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For Love of Women A Lesbian Art Exhibit (San Francisco, California), poster

Collection Collector:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this
Collection Donor:
Becker, John M.  Search this
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL  Search this
Heritage of Pride (HOP)  Search this
Rohrbaugh, Richard  Search this
Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Hirsch, Leonard  Search this
Guest, Barbara  Search this
Barna, Joseph T.  Search this
Guest, Michael E.  Search this
Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019  Search this
Container:
Box 95, Folder 14
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1982
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 5: Biren, Joan E. (JEB) / 5.2: Posters and Oversize Advertisements
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep896960dc6-e791-4541-9c8d-6aecd12070f8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref752

Burt Chernow papers

Creator:
Chernow, Burt  Search this
Names:
Housatonic Community College (Bridgeport, Conn.)  Search this
Housatonic Museum of Art  Search this
Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection  Search this
Westport-Weston Arts Council (Westport, Conn.)  Search this
Arman, 1928-2005  Search this
Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this
Christo, 1935-  Search this
Hendricks, Barkley L., 1945-  Search this
Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009  Search this
Johnson, Lester, 1919-2010  Search this
Peterdi, Gabor  Search this
Woodham, Jean, 1925-  Search this
Zúñiga, Francisco, 1912-1998  Search this
Extent:
21.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Transcriptions
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Photographs
Date:
1930-2002
Summary:
The papers of Burt Chernow measure 21.8 linear feet and consist mainly of research materials gathered and produced in the course of writing Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography over an extensive period of close contact with the subjects, from the early 1980s until Chernow's death in 1997. Research materials for the biography include photocopies of personal documents of the Christos, hundreds of recorded interviews with Christo, Jeanne-Claude, their family members, and their associates, transcripts of interviews and research on interview subjects, other collected research material compiled chronologically, drafts of the biography written by Chernow, drafts of the biography and its epilogue produced after Chernow's death, and business records related to the book's production, which include significant correspondence with the Christos. Also found are the published German and U.S. editions of the biography, printed materials and photographs related to the book's subject matter, and fabric samples from five of the Christos' projects undertaken during Chernow's association with them. Chernow's career as an art critic, writer, educator, and arts advocate, primarily in Southern Connecticut, is documented in Chernow's other writings, organizational records, printed materials, and photographs.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of Burt Chernow measure 21.8 linear feet and consist mainly of research materials gathered and produced in the course of writing Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography over an extensive period of close contact with the subjects, from the early 1980s until Chernow's death in 1997. Research materials for the biography include photocopies of personal documents of the Christos, hundreds of recorded interviews with Christo, Jeanne-Claude, their family members, and their associates, transcripts of interviews and research on interview subjects, other collected research material compiled chronologically, drafts of the biography written by Chernow, drafts of the biography and its epilogue produced after Chernow's death, and business records related to the book's production, which include significant correspondence with the Christos. Also found are the published German and U.S. editions of the biography, printed materials and photographs related to the book's subject matter, and fabric samples from five of the Christos' projects undertaken during Chernow's association with them.

Chernow's career as an art critic, writer, educator, and arts advocate, primarily in Southern Connecticut, is documented in Chernow's other writings, organizational records, printed materials, and photographs. Other writings include drafts of articles, lectures, exhibition reviews, and catalog essays, some of which include research material gathered on the subjects. Artists written about by Chernow include Arman, Milton Avery, Barkley Hendricks, Francisco Zuñiga, Lester Johnson, Gabor Peterdi, and Jean Woodham, among many others, and including many Connecticut artists. A recorded interview with Arman, as well as transcripts of multiple interviews with Zuñiga, are filed with these writings. Also found are many writings and lectures related to the value of visual art in public life and in elementary and higher education. Numerous lectures by Chernow about several of the Christos' large-scale projects are also found, one of which, on the Wrapped Reichstag, is recorded on video.

Organizational records document Chernow's involvement in various art education organizations, his years of teaching at Housatonic Community College, his development of the Housatonic Museum of Art collection, and his work with several local arts organizations in Westport, Conn., including the Westport Arts Advisory Council, the Westport Arts Center, the Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection Committee, and the Westport Weston Arts Council. Types of documents found include correspondence, clippings, photographs, flyers, and notes.

