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Creator:

Nesbitt, Saul, 1920-1993  Search this

Names:

Archway Cookies, Inc.  Search this

Borden's Farm Products Co. of Illinois  Search this

Campbell Soup Company  Search this

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this

Eastman Kodak Company  Search this

Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association  Search this

Franco American Food Co.  Search this

Lever Brothers and Unilever, ltd.  Search this

National Distillers and Chemical Corporation  Search this

Nesbitt Associates, Ltd.  Search this

P. Ballantine & Sons  Search this

Philip Morris Incorporated  Search this

Revlon, Inc.  Search this

Schick (Firm)  Search this

Scott Paper Company  Search this

Seagram Company  Search this

Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Sketches

Transparencies

Press releases

Correspondence

Photographs

Media lists

Blueprints

Drawings

Clippings

Client lists

Samples

Date:

1951-1984, undated

Summary:

Collection primarily consists of photographic materials including color slides, color and black & white transparencies, and black & white photographs; press releases, articles, correspondence, press releases, client lists, and surveys documenting the life and work of packaging, industrial, and graphic designer Saul Nesbitt.

Scope and Contents:

Series 1, Background and Biographical Information, 1951-1984

Consists of Nesbitt's resume, an artist/designer statement, list of clients and accomplishments of Nesbitt Associates, Ltd., press releases, articles, and photographs of the designer.,The materials in this collection document Nesbitt's work from 1951 through 1984.

Series 2, Records of the Public Relations Office, 1955-1963

Includes press releases and clippings describing some Nesbitt's products, his theories on consumer motivation, and the results of his surveys, as well as correspondence with members of the press.

Series 3, Correspondence, dates

Contains general office communications

Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1951-1981

Consists of color slides, color and black and white transparencies, and black and white photographs of most of Nesbitt's designs for packaging from 1951-1981.

Series 5, Samples, undated

Includes three samples of fitted presentation boxes designed by Nesbitt, as well as a prototype for a design award for Parsons School of Design in New York, and two "Multiplication" cubes commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Oversized materials include books jackets and booklets designed by Nesbitt, as well as some renderings for packaging designs done in color.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into five series:

Series 1, Background and Biographical Information, 1951-1984

Series 2, Records of the Public Relations Office, 1955-1963

Series 3, Correspondence, dates

Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1951-1981

Series 5, Samples, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Saul Nesbitt was a packaging, industrial, and graphic designer born in New York City on August 10, 1920. He was a student of sculptor Chaim Gross and studied art at many New York institutions including: Art Students League; New York University (NYU); Columbia University; Pratt Institute of Art; and the New School.

Nesbitt served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 where he worked as a cartographer and as the head of the visual aid section in a military intelligence training center. In 1945, he joined the staff of Harper's Bazaar magazine where he was an illustrator assisting art director Alexey Brodovich. In 1946, Nesbitt was hired by the industrial design studio of Raymond Loewy as a handletterer and packaging designer.

Saul Nesbitt worked with Lippincott Industrial Design from 1948 to 1951. He opened his own design studio, Nesbitt Associates, Ltd. in 1951. The firm specialized in package design, trademarks, and corporate identities. Some of his most recognizable designs were for the label for Campbell's Soup and the Florists' Telegraph Delivery (F.T.D.) Winged Mercury 'Interflora' figure, still used today. Nesbitt's other clients included: Franco American; Revlon; Ballantine Beer; Borden; Champion spark plugs; Kodak; Phillip Morris cigarettes; Schick razors; and Archway cookies. In addition, Nesbitt developed the "Karry Kit" for Ballantine Beer which came to be widely used and known as the six pack.

Nesbitt was known for his revealing studies and surveys of the buying needs and preferences of the "average American housewife" and consumers in general. His opinions on what he referred to as "underpackaging" were widely publicized in professional magazines and journals. In 1984, Nesbitt retired from the design field and went to California to resume his career as a sculptor until his death in 1993 at the age of seventy-three.

