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Archives related to: Hollander, Richard, 1911-1991

titleRichard Hollander papers, 1950-1991.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionCorrespondence, journals, a scrapbook, sound recordings, printed material, and photographs.

REEL 4306: Forty-six letters and three cards from Andrew Dasburg to Hollander, undated and 1959-1969; a card from Andrew Dasburg's son, Alfred Dasburg, 1979, two clippings, one a review of a Dasburg exhibition at the Dorry [Dorothy] Gates Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.; and two snapshots of Dasburg and Hollander's wife Gertrude in front of Dasburg's Taos, N.M. home, April 1970. Dasburg, writing to Hollander in Kansas City, Mo. from Taos, discusses art and aesthetics, his work, weakening health and need for medication, the sale of his work to the Hollanders and to others, and comments on Hollander's work. Included is a card from Alfred Dasburg, September 1, 1979, thanking Hollander for his "tribute to Andrew."

REEL 4885: A scrapbook/binder containing photographs of sculpture and drawings by Hollander. Included with the photos of the sculptures "Family Life-The Picnic," and "Interstate I-70," are clippings and notes by Hollander. Also included are several photographs of Hollander at work in his studio.

UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with Elizabeth Broun, Nancy Corwin, Barbara DeZonia, Charles C. Eldredge, Keith Jacobshagen, Joe Kelleher, Andrew Morgan, Gabor Peterdi, Harriet G. Vicente (Mrs. Esteban Vicente), Nan and David Ray, David Reed, Mark Roeyer, David Strout, Alan Tollakson, Natalie Wilvers, and others; drafts of exhibition reviews by Hollander; cassette tape recordings of Hollander; an address book; exhibition reviews, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and other printed material; photographs of Hollander, works of art and slides. Also included are journals, 17 v., June 1980-June 1991, kept by Hollander, revealing facets of Hollander's thinking about his relationships and his art.
extent5.6 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 partial reels) reel 4306 and 4885
formatsCorrespondence Journals Scrapbooks Sound Recording Photographs
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record linkn/a
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/richard-hollander-papers-9769
finding aidMicrofilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington D. C. storage facility. 17 journals: ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required until 2015 Dec. 12.
acquisition informationDasburg material on reel 4306 was donated 1985 by Hollander, Dasburg's close friend and patron. The scrapbook on reel 4885 was lent for microfilming and an additional four feet of material was donated by Hollander's son Richard, 1994. The journals were received by Richard Nadeau, Hollander's psychiatrist, 1994. Scrapbook, reel 4885: Original returned to the lender, Richard Hollander, Jr., after microfilming.
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titleAndrew Dasburg and Grace Mott Johnson papers, 1833-1980 bulk 1900-1980.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionCorrespondence, photographs, sketchbooks and sketches, financial and legal papers, writings, printed materials and subject files relating primarily to Dasburg's career as a painter and his friendships with many artists and writers, and to his first wife, sculptor and painter Grace Mott Johnson.

REELS 2043-2054: Correspondence between Dasburg and Johnson, 1906-1927; letters to Dasburg and to Johnson, ca. 1907-1952; 5 issues of "The Johnson Monthly," illustrated by Johnson, 1899-1903; sketchbooks and sketches by Johnson, ca. 1901-1927; inventories of Dasburg's paintings and Tamarind lithographs' financial and legal papers; writings by Johnson including a diary, 1904, biographical notes, and poems; clippings; exhibition catalogs; and other printed material.

