Folder 8 Amistad Captives: Drawings. Consists of correspondence and loan agreements about borrowing six of the William H. Townsend Amistad watercolor portrait drawings of Cinque's fellow Africans --Bana, Tuli, Kenna, Grabo, Farquanar and Malhue.
Collection Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions Search this
Container:
Box 3 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 361, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Abroad in America: Visitors to the New Nation, 1776-1914 (Monograph : 1976)
American Portrait Drawings (Monograph : 1980)
American Portrait Prints: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual American Print Conference (Monograph : 1984)
Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture (Monograph : 1995)
Portraits by George Bellows (Monograph : 1981)
Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution (Monograph : 1989)
Champions of American Sport (Monograph : 1981)
National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Illustrated Checklist (Monograph : 1978)
National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Illustrated Checklist (Monograph : 1982)
National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Illustrated Checklist (Monograph : 1987)
Adventurous Pursuits: Americans and the China Trade, 1784-1844 (Monograph : 1984)
Baseball Immortals: The Photographs of Charles Martin Conlon, 1905-1935 (Monograph)
Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography (Monograph : 1983)
Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures (Monograph : 1985)
Facing the Light: Historic American Daguerreotypes (Monograph : 1978)
Fifty American Faces from the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery (Monograph : 1978)
The National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection of Notable Americans (CD-ROM : circa 1990)
A Gallery of Presidents: The Hall of Presidents in the National Portrait Gallery (Monograph : 1979)
U. S. Grant: The Man and the Image (Monograph : 1985)
A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits (Monograph : 1985)
In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Five American Patriots and the Road to Revolution (Monograph : 1974)
Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America, 1784-1788 (Monograph : 1979)
Portraits from The American: The Democratic Experience (Monograph : 1975)
Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940 (Monograph : 1979)
Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872) (Monograph : 1983)
Masterpieces from Versailles: Three Centuries of French Portraiture (Monograph : 1983)
Benjamin West and His American Students (Monograph : 1980)
William Edward West, 1788-1857: Kentucky Painter (Monograph : 1985)
Joseph Wright, American Artist, 1756-1793 (Monograph : 1985)
Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Publications Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Date:
1972-2005
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of contracts and permissions administered by the Office of Publications for various publications, including gallery guides, exhibition catalogs,
and brochures. Publications covered include Abroad in America: Visitors to the New Nation, 1776-1914; American Portrait Drawings; American Portrait Prints:
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual American Print Conference; Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture; Portraits by George Bellows; Black Presence in the
Era of the American Revolution; Champions of American Sport; National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Illustrated Checklist; Adventurous Pursuits: Americans
and the China Trade, 1784-1844; Baseball Immortals: The Photographs of Charles Martin Conlon, 1905-1935; Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography;
Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures; Facing the Light: Historic American Daguerreotypes; Fifty American Faces from the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery;
The National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection of Notable Americans; A Gallery of Presidents: The Hall of Presidents in the National Portrait Gallery; U.
S. Grant: The Man and the Image; A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits; In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Five American Patriots and the
Road to Revolution; Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America, 1784-1788; Portraits from The American: The Democratic Experience; Return
to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940; Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872); Masterpieces from Versailles: Three Centuries
of French Portraiture; Benjamin West and His American Students; William Edward West, 1788-1857: Kentucky Painter; and Joseph Wright, American Artist,
1756-1793. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, contracts, permissions, purchase orders, brochures, and clippings.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2021; Transferring office; 03/27/2007 memorandum, Toda to Dowdy; Contact reference staff for details.
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:
Richard Murray research material regarding Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1948-2004, bulk 1994-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Two Centuries of Change: The Idea of Downtown Washington, Summer 1979; The Great Crash, September 1979; Robert Edge Pine: A British Painter in America, 1784-1788, November 1979; American Portrait Drawings, May 1980
Collection Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 2
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-212, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of External Affairs, Publicity Records
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Summary:
Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery (July 2006 - October 9, 2006)
Collection Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2033. Boxes 1, 3-5, 7-9, 12- 15, 20-23 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 12/31/08 memorandum, Toda to Kelly; Contact reference staff for details.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 19-102, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management, Exhibition Records
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Manuscripts
Clippings
Date:
1983, 1992-2006
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting the Director's involvement in many aspects of exhibition development at the National Portrait Gallery during the tenures
of Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000) and Marc Pachter (2000-2007). Exhibitions documented include Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews Photographs; A Brush
with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery; Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings; American Women: A Selection from the National Portrait
Gallery; Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery; Gilbert Stuart; Portraits in Jazz: Thirty Musicians Who
Made a Difference; Celebrity Caricature in America; Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective; Portraits of the Presidents; Portraiture Now; America's
Presidents; and One Life: Walt Whitman, a kosmos. Materials include loan requests, correspondence, memoranda, agreements, scripts, catalog manuscripts, brochures,
and newspaper clippings.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 4/20/2001 memorandum, Alers to Kurfehs; Contact reference staff for details.
