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Creator:

Botkin, Henry, 1896-1983  Search this

Names:

American Abstract Artists  Search this

Artists Equity Association  Search this

Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors  Search this

Gallery 256 (Provincetown, Mass.)  Search this

Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986  Search this

Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975  Search this

Brice, Fanny  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-2008  Search this

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937  Search this

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983  Search this

Godowsky, Frances  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Hasegawa, Saburō, 1906-1957  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this

Laurent, Toinette Botkin  Search this

Mocsanyi, Paul  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964  Search this

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951  Search this

Shadbolt, Jack, 1909-  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Von Wicht, John, 1888-1970  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Linear feet ((on 10 microfilm reels))

4 Sound tapes (7 & 5 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tapes

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Date:

1917-1979

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material (1945-1965), letters (1917-1979), notes (1950-1970), writings (1944-1970), business records (1927-1977), art works (1932-1964), subject files (1952-1955), scrapbook (1927-1939), printed material (1923-1977), and photographs (1922-1968) documenting Botkin's career and his friendship with George and Ira Gershwin and other entertainment and artistic figures.

Among the correspondents and subjects of photographs or letters are: George and Ira Gershwin, their sister Frances Godowsky, Botkin's brother Benjamin, Botkin's daughter Toinette Botkin Laurent, and grandson Alexander Laurent, composer Harold Arlen, Fanny Brice and her son William Brice, artists Chaim Gross, Saburo Hasegawa, Hans Hofmann, Karl Knaths, Paul Manship, Paul Mocsanyi, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Wallace Putnam, Abrahmam Rattner, Hugo Robus, Arnold Schoenberg, Jack Shadbolt, John Von Wicht, and Abraham Walkowitz. Also included are photographs of Botkin's studio, night picnic in Provincetown attended by many artists; and material relating to American Abstract Artists, New School Art Center, Provincetown Art Association, and the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. [See Finding Aid for information on location of items on the microfilm].

UNMICROFILMED: 3 untranscribed interviews of Botkin, 1 done for the "Today" show, NBC, June 4, 1965; 1 for Colette Roberts "Meet the Artist" Program, undated, and 1 by an unidentified interviewer. Also included is an untranscribed monologue, Oct. 11, 1970.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. Born in Boston and attended art schools there from 1913-1917. From 1917-1920, he attended the Art Students League and was employed as an illustrator for prominent magazines until 1929. Traveling abroad between 1926 and 1933, he attained his first one-man show in 1927 at the Billiet Galleries in Paris. Through his cousin, composer George Gershwin, Botkin became acquainted with people active in the performing arts, such as Harold Arlen, Fanny Brice, Harry Kurnitz, and Bert Lahr. Botkin was also involved in the American Abstract Artists, Artists Equity Association, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, and Gallery 256 in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Related Materials:

Henry Botkin papers also at Syracuse University.

Provenance:

Donated 1969-1982 by Henry Botkin and by his son Glenn and his assistant Rene Barilleaux. Many items were returned to Botkin after microfilming.

Restrictions:

Patrons must use microfilm copy. Use of untranscribed tapes requires an appointment at the Washington, D.C. office.

Occupation:

Composers  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Topic:

Art, Abstract  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.botkhenr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-botkhenr

Creator:

Bowman, Ruth, 1923-  Search this

Names:

American Association of Museums  Search this

American Federation of Arts  Search this

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Canadian Museums Association  Search this

Craft and Folk Art Museum  Search this

KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Long Beach Museum of Art  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this

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

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

New York University  Search this

Newark Museum  Search this

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Anshutz, Thomas Pollock, 1851-1912  Search this

Bengelsdorf, Rosalind, 1916-1979  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981  Search this

Burkhardt, Hans Gustav, 1904-1994  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Ferren, John, 1905-1970  Search this

Holty, Carl, 1900-1973  Search this

Holtzman, Harry  Search this

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this

Levine, Les, 1935-  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

MacDonald, Duncan (Broadcaster)  Search this

Mason, Alice Trumbull, 1904-1971  Search this

McNeil, George, 1908-1995  Search this

Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005  Search this

Wilfred, Thomas, 1889-1968  Search this

Extent:

26.7 Linear feet

21.99 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scripts (documents)

Date:

1936-2006

bulk 1963-1999

Summary:

The papers of art historian and museum educator Ruth Bowman are dated 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999, and measure 26.7 linear feet and 21.99 GB. Professional correspondence and subject files document Bowman's relationships with colleagues and reflect her interests, activities including curatorial work, and accomplishments as a museum educator. Writings and related research materials include her thesis,"Thomas Pollock Anshutz, 1851-1912" (M.A., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1971), and unfinished projects. Also found are interviews conducted by Bowman with a wide range of individuals for a variety of purposes.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian and museum educator Ruth Bowman are dated 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999, and measure 26.7 linear feet and 21.99 GB. Professional correspondence and subject files document Bowman's relationships with colleagues and reflect her interests, activities including curatorial work, and accomplishments as a museum educator. Writing and related research materials include her thesis, "Thomas Pollock Anshutz, 1851-1912" (M.A., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1971), and unfinished projects. Also found are interviews conducted by Bowman with a wide range of individuals for a variety of purposes.

Biographical materials consist of certificates, resumes, and a few photographs of Ruth Bowman. Correspondence concerns Bowman's professional activities and interests. Among the most frequent correspondents are: American Association of Museums, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art.

Writings by Ruth Bowman, published and unpublished, include a thesis and articles about Thomas Pollock Anshutz, catalogs for American Federation of Arts and The Newark Museum exhibitions, lectures, as well as articles about museum education and visual arts programs. Research relates to her writings about Anshutz, and to unrealized projects concerning Anshutz, Cézanne, Eakins, Picasso, and other subjects. Also found are two brief writings about Bowman.

Subject files--general subjects, artists' files, Ruth Bowman activities, and "Sunrise Semester"--contain the majority of Bowman's professional correspondence along with printed material, writings, photographs, and sound recordings. Among the most thoroughly documented general subjects are: The Brooklyn Museum's Trustees Retreat, Canadian Museums Association, a 1981 Craft Symposium, International Network for the Arts, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Museum Directors' Forum", New York University Art Collection, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts. Artists' files are comprised mainly of printed material with a small amount of correspondence and some photographs. The Les Levine file consists of the first issue of Art-Rite featuring a brief article about Levine on its cover; Thomas Wilfred's file includes information about Lumia. Ruth Bowman activities include lectures, radio and television appearances, and participation in professional events. "Sunrise Semester," a collaboration between CBS television and New York University, offered early morning courses for college credit. Ruth Bowman was the instructor for "20th Century American Art," which is documented by general information, scripts, and sound recordings of all 46 classes.

Interviews conducted by Bowman are with English museum administrators and educators; people knowledgeable about a controversial proposal for an Annenberg Fine Arts Center at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; guests on KUSC radio shows "Sounds of Seeing" and "Live from Trump's"; and guests on the WNYC radio program "Views on Art." Interviews with miscellaneous individuals include Josef Albers, Hans Burkhardt, Carl Holty, Isamu Noguchi, and Helen Farr Sloan. Bowman interviewed a dozen American abstract artists, including Ilya Bolotowsky, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, Burgoyne Diller, John Ferren, Carl Holty, Harry Holtzman, Ibram Lassaw, Jacques Lipchitz, Alice Mason, George McNeil, George L. K. Morris, and Ad Reinhardt for a thesis on the subject, but eventually wrote on a different topic. Two interviews with Bowman were conducted by Duncan MacDonald and an unidentified interviewer.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 5 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1964-1984 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1963-1996 (Box 1; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Related Research, 1942-1999 (Boxes 1-3; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Subject Files, 1936-2006 (Boxes 3-12, 26; 9.6 linear feet)

Series 5: Interviews, 1963-1989 (Boxes 12-25; 9.2 linear feet, ER01-ER70; 21.99 GB)

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Bowman (b. 1923) is an art historian and museum educator who worked in New York City and Los Angeles. She is known for her interest in using new communications technology for museum education, discovering Arshile Gorky's long forgotten murals at Newark Airport, and expertise in the work of Thomas Anshutz.

