Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Levy, Julien
| title | Oral history interview with Julien Levy, 1975 May 30 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Julien Levy conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Levy speaks of his childhood and educational background; his years at Harvard; the development of his interest in photography; meeting Marcel Duchamp, and Duchamp's influence on him; working in the Weyhe Gallery; and opening his own gallery. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. (17 p. transcript on one microfilm reel). reel 3198 |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Microfilm |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212347 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-julien-levy-12364 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:20 |
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| title | Artist file: Levy, Julien; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet files. The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number LEVY, JULIEN |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Announcements Clippings Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010928019707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Durlacher Bros. Records, 1919-1973. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | These are the records of the Durlacher Brothers' New York branch which was managed, then later owned, by R. Kirk Askew, ca. 1923-ca. 1969. Included are stockbooks, correspondence, financial records, photographs, exhibition records, Askew's appointment books, an index card file, and newspaper clippings about the gallery. Two boxes of papers (1 lin. ft.) comprise personal letters addressed to Askew and his wife Constance, mostly from family members, and some personal financial items. So far as is known, George Durlacher destroyed the records of the original London firm when he sold the business to Askew in 1937. Approximately 275 letters, 1920-1938, between R. Kirk Askew (in carbon copies) and the London branch of Durlacher (most with George Durlacher and Adam Paff) detail sales and the movement of stock. Lengthy correspondence with other dealers and curators includes letters to and from Jere Abbott, Tomás Harris, Philip Hofer, and Edward James. Other correspondents include Winslow Ames, A. Everett "Chick" Austin, Vitale Bloch, Eugene Berman, Kurt Hirschland, Perry Rathbone. Two files concern building the collection of the Wm. Rockhill Nelson Museum. One folder contains about 40 letters from F.M. Perkins, dated 1919-1923, addressed to Bernard d'Hendecourt at Durlacher Brothers in London, regarding paintings and collections. Correspondence about the Pavel Tchelitchew estate (.5 lin.ft.) contains letters from Pavel's sister and the lawyer for the estate, along with copies of Askew's letters. Photographs document sold drawings (ca. 3 linear ft.), mostly Old Masters, and the work of Pavel Tchelitchew (linear ft.). Biographical/Historical Note: Henry Durlacher founded the Durlacher Brothers firm of art dealers in London in 1843, and was later joined by his brother George. The firm dealt principally with porcelain and majolica, eventually adding furniture, tapestries, decorative objects, and paintings to their stock. The brothers Durlacher built a clientele that included such significant collectors as Sir Richard Wallace and J. Pierpont Morgan. R. Kirk Askew joined the firm in the 1920s to manage the newly established New York City branch, which quickly became the more influential of the two branches. George Durlacher, the oldest surviving partner of the originally constituted firm, retired in 1938. Askew became the owner of Durlacher Bros. in 1937 and ran the business from New York until ca. 1969. R. Kirk Askew (1903-1974) represented a new generation of scholarly dealers. He trained in art history at Harvard. While there he was a student of Arthur McComb, who in 1929 organized the first exhibition of Italian baroque art in the United States. Askew sold important Old Master drawings and paintings to American museums and collectors between the 1920s and 1960s. The New York branch contributed to such significant collections as the Sachs collection, the Widener collection, the Frick, the Fogg, and the Cleveland Museum, among others. After World War II, however, the gallery increasingly exhibited and handled the work of modern and contemporary artists, including that of Peter Blume, Walter Stuempfig, Florine Stettheimer, and the estate of Pavel Tchelitchew. Askew and his wife Constance (neé Atwood and the former wife of Arthur McComb) formed part of the New York art scene; friends and colleagues included Julien Levy, Lincoln Kirstein, Peter Blume, Pavel Tchelitchew and Charles Henri Ford, and other artists and dealers. While Levy served in the U.S. Army during World War II, Askew also managed the Julien Levy gallery. Arrangement note: The records are arranged in 8 series: Series I. Correspondence and appointment books, 1919-1973; Series II. Financial, 1921-1971; Series III. Stock books, 1923-1969; Series IV. Assorted office files, 1923-1964; Series V. Photographs; Series VI. Tchelitchew Estate, 1942-1973; Series VII. Scrapbooks, 1934-1953; Series VIII. Kirk and Constance Askew personal files, 1929-ca.1967 Other Archival Locations: R. Kirk Askew papers; Also located at; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. |
