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Creator:

Fine, Ruth, 1941-  Search this

Names:

Crown Point Press (Oakland, Calif.)  Search this

Gemini G.E.L. (Firm)  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Extent:

24.1 Linear feet

22.43 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1929-2016

Summary:

The papers of curator and art historian Ruth Fine measure 24.1 linear feet and 22.43 GB and date from 1929 to 2016, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1950s to 2016. Fine's career is documented through correspondence with art historians, museum professionals, and notable figures; files pertaining to writing projects, lectures and speeches, her time at the National Gallery of Art, and research subjects; association and membership records; and printed and digital material. The bulk of the collection is composed of artist and subject files, which include correspondence, printed and digital material, exhibition and writing files, photographs, and some artwork. These records include a significant number of audiovisual recordings, including dozens of interviews with artists and others. Notable within the collection are extensive interviews documenting the works of Romare Bearden, Crown Point Press, and Gemini G.E.L.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of curator and art historian Ruth Fine measure 24.1 linear feet and 22.43 GB and date from 1929 to 2016, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1950s to 2016. Fine's career is documented through correspondence with art historians, museum professionals, and notable figures; files pertaining to writing projects, lectures and speeches, her time at the National Gallery of Art, and research subjects; association and membership records; and printed and digital material. The bulk of the collection is composed of artist and subject files, which include correspondence, printed and digital material, exhibition and writing files, photographs, and some artwork. These records include a significant number of audiovisual recordings, including dozens of interviews with artists and others. Notable within the collection are extensive interviews documenting the works of Romare Bearden, Crown Point Press, and Gemini G.E.L.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 10 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1953-2013 (Box 1, 5 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1958-2014 (Box 1, 0.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Interviews, 1970-2009 (Box 1-2, 0.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings, 1979-2013 (Box 2, 0.8 linear feet, ER01-ER04; 5.44 GB)

Series 5: Lectures and Speeches, 1963-2012 (Box 3-4, 1.8 linear feet, ER05-ER08; 0.292 GB)

Series 6: National Gallery of Art Administrative Records, 1971-2011 (Box 4-5, 0.8 linear feet)

Series 7: Artist Files, 1947-2016 (Box 5-18, OV 25, 15 linear feet, ER09-ER26; 14.11 GB)

Series 8: Subject Files, 1929-2014 (Box 19-22, 3.5 linear feet, ER27-ER29; 0.604 GB)

Series 9: Association and Membership Files, 1962-2014 (Box 22-23, 0.5 linear feet, ER30; 1.99 GB)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1936-2015 (Box 23-24, 1 linear foot)

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Fine (1941-) is a curator and art historian most active in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fine received her B.F.A from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts, 1962), an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania (1964), and was a student at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1961). She was an instructor at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1965 through 1969, and at Beaver College (now Arcadia University) from 1968 to 1972 and 1978 to 1979, and also taught at the University of Vermont (1976, 1977). Fine continued lecturing on a variety of topics throughout her career.

From 1972 to 1980, Fine served as curator, under the auspicies of the National Gallery of Art, for the Lessing J. Rosenwald collection of prints and drawings housed at Rosenwald's Alverthorpe estate in Jenkintown, PA. After his death in 1979, Fine followed a portion of the collection to the National Gallery of Art where she went on to become curator of modern prints and drawings until 2002. Fine organized exhibitions, oversaw catalogue raisonnés, and coordinated special projects on artists including Romare Bearden, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, John Marin, and Georgia O'Keeffe; printmakers Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L., and Graphicstudio; and the collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald and Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. She contributed essays to exhibition catalogs and other printed material on Mel Bochner, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, James McNeill Whistler, Tyler Graphics, and The Brandywine Print Workshop, among others.

As an artist, Fine's exhibitions include those at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Beaver College, Ryder University, Bryn Mawr College, Bennington College, and Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was awarded a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation for work in etching (1989), and had studio residencies at The Vermont Studio Center (1992) and the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation (2000).

