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Creator:

Harden, Marvin, 1935-  Search this

Names:

California State University, Northridge -- Faculty  Search this

Dobrick Gallery  Search this

Eugenia Butler Gallery  Search this

Gloria Cortella, Inc.  Search this

Hank Baum Gallery  Search this

Jan Turner Gallery  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Ballatore-Nelson, Sandy  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-2008  Search this

Chicago, Judy, 1939-  Search this

Conwill, Houston, 1947-2016  Search this

Everts, Connor  Search this

Fine, Jud  Search this

Lerner Levine, Marion  Search this

Miller, Lura Harden  Search this

Plagens, Peter  Search this

Riegelman, Nancy  Search this

Stussy, Jan, 1921-1990  Search this

Toon, Caroll  Search this

Wilson, Willam, 1934-2013  Search this

Extent:

2.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Etchings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Visitors' books

Photographs

Date:

circa 1936-2005

Summary:

The papers of African American painter, printmaker, and educator Marvin Harden measure 2.2 linear feet and date from circa 1936 to 2005. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence, teaching files, exhibition files, printed material, artwork, and photographs. Correspondents include Joyce Tremain, Judy Chicago, Marion Lerner Levine, Jud Fine, Houston Conwill, Sandy Ballatore-Nelson, Nancy Lee Riegelmen, Eugene Anderson, Connor Everts, Pleter Plagens, Jan Stussy, Caroll Toon, William Wilson, and others. Artwork includes a book of etchings Natural Selections (1991).

Scope and Contents:

The papers of African American painter, printmaker, and educator Marvin Harden measure 2.2 linear feet and date from circa 1936 to 2005. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence, teaching files, exhibition files, printed material, artwork, and photographs. Artwork includes a book of etchings Natural Selections (1991).

Biographical material includes papers pertaining to Harden's education and family history, including an essay written by his sister Lura Harden Miller.

Correspondence is with artists, colleagues, and organizations, including Eugene Anderson, Sandy Ballatore-Nelson, William Brice, Judy Chicago, Houston Conwill, Connor Everts, Jud Fine, Marion Lerner Levine, Pleter Plagens, Nancy Lee Riegelmen, Jan Stussy, Caroll Toon, William Wilson, Dobrick Gallery, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Gloria Cortella, Inc., Hank Baum Gallery, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others.

Teaching files primarily document Harden's career as an art educator at California State University, Northridge. Materials include teaching awards, assignments, course outlines, notes, and miscellaneous writings by Harden about his teaching philosophy. The files also contain correspondence and photographs with students, a student exhibition guest register, committee notes, memorandums, and evidence pertaining to an employment-related grievance with the university.

Exhibition files include announcements, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, floor plans, insurance documents, loan agreements, photographs, press releases, and price lists.

Printed material consists of announcements and invitations, exhibition catalogs, and a loose clippings scrapbook with articles and reviews about Harden's artwork and exhibitions. Also found is a copy of the first volume of the Journal published by the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, which includes a photograph of Harden and references to his involvement in developing the organization.

Artwork includes two sketches and an artists' book entitled natural selections which contains 12 aquatint etchings by Marvin Harden.

Among the black and white and color photographs are portraits and snapshots of Marvin Harden, family members, and colleagues, as well as Harden's home, studio, and land at Inwardness Ranch located near Cambria, California.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1950-1991 (Box 1; 5 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1964-2005 (Box 1; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 3: Teaching Files, circa 1964-2003 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1966-2004 (Boxes 1-2; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1964-2003 (Box 2; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 6: Artwork, 1989-2000 (Box 2; 2 folders)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1936-2001 (Box 2; 7 folders)

Biographical / Historical:

Marvin Harden (1935- ) is an African American painter, printmaker, and educator living and working in California. Harden received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1963. While there, Harden studied under John Paul Jones, Jan Stussy, and William Brice. He also became friends with UCLA classmate and feminist artist, Judy Chicago.

Harden's first solo exhibition was in 1964 at Ceeje Galleries in Los Angeles, California. His drawings, paintings, and prints have been exhibited widely in museums, galleries, and universities in southern California, and also in New Mexico, New York, and Texas, among other locations. Harden has also been the recipient of artists' fellowships awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.

