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Creator:

Artists Equity Association  Search this

Artist:

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this

Feininger, T. Lux  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Advertiser:

Maidenform, Inc.  Search this

Names:

Astor Hotel (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper, approx 10 x 8 in.)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 49

Type:

Archival materials

Books

Lithographs

Date:

1951

Scope and Contents:

An artist's book with a spiral plastic binding, composed of original lithographs, most of them serving as advertisements. Participating artists include Milton Avery, T. Lux Feininger, Chaim Gross, Hans Hofmann, Reginald Marsh, Ben Shahn, Raphael Soyer, and Max Weber. Of special interest are a Maidenform brassiere ad by Harry Sternberg; a nude female figure with a 19th century camera for Pagano photographs and illustrations, and the Danby Furniture Co. by Helen Ratkai; etc.

Local Numbers:

AC0060-0000375-01.tif - AC0060-0000375-59.tif (AC Scan Nos.)

General:

In Box 1, Folder 49, Hotels series.

From the acknowledgment page: "This is Volume II of IMPROVISATIONS. IMPROVISATIONS was first conceived in 1950 from an idea by Julio de Diego as a medium for advertisers in sympathy with the ideals of Artists Equity Association. As in IMPROVISATIONS 1950, the member-artists who illustrated this journal were selected by the advertisers and were given complete freedom of expression. Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs."

Series Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Series 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.

Topic:

Masquerades  Search this

Artists' books  Search this

Nude in art  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Genre/Form:

Books

Lithographs -- 1950-1960

Series Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Hotels, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Hotels

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Hotels / 1: American Hotels / Astor, Hotel, New York, New York

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c547e442-151b-4d41-ab85-fd723021d60f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-hotels-ref542

Creator:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Names:

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Brooks, Romaine  Search this

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Child, Katherine B.  Search this

Cone, Claribel  Search this

Cone, Etta  Search this

Foster, James W., 1920-  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961  Search this

Knight, Gwendolyn  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986  Search this

Rosenthal, Gertrude, 1903-  Search this

Sloan, Helen Farr, 1911-2005  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946  Search this

Toklas, Alice B.  Search this

Extent:

2.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1976-1994

Scope and Contents:

Avis Berman research material on art and artists measures 2.6 linear feet and dates from 1976-1994. Included are interviews conducted by Berman, correspondence, printed material, and drafts of writing for articles and essays published by Berman in preparation for various books, articles and exhibitions.magazines and museum and gallery catalog essays. Subjects include Romare Bearden, Adelyn Breeskin, Howard Chandler Christy, Chaim Gross, Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade, Jacob Lawrence, Marisol, Mary Miss, Reuben Nakian, Maxfield Parrish, Helen Farr Sloan, John Sloan, Raphael Soyer, and others.

Material on art historian and museum director Adelyn Breeskin (microfilm reel 2786) includes an interview conducted by Berman September 8 and November 2, 1976. Breeskin speaks of her educational background; working at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Museum; her early interest in reading and illustrated books; her role as Curator of Prints and Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Sadie May, Claghorn, Garrett, and Cone Collections; the financial management of the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Venice Biennale, 1960; and her research concerning Mary Cassatt and Romaine Brooks. She recalls Katherine B. Child, Claribel and Etta Cone, William Ivins, Jr., Gertrude Stein, Alicie B. Toklas and others. Also included are transcripts of interviews with Gertrude Rosenthal, January 14, 1977, and James Foster, December 10, 1976, in which they discuss working with Breeskin, and a copy of Berman's article "Adelyn Breeskin: 50 Years of Excellence, Part I," which appeared in the Feminist Art Journal, Summer 1977; and a manuscript draft and photocopied pages of "Profile of Adelyn Breeskin, Part 2" by Berman. (An abbreviated version of this article appeared in The Baltimore Sun, Oct. 30, 1977).

Berman's interview of painter Romare Bearden (2 cassettes, 45 page transcript) was conducted 1980 July 31 in Bearden's studio, Long Island City, New York. Bearden discusses his mural commissions; his youth; his time in Paris; working out of the blues tradition; the influence of the South; and changes in his work. He recalls Constantin Brancusi, Jacob Lawrence, Henri Matisse, Duke Ellington, Stuart Davis, and others.

The interview with painter Jacob Lawrence was conducted 1982 July 20-August 4th (3 sound cassettes, 81 page transcript). Also present is Gwendolyn Knight.