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Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project (NMAH.AC.0198)

Campbell Soup Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project (NMAH.AC.0367)

Caroline R. Jones Papers (NMAH.AC.0552)

Virgil Johnson Collection of Cigarette Packages (NMAH.AC.0645)

Revlon, Incorporated Advertising Collection (NMAH.AC.0939)

Landor Design Collection (NMAH.AC.0500)

Albert W. Hampson Commercial Artwork Collection (NMAH.AC.0561)

Borden Company 1939 New York World's Fair Collection (NMAH.AC.1063)

Smithsonian Institution

Archives of American Art

Esta Nesbitt Papers, circa 1942-1981

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Archives Collection Management Records, 1989-2006

Provenance:

Collection donated by the designer's wife, Mrs. Saul Nesbitt, in 1994.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Occupation:

Industrial designers  Search this

Packaging designers  Search this

Graphic designers  Search this

Topic:

Consumers -- Research  Search this

Consumers' preferences -- United States  Search this

Housewives as consumers  Search this

Labels -- Design  Search this

Corporate image -- Design  Search this

Logos (Symbols) -- Design  Search this

Graphic arts -- United States  Search this

Design, Industrial -- United States  Search this

Packaging -- Design  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides

Sketches

Transparencies

Press releases

Correspondence

Photographs -- 20th century

Media lists

Blueprints

Drawings

Clippings

Client lists

Samples -- 1920-2000

Citation:

Saul Nesbitt Papers, 1951-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1275

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep857e2f039-d3d5-4307-a474-a5e5072e4e74

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1275

Interviewee:

Maynard, Joan  Search this

Names:

Carver Theater (Washington, DC)  Search this

National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States  Search this

Maynard, Joan  Search this

Collection Creator:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound cassette (original)

1 Sound cassette (copy)

Type:

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Oral histories (document genres)

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1992 May 6

Scope and Contents note:

Joan Maynard, a founding preservationist of the historic Weeksville neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, discusses how she came to learn about the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now Anacostia Community Museum) in 1971 after attending a meeting of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC. She talks about the museum's influence for developing African American museums throughout the country, its importance to and impact on the Anacostia neighborhood, and the leadership of John Kinard and Zora Martin-Felton. She discusses how a tour of the museum on its 5th Anniversary encouraged and energized members of the museum and preservation communities in New York.

The interview was conducted via telephone on May 9, 1992. There is background static throughout the recording, which makes it difficult to hear the interviewee in some parts.

Biographical / Historical:

Joan Maynard (1928-2006) was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 29, 1929. She attended Bishop McDonnell Memorial High, Art Career School in Manhattan, and graduated from Empire State College of the State University of New York. She was also a Revson Fellow at Columbia University and received an honorary doctorate from Bank Street College of Education. She worked as a commercial artist and art director for McGraw-Hill, and created comic book treatments of black history, including the Golden Legacy comic series. She also drew covers for The Crisis magazine, the official magazine for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 1968, she founded the Society for the preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant, which worked to preserve the legacy of Weeksville, a pre-Civil War African American community in Brooklyn, New York. She secured funding from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Downtown Brooklyn Association, and the Mary Flager Carey Trust in order to rehabilitate four wood-frame houses from the mid-1800s, and engaged the local community through public outreach and education, including recruiting students to participate in archaeological digs on the site. Joan Maynard served as President of the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant from 1972-1974, and as Executive Director from 1974-1999. She was also a member of Alex Haley's Junta Kinte Oral History Workshop, a founding member of the African American Museum Association, and was Trustee Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, receiving their highest honor, the Louise DuPont Crowninshield Award. In 1983, she authored Weeksville, Then & Now: The Search to Discover, the Effort to Preserve, Memories of Self in Brooklyn, New York. She also received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brooklyn District Attorney, Charles Hynes. In October of 2017, a block of Buffalo Avenue in Brooklyn was re-named Dr. Joan Maynard Way in her honor. 

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, which includes approximately 100 interviews of residents and influential people of the Anacostia area of Washington, DC.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.

