The papers of Miami art critic Helen Kohen date from 1978 through 1996 and contain letters, postcards, exhibition announcements and invitations, and seventy-four untranscribed interviews of artists, dealers, and collectors in the Miami area.
Scope and Content Note:
The papers of art historian and critic Helen L. Kohen measure one linear foot and date from 1976 through 1996. They consist primarily of letters, postcards, exhibition announcements and invitations from artists in the Miami area. Also found are eighty-two mini cassette tapes of seventy-four interviews Kohen conducted with art dealers, collectors, contemporary artists, and others in the Miami area as research and background for her newspaper column and other articles
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into five series:
Missing Title
Series 1: Correspondence, 1954, 1984-1993, undated (Box 1, 10 folders)
Series 2: Printed Material, 1979-1996, undated (Box 1, 3 folders)
Series 3: Photographs, 1969, 1974, 1980-1994 (Box 1, 1 folder)
Series 4: Miscellany, 1983-1992, undated (Box 1 , 1 folder)
Series 5: Taped Interviews, 1986-1996, undated (Box 1, 1 folder and 82 micro-cassettes)
Biographical Note:
Art historian and critic Helen L. Kohen has authored numerous articles on contemporary art focusing on the formation of the art culture in Miami since the early 1980s. Helen L. Kohen is art critic emeritus for the The Miami Herald newspaper in Miami, Florida.
Provenance:
Helen L. Kohen donated her papers to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in 1997.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.
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.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 1995 Sept. 17. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 1996 May 11. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 19--. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 1996 Apr. 29. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 1996 Nov. 7. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 1996 Oct. 25. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, mail art to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Florida, 1996. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles to Ramón Carulla, Miami, Fla., 1996 Aug. 5. Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Baruj Salinas, Miami, Fla., 1991 Apr. 25. Baruj Salinas papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Baruj Salinas, Miami, Fla., 1993 May 24. Baruj Salinas papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Miguel Cubiles. Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Baruj Salinas, Miami, Fla., 1996 Sept. Baruj Salinas papers, 1971-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
