Correspondence dates from 1938 to 1991 and documents Emily Genauer's relationships with artists, gallery owners, and other colleagues. Notable correspondents include Robert Anderson, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., S.N. Behrman, Dorothy Carnegie, Marc Chagall, Stuart Davis, Philip Evergood, Herbert Ferber, Martha Graham, Balcomb Greene, George Grosz, Harry F. Guggenheim, Philip Guston , Doris Humphrey, Robert Indiana, Yasuo Kuniyoshi , David Laventhol, Jack Levine, Jose Limon, Richard Lippold, Bill Moyers, Alice Neel, Clifford Odets, Irene Rice Pereira, Richard Pleasant, H.V. Rebay, Manuel Rivera, Harold Rome, Reuven Rubin, Antonio Salemme, David Smith, Oliver Smith, Stephen Sondheim, Clyfford Still, May Stevens, Rufino Tamayo, Virgil Thomson, Jack Tworkov, Max Weber, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ossip Zadkin, and William Zorach. Also included is a pair of rubber underpants that were sent to Emily Genauer by artist Clyfford Still, after she had reviewed his work unfavorably in the New York Herald Tribune. The attached note reads: "Hoping this will aid in concealing your Sunday afflictions. With the compliments of Clyfford Still."
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 access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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:
Emily Genauer papers, circa 1920s-1990s. Archives of American art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Pool Fund.