Printed material includes many of the books written by Chernow, and monographs and magazines which included essays on specific artists by Chernow. A file of clippings about Chernow spanning his career is also found. Photographs include prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and consist mainly of photographs of artists, many of which were taken by Chernow, and many of which are signed by the artists with a personal note to the Chernows. A handful of personal photographs of the Chernows are also found.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged as 5 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Research Material for -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography -- , 1930-2002 (17.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-17, 23, OV 24)

Series 2: Other Writing, 1962-1999 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 17-19)

Series 3: Organizational Records, 1963-2000 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 19-20, 23, OV 24)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1960-2002 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 20-21, 23)

Series 5: Photographs, 1950-1997 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 21-23, OV 24)
Biographical / Historical:
Burt Chernow was an art historian, writer, educator, collector, and dealer who founded the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and who, upon his retirement from Housatonic Community College, became the authorized biographer of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, which he researched through close contact with the Christos from 1984 until his death in 1997. Although he had not completed the biography when he died, his wife Ann Chernow saw the manuscript through to publication, and the biography, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography, was first published in Germany in 2000, and then in the United States in 2002.

Born in New York City in 1933, Chernow earned a master's degree in art education at New York University in 1960, and began his career as an art teacher in the Westport, Connecticut public schools, later joining the faculty of the Art Department at the Housatonic Community College, where he eventually became the department's director. He also taught at the Museum of Modern Art, organizing the Children's Art Carnival in Harlem through the museum, and at Silvermine School of the Arts, the A.B.C.D. Arts Center in Bridgeport, Conn., and the Stamford Museum. While on the faculty at Housatonic Community College, he began collecting original artworks, mainly through donations directly from the artists, for what eventually became the Housatonic Museum of Art. Over the course of nearly 30 years he amassed over 4000 works for the collection, the largest of its kind for a community college, and remained the museum's Emeritus Director until his death. He remained active in civic arts organizations in Westport as well, where he was a founding member of the Westport Arts Center, served on the Westport Arts Advisory Council, and helped to establish the annual Westport Arts Awards.

Upon his retirement from the Housatonic faculty in 1984, Chernow approached Christo and Jeanne-Claude about becoming their authorized biographer. He had participated in their project Surrounded Islands in Miami in 1983, and had played a role in exhibitions and artist talks by Christo at the Aldrich Museum (1981) and the Wadsworth Atheneum (1978) as well. He and his wife Ann Chernow attended and helped to document the Wrapped Pont Neuf (1985) in Paris, and then visited Christo's family in Bulgaria in 1986. It was after their Bulgarian trip that Christo and Jeanne-Claude agreed to authorize him to write their biography, and Chernow's research began in earnest. He conducted hundreds of interviews with them, their family, and associates, participated in the major large-scale projects that took place between 1985 and 1995, and completed a draft of the biography up to the year 1982 before he died suddenly in 1997. After his death, his wife Ann Chernow saw the biography through to publication. It was published with an epilogue by Wolfgang Volz, the Christos' official photographer, bringing the Christos' story up to date from where Chernow had left off, first in Germany, and later in the United States and Italy.

Chernow wrote many books, catalogs, and articles about other artists as well, including Milton Avery, Francisco Zuniga, Gabor Peterdi, Will Barnet, Jean Woodham, and Lester Johnson, among others, and published and lectured widely on the subjects of art education and public art.
Provenance:
Donated 2002 by Ann Chernow, the widow of Burt Chernow.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. 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.
Occupation:
Art historians -- Connecticut  Search this
Art critics -- Connecticut  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Authors -- Connecticut  Search this
Educators -- Connecticut  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Transcriptions
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Photographs
Citation:
Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.cherburt
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b0f96b06-f802-418f-9058-619da6096571
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-cherburt
Online Media:

Magiciens de la terre, 1989

Author:
Steeds, Lucy  Search this
Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien  Search this
Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies  Search this
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum  Search this
Subject:
Martin, Jean-Hubert 1944-  Search this
Centre Georges Pompidou Exhibitions  Search this
Magiciens de la Terre (Exhibition) (1989 : Paris, France)  Search this
Physical description:
304 p. : ill. (some col.), plan ; 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Interviews
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Art and globalization--Exhibitions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1012900

