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Creator:

Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996  Search this

Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996  Search this

Subject:

Adenauer, Konrad  Search this

Bernstein, Leonard  Search this

Breuer, Marcel  Search this

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)  Search this

Gandhi, Indira  Search this

Wright, Frank Lloyd  Search this

Gropius, Walter  Search this

Peirce, Waldo  Search this

Ruckstull, F. W. (Fred Wellington)  Search this

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph)  Search this

Berman, Eugene  Search this

Kirstein, Lincoln  Search this

Kokoschka, Oskar  Search this

Milles, Carl  Search this

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Institute of Modern Art (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this

World Crafts Council  Search this

Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)  Search this

Exposition universelle et internationale (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Place:

Israel

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Art Theory and Historiography  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9561

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211762

AAA_collcode_plaujame

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Art Theory and Historiography

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211762

Creator:

Knoll, Florence, 1917-  Search this

Names:

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)  Search this

Hans G. Knoll Furniture Company  Search this

Knoll Associates, inc.  Search this

Knoll International, inc.  Search this

Cheek, Leslie, 1908-  Search this

Eames, Charles  Search this

Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984  Search this

Graham, Katharine, 1917-  Search this

Helm, John  Search this

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005  Search this

Knoll, Walter C.  Search this

Miller, R. Craig  Search this

Milles, Carl, 1875-1955  Search this

Raseman, Rachel de Wolfe  Search this

Reagan, Nancy, 1923-  Search this

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961  Search this

Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950  Search this

Slavin, Maeve  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketches

Drawings

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Date:

1932-2000

Summary:

The papers of architect and designer Florence Knoll Bassett, measure approximately 2 linear feet dating from 1932 to 2000. Through correspondence, sketches, drawings, designs, subject files, photographs, and printed material, the collection selectively documents Knoll Bassett's education, her work with Knoll Associates from the 1940s until her resignation in 1965, and projects undertaken since her retirement. It is an important source of information on the development of interior architecture and design from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of architect, and interior designer and planner Florence Knoll Bassett, measure approximately 2 linear feet dating from 1932 to 2000. The collection selectively documents Knoll Bassett's education and her career at Knoll Associates, Inc. from the 1940s until her resignation in 1965, in addition to personal design projects and other activities after leaving the company. It is an important source of information on the development of interior architecture and design from the 1940s to the 1970s, chronicling the Knoll mission to synthesize space, furniture, and design by creating interiors based on practical use, comfort, and aesthetics.

The collection documents the growth of Knoll's international reputation for its modern furnishings and interiors and the impact of a business philosophy that encompassed design excellence, technological innovation, and mass production. The material includes a chronology of Knoll Bassett's career; a portfolio of sketches, drawings and designs; photographs of Knoll Bassett and others; subject files containing sketches and photographic material; letters from friends, colleagues, clients and others; awards received by Knoll Bassett throughout her career; and printed material.

Much of the material is annotated with historical and biographical notes written by Knoll Bassett which provide invaluable contextual information for the materials found therein. The notes are dated 1999 in the Container Listing, under the assumption that they were written by Florence Knoll Bassett as she was arranging her archival papers.

Arrangement:

Before donating her papers to the Archives of American Art, Knoll Bassett organized the material in portfolios and color-coded files and designed four containers for them. Because the method of arrangement in itself provides insight into Knoll Bassett's style and creativity the collection has been minimally processed with the addition of acid-free materials for preservation reasons and the transcription of labels which may, over time, become detached. The original order of the collection has been retained throughout.

The collection was organized into what Bassett termed "storage units," the first container being divided into three units and the collection as a whole being divided into six units. Knoll Bassett supplied a detailed inventory of the contents of each container and the subjects represented in each porfolio or folder. Subject headings from this inventory have been used in the Series Description/Container Listing. Knoll Bassett also supplied a vita summarizing her career and copies of this, and her original container inventory are enclosed with the collection and can be consulted at AAA's research center in Washington D.C.

