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Creator:

Zeidman, Dorothy  Search this

Citation:

Dorothy Zeidman photographs of works of art and exhibitions, 1982-2003. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Art instruction and services  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22237

AAA_collcode_zeiddoro

Theme:

Photography

Art instruction and services

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22237

Creator:

Zeidman, Dorothy  Search this

Extent:

4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1982-2003

Scope and Contents:

The Dorothy Zeidman photographs of works of art and exhibitions measures 4.0 linear feet and date from 1982-2003. The collection comprises approximately 9,000 black and white 4x5 negatives and a small number of color 4x5 transparencies. Zeidman photographed works of art and exhibitions for the Leo Castelli and Mary Boone Galleries, as well as for numerous other clients in the New York area. Artists represented include Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Sonnier, Bruce Nauman, Susan Rothenberg, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Joseph Kosuth, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Richard Artschwager, Robert Therrien, Lawrence Weiner, Ed Ruscha, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Morris, Jan Dibbets, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, Alan Saret, Cy Twombly, James Rosenquist, Robert Grosvenor, David Salle, Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia, Terry Winters, Meyer Vaisman, Peter Schuyff, Miguel Barcelo, William Copley, Donald Lipski, and others. The collection also includes photographs of works on paper by Pierre Matisse commissioned by the Matisse family and scattered photographs of exhibitions in New York City museums.

Biographical / Historical:

Dorothy Zeidman is a photographer in New York, NY. Between 1982 and 2003, she photographed works of art and exhibitions for artists and galleries in New York City including the Leo Castelli Gallery and Mary Boone Gallery, as well as for numerous other clients in the New York area.

Provenance:

Donated in 2023 by Dorothy Zeidman.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

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.

Occupation:

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.zeiddoro

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e0b0baef-dbb9-4de8-b668-e2c88b60b42a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zeiddoro

Creator:

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Nauman, Bruce  Search this

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Johns, Jasper  Search this

Power, Alan  Search this

Parker, Raymond  Search this

Panza, Giuseppe  Search this

Paik, Nam June  Search this

Landsman, Stanley  Search this

Koons, Jeff  Search this

Klapheck, Konrad  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Morris, Robert  Search this

Marisol  Search this

Gorgoni, Gianfranco  Search this

Heller, Ben  Search this

Flavin, Dan  Search this

Judd, Donald  Search this

Daphnis, Nassos  Search this

Epstein, Ethel Steuer  Search this

Darboven, Hanne  Search this

Barry, Robert  Search this

Artschwager, Richard  Search this

Castelli, Leo  Search this

Bloom, Barbara  Search this

Chryssa  Search this

Christo  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy  Search this

Tworkov, Jack  Search this

Warhol, Andy  Search this

Weiner, Lawrence  Search this

Stella, Frank  Search this

Tremaine, Burton  Search this

Tremaine, Emily Hall  Search this

Twombly, Cy  Search this

Rowan, Carolyn  Search this

Ruscha, Edward  Search this

Rowan, Robert  Search this

Powers, Kimiko  Search this

Powers, John  Search this

Rosenquist, James  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this

Starn, Doug  Search this

Starn, Mike  Search this

Scull, Ethel  Search this

Scarpitta, Salvatore  Search this

Serra, Richard  Search this

Scull, Robert C.  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Multiples, Inc.  Search this

Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Ileana Sonnabend (Gallery)  Search this

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Castelli-Sonnabend Tapes and Films, Inc.  Search this

Dwan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Dwan Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Castelli Graphics (Firm)  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Sidney Janis Gallery  Search this

Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Video recordings

Sketches

Transcripts

Sound recordings

Notes

Visitors' books

Photographs

Notebooks

Awards

Citation:

Leo Castelli Gallery records, circa 1880-2000, bulk 1957-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- New York (State)New York  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- New York (State)New York  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7351

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209504

AAA_collcode_leocast

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209504

Artist:

Jean Dubuffet, French, b. Le Havre, 1901–1985  Search this

Medium:

Iron slag on cement base

Dimensions:

14 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (37.3 x 16.3 x 9.7 cm) incl. base height: 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1954)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.1454

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

Postwar European

On View:

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2e9c496d2-54ee-4207-abc9-635dd2bfc8c7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.1454

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 175, Folder 73

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1982

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 11: Consignment Records / 11.2: Consignments from Other Galleries

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9700d4eb1-7bfc-437f-a37f-f06be68f6d89

