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Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 23.4 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0031

Frame value is 36.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 23.4 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Ivory  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7308

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7565105bc-79d1-4be9-ac31-bad80ed68eaa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24111

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 23.5 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0033

Frame value is 19.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 23.5 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Ivory  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7309

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo795be9c08-b45b-4e0e-82eb-df9cd541723f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24112

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 23.6 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

Frame value is 20.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 23.6 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Ivory  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7310

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7235448ce-f117-4bfd-90b3-3b0bbc67281c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24113

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 0.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7313

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7de765901-da33-448f-9905-a86a509c1a91

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24117

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24.1 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 32.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24.1 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7314

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo735d911d4-0a48-425c-ae70-f203e723b053

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24118

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24.2 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 33.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24.2 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7315

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73d0f878b-7ef2-422d-8f86-c14e1a7aea2d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24119

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24.3 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 38.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24.3 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7316

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo713f38082-4177-4e56-94bb-ac71206e4530

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24120

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24.3.1 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 35.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24.3.1 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7317

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ea65f7ca-744b-48d4-bd6e-a6c1baf2a68e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24121

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24.3.2 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 36.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24.3.2 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7318

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo70ce01df8-241c-4d42-839e-101efa6f617b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24122

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The photograph depicts class directed by Father Cyprien L. Herbers. The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

H 3 KBA 24.3.3 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0032

Frame value is 37.

Slide No. H 3 KBA 24.3.3 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Wood-carving  Search this

Education  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 7319

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e5a017e4-94e7-4c2c-993d-8452ec8b850d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref24123

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

S 3 ZAI 102 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0033

Frame value is 23.

Slide No. S 3 ZAI 102 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 15801

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo717933e07-f777-4746-b81a-36889b28b080

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref7027

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

S 3 ZAI 103 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0033

Frame value is 24.

Slide No. S 3 ZAI 103 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 15802

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7deb239d8-95ba-4ae0-8942-75c5c0842c65

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref7028

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Kuba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

1972

Scope and Contents:

The school was founded in 1950 by Father D'Haenens. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

Local Numbers:

S 3 ZAI 103.1 EE 72

General:

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note:

0033

Frame value is 25.

Slide No. S 3 ZAI 103.1 EE 72

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

Cultural landscapes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 15803

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7baf9bae5-0fb2-4c1a-ace3-2e0bf8efd498

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref7029

Creator:

Simons, Vera  Search this

Extent:

24.23 Cubic feet (24 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Philately

Photographs

Newspaper clippings

Press releases

Color slides

Audiotapes

Reports

Date:

bulk 1960s-1980s

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of approximately 24 cubic feet of material relating to Vera Simons' ballooning and art careers. Types of materials include: newspaper articles, flight covers, photographs, slides, audio recordings, and reports relating to Simons' time with Winzen Research, inc. and her "Da Vinci" and "Aerolus" projects.

Arrangement:

This collection is currently unprocessed.

Biographical / Historical:

Vera Simons (1920-2012) played an important role in balloon development and exploration. Born in Germany, she grew up in Detroit, Michigan and married Otto Winzen; together they created Winzen Research Inc., one of world's first plastic balloon companies. Simons held over two-thirds ownership of the company and became its vice president. She supervised and trained her "balloon girls" to handle polyethylene and build the giant balloons, and obtained four patents for her work improving construction techniques and envelope redesign. During the 1950s and 1960s, Winzen created balloons for the United States Navy Projects Helios, Skyhook and Strato-Lab and for the United Sates Air Force Project Manhigh, and Simons was a central figure in planning and executing those manned research flights. Simons earned her gas balloon license in 1957 and she represented the United States at the 30th Annual International Gas Balloon Races in Holland where she received a gold medal for her contributions to balloon research. When Simons divorced Otto Winzen, she sold her interest in Winzen Research and enrolled in art school. By the early 1970s she had made a name for herself in international art circles by combining art and ballooning. In 1972, Simons began planning a series of balloon flights called "DaVinci" that combined science with original kinetic art. She spent two years designing and supervising the construction of a two-decker fiberglass gondola and an 11 story tall polyethylene balloon in which she eventually set a new overland distance record in the U.S. in 1979. During the same flight, Simons dropped tiny tetrahedron balloons carrying Douglas Fir seedlings into cleared areas, took time-lapse photographs, made sound recordings, and used mirrors to create special lighting effects in the clouds for the spectators on the ground. During other "DaVinci" flights, Simons collected temperature and airflow data, and tracked the mix and movement of urban air pollutants, while also photographing landscape and cloud images that she later used in producing works of art. In 1984 Simons launched another flight, "Project Aerolus," in which three plastic balloons were launched simultaneously into the nighttime sky; one of the balloons was piloted by Joe Kittinger.

