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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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FreerSackler

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

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2012-06-26T15:37:40.000Z

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FreerSackler

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

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2020-04-14T22:57:42.000Z

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

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Blog posts

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Blog posts

Published Date:

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:24:00 GMT

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Cultural property  Search this

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Festival Blog

Data Source:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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edanmdm:posts_a0656c2bd5129c1cf2ad97ee4c062f21

Interviewee:

Staffel, Rudolf, 1911-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Drutt, Helen Williams  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Rudolf Staffel, 1987 July 17-August 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Glass craft -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Artisans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13047

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212101

AAA_collcode_staffe87

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212101

Interviewee:

Choo, Chunghi, 1938-  Search this

Interviewer:

Milosch, Jane  Search this

Subject:

Thomas, Richard C.  Search this

Bush, Cody  Search this

Chateauvert, Jocelyn  Search this

Kaufman, Glen  Search this

Fujio, Yuho  Search this

Grotell, Maija  Search this

McFadden, David Revere  Search this

Kao, Ruth  Search this

Lechtzin, Stanley  Search this

Lee, Sang-Bong  Search this

Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this

Mayer-VanderMey, Sandra  Search this

Saarinen, Loja  Search this

Raab, Rosanne  Search this

Merkel-Hess, Mary  Search this

Park, No Soo  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Yeun, Kee-ho  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

University of Iowa  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts  Search this

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

University of Northern Iowa  Search this

Victoria and Albert Museum  Search this

Ihwa Y?ja Taehakkyo  Search this

Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Korea (South) -- History -- April Revolution, 1960

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Chunghi Choo, 2007 July 30-2008 July 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Jewelers -- Interviews  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Korean War, 1950-1953  Search this

Korean American art  Search this

Korean American artists  Search this

Asian American jewelers  Search this

Asian American metal-workers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

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Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Women  Search this

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13621

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)271722

AAA_collcode_choo07

Theme:

Asian American

Women

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

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edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_271722

Creator:

Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997  Search this

Names:

Coos Art Museum  Search this

Fresno Art Museum  Search this

Galerie Anderson-Mayer  Search this

Galerie Stadler  Search this

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

John Bolles Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Los Angeles Museum of Art  Search this

Malvina Miller  Search this

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

Merging One Gallery  Search this

Mills College -- Faculty  Search this

Pond Farm Workshop  Search this

San Francisco Museum of Art  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Faculty  Search this

Green, Ray, 1908-1997  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979  Search this

Kuh, Katharine  Search this

O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004  Search this

Sawyer, Kenneth B.  Search this

Still, Clyfford, 1904-  Search this

Still, Patricia  Search this

Tapie, Michel  Search this

Temko, Allan  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980  Search this

Extent:

42.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Date:

circa 1914-1997

bulk 1940-1990

Summary:

The papers of sculptor, painter, jewelry designer, and teacher Claire Falkenstein measure 42.8 linear feet and date from 1917 to her death in 1997. There is extensive correspondence with fellow artists, collectors, critics, friends, museums, and galleries. The collection also contains biographical materials, much of it collected and organized by Falkenstein, personal and business records, writings, diaries, exhibition files, commission files, teaching files, photographs, original artwork, scrapbooks, and printed materials. There is a short motion picture film of an interview with Falkenstein featuring the windows she designed for St. Basil's Church in Los Angeles.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of sculptor, painter, jewelry designer, and teacher Claire Falkenstein measure 42.8 linear feet and date from 1917 to her death in 1997. There is extensive correspondence with fellow artists, collectors, critics, friends, museums, and galleries. The collection also contains biographical materials, much of it collected and organized by Falkenstein, personal and business records, writings, diaries, exhibition files, commission files, teaching files, photographs, original artwork, scrapbooks, and printed materials. There is a short motion picture film of an interview with Falkenstein featuring the windows she designed for St. Basil's Church in Los Angeles.