Genre/Form:

Oral histories (document genres)

Collection Citation:

ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

ACMA.09-034, Item AV001530, AV001656

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ACM 25th Anniversary Oral History Project

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7b11ab620-86f5-41d1-a2f4-673f6003946c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-09-034-ref101

Creator:

Ellis, Estelle  Search this

Extent:

29 Cubic feet (42 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Advertising

Date:

1942 - 2004

Summary:

Estelle Ellis is a pioneer in publishing, advertising, and marketing. She was among the first to focus on the American female demographic, especially teens and working-class women. Condé Nast Publications, Incorporated, Carter Hawley Hale-owned department stores, Phillips-Van Heusen, Dow Chemical, and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation were among her clients. The Papers include business correspondence and proposals, marketing materials, advertisements, and oral history interviews with Ellis.

Scope and Contents:

The Estelle Ellis Papers include material dating from the 1940s to 2004, with the majority of materials dating from the 1960s to the 1980s. Client files (including correspondence, presentations, proposals, and marketing materials) comprise the bulk of the collection. Photographic negatives, slides, and photographs from advertising campaigns and interviews with Ellis on audio and VHS cassette are also present. Ellis's personal research files on advertising and marketing, including magazine and newspaper tear sheets, are included.

The collection documents Ellis's career in publishing and as owner of Business Image, Inc. Ellis's innovative marketing and design sense is evident throughout these materials. Clients include: Carter Hawley Hale and its subsidiaries The Broadway, John Wanamaker, and Weinstock's; Condé Nast Publications and its subsidiaries Vogue, House & Garden, Charm, Glamour, and Bride's; the Kimberly-Clark Corporation; and East/West Network, Incorporated.

Of note to researchers with interest in teen magazines will be Ellis's early work on Design for Living, a short-lived publication and precursor to Seventeen, produced by Popular Science Publishing Corporation.

Among the distinctive materials in the collection are promotional items developed for Seventeen and Charm magazines. Designed to be informative and eye-catching, these materials used creative techniques to highlight the uniquely female qualities and concerns of the magazines' readers. In one instance, price guides were "handwritten" in the form of a shopping list on a paper bag. In another example, press releases were tied in ribbons like a bundle of love letters. For students of marketing and design, as well as for historians interested in women's history and consumer culture, materials such as these will be a valuable resource.

The Estelle Ellis Papers are arranged in three series: Client Files, 1941-1994, Business Materials, 1953-2004, undated and Research Files, 1950s-2004. The original order of the materials has been retained where possible, although some reorganization has been conducted within aggregates to facilitate research.

Series 1, Client Files, 1941-1994, are arranged alphabetically by business name. Subsidiaries are listed separately from their owner. For instance, work completed for The Broadway, a Carter Hawley Hale-owned department store, is listed separately from its parent company. Where needed, sub-groups have been created and are organized by type of material or project. Materials are further organized by date. Some of the client materials were originally organized by Ellis and her late husband into seventeen oversized scrapbooks. These have been disassembled for ease of organization and access. A photocopy of each scrapbook was made to preserve a record of the original arrangement of the materials and for ready reference.

Series 2, Business Materials, 1953-2004, undated, is divided into five sub-series: Business Image, Incorporated Slides; Speeches and Articles; Greeting Cards; Awards; and Audio-Visual Materials. The slides were kept in their original order when transferred from the slide boxes to the sleeves. Of note are slides of Helmut Newton's photographs for the Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche advertising campaign. (The work of prominent photographers Robert Frank and Duane Michals are represented in the materials for American Girl and Sportempos.) Speeches and articles written by Estelle Ellis span 1953 to 1994. Materials are included in this subseries based upon the original order of the collection, scope of the project, or content of the speech. Time topical greeting cards that were sent by Business Image, Inc., to clients comprise subseries 2.3. A single award from 1962 comprises Subseries 2.4. Audiovisual materials, including recorded interviews and research material, is the final subseries and is arranged by format and then date. The 1994 oral history interview by Tom Wiener on behalf of the Archives Center deals primarily with Ellis's early publishing career. The 2007 interview by historian Lu Ann Jones covers that period and later developments, including Ellis's family life. Jones's transcript of that interview is appended to this finding aid.