Provenance:

Don Crowell, Gift, 2015

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Topic:

Balloons  Search this

Kinetic art  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Genre/Form:

philately

Photographs

Newspaper clippings

Press releases

Color slides

Audiotapes

Reports

Citation:

Vera Simons Papers, NASM.2016.0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2016.0013

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg24e32e203-6ae7-46de-adc6-e758659a8ad3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2016-0013

Artist:

Rethi, Lili, 1894-1969  Search this

Extent:

8 Cubic feet (21 boxes, 8 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Bookplates

Books

Christmas cards

Drawings

Newspaper clippings

Photographs

Transcripts

Watercolor drawings

Date:

1918-1969

Summary:

Papers document artist and illustrator Lili Réthi who was best known for her drawings of industrial subjects such as bridges, construction scenes and mines.

Scope and Contents:

Drawings, sketches, watercolors, biographical material, photographs, printed material, correspondence and books relating to the career of artist and illustrator Lili Réthi. The bulk of the collection consists of originals and copies of Réthi's drawings and sketches for various projects in Europe and the United States.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1928-1968

Series 2: Projects, 1918-1969

Series 3: Exhibits, 1940-1943, 1965

Series 4: Portraits, 1919-1965

Series 5: Illustrated Books, 1916-1969

Biographical / Historical:

Lilly (Lili) Maria Réthi (1894-1969) was born in Vienna, Austria to Leopold Réthi (1857-1924), a professor of medicine and Marie née Mauther (1863-1955). Réthi had one sister, Elizabeth "Elsie" (1889-1970). Lili attended the Viennese Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen (The Art School for Women and Girls), established in 1897. The school existed until 1945, but it closed to Jewish women artists in 1938, when the school was subordinated to the municipality of Vienna and used to inculcate Nazi ideology. (Ben-Eli, 1999). Réthi learned to sketch the human form at the Vienna Anatomical Institute—training, no doubt, that her physician father encouraged. This training, which sharpened her sense of form and function, helped her later when drawing complicated machinery and illustrating Victor Hecht's book, Leitfaden der Physikalisch-Therapeutischen, (Guide to Physical Therapy, 1916). Réthi became fascinated with construction at a young age. "When I was a little girl in Vienna, I used to take walks and watch men building houses. I was fascinated by the men working as well as the excitement of watching the building grow." (Constructor, December 1967, page 25) Her burgeoning interest would grow, and she became one of the best-known illustrators of engineering, construction, and industrial sites. She was named a Royal Society of Art Fellow in 1961.

During the inter-war years (1918-1939) Réthi interrupted her academic studies to work across Europe, illustrating sites in Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The bulk of her work captured coal mines, coal yards, factories, chemical plants, blast furnaces, iron foundries, shipyards, steel production, buildings, aircraft, and bridges.

In 1929, Réthi moved to Berlin where she worked recording engineering projects and was an illustrator for the magazine "Der Bücherkreis" (Book Circle). She illustrated many of the "Dortmunder Union" activities during this period. The Union, a vertically integrated mining group (mining and iron and steel production), was founded in 1872 and was located in the Ruhr area of Germany. This work for the Union resulted in an exhibition in Berlin at the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (1931) and "Wien- Berlin: Das Gesicht zwei Städte" (Vienna and Berlin: The Face of Two Cities") (1932); at the World Power Conference in Stockholm (1933); and the Technical Museum of Vienna (1934). While in the Ruhr, Rethi documented workers, elevating their significance as subjects in their own right. She recorded the working conditions, many of which depicted harsh and dangerous physical labor. Her published work Germinal (1924) highlighted, through seven lithographs, the terrible conditions in French mines. Her work with the Union provided exposure and elevated her growing artistic status, especially with the Third Reich. With war imminent in Europe, the erosion of her personal rights as a Jewish woman, and a commission invitation by Hermann Göring to create propaganda images for the Nazi Regime, she left for England, never to return to her homeland in Austria.

