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Creator:

Smith, Leon Polk, 1906-1996  Search this

Names:

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Butler Institute of American Art  Search this

East Central Oklahoma State University  Search this

Galerie Denise René  Search this

Meyers/Bloom Gallery  Search this

Washburn Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Wilhelm-Hack-Museum  Search this

Buck, Robert T.  Search this

Danto, Arthur Coleman, 1924-  Search this

Galloway, David D.  Search this

Gego  Search this

Humblet, Claudine, 1946-  Search this

Jamieson, Robert  Search this

Johnson, Ray, 1927-  Search this

Extent:

7.2 Linear feet

Culture:

Cherokee  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Transcripts

Video recordings

Scrapbooks

Essays

Interviews

Date:

1921-1997

Summary:

The papers of New York abstract painter Leon Polk Smith measure 7.2 linear feet and date from 1921 to 1997. The papers consist of biographical material, business and personal correspondence, interview transcripts and an interview video recording, writings, financial records for the corporate entity Leon Polk Smith, Inc., printed material, photographic material, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of New York abstract painter Leon Polk Smith measure 7.2 linear feet and date from 1921 to 1997. The papers consist of biographical material, business and personal correspondence, interview transcripts and an interview video recording, writings, financial records for the corporate entity Leon Polk Smith, Inc., printed material, photographic material, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings.

Biographical material includes official affidavits, certificates, passports, expense receipts, and a travel expense notebook. A curriculum vitae, family history, and medical records are also included in the series.

Correspondence, both business and personal, comprises the bulk of the collection. This includes correspondence between Smith and his life companion, Robert Jamieson; art critics Arthur C. Danto, Claudine Humblet, and David Galloway; and artists Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt) and Ray Johnson. Business correspondence relates to Smith's various gallery and museum exhibitions, loans, and sales. There is extensive correspondence between Smith and the Brooklyn Museum, Butler Institute of American Art, Di Laurenti Gallery, Edition and Galerie Hoffmann, Galerie Denise Rene, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Washburn Gallery, and the Wilhelm-Hack Museum. The business subseries also includes correspondence between Smith and his alma mater, East Central University, formerly known as Oklahoma State University.

Interviews consist of six typewritten transcripts of interviews conducted with Smith over the course of his professional career from 1950 to 1993, a 1995 video interview of museum director Robert T. Buck discussing the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition of Leon Polk Smith for the television program National Arts, and a 1965 interview transcript with gallery owner Lucile Horsley.

Writings include sixteen published and unpublished scholarly essays on Smith and his work. The series also includes notes and a brief artist's statement by Smith regarding the pros and cons of modern art galleries.

Financial records are 1978-1989 federal income tax filings and routine tax preparation and payment receipts for the corporate entity Leon Polk Smith, Inc. Smith's personal filing records from 1987-1989 are also included in this series.

Printed material consists of two books, including the Brooklyn Museum's monograph Leon Polk Smith: American Painter, newspaper clippings reviewing Smith's work, and exhibition announcements and catalogs of Smith's museum and gallery shows from 1941 to 1997.

A scrapbook contains newspaper clippings documenting Smith's years as an educator and artist in Oklahoma in the 1930s and 1940s.

Photographs are of Smith and his acquaintances circa 1920-1960, and a representative selection of photographs and color slides of Smith's artwork from 1939 to 1960.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1938-1994 (Box 1, OV 10; 11 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1939-1997 (Boxes 1-5, 9, OV 10; 5 linear feet)

Series 3: Interviews, 1950-1995 (Boxes 5-6; 8 folders)

Series 4: Writings, 1963-1996 (Box 6; 13 folders)

Series 5: Financial Records, 1979-1990 (Box 6; 15 folders)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1941-1997 (Boxes 6-7, 9; .5 linear feet)

Series 7: Scrapbook, 1930-1940 (Box 8; 1 folder)

Series 8: Photographic Material, 1920-1990 (Box 8; 8 folders)

Biographical/Historical note:

Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996) worked primarily in New York City as a painter, educator, and lecturer. He is considered one of the founders of the hard edge style of minimalist abstract art.

