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Lewis, Sydney and Frances

Collection Creator:
Bennett, Garry Knox, 1934-  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 33
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1978-2002
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. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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:
Garry Knox Bennett papers, 1917-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Garry Knox Bennett papers
Garry Knox Bennett papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92cb3af2b-485c-4c99-a9e6-de664d9c2246
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-benngarr-ref116

Portrait of Sydney and Frances Lewis

Artist:
Philip Pearlstein, 24 May 1924 - 17 Dec 2022  Search this
Sitter:
Sydney Lewis  Search this
Frances Lewis  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
152.4 × 213.4cm (60 × 84")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1981
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Frances Lewis
Owner: Sydney Lewis
Object number:
PC991869
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44af5d2da-0000-4d78-94e8-fd0fc679ce30
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_PC991869

Oral history interview with Rafael Ferrer, 1990 Sept. 19

Interviewee:
Ferrer, Rafael, 1933-  Search this
Interviewer:
Veloric, Cynthia  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Frances  Search this
Lewis, Sydney  Search this
Granell, Eugenio Fernández  Search this
Syracuse University  Search this
Philadelphia College of Art  Search this
Nancy Hoffman Gallery  Search this
Philadelphia College of Art  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Rafael Ferrer, 1990 Sept. 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Installations (Art)  Search this
Conceptual art  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Surrealism  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Figurative art  Search this
Art and music  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Theme:
Latino and Latin American  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13548
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214382
AAA_collcode_ferrer90
Theme:
Latino and Latin American
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214382

Lewis, Sydney

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 175, Folder 81
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1982
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
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:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers
André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 11: Consignment Records / 11.2: Consignments from Other Galleries
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e8e8cf27-fc00-483b-a45f-34aef9b48e38
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref5593

Oral history interview with Rafael Ferrer

Interviewee:
Ferrer, Rafael  Search this
Interviewer:
Veloric, Cynthia  Search this
Names:
Nancy Hoffman Gallery  Search this
Philadelphia College of Art  Search this
Philadelphia College of Art -- Faculty  Search this
Syracuse University -- Students  Search this
Granell, Eugenio Fernández, 1912-  Search this
Lewis, Frances  Search this
Lewis, Sydney  Search this
Extent:
4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
157 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1990 Sept. 19
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Rafael Ferrer conducted 1990 Sept. 19, by Cynthia Veloric, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
Ferrer speaks about his childhood in Puerto Rico; his education in Catholic school and military school; his interest in music including his professional work as a drummer in Latin jazz bands both in Puerto Rico and New York City; studies at Syracuse University and the University of Puerto Rico; his interest in painting; meeting the surrealist Eugenio Granell and Granell's influence, including Ferrer's involvement in the 1950's with surrealists in Puerto Rico and Europe, and a discussion of his feelings on Dada and surrealism; the shift toward conceptual and process art in the 1960's; moving to Philadelphia in the 1960's, teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) and exhibiting at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; installations and exhibits in New York City in the late 1960's and 1970's, including his twenty year association with the Nancy Hoffman Gallery; the deflected fountain piece at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the transition to handmade art works and then to painting and figurative works partially inspired by Alex Katz; collectors Sydney and Frances Lewis; and several commissions.
Biographical / Historical:
Rafael Ferrer (1933-) is a painter and conceptual artist from Puerto Rico and Philadelphia, Pa.
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 others.
Restrictions:
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- United States -- Interviews  Search this
Conceptual artists -- Puerto Rico -- Interviews  Search this
Conceptual artists -- United States -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Installations (Art)  Search this
Conceptual art  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Surrealism  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Figurative art  Search this
Art and music  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.ferrer90
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9477dc9e3-e5b1-4861-80c3-98cd8f6fc103
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-ferrer90
Online Media:

Lewis, Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. (Best Products Company)

