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Painter:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Medium:

Tempera on paper

Culture:

African American  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma Washington Accession Number: 1995.10

Date:

1936

Topic:

Cityscape--Street  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Object--Tool--Ladder  Search this

State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this

Control number:

IAP 56650295

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_465538

Creator:

Waintrob-Budd (Firm : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Names:

American Academy of Arts and Letters  Search this

Budd (Firm : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Adrian, Barbara, 1931- -- Photographs  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964 -- Photographs  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965 -- Photographs  Search this

Barnet, Will, 1911- -- Photographs  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975 -- Photographs  Search this

Biddle, George, 1885-1973 -- Photographs  Search this

Bosa, Louis, 1905- -- Photographs  Search this

Botkin, Henry, 1896-1983 -- Photographs  Search this

Browne, Byron, 1907-1961 -- Photographs  Search this

Carroll, John, 1892-1959 -- Photographs  Search this

Constant, George, 1892-1978 -- Photographs  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982 -- Photographs  Search this

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

Delaunay, Sonia -- Photographs  Search this

Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978 -- Photographs  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 -- Photographs  Search this

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 -- Photographs  Search this

Floch, Joseph, 1895-1977 -- Photographs  Search this

Gablik, Suzi -- Photographs  Search this

Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987 -- Photographs  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974 -- Photographs  Search this

Goulet, Lorrie, 1925- -- Photographs  Search this

Grosz, George, 1893-1959 -- Photographs  Search this

Hare, David, 1917- -- Photographs  Search this

Harkavy, Minna, b. 1895 -- Photographs  Search this

Hayter, Stanley William, 1901- -- Photographs  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966 -- Photographs  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967 -- Photographs  Search this

Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison), 1883-1968 -- Photographs  Search this

Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012 -- Photographs  Search this

Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974 -- Photographs  Search this

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984 -- Photographs  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974 -- Photographs  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 -- Photographs  Search this

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982 -- Photographs  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010 -- Photographs  Search this

Levy, Ellen K -- Photographs  Search this

Lijn, Liliane, 1939- -- Photographs  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Lowry, W. McNeil (Wilson McNeil), 1913-1993 -- Photographs  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954 -- Photographs  Search this

Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980 -- Photographs  Search this

Menkes, Sigmund, 1896-1986 -- Photographs  Search this

Motherwell, Robert -- Photographs  Search this

Root, Edwin -- Photographs  Search this

Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966 -- Photographs  Search this

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Sheerin, Jerry -- Photographs  Search this

Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974 -- Photographs  Search this

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

Speicher, Eugene E. (Eugene Edward), 1883-1962 -- Photographs  Search this

Speyer, Darthea -- Photographs  Search this

Steinberg, Saul -- Photographs  Search this

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900- -- Photographs  Search this

Waintrob, A. L., 1908-  Search this

Waintrob, Sidney J., 1903-  Search this

Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976 -- Photographs  Search this

Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965 -- Photographs  Search this

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

Extent:

68 Items ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1953-1980

Scope and Contents:

REEL 1817: Photographs of: Will Barnet, Jose de Creeft (2), Sonia Delaunay, Walker Evans, Joseph Floch, Suzi Gablik (2), Adolph Gottlieb (also filmed on reel 1886, fr. 33-34), Lorrie Goulet, Minna Harkavy, William Hayter (2), Paul Jenkins, Lee Krasner (2), Lilliane Lijn, Jerry Sheerin (2), and Darthea Speyer (2). Also included is a group photo of Jose de Creeft, Jacques Lipchitz, George Biddle, Thomas Benton, and Ben Shahn at the American Academy of Arts & Letters Ceremonial, May 20, 1964.

REEL 1886: Photographs of: Barbara Adrian, Alexander Archipenko, Milton Avery, Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Louis Bosa, Henry C. Botkin, Byron Browne, John Carroll, George Constant, Julio de Diego, Edwin Dickinson, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Floch, Lloyd Goodrich, Adolph Gottlieb, Lorrie Goulet, George Grosz, David Hare, Minna Harkavy, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Josephine Hopper, Morris Kantor, Leon Kroll, Jacob Lawrence, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Reginald Marsh, A. Hyatt Mayor, Sigmund Menkes, Robert Motherwell, Edwin Root, James Rorimer (a cropped version erroneously microfilmed as Sidney Waintrob appears on reel 1817, fr. 1193), Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, Eugene Speicher, Saul Steinberg, James Johnson Sweeney, Hudson Walker, Abraham Walker, and William Zorach.