The interview with Helen Farr Sloan, widow of painter John Sloan, was conducted by Berman on 1988 July 17 for an audience at the Delaware Art Museum. The interview primarily concerns her husband, painter John Sloan including their marriage and life together as well as his life and work before they married, Farr Sloan's education including being a student of John Sloan's, as well as her own experience as a teacher. She briefly discusses art collecting.

The interview of sculptor Reuben Nakian was conducted 1981 April 1 (1 sound cassette, untranscribed).

The interview of sculptor Chaim Gross and Renee Gross was conducted 1981 March 7 (2 sound cassettes, untranscribed).

The collection also includes 13 letters to Berman from art historians and critics, and copies of 2 letters sent, in response to her query about what books they find indispensable to their work. Berman used the information in an article in ARTnews (Nov. 1983). Correspondents include John Szarkowski, Milton Brown, John Canaday, Robert Rosenblum, Julius Held, Theodore Reff, Linda Nochlin, Albert Elsen, James R. Mellow, Lewis Mumford, Dore Ashton, John Walker, and Robert Rosenblum. This material is on microfilm reel 4909.

Biographical / Historical:

Avis Berman (1949- ) is an art historian and writer in New York, N.Y.

Related Materials:

Also in the Archives are the Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh, 1939-2006, research material on Julianna Force, circa 1930-2020, research material on Elie Nadelman, 2001, and an interview of Reuben Nakian conducted by Berman for the Archives Oral History Program, June 1981.

Provenance:

The collection was donated incrementally by Avis Berman 1981-1993 and 2021.

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:

Interviews with Gross, Lawrence, and Nakian: Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from Avis Berman. 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.

The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own in the following material: All writings by Avis Berman.

Occupation:

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

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

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

Topic:

Women art dealers  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.bermavis

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw931cc7ccb-00f0-4063-aa72-d41609a612e5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bermavis

Interviewee:

Maril, Herman  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Names:

Cummington School of the Arts -- Faculty  Search this

King-Smith Playhouse and School of Theatre Arts (Washington, D.C.) -- Faculty  Search this

Maryland Institute, College of Art -- Students  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Faculty  Search this

Washington Workshop Center for the Arts -- Faculty  Search this

Argento, Mino, 1927-  Search this

Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Dows, Olin, 1904-1981  Search this

Giotto, 1266?-1337  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this

Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this

Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954  Search this

O'Hara, Eliot, 1890-1969  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945  Search this

Extent:

39 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 September 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Herman Maril conducted 1965 September 5, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.

Maril speaks of growing up in Baltimore, Maryland.; attending the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts; visiting museums in the Washington, D.C. area; exhibiting his paintings in Washington, D.C. galleries and New York City galleries; working for the Treasury Art Project; surviving the Great Depression; teaching at the Cummington School of Art in Cummington, Massachusetts; serving in the Army Air Corps during WWII; painting murals with the Public Buildings Administration; teaching at the King-Smith School, the Washington Workshop of the Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the University of Maryland; living in Provincetown; painting and his influences; being interviewed for books and a short film. Maril also recalls Roger Frye, Paul Cézanne, Henry Roben, Charles Walther, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Edward Rowan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chaim Gross, Henri Matisse, Piero della Francesca, Mino Argento, Olin Dows, Giotto di Bondone, Georges Henri Rouault, Wassily Kandinksy, Charles Walthrop, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Eliot O'Hara, Sheldon Cheney, Florence Watson, Jacques Lipchitz, Mason F. Lord, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Herman Maril (1908-1986) was a painter and printmaker from Baltimore, Maryland.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Occupation:

Painters -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Printmakers -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Topic:

Depressions -- 1929  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.maril65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9647c5ac2-0507-4014-9bb0-163cd7730a2a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-maril65

Creator:

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Names:

Little Gallery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project (Iowa)  Search this

Stone City Colony and Art School (Stone City, Iowa)  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938  Search this

Cone, Marvin Dorwart, 1891-1965  Search this

Dornbush, Adrian  Search this

Dunton, W. Herbert, 1878-1936  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

McCosh, David J., 1903-1980  Search this

Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970  Search this

Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970  Search this

Pyle, Arnold  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Wood, Grant, 1891-1942  Search this

Extent:

3.2 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1929-1946

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, printed material, photographs, business records and a diary.

REEL 103: Clippings, 1929-1932, on exhibitions and activities of the Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, directed by Rowan (microfilm title: Little Gallery).

REEL 1208: Photographs used to publicize exhibitions at the Little Gallery, including 183 photographs of works of art, the Little Gallery Junior Art Club, Grant Wood, and William Herbert Dunton at work.

