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Alexander Liberman papers

Creator:
Liberman, Alexander, 1912-1999  Search this
Names:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Bennington College  Search this
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this
Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this
Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir, 1904-  Search this
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-  Search this
Chernow, Burt  Search this
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989  Search this
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this
Dietrich, Marlene  Search this
Emmerich, André  Search this
Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011  Search this
Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994  Search this
Hopps, Walter  Search this
Klein, William  Search this
Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this
Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-  Search this
Motherwell, Robert  Search this
Mulas, Ugo  Search this
Namuth, Hans  Search this
Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970  Search this
Newton, Helmut, 1920-  Search this
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006  Search this
Parsons, Betty  Search this
Penn, Irving  Search this
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this
Ritts, Herb  Search this
Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of, 1930-  Search this
Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973  Search this
Vogel, Lucien  Search this
Vreeland, Diana  Search this
Extent:
59 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drafts (documents)
Drawings
Scrapbooks
Interviews
Photographs
Sketches
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Video recordings
Date:
circa 1912-2003
Summary:
The papers of sculptor, painter, and publishing executive Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman date from circa 1913-2003 and measure 59 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence with family, galleries, museums, and many artists; numerous recorded interviews and transcripts with and by Liberman, including one of Walter Hopps; writings and writing project files; extensive subject files maintained by Liberman; exhibition files; printed materials; scattered drawings; and extensive photographs of Liberman's artwork, exhibitions, Liberman, and of Liberman with notable artists, dealers, collectors, and critics. Many of the photographs were taken by noted photograhers. Also found within the papers are unidentified sound and video recordings. Additional sound and video recordings have been integrated into other series.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of sculptor, painter, and publishing executive Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman date from circa 1913-2003 and measure 59 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence with family, galleries, museums, and many artists; numerous recorded interviews and transcripts with and by Liberman, including one of Walter Hopps; writings and writing project files; extensive subject files maintained by Liberman; exhibition files; printed materials; scattered drawings; and extensive photographs of Liberman's artwork, exhibitions, Liberman, and of Liberman with notable artists, dealers, collectors, and critics. Many of the photographs were taken by noted photograhers. Also found within the papers are unidentified sound and video recordings. Additional sound and video recordings have been integrated into other series.

Biographical materials include awards, biographies and chronologies, family history materials, membership cards, writings by Liberman's mother, and a scrapbook about his father.

Correspondence is extensive and concerns both personal and professional affairs. It is with artists and photographers, art magazines, organizations and museums, art collectors, businesses, and family. Notable correspondents include Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Burt Chernow, Salvador Dali, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett and Annalee Newman, Additional correspondence is found within the subject files compiled and organized by Liberman (series 6).

There are sound and video recordings and transcripts of interviews with and by Liberman, most completed for broadcast television and radio shows. Of particular interest are sound cassettes, a sound tape reel, and a transcript of an interview with Walter Hopps by Liberman.

Writings by Liberman include essays, short stories, and a play entitled 2+1. Writing project files were organized by Liberman for writing projects for which he was the author, collaborator, or subject. There are numerous files concerning Barbara Rose's book about Liberman Alexander Liberman that also include recorded interviews with Liberman and transcripts. Other books for which there are files include The Art and Technique of Color Photography, The Artist in His Studio, Vogue: The First 100 Years, Vogue History of Fashion Photography, and others.

Subject files were organized by Liberman for a wide variety of work projects, activities, topics, and entities of interest. Files cover commissions, the filming and distribution of the 1981 documentary film Alexander Liberman: A Lifetime Burning, Liberman's personal collection of art, gifts of artwork, and his relationship with galleries and dealers, particularly André Emmerich Gallery.

Exhibition files document exhibitions of Liberman's artwork, and include those held at André Emmerich Gallery, Bennington College, the Guggenheim, Museum of Modern Art, among other venues. Files contain correspondence, contracts, photographs, plans and drawings, notes, etc. Also found are inventory records of Liberman's artwork in the form of lists, index cards, bound registers, and notes.

Ten linear feet of printed materials include exhibition announcements and catalogs, books and book flyers, brochures, calendars, clippings, postcards, posters, press releases, and other materials.