UNMICROFILMED Two photographs: Ellen K. Levy and McNeil Lowry.

Arrangement:

REEL 1817: Microfilmed with AAA's Photographs of Artists Collection II, and appear on microfilm in alphabetical order under artist with other unrelated photographs.

Biographical / Historical:

Photographic studio; New York, N.Y. Sidney J. and his brother A. L. (Bud) Waintrob specialized in photographing artists, curators and other art world personalities. They worked under the name Budd [Studio] before using Waintrob-Budd.

Provenance:

Photographs on reel 1817 and unmicrofilmed photos donated 1974-1987 by Sidney J. Waintrob; photographs on reel 1886 donated 1979-1980 by Samuel I. Hoffberg, whose relationship to Waintrob-Budd is unclear.

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.

Rights:

Authorization to publish quote, or reproduce requires written permission from David Stekert. 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 -- Photographs  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wainbudd

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw997984475-f0b5-41ac-b438-8b48c89a9145

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wainbudd

Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Names:

Women's Caucus for Art  Search this

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Neel, Alice, 1900-1984  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Stevens, May  Search this

Extent:

46.7 Linear feet

2.19 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

circa 1900-2022

bulk 1968-2009

Summary:

The papers of art historian, curator, and educator Patricia Hills measure 46.7 linear feet and 2.19 GB and date from circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Central to this collection are project files documenting professional work that resulted in lectures, publications, exhibitions, art history courses on numerous artists including Alice Neel, Jacob Lawrence, May Stevens, Rudolf Baranik, Eastman Johnson, and John Singer Sargent. These files and files documenting Hills's tenure at the Whitney Museum of American Art include planning documents, research files, correspondence, manuscripts and accompanying publications, as well as other printed materials. Some of this material is in digital format. The collection also contains correspondence with art historians, artists, curators, and others, notably Lawrence Alloway, Lowery Stokes Sims, Lucy R. Lippard, T.J. Clark, Leon Golub, and Donald Kuspit; professional files documenting grants and residencies awarded and consulting work; artist and subject files; other writings; and printed and digital material. Membership and affiliation records document Hills' service to the profession, including Women's Caucus for Art and the Visual Culture/Art History Caucus of the American Studies Association.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian, curator, and educator Patricia Hills measure 46.7 linear feet and 2.19 GB and date from circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Central to this collection are project files documenting professional work that resulted in lectures, publications, exhibitions, art history courses on numerous artists including Alice Neel, Jacob Lawrence, May Stevens, Rudolf Baranik, Eastman Johnson, and John Singer Sargent. These files and files documenting Hills's tenure at the Whitney Museum of American Art include planning documents, research files, correspondence, manuscripts and accompanying publications, as well as other printed materials. Some material is in digital format. The collection also contains correspondence with art historians, artists, curators, and others, notably Lawrence Alloway, Lowery Stokes Sims, Lucy R. Lippard, T.J. Clark, Leon Golub, and Donald Kuspit; professional files documenting grants and residencies awarded and consulting work; artist and subject files; other writings; and printed and digital material. Membership and affiliation records document Hills' service to the profession, including Women's Caucus for Art and the Visual Culture/Art History Caucus of the American Studies Association.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 12 series.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1958-2019 (2.6 Linear Feet; Boxes 1-2, 25)

Series 2: Project Files, circa 1900-2011 (15.2 Linear Feet; Boxes 3-13, 25-30, 41-50, OV24, 2.11 GB; ER01-ER02, ER06-ER09)

Series 3: Whitney Museum Files, circa 1900-2015, bulk 1973-1987 (4.1 Linear Feet; Boxes 13-16, 30)

Series 4: Boston University Files, circa 1974-2015 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 30-31)

Series 5: Professional Files, circa 1959-2019 (2.4 linear feet; Boxes 17-18, 32)

Series 6: Membership and Affiliation Records, circa 1969-2013 (2 linear feet; Boxes 18-20, 32)

Series 7: Museum of Fine Arts Restructuring Files, circa 1997-2005 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 32-33)

Series 8: Writings, circa 1962-2019 (5.4 linear feet; Boxes 20-21, 34-38, 0.068 GB; ER03, ER05)

Series 9: Teaching Files, circa 1974-2019 (0.9 linear feet; Box 39)