A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (B.A. 1944), where she had studied art history and classical archaeology, Ruth Bowman began a museum career in New York as an assistant curator at the Jewish Museum in the early 1960s. From 1963-1974 Ruth Bowman served as curator of the York University Art Collection and was involved in its transition to the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center. Bowman wrote her master's thesis on Philadelphia artist Thomas Pollock Anshutz and received a degree from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in 1971. During this same period, she was a staff lecturer at The Museum of Modern Art and taught art history in divisions of New York University. She was the instructor for a "Sunrise Semester" 20th century American art course broadcast nationally on CBS.

In 1974 Bowman and her family moved to California and she began an association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as Director of Education. She attended summer courses in arts administration at Harvard University (1975) and similar training provided by the British Arts Council (1976). She taught at University of California Santa Barbara, as well as at California State University at Fullerton and Long Beach. Bowman was active in the Council of the American Association of Museums (vice president), the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles (vice president), and has served as a consultant to several museums and a corporate collection.

Ruth Bowman with her friend Harry Kahn (1916-1999) developed a collection of self-portraits by 20th century American artists, which she donated to the National Portrait Gallery in 2002. Mrs. Bowman is the widow of R. Wallace Bowman and currently resides in New York City.

Provenance:

Donated by Ruth Bowman in 2004.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Rights:

Research material including correspondence, writings and notes, photographs, and printed material on Cezanne, Thomas Eakins, and Picasso: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Ruth Bowman. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, American -- 20th century  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scripts (documents)

Citation:

Ruth Bowman papers, 1936-2006, bulk 1963-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.bowmruth2

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bowmruth2

Creator:

Johnson, Ellen H., 1910-1992  Search this

Johnson, Ellen H., 1910-1992  Search this

Subject:

Hesse, Eva  Search this

Tworkov, Jack  Search this

Cézanne, Paul  Search this

Milles, Carl  Search this

Wilke, Wendell  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick  Search this

Saunders, David  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes  Search this

Tacha, Athena  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Venturi, Robert  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander  Search this

Dine, Jim  Search this

American-Scandinavian Foundation  Search this

Oberlin College  Search this

College Art Association (U.S.)  Search this

Allen Memorial Art Museum  Search this

Place:

Ossabaw Island (Ga.)

Topic:

Art, Scandinavian  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Study and teaching  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women art critics  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Theme:

Art Theory and Historiography  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6514

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215772

AAA_collcode_johnelle

Theme:

Art Theory and Historiography

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215772

Creator:

Johnson, Ellen H.  Search this

Names:

Allen Memorial Art Museum  Search this

American-Scandinavian Foundation  Search this

College Art Association (U.S.)  Search this

Oberlin College -- Faculty  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Dine, Jim, 1935-  Search this

Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Milles, Carl, 1875-1955  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Saunders, David  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Tacha, Athena, 1936-  Search this

Tworkov, Jack  Search this

Venturi, Robert  Search this

Wilke, Wendell  Search this

Extent:

61.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Ossabaw Island (Ga.)

Date:

1872-2018

bulk 1921-1992

Summary:

The papers of art historian, art critic, author, librarian and educator Ellen Hulda Johnson measure 61.5 linear feet and date from 1872-2018, with the bulk of the material dating from 1921-1992. The papers include biographical materials; personal and family files; personal, professional, and business correspondence; extensive research and writing files; teaching files; subject files; professional and curatorial files; and artists' files. Johnson's papers reflect the full range of her career, interests, and close relationships with many artists. There is a 0.2 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes letters to Ellen Johnson from others, letters from Johnson to Carl Gerber, and a sketch by Johnson. Materials date from circa 1956-1991.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian, art critic, author, librarian and educator Ellen Hulda Johnson measure 61.5 linear feet and date from 1872-2018, with the bulk of the material dating from 1921-1992. The papers include biographical materials; personal and family files; personal, professional, and business correspondence; extensive research and writing files; teaching files; subject files; professional and curatorial files; and artists' files. Johnson's papers reflect the full range of her career, interests, and close relationships with many artists. There is a 0.2 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes letters to Ellen Johnson from others, letters from Johnson to Carl Gerber, and a sketch by Johnson. Materials date from circa 1956-1991.