Her portfolio of work is immense and while she primarily focused on engineering, industrial and construction sites, trade publications, industry magazines and newspapers, she branched into other areas. She illustrated the German version of Upton Sinclair´s Letters to Judd, an American Workingman (Briefe an einen Arbeiter, Leipzig- Wien, 1932) and was widely published in Austrian, Danish and German newspapers such as Aften-Avisen, Bergland Wien, Børsen, Der Welt Spiegel, Beitbilder, and VDI Nachrichten. Later projects included books, primarily for children, commissions to sketch churches, portraits of individuals, illustrated book plates, pamphlets, and Christmas cards. Catholic entities such as St. John the Divine and the Capuchin Friars in New York, also sought her services to sketch church interiors and illustrate brochures. And, in 1950, Réthi sketched the interior renovation (1948-1952) of the White House during the Truman Administration.

The Illustrated London News hired Réthi in 1937 to sketch the coronation of King George. While in England, she also created sketches for a booklet issued by the London, North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.) posters for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (L.M.S.) and the General Post Office (GPO): Post Office Motor Transport Depot (1937); the Post Office Underground Mail Train (1935); and LMS Crewe Works, Building Coronation Class Engine (1937). The Illustrated London News sent her to the 1939 New York World's Fair where her introduction and love of New York City was launched. Réthi arrived in the United States on March 23, 1939, and became a citizen in 1944.

In the United States, Réthi continued illustrating engineering and construction activities, many of which were major post war projects. Réthi was attracted to the great industrial scene of 1940s America, and New York City provided a fertile location for most of her projects. The first public showing of her work in the United States was at the Architectural League of New York (1940) and her "American Industry at War" exhibit was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1943). She documented some of the most significant projects in North America such as the New York City Pavilion at the World's Fair (1964), the United Nations Building (1949), the Pan Am Building (1962), Pennsylvania Station (1965), and the World Trade Center (1967-1968).

She had commissions from Surveyer, Nenniger & Chênevert (an engineering and construction firm that used her images on company Christmas cards), Sperry Gyroscope Company, U.S. Tobacco Company, Turner Construction, Walsh Construction, Atlas Steel Plant, Bliss Manufacturing, George A. Fuller Company, Standard Chemicals, and the United States Pipe and Foundry Company, to name a few.

Réthi also worked with several book publishers, especially, McGraw-Hill and Harcourt Brace. She illustrated over 40 books, many for children. Her work also appeared on the covers of many trade publications and magazines such as Pencil Points, Service, Factory, Product Engineering, and the Journal of the American Society of Automotive Engineers. Réthi was one of a few, if not the only female artist who devoted her career to portraying engineering works.

Related Materials:

Materials at the Smithsonian Institution

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1577

Contains negatives and prints of drawings for the Verranzo-Narrows Bridge, New York, New York

Smithsonian Instituton Archives

Records, circa 1948-1988

Contains documentation about a Lili Réthi exhibit, 1964-1965, curated by the then Museum of the History of Technology.

Archives of American Art

Associated American Artists Records, circa 1934-1983

Includes three file folders in the Series: Artists Files about Lili Réthi.

Materials at Other Organizations

Hagley Museum and Library

Sperry Gyroscope Company Division photographs and films (1986-273)

Contains Lili Réthi graphic arts, 1943, consisting of 24 reproductions.

Provenance:

The collection was bequeathed by Lili Réthi to the United States National Museum (now known as the National Museum of American History) through Herbert G. Fenison in 1971.

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:

Artists  Search this

Book illustrators  Search this

Illustrators  Search this

Topic:

Bridges  Search this

Buildings  Search this

Construction  Search this

Construction and civil engineering  Search this

Engineering -- 20th century  Search this

Illustrated books, Children's  Search this

Women artists -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Bookplates

Books -- 20th century

Christmas cards

Drawings -- 20th century

Newspaper clippings

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century

Transcripts -- 20th century

Watercolor drawings

Citation:

Lili Réthi Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0749

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Lili Réthi Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep876ee6154-c5e2-4c2f-a217-9c4044b6a002

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0749

Creator:

Stamm, Ted  Search this

Extent:

2.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1968-1986, 2018

Summary:

Ted Stamm slides of works of art and exhibitions measure 2.2 linear feet and date from circa 1968-1986, and 2018. The collection is comprised primarily of approximately 6450 35mm slides assembled by the painter Ted Stamm between his arrival in New York in 1968 and his death in 1984. The majority of the slides were photographed by Stamm himself, and collectively form a unique and expansive record of artworks and exhibitions on view in New York during that time period, by a variety of artists including Stamm.