Harden became a Professor of Art at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in 1968, and in 1984 he received a Distinguished Teaching Award and Exceptional Merit Service Award. During his career at CSUN, Harden established the art department's graduate teaching assistant program.

Provenance:

The Marvin Harden papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Marvin Harden in 2005.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- California  Search this

Topic:

Printmakers -- California  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Philosophy  Search this

Educators -- California  Search this

Genre/Form:

Etchings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Visitors' books

Photographs

Citation:

Marvin Harden papers, circa 1936-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.hardmarv

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Marvin Harden papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw901e28ad3-87bf-4434-9e5c-a6c609ffd9e7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hardmarv

Creator:

Brown, William Theo, 1919-2012  Search this

Subject:

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Bachardy, Don  Search this

Barber, Samuel  Search this

Barton, Betsy  Search this

Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir  Search this

Broughton, James  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Callery, Mary  Search this

Carson, Josephine  Search this

Coke, Van Deren  Search this

Craft, Robert  Search this

DeFeo, Jay  Search this

De Kooning, Elaine  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard  Search this

Donovan, Richard  Search this

Golschmann, Vladimir  Search this

Hamilton, George Heard  Search this

Hess, Thomas B.  Search this

Hindemith, Gertrud  Search this

Hindemith, Paul  Search this

Hockney, David  Search this

Holloway, Sterling  Search this

Howard, Bart  Search this

Inge, William  Search this

Isherwood, Christopher  Search this

Jenkins, Dorothy  Search this

Johnson, Frank  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Kiesler, Lillian  Search this

Lambert, Gavin  Search this

Lathwood, Jo  Search this

Loomis, Amy  Search this

Masselind, Ben  Search this

McLaughlin, John  Search this

Meeks, Everett  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan  Search this

Park, David  Search this

Petty, Mary  Search this

Poulenc, Francis  Search this

Rukeyser, Muriel  Search this

Saint, Eva Marie  Search this

Sarton, May  Search this

Schrade, Leo  Search this

Sekula, Sonja  Search this

Shaw, Robert  Search this

Simonds, Bruce  Search this

Stone, Helen  Search this

Stravinsky, Igor  Search this

Stravinsky, Vera  Search this

Swift, Richard  Search this

Tardos, Anne  Search this

Thiebaud, Wayne  Search this

Wonner, Paul  Search this

Zajac, Jack  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold)  Search this

Citation:

William Theo Brown papers, 1845-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Composition (Music) -- 20th century  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8956

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211143

AAA_collcode_browwilt

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211143

Creator:

Wildenhain, Marguerite Friedlaender, 1896-1985  Search this

Subject:

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)  Search this

Wildenhain, Frans  Search this

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Marcks, Gerhard  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Citation:

Marguerite Wildenhain papers, 1930-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5583

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211569

AAA_collcode_wildmarg

Theme:

Craft

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211569

Creator:

Harden, Marvin, 1935-  Search this

Subject:

Plagens, Peter  Search this

Ballatore-Nelson, Sandy  Search this

Riegelman, Nancy  Search this

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Toon, Caroll  Search this

Conwill, Houston  Search this

Chicago, Judy  Search this

Brice, William  Search this

Wilson, Willam  Search this

Stussy, Jan  Search this

Lerner Levine, Marion  Search this

Miller, Lura Harden  Search this

Fine, Jud  Search this

Everts, Connor  Search this

Dobrick Gallery  Search this

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Jan Turner Gallery  Search this

California State University, Northridge  Search this

Gloria Cortella, Inc.  Search this

Hank Baum Gallery  Search this

Eugenia Butler Gallery  Search this

Type:

Etchings

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Visitors' books

Photographs

Citation:

Marvin Harden papers, circa 1936-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Printmakers -- California  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Philosophy  Search this

Educators -- California  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13380

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)256376

AAA_collcode_hardmarv

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_256376

Creator:

Brown, William Theo, 1919-2012  Search this

Names:

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Bachardy, Don, 1934-  Search this

Barber, Samuel, 1910-  Search this

Barton, Betsy  Search this

Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir, 1904-  Search this

Broughton, James  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Callery, Mary, 1903-1977  Search this

Carson, Josephine, 1919-  Search this

Coke, Van Deren, 1921-  Search this

Craft, Robert  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933  Search this