Series 10: Artist Files, circa 1958-2014 (0.9 Linear Feet; Box 21)

Series 11: Subject Files, circa 1961-2007 (1.0 linear Feet; Box 22, 0.004 GB; ER04)

Series 12: Printed Material, circa 1970-2010 (1.0 linear Feet; Box 23)

Biographical / Historical:

Patricia Hills (1936-) is an art historian, curator, and Professor Emerita of American Art and African American Art at Boston University. Hills obtained a B.A. from Stanford University in Modern European Literature, an M.A. from Hunter College in 1968, where she was advised by Leo Steinberg, and her PhD. from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. Hills worked as Associate and later Adjunct Curator of 18th and 19th Century American Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1972 until 1987. During that time she organized exhibitions including John Singer Sargent (1986) while progressively becoming more invested as an educator, with teaching positions at Hunter College and the Institute of Fine Arts. In February 2011 she received the Distinguished Teaching of Art History award from the College Art Association.

Hills served as the Director of the Boston University Art Gallery from 1980-1989, and began her tenure in the art history department as Associate Professor in 1978. She was co-founder of the Boston Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art and was highly active in the College Art Association and American Studies Association. She has held fellowships at numerous institutions including the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

As a principal author she is responsible for organizing a number of monograph and exhibition catalog publishing efforts including Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence (2010), May Stevens (2005), Eastman Johnson: Painting America (co-authored, 1999), John Singer Sargent (1986), Alice Neel (1983), Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Painting of the 1930s (1983), Turn-of-the-Century America: Paintings, Graphics, Photographs, 1890-1910 (1977), The Painters' America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910 (1974), and The American Frontier: Images and Myths (1973). In addition, Patricia Hills has authored numerous articles for art publications, served as reviewer for College Art Association's CAA Reviews, and has contributed greatly as a peer reviewer and editor. From 1990 to 1999, she served as series editor for six books in the Cambridge Studies in American Visual Culture series, published by Cambridge University Press.

Provenance:

Donated in 2006, 2018, 2019 and 2022 by Patricia Hills.

Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Occupation:

Educators -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Art historians -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Art, American -- 19th century  Search this

Art -- Political aspects  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.hillspat

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94c3f79a5-92b6-4d74-8ddb-d1957923a415

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hillspat

Creator:

Castaldi, Teresa  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Citation:

Teresa Castaldi correspondence with Jacob Lawrence, 1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

African American  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22216

AAA_collcode_casttere

Theme:

African American

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22216

Interviewee:

Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this

Francis, Sam, 1923-1994  Search this

Grosman, Tatyana, 1904-1982  Search this

Harrison, Wallace, 1900-  Search this

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008  Search this

Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984  Search this

Extent:

52 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1970 December 4

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Blackburn conducted 1970 December 4, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Blackburn speaks of his early life in Jamaica and New York; the influences of his youth including school, gangs, religion, art, music, and culture; the Harlem Community Art Center; studying with Charles Alston; the difficulties suffered by Black artists trying to gain recognition in a white-dominated art world; attending the Art Students League and studying under Vaclav Vytlacil and Will Barnet; his work with children; his film work at the Harmon Foundation; financial problems; the Printmaking Workshop; attending New York University's School of Visual Arts and the Cooper Union School; Black people in the arts; and the influence of music on his paintings. He recalls Jacob Lawrence, Will Barnet, Vaclav Vytlacil, Wallace Harrison, Tatyana Grosman, Grace Hartigan, Sam Francis, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Blackburn (1920-) was a printmaker from New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 28 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' 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:

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

Topic:

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Art and race  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.blackb70

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95587be3c-ce7a-47a4-ae63-91dec62e6a45

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-blackb70

Creator:

Castaldi, Teresa  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Extent:

4 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1983

Scope and Contents:

One letter from Teresa Castaldi to Jacob Lawrence and one letter in response from Lawrence to Castaldi, 1983. Also included is an exhibition catalog and announcement for a Jacob Lawrence exhibition at Stockton State University, 1983.

Biographical / Historical:

Teresa Castaldi is a professor at Stockton State University, New Jersey. Jacob Lawrence was a family friend.

Provenance:

Donated in 2023 by Teresa Castaldi.