| extent | 16 linear ft. (41 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Clippings Scrapbooks |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa950003 |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21117656920001551 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository; folder-level control. Inventory available via the repository's Web site. |
| acquisition information | After R. Kirk Askew died in 1974, the remaining records of his firm stayed in the hands of his widow until she died in the 1980s. The records then passed to her daughters (including the art historian Pamela Askew), from whom the Getty Research Library acquired this archive in 1995. |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:44 |
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| title | Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, n.d. | repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| description | Contained in: Carl Zigrosser Papers, ca. 1891-1971. Folder 982. Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts Call Number: Ms. Coll. 6 |
| extent | 4 items (4 leaves). |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | In general, the Carl Zigrosser Papers may be examined by qualified researchers in the reading room of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. Photocopying of Zigrosser materials is at the discretion of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The receipt of photocopies does not grant publication rights without the written permission of the University of Pennsylvania and the literary executors of the authors in question. |
| record source | http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu |
| finding aid | Available in electronic form and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Contained in: Carl Zigrosser Papers, ca. 1891-1971. Folder 982. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Letter and article regarding Julien Levy, 1981 Mar. 6. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A 5 p. letter from Jean Farley McLaughlin (Mrs. Julien) Levy to Sam Burchell, Senior Editor at Architectural Digest, in which she writes about her late husband and his passion for art. The letter was written to Burchell in response to his request for information relating to the feature Architectural Digest was preparing on the Levy residence in Connecticut. Also included is a color xerox of the article by Calvin Tompkins "The Collectors: A Reflection of Surrealism: The Julien Levy Collection in New England" which appeared in the August 1981 issue of Archictectural Digest. |
| extent | 2 items (13 p.) |
| formats | Printed Materials Correspondence |
| 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 1996 by Architectural Digest via Gayle Moss Rosenberg. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Dali paints the invisible straight from nature. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Catalog designed by Salvador Dali for his exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery, 602 Madison Ave., New York, 15 December 1936 - 15 January 1937. The front drawing shows a figure; underneath snap-on cardboard breasts are 2 accordian folded strips each containing 6 reproductions of Dali's work. Reverse is labeled "Souvenir - Catalogue" and lists 21 works exhibited and also mentions 12 drawings shown. |
| extent | 1 leaf : ill. ; 25 x 19 cm. |
| formats | 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 by Mildred Baker, 1993. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Surrealist house, 1938. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | One binder containing 2 elevations (in gouache), 2 floor plans (1 gouache and 1 photograph), and interior display designs for the unrealized "Surrealist house," a pavilion proposed for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Julien Levy and Ian Woodner-Silverman created these plans, which Salvador Dali later revised for the display "The dreams of Venus." Images and typescript text are mounted on pages, some of heavy board, in a spiral binding. Additional Authors or Names: Levy, Julien. |
| extent | 1 v. |
| formats | Drawings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21134740990001551 |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:47 |
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| title | Arts Club records, 1892-1995. | repository | Newberry Library |