REEL D141-D142: Correspondence; a diary; business records of the Little Gallery, the Stone City Art Colony and Art School, and the Section of Fine Arts; photographs, including two of The Little Gallery, five of the Stone City Colony and Art School, six of Rowan and three of his paintings, and two photos showing Grant Wood, David McCosh, Arnold Pyle, Adrian Dornbush, and Marvin Cone; and catalogs, clippings and publications, including "A Report on Iowa Art Under Public Works of Art Jan. 20, 1934, under the direction of Grant Wood" containing reproductions of work, several clippings, a 2 p. report "three weeks after the beginning of work" and 2 p. typed "Notes" signed by Wood with a photograph attached.

Among the correspondents are Oscar Bluemner, Chaim Gross, Waldo Peirce, Henry Varnum Poor, Eleanor Roosevelt, Forbes Watson, and Grant Wood.

Biographical / Historical:

Gallery director, painter, sculptor, teacher; Falls Church, Va. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founder and director of The Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928-1934. The gallery was concerned with promoting education in the community. Because of his success with the Little Gallery, in 1931 he was chosen by the American Federation of Arts to be the director of a new experimental art center in Cedar Rapids. Rowan was affiliated with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard before going to Cedar Rapids and served as Chief, Public Buildings Administration, 1930's-1940's.

Other Title:

Little Gallery records (microfilm title, reel 103)

Provenance:

Donated by Mrs. Edward Rowan, 1963.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Gallery directors -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.rowaedwa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95db62502-5d98-4e65-a4f3-0c15534f4c0d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rowaedwa

Creator:

Kaplan, Joseph, 1900-1980  Search this

Names:

Audubon Artists (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this

United States. Public Works Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

DeMartini, Joseph, 1896-1984  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974  Search this

Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Ishigaki, Aya  Search this

Ishigaki, Eitarō, 1893-1958  Search this

Kaplan, Virginia  Search this

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Wilson, Sol  Search this

Extent:

4.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketches

Date:

1915-1977

Summary:

The papers of the painter, photographer, printmaker, and teacher Joseph Kaplan measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1915-1977. The bulk of the collection consists of printed material, specifically exhibition catalogs. Also found are a large number of photographs taken of and by Kaplan. The papers also include biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, and artwork. There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes travel slides taken in Mexico and Provincetown, Massachusetts by Joseph Kaplan, circa 1940-1950, and a photograph of Kaplan by Arnold Newman, circa 1950.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of the painter, photographer, printmaker, and teacher Joseph Kaplan measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1915-1977. The bulk of the collection consists of printed material, specifically exhibition catalogs. Also found are a large number of photographs taken of and by Kaplan. The papers also include biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, and artwork. There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes travel slides taken in Mexico and Provincetown, Massachusetts by Joseph Kaplan, circa 1940-1950, and a photograph of Kaplan by Arnold Newman, circa 1950.

Biographical material contains a few of Kaplan's personal documents, a number of certificates and medals he recieved during his lifetime, a travel itinerary notebook, and a few hand-written notes.

Kaplan's correspondence is primarily from colleagues, art organizations, galleries, museums, and colleges and universities such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Academy of Design, and Audubon Artists, inc. Also found are letters from friends and colleagues such as Chaim Gross, Adolph Gottlieb, Raphael Soyer, Louis Lozowick, Milton Avery, and Sol Wilson, as well as a large number of letters to his wife Virginia written during his travels.

Personal business records concern Kaplan's art sales, loans, exhibition notifications, and his involvment in the WPA. His artwork is documented in price lists and inventory lists. Some of the material consists of routine transactions not necessarily related to Kaplan's work, including bank records, an address list, and income and expense reports.

Printed Material includes news clippings, exhibition catalogs, exhibition annoucenments, and invitations for Kaplan shows. There are a few published copies and page proofs of Kaplan's commerical artwork.

Artwork includes four Kaplan etchings, three of which are metal plates and one linoleum block. Also included are a few unidentified pen and pencil sketches.

Photographs depict Kaplan, mainly later in his life, and his family. Also found are four of Virginia Kaplan's photograph albums containing images of her and friends from early adulthood. Photographs of Kaplan's friends and colleagues include images of Aya and Eitaro Ishigaki, Chaim Gross, Raphael Soyer, William Gropper, and Joseph De Martini. Also included are photographs taken by Kaplan of New York City, his travels, and artist demonstrations. There are also a large number of photographs of Kaplan's artwork.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1919-1975 (Box 1, 5, OV 7; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1929-circa 1975 (Box 1, OV 7; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Personal Business Records, circa 1920-1977 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1915-1975 (Box 1, 2, 3, OV 7; 2.3 linear feet)

Series 5: Artwork, circa 1940-circa 1960 (Box 3, 5; 2 folders)

Series 6: Photographic Material, 1917-circa 1975 (Box 4, 6, OV 7; 1.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1940-1950 (Box 8, OV 9; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Joseph Kaplan (1900-1980) was a painter, printmaker, photographer, and teacher who worked primarly in New York and Provincetown. He was most active in the 1940s through the 1950s. Earlier in his career he worked on several WPA Federal Art Projects and Treasury Relief Art Projects.