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Ruth Fine in 2017.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to original papers and audio visual material requires an appointment, and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Ruth Fine Papers, 1929-2016. 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.fineruth

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Ruth Fine papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92a0924b2-8110-4096-8f90-c8a1182fb3db

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fineruth

Writer of supplementary textual content:

Henry, Don  Search this

Publisher:

Henry & Peretti (Firm)  Search this

Physical description:

80 pages illustrations (some color) 28 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Place:

North America

Date:

1982

Topic:

Indian art  Search this

Indians of North America  Search this

Material culture  Search this

Indians of North America--Material culture  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1166089

Creator:

Chernow, Burt, 1933-1997  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1989 January 24

Citation:

Burt Chernow. Interview with Peter Selz, 1989 January 24. Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)23181

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Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_23181

Photographer:

Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984  Search this

Subject:

Pollock, Jackson  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1947

Citation:

Herbert Matter. Jackson Pollock painting in his studio, 1947. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Artists at or with their work  Search this

Artists' studios  Search this

Painting  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)3914

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Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984, bulk 1942-1984

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_3914

Creator:

Chadwick, Whitney, 1943-  Search this

Subject:

Hicks, Sheila  Search this

Brooks, Romaine  Search this

Carrington, Leonora  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Whitney Chadwick papers, circa 1970-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22269

AAA_collcode_chadwhit

Theme:

Women

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22269

Creator:

Chadwick, Whitney  Search this

Names:

Brooks, Romaine  Search this

Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011  Search this

Hicks, Sheila, 1934-  Search this

Extent:

10.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1970-2021

Scope and Contents:

The papers document art historian Whitney Chadwick's groundbreaking studies of gender and sexuality in surrealism, modernism, and contemporary art. Files include research materials for Chadwick's books including the seminal Women, Art and Society and Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement. Included are correspondence with artists, colleagues and publishers; photographs and slides; interviews on microcassettes; transcripts of interviews and letters; scripts for lectures and public talks; and documents related to rights and reproduction requests, speaking engagements, teaching at San Francisco State University, fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute, research in Scandinavian, and her honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Artists of particular emphasis include Leonora Carrington, Romaine Brooks, and Sheila Hicks. Additional items include an early scrapbook detailing Chadwick's trip to Berlin as the recipient of an American Field Service "America Abroad" scholarship when in high school, and reviews and other materials related to her novel "Framed".

Biographical / Historical:

Whitney Chadwick (1943-) is an art historian in San Francisco, Calif.­ Chadwick was educated at Middlebury College and The Pennsylvania State University. She specialized in twentieth-century European and American art, feminism and gender studies. She taught at San Francisco State University. She was married to painter and fellow SFSU faculty member Robert Bechtle.

Provenance:

Donated in 2023 by Robert Firehock, Chadwick's nephew.

Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. 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:

Art historians -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.chadwhit

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95cfbf4ba-8b4e-4fcd-8014-46512bcef7ca

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-chadwhit

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-01-06T14:23:28.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

See more by:

americanartmuseum

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_8x-McANQR4s

Creator:

Fisher, Ethel, 1923-  Search this

Names:

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Brentwood Art Center  Search this

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this

Boxer, Stanley  Search this

Coleborn, Keith  Search this

Ehrenkranz, Elaine  Search this

Fernandez, Rafael  Search this

Fine, Irving, 1914-1962  Search this

Getz, Ilse, 1917-  Search this

Jones, Keri  Search this

Kitaj, Sandra Fisher  Search this

Kott, Seymour  Search this

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this

Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006  Search this

Thek, Paul  Search this

Extent:

12.5 Linear feet

0.558 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Travel diaries

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Sketches

Watercolors

Transcripts

Interviews

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Date:

1930-2017

Summary:

The papers of California and New York painter Ethel Fisher measure 12.5 linear feet and 0.558 GB and date from 1930 to 2017. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, project files, exhibition files, artists' files, personal business records, printed and digital material, artwork and several sketchbooks, a few sound and video recordings, and photographic material.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of California and New York painter Ethel Fisher measure 12.5 linear feet and 0.558 GB and date from 1930 to 2017. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, project files, exhibition files, artists' files, personal business records, printed and digital material, artwork and several sketchbooks, a few sound and video recordings, and photographic material.

