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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

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2013-07-10T16:23:26.000Z

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Science & Technology  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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edanmdm:yt_YlXYHAgzxcc

Creator:

National Museum of African Art  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-03-14T19:40:15.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, African  Search this

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National Museum of African Art

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SmithsonianAfricanAr

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edanmdm:yt_aIckvkkJAws

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-09-19T16:52:13.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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cooperhewitt

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edanmdm:yt_qq_lMrQEYfY

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2009-11-19T07:01:26.000Z

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Education  Search this

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SmithsonianVideos

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Smithsonian Institution

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SmithsonianVideos

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edanmdm:yt_PYRnH-DmO7E

Artist:

Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741 - 1828  Search this

Sitter:

George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799  Search this

Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

23 1/2 x 13 5/16 x 10 in. (59.69 x 33.66 x 25.4 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Place:

France

Date:

c. 1786

Topic:

George Washington: Male  Search this

George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War Army officer  Search this

George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman  Search this

George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this

George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor  Search this

George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Object number:

M.76.106 LACMA

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Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm441f0b3a6-8ee7-4e37-9d91-be8c91b76305

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_M.76.106_LACMA

Artist:

Virgil Theodore Nahl, 30 Aug 1876 - 9 Feb 1930  Search this

Sitter:

George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799  Search this

Medium:

Pencil

Dimensions:

Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (20 x 15.88 cm)

Type:

Drawing

Date:

n.d.a.

Topic:

George Washington: Male  Search this

George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War Army officer  Search this

George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman  Search this

George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this

George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor  Search this

George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Object number:

M.79.231.47 LACMA

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Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e6ca854c-4286-44fc-ae9e-3c724fde5a48

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edanmdm:npg_M.79.231.47_LACMA

Artist:

Thomas Ball, 3 Jun 1819 - 11 Dec 1911  Search this

Sitter:

Henry Clay, 12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

76.2cm (30") high

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

modeled 1858

Topic:

Printed Material\Document  Search this

Architecture\Column  Search this

Henry Clay: Male  Search this

Henry Clay: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

Henry Clay: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Henry Clay: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Speaker of the House  Search this

Henry Clay: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this

Henry Clay: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Kentucky  Search this

Henry Clay: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Kentucky  Search this

Henry Clay: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kentucky  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Object number:

M.86.117.1 LACMA

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Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49fb94386-c912-4b98-b070-658efcf0ee78

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_M.86.117.1_LACMA

Artist:

Joseph Blackburn, flourished 1752 - 1774  Search this

Sitter:

Capt. John Pigott  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)

Type:

Painting

Place:

Bermuda

Date:

c. 1700-63

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Water  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Tricorne  Search this

Vehicle\Boat\Sailboat  Search this

Architecture\Building\House  Search this

Exterior\Landscape\Coastal\Harbor  Search this

Capt. John Pigott: Male  Search this

Capt. John Pigott: Politics and Government\Government official\Colonial government official\Customs Inspector  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Object number:

M.90.210.1 LACMA

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Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4754bbbb2-9f43-442a-ac9a-793660efbcba

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_M.90.210.1_LACMA

Artist:

Arshile Gorky, American, b. Khorkom, Armenia, 1904–1948  Search this

Medium:

Oil on fiberboard

Dimensions:

19 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (50.5 × 30.2 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1925

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2134

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School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py27ffddf48-095d-4819-a486-5a4f888b573b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.2134

Artist:

Franz Kline, American, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1910–1962  Search this

Medium:

Oil and collage on paperboard mounted on wood

Dimensions:

28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (71.3 x 56.4 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

(1948)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2748

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School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2d3e6e1ba-4c4e-42a0-ac70-2059abb1f4ec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.2748

Artist:

David Smith, American, b. Decatur, Indiana, 1906–1965  Search this

Medium:

Stainless steel

Dimensions:

71 3/8 x 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in., 110 lb. (181.3 x 36.9 x 36.8 cm, 49.9 kg); base: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) high

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1956-1957

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.4634

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School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2934fa599-654d-4f7c-a65b-233acbc82a48

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edanmdm:hmsg_66.4634

Artist:

Joan Miró, Spanish, b. Barcelona, 1893–1983  Search this

Medium:

Oil and pencil on burlap

Dimensions:

76 3/4 x 110 3/8 in. (195 x 280.2 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1927

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1972

Accession Number:

72.202

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School:

Surrealism (European)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py21943ba3e-4f56-4938-b25f-2db9f685ec5f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_72.202

Collection Creator:

Zabriskie Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 91, Folder 1-3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1983-2007

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:

Zabriskie Gallery Records, 1905-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

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Zabriskie Gallery records / Series 7: Institution Files

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Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9450204c1-1d69-4d4b-b243-0865011fbb0f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-zabrgall-ref3560

Artist:

George Grosz, American, b. Berlin, Germany, 1893–1959  Search this

Medium:

Oil and charcoal on canvas

Dimensions:

24 × 15 7/8 in. (61 × 40.3 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1915

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2282

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py29825ad86-016c-418c-8025-28f9b6e99e57

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.2282

Artist:

Horace Pippin, American, b. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1888–1946  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

25 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (64.6 × 76.8 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1945

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.4069

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School:

Outsider Art

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py273cf3ed9-be85-4c98-871c-98c75fd64c85

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.4069

Artist:

Clyfford Still, American, b. Grandin, North Dakota, 1904–1980  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

108 3/4 × 92 in. (276.2 × 233.7 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1950

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Accession Number:

72.282

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School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py25304cf35-6320-4d58-8866-12619a1f86da

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_72.282

Artist:

Hannah Höch, German, b. Gotha, 1889–1978  Search this

Medium:

Collage of paper and photomechanical reproduction, mounted on paper

Dimensions:

20 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (51.4 x 43.8 cm) in artist's frame

Type:

Collage

Date:

1920

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Louise Rosenfield Noun in Honor of James T. Demetrion, 1996

Accession Number:

96.23

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School:

Dada/Fluxus

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py25fcd5d75-369f-40f7-8f2c-64d7efe887d5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_96.23

Author:

Eliel, Carol S. 1955-  Search this

Host institution:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Pierpont Morgan Library  Search this

Nasher Sculpture Center  Search this

Subject:

Saar, Betye 1926-  Search this

Physical description:

95 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portrait 20 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc

Expositions

Spiral bindings

Exhibition catalogs

Catalogues d'exposition

Date:

2019

Topic:

ART / Individual Artists / Monographs  Search this

ART / American / African American  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1155871

Creator:

Rosenblum, Robert  Search this

Names:

Columbia University -- Faculty  Search this

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Musée d'Orsay  Search this

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this

New York University -- Faculty  Search this

Princeton University -- Faculty  Search this

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this

University of Michigan -- Faculty  Search this

Yale University -- Faculty  Search this

Becraft, Melvin E.  Search this

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867  Search this

Kramer, Hilton  Search this

Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978  Search this

Rosenquist, James, 1933-  Search this

Extent:

38.3 Linear feet

1.17 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Video recordings

Collages

Sound recordings

Sketches

Interviews

Transcripts

Date:

circa 1927-2009

bulk 1950-2006

Summary:

The papers of art historian, curator, and professor Robert Rosenblum measure 38.3 linear feet and 1.17 GB and date from circa 1927 to 2009, with the bulk dating from 1950 to 2006. They include biographical material, extensive personal and professional correspondence; lectures, writings, and writing project files by Rosenblum and others; exhibition files; research reference files; teaching files; personal business records; printed and digital material; photographs; and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian, curator, and professor Robert Rosenblum measure 38.3 linear feet and 1.17 GB and date from circa 1927 to 2009, with the bulk dating from 1950 to 2006. They include biographical material, extensive personal and professional correspondence; lectures, writings, and writing project files by Rosenblum and others; exhibition files; research reference files; teaching files; personal business records; printed and digital material; photographs; and artwork.

Biographical materials include Rosenblum's bibliography and resume materials, various school related ephemera and diplomas, a transcript of an interview with Amy Newman for Artforum, and a digital video recording of a Josef Levi interview. Extensive personal and professional correspondence is with friends, family, colleagues, publishers, museums, and others. Some of the correspondents include Melvin Becraft, the Guggenheim, Harry Abrams, Inc., Hilton Kramer, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the National Museum of American Art. Also found are numerous postcards.

