Researcher may use study prints on file in the Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Advance appointments are required. Original negatives are stored off-site in cold storage and are not accessible to the public.
Collection Rights:
Copyright to photographs from the Walter Rosenblum Collection is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Requests for permission to reproduce photographs from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Photograph Archives. Certain works of art, as well as photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity rights, or other interests not owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It is the applicant's responsibility to ascertain whether any such rights exist, and to obtain any other permission necessary to reproduce and publish the image.
Collection Citation:
Walter Rosenblum Collection, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Sponsor:
Funding for the re-housing, preservation, and digitization of the collection was provided by Smithsonian Research Resource funds, the Smithsonian Womens' Committee and the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Includes a personal essay titled "Summation at Eighty."
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Artwork consists of blueprints for Macdonald-Wright's Synchrome Kineidoscope, a color and light projecting machine that involved multiple projectors and film.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Printed material consists of one complete copy and one partial copy of the exhibition catalog Les Synchromistes: Morgan Russell et Stanton Macdonald-Wright Exposition, 1913, a photocopy of a newspaper clipping, and a hardbound book The Future of Painting by Willard Wright.
Arrangement:
This series is organized chronologically.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
This series consists of personal correspondence with family, friends, and fellow artists. Family correspondence is comprised of letters from Stanton Macdonald-Wright and his brother Willard to their parents describing their difficulties during wartime in London as they establish their careers. There is one folder of letters originally labeled "Willard 1913-1915" (now labelled "from Willard") among the early family correspondence to Macdonald-Wright's parents, but since the letters are signed under various pseudonyms, it is difficult to know for certain which brother is writing. Other correspondents include Morgan Russell and his wife Suzanne Binon, Michel and Suzanne Seuphor, Ann and John Summerfield, and Bethany Wilson. Unless otherwise noted, the bulk of the correspondence consists of outgoing letters written by Macdonald-Wright to various recipients.
Arrangement:
Family letters to Macdonald-Wright's parents are at the start of the series. The rest of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically. Undated and miscellaneous correspondence is grouped together at the end of the series.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Writings consist of typescript and handwritten drafts of essays, plays, and manuscripts by Stanton Macdonald-Wright. This series includes an untitled manuscript for a novel loosely based on the lives of Stanton and his brother Willard, essays on art, and a notebook of haikus. There are also drafts of A Treatise on Color with palettes and color wheels; The Basis of Culture, a survey of art around the world; and Bittersweet: An Artist's Life, a copy of Macdonald-Wright's unpublished autobiography.
Arrangement:
This series is organized chronologically.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
This series includes Macdonald-Wright's extensive diaries. There is one small bound diary from his time in Paris. The disbound diaries, originally in 5 binders, span over three decades and document the artist's experiences in California, excluding his trips abroad. The travel diaries were written on hotel stationary and notebooks during Macdonald-Wright's numerous trips to Hawaii, Japan, and Europe. Prior to their arrival at the archives, portions of the diaries were edited and some pages have sections cut out and repasted on different pages.
Arrangement:
The disbound diaries and travel diaries are grouped separately and arranged chronologically within each grouping. The disbound diaries were originally received in five large binders with pages numbered from 1-1502. These pages were removed from the binders and placed in folders arranged by date. The travel diaries come after the disbound diaries.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Includes miscellaneous "observations" from 1967 and 1968 grouped together at the end of the disbound diary 4 entries.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
This collection is temporarily closed due to archival processing. Contact Reference 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:
Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
