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Ethel Fisher papers

Creator:
Fisher, Ethel, 1923-  Search this
Names:
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Brentwood Art Center  Search this
Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this
Boxer, Stanley  Search this
Coleborn, Keith  Search this
Ehrenkranz, Elaine  Search this
Fernandez, Rafael  Search this
Fine, Irving, 1914-1962  Search this
Getz, Ilse, 1917-  Search this
Jones, Keri  Search this
Kitaj, Sandra Fisher  Search this
Kott, Seymour  Search this
Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this
Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006  Search this
Thek, Paul  Search this
Extent:
12.5 Linear feet
0.558 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Travel diaries
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Watercolors
Transcripts
Interviews
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Date:
1930-2017
Summary:
The papers of California and New York painter Ethel Fisher measure 12.5 linear feet and 0.558 GB and date from 1930 to 2017. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, project files, exhibition files, artists' files, personal business records, printed and digital material, artwork and several sketchbooks, a few sound and video recordings, and photographic material.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of California and New York painter Ethel Fisher measure 12.5 linear feet and 0.558 GB and date from 1930 to 2017. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, project files, exhibition files, artists' files, personal business records, printed and digital material, artwork and several sketchbooks, a few sound and video recordings, and photographic material.

Biographical material includes Art Students League records, address books and business cards, artist statements and resumes, an interview transcript and sound cassette, and other miscellaneous documents.

Correspondence is with family, friends, colleagues, artists, galleries, and museums. The bulk of the correspondence is with daughter Sandra Fisher and husband Seymour Kott. Notable correspondents include Will Barnet, Keith Coleborn, Elaine Ehrenkranz, Rafael Fernandez, Henry Pearson, and others. There are also greeting cards and postcards, inluding numerous illustrated cards from Fisher to her husband Seymour.

Writings mostly consist of annotated appointment calendars and travel diaries along with some writings by others, such as a travel diary by Keith Coleborn and a graduate thesis by Keri Jones.

Project files include correspondence, grant applications, printed and digital material, and publication agreements for art projects, commissions, studio tours, auctions, and speaking engagements. Notable projects include material on the NBC-TV film Family Ties, art loans for the Showtime movie Town of the Eighties, and teaching material from Brentwood Art Center.

Exhibition files contain exhibition announcements, catalogs, publicity, reviews, correspondence, exhibition lists, price lists of artwork, and other material for Ethel Fisher's group and solo shows.

Artists' files include printed material about and limited correspondence with various artists in which Fisher was interested or with whom she was friends, including Stanley Boxer, Irving Fine, Ilse Getz, Ibram Lassaw, and Paul Thek.

Personal business records include consignments, price lists, loan agreements, receipts, donations, and sales documentation.

Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, announcements, magazines, and clippings about Ethel Fisher and other artists. There are also books inscribed to Fisher.

The artwork series includes sketchbooks, drawings, watercolors, and loose sketches.

Photographic material consists of photographs, digital photographs, slides, and negatives of Ethel Fisher, her artwork, exhibitions, events, family, friends, artists, studios, and travel. There are also "reference photos" of people, places, and objects which Fisher used for her portraits and paintings.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 10 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1939-2014 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 1, 13)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1930-2017 (5.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-6, 13, 15)

Series 3: Writings, 1965-2014 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, 13)

Series 4: Project Files, 1954-2011 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 7, 12, 0.128 GB; ER01)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1945-2006 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Series 6: Artists' Files, 1952-2010 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 8, 12)

Series 7: Personal Business Records, 1959-2017 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 8, 13)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1940-2016 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 8-9, 12-13)

Series 9: Artwork and Sketchbooks, 1944-2014 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 9, 12-15, OV16)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1942-2014 (2.2 linear feet;Boxes 9-11, 14, 0.430 GB; ER02)
Biographical / Historical:
Ethel Fisher (1923-2017) was a painter who lived in Pacific Palisades, California.

Ethel Fisher was born in Galveston, Texas in 1923. She studied art at the University of Houston, University of Texas, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After college, she moved to New York City and attended The Art Students League on scholarship from 1943-1946. In New York, she studied with painter Will Barnet, Morris Kantor, and Robert Beverly Hale, and befriended many people in the art world. She married Gene Fisher and their first daughter Sandra was born. Sandra also became a painter and later married artist R. B. Kitaj.

