Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Reis, Rebecca G., 1896-1988
| title | Oral history interview with Rebecca Reis, 1980. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Rebecca Reis conducted by William McNaught for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project. Reis discusses her and her husband’s (Bernard Reis) relationships with Jacques Lipchitz, George Grosz, Jackson Pollock, Peggy Guggenheim,Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, William Baziotes, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko, the legal case involving Rothko's estate, and Rothko’s relationship with Rita Reinhardt. |
| extent | Sound recording: 4 sound reels : analog ; 5 in. |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | Untranscribed; use requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:50 |
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| title | Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The Bernard and Rebecca Reis Papers contain correspondence, business and financial records, printed ephemera, and photographs. The two primary foci, 20th century artists and the art collection formed by Bernard and Rebecca Reis, are brought out through a substantial body of letters from major and minor figures of the American art world, written and visual documentation of the Reis collection of art and books, and ephemeral material relating to artists and patrons. Biographical or Historical Notes: Bernard Reis (1895-1978) was an accountant and art collector who served as a financial advisor and patron to many artists; his wife, Rebecca Reis (b. 1900), was an art collector and hostess. |
| extent | ca. 3.4 linear ft. (8 boxes). |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Printed Materials Ephemera |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/900184/900184.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat242908 |
| finding aid | Finding Aid online, Box list available in the repository: folder level control. |
| acquisition information | Acquired 1990. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:49 |
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