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| title | Oral history interview with Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson, 1984 Aug. 15 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson and Robert Wilson conducted by Sandra Curtis Levy for the Archives of American Art. Moldawer, Swenson and Wilson speak of the art scene in Houston in the 1950s and how each came to be involved in it; the development of the New Arts Gallery; artists whose work was shown in the early days of the gallery; problems in collecting; the closing of the New Arts Gallery; the relationship between art and architecture; Houston as an arts community; ethnic exhibits; definitions of art. They recall Jermayne MacAgy, Forrest Bess, and Dominique de Menil. |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 62 p. (on one microfilm reel) |
| formats | Sound Recording Microfilm Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-marc-moldawer-kathryn-swenson-and-robert-wilson-12680 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:28 |
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| title | Marc Moldawer papers, 1951-1973. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence; lists of paintings; printed material; photographs of works of art; and slides. REEL 3366: Correspondence, undated and 1951-1964; lists of paintings; printed material; and photographs of works of art, undated and 1953-1961. REEL 3458: Correspondence with Forrest Bess; and 51 slides of Moldawer's paintings. |
| formats | Correspondence Inventories Photographs Slides |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/marc-moldawer-papers-10088 |
| acquisition information | Material on reel 3366 lent for microfilming 1985 and material on reel 3458 donated 1984 by Marc Moldawer as part of AAA's Texas project. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:28 |
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| title | James Johnson Sweeney correspondence, 1961-1967 | repository | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| description | The correspondence files of James Johnson Sweeney contain the Director's communications with Trustees (including John de Menil), artists, art critics and journalists, collectors, art gallery owners, and museum and university professionals. Mostly dealing with possible acquisitions and exhibitions for the MFA,H, the correspondence includes requests for consultations on the value and identification of art works and arrangements for Sweeney's participation as curator or judge for exhibitions and competitions held outside the MFA,H. The papers include correspondence with artists (such as Ida Kohlmeyer, Dorothy Hood, and Laszlo Moskovits) who encouraged Sweeney to visit their studios and wrote to him about the evolution and meaning of their work. The papers illustrate Sweeney's wide circle of contacts in the international art scene and demonstrate his commitment to the broadening of the public's exposure to and understanding of twentieth-century art. A substantial portion of Sweeney's correspondence concerns ongoing research into the image of the Black in art, a project sponsored jointly by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and John and Dominique de Menil. Ranging in date from June 1963 to April 1964, this correspondence reflects a widespread and intensive effort to locate all relevant material (from any period, in any medium) in both European and American collections. Within the papers the project is termed "Exploration of Negro Subject Matter in the Fine Arts" and "de Menil Negro Art Project"; ultimately it provided the material for the publication, begun in 1976, of the Menil Foundation's multi-volume work, The Black Image in Western Art. Biographical and Historical Notes Art museum director, educator, and patron of the arts, James Johnson Sweeney was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 30, 1900 and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at the Sorbonne. He was Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946) and subsequently Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1952-1960) prior to the commencement of his tenure as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1961. A determined advocate of modern art, Sweeney organized major exhibitions and authored books, essays, reviews, and articles which fostered greater interest in twentieth-century art among the American public. He died on April 14, 1986. |
| extent | 11 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://mfahlibraries.on.worldcat.org/oclc/122319012 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:36 |
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| title | Terese Tarlton Hershey papers, 1956-1981. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence; files on 42 artists, containing clippings, photos, exhibition catalogs and letters; exhibition files for her gallery, Gallery of Wonderful Things, Fort Worth, Texas, and Tall Timbers, Houston, Texas; a scrapbook containing clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, photos, and letters about the Gallery of Wonderful Things; printed material and loan records for her private collections of ceramics, paintings and sculpture; photographs; and printed miscellany. Artist files include David Adickes, Ludwig Bemelmans, James Blake, Bill Bomar, Cynthia Brants, David Brownlow, Max Butler, John Chumley, Charles Cobelle, Dorothy Crowley, Montague Dawson, Adolph Dehn, Joseph Domjan, Kelly Fearing, Robert Fowler, Frank Freed, An Furuta, Henry and Leila Gadbois, R.C. Gorman, George Grammer, John Guerin, Dorothy Hood, William A. Kolliker, Richard M. Lincoln, Anthony Martin, Blanche McVeigh, Marc Moldawer, Martha Mood, Charles Pebworth, Margaret Putnam, Dickson Reeder, Andrew Rush, Porfirio Salinas, E.M. (Buck) Schiwetz, Charles Schorre, Mary Ellen Shipnes, Agnes Sims, Emily Guthrie Smith, Trudy Sween, Charles Umlauf, Bror Utter, and Charles T. Williams. |
| extent | 1500 items (on 2 microfilm reels) rolls 2341-2342 |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Photographs Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/terese-tarlton-hershey-papers-7746 |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1981 by Terese Tarlton Hershey. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:36 |
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