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Wally Goodman and William Stanton Picher papers, 1940-1982

Catalog Data

Creator:
Goodman, Wally, 1922-2008  Search this
Picher, William Stanton, 1914-1981  Search this
Subject:
Christo  Search this
Garver, Thomas H.  Search this
Martin, Fred  Search this
Nicholson, Natasha  Search this
Oliveira, Nathan  Search this
Paris, Harold  Search this
Pasquini, Philip L.  Search this
Raffael, Joseph  Search this
Ramos, Mel  Search this
Wiley, William T.  Search this
Butterfield & Butterfield  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Summary:
The papers of Wally Goodman and William Stanton Picher measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1940-1982. Included are correspondence, printed material, subject file concerning Christo's "Running Fence" project, business records, art works, notes, and photographs.
Correspondence (1966-1981) concerns Goodman's and Picher's collecting activities and friendships with artists, including letters from Fred Martin, Nathan Oliveira, Joseph Raffael, Mel Ramos, and William T. Wiley and a greeting card decorated with an Oliveira print (1940). The "Running Fence" file contains correspondence, including 2 letters from Christo, summaries of the project, receipts, clippings, and photographs.
Business records include loan requests from museums (1966-1981), bills of sale (1950-1982), insurance and appraisal lists of works and their values (1967-1981), conservation reports (1970-1976), and files concerning the "Mexican Masters Suite", Christo print documentation (1970-1972), and appraisers Butterfield and Butterfield (1979-1981).
Original art work includes rubber stamp designs by Phil Pasquini, a booklet made by Lout Sue, an illustrated booklet by William T. Wiley (1975) and 2 collages by Harold Paris (1976). Among the printed material are reproductions of works collected, clippings (1966-1981), and exhibition catalogs (1967-1981). Photographs are of the wedding of Tom Garver and Natasha Nicholson at Goodman and Picher's home.
Also included are records documenting Goodman's and Picher's Asian Collection, consisting of a few letters (1964-1971), bills of sale (1948-1978), receipts and photographs of works, loan forms (1969-1979), 2 appraisal forms (1971), "non-American" receipts, miscellaneous financial material, and notes (1946-1971), clippings (1969-1979), and photographs and slides of works.
Citation:
Wally Goodman and William Stanton Picher papers, 1940-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of Patrick Duffy and Wally Goodman.
Biography Note:
Wally Goodman (1922-2008) and William Stanton Picher were art collectors in San Francisco, California.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1983 by Wally Goodman.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Rubber stamps  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7672
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209835
AAA_collcode_goodwalt
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209835