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref5585

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 187, Folder 38

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cb0ef67a-2454-4a06-a7f3-bd4a95bf1c8f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6367

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Extent:

2 Folders

Container:

Box 187, Folder 39-40

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1978

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eedf0c94-2a4e-4c97-b576-706bbb2a6118

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6368

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 188, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1979

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ed002523-7b64-44d7-99eb-5daefa7e3597

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6369

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 188, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1980

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f3649115-f70c-4cc7-bf81-80d9ab6973e6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6370

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 188, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1979

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw987d0e334-cc75-4273-b150-a0d43723e36a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6371

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 188, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1980

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99b40f1c0-ce23-4ec0-95ba-4a73def9771f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6372

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 188, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1979

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9395854a0-cbf7-4bf5-a7f5-04e459d1fdea

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6373

Collection Creator:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 188, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1977-1980

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.

Collection Rights:

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.

Collection Citation:

André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.

See more items in:

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers

André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 13: Other Financial and Legal Records / 13.2: Partner Account Statements

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99e126663-8a6e-4e26-b957-4894331a4fc0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref6374

Creator:

Tworkov, Jack  Search this

Names:

Egan Gallery  Search this

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Nancy Hoffman Gallery  Search this

Poindexter Gallery  Search this

Stable Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Zabriskie Gallery  Search this

Ashbury, John  Search this

Ashton, Dore  Search this

Bartlett, Jennifer, 1941-  Search this

Blinken, Donald M., 1925-  Search this

Calfee, William H. (William Howard), 1909-1995  Search this

Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Demarco, Ricky  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978  Search this

Forge, Andrew  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Herzbrun, Helene  Search this

Katz, Paul  Search this

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this

Lindeberg, Linda, 1915-1973  Search this

Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984  Search this

Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006  Search this

Newman, Michael  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this

Ponsold, Renate  Search this

Praeger, David A.  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Summerford, Joe  Search this

Thorne, Joan, 1943-  Search this

Westenberger, Theo  Search this

Wheeler, Dennis  Search this

Wise, Howard  Search this

Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983  Search this

Extent:

9.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sound recordings

Sketches

Diaries

Date:

1926-1993

Summary:

The Jack Tworkov papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.

Scope and Content Note:

The Jack Tworkov papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993, with the bulk from the period 1931-1982. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.

Biographical material includes Tworkov's citizenship certificate, awards, diplomas, a copy of Jack Tworkov: Video Portrait, produced by Electronic Arts Intermix, and a motion picture film, USA Artists: Jack Tworkov, produced by National Education Television.

Correspondence consists largely of incoming letters. It is both professional and personal in nature and often combines both spheres. Correspondents include artists Jennifer Bartlett, William H. Calfee, Giorgio Cavallon and Linda Lindeberg, Grace Hartigan, Helene Herzbrun (also named Helene McKinsey), Karl Knaths, Joe Summerford, Joan Thorne, and Adja Yunkers; cartoonist Robert C. Osborn; collectors Donald M. Blinken and David A. Praeger (who was also Tworkov's lawyer); illustrator Roger Dovoisin; critics Dore Ashton and Andrew Forge; critic and poet John Ashbury; galleries that represented Tworkov: Egan Gallery, Leo Castelli, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Poindexter Gallery, Stable Gallery and Zabriskie Gallery; and many museums, arts organizations, colleges and universities.

Interviews with Tworkov include one with Ricky Demarco videotaped in 1979 and two conducted on video by Twokov's daughter Helen in 1975. The remaining interviews are sound recordings, one conducted by Grace Alexander for the show Artists in New York in 1967, one conducted by Michael Newman in 1980, and the remainder by unidentified interviewers. None have transcripts.

All writings are by Tworkov and include poems, an artist's statement, and documentation for two children's books by Tworkov illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Two additional notebooks contain miscellaneous notes, teaching notes, and some specific to identified courses. Lectures exist as untranscribed sound recordings.

Tworkov's journals (33 volumes) span a period of 35 years, from 1947 until 1982, with the final entry dated a few weeks before his death. They record his reflections on painting, his challenges as a painter, aesthetics, the role of the artist in society, Jewish identity, painters he admired (especially Cézanne and Edwin Dickinson), politics, and teaching. They also recount everyday life: the comings and goings of friends and family members, social engagements, professional activities, illness, and travel.

