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Collection Creator:
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this
Extent:
(Box 1-2; 1.0 linear foot)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1940-1988
Scope and Contents note:
Raphael Soyer's correspondence spans over forty years, with the bulk of it dating between 1960 and his death in 1987. Letters are arranged chronologically and the majority are incoming to Soyer, but there are also scattered drafts of outgoing letters. Soyer was friends with many artists and cultural figures, and his personal correspondence includes letters to and from artists such as Lambro Ahlas, Benny Andrews, Rudolf Baranik, Leonard Baskin, George Biddle, Peter Blume, Aaron Bohrod, John Bratby, Alex Brook, David Burliuk, Marc Chagall, Peter De Francia, Otto Dix, Guy Du Bois, Philip Evergood, Josef Herman, Joseph Hirsch, Edward Hopper, Jacob Kainen, R. B. Kitaj, Leon Kroll, Joe Lasker, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Varnum Poor, Fairfield Porter, Max Weber, and numerous others. Soyer also corresponded with many writers such as Erskine Caldwell, Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Moore, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Also found here is correspondence with the Forum Gallery which represented him and dealer Bella Fishko. There is also correspondence with numerous galleries, museums, and schools which exhibited his work or requested his work for potential exhibitions. Additionally, there is correspondence with students and publishers, mostly requests for him to lecture or write articles, and business correspondence on the sale, donation, or commission of his work. Soyer corresponded with many art historians and critics, curators, gallery owners, and collectors, such as Andrei Chegodaev, Lloyd Goodrich, Joseph Hirshhorn, Abram Lerner, and Carl Zigrosser, as well as arts and social organizations. The collection includes very little family correspondence. Some of the letters are in Russian. See Appendix for a list of correspondents in Series 2.
Arrangement note:
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Appendix: Correspondents in Series 2:
A. S. Barnes & Company, Inc.: 1965, 1976 Abeles, Sigmund: 1981, 1987 Abram, Carl Fisher: 1986 ACA Galleries: 1981, 1985 Ackerberg, Sanders: 1974 Ahlas, Lambro: 1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978-1980, 1985, 1986, undated Alderson, Cella: undated Alexander, Sidney: 1962, 1978, undated Algase, Benjamin: 1981 Allen, Mary: 1980 Allentuck, Dan: 1986 Allinson, Jane: 1985 American Academy and Institute of Arts and letters: 1981, 1987 American Art Journal -- : 1970 American Contemporary Art Gallery: 1968 Amsden, Floyd T.: 1978 Andrews, Benny: 1965, 1972, 1974 Arikha, Avigdor: 1985-1987, undated Art Dealers Association of America, Inc.: 1984 Art Harris Gallery: 1972, 1974 Art New -- s: 1953, 1963 Art Students League of New York: 1968 Artists for Core: 1966 Ashkenazy, Arnold: 1984, 1986 Associated American Artists: 1961, 1965, 1968 Atelier Royce: 1977 Bakshi, Ralph: 1978 Baranik, Rudolf: 1961, 1962, 1964, 1973, 1974, undated Baskin, Leonard: 1963, 1964, undated Bearden, Romare: undated Bender, William H., Jr.: 1967 Berman, Saul: 1970, undated Bernstein, Bo: 1973 Bezalel National Museum: 1963 Biddle, George: 1957, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1971 Biegle, Peter: undated Bloch, Maurice: 1981 Bloch, Robert: 1984, 1985, undated Blume, Peter: 1967, 1969 Bohrod, Aaron: 1954, 1960, 1977, 1979 Boston Public Library: 1963 Boston University: 1961, 1965 Bouche, Louis: 1960 Bowdoin College Museum of Art: 1964, 1968 Boyle, Kay: 1983 Bratby, John: 1962, 1965-1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, undated Braun, Walter: 1977 Brook, Alex: 1969, 1977 Brooklyn Association for Mental Health, Inc.: 1969 Brooklyn Community Counseling Center: 1964 Brooklyn Museum: 1966, 1986 Brooks, Van Wyck: 1962, undated Brown, Margaret Root: 1962 Browne, Renni: undated Bulla, Clyde Robert: 1978 Burliuk, David Marussia: 1959-1961, 1963, 1966 Burliuk, Nicholas: 1967, 1982, 1983, undated Burston Graphic Centre, Jerusalem: 1975 Butler Institute of American Art: 1963, 1984, 1987 Butler, Joseph G.: 1963 Caldwell, Virginia: 