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Selected paintings from the Michener Collection [Exhibition] November 2, 1969-January 5, 1970

Author:
University of Texas Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) illustrations (1 color) 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Art--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .T35
ND212.T35
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8452

Carl Zigrosser papers

Topic:
Modern school magazine
Creator:
Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-  Search this
Names:
American Artists Group  Search this
Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Art Institute of Chicago  Search this
Art in America  Search this
Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences, and Professions  Search this
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation  Search this
Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this
Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Print Council of America  Search this
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this
Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this
Weyhe Gallery  Search this
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this
Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this
Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974  Search this
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this
Carrington, Fitz Roy, 1869-1954  Search this
Castellón, Federico, 1914-1971  Search this
Colker, Ed, 1927-  Search this
Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980  Search this
Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this
Durieux, Caroline, 1896-1989  Search this
Dwight, Mabel, 1876-1955  Search this
Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942  Search this
Girard, André  Search this
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988  Search this
Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this
Huntley, Victoria Hutson, 1900-1971  Search this
Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), b. 1891  Search this
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this
Keppel, Frederick, 1845-1912  Search this
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955  Search this
Kohn, Misch, 1916-  Search this
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960  Search this
Lasansky, Mauricio, 1914-  Search this
Mauzey, Merritt, 1898-  Search this
McNulty, Kneeland  Search this
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-  Search this
Mitchell, Marian  Search this
Nalbandian, Karnig  Search this
Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997  Search this
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this
Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this
Ronnebeck, Arnold, 1885-1947  Search this
Rose, Ruth Starr, 1887-1965  Search this
Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979  Search this
Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006  Search this
Schniewind, Carl Oscar, 1900-1957  Search this
Seidenberg, Roderick, 1889-1973  Search this
Spratling, William, 1900-1967  Search this
Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967  Search this
Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this
Teng, Kuei  Search this
Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954  Search this
Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich), 1895-1983  Search this
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this
Wickey, Harry  Search this
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959  Search this
Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983  Search this
Extent:
30 Linear feet ((on 63 microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1891-1971
Scope and Contents:
Personal and professional records including correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, subject files, photograph album, and diaries relating to Zigrosser's work as an authority on prints and printmaking and his personal relationships with artists.
Included are: correspondence with family and with over 900 printmakers, painters, sculptors, acquaintances, friends, associates, organizations, museums, publishers, and magazines; general correspondence, notes, clippings, and manuscripts pertaining to The Modern School Magazine; files of correspondence from Zigrosser's work at: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1932-1971; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, 1946-1971, including correspondence with Frank Lloyd Wright concerning the Guggenheim Memorial Museum; Print Council of America, 1954-1971, regarding exhibitions, council meetings and other matters; and the Tamarind Workshop, 1960-1971.
Of particular interest is material relating to the 1913 Armory Show, including Zigrosser's annotated catalog, notes and sketches. Also included are speeches and notes, 1930-1968; manuscripts for lectures and unpublished materials; memorabilia; a photo album of sculpture by John B. Flannagan; art work, including prints and drawings by Karig Nalbandian, prints by Rockwell Kent, and oversized works of art on paper by Mabel Dwight, Wanda Gag and Kent; family photograph album; journals and pamphlets (covers only); and diaries, 1916-1971, discussing personal and professional events such as art openings, conversations and activities with Rockwell Kent, Alfred Stieglitz, and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others.
Among the correspondents are: the American Artists Group, John Taylor Arms, Art in America magazine, Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred Barr, E. Boyd, Charles Burchfield, Alexander Calder, Fitz Roy Carrington, Federico Castellon, Ed Colker, Howard N. Cook, Crown Publishers, Adolf Dehn, Caroline Durieux, John Bernard Flannagan, Andre Girard, Stanley William Hayter, Edward Hopper, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences and Professions, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Frederick Keppel, Rockwell Kent, Fiske Kimball, Misch Kohn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Julius Lankes, Mauricico Lasansky, Merritt Mauzey, Kneeland McNulty, James A. Michener, Marian Mitchell,
Museum of Non-Objective Painting (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Karnig Nalbandian, Dorothy Norman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Walter Pach, Harold Paris, Print Club (Philadelphia), Diego Rivera, Ruth Starr Rose, Arnold Ronnebeck, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Andre Ruellan, Carl Oscar Schniewind, Roderick Seidenberg, William Spratling, Benton Spruance, Alfred Stieglitz, Harry Sternberg, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Kuei Teng, U.S. Office of War Information, Curt Valentin, Heinz Warneke, Edward Weston, Weyhe Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, Harry Wickey, and Adja Yunkers.
Biographical / Historical:
Print curator; Philadelphia, Pa.; d. 1975. Graduated Columbia University in literature. Worked with prints in New York City at Keppel and Co. and Weyhe Gallery; print curator at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1940-1963; author of books on prints and art works.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming, 1991, by the University of Pennsylvania Special Collections Department, Van Pelt Library. Zigrosser donated the papers to the University in 1972. Portions of the papers not microfilmed include research files, manuscript materials for published work, family records, and journals.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Rights:
Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from the Curator of Manuscripts, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. 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:
Artists -- United States  Search this
Printmakers -- United States  Search this
Museum curators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Prints -- societies, etc  Search this
Prints -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Prints, American  Search this
Prints, European  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.zigrcarl
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c88ba1db-1061-48d2-bae9-77dd7e7f65c5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-zigrcarl