| description | Mainly exhibit planning files, but also publicity, business records, informational records, photographs, and a small amount of original artwork from the Arts Club of Chicago. Also includes files on the Club's lecture, film, and drama series. Historical Note The Arts Club of Chicago was incorporated in 1916. Its objectives, according to the mission drafted at its inaugural meeting, are "to encourage higher standards of art, maintain galleries for that purpose; and to promote the mutual acquaintance of art lovers and art workers." Since its inception the Arts Club has been a pioneering force in modern and avant-garde art exhibitions, performances, lectures, and events in Chicago. For example, the Arts Club was the first venue in Chicago to exhibit Picasso drawings, in 1923. Other modern art exhibitions have followed, featuring artists who were to become major names and influences in the 20th century: Georges Bracque, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Walt Kuhn, Fernand Leger, Jacques Villon, Berthe Morisot, Constantin Brancusi, Isamu Noguchi, Louise Nevelson, etc. In addition, the Arts Club hosted musical performances or lectures by modern composers such as Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Darius Mihaud, and John Cage. The Arts Club has been at the forefront of dance as well, in holding both performances and lecture/demonstrations by Martha Graham, Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, and Merce Cunningham. Its Lecture Series has hosted writers, poets, historians, and artists since the beginning, and has included Thornton Wilder, W.H. Auden, Le Courbusier, Gertrude Stein, David Mamet, and David Sedaris. |
| extent | 92.5 cubic ft. (165 boxes, 16 oversize boxes, and 51 v.) |
| formats | Exhibition Files Business Papers Photographs Artwork Ephemera |
| access | The Arts Club Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum, and items in each folder will be counted before and after delivery to the patron (Priority I). |
| record link | http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/artsclub/ArtsClub.html |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Online and in the repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift, Arts Club of Chicago, 1972, with subsequent donations. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Siegel-Antheil Gallery, 8517 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, from Julen [sic] Levy Gallery, 1936-1937 (JPB 94-1 no. 124) | repository | Billy Rose Theatre Division |
| description | List of 28 works by 11 surrealist artists, dated 1936. Accompanied by calendar of 9 concerts, 1937 Apr. 22-Aug. 19. Found in: Antheil, George, 1900-1959. George Antheil papers. Biographical and Historical Note: George Antheil was an American composer. In 1936 he went to Hollywood to write film music, and opened a short-lived art gallery. LOCATION Performing Arts - Music CALL # JPB 94-1 no. 124 |
| extent | 1 item ([3] leaves) |
| formats | Inventories Typescript Photocopies |
| access | In poor condition, photocopy provided |
| record link | http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14143323~S1 |
| record source | http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14143323~S1 |
| finding aid | http://catnyp.nypl.org/record=b5736959 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Ellen Lanyon papers, 1944-1991. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Biographical material, awards, business records, notes, subject files concerning teaching, projects, exhibitions, and organizations, and printed material. REEL 1234: Curriculum vitae; bibliography; clippings; bulletins; newsletters; exhibition catalogs, 1946-1977; and brochures. REELS 2237-2240: Biographical data; award certificates; correspondence with family members and colleagues, 1965-1980; files on teaching positions, exhibitions, 1944-1979, membership in art organizations including the College Art Association, Chicago Artists Group, Illinois Art Council, Illinois Center Plaza Venture, and W.E.B. (West Side Bag), and on the women's rights movement, 1972-1976; art and slide inventories and other business records regarding sales, commissions, gifts, loans, restorations, and insurance claims; lecture notes; and printed material. Correspondents (reel 2237) include: Cecile Abish, Janet Abramowicz, Keith Achepohl, Nicholas Africano, William Anthony, Vincent Arcilesi, Barbara Aubin, Jennifer Bartlett, Jack Beal, Keith Boyle, Phyllis Bramson, Vera Budlick, Sarah Canright, Carlebach Gallery, Judy Chicago, William Copley, Joan Danziger, Dominick Di Meo, Du Dragon Gallery, Charles Eldredge,Llyn Foulkes, June Leaf Frank, Marcia Frankel, Jean Frumkin, Hansen Fuller Gallery, Elaine Galen, Leon Golub, Ron Gorchov, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Graphic Gallery, Geri Gray, Harold Gregor, Loretta Grellner, Krystin Grenon, Red Grooms, Ted Halkin, Harmony Hammond, Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Barbara Haskell, David Hendricks, Judith Hoffberg, B. C. Holland Gallery, Bjorg Holte, Michael Hurson, George Irwin, Miyoko Ito, Ray Johnson, Lynda Kahn, Samuel Koffler, Ida Kohlmeyer, Gabriel Laderman, Daniel