Biographical material includes Art Students League records, address books and business cards, artist statements and resumes, an interview transcript and sound cassette, and other miscellaneous documents.

Correspondence is with family, friends, colleagues, artists, galleries, and museums. The bulk of the correspondence is with daughter Sandra Fisher and husband Seymour Kott. Notable correspondents include Will Barnet, Keith Coleborn, Elaine Ehrenkranz, Rafael Fernandez, Henry Pearson, and others. There are also greeting cards and postcards, inluding numerous illustrated cards from Fisher to her husband Seymour.

Writings mostly consist of annotated appointment calendars and travel diaries along with some writings by others, such as a travel diary by Keith Coleborn and a graduate thesis by Keri Jones.

Project files include correspondence, grant applications, printed and digital material, and publication agreements for art projects, commissions, studio tours, auctions, and speaking engagements. Notable projects include material on the NBC-TV film Family Ties, art loans for the Showtime movie Town of the Eighties, and teaching material from Brentwood Art Center.

Exhibition files contain exhibition announcements, catalogs, publicity, reviews, correspondence, exhibition lists, price lists of artwork, and other material for Ethel Fisher's group and solo shows.

Artists' files include printed material about and limited correspondence with various artists in which Fisher was interested or with whom she was friends, including Stanley Boxer, Irving Fine, Ilse Getz, Ibram Lassaw, and Paul Thek.

Personal business records include consignments, price lists, loan agreements, receipts, donations, and sales documentation.

Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, announcements, magazines, and clippings about Ethel Fisher and other artists. There are also books inscribed to Fisher.

The artwork series includes sketchbooks, drawings, watercolors, and loose sketches.

Photographic material consists of photographs, digital photographs, slides, and negatives of Ethel Fisher, her artwork, exhibitions, events, family, friends, artists, studios, and travel. There are also "reference photos" of people, places, and objects which Fisher used for her portraits and paintings.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 10 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1939-2014 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 1, 13)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1930-2017 (5.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-6, 13, 15)

Series 3: Writings, 1965-2014 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, 13)

Series 4: Project Files, 1954-2011 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 7, 12, 0.128 GB; ER01)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1945-2006 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Series 6: Artists' Files, 1952-2010 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 8, 12)

Series 7: Personal Business Records, 1959-2017 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 8, 13)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1940-2016 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 8-9, 12-13)

Series 9: Artwork and Sketchbooks, 1944-2014 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 9, 12-15, OV16)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1942-2014 (2.2 linear feet;Boxes 9-11, 14, 0.430 GB; ER02)

Biographical / Historical:

Ethel Fisher (1923-2017) was a painter who lived in Pacific Palisades, California.

Ethel Fisher was born in Galveston, Texas in 1923. She studied art at the University of Houston, University of Texas, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After college, she moved to New York City and attended The Art Students League on scholarship from 1943-1946. In New York, she studied with painter Will Barnet, Morris Kantor, and Robert Beverly Hale, and befriended many people in the art world. She married Gene Fisher and their first daughter Sandra was born. Sandra also became a painter and later married artist R. B. Kitaj.

Fisher and her family moved to Miami in 1948 where her daughter Margaret was born. Upon her divorce, Fisher travelled in Europe for about a year before returning to New York City in the early 1960s, where she continued to paint and maintained 2 studios for her artwork. She married art historian Seymour Kott in 1963.

In 1970, Fisher and her husband moved to Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her career as a painter, Ethel Fisher has had solo and group exhibitions at galleries in Havana, Cuba; West Palm Beach, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; New York City, New York; and San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and continues to paint. In 2003, Fisher had solo exhibit of portraits at Platt Gallery in Los Angeles.