Lectures, writings, and writing project files document Rosenblum's prolific writing and speaking career, and include notes, copies, and manuscript drafts of lectures, articles, catalog essays, and books, as well as additional materials related to the writings and the publication of books, such as as correspondence, editing feedback, photographs, and lists of photographs. There are manuscript, notes, and other materials related to many of Rosenblum's notable books, including Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art, Paintings in the Musee D'Orsay, 19th-Century Art, The Dog in Art, Ingres, Modern Painting and the Northern Tradition, and others. Also found are Rosenblum's dissertation and other student writings. There is also a series containing writings by or about others, such as students and colleagues.

Rosenblum planned and facilitated numerous exhibitions that are well-documented within the exhibition files, including French Painting, 1774-1830: The Age of Revolution (1974), 1900: Art at the Crossroads (2000), Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People (2001), Best in Show: Dogs in Art from the Renaissance to the Present (2006), and Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830 (2007), among many others. Contents of each exhibition file vary considerably but often include correspondence, lists of artwork, proposals, notes, catalog drafts and outlines (see also series 3), and printed materials. There are a few sound cassettes, including a recorded interview with James Rosenquist with transcripts. Also included are digital photographs of Norman and Irma Braman Collection exhibition.

Research reference files cover a wide variety of art related topics, but are arranged within a separate series because they are not related to specific named projects as are the files in Series 3. These files contain research notes, bibliographies, and syllabi kept by Rosenblum presumably for a variety of publications, research interests, and teaching references.

Teaching files and class notes document Rosenblum's professorial career at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, University of Michigan, Yale College, and Yale University, and include a variety of course materials.

Personal business records consist of various financial and legal documents, expense and income records, publishing and speaking contracts, and royalties received.

The papers also include a variety of printed materials, photographs, student sketches by Rosenblum, and an unidentified collage.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1927-2006 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1, 1.00 GB; ER02)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1927-2006 (4.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-5)

Series 3: Lectures, Writings, and Writing Project Files, 1940-2006 (13.5 linear feet; Boxes 5-16, OV 39-41, 0.063 GB; ER01)

Series 4: Writings by Others, circa 1954-2006 (2.9 linear feet; Boxes 16-19)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, circa 1965-circa 2006 (5.2 linear feet; Boxes 19-24, 0.109 GB; ER03)

Series 6: Research Files, circa 1927-2006 (2.9 linear feet; Boxes 24-27)

Series 7: Teaching Files and Class Notes, 1955-2006 (4.3 linear feet; Boxes 27-31)

Series 8: Personal Business Records, 1951-2009 (4.4 linear feet; Boxes 31-36)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1927-2009 (2.4 linear feet; Boxes 36-38)

Series 10: Photographs, circa 1950s-circa 2000 (0.3 linear feet; Box 38, OV 41)

Series 11: Artwork, circa 1940s-circa 1980s (0.1 linear feet; Box 38)

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Rosenblum (1927-2006) was an art historian, curator, and professor who worked primarily in New York City.

Rosenblum received his B.A. from Queens College, his M.A. from Yale, and his Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Art at New York University in 1956. He spent a year teaching art at the University of Michigan before becoming an associate professor at Princeton, ultimately accepting a Professor of Fine Arts position at NYU in 1966, where he spent the rest of his professorial career interspersed with visiting professorships at Oxford University and Yale University. Rosenblum was named Henry Ittleson, Jr. Professor of Modern European Art at NYU in 1976, and received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism in 1981. After being appointed Stephen and Nan Swid Curator of 20th-Century Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1996, Rosenblum went on to curate such exhibitions as 1900: Art at the Crossroads (2000) and Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People (2001). Prior to this appointment, he was one of the organizers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's French Painting, 1774-1830: The Age of Revolution (1974). He received a Distinguished Teaching Award from NYU in 2005, and continued to curate, lecture, teach, and write.

Rosenblum was a prolific author, and his seminal works include: Cubism and Twentieth-Century Art (1959), Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art (1967), Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition: Friedrich to Rothko (1975), and 19th-Century Art (co-authored with H.W. Janson, 1984).

Rosenblum married Jane Kaplowitz in 1978. He died in New York City in 2006.