The lone subject file concerns Mark Rothko and includes a photograph of Rothko and the guest list for the dedication of the Rothko Chapel in Houston.

Artwork consists of a small number of sketches by Tworkov in pencil and ink. Tworkov's sketchbooks (28 volumes) contain sketches and some finished drawings. Most are in pencil, but scattered throughout are a few pencil sketches embellished with colored marker or pastel, and a small number in ink.

Photographs are of people, places and events. Most photographs are of Tworkov alone and with others including Giogio Cavallon, though most friends and students are unidentified. Of note are views of Tworkov producing a series of prints at Tamarind Institute. Also found is an informal portrait of Wally Tworkov. Events recorded include the jurying of "Exhibition Momentum" in Chicago, 1956. Among the places shown are Tworkov's studios at Black Mountain College and in Provincetown. When known, photographers are noted; among them are Paul Katz, Herbert Matter, Arnold Newman, Renate Ponsold, Theo Westenberger, Dennis Wheeler, and Howard Wise.

A separate series of audiovisual recordings was established for those recordings that could not be readily identified to be arranged in other series. They consist of three videocassettes (2 VHS and 1 miniDV).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1933-1981 (Boxes 1, 9, 11, FC 13; 0.7 linear ft.)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1926-1993 (Boxes 1-5; 3.8 linear ft.)

Series 3: Interviews, 1978-1982 (Boxes 5, 9-10; 1 linear ft.)

Series 4: Writings, Notes, and Lectures, 1955-1982 (Boxes 5, 9; 0.5 linear ft.)

Series 5: Journals, 1947-1982 (Boxes 5-7; 2.0 linear ft.)

Series 6: Subject File, 1961-1977 (Box 7; 1 folder)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1952-1981 (Box 7, OV 12; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1950s-1960s (Box 7: 3 folders)

Series 9: Sketchbooks, circa 1950s-1960s (Boxes 7-8, 11; 1.0 linear ft.)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1941-1981 (Boxes 8-9; 0.5 linear ft.)

Series 11: Audiovisual Recordings, 1961-1975 (Box 9; 0.1 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

New York School painter Jack Tworkov (1900-1982), best known for his Abstract Expressionist paintings and as a highly regarded teacher, lived and worked in New York City and Provincetown, MA.

At age 13, Tworkov (born Yakov Tworkovsky) emigrated from Poland with his mother and sister to join his father already in the United States. In America, they chose to use the name of distant relatives, the Bernsteins, who were their sponsors. Eventually, Jack and his sister, Janice, reclaimed and shortened their name to Tworkov; later, she adopted the name of their hometown in Poland and became the painter Janice Biala.

As a high school student in New York City, Tworkov attended drawing classes. After graduating from Columbia University, where he had been an English major and considered becoming a writer, Tworkov instead turned to art. He studied with Ivan Olinsky at the National Academy of Design between 1923 and 1925, and from 1925 to 1926 attended painting classes taught by Guy Péne Du Bois and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League. During his college years, Tworkov began visiting museums and became a great admirer of Cézanne. Tworkov's early paintings - still life, landscapes, and portraits - showed the influence of European modernism and Cézanne.

Tworkov spent his first summer in Provincetown while still a student and subsequently returned to study with Ross Moffet. In Provincetown he met and was greatly influenced by Karl Knaths and developed a lifelong friendship with Edwin Dickinson. By 1929, Tworkov was painting there year round. Over the years, Tworkov and his family continued to return for long stretches, and in 1958 he purchased a house in Provincetown.

During the Great Depression, Tworkov participated in the Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project until 1934, and then moved to the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project. He felt uncomfortable with the growing ideological and political influences on art and found it depressing to paint for the WPA rather than for himself, so he left the WPA in 1941. Tworkov, who had studied mechanical drawing while in high school, spent most of the War years employed as a tool designer and draftsman at an engineering firm with government contracts.

By the 1940s, Tworkov was painting in the Abstract Expressionist style. Between 1948 and 1953, he leased a studio on Fourth Avenue that adjoined that of his friend Willem de Kooning. During this time, they mutually influenced each other as they developed into mature Abstract Expressionists. At Yale in the 1960s, Tworkov became close friends with fellow student Josef Albers. Alber's influence on Tworkov resulted in a turn to geometric compositions of small, systematic, and repetitive strokes defined by a grid. He experimented with diagonal compositions, and later geometric work that featured large areas of color and soft texture.