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, undated Carvalho, Milton A.: 1968, 1969 Castellon, Hieda: 1977 Centre Culturel Americain: 1979 Chagall, Marc: 1955, 1957 Chapnick, Paul: 1980 Charnow, Miriam: 1964 Chegodaev, A.: 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, undated Chernow, Burt: 1966 Chicago Tribune -- : 1953 Chute, Marchette: 1961, 1966, 1969, 1981 Ciardi, John: 1966, 1969 Cogen, Charlie: 1975 Cohen, Arthur: 1975-1977, 1979, 1980 Coleman, Edward: 1975 Connellan, Carl: 1972 Constructionist -- : 1966 Copper, Dennis: 1976 Corbin, Douglas: 1981 Corcoran Gallery of Art: 1943, 1951 Cornell University: 1962, 1965 Dale, Marion: 1972 De Francia, Peter: 1961, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986 De Groot, P.: 1965 Delbanco, Kurt: 1981 Deldeo, Salvatore: 1979 Detroit Institute of Arts: 1963 Diamond, David: 1977 Dickinson, Edwin: undated Dickinson, Sidney: 1959 Dix, Otto: 1963 Dmitrievitch, Andrei: 1976, undated Dobkin, John: 1983, undated Du Bois, Guy: 1951, 1953, 1955 Eaton, Charles Edwar: 1978, 1979 Edel, Leon: 1969 Edgeworth, Richard C.: 1984, 1986 Evergood, Philip: 1941, 1954, 1967, undated Everson Museum of Art: 1976, 1977 Feinberg, Charles E.: 1947 Feinberg, Paul: 1986 Fiala, Vaclav: 1975, 1978 Fisher, Jacob: 1979 Flaig, Bea: 1981 Floch, Joseph: 1962, undated Fogg Art Museum: 1974, 1975 Ford Foundation: 1962 Forum Gallery (Bella Fishko): 1961-1963, 1966-1968, 1970, 1973-1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, undated Frankenstein, Alfred V.: 1971 Franklin, Elaine: 1974 Freifeld, Eric: 1968, 1972, 1978 Friends of Art: 1985 Fuks, Leo: 1975 Furth, Dora: 1973, 1975-1977 Garrett, Adams: 1982, 1986 George Mason University: 1980 Georgia Museum of Art: 1968, 1983 Gibbs, Charles: 1972 Gillette, Henry: 1981 Ginsberg, Allen: 1968 Gladstein, Sheldon: 1987 Glaser, Mary Todd: 1965 Goldsmith, Morton G.: 1964 Gonzales, Xavier: 1982 Goodrich, Lloyd: 1963, 1967, 1971, 1981, undated Goshans, Werner: 1977, 1981, 1982 Grant, Quentin: 1979 Grausman, Philip: 1965, undated Gray, Don: 1984 Grossman, Emery: 1964 Grosz, George: 1956, 1957 Guggenheim Museum: 1980 Guttuso, Renato: 1962, 1963, undated Gwathney, Bob: undated Halegua, Lillian: 1967, 1977 Halper, Albert: 1972 Harmon, Lily: 1981 Harris, Victor: 1977 Harriton, Abe: 1981 Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1964, 1969, 1971 Harvard University: 1962 Hautzig, Debbi: 1978 Hebrew Union College: 1983 Hecht, Fels: 1984, 1987 Heckscher Museum: 1977, 1987 Herman, Josef: 1967, 1976, 1983, undated Hills, Patricia: 1981, 1982, 1985 Hirsch, Joseph: 1960, 1964, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 1975, 1979-1983 Hirshhorn, Joseph: 1965, 1968, 1969 Hoag, Paul Sterling: 1954 Hoffman, Gladys: 1961 Hollfelder, Jack: 1983 Homar, Lorenzo: 1979, 1980 Hopper, Edward: 1960-1963, undated Horn, Lex: 1964 Horowitz, Brenda: 1984 Hosbach, Marguerette: 1973 Hutchins, Robert: 1984, undated Jackson, Harry: 1966 Jackson, Valentina: 1979 Jewish Museum: 1974, 1981, 1982 Johns, Judith: 1982 Jones, Kathryn: 1986 Jones, Wilma: 1960 Josephson, Matthew: 1969, 1970 Kainen, Jacob: 1968, 1969 Kalet, Maureen: 1982 Kalischer, Nathan: 1979 Kane, Doris: 1975 Kaplan, Kathy Walden: 1983 Karlstrom, Paul: 1972 Kearney, John: 1984, undated Kennedy Galleries, Inc.: 1980 King, Barry: 1985 King, Raymond: 1986 Kitaj, R. B and Sandra: 1979-1985, 1987, undated Klemeri, Diana: 1982 Knaths, Karl: 1953 Kroll, Leon: 1945, 1961, 1964 Kuniyoshi, Yasuo: undated Kunstverein in Hamburg: 1980 Landau, Ellen G.: 1982 Lasansky, Leonardo: 1986 Lasker, Joe: 1955, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1985, undated Leiser, Erwin: 1980 Lerner, Abram (Al): 1958, 1985 LeRoy, Marvyn: 1968 Lesser, Gerson: 1979 Levin, Eli: 1977 Levin, Gail: 1985 Levine, David: 1963, 1971 Levine, Jack: 1963, 1986 Levine, Sheldon: 1987 Levy, Alan; 1982, 1983, 1985 Lipchitz, Jacques: 1962, undated Loeb, Albert: 1980 Long, Rose: 1986 Loyola Marymount University: 1985, 1986 Ludgin, Earle: 1966 Lyons, Leonard: 1963 Maass, John: 1986 Maryland Institute, College of Art: 1975 Mayer, Bena Frank: 1967 Mayer, Bernadette: 1981 Mazo, Joe: 1984 McBain, Gertrude: 1986, undated McDaniel, Aletha: 1982 Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1978-1980, 1982-1984, 