There are scattered drawings and sketches found within the papers, some of which are sketches of sculpture pieces.

Nearly one-half of the collection is comprised of photographs of Liberman and his artwork, and of artists and colleagues, many of which were taken by noted photographers, including Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Henri Lartique, Annie Leibowitz, Inge Morath, Ugo Mulas, Hans Namuth, Helmut Newton, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts, and Lord Snowden, among others. Subjects of note found in the photographs include Alfred Barr, Salvador Dali, Marlene Dietrich, Willem de Kooning, Andre Emmerich, Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Betty Parsons, Pablo Piccaso, Edward Steichen, Lucien Vogel, and Diana Vreeland, among many others.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into twelve series. Photographs retain Liberman's original numerical and alpha schemas and the corresponding indexes are found in the Inventory Records in Series 8.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, circa 1930s-1999 (1 linear foot; Box 1, 56)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1944-1997 (4 linear feet; Boxes 1-5, 56, OV 65)

Series 3: Interviews, 1946-1996 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 5-7, 56)

Series 4: Writings, 1948-1995 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Series 5: Writing Project Files, 1951-1997 (1.8 linear feet; Boxes 8-9, 56)

Series 6: Subject Files, 1946-2000 (6 linear feet; Boxes 9-15, 56, OV 66-67)

Series 7: Exhibition Files, 1954-1991 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 15-16, 56, OV 68)

Series 8: Inventory Records, 1938-1998 (6 linear feet; Boxes 16-22)

Series 9: Printed Materials, 1932-2003 (10 linear feet; Boxes 22-31, 56-57, OV 69)

Series 10: Artwork, circa 1940s-1990s (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 32, 57, OV 70)

Series 11: Photographic Materials, circa 1912-1999 (26 linear feet; Boxes 32-55, 57-64, OVs 71-77)

Series 12: Unidentified Sound and Video Recordings, circa 1941-1999 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 55, 64)
Biographical / Historical:
Alexander S. Liberman (1912-1999) was a sculptor, painter, photographer, graphic designer, writer, and publishing executive who worked primarily in New York City. He held senior positions at Condé Nast Publications for 32 years.

Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman was born in 1912 in Kiev Russia. He was educated in London and the École des Beaux Art in Paris. He began his journalistic career in Paris at VU magazine owned by Lucien Vogel and there he befriended photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Robert Capa, and André Kértesz. He served in the French army for a short time in 1940, but he and his family fled Paris in 1941 to New York City. Condé Nast hired Liberman in 1941 as an assistant to the art director of Vogue magazine. Liberman became art director in 1943 and editorial director of Condé Nast Publications in 1962, a position he held until his retirement in 1994.

Liberman was also a photographer whose subjects included Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Marlene Dietrich, among others, many represented in his 1960 book entitled The Artist in his Studio and Marlene: An Intimate Photographic Memoir (1992). He was also the subject of the work of noted photographers Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, Lord Snowden, Jill Krementz, Henri Lartique, Annie Leibovitz, and Hans Namuth.

Liberman took up painting and sculpting in the 1950s. Although his first exhibition was at the Betty Parsons Gallery, he was primarily associated with the André Emmerich Gallery in New York City. His monumental sculptures were mostly assembled from industrial parts and painted and can be seen in museums and public sites worldwide.

Liberman was briefly married to Hildegarde Sturm. He married his second wife Tatiana Yacovleff du Plessix in 1942. Before their marriage, they fled occupied France together. She was a noted hat designer, working for Henri Bendel and Saks, where she became known as Tatiania of Saks. She died in 1991 and, in 1992, Liberman married Melinda Pechangco, a nurse who had earlier cared for Tatiania. Alexander Liberman died in 1999 in Miami, Florida.
Related Materials:
Related collections found at the Archives of American Art include the Dodie Kazanjian and Calvin Tomkins research materials on Alexander Liberman and numerous collections of gallery records.
Provenance:
The Alexander Liberman papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Liberman Art Partners in 2010 via Dodie Kazanjian.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers 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.
Occupation:
Publishers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Graphic designers  Search this
Topic:
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Photography  Search this
Sculptors -- France -- Paris  Search this
Fashion photography  Search this
Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Photographers -- France -- Paris  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drafts (documents)
Drawings
Scrapbooks
Interviews
Photographs
Sketches
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Video recordings
Citation:
Alexander Liberman Papers, circa 1912-2003. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.libealex
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
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Emily Nathan papers, circa 1943-1985