Provenance:

The Ethel Fisher papers were donated by Ethel Fisher in two installments in 1997 and 2015.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

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

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Travel diaries

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Sketches

Watercolors

Transcripts

Interviews

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Citation:

Ethel Fisher papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.fishethe

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Ethel Fisher papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d7e887a2-bffd-4c8e-ad17-16d3139bc61f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fishethe

Author:

Murray, Julia K (Art historian)  Search this

Translator:

He, Qian  Search this

Physical description:

2, 3, 287 pages illustrations 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

China

Chine

Zhong guo

Date:

2014

Topic:

Art and morals  Search this

Art--Political aspects  Search this

Narrative painting, Chinese  Search this

Art et morale  Search this

Art--Aspect politique  Search this

Peinture narrative chinoise  Search this

Hui hua shi  Search this

Ru jia--chuan tong wen hua--yan jiu  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1052922

Medium:

Ink, color and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 30 x 20.3 cm (11 13/16 x 8 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

Tabriz or Baghdad, Iran or Iraq

Date:

circa 1400

Period:

Jalayirid dynasty

Topic:

Jalayirid dynasty (1340 - 1432)  Search this

illumination  Search this

Iraq  Search this

Iran  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1932.29a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3622ce3a7-2363-4d16-832c-4bc131263ce0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1932.29a-b

Medium:

Stone

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 60.8 x 44.9 x 25.4 cm (23 15/16 x 17 11/16 x 10 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

Cambodia

Date:

12th century

Period:

Angkor period

Topic:

stone  Search this

Buddhism  Search this

Buddha  Search this

naga  Search this

ushnisha  Search this

Angkor period (802 - 1431)  Search this

Cambodia  Search this

South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bunker

Accession Number:

S1995.119

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

F|S Southeast Asia

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b481195c-777e-4647-89e6-2bb0d778ec27

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S1995.119

Collector:

Allen Davis  Search this

Donor Name:

Allen Davis  Search this

Length:

9.5 cm

Width:

4 cm

Height:

5.4 cm

Culture:

Songye  Search this

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

22 Dec 2017

Collection Date:

1977 to 1980

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2082637

USNM Number:

E435438-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341021224-10f8-4738-ae1d-2c12a64b9ed8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_14559933

Collector:

Allen Davis  Search this

Donor Name:

Allen Davis  Search this

Length:

10.5 cm

Width:

3.5 cm

Height:

3 cm

Culture:

Hemba  Search this

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

22 Dec 2017

Collection Date:

1977 to 1980

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2082637

USNM Number:

E435435-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a378295d-d066-46ae-b601-619d54ca1534

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_14560023

Collector:

Allen Davis  Search this

Donor Name:

Allen Davis  Search this

Length:

10 cm

Width:

4.5 cm

Height:

5 cm

Culture:

Hemba  Search this

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

22 Dec 2017

Collection Date:

1977 to 1980

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2082637

USNM Number:

E435436-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3224bc620-2e75-42dd-8e23-a4449027b1a5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_14560024

Collector:

Spinks, Charles Nelson, 1906-1980  Search this

Extent:

1 Volume (105 leaves, 28 cm.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Photograph albums

Date:

[ca. 1956-1977?]

Scope and Contents:

Photographic prints, 132 images, assembled by Charles Nelson Spinks to document Thai ceramic wares and their production. Mounted with captions, these may have been compiled in preparation for one or more publications. Illustrations represent wares in public and private collections and workers and potters at kiln sites such as the Thai Celadon Company in Chiang Mai and the Ratchaburi kilns near Bangkok.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Nelson Spinks (1906-1980) was an author, art historian, and foreign service officer.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1994.01

Provenance:

Patricia M. Young donated the Illustrations for Thai Cover Bowls of the 14th and 15th Centuries to the Archives in 1994.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Pottery, Thai -- Illustrations -- Thailand -- Sukhothai  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums

Citation:

Illustrations for Thai Cover Bowls of the 14th and 15th Centuries, FSA.A1994.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Patricia M. Young, 1994.