Smith was born in Chickasha, Indian Territory one year before its formal incorporation into the Oklahoma Territory. Both of his parents were of Cherokee ancestry and he was raised in a small farming community that included Cherokee and Choctaw Indians. After receiving his teaching degree in 1934, Smith worked as an educator in rural Oklahoma communities and, at the same time, took the opportunity to introduce arts programs to local schools. In 1936, he enrolled in Columbia University's Teachers College to pursue a graduate degree in arts education and began painting full time. That summer, he visited the Albert E. Gallatin Gallery of Living Art at New York University, where he was first introduced to the work of the European modernists Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp, and most importantly, Piet Mondrian.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Smith accepted university teaching positions at Rollins College in Florida, and New York University and Mills College of Education in New York. During this time, Smith moved beyond his early explorations of neo-plasticism and began to paint in a more hard edge style, typified by geometric lines, curving shapes of color, and the use of tondo (disk shaped) canvases. In 1958, Betty Parson's Section Eleven Gallery showcased his new work in two one-man exhibitions, which introduced him to a wider audience of museum curators and art collectors. In the 1960s, Smith's work was included in two of his most important group exhibitions, The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) and Systemic Painting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1966). In 1995, the Brooklyn Museum curated Leon Polk Smith: American Painter, a retrospective exhibition of Smith's career.

Smith produced works exploring shapes and lines, minimalist use of color, and modularity well into the 1990s and exhibited at a number of affiliated galleries, including the Stable Gallery, Galerie Chalette, Galerie Denise Rene, Washburn Gallery, and ACA Galleries. Smith died in 1996 in his home in Manhattan, at the age of 91.

Provenance:

The papers of Leon Polk Smith were donated by the artist's partner, Robert Jamieson, in 1998 and 2002.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:

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

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

Topic:

Painting, Abstract -- United States  Search this

Native American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Transcripts

Video recordings

Scrapbooks

Essays

Interviews

Citation:

Leon Polk Smith papers, 1921-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.smitleon

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Leon Polk Smith papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw949ddcac6-68cb-4837-a23f-a9606981815b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitleon

Creator:

Cooke, Kathleen McKeith, 1908-1978  Search this

Names:

Truman Gallery  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1964-1978

Scope and Contents:

Curriculum vitae, biographical information, and statements by and about Cooke, with regard to her art work; business correspondence with galleries; exhibition announcements, catalogs and publicity notices; clippings; lists of works exhibited; and photographs and slides of works of art.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, sculptor; New York, N.Y. Exhibited frequently in Truman Gallery, NYC.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by Jock Truman, director of Truman Gallery (1976-1979) where Cooke exhibited.

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.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

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

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.cookkath

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw968998c6f-0a11-4239-bbf8-37ce1f66b353

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cookkath

Creator:

Cunningham, Ben, 1904-1975  Search this

Names:

Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet ((on a partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1904-1984

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, photographs, art works, correspondence, printed material, audio tapes, and notes.

REEL 663: Detailed personal and career resume; notes taken by Cunningham's wife of his comments on color, the teaching of design, the artist in his time and the like; photographs and color slides of Cunningham's work; and exhibition catalogs.

UNMICROFILMED: Color slides of work, black and white and color photographs of art works and personal pictures of Cunningham and family; art works, including constructed transparencies in slide cases, greeting cards by Cunningham and friends, 2 sketches and sketched notes; letters from artist Hilare Hiler, studio correspondence and personal correspondence, 1968-1940; and correspondence of his widow, Patsy Cunningham, after Cunningham's husband's death. Three audio tapes of interviews of Cunningham.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter; New York, N.Y.

Related Materials:

Ben Cunningham papers also at Syracuse University.

Provenance:

Donated 1972-1989 by the estate of Patsy and Ben Cunningham.

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.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.cunnben

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw918af72ce-a92b-462e-bdc5-85b44e03702b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cunnben

Creator:

Childs, Bernard, 1910-1985  Search this

Names:

Childs, Judith  Search this

Extent:

15.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Date:

circa 1950-2017

Scope and Contents:

The Bernard Childs papers measure 15.4 linear feet and date from circa 1950-2017. Included are biographical material, correspondence, writings, subject files, a scrapbook, photographs, printed material, sketches, an audio recording, an interview, and an artifact documenting the career of painter and printmaker Bernard Childs.