William Schack papers

Creator:
Schack, William, b. 1898  Search this
Names:
Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951  Search this
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this
Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this
Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933  Search this
Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952  Search this
Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941  Search this
Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990  Search this
Hille, Hermann  Search this
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-  Search this
Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966  Search this
Extent:
0.9 Linear feet ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1891-1963
Scope and Contents:
Research materials for Schack's books on Albert C. Barnes and Louis Michel Eilshemius, ART AND ARGYROL: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF DR. ALBERT C. BARNES and AND HE SAT AMONG ASHES.
REEL D193: Eilshemius material, including fifteen letters, 1891-1831, primarily thanks from Eilshemius to C. H. Collins, a poet and a critic who favorably reviewed Eilshemius' books of verse, "Mamon" and "'Lady' Vere" in local Hillsboro, Ohio papers; 2 letters, undated and 1936, from Eilshemius to Schack; 13 hotel and restaurant receipts, 1893-1903; a certificate concerning Eilshemius' coat-of-arms; 21 clippings, 1897-1917; 3 tickets, 1903; a place card from the Art Students at Paris' Thanksgiving dinner at Restaurant Lapérouse, 1887; and a map of Arlington, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1900. The place card and the map were not microfilmed. Other Eilshemius material from sources other than Schack appearing on microfilm reel D193 has been cataloged and housed separately.
REEL 2917: Barnes and Eilshemius material. Barnes material includes correspondence with Ira Glackens, Dr. Hermann Hille, George Biddle, Thomas Hart Benton, James A. Michener, and others; notes; manuscript pages; a catalog; printed material; and a photograph. Eilshemius material includes letters to Eilshemius; Schack's correspondence with Katherine S. Dreier, Duncan Phillips, and others; notes; copies of writings on Eilshemius by others; and clippings.
Biographical / Historical:
Writer; Jerusalem, Israel.
Provenance:
Material on reel D193 donated 1959 by William Schack. These papers appear on the microfilm with records of the Valentine Gallery relating to Eilshemius.
Material on reel 2917 donated 1981 by William Schack.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Biographers  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Biography  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.schawill
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95b058525-18d8-4022-818e-f15a70225111
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-schawill

Sources for tomorrow: 50 American paintings, 1946-1966, selected from the James A. Michener Foundation Collection, Allentown Art Museum : circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1967- 1968

Author:
Allentown Art Museum  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this
James A. Michener Foundation Collection  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907- Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1967
1967?
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .A432 1967
ND212.A432 1967
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_381897

Bijinga = Edo beauties in ukiyo-e : the James A. Michener collection

Title:
美人画 = Edo beauties in ukiyo-e : the James A. Michener collection
Edo beauties in ukiyo-e
Author:
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Physical description:
183 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1994
C1994
Edo period, 1600-1868
Topic:
Ukiyoe  Search this
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Women in art  Search this
Call number:
NE1321.8 .H67 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_886262

Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige in the James A. Michener Collection / essay by Kobayashi Tadashi ; catalogue by Howard A. Link

Title:
Hiroshige, the James A. Michener Collection
Author:
Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858  Search this
Kobayashi, Tadashi 1941-  Search this
Link, Howard A  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Subject:
Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Hawaii
Honolulu
Date:
1991
Edo period, 1600-1868
Topic:
Ukiyoe  Search this
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Color prints--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
NE1325.A5 A4 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_882173

The floating world / James A. Michener ; with commentary by Howard A. Link

Author:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 453 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1983
C1983
Topic:
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
NE1310 .M6 1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_873281

Shibaie ni kabuki o miru : Honoruru Bijutsukan shozō, Jeimuzu A. Mitchinā korekushon / [henshū Kōgei Gakkai, Azabu Bijutsu Kōgeikan]

Title:
芝居絵に歌舞伎をみる : ホノルル美術館所蔵, ジェイムズ・A・ミッチナーコレクション / [編集工芸学会, 麻布美術工芸館]
Author:
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Azabu Bijutsu Kōgeikan  Search this
Kōgei Gakkai  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Physical description:
244, 63 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1990
Edo period, 1600-1868
Topic:
Kabuki in art  Search this
Ukiyoe  Search this
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
NE1321.8 .H68 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_878271

Exploring the sixties : selected American paintings from the Michener collection : June 10-July 31, 1988 / foreword by Eric S. McCready ; essay by John R. Clarke