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:

Educators -- New Jersey  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.casttere

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c9abaedd-7547-4969-9be2-191a8b76a04a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-casttere

Collection Creator:

Knight, Gwendolyn  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Container:

Box 11, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987 June 1

Scope and Contents:

This interview was possibly conducted by Charles Rowell.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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 Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1816, 1914-2008, bulk 1973-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the 2007 processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the 2018 processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers / Series 1: Biographical Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983e4fcb0-742f-4502-984e-a57f2d429463

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-lawrjaco-ref842

Collection Creator:

Knight, Gwendolyn  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Container:

Box 11, Folder 21

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2005

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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 Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1816, 1914-2008, bulk 1973-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the 2007 processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the 2018 processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers

Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers / Series 1: Biographical Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94e96df18-516f-42bc-b9d4-c2831cea0522

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-lawrjaco-ref844

Artist:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1941

Topic:

History--United States--Black History  Search this

State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this

Landscape--Missouri  Search this

Image number:

JUL J0046750

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_46751

Artist:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Subject:

Brown, John  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1941

Topic:

History--United States--Black History  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this

Emblem--Cross  Search this

Image number:

JUL J0046757

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_46758

Artist:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Subject:

Brown, John  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1941

Topic:

History--United States--Black History  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Recreation--Church--Prayer  Search this

State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this

Image number:

JUL J0046758

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_46759

Artist:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1941

Topic:

History--United States--Black History  Search this

State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this

State of Being--Death  Search this

Image number:

JUL J0046762

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_46763

Artist:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1941

Topic:

History--United States--Black History  Search this

Figure group  Search this

State of Being--Death  Search this

State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this

Image number:

JUL J0046768

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_46769

Creator:

Lowenthal, Milton  Search this

Lowenthal, Edith  Search this

Names:

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Extent:

4.4 Linear feet ((on 5 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Date:

1940-1989

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material; correspondence and greeting cards; writings; business records; printed material about the Lowenthal collection, exhibitions, and artists, photographs; scrapbooks; and sound recordings.

REEL 4904, frames 1-114: Thirty-nine greeting cards from artists, illustrated with original prints, drawings, and off-set reproductions. Included are 20 from Jose de Creeft and Lorrie Goulet, 8 from Abraham and Esther Rattner, 4 each from Chaim Gross and Milton and Sally Avery, 2 from Max Weber, and 1 from Jacob Lawrence.

REELS 4904 (fr. 126-end) - 4908: Biographical material includes a resume and transcripts for Edith Lowenthal, an obituary of Isadore Lowenthal, M.D., Milton's father, and clippings related to the Lowenthals. General correspondence, 1947-1991, is primarily with museums, university galleries, and publishers regarding loans and gifts of art work, contributions, lectures, travel, and permissions to reproduce for publication. In addition, there are a correspondence file, 1963-1990, with the Brooklyn Museum, regarding loans, contributions, and conservation work, and correspondence from artists, including letters, greeting cards, and announcements from Stuart Davis, Jacob Lawrence, Josef Presser, Abraham Rattner, Charles Sheeler, Max Weber, and others.

Writings and notes by Milton Lowenthal are about the role of the art collector, his thoughts on works of art and artists, and drafts of letters. Writings by others include Henry Miller's "The Rattner Portfolio" and Elizabeth McCausland's proposal for a Marsden Hartley catalog raisonne. Material relating specifically to the Lowenthal Collection includes lists, valuations, collection exhibition records, documentation of gifts, financial records, receipts, clippings, catalogs, and a 2 v. index of acquisitions. A file containing memorabilia relating to Stuart Davis includes clippings, an address book, printed materials, and notes.

Printed materials include clippings about artists, collectors, and other art related issues and exhibitions, exhibition announcements, and catalogs. Photographs are of artists and works of art. Files relating to the "Friends of the Whitney", ca. 1956-1961, include correspondence, by-laws, annual and other reports, statements, and catalogs of loan exhibitions. Scrapbooks (4 v.), 1942-1953, contain letters and greeting cards (many illustrated) from friends, artists and associates, clippings, exhibition announcements, and catalogs about artists, museums, and exhibitions.

Unmicrofilmed material consists of negatives, slides, and transparencies of works of art and 3 phonograph albums (78 r.p.m) of a radio interview with art collectors and a recording of a school performance by Stuart Davis' son.

Biographical / Historical:

Art collectors, benefactors of the Brooklyn Museum; New York, N.Y. Mr. Lowenthal was a lawyer whose clients included Stuart Davis.