Identifier:

FSA.A1994.01

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc310f60278-4898-4fb6-873d-25bad4b7df4a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1994-01

Creator:

Lisle, Laurie  Search this

Subject:

O'Keeffe, Georgia  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson, 1902-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10762

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214373

AAA_collcode_lisllaur

Theme:

Women

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214373

Creator:

Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Subject:

Chicago, Judy  Search this

De Bretteville, Sheila Levrant  Search this

Raven, Arlene  Search this

Feminist Studio Workshop  Search this

Women's Graphic Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Type:

Slides

Artists' books

Citation:

Woman's Building records, 1970-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6347

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215074

AAA_collcode_womabuil

Theme:

Women

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215074

Interviewee:

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

Haifley, Julie  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, 1979 August 1-14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13016

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212560

AAA_collcode_breesk79aug

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212560

Creator:

Chernow, Burt  Search this

Names:

Housatonic Community College (Bridgeport, Conn.)  Search this

Housatonic Museum of Art  Search this

Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection  Search this

Westport-Weston Arts Council (Westport, Conn.)  Search this

Arman, 1928-2005  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Christo, 1935-  Search this

Hendricks, Barkley L., 1945-  Search this

Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009  Search this

Johnson, Lester, 1919-2010  Search this

Peterdi, Gabor  Search this

Woodham, Jean, 1925-  Search this

Zúñiga, Francisco, 1912-1998  Search this

Extent:

21.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Transcriptions

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Photographs

Date:

1930-2002

Summary:

The papers of Burt Chernow measure 21.8 linear feet and consist mainly of research materials gathered and produced in the course of writing Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography over an extensive period of close contact with the subjects, from the early 1980s until Chernow's death in 1997. Research materials for the biography include photocopies of personal documents of the Christos, hundreds of recorded interviews with Christo, Jeanne-Claude, their family members, and their associates, transcripts of interviews and research on interview subjects, other collected research material compiled chronologically, drafts of the biography written by Chernow, drafts of the biography and its epilogue produced after Chernow's death, and business records related to the book's production, which include significant correspondence with the Christos. Also found are the published German and U.S. editions of the biography, printed materials and photographs related to the book's subject matter, and fabric samples from five of the Christos' projects undertaken during Chernow's association with them. Chernow's career as an art critic, writer, educator, and arts advocate, primarily in Southern Connecticut, is documented in Chernow's other writings, organizational records, printed materials, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Burt Chernow measure 21.8 linear feet and consist mainly of research materials gathered and produced in the course of writing Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography over an extensive period of close contact with the subjects, from the early 1980s until Chernow's death in 1997. Research materials for the biography include photocopies of personal documents of the Christos, hundreds of recorded interviews with Christo, Jeanne-Claude, their family members, and their associates, transcripts of interviews and research on interview subjects, other collected research material compiled chronologically, drafts of the biography written by Chernow, drafts of the biography and its epilogue produced after Chernow's death, and business records related to the book's production, which include significant correspondence with the Christos. Also found are the published German and U.S. editions of the biography, printed materials and photographs related to the book's subject matter, and fabric samples from five of the Christos' projects undertaken during Chernow's association with them.

Chernow's career as an art critic, writer, educator, and arts advocate, primarily in Southern Connecticut, is documented in Chernow's other writings, organizational records, printed materials, and photographs. Other writings include drafts of articles, lectures, exhibition reviews, and catalog essays, some of which include research material gathered on the subjects. Artists written about by Chernow include Arman, Milton Avery, Barkley Hendricks, Francisco Zuñiga, Lester Johnson, Gabor Peterdi, and Jean Woodham, among many others, and including many Connecticut artists. A recorded interview with Arman, as well as transcripts of multiple interviews with Zuñiga, are filed with these writings. Also found are many writings and lectures related to the value of visual art in public life and in elementary and higher education. Numerous lectures by Chernow about several of the Christos' large-scale projects are also found, one of which, on the Wrapped Reichstag, is recorded on video.

Organizational records document Chernow's involvement in various art education organizations, his years of teaching at Housatonic Community College, his development of the Housatonic Museum of Art collection, and his work with several local arts organizations in Westport, Conn., including the Westport Arts Advisory Council, the Westport Arts Center, the Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection Committee, and the Westport Weston Arts Council. Types of documents found include correspondence, clippings, photographs, flyers, and notes.