Personal papers consist of biographical materials and personal and family files, including "memorabilia" files compiled by Johnson. Correspondence is a mix of personal, business, and professional correspondence. Significant correspondents include David Saunders (who painted a portrait of Johnson), Claes Oldenburg, Jack Tworkov, Robert Venturi, the American Scandinavian Foundation. A folder of correspondence compiled for the Archives includes letters from Alfred Stieglitz, Wendell Wilkie, Carl Milles, Jim Dine, and Alexander Archipenko.

Extensive and comprehensive writing and research project files include articles, lectures, presentations, manuscripts, notes and notebooks, including her class notebooks from courses she attended in Paris in 1935, and additional notes and notebooks on a wide variety of subjects. The numerous articles, lectures, papers, and drafts were written primarily by Johnson for the College Art Association, the Allen Memorial Art Museum bulletin, and numerous additional publications and presentations; but there are also writings by others included in the research files. Major writing projects and related research files cover Scandinavian art, the Ossabaw Island artist's colony, Cezanne, Eva Hesse, John Frederick Kensett, Claes Oldenburg, Picasso, David Saunders, Athena Tacha, Pop Art, and many other topics. Johnson's research files, manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs for major exhibitions, including one on Eva Hesse (1982) and for her published books including American Artists on Art from 1940-1980 (1982), Claes Oldenburg (1971), Fragments Recalled at 80: The Art Memoirs of Ellen H. Johnson (1993), and Modern Art and Object (1976) are arranged with the writing project files. Johnson's bibliographic index cards are found here as well.

The collection contains extensive teaching files for courses taught by Johnson at Oberlin and as a visiting professor at other institutions; professional and curatorial files reflecting her curatorial career at Allen Memorial Art Museum, as a consultant, jury member, and continuing education courses she later attended, including the Baldwin Lecture Series; and 18 linear feet of artist's files assembled by Johnson.

Arrangement:

The Ellen Hulda Johnson papers are arranged into seven series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Personal Papers, circa 1905-2009 (5 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 56-59)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1927-2009 (5.5 linear feet; Boxes 3-7, 60)

Series 3: Writing and Research Projects, 1872, 1932-1994 (15.5 linear feet; Boxes 7-20, 56, 61-62)

Series 4: Subject Files, 1930-1993 (5 linear feet; Boxes 21-25, 62)

Series 5: Teaching Files, 1928-1989 (6 linear feet; Boxes 26-31, 62)

Series 6: Professional and Curatorial Files, 1936-1991 (6 linear feet; Boxes 32-37, 56)

Series 7: Artists Files, 1935-1992 (18.3 linear feet; Boxes 37-55, 62)

Series 8: Unprocessed Addition, 1956-1991 (0.2 linear feet; Box 63)

Biographical / Historical:

Ellen Hulda Johnson (1910-1992) was an art historian, critic, and professor who worked and taught at Oberlin College in Ohio for most of her career.

Ellen Hulda Johnson was born in 1910 in Warren, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in art history at Oberlin in 1933 and 1935. She worked briefly at the Toledo Museum of Art before returning to Oberlin as the art librarian. In 1940 she started Oberlin's art rental program, the first of its kind in the country. She was appointed to the faculty in 1948 and taught nineteenth and twentieth century art, American art from colonial times to the present, contemporary art, and Scandinavian art. She was a member of the Allen Memorial Art Museum's acquisition committee and appointed honorary curator of modern art in 1973. She remained at Oberlin her entire career, retiring from teaching in 1977.