Provenance:

Donated 1993 by Louis M. Bernstein, Mrs. Lowenthal's nephew, except for illustrated greeting cards on reel 4904, frames 1-114, which were received as a loan for microfilming.

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.

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Greeting cards  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.lowemilt

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93ff6c9a9-440c-40db-a074-e6cb92ca04a8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lowemilt

Interviewee:

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Knight, Gwendolyn  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Extent:

82 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1998 November 18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight conducted 1998 November 18, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in the artists' home in Seatle, Washington.

Biographical / Historical:

Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) was a painter and educator in Seattle, Washington and New York, New York. Gwendolyn Knight (1914-2005) was the wife of Lawrence, as well as an artist, herself and lived in New York, New York and Seattle Washington.

Provenance:

This interview is 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 administrators.

Restrictions:

Use requires an appointment.

Occupation:

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

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.lawren98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c4cfd632-d284-4160-826b-182cd12bfc23

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lawren98

Creator:

Wolford, Richard  Search this

Names:

Society of Nigerian Artists  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (sound tape reel (60 min. or less), analog, 3 3/4 ips, 7 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

between 1962 and 1964?

Scope and Contents:

One reel to reel audio recording by Richard Wolford of Jacob Lawrence giving a talk to the Society of Nigerian Artists at USAID in Lagos, Nigeria on one of two trips Lawrence took to Nigeria in the early 1960s.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Wolford was an artist actively involved with USAID in Lagos, Nigeria.

General:

Handwritten label on reel: Speech & discussion; Jacob Lawrence to the Nigerian Assoc. of Artists.

Date based on known dates of Lawrence's trips to Nigeria. The reel is incorrectly labeled as a talk given to the Nigerian Association of Artists. The correct name is the Society of Nigerian Artists.

Provenance:

Donated 2012 by the National Museum of African Art who received the recording as a bequest from Jean Kennedy Wolford, Richard Wolford's widow.

Restrictions:

Use requires an appointment.

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wolfrich

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96af6d19e-f776-4ef1-9d7e-01140c0c76b8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wolfrich

Creator:

McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965  Search this

Names:

American Art Research Council  Search this

Barnard College -- Faculty  Search this

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

United States. Farm Security Administration  Search this

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this

Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943  Search this

Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919  Search this

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Kleinholz, Frank, 1901-  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932  Search this

Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Weegee, 1899-1968  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

Extent:

45 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Drawings

Photographs

Place:

New York N.Y. -- Pictorial works -- Photographs

Date:

1838-1995

bulk 1920-1960

Summary:

The papers of art critic, writer, and historian Elizabeth McCausland measure 45 linear feet and date from 1838 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1960. The collection provides a vast accumulation of research data on various artists and aspects of American art, especially the early American modernists and the Federal Arts Projects. Papers include McCausland's extensive research and writing files, particularly on Marsden Hartley, E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, and Alfred H. Maurer. McCausland's correspondence with artists includes a substantial amount with Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz. Her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs is well-documented within the collection. Also found are general writings, subject files, files relating to exhibitions, teaching, and committees, photographs, art work, personal papers, and printed material. Additional McCausland material donated later from the estate of Berenice Abbott include biographical materials, project files, writings, and printed materials.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of art critic, writer, and historian Elizabeth McCausland measure approximately 45 linear feet and date from 1838 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1995. The collection provides a vast accumulation of data on various artists and aspects of American art, especially the early American modernists and the Federal Arts Projects. Papers include McCausland's extensive research and writing files, particularly on Marsden Hartley, E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, and Alfred H. Maurer. McCausland's correspondence with artists includes a substantial amount with Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz. Her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs is well-documented within the collection. Also found are general writings, subject files, files relating to exhibitions, teaching, and committees, photographs, art work, personal papers, and printed material. Additional McCausland material from the estate of Berenice Abbott include biographical materials, project files, writings, and printed materials.

McCausland's personal papers consist of appointment books and engagement calendars, scrapbooks, student papers, works printed on her private press, financial records, biographical material, and scattered memorabilia, which together document other aspects of her life apart from her work. Correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters along with enclosures, dating from McCausland's time as a journalist for The Springfield Republican in the 1920s and 1930s to her time as a freelance writer, art critic, and historian (1940s-1960s) and mostly concerning professional matters. Also included is a substantial amount of correspondence with artists, particularly Arthur Dove and Alfred Stieglitz, and some personal correspondence with her mother. General writings consists primarily of copies of McCausland's speeches and lectures on various art topics in addition to her early poems (dating from the 1930s) and scattered essays and articles.