Lang, Maurico Lasansky, Alice Lauffer, Barbara Levy, Jean and Julien Levy, Ira Licht, Lucy Lippard, Jim Love, Warren MacKenzie, Jerrold Maddox, Claude Marks, James McGarrell, Robert Mende, Richard Merkin, Charlotte Moser, Cindy Nemser, Linda Nochlin, Richard Notkin, Gloria Orenstein, Gertrude Pacific, Tom Parish, George Parrino, Ed Paschke, Ed Plunkett, Rudy Pozzatti, Joseph Raffael, Christina Ramberg, Stewart Rickard Gallery, Sonnabend Rosen Gallery, Seymour Rosofsky, Susan Rubenstein, Ivy Sky Rutsky, Bruce St. John, Peter Saul, Miriam Schapiro, Franz Schulze, Arthur Secunda,Joanne Seltzer, Sandy Shannonhouse, Joan Snyder, John Sommers, May Stevens, Adlai and Nancy Stevenson, Richard Stout, Jurgen Strunck, Stanley Tigerman, Hugh Townley, Jan van der Marck, Angus White Gallery, Joe Wilfer, Sidney R. Yates, Zabriskie Gallery, and Michael Zilka. UNMICROFILMED: Letters from colleagues, 1965-1989; letters and contracts concerning teaching and lectures, 1977-1989; invoices and receipts, 1978-1987; lists of art works; notes; clippings, 1968-1989; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1967-1991; and other printed material; and files containing letters, notes, financial records, and printed material on the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting, 1951-1989, W.E.B., 1972, Metropolitan Structures, Inc., 1974-1975, the AMERICA '76 exhibition, 1974-1977, Women's Caucus for Art, 1977-1983, exhibitions at N.A.M.E. Gallery, 1978 and 1982, the College Art Association, 1978-1985, Indiana Dunes Lakeshore Project, 1979-1980, American Printmaking Association, 1979-1981, Boston Mural Project, 1980, Mid-America College Art Association, 1981, Lisbon exhibition, 1981-1984, Temple Sholom windows, 1982, St. Louis Community College exhibition, 1983, retrospective exhibitions, 1984 and 1988, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Biographical and Historical Notes: Painter, printmaker; Chicago, Illinois. b. 1926. Lanyon is active in several women's art organizations and member of the Board of the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting. |
| extent | 4.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 5 reels) reels 1234 & 2237-2240 |
| formats | Business Papers Ephemera Subject Files Printed Materials |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. office. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.lanyelle.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/ellen-lanyon-papers-9118 |
| acquisition information | Material on reels 1234 & 2237-40 lent for microfilming 1977-1981 by Lanyon and material on reels 2237-40 subsequently donated in 2005. Lanyon donated additional unmicrofilmed material in 1990. Location of Original: Reels 1234 and 2237-40: Originals returned to Lanyon after microfilming. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:13 |
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| title | Russell Lynes papers, 1935-1986. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Material compiled by Lynes on various art subjects and artists, including government sponsorship of the arts, 1950-1966, Eugene Berman, Howard Warshaw, preservation of Olana, and other subjects; research material for his book "The Good Old Modern" (1973), including 32 taped interviews conducted by Lynes; and photographs of artists taken by Lynes. REEL N70-40: Correspondence, clippings and news releases concerning the preservation of Olana, Frederick Church's estate on the Hudson River. Correspondents include Lewis Mumford, Alexander Aldrich, Jacqueline Kennedy, James Biddle, E. P. Richardson, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, the N.Y. State Historic Trust which purchased the Olana estate in 1966 as a historic site, and others. REEL D310: Publications relating to government sponsorship of the arts, 1950-1966, including reports, press releases, articles, clippings and other printed material. REEL 153: Thirty-one photographs of sculptor Isamu Noguchi taken in his Long Island City, N.Y. studio, 1968. [Note: These have been scanned.] REEL 494: Lynes' correspondence (51 letters) with Eugene Berman and Clarkson N. Potter regarding Lynes' forward to the book THE GRAPHIC WORK OF EUGENE BERMAN (1971) published by Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Also included are photographs taken by Lynes in Berman's studio of Berman's work, and exhibition catalogs and announcements, and photographs of Berman on New York's waterfront (1935). REEL 1859: Papers, 1970-1977, concerning California painter and muralist Howard Warshaw, including correspondence (108 letters) with Warshaw about his work and exhibitions; correspondence with Richard West, Richard Larcada, Julien Levy, Paul Mills, and Henry Seldis; exhibition catalogs and announcements; sketches, photos of works of art; published writings; manuscripts sent to Lynes for his editorial opinion; and Lynes' essay for the catalog "Howard Warshaw: A Decade of Murals." REEL 3470: An illustrated letter from Gregorio Prestopino, 1969 Nov. [Also