De Kooning, Elaine  Search this

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993  Search this

Donovan, Richard  Search this

Golschmann, Vladimir, 1893-1972  Search this

Hamilton, George Heard  Search this

Hess, Thomas B.  Search this

Hindemith, Gertrud, 1900-1967  Search this

Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963  Search this

Hockney, David  Search this

Holloway, Sterling  Search this

Howard, Bart  Search this

Inge, William  Search this

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-  Search this

Jenkins, Dorothy  Search this

Johnson, Frank  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Kiesler, Lillian, 1910?-2001  Search this

Lambert, Gavin  Search this

Lathwood, Jo  Search this

Loomis, Amy  Search this

Masselind, Ben  Search this

McLaughlin, John, 1898-1976  Search this

Meeks, Everett, 1879-1954  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Park, David, 1911-1960  Search this

Petty, Mary  Search this

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963  Search this

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-  Search this

Saint, Eva Marie, 1924-  Search this

Sarton, May, 1912-  Search this

Schrade, Leo, 1903-1964  Search this

Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963  Search this

Shaw, Robert  Search this

Simonds, Bruce  Search this

Stone, Helen, 1903-  Search this

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971  Search this

Stravinsky, Vera  Search this

Swift, Richard, 1927-  Search this

Tardos, Anne, 1943-  Search this

Thiebaud, Wayne  Search this

Wonner, Paul, 1920-2008  Search this

Zajac, Jack, 1929-  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1845-1971

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbooks, photograph albums, sketchbooks, correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material reflect Brown's work as a painter, and his ties with contemporary musical and literary figures.

REEL 877: Four scrapbooks, 1946-1972, containing: photographs of composers Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith, artist Don Bachardy and Brown; letters and notes to Brown from musicians Stravinsky, Hindemith, John Cage, and Samuel Barber; drawings and photographs of works by Brown; clippings; and manuscript material by John Cage and Francis Poulenc.

REEL 921: Eight photograph albums, 1941-1971, including photos of Brown's work; photos of Brown at MacDowell Colony working on a series of self-portraits; of Brown, friends, and other artists, including Paul Wonner, Sonia Sekula, John McLaughlin, Jack Zajac, Sterling Holloway, Richard Diebenkorn, Mary Callery, David Park, Robert Shaw, poet May Sarton, playwright William Inge, composers Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith, author Christopher Isherwood, and others.

REELS 1095 and 1116 (photographs only): Correspondence, ca. 1923-1974; with artists, musicians, writers, composers, and others; privately published letters of Brown's grandfather; sketchbooks, including two from his early years, 1926 and 1930-1934, and six done in Europe, 1945; one sketch by Brown and one each by Paul and Gertrude Hindemith; manuscripts; photographs of family, friends, and associates; photographs of drawings; catalogs and announcements; printed papers; legal documents; and 2 clippings relating to Igor Stravinsky.

REEL 1095: Correspondents include: Eugene Anderson, Cecil Beaton, James Broughton, Van Deren Coke, Robert Craft, Jay DeFeo, Elaine De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Richard Donovan, Vladimir Golschmann, George H. Hamilton, Thomas B. Hess, Gertrude Hindemith (36 letters), Paul Hindemith, David Hockney, Bart Howard, William Inge, Christopher Isherwood, Dorothy Jenkins, Frank Johnson, Gavin Lambert, Jo Lathwood, Amy Loomis, Ben Masselind, Everett Meeks, Nathan Oliveira, Mary Petty, Josephine Carson Rider, Muriel Rukeyser, Eva Marie Saint, Leo Schrade, Bruce Simonds, Helen Stone, Vera Stravinsky, Richard Swift, Ann Tardos and Wayne Thiebaud; many are represented with only one letter.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter; San Francisco, Calif. Associated with the late 1950s movement of Bay Area figurative painting. Had particularly close ties with contemporary musical and literary worlds.

Provenance:

Material on reels 877 and 921 lent for microfilming and remainder donated 1974 by William T. Brown. Catalogs on reel 1095 were transferred to NMAA/NPG Library after microfilming.