Creator:
Nathan, Emily S., 1907-1999  Search this
De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this
Subject:
Lerner, Abram  Search this
Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970  Search this
Spyropoulous, Jannis  Search this
Johns, Jasper  Search this
Rothko, Mark  Search this
Smith, Tony  Search this
Namuth, Hans  Search this
McLanathan, Richard B. K.  Search this
Woolfenden, William E. (William Edward)  Search this
De Creeft, José  Search this
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.  Search this
Towle Mfg. Company  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Archives of American Art  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Emily Nathan papers, circa 1943-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Roosters -- Pictorial works  Search this
Roosters -- Anecdotes  Search this
Caricatures and cartoons  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Inventors -- Interviews  Search this
Archives -- Public relations  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Art and industry  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8071
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210242
AAA_collcode_nathemil2
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210242

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

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
Online Media:

Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984, bulk 1942-1984

Creator:
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this
Krasner, Lee, 1908-  Search this
Subject:
Greenberg, Clement  Search this
Cavaliere, Barbara  Search this
Davis, Bill  Search this
De Kooning, Willem  Search this
Dehner, Dorothy  Search this
Pollock, Jackson  Search this
Eames, Ray  Search this
Forge, Andrew  Search this
Friedman, B. H. (Bernard Harper)  Search this
Glaser, Jane R.  Search this
Benton, Thomas Hart  Search this
Brooks, James  Search this
Burkhardt, Rudy  Search this
Rouche, Burton  Search this
Rose, Barbara  Search this
Namuth, Hans  Search this
Motherwell, Robert  Search this
Pollock, Charles C.  Search this
Ossorio, Alfonso  Search this
Zogbaum, Wilfrid  Search this
Wright, William  Search this
Still, Clyfford  Search this
Smith, Tony  Search this
Wasserman, Tamara E.  Search this
Valliere, James  Search this
Isaacs, Reginald R.  Search this
Janis, Sidney  Search this
Johnson, Philip  Search this
Kadish, Reuben  Search this
Gray, Cleve  Search this
Gruen, John  Search this
Holmes, Doloris  Search this
Matter, Mercedes  Search this
McCoy, Sanford, Mrs.  Search this
Miller, Daniel  Search this
Miller, Robert  Search this
Maddox, Charles  Search this
Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this
Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this
Type:
Motion pictures (visual works)
Video recordings
Photographs
Interviews
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks
Sketchbooks
Transcripts
Citation:
Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984, bulk 1942-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art -- Economic aspects  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8943
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211129
AAA_collcode_polljack
Theme:
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211129
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J. B. Neumann papers, 1905-1967

Creator:
Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this
Subject:
Beckmann, Max  Search this
Baskin, Leonard  Search this
Albers, Josef  Search this
Rattner, Abraham  Search this
Namuth, Hans  Search this
Morrison, Helen Balfour  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily  Search this
White, Clarence H.  Search this
Schmid, Elsa  Search this
Artlover  Search this
Gehenna Press  Search this
New Art Circle  Search this
Type:
Drawings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Etchings
Citation:
J. B. Neumann papers, 1905-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- History  Search this
Art -- Periodicals  Search this
Theme:
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9191
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211386
AAA_collcode_neumjsra
Theme:
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
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edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211386
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J. B. Neumann papers