Biographical material includes appointment calendars, awards and honorary degrees, interview transcripts, passports, resumes, wills, and scrapbooks. Scrapbooks were compiled by Falkenstein and focus primarily on her exhibitions at the Galerie Stadler and Gallery Meyer in 1959 and 1960. Also of interest are the "biography files" created and arranged by Falkenstein. These files contain material that she personally felt was the most important in documenting her activities each year. They include correspondence, exhibition catalogs, printed material, and invitations.

Measuring nine linear feet, correspondence is extensive and comprehensively documents Falkenstein's work, social life, relationships, and other business and personal activities. Correspondence dates from 1941 to 1997 and includes business letters and correspondence with friends and family. Her communications with friends, family, clients, gallery owners, collectors, museums, publishers, foundations, and grant agencies reveal many of her ideas and techniques. Individual correspondents include Ray Green, Peggy Guggenheim, Katharine Kuh, May O'Donnell, Ken Sawyer, Clyfford and Pat Still, Michel Tapie, Allan Temko, Mark Tobey, and Frans Wildenhain. Gallery and museum correspondence is with the San Francisco Museum of Art, Coos Art Museum, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Galerie Stadler (Paris), Gallery Mayer (Paris), Malvina Miller (New York), Martha Jackson Gallery (New York), Jack Rutberg Fine Arts (Los Angeles), Galerie Anderson-Mayer (Paris), and Bolles Gallery. Correspondence is also found in the Commission Files and Exhibition Files.

Personal and business records contain a wide variety of material documenting Falkenstein's business, financial, legal, professional, and personal transactions. Files are found for sales and prices, art inventories, smaller jewelry commissions, her work as a juror, her business with galleries, legal affairs and contracts, expenses, records of arts organizations to which she belonged, conferences, grants and fellowships, studio and house renovations, her Paris studio and Paris expenses, travel, donations, loans and consignments, conservation, art shipping, insurance, and taxes. Oversized visitor's logs contain comments from visitors to Falkenstein's studio in Venice, California.

Falkenstein maintained comprehensive documentation of her exhibitions from her first exhibition in the 1930s to the last one at the Merging One Gallery in 1996. Files include both a chronological record and individual record for nearly all of her exhibitions. Found with the files are correspondence, photographs, loan and shipping records, catalogs, announcements, clippings, articles, and other records. Most of the photographs related to exhibitions are found in the Photographs Series. The files for exhibitions at the Fresno Art Museum, Martha Jackson Gallery and Jack Rutberg Fine Art Gallery are particularly rich.

Commission files document nearly all of Falkenstein's public and private large-scale projects and often contain a visual record of the work, as well as correspondence, design notes, contracts, and expense reports. There is documentation of the St. Basils Church windows in Los Angeles; the Peggy Guggenheim gate in Venice, Italy; and the fountain at the California Savings and Loan, in Los Angeles; and many others. There is also a chronological record of her commissions. The bulk of the photographs of commissions are found in the Photograph series. Also, most of Falkenstein's jewelry design commissions are found in the Personal and Business Records series.

Falkenstein's work as a prolific writer, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s, is well-documented here through her numerous published articles in Arts and Architecture magazine, and the New York Herald-Tribune. Her work for Arts and Architecture was primarily written for the "Art Comments from San Francisco" section. She was living in Paris when she contributed an art news column to the New York Herald-Tribune. Also found here are five diaries and one journal dating from circa 1929-1978. The entries are inconsistent and concern mostly travel. The diaries from 1929 and 1934 are more personal. Falkenstein also maintained extensive notes and notebooks about artwork ideas, observations about art, research, and even drafts of letters. There are also many notes about various topics, including art and class notes. Additional writings are eclectic and cover a wide range of topics, including music, poetry, the script for Falkestein's film entitled Touching the Quick, and drafts of her unpublished book on murals. A handful of writings by others are found, most with annotations by Falkenstein.