Joseph Kaplan was born in Minsk, Russia and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1888 at the age of 12. He married Virginia Haber in 1927 and they had no children.

Kaplan studied at the Eductional Alliance Art School and the Art Students League. He went to Provincetown in the mid-twenties as a student of Charles W. Hawthorne with whom he previously studied with at the National Academy of Design. Afterwards he revisited Provincetown intermittently and began to regard the Cape as his summer studio, working there each summer since 1948.

In 1948 he won the first of many gold medals from the Audubon Artists at the National Academy of Design for a marine painting. He was also the first recipient of the John J. Newman Memorial Medal, given by the National Society of Painters in Casein for his Wellfleet, Low Tide. The Shore Studios in Provincetown, the Harry Salpeter Gallery and then Krasner Gallery in New York City represented Kaplan's artwork.

Kaplan predominantly worked in watercolor and oil paint, depicting landscapes and seascapes, and becoming acclaimed as a Colorist and Romanticist. He occasionally painted figures and, as he gained recognition, he traveled extensively in search for subjects. In 1968 Kaplan recieved a grant from Chapelbrook Foundation to live and work for a year in Mexico.

Kaplan's work was included frequently in group exhibitions and he participated in more then 30 major shows in his lifetime. Throughout his career he was a member of many art organizations including Artists League of America, Audubon Artists, Provincetown Art Association, and Cape Cod Art Association. He was continually active in the art life in Provincetown serving as board members, trustees, and judges. He also occasionally taught at art schools including the American Artist School and John Reed Club, and taught a number of private pupils.

Joseph Kaplan died on February 28th, 1980 at the age of 79 in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Separated Materials:

307 nitrate negatives donated to the Archives of American Art with the Joseph Kaplan papers have been removed and are stored in off-site storage. Negatives were duplicated onto safety based film and only select prints were made.

Provenance:

The Joseph Kaplan papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Marilyn Kearney in 1981. Additional papers were donated by Deborah Meyer in 2021.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

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

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

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

Topic:

Photographers -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State)  Search this

Printmakers -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Sketches

Citation:

Joseph Kaplan papers, 1915-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.kapljose

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9407e127f-553c-4730-a748-ad683c5835aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kapljose

Collection Creator:

Rosenblum, Walter, 1919-2006  Search this

Extent:

27 Photographs

Container:

Binder 20

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographs

Collection Restrictions:

Researcher may use study prints on file in the Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Advance appointments are required. Original negatives are stored off-site in cold storage and are not accessible to the public.

Collection Rights:

Copyright to photographs from the Walter Rosenblum Collection is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Requests for permission to reproduce photographs from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Photograph Archives. Certain works of art, as well as photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity rights, or other interests not owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It is the applicant's responsibility to ascertain whether any such rights exist, and to obtain any other permission necessary to reproduce and publish the image.

Collection Citation:

Walter Rosenblum Collection, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sponsor:

Funding for the re-housing, preservation, and digitization of the collection was provided by Smithsonian Research Resource funds, the Smithsonian Womens' Committee and the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

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Walter Rosenblum photographs

Walter Rosenblum photographs / Series 1: Photographs of artists' works

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ih77145f6cc-0057-4e1d-8e8d-984b56cccd77

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-saam-photo-ros-ref265

Creator:

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Names:

Whitney Studio Club  Search this

Whitney Studio Galleries  Search this

Baziotes, William, 1912-1963  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Bloom, Hyman, 1913-  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969  Search this

Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999  Search this

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978  Search this

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this

Gatch, Lee, 1902-1968  Search this

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Graves, Morris, 1910-  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Grosz, George, 1893-1959  Search this

Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892  Search this

Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Karfiol, Bernard, 1886-1952  Search this

Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935  Search this

Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939  Search this

MacIver, Loren, 1909-1998  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia , 1887-1986  Search this

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924  Search this

Pène Du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958  Search this

Reder, Bernard, 1897-1963  Search this

Rimmer, William, 1816-1879  Search this

Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Smith, David, 1906-1965  Search this

Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry, 1853-1902  Search this

Tworkov, Jack  Search this

Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Wyant, A. H. (Alexander Helwig), 1836-1892  Search this

Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

78 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1914-1966

Scope and Contents:

REELS N591-N597: Photographs of the Museum, Juliana Force, Herman Moore; scrapbooks on the Whitney Studio Club, Whitney Studio Galleries and the Museum, 1927-1965.