Extreme measures

Artist:
Burden, Chris 1946-2015  Search this
Editor:
Phillips, Lisa 1954-  Search this
Curator:
Gioni, Massimiliano  Search this
Moore, Jenny 1973-  Search this
Author:
Burton, Johanna  Search this
Host institution:
New Museum (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Burden, Chris 1946-2015  Search this
Burden, Chris 1946-2015 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
20th century
21st century
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Performance art  Search this
Conceptual art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1017616

In praise of folly

Title:
In praise of folly October 9, 2015-January 31, 2016
Phyllis Bramson in praise of folly : a retrospective, 1985-2015
Artist:
Bramson, Phyllis  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Orendorff, Danny 1984-  Search this
Warren, Lynne  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Johnson, Carrie (Curator)  Search this
Host institution:
Rockford Art Museum  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
26 unnumbered pages color illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Date:
2015
Call number:
AAF--Bramson, Phyllis
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1058648

Eros (rain) : the storms

Artist:
Diamond, Jessica  Search this
Author:
Hoet, Jan  Search this
Translator:
Ball, Gregory 1953-  Search this
Publisher:
Museum het Domein (Sittard, Netherlands)  Search this
Physical description:
20 pages color illustrations 21 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1117419

Legendary Kyoto painting from Maruyama Ōkyo to the modern era

Editor:
Hirai, Yoshinobu  Search this
Furuta, Ryō  Search this
Asahi Shinbunsha  Search this
Translator:
McClintock, Martha Jane  Search this
Host institution:
Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku Daigaku Bijutsukan  Search this
Kyōto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan  Search this
Subject:
Maruyama, Ōkyo 1733-1795  Search this
Physical description:
254 pages illustrations 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Japan
Kyoto
Date:
2019
Edo period, 1600-1868
Meiji period, 1868-1912
Topic:
Painting, Japanese  Search this
Maruyama School  Search this
Shijō school of art  Search this
Call number:
ND1053.5 .M358 2019
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145062

Home's horizons

Editor:
Gilvin, Amanda  Search this
Author:
Tuggar, Fatimah 1967- Works Selections  Search this
Host institution:
Davis Museum and Cultural Center  Search this
Subject:
Tuggar, Fatimah 1967-  Search this
Physical description:
143 pages color illustrations 24 x 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2019
Topic:
Multimedia (Art)  Search this
Artists  Search this
Œuvres multimédias (Art)  Search this
Artistes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145934

Past is present

Artist:
Smail, Jo 1943-  Search this
Curator:
Raehse, Amy Eva  Search this
Host institution:
Goya Contemporary (Art gallery),)  Search this
Physical description:
60 pages color illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2017
21st century
Topic:
Art, South African  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.S6362 P37 2017
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156196

Crafting a better world

Writer of foreword:
Stebich, Stephanie A.,  Search this
Author:
Container of (work): Savig, Mary This present moment  Search this
Container of (work): Atkinson, Nora Foundation for the future  Search this
Container of (work): Montiel, Anya Respect, reciprocity, responsibility  Search this
Host institution:
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
246 pages, 1 folded page illustrations (chiefly color) 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2022
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
Decorative arts--History  Search this
Artists and community  Search this
Arts décoratifs--Histoire  Search this
Relations artistes-collectivité  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156829

Be your wonderful self

Author:
Delaney, Beauford 1901-1979  Search this
Host institution:
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery  Search this
Ogden Museum  Search this
Physical description:
180 pages illustrations, portraits 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2021
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
African American painters  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Artistes noirs américains  Search this
Peintres noirs américains  Search this
Expressionnisme abstrait  Search this
Modernisme (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.D343 M53p 2021
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157656

Surreal worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo

Editor:
Pfeiffer, Ingrid  Search this
Host institution:
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt  Search this
Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark),)  Search this
Physical description:
419 pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
20th century
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Surrealism  Search this
Women artists--History  Search this
Surréalisme  Search this
Femmes artistes--Histoire  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Malerei  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158323

Photographs of Robert Adams

Artist:
Adams, Robert 1937-  Search this
Author:
Greenough, Sarah 1951-  Search this
Writer of afterword:
Williams, Terry Tempest  Search this
Host institution:
National Gallery of Art (U.S.),.)  Search this
Nevada Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Adams, Robert 1937-  Search this
Physical description:
332 pages illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
20th century
21st century
20e siècle
21e siècle
Topic:
Landscape photography  Search this
Photographie de paysages  Search this
PHOTOGRAPHY / General  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158636