Teaching files include Falkenstein's numerous lectures given while teaching at Mills College, Pond Farm Workshops, and California School of Fine Arts, and various symposiums and conferences. Also found are lesson plans, contracts, scattered correspondence, and notes. The files on her tenure at the Pond Farm Workshops are particularly interesting, with notes about her fellow teacher Frans Wildenhain and correspondence with workshop owners, Jane and Gordon Herr.

There are extensive photographs of Falkenstein, her family and friends, colleagues, commissions, exhibitions, and works of art. Included are many images of Falkenstein, of Falkenstien with her art, of Falkentstien working, and of Falkenstein's studio. There are numerous photographs of Falkenstein with friends, family, and colleagues in social or work settings. Also found are photographs of exhibition openings, installation views, and works of art exhibited. Additional photographs document Falkenstein's commissions, including images of her at work. Additional images of commissions may also be found in the Commission Series, but the bulk are filed here. There are numerous photographs of Falkenstein's works of art, including drawings, sculpture, jewelry, murals, lamps, and ceramics.

Falkenstein's papers include a large amount of sketches, sketchbooks, and drawings. Many of the sketches and drawings relate to her ideas about commissions and large sculpture, jewelry designs, and general sketches. Sketches are also found in the Commission Files. Also included are drawings by Mark Tobey and Michel Tapie, and others.

Finally, printed materials include general exhibition catalogs, newspapers clippings, and clippings of articles by and about Falkenstein. Also included are books that have been inscribed and signed by the author.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1934-1997 (Box 1-4, 41; 4.3 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1931-1997 (Box 5-13; 9 linear feet)

Series 3: Personal and Business Records, 1936-1997 (Box 14-17, 41, 46-49; 4.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibitions, 1930-1996 (Box 18-21, 42, OV 50; 3.3 linear feet)

Series 5. Commissions, 1930-1992 (Box 21-22, OV 50-54 ; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 6: Writings, circa 1929-1993 (Box 22-26, 42, 55; 4.6 linear feet)

Series 7: Teaching Files, 1929-1995 (Box 26; .8 linear feet)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1917-1997 (Box 27-35, 43, 55-56; 9.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Artwork, circa 1937-1995 (Box 36-37, 44, 57; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 10: Printed Materials, circa 1914-1990 (Box 37-40, 45, 58; 3.9 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997) spent the majority of her life working as an artist, sculptor, jewelry designer, teacher, and writer in California.

Claire Falkenstein was born in 1908 and grew up in Coos Bay, Oregon. In 1920, Falkenstein and her family moved to Berkeley, California, where she attended high school and then college at the University of California at Berkeley, studying philosophy, anthropology, and art. She graduated in 1930. Falkenstein had her first solo show at the East-West Gallery in San Francisco in 1930, the only member of her class to have an exhibition before graduation.

During the early 1930s, Falkenstein studied at Mills College with modernist sculptor Alexander Archipenko. There she also met Bauhaus artists Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Gyorgy Kepes. Falkenstein married her high school sweetheart, Richard McCarthy in 1936.

In 1944, Falkenstein had her first New York exhibition at the Bonestall Gallery. At that time, Falkenstein's primary mediums were stone and wood. However, she became increasingly experimental with new materials that included sheet aluminum, Cor-Ten steel, glass, plastics, and welded wire rods while maintaining a connection to organic and natural forms. Her work in jewelry design was an outlet for exploring these new materials, forms, and techniques on a small scale. As her work grew physically larger, so did her recognition and it was her work in sculpture that won her a faculty appointment at the California School of Fine Arts from 1947-1949. It was here that she met Patricia and Clyfford Still, Hassel Smith, and Richard Diebenkorn.

In 1948, Falkenstein was invited to exhibit at the Salon des Realites Nouvelle in Paris, her first European show. She eventually moved to Europe in 1950 and had studios in Paris, Venice, and Rome. While in Europe, Falkenstein executed a number of large scale commissions, including the stair screen for Galerie Stadler (1955), grotto gates for Princess Pignatelli's villa in Rome (1957), and the bronze, steel, and the glass gate at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice (1961). While in Paris, she became acquainted with noted art critic Michel Tapie, with whom she maintained a life-long friendship.