Johnson was a scholar of Cézanne, Claes Oldenburg, Eva Hesse, Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, John F. Kensett and other modern masters, as well as Scandinavian art. In 1962 she wrote the first important article on Claes Oldenburg and, in 1970, assisted curator Athena Tacha commission his first permanent large sculpture (3-Way Plug) for the grounds of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. She was the first to show the black-striped paintings that established Frank Stella's reputation. Her efforts in promoting acquisitions of young contemporary artists helped make the Allen Memorial Art Museum a leading institution in contemporary art. Her Oberlin lectures on modern art became so popular that they had to be held in the college's largest auditorium and influenced generations of students, many of whom went on to signficant positions in the field. A new wing of the museum designed by Robert Venturi opened in 1977 and was named in honor of Johnson.

Johnson was the author of numerous articles, books, and exhibition catalogs including Cezanne (Penquin, 1967); Claes Oldenburg (Penquin, 1971); American Artists on Art from 1940-1980 (Harper and Row, 1982); and Modern Art and the Object (Thames and Hudson, 1976).

In 1968, Johnson purchased the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Weltzheimer house in Oberlin, and spent a considerable part of her time and money restoring the building where she lived the rest of her life. She bequethed the house and her significant art collection to Oberlin upon her death in 1992.

Related Materials:

Papers of Ellen H. Johnson, 1933-1992, are also located at Oberlin College Archives.

Separated Materials:

Shortly after aquisition, the Archives transferred Ellen Hulda Johnson's vertical file (16 linear feet) of clippings, press releases, and exhibition announcements to the library of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery.

Provenance:

The Ellen Hulda Johnson papers were donated in 1994, 1998, 2019 and 2021 by the estate of Ellen Hulda Johnson via exectutor Athena Tacha.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington D.C. Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. 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:

Librarians -- Ohio  Search this

Authors -- Ohio  Search this

Art critics -- Ohio  Search this

Art historians -- Ohio -- Oberlin  Search this

Educators -- Ohio -- Oberlin  Search this

Topic:

Art, Scandinavian  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Study and teaching  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women art critics  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Function:

Artist colonies -- Georgia

Citation:

Ellen Hulda Johnson papers, 1872-2018, bulk 1921-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.johnelle

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-johnelle

Collection Creator:

Castelli Graphics (Firm)  Search this

Container:

Box 17, Folder 30

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1995

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Collection Citation:

Castelli Graphics records, 1965-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Castelli Graphics records

Castelli Graphics records / Series 4: Artists' Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-castgrap-ref140

Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Hofmann, Hans  Search this

Kootz, Samuel M.  Search this

Baziotes, William  Search this

Hare, David  Search this

Braque, Georges  Search this

Pierre Soulages  Search this

Sugai, Kumi  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Mathieu, Georges  Search this

Marca-Relli, Conrad  Search this

Ronald, William  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Signatures (names)

Notes

Topic:

Artists -- United States -- Exhibitions  Search this

Theme:

Art Market  Search this

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9163

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211357

AAA_collcode_kootgall

Theme:

Art Market

Art Gallery Records

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211357

Author:

Smithsonian Institution Libraries  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library  Search this

Subject:

Nevelson, Louise 1899-1988  Search this

Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Rothko, Mark 1903-1970  Search this

Arakawa, Shūsaku 1936-2010  Search this

Neutra, Dion  Search this

Schindler, R. M (Rudolph M.) 1887-1953  Search this

Sommer, Frederick 1905-1999  Search this

Soleri, Paolo 1919-2013  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya 1907-1981  Search this

De Looper, Willem  Search this

Lozowick, Louis 1892-1973  Search this

Levine, David 1926-2009  Search this

Sert, José Luis 1902-1983  Search this

Soyer, Raphael 1899-1987  Search this

Eakins, Thomas 1844-1916  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart 1889-1975  Search this

Nadelman, Elie 1882-1946  Search this

Gillespie, Gregory  Search this

Noland, Kenneth 1924-2010  Search this

Louis, Morris 1912-1962  Search this

Richter, Hans 1888-1976  Search this

Appel, Karel 1921-2006  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente 1883-1949  Search this