Provenance:

The papers were donated in multiple accessions by Robert Rosenblum between 1986 and 2003, and by his widow, Jane Kaplowitz between 2010 and 2013.

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. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and electronic media 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.

Occupation:

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

Art museum curators  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- 19th century  Search this

Art -- 18th century  Search this

Painting, Modern  Search this

Portraits  Search this

Dogs in art  Search this

Painting, French  Search this

Photographs  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Collages

Sound recordings

Sketches

Interviews

Transcripts

Citation:

Robert Rosenblum Papers, circa 1927-2009, bulk 1950-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.roserobe

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw970afc1c5-b9cd-476e-832c-4384b08f1100

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-roserobe

Creator:

Langsner, Jules, 1911-1967  Search this

Names:

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Art in America  Search this

California Watercolor Society  Search this

Ford Foundation  Search this

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts  Search this

International Association of Art Critics  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York Times  Search this

Pasadena Art Museum  Search this

Santa Barbara Museum of Art  Search this

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this

University of Southern California -- Faculty  Search this

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this

Feldman, Eddy  Search this

Fogg, Adelaide  Search this

Guston, Musa  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Harwood, June  Search this

Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992  Search this

Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964  Search this

Lundeberg, Helen, 1918-  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Perls, Frank, 1910-1975  Search this

Ray, Julie  Search this

Ray, Man, 1890-1976  Search this

Turnbull, William, 2002  Search this

Extent:

4.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Articles

Sound recordings

Essays

Lectures

Drafts (documents)

Manuscripts

Poems

Date:

circa 1910s-1998

bulk 1950-1967

Summary:

The papers of southern California contemporary art curator, critic, and historian Jules Langsner measure 4.4 linear feet and date from circa 1910s-1998, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1950-1967. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings normal="1941"> travel, and works of art; and audio recordings of Langsner's lectures and eulogies given at his funeral.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of southern California contemporary art curator, critic, and historian Jules Langsner measure 4.4 linear feet and date from circa 1910s-1998, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1950-1967. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings by Langsner; exhibition files; printed materials; photographs of Langsner, others, travel, and works of art; and audio recordings of Langsner's lectures and eulogies given at his funeral.

Biographical materials consist of an address book and file, committee files, scattered financial statements, and documents related to the Ford Foundation and other foundations, teaching, and traveling.

The 0.9 linear feet of correspondence is of both a personal and professional nature. A significant portion of the correspondence is between Langsner and publications for which he wrote such as Art News, the New York Times, Meridian Books, Craft Horizons, Art International, and Art in America; galleries and museums where he lectured or curated exhibitions including the Art Institute of Chicago, California Water Color Society, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pasadena Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, and the Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor; colleges and organizations where he taught or was involved with such as the Graham Foundation, University of Southern California, International Association of Art Critics, and Ford Foundation; and artists that he worked with or knew personally including Rico Lebrun, William Turnbull, Man & Julie Ray, Lorser Feitelson, Helen Lundeberg, Adelaide Fogg, and Clinton Adams.

Letters to June Harwood were written while Langsner was traveling in 1964 and 1965 and discuss his travels and their relationship which culminated in marriage in Italy in 1965.

Among the 2.8 linear feet of the writings of Jules Langsner are articles for Art News, Art in America, Art International, Arts & Architecture, Aware, Beverly Hills Times, Craft Horizons, Creative Crafts, Goya Revista De Arte, Yomiuri, and Zodiac. There are also essays, lectures, poems, drafts, notes, jottings of ideas, proposals and published and unpublished manuscripts. There are drafts and unpublished versions of "Painting in the Modern World", and numerous other essays on contemporary art. There are also extensive handwritten notes on his travels, Asian art, European art, and other subjects.

Exhibition files concern "Black and White" (1958), "California Hard-Edge Painting" (1964), the Man Ray Exhibition (1966), and the William Turnbull Exhibition (1966).

Printed materials include miscellaneous flyers, brochures, and news bulletins, and press releases.