REELS N599-N604: Notebooks of Edwin W. Dickinson; photographs and provenance information for works by Philip Evergood; a catalog of information and some photographs of Chinese ink drawings and other works by Reginald Marsh; and photographs and information on Bernard Reder, Jack Tworkov, Max Weber (portions also microfilmed on reel NY59-8 (fr. 497-658), reel NY59-9 (fr. 1-51), and William Zorach.

REELS N604-N609: Exhibition catalogs, 1946-1966, for artists and groups shows at the Museum, including Robert Feke, William Rimmer, Ralph Blakelock, Albert Maurer, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Thomas Cole, Max Weber, Arshile Gorky, Mark Tobey, John Sloan, Loren MacIver, I. Rice Pereira, George Grosz, Reginald Marsh, Charles Burchfield, Morris Graves, Theodore Roszak, John Marin, Hans Hofmann, Bradley Tomlin, Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Lee Gatch, Jose De Creeft, Maurice Prendergast, Edward Hopper, Hyman Bloom, Robert E. Jones, Balcomb Greene, Karl Zerbe, Arthur G. Dove, William Zorach, Philip Evergood, Bernard Reder, Herbert Feber, Oliver O'Connor Barrett,Arthur B. Davies, Jose De Rivera, Paul Burlin, Joseph Stella, Jack Tworkov, Ivan Albright, Stuart Davis, Edwin Dickinson, John Quidor, and Niles Spencer.

REELS N646-N694: Artists' files on: Oliver O'Connor Barrett,William Baziotes, George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Peter Blume, James Brooks, Patrick Henry Bruce, Charles Burchfield, Paul Burlin, David Burliuk, Paul Cadmus, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Cole, Glenn Coleman, Jon Corbino, John Steuart Curry, Jo Davidson, Arthur B. Davies, Jose DeCreeft, Charles Demuth, Jose De Rivera, Arthur Dove, Guy Pène du Bois, Stuart Davis, Frank Duveneck, Ralph Earl, Eastman Johnson, The Eight, Philip Evergood, Robert Feke, Lyonel Feininger, Ernest Fiene, George Fuller, Lee Gatch, William Glackens, Arshile Gorky, Balcomb Greene, Chaim Gross, George Grosz, William Harnett, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, John Heliker, Robert Henri, Hans Hofmann, George Inness, Leon Kelly, Franz Kline, Karl Knaths, Leon Kroll, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Gaston Lachaise, Robert Laurent, Ernest Lawson, Jack Levine, Seymour Lipton, George B. Luks,

Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Loren MacIver, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Alfred Maurer, K. H. Miller, Robert Motherwell, William Mount, Jerome Myers, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O'Keeffe (portions also microfilmed on reels NY59-13 (fr. 98-115, 406-424, 586-685), reel NY59-14 (entire), and reel NY59-15 (fr. 1-140, 145-153), I. Rice Pereira, Bernard Perlin, Joseph Pollett, Jackson Pollock, Reginald Pollack, Henry V. Poor, Richard Pousette-Dart, Maurice Prendergast, Abraham Rattner, Bernard Reder, Ad Reinhardt, William Rimmer, Larry Rivers, Hugo Robus, Theodore Roszak, Mark Rothko, Concetta Scarvaglione, Henry Schnakenberg, Ben Shahn, John Sloan, David Smith, Eugene Speicher, Theodoros Stamos, Joseph Stella, Maurice Sterne, Mark Tobey, Bradley Tomlin,Trajan, Allen Tucker, John Twachtman, Jack Tworkov, Abraham Walkowitz (also on reel NY/59-15) , Max Weber, James M. Whistler, Gertrude Whitney, Grant Wood, Alexander Wyant, Mahonri Young, and William Zorach.

REELS NWH 1-NWH 7: Artist files on Charles Sheeler, Bernard Karfiol, Louis Eilshemius; scatterred records of the Whitney Studio Club and Museum, 1914-1945, including minutes, Oct. 15, 1930, and Whitney Studio ledgers, 1928-1931; catalogs of one-man shows, 1932-1945; catalogs of annual painting exhibitions, 1932-1940, sculpture, watercolor and drawing exhibitions, 1933-1945, and group exhibitions, 1932-1945; and clippings, Oct. 1935-1936.