Portrait Drawings, National Portrait Gallery London
Collection Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Design and Production Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 2
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-140, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Department of Design and Production, Exhibition Records
Artwork includes paintings, over 800 graphite and pen and ink sketches, watercolors, and prints depicting Becker's figure drawings, caricatures, portrait drawings of men and women, and sketches of animals and landscapes. Many of these sketches were the basis for panels that later appeared in the New York Tribune, The Masses, and Liberator. Labor leaders, politicians, and artists identified in these sketches include Mother Jones, Samuel Gompers, Herbert Hoover, William Glackens, and Max Eastman.
Arrangement:
Materials are arranged by document type.
Collection 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.
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:
Maurice Becker papers, circa 1910-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Processing of this collection was funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art
The papers of painter and political cartoonist Maurice Becker measure 2.3 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1970. Found within the papers are biographical material; personal and professional correspondence; writings; printed material, including radical labor and political periodicals; artwork; and photographs of Becker, his family and friends, and his artwork.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of painter and political cartoonist Maurice Becker measure 2.3 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1970. Found within the papers are biographical material; personal and professional correspondence; writings; printed material, including radical labor and political periodicals; artwork; and photographs of Becker, his family and friends, and his artwork.
Biographical materials consist of a curriculum vitae and a list of artworks.
Correspondence is primarily with Becker's family, friends, and business associates. There are letters from his wife, Dorothy Baldwin Becker, a letter from friend and artist Elizabeth Lancaster, and a letter from Artists for Victory. There is also a letter from Becker to his friend J. B. Neumann containing a draft of Becker's will authorizing Neumann to sell and distribute his paintings upon his death or incapacitation; a letter of invitation to artists and writers interested in reviving a new Masses style journal; and letters from magazine editors regarding freelance commissions.
Printed material includes bulletins, clippings and labor newspapers, exhibition announcements and catalogs, periodicals, press releases, and miscellaneous printed material. Periodicals include whole issues of Liberator, The Masses, New Masses, and One Big Union Monthly, where Becker's political cartoons were frequently featured.
Artwork includes paintings, over 800 graphite and pen and ink sketches, watercolors, and prints depicting Becker's figure drawings, caricatures, portrait drawings of men and women, and sketches of animals and landscapes. Many of these sketches were the basis for panels that later appeared in the New York Tribune, The Masses, and Liberator.
Photographs are of Maurice Becker with family and friends, and five photographs of his artwork.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 6 series.
Missing Title
Series 1: Biographical materials, 1925-1964 (2 folders; Box 1)
Series 2: Correspondence, 1919-1964 (4 folders; Box 1)
Series 3: Writings, circa 1920-1960 (2 folders; Box 1)
Series 4: Printed material, circa 1910-1970 (1 linear foot; Box 1, 4, OV 5)
Series 5: Artwork, circa 1910-1965 (1.2 linear feet; Box 1-3, OV 6-8)
Series 6: Photographs, circa 1910-1966 (3 folders; Box 3)
Biographical / Historical:
Painter and political cartoonist Maurice Becker (1889-1975) lived and worked in New York City, New York and Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and was a frequent contributor to contemporary periodicals of the 1910s.
Becker was born in Nizhni-Novgorod (now Gorky), Russia to Isor and Rose Becker. In 1892, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in the Jewish community of Manhattan's Lower East Side. After graduating from high school, Becker took night classes in bookkeeping and art, studied with Robert Henri and Hugo Boss, and worked days as a sign painter and garment factory worker. He began illustrating for the New York Tribune and Scripps newspapers from 1914 to 1915, and contributed artwork to numerous contemporary periodicals in the 1910s, including Harper's Weekly, Saturday Review, and Metropolitan. Becker was also a frequent contributor to more radical political journals, including The Masses, Liberator, and One Big Union Monthly.
After his return to New York City, Becker held a series of one-man shows at the Whitney Studio Club (1924-1928), J.B. Neumann Gallery (1924-1931), and Delphic Studios (1930). Becker was a member of the Society of Independent Artists and the Artists' League of America and remained a pacifist for the rest of his life. He died in 1975.
Separated Materials:
There are scattered Maurice Becker papers found within the Art Young papers at the Tamiment Library in New York. These were loaned to the Archives in 1971 for microfilming on reel 96. These papers are not described in the container inventory of this finding aid but include approximately 20 postcards, catalogs, sketches, photographs, and other printed materials.
Duplicate magazines, catalogs, and clippings were transferred to the National Portrait Gallery Library in 1977.
Provenance:
Maurice Becker donated his papers in several increments between 1962-1966.
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:
Cartoonists -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Topic:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Painting and Sculpture Search this
Container:
Box 2 of 4
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-058, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Department of Painting and Sculpture, Curatorial Records