Scope and Contents:

Ted Stamm slides of works of art and exhibitions measure 2.2 linear feet and date from circa 1968-1986, and 2018. The collection is comprised primarily of approximately 6450 35mm slides assembled by the painter Ted Stamm between his arrival in New York in 1968 and his death in 1984. The majority of the slides were photographed by Stamm himself, and collectively form a unique and expansive record of artworks and exhibitions on view in New York during that time period, by a variety of artists including Stamm.

The collection includes both exhibition views and individual artworks photographed in situ. In addition to exhibitions in galleries and nonprofit spaces, Stamm also photographed works installed in public spaces, graffiti and street art, and views of the gallery facades and architectural fabric of Lower Manhattan.

Stamm used the slides in his own teaching, and the collection includes a set of slides documenting periods of art history. Additional teaching material includes examples of course descriptions, syllabi, reading lists, and other teaching materials for courses taught by Stamm. Printed material includes an artist book, an exhibition catalog, and a monograph/catalog.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as three series.

Series 1: Slides, circa 1968-circa 1984 (Boxes 1-2; 2 linear feet)

Series 2: Teaching Material, 1977-1982 (Box 3; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1979-1986, 2018 (Box 3; 0.1 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Ted Stamm (1944-1984) was a multidisciplinary conceptual artist and educator in New York, New York, known for his focused series of paintings, works on paper, and studies. Stamm's studies, such as the Wooster series, were influenced by the shapes, street contours, and intersections he could see from his studio on Wooster Street in SoHo.

Stamm was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Hofstra University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1967. In 1968 he settled in New York City and his early work was included in exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York and in the alumni show at Hofstra University in 1971.

From 1974 until his death in 1984, Stamm lived and worked on the top floor of 101 Wooster Street in New York City. There he began his iconic group of works titled Woosters, and subsequent series including Dodgers, from the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, C-Dodgers influenced by the Concorde planes he observed at John F. Kennedy Airport, and Designators, graffiti Stamm painted on buildings in stages which he would photograph each time he returned to develop the graffiti further.

Stamm's work was exhibited widely throughout his life, both internationally and in the United States. He taught classes at the School of Visual Arts, Hofstra University, and C. W. Post College, and was awarded National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships in 1981 and 1983.

Stamm died of congenital heart disease at the age of 39.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2022 by The Ted Stamm Estate via Per Haubro Jensen.

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.

The Ted Stamm Estate donor has retained all intellectual property rights including copyright on all slides taken by Ted Stamm. Please contact the Ted Stamm Estate for copyright permission at tedstammestate.com.

Occupation:

Conceptual artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

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

Citation:

Ted Stamm slides of works of art and exhibitions, circa 1968-1986, 2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.stammted

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Ted Stamm slides of works of art and exhibitions

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99f8da07c-9ae9-4ba4-8d0a-f9c157a6ffaa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-stammted

Creator:

Stamm, Ted, 1944-1984  Search this

Citation:

Ted Stamm slides of works of art and exhibitions, circa 1968-1986, 2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22156

AAA_collcode_stammted

Theme:

Photography

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22156

Creator:

Tworkov, Jack  Search this

Names:

Egan Gallery  Search this

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Nancy Hoffman Gallery  Search this

Poindexter Gallery  Search this

Stable Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Zabriskie Gallery  Search this

Ashbury, John  Search this

Ashton, Dore  Search this

Bartlett, Jennifer, 1941-  Search this

Blinken, Donald M., 1925-  Search this

Calfee, William H. (William Howard), 1909-1995  Search this

Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Demarco, Ricky  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978  Search this

Forge, Andrew  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Herzbrun, Helene  Search this

Katz, Paul  Search this

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this

Lindeberg, Linda, 1915-1973  Search this

Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984  Search this

Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006  Search this

Newman, Michael  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this

Ponsold, Renate  Search this

Praeger, David A.  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Summerford, Joe  Search this

Thorne, Joan, 1943-  Search this

Westenberger, Theo  Search this

Wheeler, Dennis  Search this

Wise, Howard  Search this

Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983  Search this

Extent:

9.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sound recordings

Sketches

Diaries

Date:

1926-1993

Summary:

The Jack Tworkov papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.