Creator:
Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this
Names:
Artlover  Search this
Gehenna Press  Search this
New Art Circle  Search this
Albers, Josef  Search this
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this
Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1901-1984  Search this
Namuth, Hans  Search this
Rattner, Abraham  Search this
Schmid, Elsa, 1897-  Search this
Photographer:
White, Clarence H., 1871-1925  Search this
Extent:
2.1 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Etchings
Date:
1905-1967
Summary:
The papers of gallery director, art dealer and publisher Jsrael Ber Neumann (1887-1961) measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1967. The papers document Neumann's career as the director of galleries in Berlin and Munich, Germany (1910-1924) as well as the New Art Circle gallery in New York City (1924-1952). Neumann was a respected art dealer, publisher of Artlover periodical, founder of Gehenna Press, and frequent lecturer. Found within his papers are correspondence with artists and museums, writings, printed materials mostly comprised of exhibition catalogues, artwork, and photographic materials.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of gallery director, art dealer and publisher Jsrael Ber Neumann (1887-1961) measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1967. The papers document Neumann's career as the director of galleries in Berlin and Munich, Germany (1910-1924) as well as the New Art Circle gallery in New York City (1924-1952). Neumann was a respected art dealer, publisher of Artlover periodical, founder of Gehenna Press, and frequent lecturer. Found within his papers are correspondence with artists and museums, writings, printed materials mostly comprised of exhibition catalogues, artwork, and photographic materials.

Correspondence is between Neumann and friends, colleagues, and museums. There is also correspondence with notable artists, including Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, and Abraham Rattner, among others. There are also condolence letters from friends and colleagues to Elsa Schmid, Neumann's wife.

Scattered writings consist of typescript drafts of Neumann's speeches and one article on expressionism. There is also one speech written by curator Richard Klein.

Printed materials comprise the bulk of the collection and include a bound gallery guest register, a disbound scrapbook, exhibition catalogs and announcements, brochures, magazines, posters, and news clippings. There are many exhibition catalogs from Neumann's galleries in Berlin and Munich as well as from the New Art Circle gallery in New York. Artwork consists of two etchings and one drawing by an unknown artist or artists.

Photographic materials include black and white photographs and negatives, including notable portraits of Neumann by photographers Helen Balfour Morrison, Clarence White, and Hans Namuth.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as 5 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1925-1961 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Writings, 1919, 1954-circa 1960 (5 folders; Box 1)

Series 3: Printed Materials, 1910-1967 (1.7 linear feet; Box 1-4)

Series 4: Artwork, 1919-circa 1960 (3 folders; Box 3-4)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, 1905-circa 1950 (0.2 linear feet; Box 3-4)
Biographical / Historical:
J. B. (Jsrael Ber) Neumann (1887-1961) was a gallery director, art dealer and publisher. After immigrating to the U.S., Neumann founded the New Art Circle Gallery in New York City. Before then, he had art galleries in Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf and Bremen, Germany.

J. B. Neumann was born in Austria in 1887. His father was an oil and lumber dealer. Neumann initially studied business but later apprenticed to a book and picture dealer when he was nineteen. While working as a clerk in a large bookstore in London, Neumann had the opportunity to work at the rare book dealer's table in the British Museum. The job allowed him to assess and handle fine and rare books, starting a lifelong passion, and Neumann went on to amass a substantial personal library.

In 1910, Neumann returned to Berlin, Germany and in 1911 opened a book and art shop where he exhibited the work of Edvard Munch and others. Neumann had many friends who were artists and in 1915-1916 he was secretary to the Berlin Secession, a prominent German artist association. By 1922 Neumann had branch offices in Bremen, Dusseldorf and Munich.

Neumann immigrated to America in 1923 and left the Berlin gallery to the directorship of Karl Nierendorf and the Munich gallery to Günther Franke. Neumann settled in New York City and one year later he opened a 57th Street gallery and bookshop, first called J.B. Neumann's Print Room and later the New Art Circle gallery. He supported numerous artists, including Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Georges Rouault. Elsa Schmid, Neumann's wife, was an artist who worked in mosaics.

Neumann also worked as a publisher. He created the printing company Gehenna Press and published a series of periodicals including Bilderhefte (Berlin, 1920-1922) and Artlover (New York, 1926-1945, 1959). The New Art Circle gallery closed circa 1952 and, after working as its director for nearly three decades, Neumann became a consultant for museums and collectors. He was also a lecturer and he frequently spoke about art at universities, museums and galleries.

Neumann died in Rye, New York on April 28, 1961. He is survived by his widow, Elsa Schmid (d. 1970); two sons, Peter and Albrecht; and a daughter, Mrs. Johanna Lam.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds a collection of Josef Albers letters to J. B. Neumann, 1934-1947 on microfilm reel 911.

