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Creator:
Aber, Ita H., 1932-  Search this
Subject:
New York Feminist Art Institute/Women's Center for Learning  Search this
Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework  Search this
Type:
Diaries
Sound recordings
Video recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
21.7 Linear feet; 2.55 Gigabytes
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into eleven series. Biographical Material, 1947-2006 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1, 22, 0.001 GB; ER01) Correspondence, 1953-2007 (4.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-6) Diaries, 1952-2006 (2.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-9) Writings, 1962-2002 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 9-10) Professional Activity Files, 1965-2006 (2.8 linear feet; Boxes 10-13, 0.145 GB; ER02) Gallery Files, 1972-2005 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 13-14, 2.40 GB; ER03-ER04) Teaching Files, 1967-1995 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 14-15) Personal Business Records, 1963-2005 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 15-16) Printed Material, 1963-2007 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 16-18, 22) Artwork, circa 1983-2000 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 18, 22-23, OV 24) Photographs, 1932-2006 (3.1 linear feet; Boxes 18-21, 0.001 GB; ER05)
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Summary:
The papers of multimedia and textile artist Ita Aber, measure 21.7 linear feet and 2.55 GB and date from 1932 to 2007. The collection documents many aspects of Aber's career through biographical material, correspondence, diaries and other writings, records of Aber's commissions for various organizations, gallery files documenting her exhibitions, teaching files documenting classes and workshops taught by Aber, personal business records including price lists for Aber's work, printed and digital material, artwork including sketches, paintings and embroidery, and photographs of family, friends, artwork, and exhibitions. The collection also includes sound and video recordings, some in digital format.
Citation:
Ita H. Aber papers, 1932-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Related Materials:
Yeshiva University is the primary repository for the Aber family papers.
Biography Note:
Ita Aber (1932-) is a Jewish multimedia and textile artist, curator, and art teacher who works primarily in New York. Aber was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1932 and immigrated to the United States in the 1950s. She completed her studies at Empire State College and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York earning a masters degree equivalent in Jewish art. In addition to her textile work, Aber worked as a curator at the Hudson River Museum.
Language Note:
The bulk of the collection is in English. Some of the correspondence and printed materials are in Hebrew, French, and Spanish.
Provenance:
The Ita H. Aber papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Ita Aber in numerous installments between 1994 and 2007.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Jewish artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women textile artists  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Craft  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5607
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208441
AAA_collcode_aberita
Theme:
Women
Craft
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208441