Rivera, Diego 1886-1957  Search this

Warhol, Andy 1928-1987  Search this

Cavallon, Giorgio 1904-1989  Search this

Di Suvero, Mark 1933-  Search this

Moore, Henry 1898-1986  Search this

Steinberg, Saul  Search this

Estes, Richard 1932-  Search this

Botero, Fernando 1932-  Search this

Canaday, John 1907-1985  Search this

Calder, Alexander 1898-1976  Search this

Maurer, Alfred Henry 1868-1932  Search this

Rickey, George  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

González, Julio 1876-1942  Search this

Snelson, Kenneth 1927-2016-  Search this

Rivers, Larry 1925-2002  Search this

Hirshhorn, Joseph H  Search this

Harrison, Newton 1932-  Search this

Lassaw, Ibram 1913-2003  Search this

Grooms, Red  Search this

Burliuk, David 1882-1967  Search this

Lerner, Abram  Search this

Bunshaft, Gordon 1909-1990  Search this

Dzubas, Friedel 1915-1994  Search this

Clemente, Francesco 1952-  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Acconci, Vito 1940-2017-  Search this

Haring, Keith  Search this

Holzer, Jenny 1950-  Search this

Salle, David 1952-  Search this

Neel, Alice 1900-1984  Search this

Nakian, Reuben 1897-1986  Search this

Bacon, Francis 1909-1992  Search this

Freud, Lucian  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto 1901-1966  Search this

Abrams, Dennis 1960-  Search this

Nasgaard, Roald  Search this

Buren, Daniel  Search this

Chin, Mel 1951-  Search this

Sonnier, Keith 1941-  Search this

Conwill, Houston 1947-2016  Search this

Kabakov, Ilʹia Iosifovich 1933-  Search this

Ireland, David 1930-2009  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan 1928-2010  Search this

Marclay, Christian  Search this

Baldessari, John 1931-2020-  Search this

Weiner, Lawrence  Search this

Piper, Adrian 1948-  Search this

Polke, Sigmar  Search this

Puryear, Martin 1941-  Search this

Struth, Thomas 1954-  Search this

Torres-García, Joaquín 1874-1949  Search this

Lam, Wifredo  Search this

Matta 1912-2002  Search this

Kosuth, Joseph  Search this

Leirner, Jac 1961-  Search this

Saar, Alison  Search this

Rothenberg, Susan 1945-  Search this

Dubuffet, Jean 1901-1985  Search this

Hill, Gary 1951-  Search this

Murray, Elizabeth 1940-2007  Search this

Gilbert & George  Search this

Physical description:

306 audio files : digital

Type:

Sound recordings

Sources

Interviews

Broadcasts

Lectures

Symposia

Ceremonies

Date:

1969

1969-2004

20th century

21st century

Topic:

Art, Modern--History  Search this

Painting, Modern--History  Search this

Sculpture, Modern--History  Search this

Architecture, Modern--History  Search this

Artists  Search this

Emigration and immigration in art  Search this

Caricatures and cartoons  Search this

Country music  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Earthworks (Art)  Search this

Visual perception  Search this

Conceptual art  Search this

Call number:

N6447 .H584

Restrictions & Rights:

Full access copies are available through the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Information on who to contact for full access is available on the Hirshhorm Museum and Sculpture Gardern Library Audio Archive website.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_956845

Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Names:

Baziotes, William, 1912-1963 -- Photographs  Search this

Braque, Georges, 1882-1963  Search this

Hare, David, 1917-1992  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966 -- Photographs  Search this

Kootz, Samuel M., 1898-1982  Search this

Marca-Relli, Conrad, 1913-2000 -- Photographs  Search this

Mathieu, Georges, 1921 -- Photographs  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Photographs  Search this

Pierre Soulages, 1919- -- Photographs  Search this

Ronald, William, 1926 -- Photographs  Search this

Sugai, Kumi, 1919 -- Photographs  Search this

Extent:

7.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Signatures (names)

Notes

Date:

1923-1966

Summary:

The records of modernist New York City Kootz Gallery measure 7.1 linear feet and date from 1923-1966. They consist of scattered correspondence and exhibition files; photograph files of artists, including ones for Picasso, William Baziotes, and Hans Hofmann, among many others; 23 scrapbooks; photographs and slides of the gallery and exhibitions; and scattered personal papers of Samuel M. Kootz.