Additional J.B. Neumann papers are also located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum microfilmed a portion of these papers and donated a copy of that film to the Archives. This material may be viewed on reel NJBN5 at Archives of American Art offices, affliate centers, and via interlibrary loan.
Separated Materials:
Also available at the Archives of American Art are materials lent for microfilming (reels NJBN-1- NJBN-5) including correspondence with numerous artists, art critics, museum directors and others. The materials on reel NJBN-1- NJBN-4 were returned to Neumann's wife, Elsa Schmid and the original material on reel NJBN-5 is located at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. Loaned material is not described in the collection container inventory.
Provenance:
Neuman's wife, Elsa Schmid and The Museum of Modern Art lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming in 1966-1967. The rest of the J.B. Neumann papers were donated in several installments between 1973-2007 by Eva Lee (family friend), Joy Weber, Max Weber's daughter, Neil Richmond, and Hellie Neumann, J.B. Neumann's granddaughter.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
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:
Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Publishers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- History  Search this
Art -- Periodicals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Etchings
Citation:
J. B. Neumann papers, 1905-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.neumjsra
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Archives of American Art
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Portfolio: The Annual of the Graphic Arts

Associated Person:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Type:
Document
Topic:
Magazine  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
AD/NPG.99.4
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4314bb842-5c03-4cd8-9269-57755a284ef7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_AD_NPG.99.4
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Romare Bearden

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Romare Bearden, 2 Sep 1911 - 12 Mar 1988  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 50.6 x 34.4cm (19 15/16 x 13 9/16")
Sheet: 50.7 x 40.3cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8")
Mat: 91.4 x 66cm (36 x 26")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1980
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Artwork\Photograph  Search this
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp  Search this
Romare Bearden: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Romare Bearden: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.282
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm451ec07ec-d814-466c-a961-02f5f24f6ee6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.282

Willem de Kooning

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Willem de Kooning, 24 Apr 1904 - 19 Mar 1997  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 33.4cm x 49.6cm (13 1/8" x 19 1/2")
Sheet: 40.5cm x 50.7cm (15 15/16" x 19 15/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1968
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Willem de Kooning: Male  Search this
Willem de Kooning: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Willem de Kooning: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Willem de Kooning: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Muralist  Search this
Willem de Kooning: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.283
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41b564d07-7e16-41b4-9c17-03419dabe57b
EDAN-URL:
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Richard Diebenkorn

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr., 22 Apr 1922 - 30 Mar 1993  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 39.6cm x 50cm (15 9/16" x 19 11/16")
Sheet: 40.4cm x 50.5cm (15 7/8" x 19 7/8")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1982
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Art implements  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Pipe  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp  Search this
Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr.: Male  Search this
Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr.: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr.: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.284
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm491cbe1fb-274c-4330-983a-e670d2975bb0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.284

James Dine

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Jim Dine, born 16 Jun 1935  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 49.4cm x 49.8cm (19 7/16" x 19 5/8")
Sheet: 50.6cm x 51cm (19 15/16" x 20 1/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1977
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Art implements  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Nature & Environment\Bone\Skull  Search this
Jim Dine: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Jim Dine: Male  Search this
Jim Dine: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor  Search this
Jim Dine: Performing Arts\Costume designer  Search this
Jim Dine: Performing Arts\Scenographer  Search this
Jim Dine: Visual Arts\Designer\Interior designer  Search this
Jim Dine: Visual Arts\Artist\Performance artist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.285
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44c3d7b92-b2b8-4ab7-841a-a893419d9662
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.285

Helen Frankenthaler

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Helen Frankenthaler, 12 Dec 1928 - 27 Dec 2011  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 43.3cm x 49.5 cm (17 1/16" x 19 1/2")
Sheet: 40.4cm x 51 cm (15 7/8" x 20 1/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1987
Topic:
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Art implements  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Female  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Etcher  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University trustee  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Lithographer  Search this
Helen Frankenthaler: Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.287
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44aedac8a-8394-4673-9662-c00dec7dca2c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.287