Author:
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery  Search this
Clarke, John R. 1945-  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907- Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1988
[1988]
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .A65 1988
ND212.A65 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_384782

Hokusai and Hiroshige : great Japanese prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts / essays by Julia M. White, Reiko Mochinaga Brandon, Yoko Woodson ; catalogue entries by Yoko Woodson ; photographs by Shūzō Uemoto

Title:
Great Japanese prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts
Author:
Katsushika, Hokusai 1760-1849  Search this
Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858  Search this
White, Julia M  Search this
Brandon, Reiko Mochinaga  Search this
Woodson, Yoko  Search this
Uemoto, Shuzo 1948-  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco  Search this
Subject:
Katsushika, Hokusai 1760-1849  Search this
Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Physical description:
270 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1998
Call number:
NE1325.K3 A4 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_893165

The Hokusai sketch-books : selections from the Manga / [edited by] James A. Michener

Title:
Hokusai sketchbooks : selections from the Manga
Hokusai manga senshū
北齋漫畫選集
Author:
Katsushika, Hokusai 1760-1849  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Subject:
Katsushika, Hokusai 1760-1849  Search this
Physical description:
286 p. (on double leaves) : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1958
[1958]
Call number:
761.52.H8 M5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_478536

The Floating world / James A. Michener

Author:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 403 p. ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1954
C1954
Topic:
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
NE1321.8 .M62 1954
NE1310 .M6 1954
NE1321.8.M62 1954
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_429833

The world is my home : a memoir / James A. Michener

Author:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907- Biography  Search this
Physical description:
519 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1992
C1992
20th century
Topic:
Authors, American  Search this
Call number:
CT275.M6243 A1 1992
CT275.M6243A1 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_419069

Faces of the Eastern Shore / photographs and text by Frank Van Riper ; foreword by James A. Michener

Author:
Van Riper, Frank  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Subject:
Van Riper, Frank  Search this
Physical description:
107 p. : ports. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Biography  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Call number:
TR647.V26 M62 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_484764

Japanese prints : from the early masters to the modern / by James A. Michener ; with notes on the prints by Richard Lane ; with the cooperation of the Honolulu Academy of Arts

Author:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Lane, Richard 1926-  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Physical description:
287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1959
Topic:
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
761.52 .M51
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_860705

Primitive ukiyo-e from the James A. Michener collection in the Honolulu Academy of Arts / Howard A. Link, with the assistance of Jūzō Suzuki and Roger S. Keyes

Author:
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Link, Howard A  Search this
Suzuki, Jūzō 1919-2010-  Search this
Keyes, Roger S  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 322 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1980
C1980
Edo period, 1600-1868
Topic:
Ukiyoe  Search this
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Color prints  Search this
Call number:
761.52 .H86
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_860615

Modern Japanese prints : an art reborn / With an introd. by James A. Michener

Author:
Statler, Oliver  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 209 p. illus. (part col.) ports. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1956
[1956]
Topic:
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Artists  Search this
Call number:
761.52 .S88
NE1310.S63X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_847787

Words in action : abstract expressionism / Bettye Harris ... [et al.]

Author:
University of Texas at Austin University Art Museum  Search this
Harris, Bettye  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907- Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
29 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Dictionaries
Date:
1976
[1976]
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Call number:
N6494.A25 T35
N6494.A25 T35
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_85572

The covenant / James A. Michener

Author:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 877 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Fiction
Place:
South Africa
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_782583

Utamaro to Hiroshige ten : Amerika Gasshūkoku kenkoku 200 shūnen kinen, Honoruru Bijutsukan tokubetsu kōkai = Utamaro and Hiroshige : from Honolulu Academy of Arts, from James A, Michener Collection / [henshū Nihon Ukiyoe Kyōkai Henshū Iinkai ; shusai Yomiuri Shinbunsha, Nihon Ukiyoe Kyōkai, Honoruru Bijutsukan]

Title:
歌麿と広重展 : アメリカ合衆国建国 200周年記念ホノルル美術館特別公開 = Utamaro and Hiroshige : from Honolulu Academy of Arts, from James A, Michener Collection / [編集日本浮世絵協会編集委員会 ; 主催読売新聞社, 日本浮世絵協会, ホノルル美術館]
Utamaro and Hiroshige : from Honolulu Academy of Arts, from James A, Michener Collection
Author:
Honolulu Academy of Arts  Search this
Kitagawa, Utamaro 1753?-1806  Search this
Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858  Search this
Yomiuri Shinbunsha  Search this
Nihon Ukiyoe Kyōkai  Search this
JAC Project  Search this
Subject:
Kitagawa, Utamaro 1753?-1806  Search this
Andō, Hiroshige 1797-1858  Search this
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Art collection
Date:
1976
Edo period, 1600-1868
Topic:
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
NE1321.8 .H686 1976
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1006268

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