filmed on reel 3685.] REEL 3967: 15 photographs taken and annotated by Russell Lynes of paintings by Louis Bouche exhibited at the Century Association, 1975 Feb. 5 - March 9. Included is a list of the paintings. UNMICROFILMED: Primarily research material used by Lynes for his book on the Museum of Modern Art, "Good Old Modern; an Intimate Portrait of the Museum of Modern Art. Included are notes, clippings, and 32 taped interviews conducted by Lynes. Interviewees include Margareta Akermark, George H. Amberg, Eugene Berman, Louise Crane, Victor D'Amico, Arthur Drexler, Jimmy Ernst, Henry Russell Hitchcock, Bernard Karpel, Richard H. Koch, Julien Levy, William S. Lieberman, Frances Lindley, John McAndrew, Dorothy Miller, Henry Allen Moe, Beaumont Newhall, Elodie Osborn, Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson, Allen Porter, Waldo Rasussen, William Rubin, Elizabeth Shaw, Emily Stone, John Szarkowski, Mary Sands Thompson, Virgil Thomson, Willard Van Dyke, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, and Marian Willard. Also included are typescripts of lectures and a speech delivered by Lynes, including "Eye of the Beholder," concerning Dorothy Miller, "Saint-Gaudens-His Time and Place," and a speech honoring Eric Larrabee; and 2 subject files on industrial design and artists' organizations. SCANNED PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs of artists, including Michael Ayrton (2), Eugene Berman (3, 2 are oversize), Ralston Crawford (4), Herzl Emanuel (12), Herbert Ferber (7), Joan Fitzgerald (5), Gregory Gillespie (3), Dimitri Hadzi (8), Isamu Noguchi (25), Bernard Perlin (1), Gregorio Prestopino (8), Paul Suttman (1), and Robert Winthrop White (3). Bio / His Notes: Writer, art critic, art historian; New York City and North Egremont, Mass. Died 1991. From 1947-1967 Lynes was managing editor of Harper's Magazine. Author of many books and articles on art, and has served on numerous boards and organizations. Brother of photographer George Platt Lynes. |
| extent | 2.5 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 7 reels) reels D310, N70-40, 494, 1859, 3470 and 3967 |
| formats | Microfilm Interview Transcript |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. Photographs of artists,, including some on microfilm, have been scanned and will be available online. Taped interviews are: ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Typescript of lecture on Saint-Gaudens (unmicrofilmed): Publication restricted; may not be reproduced without written permission from: George P. Lynes, II Executor, Estate of George Platt Lynes 427 East 84th Street New York, NY 10028-6205 Phone/Fax: 212-570-4541 GeorgeLynes@gmail.com |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.lyneruss.pdf |
| bibliography | Suttman photo: Archives of American Art Journal, 1974 v. 14 no. 3., p. 23. |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/russell-lynes-papers-6059 |
| acquisition information | Material on reels N70-4, D310, 1859, and 494 lent for microfilming by Lynes 1968-1978. Material on reel 3967 and unfilmed donated 1968-1989 by Lynes. [Several photographs of artists were originally separated from the papers and microfilmed with AAA's Photographs of Artists Collections I and II, reels 439-441, and 1817-1818; they have subsequently been digitized along with other photographs, and returned to the Lynes' papers.] Lynes files kept as editor of Harper's Magazine were donated in 1967 by Harper's; these have been cataloged and described separately under Harper's Magazine. Location of Original: Reels D310, N70-40, 494, and 1859: Originals returned to Lynes after microfilming. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:22 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Enrico Donati, 1997 Jan. 7. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Transcript of an interview with Surrealist painter Enrico Donati conducted by Ann Temkin, 1997 Jan. 07 in preparation for an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Temkin interviewed the nonagenarian Donati, who reminiscences about his involvement with Marcel Duchamp and other artists, including André Breton, David Hare, Julien Levy, Arshile Gorky, Victor Brauner, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, John Ferren, Jeanne Reynal, Hans Richter, Giorgio di Chirico, Maria Martins, Eleanor Ward, Nicholas Carone, and Betty Parsons. The reminiscences are mostly anecdotal. Bio / His Notes: Donati is a painter and object maker, New York, N.Y. and Temkin, a curator of modern and comtemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
| extent | 95 p. |
| formats | Interview Transcript |