The most extensive part of the collection is comprised of McCausland's research and writing files pertaining to large research and curatorial projects, such as ones on the artists Alfred H. Maurer and Marsden Hartley (which was begun by the American Art Research Council and subsequently taken over by McCausland), and one for the American Processional exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery in 1950. A wide variety of smaller projects are also well-documented in the series Other Research and Writing Files, including ones on E. L. Henry, Lewis Hine, George Inness, her collaborative work with Berenice Abbott on the Changing New York book and series of photographs. Numerous other artists and art topics are covered as well, such as Arthur Dove, Robert Henri, Jacob Lawrence, Charles Hawthorne, film, and photography. Files for her book Careers in Art (1950), her many speaking and lecture engagements, and editing work are also found in this series. Files consist primarily of correspondence, notes, research material, manuscripts, bibliographies, photographs of works of art, completed research forms for works of art, card index files, and printed material.

Also found are subject files containing printed material, scattered notes and correspondence, and photographs, which may have been used for reference and/or collected in the course of McCausland's research activities; files relating to various exhibitions organized by McCausland from 1939 to 1944, including ones of silk screen prints and modern photography; files relating to courses on art history taught by McCausland, especially the one she taught at Barnard College in 1956; and files stemming from her participation in various art organizations and committees, especially during the time period just before and during the Second World War.

Printed material consists primarily of clippings and tear sheets of McCausland's newspaper articles and columns, which document her contributions to The Springfield Republican from 1923 to 1946, in addition to scattered exhibition catalogs, announcements, books, and miscellaneous publications. Photographs include ones of various artists and works of art, ones from the Farm Security Administration, and ones by photographers, such as Berenice Abbott (including ones from the Federal Art Project book, Changing New York), Barbara Morgan, Weegee, and Edward Weston, among others. Photographs, sometimes annotated or including notes, are scattered throughout her research files. Also included are photographs of McCausland, dating from her childhood. Art work found in the collection includes drawings, prints, and watercolors that were either given to McCausland by the artist or collected by her in the course of her work as an art critic and historian.

Additional material belonging to Elizabeth McCausland and donated by the estate of Berenice Abbott includes biographical material; business and personal correspondence; professional project files and writings, including drafts and research materials related to the book projects Art in America, Conversations with March, and Frank Kleinholz; and printed materials, including reprints of critical essays and articles by McCausland.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 15 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1838, 1920-1951 (Boxes 1-2, 34; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1923-1960 (Boxes 2-5; 2.9 linear feet)

Series 3: General Writings, circa 1930-1954 (Boxes 5-6; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 4: Alfred H. Maurer, 1851-1951, bulk 1948-1950 (Boxes 6-9; 3.7 linear feet)

Series 5: American Processional, 1949-1951 (Boxes 10-11; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 6: Marsden Hartley, 1900-1964, bulk 1944-1964 (Boxes 11-21, OV 37; 10 linear feet)

Series 7: Other Research and Writing Files, 1896, 1926-1958 (Boxes 21-25, 31; 4.6 linear feet)

Series 8: Subject Files, 1927-1954 (Boxes 25-26; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 9: Other Exhibition Files, 1939-1941, 1944 (Box 26; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 10: Teaching Files, 1939-1965 (Box 27; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 11: Committee Files, 1936-1960 (Box 27; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 12: Printed Material, 1923-1953 (Boxes 28-32, 34, OV 38, BV 44-47; 4.6 linear feet)

Series 13: Photographs, circa 1905-1950 (Boxes 32-36, OV 37; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 14: Art Work, 1887-1942 (Boxes 33-34, OV 39-43; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 15: Elizabeth McCausland Material from the Estate of Berenice Abbott, 1920-1995 (Boxes 48-53; 5.4 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Elizabeth McCausland, the art critic and writer, was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1899. She attended Smith College, receiving her Bachelor's degree in 1920 and her Master's in 1922. Beginning in 1923, she worked as a general reporter for The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts). After several years, she began to review art exhibitions and soon became an established art critic. In the course of her work, she began to develop friendships with artists, such as Alfred Stieglitz and Arthur Dove. During these early years, she also wrote poetry and designed and printed limited edition publications on her private press.