Scope and Content Note:

The Jack Tworkov papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993, with the bulk from the period 1931-1982. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.

Biographical material includes Tworkov's citizenship certificate, awards, diplomas, a copy of Jack Tworkov: Video Portrait, produced by Electronic Arts Intermix, and a motion picture film, USA Artists: Jack Tworkov, produced by National Education Television.

Correspondence consists largely of incoming letters. It is both professional and personal in nature and often combines both spheres. Correspondents include artists Jennifer Bartlett, William H. Calfee, Giorgio Cavallon and Linda Lindeberg, Grace Hartigan, Helene Herzbrun (also named Helene McKinsey), Karl Knaths, Joe Summerford, Joan Thorne, and Adja Yunkers; cartoonist Robert C. Osborn; collectors Donald M. Blinken and David A. Praeger (who was also Tworkov's lawyer); illustrator Roger Dovoisin; critics Dore Ashton and Andrew Forge; critic and poet John Ashbury; galleries that represented Tworkov: Egan Gallery, Leo Castelli, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Poindexter Gallery, Stable Gallery and Zabriskie Gallery; and many museums, arts organizations, colleges and universities.

Interviews with Tworkov include one with Ricky Demarco videotaped in 1979 and two conducted on video by Twokov's daughter Helen in 1975. The remaining interviews are sound recordings, one conducted by Grace Alexander for the show Artists in New York in 1967, one conducted by Michael Newman in 1980, and the remainder by unidentified interviewers. None have transcripts.

All writings are by Tworkov and include poems, an artist's statement, and documentation for two children's books by Tworkov illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Two additional notebooks contain miscellaneous notes, teaching notes, and some specific to identified courses. Lectures exist as untranscribed sound recordings.

Tworkov's journals (33 volumes) span a period of 35 years, from 1947 until 1982, with the final entry dated a few weeks before his death. They record his reflections on painting, his challenges as a painter, aesthetics, the role of the artist in society, Jewish identity, painters he admired (especially Cézanne and Edwin Dickinson), politics, and teaching. They also recount everyday life: the comings and goings of friends and family members, social engagements, professional activities, illness, and travel.

The lone subject file concerns Mark Rothko and includes a photograph of Rothko and the guest list for the dedication of the Rothko Chapel in Houston.

Artwork consists of a small number of sketches by Tworkov in pencil and ink. Tworkov's sketchbooks (28 volumes) contain sketches and some finished drawings. Most are in pencil, but scattered throughout are a few pencil sketches embellished with colored marker or pastel, and a small number in ink.

Photographs are of people, places and events. Most photographs are of Tworkov alone and with others including Giogio Cavallon, though most friends and students are unidentified. Of note are views of Tworkov producing a series of prints at Tamarind Institute. Also found is an informal portrait of Wally Tworkov. Events recorded include the jurying of "Exhibition Momentum" in Chicago, 1956. Among the places shown are Tworkov's studios at Black Mountain College and in Provincetown. When known, photographers are noted; among them are Paul Katz, Herbert Matter, Arnold Newman, Renate Ponsold, Theo Westenberger, Dennis Wheeler, and Howard Wise.

A separate series of audiovisual recordings was established for those recordings that could not be readily identified to be arranged in other series. They consist of three videocassettes (2 VHS and 1 miniDV).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1933-1981 (Boxes 1, 9, 11, FC 13; 0.7 linear ft.)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1926-1993 (Boxes 1-5; 3.8 linear ft.)

Series 3: Interviews, 1978-1982 (Boxes 5, 9-10; 1 linear ft.)

Series 4: Writings, Notes, and Lectures, 1955-1982 (Boxes 5, 9; 0.5 linear ft.)

Series 5: Journals, 1947-1982 (Boxes 5-7; 2.0 linear ft.)

Series 6: Subject File, 1961-1977 (Box 7; 1 folder)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1952-1981 (Box 7, OV 12; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1950s-1960s (Box 7: 3 folders)

Series 9: Sketchbooks, circa 1950s-1960s (Boxes 7-8, 11; 1.0 linear ft.)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, 1941-1981 (Boxes 8-9; 0.5 linear ft.)