| 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 2000 by Ann Temkin. Location of Original: Location of original sound recording unknown. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Harry Rand interviews with artists, 1973-1999. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Seven audio recordings on cassettes of research interviews with Jacob Kainen, Seymour Lipton, Ethel Schwabacher, and Julien Levy and his wife, conducted by Rand. Also included is an audio recording of two brief interviews with Julian Stanczak, one of which aired on National Public Radio, Washington, D.C. 26 July 1999 and a corresponding letter to Rand from Neil K. Rector regarding the interviews. Bio / His Notes: Art historian, curator; Wahington, D.C. Rand is a senior curator of Cultural History at the National Museum of American History; former curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| extent | 0.2 linear ft. |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/harry-rand-interviews-artists-13608 |
| acquisition information | Donated 2005 by Harry Rand. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:14 |
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| title | Gabor Peterdi interview, 1971 Apr. 29 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Gabor Peterdi conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Peterdi speaks of his youth in Hungary and his early desire to be a painter, Paris and his first encounter with surrealism, studying printmaking with Stanley William Hayter and the Paris art scene in the 1930s. He comments on coming to the U.S. in 1939, his involvement with the Julien Levy, Norlyst, Laurel and Borgenicht Galleries and his service in the U.S. Army. He discusses Hayter's New York studio, the International Graphic Arts Society, teaching at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and starting its graphics workshop, the interaction of prints and paintings, symbolism, teaching, various print techniques and printmaking as a creative art form. He recalls Jeanne Bucher, Bill Hayter, Howard Putzel and Julien Levy. Bio / His Notes: Printmaker, born in 1915. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels 3 hours) ; 5 in.; Transcript: 79 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions. |
| 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 11:29:56 |
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| title | David Hare interview, 1968 Jan. 17 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of David Hare conducted by Dorothy Seckler for the Archives of American Art. Hare speaks of his background and education; his start in commercial and color photography; his early sculpture; his first exhibition in 1944 with Peggy Guggenheim; later shows with Sam Kootz and Julien Levy; materials and techniques; his philosophy; abstract expressionism versus surrealism. He discusses several contemporary artists, including Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Frank Stella and Jackson Pollock. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1992. Reproduction: Item is a transcript. Location of Original: Location of original tape unknown. |
| extent | 3 sound cassettes (83 p. transcript) |
| formats | Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| 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. Location of Original: Location of original tape unknown. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Leo Castelli, 1969 July. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Leo Castelli conducted 1969 July, by Barbara Rose for the Archives of American Art. Castelli speaks of his first gallery with Rene Drouin, 1939; the Surrealists; the post-World War II art scene in New York City; the influence of Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, and Jackson Pollock; The Club; the Ninth Street Show, 1951; Clement Greenberg and French and Co.; and art movements. He recalls Peggy Guggenheim, Sidney Janis, and Julien Levy. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 11 p. (on partial microfilm reel) reel 4777 |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript Microfilm |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212113 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-leo-castelli-11784 |
| finding aid | Online Transcript |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:20 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Charles Alan, 1970 Aug. 20-25. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Charles Alan conducted 1970 Aug. 20-25, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Alan speaks of studying scene and stage design; attending Yale School of Drama; doing illustrations for various publications; traveling and studying in Europe; working as a set designer for MGM and Warner Brothers; his experiences working at the Downtown Gallery; his thoughts and recollections about Edith Halpert; leaving Downtown Gallery and starting his own gallery; his opinions on the future of small galleries in New York; museum purchases; Edith Halpert’s art collection; selling his gallery to Felix Landau; and various thoughts concerning the art world. He recalls Norman Bell Geddes, Edith Halpert, Stuart Davis, Julien Levy, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kirk Askew, Raymond Breinin, Ben Shahn, George Washburn, Edward Root, Joe Hirshhorn, John Marin, John Marin Jr., Lawrence Allen, Georgia O’Keeffe, William Harnett, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Karl Zerbe, Bruce Conner, Richard Baker, Paul Sachs, and many others. |
