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Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Henri Stehlé  Search this
Max. Elevation:
500  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Endroits humides  Search this
Place:
Abynes Jardin Essais, Point à Pitre, Guadeloupe, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
12 Sep 1935
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Cyperaceae Cyperoideae
Published Name:
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk.
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
Barcode:
00957063
USNM Number:
1558006
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
West Indies Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35fe55ed6-64dd-4aab-8875-d6c0f872f0e3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10534330

Vitex agnus-castus L.

Biogeographical Region:
81 - Caribbean  Search this
Collector:
Henri Stehlé  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Garden  Search this
Place:
Pointe a Pitre, Jardin de Essais, Guadeloupe, West Indies - Neotropics
Collection Date:
18 Apr 1938
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Lamiaceae Viticoideae
Published Name:
Vitex agnus-castus L.
Barcode:
01111744
USNM Number:
1713197
See more items in:
Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
West Indies Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35b2e1c36-df0b-4d1b-811c-724074c21cc0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10542139

Gay Liberation Essays 1953/1973

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 34, Folder 15
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1973
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
See more items in:
Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection / Series 7: Mattachine Society / 7.6: Publications
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep873276005-8645-4f07-a150-07aacbf46e66
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1146-ref849

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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Burt Chernow papers
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

Big picture

Author:
Rhoades, Jason 1965-2006  Search this
Rugoff, Ralph 1957-  Search this
McCarthy, Paul 1945-  Search this
Meyer-Hermann, Eva  Search this
Subject:
Rhoades, Jason 1965-2006  Search this
Rhoades, Jason 1965-2006 Perfect world  Search this
Rhoades, Jason 1965-2006 1:12 Perfect world  Search this
McCarthy, Paul 1945-  Search this
Deichtorhallen Hamburg  Search this
Hauser & Wirth London  Search this
Physical description:
157 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Interviews
Place:
Germany
Hamburg
England
London
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Installations (Art)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1015290

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

Blackface

Author:
Muñoz Molina, Antonio  Search this
Photographer:
Levinthal, David  Search this
Author:
Levinthal, David Blackface Selections  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI  Search this
Printer:
Greenberg Editions  Search this
Taller Vallirana  Search this
Publisher:
Raíña Lupa (Firm),)  Search this
Physical description:
1 case (13 folded sheets, 6 digital photographic prints) chiefly color illustrations 44 cm
Type:
Photographs
Artists' books
Artists' books (books).)
Digital prints
Photographic prints
Place:
United States
United States -- 21st century
Date:
2007
21st century
Topic:
African Americans--Collectibles  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Racism  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology)  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Color  Search this
Call number:
TR647.L5573 M37 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1104193

Jasper Johns recent paintings and works on paper

Artist:
Johns, Jasper 1930-  Search this
Author of added text:
Worth, Alexi  Search this
Host institution:
Matthew Marks Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
98 pages chiefly illustrations (some color) 29 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
2019
21st century
Topic:
Painters  Search this
Artists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112190

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

Jorrit Maan collection

Editor:
Jong, Cees de  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Klemp, Klaus 1954-  Search this
Mattie, Erik  Search this
Author:
Container of (work): Rams, Dieter Works Selections  Search this
Physical description:
415 pages illustrations (some color) 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues
History
Place:
Germany (West)
Allemagne (Ouest)
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Industrial designers  Search this
Industrial design--History  Search this
Collectors and collecting  Search this
Designers  Search this
Design--Histoire  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162802

Art of Toshiko Takaezu

Author:
Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this
Author:
Fischer, Felice  Search this
Sewell, Darrel 1939-  Search this
Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this
Physical description:
23 pages illustrations (some color) 28 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163332

Contemporary photography in China

Editor:
Chiu, Melissa  Search this
Johnson, Betsy (Curator)  Search this
Contributor:
Roberts, Claire 1959-  Search this
Schell, Orville  Search this
Smith, Karen (Art historian)  Search this
Warsh, Larry  Search this
Issuing body:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 225 pages (some folded) illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 29 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Exhibition catalogs
Photobooks
Illustrated works
Catalogues d'exposition
Livres de photographies
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2023
20th century
21st century
20e siècle
21e siècle
Topic:
Photography--History  Search this
Photography, Artistic--History  Search this
Photographie--Histoire  Search this
Photographie artistique  Search this
Photography  Search this
History  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163665

Himalayan art in one hundred eight objects

Editor:
Debreczeny, Karl  Search this
Pakhoutova, Elena  Search this
Author:
Rubin Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
503 pages illustrations (some color), color maps 31 x 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Himalaya Mountains Region
Himālaya
Date:
2023
Topic:
Art  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Culture matérielle  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164492

Mike Kelley Katholische Vorlieben

Artist..:
Kelley, Mike 1954-2012  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Sussman, Elisabeth 1939-  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Vitali, Christoph  Search this
Schwenk, Bernhart 1960-  Search this
Host institution:
Haus der Kunst München  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
15 pages illustrations 42 cm folded to 21 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Date:
1995
Call number:
AAF--Kelley, Mike
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_624680

Schau, it talks to you

Artist:
Gollwitzer, Anna 1968-  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Herring, Carina  Search this
Editor:
Kraus, Karola  Search this
Translator:
Rorrison, Hugh  Search this
Host institution:
Kunstverein Braunschweig Studiogalerie  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Subject:
Gollwitzer, Anna 1968-  Search this
Physical description:
16 pages Illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Artist files
Place:
Germany
Date:
2002
Topic:
Installations (Art)  Search this
Call number:
AAF--Gollwitzer, Anna
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_697902

Tabula differentiae

Artist:
Young, Michael 1966-  Search this
Writer of essay:
Coen, Vittoria  Search this
Issuing body:
Galleria Valentina Moncada (Rome, Italy)  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
[16] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates color illustrations 17 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Artist files
Date:
1991
Call number:
AAF--Young, Michael
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_709870

Robert Watts

Artist:
Watts, Robert 1923-1988  Search this
Writer of added text:
Sachs, Sid  Search this
Publisher:
Morris R. Williams Center for the Arts Gallery  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
16 unnumbered pages illustrations (some color) 22 x 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Date:
1991
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art américain  Search this
Call number:
N6537.W3 A4 1991
AAF--Watts, Robert
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_710643

Wind circle memory sticks

Artist:
Long, Richard 1945-  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Heidt Heller, Renate 1944-  Search this
Host institution:
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
14 unnumbered pages chiefly illustrations 13 x 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Date:
1997
Topic:
Earthworks (Art)  Search this
Land art  Search this
Call number:
AAF--Long, Richard
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_726802

Carl-Henning Pedersen

Artist:
Pedersen, Carl-Henning 1913-2007  Search this
Writer of essay:
Goddard, Donald Letcher  Search this
Issuing body:
Lefebre Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume ([18] unnumbered pages) illustrations 19 x 19 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Artist files
Date:
1979
Call number:
ND723.P4 A4 1979
AAF--Pedersen, Carl-Henning
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_733998

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