During the 1940s and 1950s Falkenstein was a regular contributor to Arts and Architecture magazine, most often writing the "Art Comments from San Francisco" section. While in Paris, she also wrote a column on art news for the New York Herald Tribune.

Falkenstein returned to the United States in 1962, eventually renovating a studio space in Venice, California. It was here that she conceived her largest commissions. In 1965, Falkenstein received a commission from the California Savings and Loan to create a sculpture for a large fountain at the front of the bank in downtown Los Angeles. The copper tube fountain, entitled "Structure and Flow #2," was the first of many large scale public art commissions that Falkenstein completed during her years in California. Her most important commission in the United States, completed in 1969, was for the doors, rectory gates and grills and stained-glass windows for St. Basil's Church on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The eight doors and fifteen rectory screens, including 80 foot high windows in the nave, were an expansion of the "never ending screen" concept that Falkenstein executed with the Pignatelli commission in Rome. She continued to use this motif in her work throughout her career.

Claire Falkenstein worked as an arts instructor, visiting artist, and guest lecturer at many colleges, workshops, and schools in California. Her first position was at Mills College from 1946-1947. Shortly thereafter, she was appointed to the faculty at the California School of Fine Arts and later taught in the Extension Divisions of the University of California, Berkeley. She taught classes at California State Polytechnic University, California State University at Davis, and the Anna Head School. Falkenstein also taught art at the Pond Farm Workshops in California, and lectured at numerous colleges and museums. She served on many juried art shows in Southern California.

Falkenstein was acquainted with many artists, writers, instructors, collectors, gallery owners, and critics. Close friends included Esther and Bob Robles, Clyfford and Patricia Still, Michel Tapie, Allan Temko, Mark Tobey, Frans Wildenhain, and other notable figures in the art world.

Falkenstein continued to complete large scale private and public commissioned sculptures during the 1960s through the 1980s, including work for the University of Southern California, Hyland Biological Laboratory, California State University at Dominquez Hills and the California State Department of Motor Vehicles. Throughout her career, Falkenstein's work was featured in numerous exhibitions across the country. Her sculpture and other artwork can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Coos Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, University of Southern California Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Tate Gallery.

Falkenstein died in 1997 at the age of 89.

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds two oral history interviews with Claire Falkenstein. The interview on April 13, 1965 was conducted by Betty Hoag and the one on March 2 and 21, 1995 was conducted by Paul Karlstrom.

Provenance:

The Claire Falkenstein papers were donated in 1997 by Steffan Wacholtz and Nancy Kendall, trustees for the Claire Falkenstein Trust.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

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

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California  Search this

Painters -- California  Search this

Jewelers -- California  Search this

Educators -- California  Search this

Authors -- California  Search this

Topic:

Art patronage  Search this

Artists' studios  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women designers  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Citation:

Claire Falkenstein papers, circa 1914-1997, bulk 1940-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.falkclai

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9911c74ff-413b-4b54-9280-89c8b0480495

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Stewart, Jack Thomas, 1926-2005  Search this

Subject:

Thomas, Steffen  Search this

Kahn, Wolf  Search this

Townsend, Rodman  Search this

Romano, Clare  Search this

Toney, Anthony  Search this

Egan, Charles  Search this

Weiner, Sam  Search this

Baxter, Violet  Search this

Walker, Herbert Brooks  Search this

Goulet, Lorrie  Search this

Gold, Nancy  Search this

New York City Transit Authority  Search this

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Yale University  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Sound recordings

Paintings

Sketchbooks

Interviews

Transcripts

Video recordings

Citation:

Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Street art  Search this

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

Mail art  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

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

Graffiti art  Search this

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

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15863

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)294349

AAA_collcode_stewjack

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_294349

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-06-17T13:07:39.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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Data Source:

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cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_Gt3AKhC115M

Creator:

Stewart, Jack, 1926-2005  Search this

Names:

New York City Transit Authority  Search this

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Yale University -- Students  Search this

Baxter, Violet  Search this

Egan, Charles, 1911-  Search this

Gold, Nancy  Search this

Goulet, Lorrie, 1925-  Search this

Kahn, Wolf, 1927-  Search this

Romano, Clare  Search this

Thomas, Steffen, 1906-  Search this

Toney, Anthony  Search this

Townsend, Rodman  Search this

Walker, Herbert Brooks, 1927-  Search this

Weiner, Sam  Search this

Extent:

9.9 Linear feet

7.31 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Drawings

Sound recordings

Paintings

Sketchbooks

Interviews

Transcripts

Video recordings

Date:

1926-2010

Summary:

The Jack Stewart papers are dated 1926-2010 and measure 9.9 linear feet and 7.31 GB. A significant portion of the collection concerns Stewart's dissertation, "Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway" (New York University, 1989), related research, writings, and exhibitions on the subject. Biographical materials, correspondence, writings, printed and digital material, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographic materials document his career as a painter, muralist, designer, educator and administrator.

Scope and Content Note:

The Jack Stewart papers are dated 1926-2010 and measure 9.9 linear feet and 7.31 GB. A significant portion of the collection concerns Stewart's dissertation, "Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway" (New York University, 1989), related research, writings, and exhibitions on the subject. Biographical materials, correspondence, writings, printed and digital material, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographic materials document his career as a painter, muralist, designer, educator and administrator.

Biographical materials include a "Video Archive" in digital format, consisting mainly of Jack Stewart being interviewed on several occasions by Nancy Gold for her television show, "What It Takes." In addition to discussions about Stewart's career, the shows include examples of his paintings and murals along with views of him at work.

Correspondence mostly documents Stewart's artistic career and work as an educator and administrator; there is some personal correspondence, as well. Of particular note are letters to Rodman Townsend who commissioned a mural about the human brain; they discuss the details of the project and its evolution, brain research, and subsequent exhibitions of related paintings. Illustrated letters and greeting cards with original artwork are from Violet Baxter, Lorrie Goulet, Wolf Kahn, Clare Romano, Anthony Toney, and Sam Weiner. Herbert Brooks Walker sent several pieces of mail art and, while in Italy, collected graffiti information for Stewart. Letters Stewart wrote to his mother span decades; the best represented periods are the years he served in the U.S. Army and studied at Yale University.

Writings and notes consist of Stewart's dissertation ("Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway"), miscellaneous writings and notes, and art and architecture notebooks. Dissertation documentation includes the manuscript, drafts, and related records. Among the miscellaneous writings and notes - published and unpublished - are shorter pieces, articles, student papers, and teaching notes. Of particular interest are notes/instructions for a performance piece titled "Endless Subway," "Memories of Steffan Thomas" and "My Recollection of Charles Egan." Also found are minutes of Cooper Union adjunct faculty meetings (1965-1966), and reports written when provost of the Rhode Island School of Design. Art and architecture notebooks (5 volumes) were compiled while at Yale University.

Research files on graffiti contain many sound recordings and some transcripts of interviews with graffiti writers, voluminous lists of graffiti writers' names/tags, correspondence, notes, photographs, and a wide variety of printed material. Some of the material is in digital format. Stewart began collecting these materials as his interest in graffiti developed. They were used for his dissertation and material continued to be added after the dissertation was completed.

Printed material mentioning Stewart or containing reproductions of his work includes exhibition catalogs, posters, and newsletters.