Tworkov's first teaching experience was during 1930-1931 when he served as a part-time painting instructor at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. His teaching career began in earnest when he joined the faculties of Queens College, 1948-1955, and Pratt Institute, 1955-1958. During the summers he taught at various schools, most notably Black Mountain College's 1952 summer session. Tworkov was a visiting artist at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture, 1961-1963, and became chairman of its Art Department from 1963 until his retirement in 1969. In retirement he lived in Provincetown and was a visiting artist for both short and extended periods at various universities and art schools.

An avid reader of literature and poetry, Tworkov also wrote poems and essays. He published essays in It Is, Art Digest, and Art In America; his most notable piece, "The Wandering Soutine," appeared in Art News, November 1950. Tworkov also kept a journal for 35 years (1947-1982) that recorded his thoughts on a wide range of subjects concerning professional, personal, and philosophical issues, as well as details of everyday life.

Tworkov was among the founders of the Artists' Club or The Club in 1949, and for a decade actively participated in the stimulating discussions for which the group was known. In 1968 he helped to establish the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Its residency program enabled younger artists and writers to advance their careers and kept Provincetown's historic artists' colony active year round.

He was the recipient of the William A. Clark Award and Corcoran Gold Medal from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1963; Skowhegan School of Art's Painter of the Year Award, 1974; and Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from College Art Association, 1976. Tworkov was appointed to serve on the Massachusetts Art Commission, 1970-1971, and in 1981 was named a Fellow of The Cleveland Museum of Art and of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Following his second divorce in 1935, Rachel (Wally) Wolodarsky became Tworkov's third wife and their marriage endured. They had two daughters. Hermine Ford (b. 1939) is an artist married to fellow painter Robert Moskowitz. Helen Tworkov (b. 1943) is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and the author of a book about yoga.

Tworkov remained physically and intellectually active after a diagnosis of bone cancer around 1980, and continued to paint until shortly before his death in Provincetown on September 4, 1982.

Related Material:

Among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are two oral history interviews with Jack Tworkov, one conducted by Dorothy Seckler, Aug. 17, 1962, and another by Gerald Silk, May 22, 1981. There is also a small collection of three letters written by Jack Tworkov to friend Troy-Jjohn Bramberger.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel N70-38 and 62) including writings by Tworkov, notebooks, notes for teaching and talks, notes on art and miscellaneous subjects, poems, artist's statements, biographical data, the transcript of a 1970 interview with Tworkov conducted by Phyllis Tuchman, and a few letters and drafts of letters, 1950-1963. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Jack Tworkov lent the Archives of American Art papers for microfilming in 1970-1971. Jack Tworkov's daughters, Hermine Ford and Helen Tworkov, donated the rest of the collection in 2009, which included some of the material from the original loan.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

Reels N70-38 and 62: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Helen Tworkov or Hermine Ford. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts  Search this

Topic:

Painting -- New York (State)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sound recordings

Sketches

Diaries

Citation:

Jack Tworkov papers, 1926-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.tworjack2

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Jack Tworkov papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9345f5838-057f-4572-8063-0df7b8d00ad0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-tworjack2

Creator:

Rosa Esman Gallery  Search this

Names:

Tanglewood Press  Search this

Darger, Henry, 1892-1972  Search this

Esman, Rosa  Search this

Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976  Search this

Rodchenko, Aleksandr, 1891-1956  Search this

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987  Search this

Extent:

16 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1922-2014

bulk 1972-1994

Summary:

The Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records measure 16.0 linear feet and date from circa 1922 to 2014, with the bulk of the records dating from 1972 to 1994. The records shed light on two businesses operated by Rosa Esman through administrative files, artist files, exhibition and event files, sales and financial records, printed material, photographic materials, and several objects.

Scope and Contents:

The Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records measure 16.0 linear feet and date from circa 1922 to 2014, with the bulk of the records dating from 1972 to 1994. The records shed light on two businesses operated by Rosa Esman through administrative files, artist files, exhibition and event files, sales and financial records, printed material, photographic materials, and several objects.