| extent | Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in. Transcript: 37 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212203 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-charles-alan-11699 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 06/09/2023 15:39:52 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1973 Nov. 7-1973 Dec. 26. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Isamu Noguchi conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. NOVEMBER 7, 1973 session: Noguchi discusses his family background; growing up in Japan; returning to the United States in 1917; his identity as an artist; Gutzon Borglum; Columbia University and studying pre-med; attending Leonardo da Vinci Art School; apprenticing to Onorio Ruotolo; quitting Columbia to become a sculptor; Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927; J.B. Neumann; Alfred Stieglitz; George Grey Barnard; James Earle Fraser; Brummer and the Brummer Gallery; studying at Chaumiere and Collarosi; working with Brancusi; meeting Sandy Calder in Paris; Stuart Davis; Morris Kantor; Andrée Ruellan; his work SPHERE; reacting against Brancusi; Eugene Schoen's; his Carnegie Hall studio; Michio Ito; Martha Graham; Buckminster Fuller; traveling in China and Japan; meeting Chi Pai Shi; John Becker; his works PLAY MOUNTAIN, MONUMENT TO THE PLOW, MONUMENT TO BEN FRANKLIN, ORPHEUS for Balanchine; designing for the stage; Audrey McMahon; Harry Hopkins; Holger Cahill; Mexico; Diego Rivera; Miguel Covarrubias; and the Artists Union. DECEMBER 10, 1973 Session: His reaction to the Spanish Civil War- avoided direct involvement; Stuart Davis; Gorky; Andre Breton; David Hare; Marcel Duchamp; John Graham; Julien Levy; his artist friends dying at the peak of their success; Leger; Stirling Calder; associating himself with the laboring class; Buckminster Fuller; being American; expanding the possibilities of sculpture; his Associated Press Building project in Rockefeller Center, it being done in stainless steel instead of bronze; John Collier; Japanese-American Citizens League; organizing Nisei Artists and Writers Mobilization for Democracy; Jeanne Reynal; going to Poston, Arizona to assist with American Indian Service camp under John Collier and becoming an internee there; returning to New York in 1942; Bollingen Foundation; trip around the world in 1949; and Philip Guston. DECEMBER 18, 1973 session: Best work in studio; reaction against expressionism; artists protesting against the Establishment; his objection to the WPA, influenced by William Zorach; exhibiting in group show called Fourteen Americans at the Museum of Modern Art; show at Egan Gallery in 1949; accepting art in its most aesthetically pure form without reference to social issues; movement in Japan since war to get away from refinement of Japan; Yoshiro Hiro responsible for Gutai and the happenings; his work MONUMENT TO HEROES using bones; his work takes years to do; materials used in his work; his work CRONOS; doing theater stage sets for the Library of Congress including APPALACHIAN SPRING, HERODIADE; wants a given space which he can call his own and do something with it, has to be a work of art. DECEMBER 26, 1973 Session: Show with Charles Egan in 1948 arranged by de Kooning; applying to the Bollingen Foundation to write a book on leisure; which was never written; traveling to Italy, Egypt, and India for two years; being removed from the New York scene with Franz Kline and de Kooning; his light objects; sculpture as environment; respect for material; Mondrian and his art deriving from nature; his time in Japan in 1931; visiting Japan in 1951; working in stone; projects in Japan; Taniguchi; Antonin Raymond; designing Japanese gardens; discovery of Zen; Hasegawa Saburo; Skidmore; Hans Knoll; Edison Price; Italy in the 1960s; Peter Gregory; Henry Moore; Louis Kahn; UNESCO; Noguchi Foundation and Plaza Company; Shoji; Eleanor Ward; and his autobiography A SCULPTOR'S WORLD. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor; Long Island City, N.Y. ; d. 1988 |
| extent | Sound recording: 4 sound tape reels; 5 in. Transcript: 148 p.; Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (5 min. 29 sec.) : digital |
| formats | Sound Recording Online Transcript Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_216546 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-isamu-noguchi-11906 |
| acquisition information | These interviews are 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 | 06/09/2023 15:39:52 |