The collection is arranged as seven series. These series represent the categories into which Knoll Bassett organized the material, with the exception that Letters and Awards are presented as two series in the finding aid. Most of the items in Series 1 to 4 are presented as portfolios in spiral-bound notebooks and the remainder of the collection is organized in folders.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1932-1999 (Box 1; 1 portfolio)

Series 2: Selected Publications, 1946-1990, 1999 (Box 1; 1 portfolio)

Series 3: Drawings, Sketches, and Designs, 1932-1984, 1999 (Boxes 1-2; 2 portfolios)

Series 4: Photographs and Printed Material, 1956-1997, 1999 (Box 2; 1 portfolio)

Series 5: Subject Files, circa 1930s-1999 (Box 3; 1.0 linear ft.)

Series 6: Letters, circa 1930s-2000 (Box 4; 7 folders)

Series 7: Awards, 1954-1999 (Box 4; 6 folders)

Biographical Note:

Florence Knoll Bassett was born Florence Schust in 1917 and was affectionately known as Shu by her colleagues and friends. She was orphaned at age 12 and then cared for by Emile Tessin, a friend of the family whom her mother had appointed as Florence's legal guardian in the event of her death. When arrangements were being made for Florence to attend boarding school she was given the opportunity to make the selection. Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, held a strong aesthetic appeal for her and she "made an immediate decision that it was the right place for me," beginning her architectural studies under the school's art director, Rachel de Wolfe Raseman.

At Kingswood Knoll Bassett met the Saarinen family, studying under Eliel Saarinen and developing her interest in texture and color through her friendship with Loja Saarinen who supervised the school's weaving studio. Following Florence's graduation from Kingswood in 1934, Eliel Saarinen encouraged her to spend some time at Cranbrook Academy of Art before attending an accredited architecture school. She spent the next two years at Cranbrook working closely with advanced students and artists such as the Saarinens and Carl Milles, and gaining experience in all aspects of design.

Knoll Bassett then studied for two years at the Architectural Association in London, spending summers with the Saarinens in Europe. She completed her formal training at the Illinois Institute of Technology where she studied under Mies van der Rohe, whom she credits with having "a profound effect on my design approach and the clarification of design."

After graduation Knoll Bassett worked for architecture firms in Boston and New York where she met Hans Knoll who was then in the process of establishing a furniture business. In 1943 she began working for him in her spare time as an interior space planner and designer. In 1946 the two were married and formed Knoll Associates, Inc.

As director of the Knoll Planning Unit, Knoll Bassett established herself as one of the most important and influential interior planners and designers of the second half of the twentieth century. Believing that intelligent design "strikes at the root of living requirements and changing habits," she established the practice of working closely with the corporate sector to determine the needs of the people who would actually use the spaces that her company designed. Her connections with leading contemporary architects and designers, and the company's commitment to crediting designers by name and paying them royalties, laid the foundations for the strong working relationships upon which the commercial success of Knoll Associates was built. Drawing on a pool of top architects and designers, many of whom were personal friends, Knoll Bassett directed the company's Bauhaus approach, incorporating design excellence, technological innovation, and mass production in a seamless package of "total design."

While Knoll Bassett oversaw the creative process of the Planning Unit's operations in its entirety, she was also directly responsible for many of the individual elements used in the Unit's projects. During the war years, she worked with her designers to overcome the scarcity of materials, establishing Knoll Textiles in response to the dearth of available fabrics and textile colors, and developing the company's hallmark style of spare clean lines and vibrant colors in a functional, comfortable, and aesthetically appealing space. Finding that much of the "fill-in" furniture, primarily cabinetry, that she envisaged in many of her plans was not available, Knoll Bassett designed the pieces herself. She used the Knoll showrooms as "experimental laboratories" to convince clients to use modern ideas and materials, showcasing and putting into production the classic designs of people such as Eero Saarinen, Mies van der Rohe, Jens Risom, Harry Bertoia, Isamu Noguchi, and Marcel Breuer.