Series 3, Research Files, 1950s-2004, include Ellis's compilation of newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and marketing publications. Sub-groups exist for Absolut vodka advertisements, Condé Nast Publications, and The New Yorker magazine. Of special note within this series is a short autobiographical note written by Ellis for her alma mater Hunter College.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Client Files, 1942-1994

Series 2: Business materials, 1953-1994

Series 3: Research Files

Series 4: Audiovisual, 1979-2004

Biographical / Historical:

For more than fifty years, Estelle Ellis has advised American businesses about the changing face of American society: its demographics, its social structures, its values. She has helped these institutions understand social change and address the needs and interests of their diverse customers, audiences, and constituencies. Her work has spanned a period of significant social and economic change affecting women's lives and expectations. These shifts are apparent in her pioneering work for Seventeen, Charm, Glamour, and House & Garden magazines and with corporate clients including the Kimberley-Clark Corporation, Evan-Picone, and the Carter Hawley Hale group of department stores.

Ellis was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 12, 1919. She graduated from Hunter College in 1940, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Journalism. Her publishing career began at Popular Science magazine, which published three issues of Design for Living in 1942, before abandoning the new venture due to war-time paper shortages. Design for Living was aimed at "high school girls and the home economics teacher," and signaled the direction of Ellis' future career. Ellis also worked for Walter Annenberg's Click magazine (Triangle Publications), assembling an impressive portfolio of articles.

In 1943, Editor-in-Chief Helen Valentine hired Ellis to help launch a new publication that she had conceived. Seventeen was the first magazine to identify young girls as an economically viable market. Ellis combined her strong sense of design and advertising with emerging techniques in marketing to awaken her advertisers to this viable consumer demographic. To personalize the research data, she created "Teena," a fictional character who spoke for her age group and symbolized the typical Seventeenreader.

Helen Valentine and Art Director Cipe Pineles became mentors in Ellis's life and work. Following the success of Seventeen, the trio was asked by its publisher, Street and Smith, to revitalize Charm and to gear it towards a new segment of female consumers. This decision re-established the focus of the magazine on the growing working woman market. To persuade advertisers to address this group, Ellis distilled market research into a series of publications titled "Interview." The "Interview" and "Teena" reports commissioned by Ellis were among the first market research studies to establish teenage girls and working women as distinct and economically powerful markets. During the period from 1950 to 1957, Charm increased in circulation and importance to the business and advertising communities. After a business merger with Newhouse Magazines, Charm was incorporated into Glamour magazine, and Ellis resigned to create her own firm, Business Image, Incorporated.

Starting in 1958, Business Image, Incorporated, offered creative marketing solutions to a diverse array of clients. Ellis was among the first to identify the importance of market and product positioning, a key aspect of what today is called "branding." According to Ellis, Business Image, Inc. was dedicated "to helping business understand the impact of social change on business trends." Ellis continued to work with publishing and magazines, and she counted Glamour, House & Garden, and their parent company, Condé Nast Publications, as clients. Ellis worked closely with editors to keep them abreast of "shifting consumer markets, values, and lifestyles." She also advised them on how to convey the relevance of their publications and the consuming power of their readers to magazine advertisers. Ellis took on smaller projects for other Condé Nast publications such as Bride's (late 1960s) and Vogue (early 1970s). Publishing industry clients also included the Girl Scouts of America's American Girl magazine (early 1960s), Better Homes and Gardens (primarily 1980s), Elle (late 1980s), and East West Network (1980s), publishers of airlines magazines.

The list of Ellis's clients outside of publishing is equally long and impressive. Ellis's work for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in the late 1960s and early 1970s is of particular note. In addition to recommending new products for the firm, she guided the development of its Life Cycle Center, a resource for women of all ages-from menstruation to menopause-headed by a professional education director. Ellis joined the Board of Phillips-Van Heusen and produced its innovative publication, We the People of PVH. Evan-Picone, Yves Saint-Laurent Fragrances, Scoville, AT&T, and the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company also were Business Image, Inc. clients.