REELS NY59/8 (fr. 256-end)-NY59/10: Files on Max Weber, including biographical material, lists of work, and miscellany. Also found (NY59/8 frames 354-383) are ca.20 letters from Weber to Abraham Walkowitz, 1907-1924.

Biographical / Historical:

Whitney Museum of American Art is an American art museum in New York, New York. Founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and formally opened in 1931. Previous to its opening as a museum it was known as the Whitney Studio Club (1914-28) and Whitney Studio Galleries (1928-30).

Provenance:

The Weber files on reels NY59/8-10 were lent for microfilming 1959 by the Whitney Museum of American Art; the remainder was lent 1964-1967; additional material from the Museum was lent at the same time, and subsequently donated, including the papers of Lloyd Goodrich, Juliana Force, Thomas B. Clarke, the American Art Research Council, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; these have each been cataloged separately. Portions of Weber, and O'Keeffe material that was microfilmed in 1959 were refilmed in 1967.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Topic:

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

Artists -- Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- New York (State)

Identifier:

AAA.whitmuse

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw990da7b91-a3b8-4ace-b8ba-b5c08cfe3284

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-whitmuse

Creator:

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Names:

Listening to pictures (1968-1973: Brooklyn Museum)  Search this

Anderson, Lennart, 1928-  Search this

Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013  Search this

Arisman, Marshall  Search this

Barker, Walter  Search this

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this

Bauermeister, Mary, 1934-  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988  Search this

Brackman, Robert, 1898-  Search this

Butchkes, Sydney, 1922-  Search this

Casarella, Edmond, 1920-1996  Search this

Constant, George  Search this

Dash, Robert  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Dombek, Blanche, 1914-  Search this

Doyle, Tom, 1928-  Search this

Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984  Search this

Estern, Neil, 1926-  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011  Search this

Freilicher, Jane, 1924-  Search this

Goldin, Leon, 1923-  Search this

Goodman, Sidney  Search this

Graziani, Sante, 1920-  Search this

Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990  Search this

Grillo, John, 1917-  Search this

Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Gussow, Roy, 1918-2011  Search this

Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

Jaffe, Nora  Search this

Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this

Kawabata, Minoru, 1911-  Search this

Kienbusch, William, 1914-1980  Search this

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this

Koch, John, 1909-1978  Search this

Kosama, Yayoi  Search this

Lam, Jennett, 1911-  Search this

Lang, Steven, 1944-1971  Search this

Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Lipton, Seymour, 1903-1986  Search this

Margo, Boris, 1902-1995  Search this

Meyer, Ursula, 1915-  Search this

Moller, Hans, 1905-  Search this

Murch, Walter  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Odate, Toshio  Search this

Offner, Elliot  Search this

Ohlson, Douglas Dean, 1936-  Search this

Okada, Kenzo, 1902-1982  Search this

Palmer, Amanda, 1931-  Search this

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971  Search this

Peterdi, Gabor  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Richards, Bill, 1936-  Search this

Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002  Search this

Sanchez, Emilio, 1921-1999  Search this

Schrag, Karl  Search this

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Sopher, Aaron, 1905-1972  Search this

Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Thon, William, 1906-2000  Search this

Weinberg, Albert  Search this

Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Interviewer:

Jacobowitz, Arlene  Search this

Extent:

7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Transcripts

Interviews

Date:

1965-1968

Summary:

Interviews of 72 artists, and transcripts for all but five, conducted by Arlene Jacobowitz, the Associate Curator for the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum, between 1965 and 1968. The artists discuss their work in the museum collection. Also included are 38 edited excerpts of the interviews, approximately 2-3 min. in length, used as "audio-labels" in the 1968 "Listening to Pictures" installation at the museum.

Scope and Content Note:

Interviews of 72 artists, and transcripts for all but five, conducted by Arlene Jacobowitz, the Associate Curator for the Department of Painting and Sculpture, between 1965 and 1968. The artists discuss their work in the museum collection. Also included are 38 edited excerpts of the interviews, approximately 2-3 min. in length, used as "audio-labels" in the 1968 "Listening to Pictures" installation.