After the war Knoll Associates expanded to Europe through a series of government contracts which resulted ultimately in the formation of Knoll International. When Hans Knoll died suddenly in an automobile accident in 1955 Florence became president of the company. She married Harry Hood Bassett in 1958 and began to divide her time between New York and Florida. In 1959 she sold her interest in Knoll Associates to Art Metal and retired as President of the company the following year, while continuing to work as a consultant and serving as Design Director. In 1961 she became the first woman to be awarded the Gold Medal for Industrial Design by the American Institute of Architects, one of many awards received over the course of her career. In 1965 she resigned from Knoll Associates entirely after completing the interior design for the CBS headquarters in New York.

Following her retirement Knoll Bassett devoted more time to private commissions and other interests such as her campaign against billboards in Miami in the mid 1980s. She spent summers in Vermont and winters in Florida with her husband, until his death in 1991. In July 2001, Metropolis magazine published a rare interview with Knoll Bassett in which she reflects upon the life she so skillfully documented in the extraordinary gift of her archival papers to the Archives of American Art.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Florence Knoll Bassett in 2000.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use 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:

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

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

Furniture designers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Interior decoration firms  Search this

Interior decoration  Search this

Design, Industrial  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women architects  Search this

Women designers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketches

Drawings

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Florence Knoll Bassett papers, 1932-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.knolflor

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Florence Knoll Bassett papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-knolflor

Collection Creator:

Knoll, Florence, 1917-  Search this

Extent:

(Box 4; 6 folders)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1954-1999

Scope and Contents note:

This series documents some of the awards and honorary degrees presented to Knoll Bassett over the course of her career, including the Gold Medal for Industrial Design awarded by the American Institute of Architects in 1961 and the Total Design Award given by the American Society of Interior Designers in 1977. Materials include award certificates with related correspondence and printed material. In some cases there are also notes for, or the text of, remarks given by Knoll Bassett upon acceptance of an award.

The material is arranged by decade.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Florence Knoll Bassett papers, 1932-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.knolflor, Series 7

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Florence Knoll Bassett papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-knolflor-ref64

Collection Collector:

Orth, Edward J.  Search this

Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1962-1989

Scope and Contents:

Comprise of a small group of materials relating to architecture, hobbies, antiques, industrial design, textiles, and urban planning. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the publication.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Viewing film portion of collection requires special appointment, please inquire. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0560, Subseries 7.4

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Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair

Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair / Series 7: Publications

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0560-ref3773

Collection Collector:

Orth, Edward J.  Search this

Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization  Search this

Container:

Box 336, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1964

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Viewing film portion of collection requires special appointment, please inquire. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair

Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair / Series 7: Publications / 7.4: Other Subjects

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0560-ref3805

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-12-13T20:59:11.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_-1ddJLkUfco

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-02-11T11:40:24.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_9fmt_L1oCQI

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-09-27T18:41:16.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_GREBN2pq4Tc

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-11-20T12:36:33.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_qpbHHThsNFU

Author:

Lindahl, Axel 1841-1906  Search this

Axel Lindahls fotografiaffär  Search this

Subject:

Allmänna Konst- och Industriutställningen (1897 : Stockholm, Sweden)  Search this

Physical description:

[45] leaves of plates all illustrations 18 x 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Pictorial works

Place:

Sweden

Stockholm

Date:

1897

Topic:

Art and industry  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Industrial design  Search this

Call number:

T910.C1 M56 1897

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_939270

Author:

Lindahl, Axel 1841-1906  Search this

Axel Lindahls fotografiaffär  Search this

Subject:

Allmänna Konst- och Industriutställningen (1897 : Stockholm, Sweden)  Search this

Physical description:

[24] leaves of plates all illustrations 17 x 23 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Pictorial works

Place:

Sweden

Stockholm

Date:

1897

Topic:

Art and industry  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Industrial design  Search this

Call number:

T910.C1 M562 1897

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_939310

Creator:

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Type:

Motion pictures

Topic:

Public art  Search this

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9148

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211342

AAA_collcode_lipprich

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211342

Creator:

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Extent:

1.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures

Date:

1940s-1977

Summary:

The papers of sculptor and educator Richard Lippold measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1940s to 1977. The collection provides documentation on Lippold's career through correspondence, writing files, project files, printed materials, and several motion picture films.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of sculptor and educator Richard Lippold measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1940s to 1977. The collection documents Lippold's career through correspondence, writing files, project files, printed materials, and several motion picture films.