Jasper Johns

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Jasper Johns, born 15 May 1930  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 40.7cm x 33.6cm (16" x 13 1/4")
Sheet: 50.9cm x 40.9cm (20 1/16" x 16 1/8")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1973
Topic:
Exterior\Landscape  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Artwork  Search this
Jasper Johns: Male  Search this
Jasper Johns: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Jasper Johns: Visual Arts\Artist\Conceptual artist  Search this
Jasper Johns: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.288
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f7ab00a5-644e-4361-b9a3-b0da0f1034dd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.288

Ellsworth Kelly

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Ellsworth Kelly, 31 May 1923 - 27 Dec 2015  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 50.8cm x 43cm (20" x 16 15/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1983
Topic:
Printed Material\Newspaper  Search this
Artwork\Sculpture  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Male  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Ellsworth Kelly: Visual Arts\Designer\Textile designer  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.289
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b6d7b204-1b16-4db8-988f-318e9a64b366
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.289

Lenore Krasner

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Lenore Krasner, 27 Oct 1908 - 19 Jun 1984  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 48.2cm x 39.3cm (19" x 15 1/2")
Sheet: 50.7cm x 40.4cm (19 15/16" x 15 7/8")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1962
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Art implements  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Lenore Krasner: Female  Search this
Lenore Krasner: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Lenore Krasner: Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.290
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4dc9796ca-46db-4c2c-87f4-caf6e46e936c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.290

Roy Lichtenstein

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Roy Lichtenstein, 27 Oct 1923 - 29 Sept 1997  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 48.4cm x 38.3cm (19 1/16" x 15 1/16")
Sheet: 50.5cm x 40.7cm (19 7/8" x 16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1985
Topic:
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Roy Lichtenstein: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Roy Lichtenstein: Male  Search this
Roy Lichtenstein: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.291
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm472351ff4-08a9-4599-b360-ccfc91f9c5b9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.291

Robert Motherwell

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Motherwell, 24 Jan 1915 - 16 Jul 1991  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 49.2cm x 39.3cm (19 3/8" x 15 1/2")
Sheet: 50.8cm x 40.6cm (20" x 16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1982
Topic:
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Stool  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Male  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Etcher  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Lithographer  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Literature\Editor  Search this
Robert Motherwell: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\Art  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.292
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a6a213e8-415d-4418-a591-d8186fa09e16
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.292

Larry Rivers

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Larry Rivers, 17 Aug 1923 - 14 Aug 2002  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 49.7cm x 35.8cm (19 9/16" x 14 1/8")
Sheet: 50.8cm x 40.6cm (20" x 16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1965
Topic:
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Larry Rivers: Male  Search this
Larry Rivers: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor  Search this
Larry Rivers: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this
Larry Rivers: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Larry Rivers: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this
Larry Rivers: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this
Larry Rivers: Performing Arts\Filmmaker  Search this
Larry Rivers: Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist  Search this
Larry Rivers: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this
Larry Rivers: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn player\Saxophonist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.293
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45c37b455-6cd4-4561-9b2f-19aab8c10ca0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.293

Mark Rothko

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
Mark Rothko, 25 Sep 1903 - 25 Feb 1970  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 34.6cm x 49.8cm (13 5/8" x 19 5/8")
Sheet: 40.7cm x 51cm (16" x 20 1/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1964
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this
Mark Rothko: Male  Search this
Mark Rothko: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Mark Rothko: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Mark Rothko: Visual Arts\Artist\Abstract Expressionist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.295
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e013dcc3-8a9b-4c1e-a64d-abde5dae0ba6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.295

Artist and Subject

Artist:
Hans Namuth, 17 Mar 1915 - 13 Oct 1990  Search this
Sitter:
George Segal, 26 Nov 1924 - 9 Jun 2000  Search this
Medium:
Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions:
Image: 49.5cm x 37.8cm (19 1/2" x 14 7/8")
Sheet: 50.6cm x 40.8cm (19 15/16" x 16 1/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1980
Topic:
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Art implements  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Artwork\Sculpture\Statue  Search this
George Segal: Male  Search this
George Segal: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor  Search this
George Segal: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
Object number:
NPG.94.298
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Hans Namuth Ltd.
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Location:
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4958828f4-e74e-426e-b14f-43a83d24466e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.94.298

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