Photographs are of people, places, works of art, and exhibitions. There are photographs of Jules Langsner, June Harwood, Philip Guston, Musa Guston, William Brice, Eddy Feldman, Rube Kadish, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Frank Perls, and unidentified individual people and groups. Photographs of Langsner's travels are of Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other locations. Photographs of exhibitions include California Art Club, "Black and White," "California Painters & Sculptors, 35 & Under," and unidentified exhibitions. Photographs of works of art are by William Turnbull, Jack Zajac, Walter Mix, Marion Aldrich, Roger Majorowicz, and Jasper Johns.

Audio recordings include four untranscribed 7" reel-to-reel audio recordings and one cassette tape. The reel-to-reel tapes are of two lectures by Langsner, You & Art/Berlin Party, and of eulogies given at Langsner's funeral by Clement Greenberg, Henry Seldis, Peter Selz, Richard Brown, Donald Brewer, Tom Leavitt, Lorser Feitelson, Sam Francis, June Wayne, Gifford Phillips, and others. The cassette tape is a copy of eulogies.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 7 series. Photographs are arranged by subject, otherwise each series is generally arranged chronologically.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1957-circa 1960s (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1948-1998 (Boxes 1-2; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1934-circa 1960s (Boxes 2-4; 2.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1919, circa 1958-1966 (Box 4; 4 folders)

Series 5: Printed Materials, circa 1960s (Box 5; 2 folders)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1910s-1960s (Box 5; 0.25 linear feet)

Series 7: Audio Recordings, 1954-1967 (Box 5; 0.25 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

Jules Langsner (1911-1967) worked primarily in the Los Angeles area as a contemporary art critic, historian, and curator. He curated several seminal exhibitions of contemporary art, including the 1959-1960 show "Four Abstract Classicists" featuring the work of Southern California artists Lorser Feitelson, Karl Benjamin, Frederick Hammersley, and John McLaughlin.

Born Julius Harold Langsner in New York City on May 5, 1911, his family moved to Ontario, California in 1922. The family lived on a farm and opened the Paradise Health Resort which was run by Langsner's father, chiropractor Isadore Langsner, and was popular in Jewish and intellectual circles. In Ontario, Langsner became friends with three of the Pollack family sons, Jackson, Frank, and Sanford, as well as Philip Guston, Reuben Kadish, Leonard Stark, and Don Brown as a teenager. Guston, Kadish, and Jackson Pollock were later mentored by Lorser Feitelston which helped to foster in Langsner an interest in avant-garde painting.

Langsner went on to study philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. In the early 1940s, Langsner married and had a son, Drew Langsner. He divorced in 1946. In 1944, he enlisted in the United States Army and served as a psychiatric social worker and psychologist during World War II in the United States.

Art & Architecture magazine was the first to publish Langsner's art criticism in 1948. Throughout the 1950s and 60s his work was published widely in Art & Architecture as well as Art News, Art in America, Craft Horizons, Beverly Hills Times, Zodiac, and others. Langsner wrote extensively about art history in both published and unpublished manuscripts, including Painting in the Modern World which he worked on until his death. Additionally, he taught art history classes at the Chouinard Art Institute and University of Southern California and lectured for a variety of organizations and occasions.

Langsner curated several influential exhibitions in southern California, including the "Four Abstract Classicists" exhibition for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1959 and in whose catalog he and Peter Selz coined the term "Hard-Edge painting." He curated the first full-scale retrospective of Man Ray in the United States at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1966.

Langsner received a grant from the Ford Foundation in 1964 that allowed him to travel throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Europe for a year studying regional art and architecture. He wrote notes on his travels and corresponded frequently with June Harwood, a Hard-Edge painter, whom he married in Italy in 1965.

Jules Langsner died unexpectedly of a heart attack on September 29, 1967, in Los Angeles.

Related Archival Materials note:

The papers of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg at the Archives of American Art contain a significant amount of writings by Jules Langsner, including exhibition catalog essays.

Papers of Jules Langsner, 1941-1967, are also located at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance:

The Jules Langsner papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments from 1973-1996, and in 2004 by June Harwood Langsner, widow of Jules Langsner. Notes for a lecture given at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1966 and 39 pieces of correspondence were donated in 1982 by the University of California Art Library, Los Angeles, via Librarian Virginia Steele.

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Citation:

Jules Langsner papers, circa 1910s-1998, bulk 1950-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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