Artwork by Jack Stewart consists of drawings, paintings, and one etching; also found are designs and plans for tables, murals, and other projects. Drawings include figure studies, heads, and landscapes; most are in pencil and some in ink. The small number of paintings are oil on canvas (removed from stretchers), and gouache on paper and board. Sketchbooks (44 volumes) contain mostly pencil drawings and sketches, and a few studies for paintings and murals. Two volumes include writings about travels and events; of particular interest are "Notes on Kline's funeral May 1962," "Visit to Roman Bronze Art Foundry," and "Notes on My Development."

Photographic materials consist mainly photographs, but also include digital images and 35-mm color slides. Images of Stewart include views of him with paintings and working in his studio. Identified individuals with whom he appears are: Regina Stewart (wife), Brandon Stewart (son), Lil Stewart (mother), Ninalee Craig, Irving Sandler, and students in Urbino, Italy. Photographs of artwork document murals such as Raw Material (composed of shirt labels), and Versailles Hotel in Miami Beach; among the paintings documented are State of the Union, Icons of Western Art and Revelation XVI-16 (both with keys to individuals portrayed). Exhibition openings and installations are shown in photographs, color slides, and video recordings. Also found are photographs of the World Trade Center site taken by Stewart in December 2001.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1926-circa 2009 (Boxes 1,11; 0.6 linear foot, ER01-ER02, 3.92 GB)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1944-2009 (Boxes 1-2; 0.7 linear foot)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1947-2003 (Boxes 2-5; 3.1 linear foot)

Series 4: Research Files on Graffiti, 1972-2010 (Boxes 5-7,11; 2.8 linear foot, ER03-ER05, 3.18 GB)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1945-2002 (Boxes 8, 11, OV 13; 0.7 linear foot)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1990-2003 (Box 8; 0.2 linear foot)

Series 7: Artwork, 1946-2000 (Boxes 8, 11, OV 12; 0.3 linear foot)

Series 8: Sketchbooks, 1951-2004 (Boxes 8-9; 1.3 linear foot)

Series 9: Photographic Materials, circa 1950s-2010 (Boxes 10-11; 0.4 linear foot, ER06-ER07, 0.208 GB)

Biographical Note:

Jack Stewart (1926-2005) was a painter, muralist, designer, educator and administrator in New York City. After developing an interest in graffiti in the 1970s, Stewart eventually wrote a dissertation on the subject, "Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway" (New York University, 1989) and was recognized as an expert on mass transit art.

Jack Stewart began studying art at the High Museum School in his hometown of Atlanta when he was 10 years old. At age 14, he began a 4 year apprenticeship with painter and sculptor Steffen Thomas. After serving in World War II, he enrolled at Yale University (B.F.A. 1951) as a sculpture student, but soon switched to the painting department where he studied with Josef Albers and Willem de Kooning. After graduation, Stewart began receiving mural commissions and enrolled in classes at Columbia University School of Architecture (1951-1953). His interest in architecture was tied to understanding how to work effectively with architects on mural projects. Later, Stewart developed an interest in graffiti which he pursued through graduate study at New York University (M.A., 1975 and Ph.D., 1989).

Stewart created murals in ceramic tile, mixed media and stained glass. In addition to mosaic murals, he designed tables with mosaic tops. As an outgrowth of his mosaic work, Stewart developed a technique for laminating stained glass onto plate glass that, by eliminating the need for lead, opened new design possibilities. Mural commissions included work for Hamilton Hotel in Chicago, Versailles Hotel in Miami Beach, Public School 28 in New York City, and several ocean liners. The most unusual mural, Raw Material commissioned by Cluett Peabody and Company, was composed of shirt labels embedded in acrylic.

Beginning in 1950 Stewart participated regularly in group shows and enjoyed solo exhibitions mainly in the New York City area. He also showed in Philadelphia, Georgia, Rhode Island, Mexico and Italy, and was included in exhibitions circulated by the American Federation of Arts.

