Creator:

Shannon, Joe, 1933-  Search this

Subject:

Fisher, Sandra  Search this

Arikha, Avigdor  Search this

Soyer, Raphael  Search this

Lerner, Abram  Search this

Kitaj, R. B.  Search this

Alvarado-Juárez, Francisco  Search this

McIlvain, Isabel  Search this

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:

Letters, writings, exhibition and symposium files regarding the career of Joe Shannon as an exhibition designer, painter, and curator. Letters are from R. B. Kitaj, Sandra Fisher, Abram Lerner, Avigdor Arikha, Francisco Alvarado-Juárez, Isabel McIlvain, Raphael Soyer and others. Writings include drafts of published and unpublished articles, lectures, and reviews by Shannon. Exhibition files regard exhibitions curated by Shannon including "Edwin Dickinson: Selected Landscapes," "R. B. Kitaj," and "Representation Abroad." Also included is a file concerning the symposium "Aspects of Realism," sponored by La Napoule Art Foundation.

Citation:

Joe Shannon papers, circa 1980-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Biography Note:

Exhibition designer, painter, curator; Washington, D.C.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

Donated in 2007 by Joe Shannon.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13694

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)276357

AAA_collcode_shanjoe

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_276357