Printed material includes many of the books written by Chernow, and monographs and magazines which included essays on specific artists by Chernow. A file of clippings about Chernow spanning his career is also found. Photographs include prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and consist mainly of photographs of artists, many of which were taken by Chernow, and many of which are signed by the artists with a personal note to the Chernows. A handful of personal photographs of the Chernows are also found.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged as 5 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Research Material for -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography -- , 1930-2002 (17.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-17, 23, OV 24)

Series 2: Other Writing, 1962-1999 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 17-19)

Series 3: Organizational Records, 1963-2000 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 19-20, 23, OV 24)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1960-2002 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 20-21, 23)

Series 5: Photographs, 1950-1997 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 21-23, OV 24)

Biographical / Historical:

Burt Chernow was an art historian, writer, educator, collector, and dealer who founded the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and who, upon his retirement from Housatonic Community College, became the authorized biographer of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, which he researched through close contact with the Christos from 1984 until his death in 1997. Although he had not completed the biography when he died, his wife Ann Chernow saw the manuscript through to publication, and the biography, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Biography, was first published in Germany in 2000, and then in the United States in 2002.

Born in New York City in 1933, Chernow earned a master's degree in art education at New York University in 1960, and began his career as an art teacher in the Westport, Connecticut public schools, later joining the faculty of the Art Department at the Housatonic Community College, where he eventually became the department's director. He also taught at the Museum of Modern Art, organizing the Children's Art Carnival in Harlem through the museum, and at Silvermine School of the Arts, the A.B.C.D. Arts Center in Bridgeport, Conn., and the Stamford Museum. While on the faculty at Housatonic Community College, he began collecting original artworks, mainly through donations directly from the artists, for what eventually became the Housatonic Museum of Art. Over the course of nearly 30 years he amassed over 4000 works for the collection, the largest of its kind for a community college, and remained the museum's Emeritus Director until his death. He remained active in civic arts organizations in Westport as well, where he was a founding member of the Westport Arts Center, served on the Westport Arts Advisory Council, and helped to establish the annual Westport Arts Awards.

Upon his retirement from the Housatonic faculty in 1984, Chernow approached Christo and Jeanne-Claude about becoming their authorized biographer. He had participated in their project Surrounded Islands in Miami in 1983, and had played a role in exhibitions and artist talks by Christo at the Aldrich Museum (1981) and the Wadsworth Atheneum (1978) as well. He and his wife Ann Chernow attended and helped to document the Wrapped Pont Neuf (1985) in Paris, and then visited Christo's family in Bulgaria in 1986. It was after their Bulgarian trip that Christo and Jeanne-Claude agreed to authorize him to write their biography, and Chernow's research began in earnest. He conducted hundreds of interviews with them, their family, and associates, participated in the major large-scale projects that took place between 1985 and 1995, and completed a draft of the biography up to the year 1982 before he died suddenly in 1997. After his death, his wife Ann Chernow saw the biography through to publication. It was published with an epilogue by Wolfgang Volz, the Christos' official photographer, bringing the Christos' story up to date from where Chernow had left off, first in Germany, and later in the United States and Italy.

Chernow wrote many books, catalogs, and articles about other artists as well, including Milton Avery, Francisco Zuniga, Gabor Peterdi, Will Barnet, Jean Woodham, and Lester Johnson, among others, and published and lectured widely on the subjects of art education and public art.

Provenance:

Donated 2002 by Ann Chernow, the widow of Burt Chernow.

Restrictions:

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

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:

Art historians -- Connecticut  Search this

Art critics -- Connecticut  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Authors -- Connecticut  Search this

Educators -- Connecticut  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Transcriptions

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Photographs

Citation:

Burt Chernow papers, 1930-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' Hidden Collections grant program.