Correspondence includes letters to and from museums and galleries, architects, clients, friends, teaching colleagues, and other artists discussing various professional and non-professional topics. Writing files include drafts and transcripts of speeches on art, society, and sculpture given by Lippold; personal writings and notes; statements on his own art and the art of other artists; and teaching materials such as drafts of syllabi, course schedules, and lectures. Project files mostly relate to public commissions and contain correspondence, status reports, work schedules, financial information, sketches and preliminary drawings, agreements, as well as some writings. Printed materials include newspaper clippings; seven issues of the publication, "Dance Observer," for which Lippold served among its editors and contributors; and some exhibition material. Film footage includes the dedication of Lippold's "Orpheus and Apollo" at the Lincoln Center in 1962; a documentary made about Lippold's sculpture, "The Sun," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and scenes of Lippold's "World Tree" at Harvard University.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1945-1977 (Box 1; .5 linear feet)

Series 2: Writing Files, 1940s-1970s (Box 1; 10 folders)

Series 3: Project Files, 1950-1972 (Box 1-2; .5 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1943-1973 (Box 1; 6 folders)

Series 5: Motion Picture Film, circa 1960s (FC 2-4; .3 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Lippold (1915-2002) was a sculptor and educator in New York, NY. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he studied at the University of Chicago and received training in industrial design at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied dance and piano. After graduating, Lippold started his own industrial design studio, but soon ended this endeavor to teach design and engineer drawing and mechanics at the University of Michigan in 1941. After moving to New York in 1944, Lippold began his career as a professional artist, exhibiting his work and creating public art installations. His art was known for metal, gold, and silver wire, rods, and bars used to create geometric sculptures that often incorporated a component of suspension. His installations can be found in museums, building lobbies, and universities across America including Flight found in the Pan Am (now the Met Life) Building, The Sun in the Museum of Modern Art, Baldacchino in St. Mary's Cathedral, California, and Ad Astra in front of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Notable group exhibitions featuring Lippold's work include Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America (1951) and Fifteen Americans(1952) both at the Museum of Modern Art, Venice Biennale (1988), and Sculpture: American Directions, 1945-75 (1975) at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art held a retrospective exhibition for Lippold in 1990. His work is found in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and more. In addition to the University of Michigan, Lippold also taught at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, Trenton Junior College in New Jersey, and Hunter College in New York where he taught for over a decade.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm (reel N69-24) of material loaned for microfilming including correspondence; catalogs; clippings; writings; and papers relating to the Conference on Government Participation in the Arts and Humanities. Loaned materials were returned to the donor after microfilming and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in several installments by Richard Lippold between 1968-1977. Materials found on reel N69-24 were lent for microfilming 1968-1969.

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:

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

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

Topic:

Public art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures

Citation:

Richard Lippold papers, 1940s-1977. 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.lipprich

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Richard Lippold papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lipprich

Artist:

William Coupon, born 1952  Search this

Sitter:

George Herbert Walker Bush, 12 Jun 1924 - 30 Nov 2018  Search this

Medium:

Color photograph on paper

Dimensions:

33cm x 25.4cm (13" x 10"), Image

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1988

Topic:

Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Interior\Studio\Photography  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Watch\Wrist watch  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Male  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\Government Official\Intelligence Agent\CIA Director  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Texas  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador\United Nations  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Military\Officer  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Executive\Oil  Search this

George Herbert Walker Bush: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.90.TC21