McCausland moved to New York in 1935, but continued to contribute a weekly art column to The Springfield Republican until it suspended publication in 1946. From the mid-1930s on, she worked primarily as a freelance writer and art critic, contributing articles to publications such as Parnassas, The New Republic, and Magazine of Art. In the latter part of her career, her writings focused more on art history and special studies on artists.

In the late-1930s, McCausland collaborated with the photographer Berenice Abbott on the Federal Art Project book, Changing New York, for which she provided the text to Abbott's now-famous photographs of New York City neighborhoods, architecture, and street scenes. She studied and wrote about photography, including numerous articles on the photographer Lewis Hine (of whose work she organized a retrospective exhibition at the Riverside Museum in 1939), and was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Photography in 1944.

McCausland went on to organize other exhibitions, including a show of contemporary work, "The World of Today" (Berkshire Museum, 1939), shows of silk screen prints (Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, March 1940 and New York State Museum, Summer 1940), and a photography show, "Photography Today" (A.C.A. Gallery, 1944). In the late 1930s, she embarked upon a study of "the status of the artist in America from colonial times to the present, with especial attention to the relation between art and patronage," which continued over twenty years (and was never completed) and for which she received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1943.

In addition to her other writing, during the 1940s, McCausland carried out studies on the artists, E. L. Henry and George Inness, which resulted in exhibitions at the New York State Museum in 1942 and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in 1946, respectively and publications (a report on Henry and a book on Inness). From 1948 to 1949, she carried out an extensive study of the painter, Alfred H. Maurer, organizing an exhibition, "A. H. Maurer: 1868-1932," which showed at the Walker Art Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1949, and publishing the biography, A. H. Maurer, in 1951. In 1950, she worked as a special consultant on the American Processional exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery and as editor of the accompanying book. Shortly thereafter, she began a study of Marsden Hartley for a monograph, which was published in 1952, and she helped organize the Hartley exhibition at the University of Minnesota that same year. She continued the Hartley study on larger scale for a planned biography and catalogue raisonne; although she continued to work on it off and on for the next decade, the project was never completed.

McCausland published other books, including Careers in the Arts (1951), and undertook other research and consulting projects, such as photo-editing Carl Sandburg's Poems of the Midwest (1946), conducting surveys of art and advertising for an article in Magazine of Art and of art education for Cooper Union Art School, and contributing yearly articles on art to various encyclopedias. At different times throughout her career, she supplemented her income by taking teaching positions. She taught courses on art history at Sarah Lawrence College from 1942 to 1944 and at Barnard College in 1956, as well as courses at the Design Laboratory (1939) and the New School for Social Research (1946). She also gave numerous lectures and speeches on various art topics, and regularly participated in conferences and symposiums. Towards the end of her career, she was publishing less, but was still involved in many projects, most notably the Hartley study.

McCausland was a tireless promoter of the arts, and often an advocate for artists. Even though her work was well-known among certain art circles, she never received the recognition as a writer that she deserved. Nor was she ever able to free herself from the pressure of writing for a living. Continually suffering from poor health, she died on May 14, 1965.

Related Material:

Related material found in the Archives includes a sound recording from a symposium on Marsden Hartley, of which McCausland was a participant, held at the Portland Museum of Art in 1961. The Frank Kleinholz papers contain a recorded interview of McCausland done in 1944-1945 for radio station WNYC. Some of McCausland's correspondence is found in the G. Alan Chidsey papers; Chidsey served as a trustee of the Marsden Hartley estate.

Separated Material:

Material separated from the collection includes some issues of Camera Work (Vol. 30, 47, 49/50), which were combined with other issues in an artificial collection created by the Archives at some earlier point.

Provenance:

Elizabeth McCausland donated the bulk of her papers in several installments from 1956 to 1961. An unknown donor, perhaps her literary executor, donated additional papers sometime after her death in 1965. It appears that McCausland originally donated her research files on Marsden Hartley, measuring 10 linear feet, to the Whitney Museum, who then lent them to the Archives for microfilming in 1966, and donated them sometime thereafter. McCausland originally donated files of newspaper clippings and offprints of her articles to the The New York Public Library, who gave them to the Archives in 1968. Additional McCausland material from the estate of Berenice Abbott was donated to the Archives in 2009.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

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

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

Women art critics  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art -- History -- Study and teaching  Search this