The artists interviewed are: Lennart Anderson, Stephen B. Antonakos, Marshall Arisman, Walter Barker, Leonard Baskin, Mary Bauermeister, Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Robert Brackman, Sydney Butchkes, Edmund Casarella, George Constant, Robert Warren Dash, Jose DeCreeft, Blanche Dombek, Tom Doyle, Jimmy Ernst, Neil Estern, Philip Evergood, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Leon Goldin, Sidney Goodman, Sante Graziani, Balcomb Greene, John Grillo, William Gropper, Chaim Gross, Roy Gussow, Robert Gwathmey, Grace Hartigan, Edward Hopper, Nora Jaffe, Paul Jenkins, Minoru Kawabata, William Kienbusch, Karl Knaths, John Koch, Yayoi Kosama, Jennett Lam, Steven Lang, Robert Laurent, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Seymour Lipton, Boris Margo, Ursula Meyer, Hans Moller, Walter Murch, Louise Nevelson, Toshio Odate, Elliot Offner, Douglas Ohlson, Kenzo Okada, Amanda Palmer, Irene Rice Pereira, Gabor Peterdi, Ad Reinhardt, Bill Richards, Larry Rivers, Emilio Sanchez, Karl Schrag, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Aaron Sopher, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, William Thon, Albert Weinberg, and William and Marguerite Zorach.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as a single series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Interviews, 1965-1968 (Box 1-7; 7 lin. ft.)

Historical Note:

The interview program at the Brooklyn Museum was begun by Arlene Jacobowitz in the spring of 1965 with artists whose works were on exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. In 1968, excerpts from the interviews were incorporated into an exhibition entitled "Listening to Pictures," in which visitors could access the sound recordings using headphones while standing before the painting being discussed. The exhibition opened April 28, 1968, and was gradually disassembled, 1971-1973.

Related Material:

The Brooklyn Museum Archives houses the records of the Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art (1897-2005), which contain records relating to the work of Arlene Jacobowitz.

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Dierdre Lawrence of the Brooklyn Museum in 1989.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Researchers may view the original reels for the archival notations on them, but original reels are not available for playback due to fragility.

Rights:

Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from the interviewee. Citations must read:"Interview between [artist's name] and [interviewer's name] from the "Listening to Pictures" program of the Brooklyn Museum. Archives of American Art. Gift of the Brooklyn Museum." 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.

Topic:

Artists -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, American -- Exhibitions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Transcripts

Interviews

Citation:

Interview between [artist's name] and [interviewer's name] from the "Listening to Pictures" program of the Brooklyn Museum. Gift of the Brooklyn Museum. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.broomuse

See more items in:

Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bdcd26e1-568c-4c81-8ba1-e07f5afbdfad

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-broomuse

Interviewee:

Kufeld, Jack, 1907-1990  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Creator:

Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Design Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

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

Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Godsoe, Robert  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Harris, Louis, 1902-1970  Search this

Jaffe, Vladimir  Search this

Kufeld, Jack, 1907-1990  Search this

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

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971  Search this

Rothko, Edith  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Yavno, Max  Search this

Extent:

28 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1981 Oct. 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jack Kufeld conducted 1981 Oct. 5, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.

Kufeld discusses his acquaintance with Mark Rothko and the artists of The Ten. He speaks briefly about Gallery Secession and its owner, Robert Godsoe, and the Gallery's role in the formation of The Ten. Kufeld and Rothko lived together for a short time after Rothko's separation from his first wife, Edith. Kufeld remembers Edith, with whom he remained friends for many years even though he stopped associating with painters when he abruptly stopped painting in the late 1930s. He talks about the Design Laboratory, where he was a teacher. Kufeld recalls Robert Godsoe, Milton Avery, Max Yavno, J.B. Neumann, Adolf Gottlieb, Lou Harris, Max Weber, I. Rice Pereira, Chaim Gross, Vladimir Jaffe, and many others.

Biographical / Historical:

Jack Kufeld (1907-1990) was a painter from New York, N.Y. Member of the painters' group The Ten which included Mark Rothko, Ilya Bolotowsky, Joseph Solman, Adolph Gottlieb and others.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 44 min.

Provenance:

This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.

Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.

Restrictions:

Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

Topic:

Philadelphia Ten (Group of artists)  Search this

Abstract expressionism  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the interview was provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.kufeld81

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e5997e78-31e8-45a8-bbb3-5acd522fa3f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kufeld81

Creator:

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

Names:

Fishko, Bella  Search this

Fishko, Robert  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Levine, David, 1926-2009  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Extent:

9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1946-1992

bulk 1960-1992

Summary:

The Forum Gallery records measure 9 linear feet and date from 1946 to 1992, with the bulk of the records dating from 1960 to 1992. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operations through administrative records and artist files.