For some thirty years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Ellis provided a wide range of professional services for New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). She created the successful FIT fundraising campaign/event "One Person Makes a Difference," which raised money for student scholarships. She created programs to build the school's enrollment and its financial support. Ellis's work also promoted awareness of the global fashion influence of New York and FIT.

Beginning in the 1990s Ellis concentrated on writing. She combined her experience in publishing with her personal interests to co-author three books: At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care for Their Libraries (Southern Books, 1995), At Home with Art: How Art Lovers Live With and Care for Their Treasures (Potter, 1999), and The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries (Alfred A. Knopf, 2000). Most recently, Ellis co-authored Cipe Pineles: Two Remembrances (RIT, Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2005), about her mentor and friend.

Ellis was married for fifty years to Samuel I. Rubenstein, now deceased. Rubenstein was critical in the development of Business Image, Incorporated, and partnered with her in the firm for twenty-five of its forty-five years. She has two children, Ellis Marc Rubenstein, currently President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Nora Jane Rubenstein, Ph.D., a writer, ethnographer, and president of her Vermont-based Place/Space Associates. Ellis died on July 12, 2012.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Estelle Ellis in 1991, 2000, and 2004.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but negatives in Box 62 are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form:

Advertising

Citation:

Estelle Ellis Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0423

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Estelle Ellis Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cfedb544-fbf6-4112-ac53-cbb99054e207

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0423

Collection Creator:

Ellis, Estelle  Search this

Container:

Box 18, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1945 April 15

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but negatives in Box 62 are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Estelle Ellis Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Estelle Ellis Collection

Estelle Ellis Collection / Client Files / 1.37: Seventeen Magazine (Triangle Publications)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88f9c098d-6d54-4951-9dd9-39ec7a018590

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0423-ref1456

Artist:

Edward Jean Steichen, 27 Mar 1879 - 25 Mar 1973  Search this

Sitter:

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, 16 Apr 1889 - 25 Dec 1977  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 24 x 19.5cm (9 7/16 x 7 11/16")

Sheet: 25.2 x 20.1cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16")

Mount: 29 x 24.7cm (11 7/16 x 9 3/4")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1925

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Equipment\Walking stick\Cane  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Fedora  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Male  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie actor  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing Arts\Performer\Vaudeville performer  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Oscar  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired in memory of Agnes and Eugene Meyer through the generosity of Katharine Graham and the New York Community Trust, The Island Fund

Object number:

NPG.2001.18

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm426b53852-0756-4209-be73-308b6a8836e6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2001.18

Artist:

Al Hirschfeld, 21 Jun 1903 - 21 Jan 2003  Search this

Sitter:

Jerome Robbins, 11 Oct 1918 - 29 Jul 1998  Search this

Medium:

Pen and ink

Dimensions:

Sheet: 68.5 x 53.3cm (26 15/16 x 21")

Mat to size: 91.6 x 76.4cm (36 1/16 x 30 1/16")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1988

Topic:

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Jerome Robbins: Male  Search this

Jerome Robbins: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director  Search this

Jerome Robbins: Performing Arts\Choreographer  Search this

Jerome Robbins: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater producer  Search this

Jerome Robbins: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer\Ballet  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.99.141

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Al Hirschfeld. Art reproduced by special arrangement with Hirschfeld's exclusive representative, the Margo Feiden Galleries, Ltd., New York.

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4961e7b28-9e7b-42de-a7f3-38c7b7b05159

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.99.141

Producer:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution  Search this

CC-M Productions  Search this

Sitter:

Lee Strasberg, 17 Nov 1901 - Feb 1982  Search this

Medium:

Video recording

Dimensions:

Duration: 01 hr., 51 min.

Type:

Time-Based Media

Date:

February 13, 1978

Topic:

Lee Strasberg: Male  Search this

Lee Strasberg: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor  Search this

Lee Strasberg: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this

Lee Strasberg: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie actor  Search this

Lee Strasberg: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Audio/Visual Special Collection

Object number:

AV.1978.EDU.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© 1978 NPG, SI

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46c53eff9-0548-4a40-b05a-a0665072346b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_AV.1978.EDU.2

Producer:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution  Search this

CC-M Productions  Search this

Sitter:

Gordon Parks, 30 Nov 1912 - 7 Mar 2006  Search this

Interviewer:

Marc Pachter  Search this

Medium:

Video recording

Dimensions:

Duration: 01 hr., 12 min.