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© William Coupon

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b5a87000-07ef-4723-bea5-c2995455839c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.90.TC21

Creator:

Lipofsky, Marvin, 1938-2016  Search this

Names:

California College of Arts and Crafts  Search this

Glass Art Society  Search this

Pilchuck School  Search this

Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001  Search this

Warashina, Patti, 1940-  Search this

Extent:

45.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Date:

1954-2018

Summary:

The papers of studio glass artist Marvin Lipofsky measure 46.5 linear feet and date from 1954 to 2018. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, travel diaries, artist files, exhibition and gallery files, organization files, professional files, technical studio files, printed material, photographic material, three scrapbooks, sketchbooks, and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of studio glass artist Marvin Lipofsky (1938-2016) measure 46.5 linear feet and date from 1954 to 2018. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, travel diaries, artist files, exhibition and gallery files, organization files, professional files, technical studio files, printed material, photographic material, three scrapbooks, sketchbooks, and artwork.

Of note are materials concerning Lipofsky's extensive travel, likely with the Glass Art Society, and his files on oher artists. 108 travel diaries contain notes and contact information and date from 1970 to 2015. Professional files contain Lipofsky's international files which are organized by country. Within these are correspondence and printed materials from local artists. Also found are photo albums for many of Lipofsky's trips abroad.

Artist files are for Fritz Driesbach, Nick Labino, Harvey Littleton, Ronald Pennell, Raechel Running, Italo Scanga, Jean-Pierre Umbdenstock, Patti Warashina, and many others.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 14 series

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1954-2017 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 46)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1960-2016 (3.3 linear feet; Boxes 3-6)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1962-2010 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-7)

Series 4: Travel Diaries, 1970-2015 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Series 5: Artist Files, 1956-2016 (2.7 linear feet; Boxes 8-11, 46)

Series 6: Exhibition and Gallery Files, 1966-2016 (7.7 linear feet; Boxes 11-19)

Series 7: Organization Files, 1965-2015 (1.8 linear feet; Boxes 19-21)

Series 8: Professional Files, 1960-2018 (5.4 linear feet; Boxes 21-27)

Series 9: Technical Studio Files, circa 1960s-circa 2000s (3.9 linear feet; Boxes 27-30)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1960s-2000s (4.6 linear feet; Boxes 30-35, 46)

Series 11: Photographic Material, 1980-2004 (9.2 linear feet; Boxes 35-44, 46-47)

Series 12: Scrapbooks, 1960s-1995 (0.2 linear feet; Box 44)

Series 13: Sketchbooks, 1960s-2009 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 44-46)

Series 14: Artwork, 1960s-2000s (0.4 linear feet; Box 45)

Biographical / Historical:

Marvin B. Lipofsky (1938-2016) was a glass artist and educator active in Berkeley, California.

Marvin Lipofsky was born in Barrington, Illinois in 1938. He began his study of art at the University of Illinois, where he studied industrial design and received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At Wisconsin, he studied under Harvey Littleton, one of the founders of the Studio Glass movement.

Lipofsky would have a long career as an educator and lecturer at institutions throughout the United States. He held positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California-Berkeley, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. He taught regular seminars at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and the Pilchuck Glass School.

In addition to his teaching career, Lipofsky was a founding and active member of the Glass Art Society which held conferences all over the world to promote the study and sharing of glass art techniques. He traveled extensively with the GAS to places such as Czech Republic, Japan, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. He visited glass factories and studios, usually forming professional relationships and friendships with other glass artists.

Marvin Lipofsky died in 2016 in Berkeley, California.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview of Marvin Lipofsky conducted 2003 July 30-August 5, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Berkeley, California.

Provenance:

The Marvin Lipofsky papers were donated in 2004 by Ruth Okimoto, Lipofsky's spouse, on behalf of Marvin Lipofsky as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, and in 2017, 2018 and 2021 by Lisa Lipofsky-Valenzula, Marvin Lipofsky's daughter.

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Marvin Lipofsky papers, 1954-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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