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Author:

Colman, Samuel 1832-1920  Search this

Kennedy Galleries  Search this

Subject:

Colman, Samuel 1832-1920  Search this

Physical description:

[24] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

1983

[1983]

Topic:

Landscapes in art  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.C688 K3

N40.1.C688K3

ND237.C6747A4 1983X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_187470

Author:

Kennedy Galleries  Search this

Physical description:

[40] p. : 55 ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

United States

Date:

1981

C1981

19th century

20th century

Topic:

Marine painting, American  Search this

Marine painting  Search this

Call number:

ND1372.5 .M37X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_143015

Container:

Box 1 of 8

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 25 years from the latest date of records. See deed of gift for additional information regarding restrictions, until Jan-01-2029; Transferring office; 12/1/2003 Deed of Gift; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 04-028, Judith K. Zilczer Papers

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Judith K. Zilczer Papers

Judith K. Zilczer Papers / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa04-028-refidd1e311

Container:

Box 7 of 8

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Rights:

Restricted for 25 years from the latest date of records. See deed of gift for additional information regarding restrictions, until Jan-01-2029; Transferring office; 12/1/2003 Deed of Gift; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 04-028, Judith K. Zilczer Papers

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Judith K. Zilczer Papers

Judith K. Zilczer Papers / Box 7

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa04-028-refidd1e6036

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 50, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1963

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

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Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 3: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96489b0a6-cd67-4129-b089-c19ee411df41

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref3590

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 56, Folder 21

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1965-1966

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

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Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93e85ae19-b947-474d-8293-8910742d0d7a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref3916

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 58, Folder 33

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1967-1969

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

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Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw970ca17e9-ff93-4ab7-90dc-ad869a11a82b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref4011

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 60, Folder 32

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1969-1971

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

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Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw972410c0b-4b24-4c0e-bd7a-5b02645b86ac

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref4094

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 62, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1971-1972

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

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Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98979d63b-7c25-4b15-ac03-033d46163983

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref4173

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 64, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1972-1974

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

See more items in:

Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b8059f71-c749-439f-8547-6dbcd58bd04d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref4239

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 66, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1974-1976

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

See more items in:

Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw939dcdff7-0e56-4f18-a41f-aca4f5eaf1fe

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref4296

Collection Creator:

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

Container:

Box 68, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1976-1978

Collection 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. A fragile original scrapbook is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Katherine Kaplan Degn, Kraushaar Galleries. 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.

Collection Citation:

Kraushaar Galleries records, 1877-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Getty Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Fund.

See more items in:

Kraushaar Galleries records

Kraushaar Galleries records / Series 6: Additions to the Kraushaar Galleries Records / 6.1: Correspondence / Chronological Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9266efd59-f4e9-4256-a310-1c6dc08c16d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kraugall-ref4354

Collection Creator:

Kainen, Jacob  Search this

Kainen, Ruth Cole (1922-2009)  Search this

Container:

Box 35, Folder 54

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1975

Collection Restrictions:

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

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:

Jacob Kainen papers, 1905-2008, bulk 1940-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Jacob Kainen papers

Jacob Kainen papers / Series 4: Diaries / 4.2: Diary Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91128f0ce-d4d1-4e4c-a003-307cae5ce91d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-kainjaco-ref1579

Container:

Box 1 of 30

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Boxes 2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 17, 19-23, 25, 27 and 30 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 3/3/1999 memorandum, Lee to Cox; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-102, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records

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Exhibition Records

Exhibition Records / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa01-102-refidd1e1125

Painter:

Laurence, Sydney 1865-1940  Search this

Medium:

Oil

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Kennedy Galleries New York New York

Topic:

Landscape--Alaska  Search this

Ethnic--Inuit  Search this

Control number:

IAP 61020694

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_74447

Painter:

Hind, William G. R. 1833-1888  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Kennedy Galleries New York New York

Topic:

Ethnic--Inuit  Search this

Control number:

IAP 61021801

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_75512

Painter:

Moses, James Kivetoruk 1903-1982  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Kennedy Galleries New York New York

Topic:

Primitive  Search this

Landscape--Alaska  Search this

Ethnic--Inuit  Search this

Recreation--Sport & Play--Fishing  Search this

Figure  Search this

Control number:

IAP 61022700

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_76364

Painter:

Frost, George Albert 1843-1907  Search this

Medium:

Oil

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Kennedy Galleries New York New York