Type:

Time-Based Media

Date:

June 25, 1991

Topic:

Gordon Parks: Male  Search this

Gordon Parks: Literature\Writer  Search this

Gordon Parks: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer  Search this

Gordon Parks: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer  Search this

Gordon Parks: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

Gordon Parks: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this

Gordon Parks: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this

Gordon Parks: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Gordon Parks: Performing Arts\Filmmaker  Search this

Gordon Parks: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Fashion photographer  Search this

Gordon Parks: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this

Gordon Parks: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

Gordon Parks: Literature\Editor  Search this

Gordon Parks: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this

Gordon Parks: Society and Social Change\Founder  Search this

Gordon Parks: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Television director  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Audio/Visual Special Collection

Object number:

AV.1991.EDU.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© 1991 NPG, SI

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c133a13c-13f1-4f7e-99e5-e4268513c87c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_AV.1991.EDU.1

Artist:

Henry Major, 1889 - 1948  Search this

Sitter:

Walt Disney, 5 Dec 1901 - 15 Dec 1966  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 17.8 × 16.4 cm (7 × 6 7/16")

Type:

Drawing

Date:

c. 1928

Topic:

Artwork\Painting  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Nature & Environment\Animal\Mouse  Search this

Art implements\Easel  Search this

Personal Attribute\Teeth  Search this

Walt Disney: Male  Search this

Walt Disney: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

Walt Disney: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Walt Disney: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer  Search this

Walt Disney: Visual Arts\Artist\Animator  Search this

Walt Disney: Oscar  Search this

Walt Disney: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Walt Disney: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.86.193

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

20th Century Americans: 1900-1930 (re-installation 2012)

On View:

NPG, South Gallery 322

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e0109f8c-8664-41a2-9f85-020210ca4702

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.86.193

Artist:

Gus Anton, active c. 1948  Search this

Printer:

Henon  Search this

Sitter:

Orson Welles, 6 May 1915 - 10 Oct 1985  Search this

Medium:

Color lithographic poster

Dimensions:

Image: 144.5 × 108.5 cm (56 7/8 × 42 11/16")

Sheet: 161 × 119.7 cm (63 3/8 × 47 1/8")

Mount: 167 × 125.8 cm (65 3/4 × 49 1/2")

Type:

Print

Date:

1948

Topic:

Poster  Search this

Poster\Movie  Search this

Orson Welles: Male  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Film director  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie actor  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Performer\Radio performer  Search this

Orson Welles: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter  Search this

Orson Welles: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater producer  Search this

Orson Welles: Oscar  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.90.96

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

20th Century Americans: 1930-1960

On View:

NPG, South Gallery 321

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41f912149-b46b-4208-bb8c-5368afc0d389

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.90.96

Creator:

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this

Names:

Artlover  Search this

Gehenna Press  Search this

New Art Circle  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this

Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950  Search this

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this

Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1901-1984  Search this

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Schmid, Elsa, 1897-  Search this

Photographer:

White, Clarence H., 1871-1925  Search this

Extent:

2.1 Linear feet (4 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Etchings

Date:

1905-1967

Summary:

The papers of gallery director, art dealer and publisher Jsrael Ber Neumann (1887-1961) measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1967. The papers document Neumann's career as the director of galleries in Berlin and Munich, Germany (1910-1924) as well as the New Art Circle gallery in New York City (1924-1952). Neumann was a respected art dealer, publisher of Artlover periodical, founder of Gehenna Press, and frequent lecturer. Found within his papers are correspondence with artists and museums, writings, printed materials mostly comprised of exhibition catalogues, artwork, and photographic materials.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of gallery director, art dealer and publisher Jsrael Ber Neumann (1887-1961) measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1967. The papers document Neumann's career as the director of galleries in Berlin and Munich, Germany (1910-1924) as well as the New Art Circle gallery in New York City (1924-1952). Neumann was a respected art dealer, publisher of Artlover periodical, founder of Gehenna Press, and frequent lecturer. Found within his papers are correspondence with artists and museums, writings, printed materials mostly comprised of exhibition catalogues, artwork, and photographic materials.