Administrative files contain correspondence files, printed material, and inventories; photos of the gallery, Rosa Esman, and others; a few gallery blueprints; and pins and magnets from a collaboration between the Esman Gallery and artists Roy Lichtenstein, Gustav Klutsis, Lazar "El" Lissitzky, and Sol LeWitt. Artist files consist of resumes and biographical summaries, correspondence, pricelists, exhibition material, press packets, photographic materials depicting artwork and artists, and more. Artists include Eileen Gray, Lev Nussberg, Pascal Verbena, Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Rodchenko, Sol LeWitt, Peter Boynton, and Jan Muller. Exhibition and event files contain price lists, loan agreements, correspondence, printed materials, and photographic materials. Included in this series is one file for an exhibition held at Knoedler Gallery that was in collaboration with Rosa Esman after she had closed her gallery. Financial records consist of sales books, consignment records, receipts and invoices, ledgers, and some appraisals. Tanglewood Press Inc. files contain correspondence files, financial records, order forms and receipts, photographic materials, press packets, mailers, a certificate, and some exhibition materials. Printed material consists of some miscellaneous postcards, exhibition announcements and catalogs including a binder of exhibition announcements. Photographic material consists of photographs, slides, and negatives of artwork displayed at the gallery. There are also a number of CDs containing digital photographs.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as seven series.

Series 1: Administrative Files, 1973-2014 (Box 1-2, 16; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1920s, 1953-2011 (Box 2-8, 16; 5.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Exhibition and Event Files, 1971-2014 (Box 8-12, 16; 4.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Financial Records, 1965, 1977-2013 (Box 12-13, 16-17; 1.9 linear feet)

Series 5: Tanglewood Press Inc. Records, 1964-2003 (Box 13-15, 17; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1972-1994 (Box 2, 12, 17; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1970s-2013 (Box 2, 7, 8, 12, 18; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Rosa Esman Gallery was established in 1972 in New York, New York by Rosa Esman. The gallery exhibited mostly twentieth-century American and European art in various mediums and styles, including pop art, European outsider art, Dada, constructivism, architecture, interior design, and Russian artists from the early twentieth century. Tanglewood Press Inc. was an art publishing company founded by Esman, and published thirteen limited-edition portfolios by a number of artists from 1965 to 1991.

With encouragement from Doris Freedman and Hans Kleinschmidt, Esman established Tanglewood Press Inc. in 1965 as a publisher of artists' portfolios. The first publication, New York Ten (1965), included artwork by Tom Wesselmann, George Segal, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Mon Levinson, Robert Kulicke, Nicholas Krushenick, Helen Frankenthaler, Jim Dine, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. Later publications included artwork by Andy Warhol, Mary Bauermeister, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Motherwell, Sol LeWitt, Jim Dine, and many others. The portfolio, "Ten Landscapes-Roy Lichtenstein (1967), was published in collaboration with Abrams Original Editions. Esman was contracted to work at Abrams Original Editions for a short period of time in the late 1970s. Esman and her Tanglewood Press Inc. were featured in the exhibition, The Great American Pop Art Store: Multiples of the sixties (1997-2000), University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California.

Esman held a drawings exhibition of artwork borrowed from the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1972 in a space she rented for Tanglewood Press Inc.; she credited this as the beginning of Rosa Esman Gallery. Esman continued exhibiting in that location for the next several years, including a solo show of folded drawings by Sol LeWitt and Modern Master Drawings: Avery, Stuart Davis, De Kooning, Hoffman, Motherwell (1973). Esman moved her operation in 1975 to a building in midtown near the galleries of Tibor de Nagy and Virginia Zabriskie. Artists and printmakers shown at Esman Gallery during 1970s include Christo, Bill Fares, Tom Noskowski, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Hannah Tierney, and Eileen Gray. In 1979, Esman began an exhibition series of Russian avant-garde art, The Russian Revolution in Art, 1-5 (1979-1983), featuring artwork by Kasmir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, Lyubov Popova, and many others of the Russian avant-garde. Esman moved the gallery to SoHo in 1980. In the 1980s, Esman began showing European outsider artists Pascal Verbena and Henry Darger and held a group exhibition of outsider artists in 1986, Outsiders: Art Beyond the Norm. Other exhibitions in the 1980s included Art by Architects (1980), Architecture by Artists (1981), Curator's Choice: A Tribute to Dorothy Miller (1982). Later exhibitions featured artists Joseph Zito, Sofia Dymshits-Tolstaya, Eric Snell, and Carl Goldhagen; and group shows of Dada art, twentieth-century photography, and constructivism. After closing Rosa Esman Gallery in 1992, Esman entered a partnership at Ubu Gallery with Adam Boxer and Alfred Jarry.

