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Creator:
Dochterman, Lillian  Search this
Subject:
Cavallon, Giorgio  Search this
Dove, Arthur Garfield  Search this
Holty, Carl  Search this
McNeil, George  Search this
Morris, George L. K.  Search this
Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice)  Search this
Shaw, Charles Green  Search this
Sheeler, Charles  Search this
Still, Clyfford  Search this
Tobey, Mark  Search this
Wolff, Robert Jay  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
8 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Research files, photographs and slides, notes, and writings relating mainly to her work on Charles Sheeler, her interest in abstract expressionism, artists Clyfford Still, Arshile Gorky, Robert Jay Wolff, George McNeil, Mark Tobey, Arthur Dove, G. L. K. Morris, Carl Holty, Irene Rice Pereira, Charles G. Shaw, and Georgio Cavallon, and to "emblem books." There are typescripts of her dissertation on Sheeler, "Non-representational Painting in the U.S., 1930-1945," on 1930's Formalism, "A History of American Abstract Artists Association," and "The Mythical Character of Contemporary Art History."
Citation:
Lillian Dochterman papers, 1960-1968. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Art historian; Buffalo, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Bequeathed by Dochterman; received in 1968.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Women art historians  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7561
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209721
AAA_collcode_dochlill
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209721