Topic:

Figure group  Search this

Landscape--Season--Winter  Search this

Landscape--Alaska  Search this

Ethnic--Inuit  Search this

Animal  Search this

Control number:

IAP 61023598

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_77247

Creator:

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Names:

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) -- Faculty  Search this

Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) -- Faculty  Search this

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.) -- Faculty  Search this

Norton Gallery and School of Art  Search this

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture -- Faculty  Search this

Albers, Josef -- Photographs  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 -- Photographs  Search this

Campos, Jules  Search this

De Creeft, William  Search this

De Diego, Julio, 1900- -- Photographs  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978  Search this

Diederich, William Hunt, 1884-1953  Search this

Dodd, Lamar  Search this

Escuder, Joseph  Search this

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 -- Photographs  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991 -- Photographs  Search this

Gómez Gil, Alfredo, 1936-  Search this

Lawrence, Gertrude -- Photographs  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973 -- Photographs  Search this

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

Nivola, Costantino, 1911-1988  Search this

Rattner, Abraham -- Photographs  Search this

Roszak, Theodore, 1907-1981 -- Photographs  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987 -- Photographs  Search this

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966 -- Photographs  Search this

Extent:

28.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Diaries

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Date:

1871-2004, bulk 1910s-1980s

bulk 1910-1990

Summary:

The papers of Spanish-born sculptor and educator José de Creeft measure 28.1 linear feet and date from 1871 to 2004 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s to the 1980s. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, fifty diaries, writings, subject files, personal business records, printed materials, twenty-seven photo albums and other photographs, scrapbooks, and scattered sketches.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Spanish-born sculptor and educator José de Creeft measure 28.1 linear feet and date from 1871 to 2004 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1910s to the 1980s. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, fifty diaries, writings, subject files, personal business records, printed materials, twenty-seven photo albums and other photographs, scrapbooks, and scattered sketches.

Biographical materials include address books, awards, recorded interviews with and about de Creeft, membership materials, naturalization records, resumes, and travel documents.

Correspondence is primarily professional in nature and concerns exhibitions, de Creeft's involvement in arts organizations, and awards. There are also scattered personal letters from family and friends. Correspondents include Alexander Calder, Nina, Alice, Barbara and William de Creeft, Hunt Diederich, Joseph Escudar, and Gil Gomez, Jacques Lipchitz, Edwin Dickinson, James Johnson Sweeney, Costantino Nivola, Abraham Rattner, and Lamar Dodd, among others.

De Creeft's fifty diaries are nearly complete for the period dating from 1926 to 1981. Some are bound volumes and others are loose pages. The bulk of the diaries are in Spanish and many include sketches. Additional writings, called "escritos varios" by José de Creeft, are mostly in Spanish and consist of typed manuscripts and essays, including "Roosty Was My Friend, 1957, notebooks, an artist's statement, and writings by others, including drafts for The Sculpture of de Creeft by Jules Campos, and a video recording entitled José de Creeft by Bob Hanson. There is one sound recording of Lorrie Goulet reading poetry.

Subject files are varied and include files on de Creeft's teaching positions at the New School for Social Research, Black Mountain College, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Art Students League. There are files for some of his sculpture projects, inlcuding Alice in Wonderland, Poet, and a proposed model for the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial in Georgia, as well as compiled information about various art related topics of interest.

De Creeft's business records include appraisals, contracts, leases, price lists, and scattered receipts. Also found are art inventories in the form of three sets of index cards, some of which include photographs.

Printed materials include books, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, exhibition labels, postcards, and posters.

There are loose photographs and twenty-seven photograph albums depicting de Creeft, his family, friends, and works of art. There are photos of Alexander Calder; de Creeft and Goulet with Raphael Soyer, posing with Soyer's portrait of them; Gertrude Lawrence; art juries, which also include images of Chaim Gross, Jacques Lipchitz, Theodore Roszak, and William Zorach; students, friends, and faculties of Black Mountain College, the Art Students League, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Norton School of Art, which also includes images of Joseph Albers, Alexander Calder, Julio De Diego, Walter Gropius, J. B. Neumann, and Abraham Rattner.