Rosa Mencher Esman was born in New York, New York in 1927. She studied government at Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts. She went abroad to Europe her junior year, visiting museums in Geneva, Florence, and Paris. After college, she worked several jobs including a position in the art book department of Harper and Brothers and as an office administrator for Rene d'Harnocourt at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1957, she and a friend opened Tanglewood Gallery in Stockbridge, Massachusettes, showing artwork by artist-friends, utilizing the Museum of Modern Art lending service, and borrowing from the Downtown Gallery. The Tanglewood Gallery exhibited artists Milton Avery, Karl Schrag, Tom Wesselman, Alexander Calder, George Morrison, Robert Indiana, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Mervin Jules, and George L. K. Morris, among others. The gallery operated until circa 1960.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Rosa Esman conducted by James McElhinney, June 9-16, 2009.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Rosa Esman in 2003 and 2014 and in 2023 by the Esate of Rosa Esman via Abigail Esman, co-executor.

Restrictions:

Two folders comprised of Rosa Esman Gallery legal files, 1989-1991, in Box 15 are access restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information. 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 in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

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.

Topic:

Women art dealers  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Art, Russian -- 20th century  Search this

Outsider art  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Citation:

Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc records, circa 1922-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.rosaesmg

See more items in:

Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90b5afc25-4ac5-4700-9d90-a03c3ac29007

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rosaesmg

Creator:

Tworkov, Jack, 1900-1982  Search this

Subject:

Forge, Andrew  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter  Search this

Demarco, Ricky  Search this

Knaths, Karl  Search this

Katz, Paul  Search this

Herzbrun, Helene  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Bartlett, Jennifer  Search this

Ashton, Dore  Search this

Ashbury, John  Search this

Cézanne, Paul  Search this

Cavallon, Giorgio  Search this

Calfee, William H. (William Howard)  Search this

Blinken, Donald M.  Search this

Ponsold, Renate  Search this

Praeger, David A.  Search this

Westenberger, Theo  Search this

Summerford, Joe  Search this

Thorne, Joan  Search this

Matter, Herbert  Search this

Lindeberg, Linda  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley  Search this

Newman, Arnold  Search this

Newman, Michael  Search this

Wise, Howard  Search this

Wheeler, Dennis  Search this

Yunkers, Adja  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Egan Gallery  Search this

Stable Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Nancy Hoffman Gallery  Search this

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Poindexter Gallery  Search this

Zabriskie Gallery  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sound recordings

Sketches

Diaries

Citation:

Jack Tworkov papers, 1926-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting -- New York (State)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13402

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211452

AAA_collcode_tworjack2

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211452

Creator:

Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012  Search this

O.K. Harris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Subject:

Wesselmann, Tom  Search this

Rohm, Robert  Search this

Salt, John  Search this

Kacere, John C.  Search this

McLean, Richard Thorpe  Search this

Goings, Ralph  Search this

Grinder, Robert  Search this

Hanson, Duane  Search this

Karp, Marilynn Gelfman  Search this

Baeder, John  Search this

Butterfield, Deborah  Search this

Castanis, Muriel  Search this

Celender, Don  Search this

Clarke, John Clem  Search this

De Andrea, John  Search this

Dufresne, Leonard  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Prints

Diaries

Citation:

Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records, 1960-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photo-realism  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16157

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)366202

AAA_collcode_okharr

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_366202

Creator:

Crist, Noche, 1909-2004  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1966

Citation:

Noche Crist. Noche Crist Christmas card, 1966. Leo Castelli Gallery records, circa 1880-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)13319

See more items in:

Leo Castelli Gallery records, circa 1880-2000, bulk 1957-1999

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_13319

Creator:

Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012  Search this

O.K. Harris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Names:

Baeder, John  Search this

Butterfield, Deborah, 1949-  Search this

Castanis, Muriel, 1926-2006  Search this

Celender, Don, 1931-2005  Search this

Clarke, John Clem, 1937-  Search this

De Andrea, John, 1941-  Search this

Dufresne, Leonard, 1941-  Search this

Goings, Ralph  Search this

Grinder, Robert  Search this

Hanson, Duane  Search this

Kacere, John C., 1920-1999  Search this

Karp, Marilynn Gelfman  Search this

McLean, Richard Thorpe, 1934-  Search this

Rohm, Robert  Search this

Salt, John, 1937-  Search this

Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004  Search this

Extent:

80.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Prints

Diaries

Date:

1960-2014

Summary:

The Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records measure 80.3 linear feet and are dated 1960-2014. The collection documents the operation and activities of the contemporary art gallery founded by Ivan C. Karp in the SoHo area of Manhattan. Exhibition files, artist files, printed material and photographic materials reveal the wide range of artists represented by OK Harris and the gallery's role in introducing Photo-realism to the public. Aso included are administrative files, prints by OK Harris artists, business and personal correspondence, 39 journals by Karp spanning a period of 62 years, and other personal papers. Material pre-dating the 1969 establishment of OK Harris Works of Art consists of printed items and a few letters.