Restrictions:

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. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Composers  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Composition (Music) -- 20th century  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.browwilt

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ff830d8-a91e-4dd2-b24e-1b6fe81ac014

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-browwilt

Creator:

Wildenhain, Marguerite  Search this

Names:

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965  Search this

Marcks, Gerhard  Search this

Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980  Search this

Extent:

3.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Date:

1930-1982

Summary:

The papers of California ceramicist and educator Marguerite Wildenhain measure 3.7 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1982. Found within the papers are biographical sketches; correspondence with patrons, students, and colleagues, including Eugene Anderson, T. S. Eliot, and Gerhard Marcks; writings by Wildenhain and others; designs for pottery and other artwork; one scrapbook; news clippings, exhibition catalogs, and scattered printed material. Also found are photographs of Marguerite and Frans Wildenhain, Pond Farm, workshops, exhibitions,and artwork, as well as two film reels depicting Wildenhain lecturing and in her studio. There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2020 that includes photographs and negatives of Wildenhain's works of art, circa 1960-1970, (many in the collection of Forrest L. Merrill or Luther College) taken by David Stone and photographs at Pond Farm, circa 1980. Additional photographs are of Wildenhain and her works of art, circa 1950 (possibly taken by Otto Hagel).

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of California ceramicist and educator Marguerite Wildenhain measure 3.7 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1982. Found within the papers are biographical sketches; correspondence with patrons, students, and colleagues, including Eugene Anderson, T. S. Eliot, and Gerhard Marcks; writings by Wildenhain and others; designs for pottery and other artwork; one scrapbook; news clippings, exhibition catalogs, and scattered printed material. Also found are photographs of Marguerite and Frans Wildenhain, Pond Farm, workshops, exhibitions,and artwork, as well as two film reels depicting Wildenhain lecturing and in her studio. There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2020 that includes photographs and negatives of Wildenhain's works of art, circa 1960-1970, (many in the collection of Forrest L. Merrill or Luther College) taken by David Stone and photographs at Pond Farm, circa 1980. Additional photographs are of Wildenhain and her works of art, circa 1950 (possibly taken by Otto Hagel).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1943 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1940-1981 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1940-1980 (Box 1-2; 1.0 linear foot)

Series 4: Artwork, circa 1961-1969, 1975 (Box 2, OV 5; 4 folders)

Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1934-1963 (Box 2; 3 folders)

Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1932-1982 (Box 2, OV 5; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographs, 1930-1976 (Box 2-3, OV 4; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 8: Audio-Visual Recordings, 1954, circa 1965 (Box 3, FC 6-7; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1950-1980 (Box 8, OV 9; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Marguerite Wildenhain (1896-1985) was a ceramicist and educator in Guerneville, California. Born Marguerite Friedlaender in Lyon, France, Wildenhain received training in sculpture at the Berlin School of Applied Arts. She later worked as a designer for the Royal Berlin Porcelain Factory, leaving in 1919 to apprentice in pottery at the Bauhaus, under Max Krehan and Gerhard Marcks. After receiving her degree as master-potter, she was employed at the Municipal School for Arts and Crafts in Halle Saale, Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1933, she and her husband, potter Frans Wildenhain, operated a workshop in Holland before immigrating to the United States in 1940. In 1942 she settled near Guerneville, California, and established an artist colony known as Pond Farm. Following her divorce, she remained at Pond Farm and operated a summer school which lasted until 1980, training approximately 25 students each summer.

Related Material:

Also found at the Archives of American Art are the Marguerite Wildenhain exhibition records, 1977-1981, donated by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; an oral history interview of Marguerite Wildenhain conducted 1982 Mar. 14, by Hazel Bray; and the Frans Wildenhain papers, 1890-1986. Additional Marguerite Wildenhain letters to Gerhard Marcks are located at the Archiv fur Buldende Kunst of the Germanisches Museum, Nurnberg, Germany.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Marguerite Wildenhain in 1973-1981. Additional material was donated in 2020 by David Stone, a student of Wildenhain.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Ceramicists -- California  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- California

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Citation:

Marguerite Wildenhain papers, 1930-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.wildmarg

See more items in:

Marguerite Wildenhain papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95670c906-044e-4231-8338-34b9e41a131a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wildmarg

Author:

Anderson, Eugene Newton  Search this

Felix Landau Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Jones, John Paul Nov. 18, 1924-  Search this

Physical description:

[36] p. (chiefly illus.) 16 x 16 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1967

1967]

Call number:

ND237.J755 A84

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_644394