Armory Show 50th anniversary exhibition (1963 : New York, N.Y.) Search this
Type:
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1.4 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:
Business files, letters, photographs and printed material relating to the the 1913 Armory Show, 50th Anniversary exhibition sponsored by the Henry Street Settlement, of which Margaret Carlton was co-chair. Business files relate to committees, contributions, publicity, and guests. Photographs are of the event and many come from the album "Armory Show 1963."
Letters to Carlton, found in two scrapbooks, are from Charles Collingwood, Leon Kroll, Henri Marceau, V.W. Van Gogh, and Adelaide Taylor. Printed material includes two posters (one signed and numbered by Marcel Duchamp) and exhibition catalogs signed by Duchamp, Stuart Davis, William Zorach, and others.
Citation:
Papers relating to the 1913 Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition, circa 1962-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Photographs from album: are copyprints
Location of Originals:
Original album, "Armory Show 1963": in possession of donor, Margaret Gillies Carlton.
Biography Note:
Margaret Carlton was an exhibition organizer in Woods Hole, Mass.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1995 by Margaret Gillies Carlton and 2009 by Mary, Ann and Rhona Carlton, daughters of Margaret Gillies Carlton via Jenn Swope, an in-law of the Carlton family.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