Stewart taught at the college level for nearly thirty years, including: The New School (art and architecture, 1953-1958); Pratt Institute (interior architectural design, 1955-1960); The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (painting, drawing, human anatomy, art history, 1960-1976; Art Department Chairman, 1971-1976); International Center of Mythymna, American Division, Lesbos, Greece (summer school, 1962-1965); Columbia University (M.F.A. program instructor, 1966-1976); and New York University (drawing, 1967-1975). In 1976 he was appointed Vice President and Provost of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Stewart was active in several professional organizations. He served as New York Artists Equity Association Secretary (1986-1987) and President (1987-1989); President of the National Society of Mural Painters (1996-2000); member of the advisory board of the Steffen Thomas Museum and Archives, Buckhead, GA (1997- 2000s); and President of the Fine Arts Federation of New York (2003-2004). The National Academy of Design elected Jack Stewart an Academician in 1995.

Jack Stewart and Margot Schwarzhaupt, an artist, were married in 1947; they had one son, Brandon. Painter and arts administrator, Regina Serniak, became Jack Stewart's wife in 1976.

Jack Stewart died in New York City in 2005.

Related Materials:

Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2015, are located at Emory University Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.

Provenance:

Donated in 2010 by Regina Stewart, widow of Jack Stewart.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. This collection is copyright restricted.

Rights:

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Occupation:

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Street art  Search this

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

Mail art  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

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

Graffiti art  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Sound recordings

Paintings

Sketchbooks

Interviews

Transcripts

Video recordings

Citation:

Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.stewjack

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Jack Stewart papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99c355e0c-59b2-47e7-ab80-c8ea7d8bf859

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-stewjack

Creator:

Sperry, Robert H., 1927-1998  Search this

Subject:

Warashina, Patti  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Transcripts

Interviews

Sketches

Drawings

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Videotapes

Citation:

Robert Sperry papers, 1951-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Filmmakers  Search this

Potters -- Japan  Search this

Ceramicists -- Washington (State)  Search this

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11125

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247192

AAA_collcode_sperrobe

Theme:

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_247192

Maker:

Drake, David  Search this

Physical Description:

ceramic (overall material)

stoneware (overall material)

wheel thrown (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:

average spatial: 20 1/2 in x 18 in; 52.07 cm x 45.72 cm

Object Name:

jar

Place Made:

United States: South Carolina, Lewis Miles Plantation

Date made:

1862-05-03

Subject:

Slavery  Search this

Related Publication:

Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History

National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition

Related Web Publication:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/treasures

ID Number:

1996.0344.01

Catalog number:

1996.0344.01

Accession number:

1996.0344

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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass

Cultures & Communities

National Treasures exhibit

Religion

Domestic Furnishings

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-351c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1181785

Culture/People:

Non-Indian (archaeological); probably used by the Inughuit [Cape York] (archaeological)  Search this

Excavator:

Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982  Search this

Expedition:

Peary Memorial Expedition (1932)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Arthur D. Norcross, Non-Indian, 1865-1969  Search this

Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946  Search this

Object Name:

Cup/Mug part/fragment

Media/Materials:

Ceramic (non-Indian ceramics)

Techniques:

Coiled/hand built

Object Type:

Food/Beverage Serving

Place:

House 2; Cape York; Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)

Geographical Areas:

Eastern Arctic

Date created:

probably 1700–1900

Catalog Number:

18/2895

Barcode:

182895.000

See related items:

Non-Indian (archaeological)

Inughuit [Cape York] (archaeological)

Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69c6a92a8-c6aa-4a5d-835b-c8ed1551f69c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_195660

Culture/People:

Kashaya Pomo  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Julia Parker (Julia Pete Parker/Julia Domingues), Kashaya Pomo/Coast Mewuk (Coast Miwok), b. 1929  Search this

Previous owner:

Julia Parker (Julia Pete Parker/Julia Domingues), Kashaya Pomo/Coast Mewuk (Coast Miwok), b. 1929  Search this

Donor:

Julia Parker (Julia Pete Parker/Julia Domingues), Kashaya Pomo/Coast Mewuk (Coast Miwok), b. 1929  Search this