Seven mixed media scrapbooks document de Creeft's career from 1929 to 1982. Also found are scattered pen and pencil sketches and one sketchbook dating from the 1920s.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 10 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1914-1979 (Boxes 1, 27; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1910s-1980s (Boxes 1-6; 4.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Diaries, 1926-1981 (Boxes 6-11; 5.4 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings, 1871-1977 (Boxes 11-13, 28; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 5: Subject Files, 1924-1980 (Boxes 13-16, 27; 2.4 linear feet)

Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1909-1980s (Boxes 16-17, 27; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1921-1980s (Boxes 17-21, 27, 33; 4.7 linear feet)

Series 8: Photographs, 1900-2004 (Boxes 21-25, 29, 31; 5.1 linear feet)

Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1929-1982 (Box 26, 30, 32; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 10: Artwork, 1920s-1930s (Box 26; 2 folders)

Biographical / Historical:

José de Creeft (1908-1982) was a Spanish-born sculptor active in New York City, New York.

José de Creeft was born in Guadalajara, Spain and raised in Barcelona. In 1900, he apprenticed to sculptor Don Augustine Querol and studied drawing with Idalgo de Caviedas. De Creeft moved to Paris in 1905 and began formal art training at the Académie Julianand. He also took a studio in the Batteau Lavoir in Montmartre, where he interacted with Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Manolo, and Pablo Gargallo, all of whom also had studios there. During this period, de Creeft became friends with the artist Mateo Hernandez.

In 1915, de Creeft rejected the traditional technique of reproducing sculpture in stone from clay and plaster models and turned to direct carving in wood and stone. He was also one of the first sculptors who practiced assemblage and incorporated found objects into his work. His notable assemblage sculpture El Picador, a large figure on horseback, received worldwide press coverage and was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Independents in 1926. Between 1919 and 1928, his work was exhibited in various Paris salons. In the late 1920s, he created 200 stone carvings for Roberto Ramonje's Forteleza (fortress) in Mallorca. It was around this time frame when de Creeft met Alexander Calder, who became his student in direct carving. De Creeft encouraged Calder to display his mechanical toys and Calder put his Circus together for the first time in de Creeft's studio.

De Creeft emigrated to the United States in 1929, right after marrying fellow sculptor Alice Robertson Carr. They divorced nine years later.

While in New York, de Creeft began sculpting with lead sheets beaten into three-dimensional forms and established a studio at 1 Washington Square. His first solo exhibition was at the Ferargil Galleries in New York City and included The Portrait of Cesar Vallejo in chased lead and The Silver Fox of found materials.

In 1932, de Creeft accepted a teaching position in sculpture at the New School for Social Research. He also taught courses at Black Mountain College, where he met his second wife, sculptor Lorrie Goulet, the Art Students League, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Norton Gallery and School of Art. In 1946, de Creeft and Goulet purchased a hundred-acre farm in Hoosick Falls, NY where they established a studio and part-time residence.

Perhaps De Creeft's most well-known monumental scuplture is Alice in Wonderland in Central Park, New York City. The 12' x 16' bronze was dedicated during a public event in 1959 and gave de Creeft worldwide recognition. In 1995 a short film about the making of the sculpture was produced by J. D'Alba and narrated by Lorrie Goulet.

De Creeft was as founding member of the American Artist's Congress, the Sculptors Guild, and the Artist's Equity Association. De Creeft was represented by the Georgette Passedoit Gallery from 1936 to 1949. Later, he joined The Contemporaries (gallery) and exhibited there until 1966. Kennedy Galleries represented de Creeft from 1970 until his death in 1982.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds an interview of José De Creeft conducted October 1-8, 1968 by Forrest Selvig and the papers of de Creeft's wife Lorrie Goulet.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels D150 and 375-378). While most of the items were included in subsequent gifts, material not donated to the Archives remain with the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The José de Creeft papers were first lent for microfilming by the artist in 1963 and 1972. Lorrie Goulet, José de Creeft's widow, donated most of this material along with additional items in 1985 and 2009.

Restrictions:

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

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:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

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

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

Sculpture, Modern -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Diaries

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Citation:

José de Creeft papers, 1871-2004, bulk 1910s-1980s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Identifier:

AAA.decrjose

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José de Creeft papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bbb83529-c881-4ef2-b3f3-7919c41b1404

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-decrjose

Author:

Ewers, John C.  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

1972

Citation:

Ewers, John C. 1972. "Introduction to exhibition catalog." In Winold Reiss: Plains Portraits. 4–6. New York City: Kennedy Galleries Inc.

Identifier:

100932

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_100932