Correspondence is between Neumann and friends, colleagues, and museums. There is also correspondence with notable artists, including Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, and Abraham Rattner, among others. There are also condolence letters from friends and colleagues to Elsa Schmid, Neumann's wife.

Scattered writings consist of typescript drafts of Neumann's speeches and one article on expressionism. There is also one speech written by curator Richard Klein.

Printed materials comprise the bulk of the collection and include a bound gallery guest register, a disbound scrapbook, exhibition catalogs and announcements, brochures, magazines, posters, and news clippings. There are many exhibition catalogs from Neumann's galleries in Berlin and Munich as well as from the New Art Circle gallery in New York. Artwork consists of two etchings and one drawing by an unknown artist or artists.

Photographic materials include black and white photographs and negatives, including notable portraits of Neumann by photographers Helen Balfour Morrison, Clarence White, and Hans Namuth.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 5 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1925-1961 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Writings, 1919, 1954-circa 1960 (5 folders; Box 1)

Series 3: Printed Materials, 1910-1967 (1.7 linear feet; Box 1-4)

Series 4: Artwork, 1919-circa 1960 (3 folders; Box 3-4)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, 1905-circa 1950 (0.2 linear feet; Box 3-4)

Biographical / Historical:

J. B. (Jsrael Ber) Neumann (1887-1961) was a gallery director, art dealer and publisher. After immigrating to the U.S., Neumann founded the New Art Circle Gallery in New York City. Before then, he had art galleries in Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf and Bremen, Germany.

J. B. Neumann was born in Austria in 1887. His father was an oil and lumber dealer. Neumann initially studied business but later apprenticed to a book and picture dealer when he was nineteen. While working as a clerk in a large bookstore in London, Neumann had the opportunity to work at the rare book dealer's table in the British Museum. The job allowed him to assess and handle fine and rare books, starting a lifelong passion, and Neumann went on to amass a substantial personal library.

In 1910, Neumann returned to Berlin, Germany and in 1911 opened a book and art shop where he exhibited the work of Edvard Munch and others. Neumann had many friends who were artists and in 1915-1916 he was secretary to the Berlin Secession, a prominent German artist association. By 1922 Neumann had branch offices in Bremen, Dusseldorf and Munich.

Neumann immigrated to America in 1923 and left the Berlin gallery to the directorship of Karl Nierendorf and the Munich gallery to Günther Franke. Neumann settled in New York City and one year later he opened a 57th Street gallery and bookshop, first called J.B. Neumann's Print Room and later the New Art Circle gallery. He supported numerous artists, including Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Georges Rouault. Elsa Schmid, Neumann's wife, was an artist who worked in mosaics.

Neumann also worked as a publisher. He created the printing company Gehenna Press and published a series of periodicals including Bilderhefte (Berlin, 1920-1922) and Artlover (New York, 1926-1945, 1959). The New Art Circle gallery closed circa 1952 and, after working as its director for nearly three decades, Neumann became a consultant for museums and collectors. He was also a lecturer and he frequently spoke about art at universities, museums and galleries.

Neumann died in Rye, New York on April 28, 1961. He is survived by his widow, Elsa Schmid (d. 1970); two sons, Peter and Albrecht; and a daughter, Mrs. Johanna Lam.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds a collection of Josef Albers letters to J. B. Neumann, 1934-1947 on microfilm reel 911.

Additional J.B. Neumann papers are also located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum microfilmed a portion of these papers and donated a copy of that film to the Archives. This material may be viewed on reel NJBN5 at Archives of American Art offices, affliate centers, and via interlibrary loan.