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Function:

Arts organizations

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Drawings

Photographs

Citation:

Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.mccaeliz

See more items in:

Elizabeth McCausland papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cebe32f8-0180-44bb-a2a8-8ed061f173c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mccaeliz

Artist:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Editor:

Gant, Kimberli  Search this

Ezeluomba, Ndubuisi  Search this

Host institution:

Chrysler Museum  Search this

New Orleans Museum of Art  Search this

Toledo Museum of Art  Search this

Subject:

Lawrence, Jacob 1917-2000  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 1917-2000 Exhibitions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83125290  Search this

Mbari Club http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90000513  Search this

Mbari Club  Search this

Physical description:

ix, 215 pages illustrations (some color) 31 x 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

2022

Topic:

Painting, Nigerian  Search this

African American painting  Search this

Modernism (Art) )  Search this

ART / American / African American & Black  Search this

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Art, Nigerian  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1158236

Creator:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Names:

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Foster, James W., 1920-  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  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

Extent:

2.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1976-1994

Summary:

Avis Berman research material on art and artists measures 2.4 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.

Scope and Contents:

Avis Berman research material on art and artists measures 2.4 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.

Correspondence consists primarily of letters received from artists and art professionals Berman contacted during her research process for various assignments. This type of correspondence also appears in the artist and art workers files and the topical files of this collection.

The artist and art workers files contains a wide range of research material including correspondence, notes, and copies of published articles and book chapters, generally collected in preparation for a writing assignment. Some drafts for those writing assignments appear in the files as well.

Topical files consist of research materials compiled by Avis Berman on topics she researched and deloped primarily for the sake of writing projects, including correspondence, notes, and copies of published sources.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in three series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1983-1989 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Artists and Art Workers Files, circa 1976-1990 (1.2 Linear feet: Box 1-2)

Series 3: Topical Files, circa 1980-1994 (1.1 Linear feet: Box 2-3)

Biographical / Historical:

Avis Berman (1949- ) is a writer, curator, and historian of American art, architecture and culture based in New York, N.Y. She holds a bachelor's degree from Bucknell University and an master's degree from Rutgers Univerisy, both in English literature. She is the author of numerous books including Rebels on Eighth Street: Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art; James McNeill Whistler; and Edward Hopper's New York. She was also co-author and editor of Katharine Kuh's memoir, My Love Affair with Modern Art: Behind the Scenes with a Legendary Curator.

Berman has written numerous articles on subjects including painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, design, architecture, and the social history of the visual arts for a broad range of publications including The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Saturday Review, The Boston Book Review, American Art, ARTnews, The San Francisco Examiner, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, Art in America, Art & Antiques, House & Garden, and Architectural Digest.

Throughout the 1980s 1990s and 2000s Avis served as a consultant for the Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C., in her capacity as interviewer for the oral history project for which she has researched and interviewed countless artists, collectors, and other figures in the art world in Europe and the United States.

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

Citation:

Avis Berman Research Material on Art and Artists, 1976-1994. Archives of American Art., Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.bermavis

See more items in:

Avis Berman research material on art and artists

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bermavis

Creator:

Billings, Henry, 1901-  Search this

Names:

National Council for U.S. Art  Search this

Cronbach, Robert M., 1908-2001  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985  Search this

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Kaz, Nathaniel, 1917-  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Redmond, Roland Livingston, 1892-1982  Search this

Scaravaglione, Concetta, 1900-1975  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1955

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence relating to Billings' position as an officer of the National Council for U.S. Art and related photographs, among them one of Roland L. Redmond (President of the Council) with Dag Hammarskjold and Robert Cronbach in front of a sculpture by Cronbach and Jose de Rivera, 1960, and one photo each of works by Jacob Lawrence, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Nathaniel Kaz; a photograph (copyprint made from slide) of Billings seated on a platform among others listening to an unidentified speaker, photographer unknown; and a photograph of Billings seated on a stage near an unidentified speaker, photographed by Eliot Elisofon.

Biographical / Historical:

Henry Billings (1901-1985) was a painter, illustrator, and teacher, from Sag Harbor, N.Y. Born in 1901 in Bronxville, N.Y.; studied at the Art Students' League; lives in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

Provenance:

Donated by Henry Billings, 1965.

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.

Identifier:

AAA.billhenr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9783cf880-7187-4560-b066-bc5aa4fca2b3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-billhenr