat104911
record sourcehttp://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
acquisition informationProvenance: gift of Arthur Mones.
updated11/12/2014 11:30:01
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titleStudies, 1946-19--
repositoryNational Gallery of Art, Library
descriptionTitle from spine.

Scrapbook of articles published from 1946-1954 by John Rewald with titles and dates of periodical articles in ms.
extent159, [3] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
formatsScrapbooks
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
updated11/12/2014 11:30:01
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titleArtist file: Rewald, John, 1912-1994; miscellaneous uncataloged material.
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionThe folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

Location
MoMA Queens Artist Files

Call Number
REWALD, JOHN
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011180349707141
updated11/29/2022 15:49:51
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