Series 11: Audiovisual Recordings, 1961-1975 (Box 9; 0.1 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

New York School painter Jack Tworkov (1900-1982), best known for his Abstract Expressionist paintings and as a highly regarded teacher, lived and worked in New York City and Provincetown, MA.

At age 13, Tworkov (born Yakov Tworkovsky) emigrated from Poland with his mother and sister to join his father already in the United States. In America, they chose to use the name of distant relatives, the Bernsteins, who were their sponsors. Eventually, Jack and his sister, Janice, reclaimed and shortened their name to Tworkov; later, she adopted the name of their hometown in Poland and became the painter Janice Biala.

As a high school student in New York City, Tworkov attended drawing classes. After graduating from Columbia University, where he had been an English major and considered becoming a writer, Tworkov instead turned to art. He studied with Ivan Olinsky at the National Academy of Design between 1923 and 1925, and from 1925 to 1926 attended painting classes taught by Guy Péne Du Bois and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League. During his college years, Tworkov began visiting museums and became a great admirer of Cézanne. Tworkov's early paintings - still life, landscapes, and portraits - showed the influence of European modernism and Cézanne.

Tworkov spent his first summer in Provincetown while still a student and subsequently returned to study with Ross Moffet. In Provincetown he met and was greatly influenced by Karl Knaths and developed a lifelong friendship with Edwin Dickinson. By 1929, Tworkov was painting there year round. Over the years, Tworkov and his family continued to return for long stretches, and in 1958 he purchased a house in Provincetown.

During the Great Depression, Tworkov participated in the Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project until 1934, and then moved to the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project. He felt uncomfortable with the growing ideological and political influences on art and found it depressing to paint for the WPA rather than for himself, so he left the WPA in 1941. Tworkov, who had studied mechanical drawing while in high school, spent most of the War years employed as a tool designer and draftsman at an engineering firm with government contracts.

By the 1940s, Tworkov was painting in the Abstract Expressionist style. Between 1948 and 1953, he leased a studio on Fourth Avenue that adjoined that of his friend Willem de Kooning. During this time, they mutually influenced each other as they developed into mature Abstract Expressionists. At Yale in the 1960s, Tworkov became close friends with fellow student Josef Albers. Alber's influence on Tworkov resulted in a turn to geometric compositions of small, systematic, and repetitive strokes defined by a grid. He experimented with diagonal compositions, and later geometric work that featured large areas of color and soft texture.

Tworkov's first teaching experience was during 1930-1931 when he served as a part-time painting instructor at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. His teaching career began in earnest when he joined the faculties of Queens College, 1948-1955, and Pratt Institute, 1955-1958. During the summers he taught at various schools, most notably Black Mountain College's 1952 summer session. Tworkov was a visiting artist at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture, 1961-1963, and became chairman of its Art Department from 1963 until his retirement in 1969. In retirement he lived in Provincetown and was a visiting artist for both short and extended periods at various universities and art schools.

An avid reader of literature and poetry, Tworkov also wrote poems and essays. He published essays in It Is, Art Digest, and Art In America; his most notable piece, "The Wandering Soutine," appeared in Art News, November 1950. Tworkov also kept a journal for 35 years (1947-1982) that recorded his thoughts on a wide range of subjects concerning professional, personal, and philosophical issues, as well as details of everyday life.

Tworkov was among the founders of the Artists' Club or The Club in 1949, and for a decade actively participated in the stimulating discussions for which the group was known. In 1968 he helped to establish the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Its residency program enabled younger artists and writers to advance their careers and kept Provincetown's historic artists' colony active year round.

He was the recipient of the William A. Clark Award and Corcoran Gold Medal from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1963; Skowhegan School of Art's Painter of the Year Award, 1974; and Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from College Art Association, 1976. Tworkov was appointed to serve on the Massachusetts Art Commission, 1970-1971, and in 1981 was named a Fellow of The Cleveland Museum of Art and of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Following his second divorce in 1935, Rachel (Wally) Wolodarsky became Tworkov's third wife and their marriage endured. They had two daughters. Hermine Ford (b. 1939) is an artist married to fellow painter Robert Moskowitz. Helen Tworkov (b. 1943) is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and the author of a book about yoga.

Tworkov remained physically and intellectually active after a diagnosis of bone cancer around 1980, and continued to paint until shortly before his death in Provincetown on September 4, 1982.