Identifier:

AAA.cherburt

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b0f96b06-f802-418f-9058-619da6096571

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cherburt

Creator:

Lisle, Laurie  Search this

Names:

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Extent:

3.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1902-1990

Summary:

The Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson measures 3.4 linear feet and dates from 1902-1990. The collection consists of copied biographical papers, recordings, correspondence, and printed material related to O'Keeffe, and 97 recorded interviews related to the life of Louise Nevelson. The outcome of Lisle's research on O'Keeffe resulted in her book, Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe (1980); and on Nevelson, Lisle authored, Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life (1990).

Scope and Contents:

The Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson measures 3.4 linear feet and dates from 1902-1990. The O'Keeffe portion of the collection consists of biographical papers, recordings, correspondence, and printed material. Biographical material includes academic records, maps and ephemera regarding O'Keeffe's various residences, and legal records concerning law suits and her will. The correspondents in this series include artists, gallery representatives and collectors, and exhibition organizers. Printed material consists of newspaper clippings, magazines, and exhibition announcements for both her and her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Also included in the printed material is a file pertaining to Laurie Lisle's book, Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe (1980).

The research material on Louise Nevelson consists of 97 audiocassettes featuring interviews with Louise Nevelson, some members of the Nevelson family, artists, dealers, and peers. The recordings were gathered in preparation for Lisles biography on Nevelson, Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life (1990).

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: Research Files on Georgia O'Keeffe, 1902-1990 (1 linear foot; box 1)

Series 2: Interviews of and Related to Louise Nevelson, 1975-1988 (2.4 Linear feet; shoeboxes 2-7)

Biographical / Historical:

Laurie Lisle is an art historian and author in Sharon, Connecticut. Lisle is originally from Providence, Rhode Island and attended college at Ohio Wesleyan University. After college she held positions at The Providence Journal and Newsweek magazine. She has published five books covering the topics of art history, education, sociology, and her own life. Lisle is married to painter and printmaker Robert Kipniss.

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconson in 1887. She was an artist who is mostly known for painting flowers, New York Skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe began high school at Sacred Heart Academy in Madison, Wisconsin, but ultimately graduated from Chatham Episcopal Institute in Virginia after her family moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1902. O'Keeffe went on to study at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League, Teachers College of Columbia University, and taught art at high schools in Texas and at Chatham Episcopal Insitute, Columbia College, and became the chair of the art department at West Texas State Normal College. O'Keeffe's art was ultimately promoted by Alfred Stieglitz who, although eventually marrying O'Keeffe in 1924, first exhibited her artwork at his esteemed 291 gallery in New York City. O'Keeffe's fame as an artist took off from there. O'Keeffe was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and the National Medal of Arts in 1985; and in 1993 was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was born in Kiev, Russia in 1899. Her parents, Isaac and Minna Berliawsky, and their children emigrated to America in 1905 and settled in Rockland, Maine. She decided upon a career in art at an early age and took some drawing classes in high school, before graduating in 1918. Two years later, she married Charles Nevelson, a wealthy businessman, and moved to New York. She proceeded to study painting, drawing, singing, acting, and eventually dancing. In 1922, Nevelson gave birth to a son, Myron (later called Mike). Beginning in 1929, Nevelson began to study art full-time at the Art Students League, where she took classes with Kenneth Hayes Miller and Kimon Nicolaides. In 1931, she went to Europe and studied with Hans Hofmann in Munich before traveling to Italy and France. Over the years, she received honorary degrees from Rutgers University and Harvard University, among other schools, as well as numerous awards, including the Brandeis University Creative Arts Award in Sculpture and the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 1971, the gold medal for sculpture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1983, and the National Medal of the Arts in 1985.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also houses the Louise Nevelson papers, circa 1903-1979.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Laurie Lisle in two separate installments. The material on Georgia O'Keeffe was donated in 1991, and the material on Louise Nevelson was donated in 2004.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment, and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

Art historians -- Connecticut  Search this

Authors -- Connnecticut  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson, 1902-1990. 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.lisllaur

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Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e8f2773f-cdd3-4d29-9ecb-ab2f66faef8f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lisllaur