Separated Materials:

Also available at the Archives of American Art are materials lent for microfilming (reels NJBN-1- NJBN-5) including correspondence with numerous artists, art critics, museum directors and others. The materials on reel NJBN-1- NJBN-4 were returned to Neumann's wife, Elsa Schmid and the original material on reel NJBN-5 is located at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. Loaned material is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Neuman's wife, Elsa Schmid and The Museum of Modern Art lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming in 1966-1967. The rest of the J.B. Neumann papers were donated in several installments between 1973-2007 by Eva Lee (family friend), Joy Weber, Max Weber's daughter, Neil Richmond, and Hellie Neumann, J.B. Neumann's granddaughter.

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:

Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

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

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- History  Search this

Art -- Periodicals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Etchings

Citation:

J. B. Neumann papers, 1905-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Identifier:

AAA.neumjsra

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J. B. Neumann papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a841e037-5cca-486a-a45e-bb0239fc0adb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-neumjsra

Artist:

Marion H. Beckett, 1886 - 1949  Search this

Sitter:

Theresa Helburn, 12 Jan 1887 - 18 Aug 1959  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Accurate: 64 × 60.8 cm (25 3/16 × 23 15/16")

Frame: 73.3 × 70.8 × 4.1 cm (28 7/8 × 27 7/8 × 1 5/8")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1922

Topic:

Theresa Helburn: Female  Search this

Theresa Helburn: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theresa Helburn: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director  Search this

Theresa Helburn: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater producer  Search this

Theresa Helburn: Performing Arts\Producer\Impresario  Search this

Theresa Helburn: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Entertainment executive\Theater executive  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry Aldrich

Object number:

NPG.73.30

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ccad1f45-b175-40a3-9e7f-a3ee91a35b4d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.73.30

Artist:

Micheline Roquebrune Connery, born 1929  Search this

Sitter:

Sean Connery, 25 Aug 1930 - 31 Oct 2020  Search this

Type:

Painting

Date:

n.d.a.

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Animal\Cat  Search this

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp  Search this

Sean Connery: Male  Search this

Sean Connery: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

Sean Connery: Performing Arts\Performing arts director  Search this

Sean Connery: Performing Arts\Producer  Search this

Sean Connery: Oscar  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Micheline Roquebrune Connery

Object number:

PC991416

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm468092cc7-991c-42fc-8de1-78f5034ae49c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_PC991416

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 x 1 9/16 in. (2.54 x 3.97 cm)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

January 26, 1973

Topic:

Art & Photography  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Object number:

1980.2493.5899

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e6821fe5-c144-475a-b58e-dab54fe1aa41

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.5899

Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

Massachusetts

United States of America

Date:

September 7, 1984

Topic:

Animals  Search this

The Cold War (1945-1990)  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1985.0210.270.1

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8338906fc-6034-4223-b20b-1bd1abea42d3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1985.0210.270.1

Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

Maryland

United States of America

Virginia

Date:

September 7, 1984

Topic:

The Cold War (1945-1990)  Search this

Animals  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1985.0210.270.2

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm889bb2066-6f89-4ed7-8151-7270d67a36f8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1985.0210.270.2

Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

Alaska

United States of America

Date:

September 7, 1984

Topic:

Animals  Search this

The Cold War (1945-1990)  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1985.0210.270.3

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm831e2dbfc-a2bb-419a-89cb-fe86dab0d8ea

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1985.0210.270.3

Medium:

paper; ink (rose lilac); adhesive

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

March 20, 1985

Topic:

Humanitarian Causes  Search this

Literature  Search this

Military & Policing Forces  Search this

The Cold War (1945-1990)  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1985.0796.3098

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm83429a5fd-0cb9-44a0-b194-7f2ecd2675cd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1985.0796.3098

Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / engraving

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

March 29, 1985

Topic:

Architecture  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1986.0302.1856

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f07e51d8-be21-4b04-b31d-feb545dd6f24

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1986.0302.1856

Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

March 22, 1985

Topic:

Art & Photography  Search this

The Cold War (1945-1990)  Search this

Animals  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1986.0669.164.11

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8dd6fdede-4cde-4247-ba57-9a5feb4fe89d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1986.0669.164.11