Collection Creator:
Deem, George, 1932-2008  Search this
Container:
Box 8, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2003
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original material requires an appointment. 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:
George Deem papers, 1904-2015, bulk 1960-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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George Deem papers
George Deem papers / Series 4: Subject Files / Works in Private Collections
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c9e4e1f4-0f39-4bb8-8859-149bc4c912cb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-deemgeor-ref571

Lewis, Sydney and Frances

Collection Creator:
Pearlstein, Philip, 1924-  Search this
Container:
Box 5, Folder 54
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1980-1999
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 and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.
Collection Rights:
Audio visual material "Philip Pearlstein Draws the Artists' Model": Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposese of publication requires written permission from Pearlstein or his heirs. 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:
Philip Pearlstein papers, circa 1940-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Pearlstein papers
Philip Pearlstein papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9487b33d8-a3d4-4168-8c9a-ea52c24e577d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-pearphil-ref318

Lewis, Sydney

Collection Creator:
Fuller, Diana Burgess  Search this
Container:
Box 5, Folder 17
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1976-1987
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.
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:
Diana Fuller Papers and Gallery Records, 1958-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Diana Fuller papers and gallery records
Diana Fuller papers and gallery records / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90eafc9fd-087b-480c-a7e9-7a548be23c44
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-fulldian-ref241

Sydney Lewis [Folder]

Contents:
Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs.
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Location:
Art & Artist files at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILAF_63687

Contemporary American paintings from the Lewis Collection : [exhibition] Delaware Art Museum, September 13-October 27, 1974

Author:
Delaware Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Sydney Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
45 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1974
[1974]
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .D44 1974X
ND212.D44 1974X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_50218

A guide to the papers of Sydney and Frances Lewis : at the Virginia Historical Society / compiled by Laura E. Gilmour

Title:
Papers of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Sydney and Frances Lewis, a guide to the papers
Author:
Gilmour, Laura E  Search this
Virginia Historical Society  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Sydney  Search this
Lewis, Frances  Search this
Physical description:
44 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Archives
Place:
Virginia
Richmond
Date:
2002
Topic:
Art patronage  Search this
Call number:
N5220.L672 G55 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_678896

Contemporary selections : [exhibition] from the Virginia Museum, the Frances and Sydney Lewis contemporary art fund, October 9 through November 30, 1975, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi

Author:
Art Museum of South Texas  Search this
Brandt, Frederick R. 1936-  Search this
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Frances Art collections  Search this
Lewis, Sydney Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
32 p. : ill. ; 21 x 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1975
1975]
20th century
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Call number:
N6512 .C594 1975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_639404

Form over function : late 20th-century furniture from the Sydney and Frances Lewis collection [exhibition] October 4 to December 8, 1996, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond

Author:
Marsh Art Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Sydney Art collections Exhibitions  Search this
Lewis, Frances Art collections Exhibitions  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
20th century
Topic:
Furniture  Search this
Furniture--History  Search this
Call number:
NK2405 .F67 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_648942

The Sydney and Frances Lewis Contemporary Art Fund Collection / introduction and catalog by Rebecca Massie

Title:
Lewis contemporary Art Fund Collection
Author:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Massie, Rebecca 1951-  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Sydney Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Lewis, Frances Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Physical description:
77 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Place:
Virginia
Richmond
Date:
1980
C1980
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Art  Search this
Call number:
N6487.R48 V578X 1980
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_589755

Late 19th and early 20th century decorative arts : the Sydney and Frances Lewis collection in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / by Frederick R. Brandt

Author:
Brandt, Frederick R. 1936-  Search this
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Sydney Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Lewis, Frances Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 285 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Virginia
Richmond
Date:
1985
C1985
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Decorative arts--History  Search this
Decoration and ornament--Art nouveau  Search this
Art deco  Search this
Decorative arts--Private collections--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
NK775.5.A7B73 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_289748

Late 20th-century art : selections from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / by Frederick R. Brandt

Author:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Brandt, Frederick R. 1936-  Search this
Subject:
Lewis, Sydney Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Lewis, Frances Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 206 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Place:
Virginia
Richmond
Date:
1985
C1985
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Art--Private collections--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
N6488.5.L49V57 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_289745

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