Scope and Contents:

The Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records measure 80.3 linear feet and are dated 1960-2014. The collection documents the operation and activities of the contemporary art gallery founded by Ivan C. Karp in the SoHo area of Manhattan. Exhibition files, artists' files, printed material, and photographic materials reveal the wide range of artists represented by OK Harris and the gallery's role in introducing Photo-realism to the public. Also included are administrative files, prints by OK Harris artists, business and personal correspondence, 39 journals by Karp spanning a period of 62 years, and other personal papers. Material pre-dating the 1969 establishment of OK Harris Works of Art consists of printed items and a few letters.

Correspondence, both professional and personal, is with museums, galleries, art dealers, art collectors, and graduate students. Artists John Baeder, Deborah Butterfield, John Clem Clarke, John DeAndrea, Jim Dine, Leonard Dufresne, Robert Ginder, Ralph Goings, Duane Hanson, Richard McLean and Tom Wesselmann are among the correspondents.

Admininstrative files concern the daily operation of OK Harris Works of Art. Included are instructions regarding administrative functions and forms for routine activities to enable employees to conduct business in Ivan Karp's absence. Along with files about other items occasionally sold at the gallery, there are files about projects of interest to the Karps, sample announcements, invitations, and advertisements.

Exhibition files document group shows, collectibles and antique exhibitions, summer invitationals, and special event exhibitions at OK Harris Works of Art. The files include photographs and slides, schedules, lists of titles and prices, artists' resumes, installation layouts, reviews and publicity materials, and other items.

Artist files constitute the largest series in the collection at 34 linear feet, and document the gallery's relationships with artists throughout its 45 year history. Files are comprised of biographical information, correspondence, notes, publicity and other printed material (including a few items pre-dating the gallery). Among the many transactions recorded are arrangements for and documentation of solo exhibitions at OK Harris. There are photographs, slides and color transparencies of individual works, and some views of exhibition installations. John Baeder, Muriel Castanis, Don Celender, Ralph Goings, John Kacere, Richard McLean, Robert Rohm and John Salt are among the most extensively documented artists.

Printed material produced by OK Harris Works of Art includes exhibition catalogs, exhibition announcements, invitations, checklists, price lists posters, and notices of gallery sponsored events and activities. Printed material from other sources consists of exhibition reviews, articles about Ivan and Marilynn Karp, OK Harris Works of Art, and the gallery's artists. These appeared in art and mainstream periodicals, newspapers, exhibition catalogs, and books. Also found are posters, reproductions of artwork, and miscellaneous printed items. Artwork consists of 40 prints by artists affiliated with OK Harris. Most are signed; 2 are black and white prints, the remainder are color lithographs. Included is Radical Realism I, a set of 6 prints issued by Mother Lode Editions, 1972.

Thirty-two linear feet of photographs, negatives, slides, transparencies and digital images are of artwork by OK Harris artists, exhibition installation views, and miscellaneous subjects. Photographs of artwork by 59 OK Harris artists are found in binders called "Artists' Photo Books." Installation views of exhibitions held at OK Harris Works of Art during its 45 year history fill 61 binders. Miscellaneous subjects include OK Harris office space, galleries and staff. Also found are photographs of group shows, art fairs, and gallery artists' exhibitions at other venues.