1986 Meyers, Bill: 1962, undated Miami Herald -- : 1972 Milwaukee Art Museum: 1983 Minnigerode, C. Powell: 1940 Mishkan Le'Omanut, Museum of Art: 1964 Mondale, Joan: 1977 Moore, Marianne: 1960, 1968 Morgan, Bill: 1984 Morlan, Nina: 1983 Mourlot, Liliane: 1967 Mumford, Lewis: 1965 Museum of Modern Art: 1953, 1961, 1962, 1966 Museum Tel Aviv: 1962, 1972, 1973 Myers, Neil: 1973 Nathan, Helmuth: 1967 National Academy of Design: 1970, 1977, 1981, 1984 National Arts Club: 1978 National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc.: 1968 Neel, Alice & Neel Family: 1969, 1985 Neugass, Ludwig: 1965 New Republic Book Company, Inc.: 1976, 1977 New School for Social Research: 1980 New York Times -- : 1959, 1972, undated Newark Public Library: 1981 Newman, John: 1984 Nichols, Norma: 1982 Nordness, Leo: 1961 Otis, Elizabeth R.: 1963 Palevsky, Jaon: 1980 Papazian, Gilbert: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1987 Parrish Art Museum: 1980 Pembroke Gallery: 1983 Penney, Charles: 1981 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: 1948 Pennsylvania State University: 1977, 1982, 1983 Perlis, Don: 1979 Perlman, Bennard: 1977 Petrovsky, Mira & Vladimir: 1975, undated Pink, Marilyn: 1986 Poor, Henry Varnum & Annie: 1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1985, undated Porter, Fairfield: 1956, undated Portland Art Museum: 1985 Provincetown Art Association: 1984 Queens Child Guidance Center, Inc.: 1970 Quirt, Eleanor: 1981, 1985, undated Randolph-Macon Woman's College: 1985 Random House, Inc.: 1968, 1969, 1976 Rappin, Adrian: 1976 Rewald, John & Alice: 1963, 1966, 1982, undated Rhode Island School of Design: 1971 Robbins, Warren: 1983, 1984, 1985 Rogers, Leo M.: 1961 Rose, Herman: 1962, undated Rosenberg, James N.: 1969 Rosenkranz, Rita: 1987 Rosner, Stanley: 1969 Roszak, Theodore: 1977 Roth, Audrey M.: 1978 Rothwell, Jed: 1987 Rozmaryn, Jack: 1974 Russell, Rhoda Winter: 1980 Saint John's University: 1981 Salisbury, Harrison: 1975 Salpeter, Harry: 1964, undated San Antonio Museum Association: 1980 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 1982 Sandler, Marc J.: 1962 Sarnewitz, Lyle Evan: 1984 Schiff, Sidney: 1984 Schlang, Joseph: 1965 Schoen, Jason: 1985, 1986 Schrag, Karl: 1969, undated Schrag, Raymond: 1986 Seyffert, Richard: 1979 Shannon, Joe: 1981 Shapiro, David: 1979 Shubert, Katherine: 1967 Singer, Isaac B.: 1978, undated Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: 1981 Sleigh, Sylvia: 1984 Smith, Mrs. Wallace (Kelcey): 1985 Smith, Vincent D.: 1976, 1981 Smithsonian Institution (National Collection of Fine Arts): 1968, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985-1987 Sonnemann, Nell: 1972, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986 Styron, William: 1969 Swanson, Mary T.: 1979 Syracuse University: 1965, 1973 Taliano, A. D.: 1978, 1981, undated Tapper, Joan: 1977 Thaler, Jesse: 1978 Tinsley, Betty: 1961 Todd, Ellen: 1986 Todorchev, Anne: 1979, 1980 Tolskaya, Leidmila: 1965, 1967 Toney, Anthony: 1955 United American Artists: 1940 United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York: 1970, 1974 University of California, Berkeley: 1966 University of Maryland: 1968 University of Minnesota: 1985, 1986 University of Texas: 1969 Van der Tweel, L. H.: 1975 Van Devanter, Ann C.: 1973 Vereisky, Oriest: undated Vincent Price Collection: 1964 Walsh, Alexandria: 1977 Warner, Keith: 1944 Warshaw, Howard: 1953 Washburn, Gordon B.: 1967 Weber, Max: 1954, undated Wertham, Fredric: 1967 West, Michael: 1967 Wheelock, Susan; 1976 Whitney Museum of American Art: 1950, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1981-1983, 1985 Wichita Art Museum: 1977 Wigglesworth, Anne Parker: 1983 William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, 1981, 1985-1987, undated Winer, Arthur: 1976 Wolff, Theodore: 1981 Worcester Art Museum (Francis Henry Taylor): 1957 Yeshiva University: 1967, 1974 Zabriskie, Virginia: 1979 Zigrosser, Carl: 1941, 1969
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Collection Citation:
Raphael Soyer papers, 1933-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.soyeraph, Series 2
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
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