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| title | Allan Porter interview, 1967 May 24 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Allan Porter conducted by Butler Coleman for the Archives of American Art. Porter speaks of his youth and educational background; his interest in photography; collectors; joining the Museum of Modern Art in 1937; films at the Museum; making films for the Army during World War II; art critics; art dealing. He recalls Alfred H. Barr, Julien Levy and Eugene Berman. Bio / His Notes: Curator, Museum of Modern Art. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in. (20 p. transcript). |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| 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 11:29:57 |
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| title | Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1961. | repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| description | Mixed Material Contained in: Van Wyck Brooks Papers. Folder 1632 Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts Call Number: Ms. Coll. 650 |
| extent | 1 item (1 leaf) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | The Theodore Dreiser Papers may be examined by researchers in the reading room of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. Permission to quote from and to publish unpublished materials must be requested in writing from the Curator of Manuscripts. |
| record source | http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Gifts with some additional purchases, received: 1942 through 1991. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:57 |
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| title | Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1937. | repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| description | Archival/Manuscript Material Contained in: Theodore Dreiser Papers, ca. 1890-1965. Folder 3592 Location: Rare Book & Ms Library Manuscripts Call Number: Ms. Coll. 30 |
| extent | 1 item (1 leaf). |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:03 |
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| title | Julien Levy Gallery Records,1857-1982 | repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | Julien Levy (1906-1981) was a pioneering New York art dealer of the 1930s and 1940s. He was introduced to the art world in Paris by Marcel Duchamp, who he met in New York in 1926. In Paris he met photographers and artists, including Man Ray, Berenice Abbot, and his future wife Joella Haweis, daughter of Dadaist muse Mina Loy. Upon his return to the United States, Levy worked briefly at the Weyhe Gallery before opening the Julien Levy Gallery at 602 Madison Avenue. In 1932, Levy mounted “Surrealisme,” an exhibition that introduced the Surrealist art movement to New York. This collection documents the career of prominent art gallery owner Julien Levy. The records date from 1857 to 1983 and include correspondence, exhibit announcements and invitations, scrapbooks, gallery financial ledgers, audio-visual materials, and personal papers such as letters, diaries, appointment books and calendars. The material in this collection reflects the course of Levy’s life, beginning with childhood letters and elementary school papers, and ending with Levy’s obituary and memorials. The records follow Levy, fresh from Paris, as he opens his gallery in New York and quickly becomes one of the most well-known and respected art dealers in the United States. This star-studded collection features correspondence with some of the most celebrated artists of the Surrealist and other art movements, including Salvador Dali, Arshile Gorky, Frida Kahlo, Man Ray, and Marcel Duchamp. The bulk of material dates from 1933 to 1949, and the 1970s. Researchers should note that the collection contains few records from the 1950s and early 1960s. |
| extent | 19 linear feet (46 containers) |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera Scrapbooks Business Papers Diaries |
| access | This collection is open for research use |
| record link | http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/PMA_PMA005 |
| record source | http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/index.html |
| finding aid | Available as a PACSCL finding aid on the Penn Libraries Web site. |
| acquisition information | Gift of the Jean and Julien Levy Foundation for the Arts, Inc., June 23, 2008 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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| title | Photograph of Julien Levy, [undated] | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | A black and white photograph of Levy being served a birthday cake by Helen Treadwell. Biographical/Historical Note: Author, teacher, filmmaker, gallery owner and art collector; New York, N.Y. One of the foremost promoters of surrealism and neo-romantic art in the United States. He ran the Julien Levy Gallery, N.Y.C., from 1931 until 1949, dealing in avant-garde art. |
| extent | 1 item |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. |
| record source | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/photograph-julien-levy-10687 |
| finding aid | NA |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:17 |
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