Related Material:

Among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are two oral history interviews with Jack Tworkov, one conducted by Dorothy Seckler, Aug. 17, 1962, and another by Gerald Silk, May 22, 1981. There is also a small collection of three letters written by Jack Tworkov to friend Troy-Jjohn Bramberger.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel N70-38 and 62) including writings by Tworkov, notebooks, notes for teaching and talks, notes on art and miscellaneous subjects, poems, artist's statements, biographical data, the transcript of a 1970 interview with Tworkov conducted by Phyllis Tuchman, and a few letters and drafts of letters, 1950-1963. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Jack Tworkov lent the Archives of American Art papers for microfilming in 1970-1971. Jack Tworkov's daughters, Hermine Ford and Helen Tworkov, donated the rest of the collection in 2009, which included some of the material from the original loan.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

Reels N70-38 and 62: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Helen Tworkov or Hermine Ford. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts  Search this

Topic:

Painting -- New York (State)  Search this

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

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sound recordings

Sketches

Diaries

Citation:

Jack Tworkov papers, 1926-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.tworjack2

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Jack Tworkov papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9345f5838-057f-4572-8063-0df7b8d00ad0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-tworjack2

Creator:

Brooks, James, 1906-1992  Search this

Subject:

Gottlieb, Adolph  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya  Search this

Park, Charlotte  Search this

King, William  Search this

Guston, Philip  Search this

New York University  Search this

Southern Methodist University  Search this

United States. Army  Search this

Kootz Gallery (N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Interviews

Drawings

Photographs

Diaries

Citation:

James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers, 1909-2010, bulk 1930-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

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

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8955

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211142

AAA_collcode_broojame

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211142

Creator:

Pearlstein, Philip, 1924-  Search this

Names:

WBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

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

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this

Blaine, Michael  Search this

Cantor, Dorothy  Search this

Close, Chuck, 1940-  Search this

Downes, Rackstraw  Search this

Dückers, Alexander, 1939-  Search this

Field, Richard  Search this

Haas, Richard, 1936-  Search this

Hampleman, Jean  Search this

Kelly, W. J.  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

McCarthy, David, 1960-  Search this

Shaman, Sanford Sivitz  Search this

Storr, Robert  Search this

Tamburini, Fernando  Search this

Tsao, Vivian, 1950-  Search this

Updike, John  Search this

Viola, Jerome  Search this

Wallin, Leland  Search this

Ward, John  Search this

Warhol, Andy, 1928- -- Photographs  Search this

Witkin, Jerome  Search this

Yezzi, David  Search this

Extent:

31.8 Linear feet

16.68 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Video recordings

Date:

circa 1940-2008

Summary:

The papers of New York artist Philip Pearlstein measure 31.8 linear feet and 16.68 GB and date from circa 1940 to 2008. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, interviews and transcripts, writing projects and lectures, personal business records, printed material, three scrapbooks, photographs and moving images, documentary production material, digital records, sound and video recordings, and motion picture film that documents Pearlstein's career as a painter and educator.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York artist Philip Pearlstein measure 31.8 linear feet and 16.68 GB and date from circa 1940 to 2008. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, interviews and transcripts, writing projects and lectures, personal business records, printed material, three scrapbooks, photographs and moving images, documentary production material, digital records, sound and video recordings, and motion picture film that documents Pearlstein's career as a painter and educator.

Biographical material includes appointment books, several awards, annotated calendars, a catalogue raisonné working list, identification card, membership files, resumes, and one sound recording. Correspondence is with Will Barnet, Chuck Close, Rackstraw Downes, Richard Haas, Jack Levine, Robert Storr, John Updike, Leland Wallin, Jerome Witkin, family, galleries and museums, students, colleagues, artists, arts organizations, and includes a digital recording.

Also found are sound recordings and transcripts of interviews with Pearlstein by Vivian Tsao, Michael Blaine, Sanford Sivitz Shaman, David McCarthy, and broadcast stations WRFM and WBAI. Writing projects and lectures by Pearlstein consist of student work, numerous articles and essays, sound and video recordings of lectures and speeches, letters, memorials, miscellaneous manuscripts and notes, and a U.S. and U.S.S.R. Workshop Exchange project proposal. Writings by others about Pearlstein are by W.J. Kelly, Alexander Dückers, Richard Field, John Ward, Jerome Viola, Robert Storr, and David Yezzi.