Correspondents include: Kenneth M. Adams, Abraham A. Brill, Marion Bullard, John F. Carlson, Lucienne Chinard, Russell Cowles, Florence Ballin Cramer, Jo Davidson, Rose Davidson, Mabel Dodge, Ed Gamble, Lewis Garrison, Mary Geiger, John H. Griffin, Marsden Hartley, Norbert Heerman, Gertrude and Richard Hollander, Thomas Hunt, Charles Kassler, Mary A. Keating, Spier Kuhn, Nancy Lane, Arthur Lee, Ward Lockwood, Florence Lucius (Davidson), Hayes Lyon, William Macbeth, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Edith H. Macomb, Henry Lee McFee, John Gaw Meem, Willard Nash, John Reed, Dickson Reeder, Mary Riley, Rohland re: John Reed, Morgan Russell, Lee Simonson, Lindsey Sterling, Maurice Sterne,Alfred Stieglitz, Earl Stroh, Lila A.Wheelock, Margarith Wiegand, Owen Wister, Cecil C. Wolman, and Alice Wright.

REEL 2063: Ca. 450 photographs, ca. 1890-1979, of Dasburg, Johnson, D. H. Lawrence, Mabel Dodge and Tony Luhan, McFee, John Reed, Wheelock, and others; photos of Birge Harrison's class at Woodstock, N.Y.; Dasburg's Paris studio, 1910; Taos, New Mexico; and works of art by Dasburg and Johnson. Two photos of Dasbury were taken by W. Goldberg, 1911. Included is a tintype of Johnson, Jo Davidson, and Florence Lucius (Davidson).
REEL 2803: Photocopies of ten letters from Morgan Russell, Paris, France, to Dasburg, 1908, 1910-1915. (Typescripts of these letters may be found on reel 4277.)

REELS 4276-4278 (Loan): A speech "Andrew Dasburg - Artist and Influence of the 1920s; a handwritten "Dasburg Expense Account," containing sales prices, shipping, crating, sizes, and framing and photographic costs of ten paintings; photographs of Dasburg, his childhood home in Nittel, Germany, his paintings and an exhibition installation; correspondence with family, artists, writers, collectors, museums and galleries, among them Alexander Brook,Louise Bryant, Jerry Bywaters, Edwin Gamble, Marsden Hartley, D. H. Lawrence, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Henry Lee McFee, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe and Morgan Russell; typescripts by Samuel Sabean of seven lectures by Hans Hofmann, ca. 1938; lecture notes on painting and articles by Dasburg; exhibition catalogs; Gertrude Stein's literary "Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Coronia," inscribed to Dasburg by Dodge; and printed material on Dasburg's career and on John Kane.

Bio / His Notes:
Painter, lithographer; Taos, N.M. Studied at Art Students League, New York City, ca. 1902, taking night classes with Robert Henri. He received a scholarship to the League's classes in Woodstock, N.Y., ca. 1905, where he studied under Birge Harrison. In 1911, he made Woodstock his summer home, living and teaching there for many years. Dasburg was prominent in New York art circles, and was among the youngest artists who exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913. He also showed his work at Alfred Stieglitz's 291 Gallery. In 1916, he made the first of many visits to Taos, settling there permanently in 1930. He married painter Grace Mott Johnson in 1909. During the 1920s, Dasburg was influential in promoting primitive painter John Kane. Johnson and Dasburg were divorced in 1922.
extent8.8 linear ft. (on 17 microfilm reels). reels 2043-2054, 2063, 2803 and 4276-4278
formatsCorrespondence Exhibition Catalogs Photographs Sketchbooks Ephemera
accessACCESS IS TO MICROFILM PORTIONS ONLY.
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
finding aid
acquisition informationMaterial on reels 2043-2054 and 2063 was donated by Dasburg's son Alfred in 1980. Material on reels 4276-4278 was lent for microfilming by Syracuse University's George Arents Research Library in March 1989. The photocopies of the ten Morgan Russell letters to Dasburg on reel 2803 were donated in 1978 by Syracuse University, and discarded after microfilming. The 1989 loan includes only the typescripts of those letters. Additional Andrew Dasburg papers: Also located at New Mexico State Archives, Santa Fe.
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titleArtist: Hollander, Richard , b. 1911
repositoryNational Portrait Gallery Library
descriptionGeneral Notes: Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs.
extent1+ folders (check with repository)
formatsEphemera
accessFolder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library
record sourcehttp://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/
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