Fisher and her family moved to Miami in 1948 where her daughter Margaret was born. Upon her divorce, Fisher travelled in Europe for about a year before returning to New York City in the early 1960s, where she continued to paint and maintained 2 studios for her artwork. She married art historian Seymour Kott in 1963.

In 1970, Fisher and her husband moved to Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her career as a painter, Ethel Fisher has had solo and group exhibitions at galleries in Havana, Cuba; West Palm Beach, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; New York City, New York; and San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and continues to paint. In 2003, Fisher had solo exhibit of portraits at Platt Gallery in Los Angeles.
Provenance:
The Ethel Fisher papers were donated by Ethel Fisher in two installments in 1997 and 2015.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate 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:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Genre/Form:
Travel diaries
Photographs
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Watercolors
Transcripts
Interviews
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Citation:
Ethel Fisher papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.fishethe
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d7e887a2-bffd-4c8e-ad17-16d3139bc61f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-fishethe
Online Media:

Portrait Commission - Contract and Guidelines

Collection Creator:
Fisher, Ethel, 1923-  Search this
Container:
Box 13, Folder 24
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1979-1990
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Ethel Fisher papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ethel Fisher papers
Ethel Fisher papers / Series 7: Personal Business Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94dcfd178-2645-4920-9eb0-0beeab77b7b0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-fishethe-ref791

Royal Image (P'ra rup); Bust Of King Mongkut, Rama IV

Donor Name:
Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission  Search this
Height - Object:
83 cm
Width - Object:
57 cm
Object Type:
Bust
Place:
Thailand, Asia
Accession Date:
1876
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
005318
USNM Number:
E27439-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/322906293-0733-4deb-a327-23000453b82f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8379766
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Charles C. Eldredge Prize Virtual Lecture with Linda Kim

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
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2021-02-17T21:00:01.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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James Dicke Contemporary Artist Lecture with Tiffany Chung

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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2019-05-02T23:09:01.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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James Dicke Contemporary Artist Lecture with Inka Essenhigh

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2013-03-08T01:09:54.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, American  Search this
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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April Gornik - James F. Dicke Contemporary Artist lecture

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
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2014-04-02T07:02:15.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, American  Search this
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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americanartmuseum
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edanmdm:yt_oRu9UCrFjzo

Dicke Contemporary Artist Lecture with Mark Bradford

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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2015-04-20T23:08:44.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, American  Search this
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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The Crime of the Century

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2015-07-10T04:00:01.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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smithsonianchannel
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edanmdm:yt_z2qVs0_ry_8

How One Photographer Recreated 19th Century Portraits With the Descendants of Civil War Heroes

Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2024-02-01T14:57:02.000Z
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Film & Animation  Search this
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Smithsonian Magazine
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Norman Y. Mineta: A Boy from San Jose

Creator:
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2010-07-27T15:30:19.000Z
YouTube Category:
Nonprofits & Activism  Search this
Topic:
Asian Americans  Search this
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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
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apaprogram
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edanmdm:yt_vn4Ra0CR9UM

From One Artist to Another: Rudolfo Anaya by Gaspar Enríquez

Creator:
Smithsonian Education  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-07-06T14:07:56.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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Education  Search this
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Smithsonian Education
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SmithsonianEducation
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edanmdm:yt_SlP-zYqqD7o

(Excerpt) "A Portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci" by Hugo Crosthwaite #PortraitOfaNation

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2022-11-01T12:00:05.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
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Installation of the Obama Portraits

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-02-20T22:03:40.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
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The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013: Esperanza Spalding by Bo Gehring

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
Interviews
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2014-07-16T11:45:15.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
EDAN-URL:
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Out of Many, One by artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2014-10-31T15:14:54.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_PjxK7Vt5eGw

A Conversation with Andrew Young - National Portrait Gallery

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
Interviews
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-05-17T18:53:01.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
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Creating "Out of Many, One" by Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2014-10-02T20:04:57.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
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The Athenaeum Portraits of George & Martha Washington

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
Interviews
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-06-10T21:20:18.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
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James T. Demetrion Lecture: Jordan Casteel

Creator:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-10-02T13:47:17.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, modern  Search this
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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hirshhornmuseum
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