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Richard Hollander papers, 1950-1991

Catalog Data

Creator:
Hollander, Richard, 1911-1991  Search this
Subject:
Dasburg, Andrew  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
5.6 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 partial reels)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Summary:
Correspondence, journals, a scrapbook, sound recordings, printed material, and photographs.
REEL 4306: Forty-six letters and three cards from Andrew Dasburg to Hollander, undated and 1959-1969; a card from Andrew Dasburg's son, Alfred Dasburg, 1979, two clippings, one a review of a Dasburg exhibition at the Dorry [Dorothy] Gates Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.; and two snapshots of Dasburg and Hollander's wife Gertrude in front of Dasburg's Taos, N.M. home, April 1970. Dasburg, writing to Hollander in Kansas City, Mo. from Taos, discusses art and aesthetics, his work, weakening health and need for medication, the sale of his work to the Hollanders and to others, and comments on Hollander's work. Included is a card from Alfred Dasburg, September 1, 1979, thanking Hollander for his "tribute to Andrew."
REEL 4885: A scrapbook/binder containing photographs of sculpture and drawings by Hollander. Included with the photos of the sculptures "Family Life-The Picnic," and "Interstate I-70," are clippings and notes by Hollander. Also included are several photographs of Hollander at work in his studio.
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with Elizabeth Broun, Nancy Corwin, Barbara DeZonia, Charles C. Eldredge, Keith Jacobshagen, Joe Kelleher, Andrew Morgan, Gabor Peterdi, Harriet G. Vicente (Mrs. Esteban Vicente), Nan and David Ray, David Reed, Mark Roeyer, David Strout, Alan Tollakson, Natalie Wilvers, and others; drafts of exhibition reviews by Hollander; cassette tape recordings of Hollander; an address book; exhibition reviews, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and other printed material; photographs of Hollander, works of art and slides. Also included are journals, 17 v., June 1980-June 1991, kept by Hollander, revealing facets of Hollander's thinking about his relationships and his art.
Citation:
Richard Hollander papers, 1950-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 4306 and 4885 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Scrapbook, reel 4885: Original returned to the lender, Richard Hollander, Jr., after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Sculptor, art collector; Kansas City, Mo.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Dasburg material on reel 4306 was donated 1985 by Hollander, Dasburg's close friend and patron. The scrapbook on reel 4885 was lent for microfilming and an additional four feet of material was donated by Hollander's son Richard, 1994. The journals were received by Richard Nadeau, Hollander's psychiatrist, 1994.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Sculpture, American  Search this
Taos School of Art  Search this
Art, American -- New Mexico -- Taos  Search this
Artists' studios -- Missouri -- Photographs  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9769
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212170
AAA_collcode_hollrich
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212170