Object Name:

Needle and bag

Media/Materials:

Animal Bone, vegetal fiber, shell beads, pottery/ceramic bead/beads, abalone/haliotis shell

Techniques:

Carved, looped, strung

Dimensions:

21 x 12 x 2 cm

Object Type:

Basketmaking and fiber-working tools

Place:

Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park; Mariposa County; California; USA

Date created:

1990-1992

Catalog Number:

23/7307

Barcode:

237307.000

See related items:

Kashaya Pomo

Basketmaking and fiber-working tools

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6301d9ec9-8b0c-453b-8164-e11f636cef96

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_252816

Culture/People:

Non-Indian  Search this

Auction venue:

Williams, Barker, & Severn Co.  Search this

Previous owner:

(unknown first name) Moss, Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Pipe bowl

Media/Materials:

Ceramic (non-Indian ceramics)

Techniques:

Mold-made

Object Type:

Pipes and Smoking

Place:

(inferred)

Catalog Number:

24/916

Barcode:

240916.000

See related items:

Non-Indian

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws652f48c03-a2ba-4b9b-9724-6a023abe568b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_256491

Culture/People:

probably Nahua [Northern Puebla] (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Previous owner:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Donor:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Object Name:

Pottery smoother

Media/Materials:

Metal

Techniques:

Hammered

Object Type:

Pottery making tools

Place:

Emilio Carranza (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Soutla); Zautla Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico

Catalog Number:

24/8652

Barcode:

248652.000

See related items:

Nahua [Northern Puebla]

Pottery making tools

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66d122dfe-91d6-4112-8091-1e9473ed974f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_264150

Culture/People:

probably Nahua [Northern Puebla] (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Previous owner:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Donor:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Object Name:

Pestle for preparing clay

Media/Materials:

Stone

Techniques:

Pecked

Object Type:

Pottery making tools

Place:

Emilio Carranza (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Soutla); Zautla Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico

Catalog Number:

24/8653

Barcode:

248653.000

See related items:

Nahua [Northern Puebla]

Pottery making tools

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ea2fcaaa-437b-413b-a7c8-9113d6c2597f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_264151

Culture/People:

probably Nahua [Northern Puebla] (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Previous owner:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Donor:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Object Name:

Whisk broom

Media/Materials:

Palm fiber

Techniques:

Wrapped, tied

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place:

Emilio Carranza (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Soutla); Zautla Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico

Catalog Number:

24/8654

Barcode:

248654.000

See related items:

Nahua [Northern Puebla]

Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6843d8f93-7e5a-43c9-8c73-c158eb016fff

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_264152

Culture/People:

probably Nahua [Northern Puebla] (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Previous owner:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Donor:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Object Name:

Paintbrush

Media/Materials:

Metal wire, horsehair, twine/string

Techniques:

Bent, wrapped

Object Type:

Pottery making tools

Place:

Emilio Carranza (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Soutla); Zautla Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico

Catalog Number:

24/8655

Barcode:

248655.000

See related items:

Nahua [Northern Puebla]

Pottery making tools

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b1771892-185f-48d6-9842-1fd8588f7288

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_264153

Culture/People:

probably Nahua [Northern Puebla] (attributed)  Search this

Collector:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Previous owner:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Donor:

Jenny Krevolin (Jenny Goldberg/Mrs. Lewis Krevolin), Non-Indian, 1935-2016  Search this

Lewis Krevolin, Non-Indian, 1933-2017  Search this

Object Name:

Scrub brush/pot scrubber

Media/Materials:

Agave/Maguey fiber cordage

Techniques:

Twisted, knotted

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place:

Emilio Carranza (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Soutla); Zautla Municipality; Puebla State; Mexico

Catalog Number:

24/8656

Barcode:

248656.000

See related items:

Nahua [Northern Puebla]

Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws641ee68cd-873f-40f5-8974-278ec651b1c6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_264154