The Ivan C. Karp personal papers include obituaries from print and internet sources along with other biographical information, published versions of brief interviews conducted for various purposes, writings, a few materials relating to business and academic activities, and some personal photographs. Journals, 1950-2012 (bulk 1991-2012) record travel, daily activities, and reflections.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1960-2013 (Boxes 1-2B; 2.4 linear feet)

Series 2: Administrative Files, 1969-2014 (Box 3; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1969-2014 (Boxes 3-4; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Artist Files, 1967-2014 (Boxes 4-38, 80; 34 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1963-2014 (Boxes 38-44, 80, OV 88 - OV 90; 5.2 linear feet)

Series 6: Artwork, 1970s-circa 1980 (Box 44, OV 81-OV 87; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographic Materials, 1960s-2014, bulk 1969-1999 (Boxes 44-76; 32 linear feet)

Series 8: Ivan C. Karp Personal Papers, 1961-2012 (Boxes 76-79; 4 linear feet)

Historical note:

OK Harris Works of Art specialized in a wide range of contemporary art and was known for its early support of Photo-realism. When it opened in 1969, the gallery was one of the first to operate in the SoHo area of Manhattan and its presence helped shape the neighborhood's development into a vibrant arts district.

Ivan C. Karp (1926-2012), the founder of OK Harris Works of Art, established a reputation in the art world while co-director of Leo Castelli Gallery from 1959-1969. He is credited with launching the careers of Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, Tom Wesselmann, and Claes Oldenburg. Karp wrote, published, and lectured extensively on art and the art business. He was the author of a romantic novel about New York life, Doobie Doo (published in 1965, front cover by Roy Lichtenstein, back cover by Andy Warhol) and his short stories were published in literary reviews. Karp was actively involved in architectural preservation efforts in New York City. As President of the Anonymous Arts Recovery Society, he rescued and stored cornices, capitals, portals, columns and other architectural fragments of historical and aesthetic interest from demolition sites. Many are displayed in his Anonymous Arts Museum, Charlotteville, NY and some became part of a sculpture garden that Karp donated to the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

While Leo Castelli Gallery was closed for summer vacations in 1963 and 1964, Karp ran his own contemporary art gallery in Provincetown. He named it OK Harris, a name he thought suggestive of a colorful, very American character. A few years later, Karp opened OK Harris Works of Art in SoHo where a portrait of a bearded man titled "Oscar Klondike Harris" hung in his office. "Mr. Harris" frequently assumed blame for delays, rejections and other unwelcome news or decisions. OK Harris Works of Art (first at 469 West Broadway and later at 383 West Broadway) was a 10,000 square foot ground-floor space where as many as six concurrent solo exhibitions were presented every six weeks. The goal was "to exhibit the broadest spectrum of the most adventuresome art being offered" and the focus was on emerging artists, many of them unknown. In addition to being at the forefront of the Photo-realist movement in 1969, OK Harris Works of Art was the first gallery to exhibit the work of Duane Hanson, Deborah Butterfield, Manny Farber, Richard Pettibone, Robert Cottingham, Robert Bechtle, Marilyn Levine, Nancy Rubins, Malcolm Morley, Luis Jiminez, Jake Berthot, Jack Goldstein, Porfirio DiDonna, and Al Souza.

An approachable, friendly man who enjoyed sharing his knowledge, Karp usually sat at the gallery's front desk and was available to all. Unlike many dealers, he was willing to look at and discuss artists' slides, offered encouragement, and often followed up with studio visits.

At his request, Marilynn Gelfman Karp became gallery director after her husband's death in 2012. She ran the business with gallery staff including Ivan's oldest son, Ethan. Following Ivan's guidelines, OK Harris Works of Art closed with a gala celebration 2014 for all the gallery's artists, collectors and friends.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art are oral history interviews with Ivan C. Karp conducted by Richard Brown Baker, 1963 October 18; by Paul Cummings, 1969 March 12; and by Ronny Cohen, 1986 April 17-1988 October 18. The Marilynn Gelfman Karp Collection of Ephemera owned by the New-York Historical Society includes OK Harris printed material, prints, and posters.

Provenance:

Marilynn Karp, wife of Ivan C. Karp, donated scattered papers in 2011 and 2013, and the bulk of the collection in 2014.

Restrictions:

Use of original material requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

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.

Topic:

Photo-realism  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Prints

Diaries

Citation:

Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records, 1960-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.okharr

See more items in:

Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96a2748a9-b34e-44ba-9c6f-c4586b7960c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-okharr

Artist:

Arshile Gorky, American, b. Dilkaya, Turkey, 1904–1948  Search this

Medium:

Pencil and crayon on paper

Dimensions:

20 3/4 × 27 11/16 in. (52.6 × 70.3 cm) [irreg.]

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1943

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2146

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py24cd283bd-947e-46f8-9e71-1886f8373024

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.2146