Personal business records contain agreements, consignment and loan documents, donations, financial material, exhibition files, insurance and inventories, recommendations written by Pearlstein, reproduction permissions, digital recordings, and teaching files for various institutions. Art reproductions, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for exhibitions of artwork by Pearlstein and others, magazines and journals, newsletters, postcards, and publicity files that include one digital recording are in printed materials.

Two scrapbooks are of Egyptian and Roman architecture and objects accompanied by notes and a small amount of sketches, and one scrapbook is printed material regarding Pearlstein's work and exhibitions. Artwork is by Jean Hampleman, Fernando Tamburini, and unidentified artists. Photographs and moving images that include video recordings and motion picture film of Pearlstein in the studio, portraits, and candids; personal photographs of family, travel, and classmates including Andy Warhol and Dorothy Cantor; artist's models; events and exhibitions; and works of art.

Completed and unedited video and sound recordings, computer graphics footage, soundtrack material, and administrative records for the 1985 documentary video production Philip Pearlstein Draws the Artist's Model are also in this collection.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 10 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1964-2008 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 1, 36, OV42)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1955-2008 (8.5 linear Feet; Boxes 1-10, OVs 42-43, 0.168 GB; ER01)

Series 3: Interviews and Transcripts, 1957-2003 (0.5 linear Feet; Box 10)

Series 4: Writing Projects and Lectures, circa 1945-2008 (2.5 linear Feet; Boxes 10-13, 37-38, 8.26 GB: ER02-ER13)

Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1955-2007 (1 linear Feet; Boxes 13-14, 3.77 GB: ER14-ER15)

Series 6: Printed Materials, 1946-2008 (3.0 linear Feet; Boxes 14-21, 36, OVs 42-43)

Series 7: Scrapbooks, circa 1953-1970s (0.4 linear Feet; Box 22)

Series 8: Artwork, undated, 1967-2004 (0.2 linear Feet; Box 22, OV 42)

Series 9: Photographs and Moving Images, 1940s-2008 (3.3 linear Feet; Boxes 22, 37, 39-41, 4.18 GB; ER16-ER18)

Series 10: Philip Pearlstein Draws the Artist's Model, Documentary Production Material, 1983-1991 (8.5 linear Feet; Boxes 23-30, SAV 31-35)

Biographical / Historical:

Philip Pearlstein (1924- ) is a painter and educator based in New York, N.Y.

Pearlstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he attended classes at the Carnegie Museum of Art as a child. While still in high school, his paintings were reproduced in Life magazine after winning Scholastic magazine's high school art competition. After graduating from high school Pearlstein enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology's (CIT) art school, but left after a year to serve in the Army during World War II. He gained knowledge of printing, drafting, and sign painting while stationed in Florida and Italy. After the war he returned to CIT as a student and became art editor of the engineering school's Carnegie Technical magazine. During this time Pearlstein met his wife, Dorothy Cantor, and became close friends with Andy Warhol, both classmates at CIT. Pearlstein moved to New York City with Warhol after receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1949. In 1955, he completed his thesis on Francis Picabia and received a Master of Arts in art history from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.

As Pearlstein's career evolved, he became known for his realistic nudes and landscapes. Many of Pearlstein's paintings were inspired by his travels to the western United States, Peru, Egypt, and to Italy as a 1958 Fulbright Grant recipient. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, and he has worked closely with the Tanager and Alan Frumkin Galleries in New York. In addition to his painting career, Pearlstein was an instructor at Pratt Institute from 1959 to 1963 and at Brooklyn College from 1963 to 1988. He is also a member of the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, serving as president from 2003 to 2006.

Pearlstein continues to work and live in New York, N.Y.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Philip Pearlstein conducted by Paul Cumming, June 8 to August 10, 1972.

Provenance:

The papers were donated in multiple installments by Philip Pearlstein from 1975 to 2009.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

Audio visual material "Philip Pearlstein Draws the Artists' Model": Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposese of publication requires written permission from Pearlstein or his heirs. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Occupation:

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

Topic:

Architecture -- Egypt  Search this

Architecture, Roman  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

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

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Motion pictures (visual works)

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Video recordings

Citation:

Philip Pearlstein papers, circa 1940-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.pearphil

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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