Scope and Contents note:

The records of modernist New York City Kootz Gallery measure 7.1 linear feet and date from 1923-1966. They consist of scattered correspondence and exhibition files; photograph files of artists, including ones for Picasso, William Baziotes, and Hans Hofmann, among many others; 23 scrapbooks, photographs and slides of the gallery and exhibitions; and scattered personal papers of Samuel M. Kootz.

There are two folders of scattered routine incoming letters. Three folders of exhibition files contain limited documentation of the 1952 Kootz Gallery exhibition "To South America," and printed material related to the 1951 exhibition "Art for a Synagogue" held at the Synagogue of Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey.

Artists' Photograph Files contain mostly photographs of 52 artists, their artwork, and their exhibitions. In addition to photographs, there is one folder of artists' autographs. Pablo Picasso and Hans Hofmann's close friendship with Kootz is reflected in this series, as numerous informal personal photos are found in their respective files. A few folders also contain documents, such as transcript notes for a lecture and other writings by Hans Hofmann and a brief review of the work of Georges Braque and David Hare.

Printed Material consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs, advertisements, and newspaper and magazine clippings on the gallery and artists associated with the gallery. There are catalogs for Kootz Gallery exhibitions, including "The Intrasubjectives" show of 1949.

Twenty-three scrapbooks date from 1931 through 1966 and include exhibition announcements, catalogs, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous printed material. Scrapbook 1, 1947-1948, focuses on Pablo Picasso. Scrapbooks 2-21 document approximately one year of Kootz Gallery events and press coverage from 1945 to 1966, and Scrapbooks 22-23, 1950-1958, focus on architectural models and exhibitions.

Photographic material includes photographs, transparencies, and slides of Kootz Gallery New York and Kootz Gallery Provincetown; interior design photographs showcasing Kootz Gallery artwork hanging in office and residential spaces; group and unidentified exhibitions; group and unidentified artists/artwork; and informal photographs of Samuel Kootz and of his wife, Jane.

Samuel Kootz Personal Papers consist of a cocktail party invitation and a copy of the 1923 Phi Epsilon Pi Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1950-1962 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Exhibition Files, circa 1944-1966 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 3: Artists Photographs Files, 1936-1966 (Boxes 1-2, 5; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1944-1966 (Boxes 2, 5; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1931-1966 (Box 3, BV 6-23; 4 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1944-1966 (Boxes 4-5; 11 folders)

Series 7: Samuel Kootz Personal Papers, circa 1923-1957 (Box 4; 2 folders)

Biographical/Historical note:

Samuel M. Kootz officially opened the Kootz Gallery in 1945 in New York City. In 1953, he opened a satellite gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts that closed one year later.

Samuel M. Kootz (1898-1982) received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1921 and practiced law briefly before moving to New York City to accept a job as an advertising account executive. While still in law school, he began visiting New York art galleries and was particularly drawn to works by modern artists that were showing at the Stieglitz Gallery and the Charles Daniel Gallery. In 1930, he independently published his first book, Modern American Painters and began to regularly contribute articles on painting and photography to various periodicals, including The Times. In 1942, he curated an abstract expressionist showcase for Macy's and published New Frontiers in American Painting one year later. Kootz's second book was one of the first to examine the emerging abstract expressionist movement and marked the beginning of his full transition into the art world.