Brings good horses

Artist:
Red Star, Wendy 1981-  Search this
Author:
Johnson, Annika K  Search this
Host institution:
Sargent's Daughters (Gallery)  Search this
Subject:
Red Star, Wendy 1981-  Search this
Physical description:
147 pages chiefly color illustrations 19 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
North America
Etats-Unis
Amerique du Nord
Date:
2021
21st century
21e siecle
Topic:
Horses in art  Search this
Crow art  Search this
Indian prints  Search this
Indigenous art  Search this
Chevaux dans l'art  Search this
Art crow  Search this
Estampe indienne d'Amerique  Search this
Art autochtone  Search this
Call number:
N6537.R3294 A4 2021
N6537.R323 A4 2021
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159243

Craft and conceptual art

Curator:
Liberty, Megan N  Search this
Subject:
Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
San Francisco Center for the Book  Search this
Minnesota Center for Book Arts  Search this
Physical description:
117 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Date:
2023
Topic:
Artists' books  Search this
Artists' books--History  Search this
Book design  Search this
Book designers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159288

Survival and its pictures

Author:
Winant, Carmen  Search this
Writer of added text:
Sweet, Paige L. 1987-  Search this
Sawyer, Drew  Search this
Opie, Catherine 1961-  Search this
Ferrato, Donna  Search this
Nouril, Ksenia  Search this
Ravichandran, Sangi  Search this
Glenn, Ruth M  Search this
Lacy, Suzanne  Search this
Abril, Laia  Search this
Brantley, Irene L  Search this
Rodriques, Elias  Search this
Author:
Print Center for Prints and Photographs (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Physical description:
256 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm
Type:
Books
Art
Date:
2022
Topic:
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Intimate partner violence--Photography  Search this
Feminism and art  Search this
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)--In art  Search this
Photographie artistique  Search this
Violence entre partenaires--Photographie  Search this
Féminisme et art  Search this
Coupures de presse--Dans l'art  Search this
art photography  Search this
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159577

Portrait 23

Editor:
McKendry, Meredith  Search this
Curator:
Ray, Rebecca (1994-)  Search this
Grist, Penelope  Search this
Issuing body:
National Portrait Gallery (Australia)  Search this
Subject:
National Portrait Gallery (Australia)  Search this
Physical description:
202 pages. portraits. (chiefly colour) 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Australia
Australie
Date:
2023
Topic:
Celebrities--Portraits--Exhibitions  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Portrait photography--Exhibitions  Search this
Portrait photography  Search this
Portraits (Photographie)  Search this
Portraits (Photographie)--Expositions  Search this
Celebrities--Portraits  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160994

From colonial acquistions to cosmopolitan exhibitions

Author:
Kuper, Adam  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 415 pages illustrations (black and white) 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2023
Topic:
Ethnological museums and collections--History  Search this
Ethnological museums and collections--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Museums--Acquisitions--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Cultural property--Government policy  Search this
Cultural property--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Museums--Acquisition--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Ethnologie--Musées et collections--Histoire  Search this
Ethnologie--Musées et collections--Aspect moral  Search this
Musées--Acquisition--Aspect moral  Search this
Patrimoine culturel--Politique gouvernementale  Search this
Patrimoine culturel--Aspect moral  Search this
Musées--Acquisitions--Aspect moral  Search this
Ethnological museums and collections  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161056

Mozambique, 40 years of independence 25 giugno / 25 luglio 2015

Editor:
Tesio, Paola Simona 1973-  Search this
Cossa, Gilberto  Search this
Physical description:
47 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 20 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Mozambique
Date:
2015
21st century
21e siècle
Topic:
Art, Mozambican  Search this
Art  Search this
Painting  Search this
Photography--Exhibitions  Search this
Artists  Search this
Art mozambicain  Search this
Peinture  Search this
Artistes  Search this
Photography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161243

Stitches of partnership two

Author:
Nike Art Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)  Search this
Physical description:
36 pages illustrations (colour) 21 x 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2013
Topic:
Art, Nigerian  Search this
Art, Yoruba  Search this
Painting, Nigerian  Search this
Art nigérian  Search this
Art yoruba  Search this
Peinture nigériane  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161442

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