This extensive series contains artist files Giulio Blanc collected and arranged alphabetically by name of artist. The files contain scattered correspondence, newspaper clippings, original writings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and miscellaneous materials, one in born-digital form.
Several of the artist files are further broken down into areas such as Biographical Material, Letters, Writings, Notes, Printed Material, Audio material, and Photographs. Examples of Biographical material include curricula vita and resumes, fellowship applications, copies of birth certificates, written statements by artists concerning their work, and brief reference information written by Blanc about the artists and their artwork.
Letters are from art institutions, artists, curators, art historians and friends and are addressed primarily to Giulio Blanc, although a number of letters are addressed to other individuals. Found are original letters, photocopies, or facsimiles and occasionally include attachments such as exhibition announcements, newspaper clippings or photographs. Greeting cards and postcards are also found here.
Writings consists of unpublished material such as draft copies of essays and articles, papers written for courses, as well as poems, journal entries, and other original writings. Printed material includes exhibition announcements and catalogs, public program brochures, invitations to exhibition openings, and published articles and newspaper clippings. These are recorded by name of item.
In addition, the artists files also house interviews conducted by Blanc and recorded on audio cassette tape. Those interviewed are artist Enrique Riverón, curator José Gomez Sícre, Cuban ethnographer Lydia Cabrera speaking on the work of Wifredo Lam (Wifredo Lam files), Eva Frajaville on Agustin Fernández (Agustin Fernández files), and Elena Peláez de Medero discussing the work of her sister, Amelia Peláez (Amelia Peláez files).
Of special interest in this series are a number of documents in the files of artists Wifredo Lam, Amelia Peláez and Enrique Riverón. These include rare exhibition announcements and invitations, exhibition catalogs, clippings from European newspapers and various other original documents that date from the 1920s-1990s. An itemized list of these documents is found in the
See Appendix for list of printed material from Series 3 for Wifredo Lam, Amelia Peláez, and Enrique Riverón
Appendix: Printed Material from Series 3 for Wifredo Lam, Amelia Peláez, and Enrique Riverón:
Wifredo Lam: Exhibition and Auction Announcements and Invitations, 1955-1996
1955: -- Wifredo Lam, -- Pabellón de Ciencias Sociales, Havana
1969: -- Wifredo Lam on Paper, -- Cisneros Gallery, New York
1982: -- Homenaje a Wifredo Lam, -- Museo Español de Arte Comtemporáneo, Madrid
1984: Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Sotheby's, New York
1987: -- Wifredo Lam, -- Galerie Albert Loeb, Paris
1987: -- Wifredo Lam: Peintures, -- Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris
1992: -- Rumbas &f Love Songs: The Musical Canvas of Wifredo Lam, -- Symphony Space, New York
1992: -- Wifredo Lam, -- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
1993: -- Wifredo Lam: The Annonciation di Aimé Cesaire, -- Fedric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables
1994: -- Wifredo Lam: Oeuvre Gravé et Lithographié, -- Musee du Dessin et de L'Estampe Originale de Gravelines, Paris
1996: -- Wifredo Lam: Catalogue Raissone, -- Gary Nader Gallery, Coral Gables
Wilfredo Lam: Exhibition brochures and catalogs, 1950-1993
1950: -- Exposicíon Lam: Obras Recientes, -- Havana
1955: -- Exposicíon Lam, -- Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
1959: -- Lam, -- Galleria Pagani, Milan
1969: -- Wifredo Lam: Exposicion de Pinturas, -- Casa de Cultura, Cuenca
1971: -- Wilfredo Lam, -- Gimpel Gallery, New York
1977: -- Wilfredo Lam, -- Galeria Meindl, Bogota
1978: -- Lam, -- Gissi Galleria d'Arte, Torino
1980: -- Wifredo Lam, -- Galleri D'Arte La Borgognona, Rome
1981: -- Max Ernst-Wifredo Lam: Paintings, Watercolors and Graphics, -- Guild Gallery, New York
1992: -- Afro-Caribbean Culture: The World of Wifredo Lam, -- The Americas Society, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Symphony Space, New York
1993: -- Wifredo Lam: -- Museo Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes, Havana
Undated: Winter Calendar, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Amelia Peláez: Exhibition Announcements, Invitations and Brochures, 1988, undated
1977: -- Amelia Peláez, -- Metropolitan Museum and Art Centers, Miami
1988: -- Amelia Peláez 1896-1968: A Retrospective, -- Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington DC
1988: -- Amelia Peláez 1896-1968: A Retrospective/Una RetrosPerspe, -- Cubann Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami
1988: Fall calendar, Museum of Modern Art, Organization of American States, Washington DC
Undated: Information on artist, Organization of American States, Washington, DC
Amelia Peláez: Exhibition Catalogs, 1930s-1980s, 1991
1933: -- Exposition: Amelia Pelaez del Casal, -- Galérie Zak, Paris
1935: -- Exposición: Amelia Pelaez del Casal, -- Lyceum, Havana
1937: -- Dance International 1900-1937: Exhibit of Arts Relating to the Dance, -- Rockefeller Center, New York
1941: -- Peláez, -- Norte Gallery, New York
1943: -- Amelia Peláez: Retrospective 1929-1943, -- Institución Hispano-Cubana de Cultura, Havana
1968: -- Amelia Peláez: Exposición Retrospectiva, -- Museo Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes, Havana (2 copies)
1977: -- Amelia Peláez, -- Metropolitan Museum and Art Centers, Miami
1977: -- Cuba Peintres D'aujourd'hui, -- Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris [Incomplete]
1979: -- La Gran Pintora Cubana Amelia Peláez, -- Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
1980: -- Amelia Peláez: Oleos Tempera y Tinta, -- Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota
1986: -- Amelia Peláez: Exposición Antologica, Pinturas 1929-1967, -- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1991: -- Amelia Peláez: Exposición Retrospectiva, 1924-1967, -- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Caracas
Enrique Riverón: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1957-1994, undated
1926: -- Enrique Riverón, -- Association Paris Amerique Latine, Paris
1957: -- Riverón, -- Sudamericana Gallery, New York
1958: -- Retrospective Exhibition: Riverón, -- Wichita Art Museum, Wichita
1960: -- Enrique Riverón, -- Arger Gallery, Coral Gables
1961: -- Riverón, -- Gallery of Modern Arts, Sante Fe
1965: -- Riverón, -- Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami
1965: -- Riverón, -- Museum of Modern Art, Miami
1969: -- Enter the Sun: New Paintings by Riverón, -- Pageant Gallery, Miami
1973: -- Gala: Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos, -- Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami
1974: -- Riverón Retrospective Exhibition, -- Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami
1977: -- Bermudez, Davila, Fernández, Riverón, Velazquez, -- Forma Gallery, Coral Gables
1980: -- Riverón: 1925-1950 Paris/La Habana /New York, -- Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables
1980: -- Riverón: 1950-1980 Wichita/Coconut Grove, -- De Armas Gallery, Virginia Gardens
1983: -- Riverón, -- Gallery at Grove Isle, Coconut Grove
1987: -- Enrique Riverón: Recent Works, -- Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami
1994: -- Alfonzo, Espada, Iraola, Marin, Riverón, -- Barbara Greene's, Miami
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Giulio V. Blanc papers, 1920-1995. Smithsonian Institution. Archives of American Art.