In 1944, Kootz resigned from his advertising job to represent Robert Motherwell and William Baziotes as a professional art dealer. He officially opened the Kootz Gallery opened in 1945 and showcased the work of both American and European abstract expressionists, including Hans Hofmann and Adolph Gottlieb. In 1946, during the Kootz Gallery's preparation for Pablo Picasso's first one man exhibition in America, Picasso became quite friendly with Kootz and his wife Jane. Upon the artist's suggestion, Kootz agreed to close his gallery and represent Picasso and his other artists as a private dealer. Although this was a successful venture, Kootz missed the structure of an office and decided to reopen his gallery on Madison Avenue in 1949. The gallery's first show at the new location was "The Intrasubjectives," a term Kootz had coined for abstract expressionists. The exhibition included four artists from his stable, William Baziotes, Robert Motherwell, Adolph Gottlieb, and Hans Hofmann, along with Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, and Bradley Walker Tomlin.

In 1953, Kootz opened a satellite gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts that was managed and operated by gallerist Nathan Halper. In 1954, they mutually agreed to dissolve their partnership and Kootz focused his energies on his New York gallery, which grew to include Herbert Ferber, David Hare, Philippe Hosiasson, Ibram Lassaw, Conrad Marca-Relli, Georges Mathieu, Raymond Parker, William Ronald, Gerard Schneider, Emil Schumacher, and Pierre Soulages.

A number of factors, including competition from new galleries, commoditization of art by investment collectors, and the public's interest in emerging pop art, influenced Kootz's decision to close his gallery in 1966.

Related Archival Materials note:

Also found among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are oral history interviews with Samuel M. Kootz by John Morse on March 2, 1960 and by Dorothy Seckler on April 13, 1964. Records of Kootz Gallery are also interspersed among the records of Nathan Halper's galleries.

Separated Materials note:

Records loaned for microfilming in 1965 included eight articles from the publication Modern Artists in America (1951) which were not included in the later donation and are now available on microfilm reel NY65-1.

Provenance:

Samuel M. Kootz donated the gallery records in two increments in 1971. Nearly all of the same records had been loaned in 1965 for microfilming.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

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.

Topic:

Artists -- United States -- Exhibitions  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Signatures (names)

Notes

Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.kootgall

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kootgall

Collection Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 52

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1947-1965

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Kootz Gallery records / Series 3: Artists Photograph Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kootgall-ref65

Collection Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 55

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1940-1949

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Kootz Gallery records / Series 3: Artists Photograph Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kootgall-ref66

Collection Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 53

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1965 June

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Kootz Gallery records / Series 3: Artists Photograph Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kootgall-ref661

Collection Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 54

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1965

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Kootz Gallery records / Series 3: Artists Photograph Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kootgall-ref662

Collection Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 56

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1950-1965

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Kootz Gallery records / Series 3: Artists Photograph Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kootgall-ref663

Collection Creator:

Kootz Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 57

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1947-1965

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records

Kootz Gallery records / Series 3: Artists Photograph Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kootgall-ref67

Subject:

Braque, Georges  Search this

Gris, Juan  Search this

Léger, Fernand  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago  Search this

Type:

Printed Materials

Place:

Chicago, Ill.

Date:

1934

Topic:

Painters, Modern  Search this

Painting, Abstract  Search this

Painting, Modern  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)17651

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The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago records, 1917-1981

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_17651

Photographer:

Roque, Jacqueline  Search this

Roque, Jacqueline  Search this

Subject:

Perls, Frank  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

196-

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11713

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Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records, circa 1920-1983, bulk 1949-1975

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_11713

Creator:

Spielberg, Frederic, Dr.  Search this

Spielberg, Frederic, Dr.  Search this

Subject:

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1959 March 19

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11976

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Rudolph Schaeffer papers, 1880s-1997

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_11976

Photographer:

Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970  Search this

Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970  Search this

Subject:

Picasso, Olga  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Quinn, John  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1921

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)14275

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Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1906-1977

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_14275

Creator:

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Schaefer, Bertha, 1895-1971  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Subject:

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1963 August 26

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)16501

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Bertha Schaefer papers and gallery records, 1909-1975, bulk 1940-1965

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_16501

Photographer:

Clergue, Lucien  Search this

Clergue, Lucien  Search this

Subject:

Kootz, Jane  Search this

Kootz, Samuel Melvin  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1965 June

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)13246

See more items in:

Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_13246