Scope and Contents:

The Forum Gallery records measure 9 linear feet and date from 1946 to 1992, with the bulk of the records dating from 1960 to 1992. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operations through administrative files and artist files. Administrative files include scant appraisal records, exhibition files, financial records, photographs, and printed material. Artists' files contain correspondence, photographs, contracts and agreements, loan records, price lists, mailing lists, writings, and more. Chaim Gross, Max Weber, Laura Ziegler, Raphael Sawyer, David Levine, Bruno Lucchesi, and Laura Shechter are among the many artists found in the collection.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1960s-1992 (Box 1; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1946-1990, bulk 1960-1990 (Box 1-9; 8.2 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Forum gallery was founded in New York City in 1961 by Bella Fishko. The gallery is well known for exhibiting the figuritive art of prominent U.S. artists. Raphael Soyer, Gregory Gillespie, David Levine, and Chaim Gross were among the first artists represented by the gallery. The gallery expanded to include international artists in the 1980s, and today represents more than 30 artists from the United States and Europe. Bella Fishko's son, Robert Fishko, took over the gallery's operations after Bella's death in 1995. The gallery is also a founding member of the Art Dealers Association of America, founded in 1962.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Robert Fishko in 1996.

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.

Topic:

Figurative art  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Citation:

Forum Gallery records, 1946-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.forugall

See more items in:

Forum Gallery records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9886862fd-04e5-481d-8d3f-a09c13d11063

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-forugall

Interviewee:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Milton W. (Milton Wolf), 1911-1998  Search this

Names:

Gross, Renée  Search this

Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sounding recording )

49 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1981 May 26- 27

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Chaim Gross conducted 1981 May 26-27, by Milton Wolf Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Gross speaks of his early background and youth in Austria; his family's experiences when the Russian Army invaded Austria in 1914; his experiences in a refugee camp; escaping to Vienna and to Budapest; being imprisoned in Budapest and sent back to Austria; immigrating to the United States in 1921; his education at the Educational Alliance and the Beaux Arts Institute; teaching himself wood carving; selling his first works; coming to work for the WPA and later for the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts; meeting and marrying his wife Renée; influences, and sculptors whose work he admires; Judaic themes in his work; his art collection; and the changes in American culture during Franklin Roosevelt's presidency.

Biographical / Historical:

Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Topic:

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Funding for this interview was provided by the Wyeth Endowment for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.gross81

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw957790bf3-ae97-433b-b6a9-1a1b82004c99

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gross81

Interviewee:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Milton Wolf, 1911-1998  Search this

Subject:

Gross, Renée  Search this

Soyer, Moses  Search this

Soyer, Raphael  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12754

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212287

AAA_collcode_gross81

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212287

Interviewee:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Art and religion  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12131

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213743

AAA_collcode_gross64

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213743

Creator:

Grooms, Mimi Gross, 1940-  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Grooms, Mimi Gross, 1940-  Search this

Subject:

Grooms, Red  Search this

Gross, Renee  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1961 September 22

Topic:

Illustrated letters  Search this

Travel  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)15575

See more items in:

Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_15575

Creator:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Seeman, Joan French  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1974 December 16

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)16090

See more items in:

Joan Seeman papers, 1973-1981

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_16090

Creator:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Jaffe, Irma B.  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1977 February 13

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)16117

See more items in:

Irma Jaffe interviews, 1965-1977

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_16117

Creator:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Berman, Avis, 1949-  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Subject:

Gross, Chaim  Search this

Gross, Renee  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1981 Mar. 7

Topic:

Collectors and collecting  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)12028

See more items in:

Avis Berman research material on art and artists, 1976-1994

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_12028

Creator:

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Subject:

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture  Search this

Great Depression  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Place:

Washington, D.C.

Date:

1935 May 31

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Public sculpture  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11037

See more items in:

Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_11037

Creator:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Subject:

Soyer, Raphael  Search this

Robbins, Warren M.  Search this

Grooms, Mimi Gross  Search this

Blume, Peter  Search this

Newman, Arnold  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Motion pictures (visual works)

Topic:

Jewish artists  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

American Art and Artists in a Global Context  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8992

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211180

AAA_collcode_groschai

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

American Art and Artists in a Global Context

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211180

Creator:

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings (50 min.), 5 in.)

16 Pages (Transcript: (on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Sept. 1

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Chaim Gross conducted 1964 Sept. 1 by Dorothy Seckler for the Archives of American Art.

Gross speaks of his early sculpture; his inspirations; his treatment of wood; his interest in watercolor; religious subjects in his work, especially Judaic themes; his teaching career; his involvement with the WPA Federal Art Project; his personal collection of paintings and sculpture; working odd jobs when the WPA ended; and his opinions of contemporary sculpture and the future of sculpture.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1991.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Art and religion  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gross64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw975edec05-cc54-4a16-bf4e-fc0b0b406464

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gross64