Biographical material includes appointment books, day planners, address books and awards. Correspondence is with colleagues, friends, and museums regarding Childs' works of art, exhibitions, and works of art by others. A portion of the correspondence is posthumous and includes condolence letters to Judith regarding Bernard as well as correspondence between Judith and others regarding Bernard. Writings include journals, notebooks, and a typescript of a lecture given by Judith Childs about Bernard, November 1990.

Subject files pertain to artists, works of art, exhibitions, publications, teaching, travel and other activities. Photographs and slides are of Childs, his family, friends and his works of art. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, posters, rare books, and newspaper clippings regarding Childs and other artists. Artworks includes few sketches by Childs. Audio visual material includes an audio recording of a lecture given by Childs and a VHS videotape of a 1980 interview (with outtakes) of Bernard Childs' conducted by John Hass, Channel 5. One artifact includes a t-shirt with an image designed by Childs.

Biographical / Historical:

Bernard Childs (1910-1985) was a painter and printmaker in New York, New York.

Provenance:

Material donated 1980-1982 by Bernard Childs and in 2004, and in 2015-2020 by Judith Childs, Bernard Childs' widow.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.

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:

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

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

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.chilbern

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95efd3efe-3a52-4d6a-b147-3b5a97326c8b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-chilbern

Creator:

Berkson, Bill  Search this

Names:

Bladen, Ronald, 1918-1988  Search this

Levine, Les, 1935-  Search this

Extent:

0.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Date:

1931-1991

Scope and Contents:

Material gathered by Berkson in preparation for exhibitions on sculptors Ronald Bladen and Les Levine.

The Bladen material, compiled for a retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, includes: biographical material; an unpublished artists' statement, 1946; interviews of Bladen; material from the California School of Fine Art's archives, and the Whitney Museum of American Art; Bladen correspondence, 1931-1956; Berkson correspondence, 1990-1991; a painting checklist; writings by and about Bladen; photographs of Bladen's paintings and sculptures; exhibition announcements 1941-1983; and clippings and reviews, 1941-1987.

Files on Les Levine include photographs, slides, correspondence, articles, announcements, and clippings. Included are information on his media projects Subway Project (1989) and Diamond Mind.

Biographical / Historical:

Berkson is an art historian, curator; San Francisco, Calif. Bladen, a painter and sculptor, worked in San Francisco in the mid-1950s, and later moved to New York. Levine, a conceptual and video artist, and a curator, works in New York.

Related Materials:

Papers of Bill Berkson, 1960-1988, are also located at the University of Connecticut's Archives & Special Collections.

Provenance:

Donated 1991 and 1995 by Bill Berkson.

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.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art museum curators  Search this

Topic:

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

Mass media and art -- Exhibitions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.berkbill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw971d4d9ad-7159-4c95-ad06-be117b641612

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-berkbill

Creator:

Baber, Alice  Search this

Extent:

3.6 Linear feet ((ca. 120 items))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Photographic slides

Date:

1934-1983

Scope and Contents:

Reels 4030-4032 A passport, 1951; 5 biographical accounts; 2 lists of exhibitions; correspondence, 1958-1983; the will of Dexter Baber; an inventory of possessions; income tax returns; loan applications; price lists, 1966-1981; contracts, 1968-1980; consignment agreements, 1976-1981; miscellaneous business records, 1962-1982; notes on poetry; notebooks from classes on religion and writing; course outlines, 1972; notes on color forum, 1972; notes for "Age of Color" article; essays by Baber on Paul Jenkins, on color, and on organic found form; writings about Baber; reviews of Baber's work, 1963-1975;

a scrapbook of printed material, 1973-1978; clippings, 1957-1983; press releases, 1963-1978; exhibition announcements and catalogues, 1958-1983; reproductions of works of art; articles "Women Artists on Tenth Street," by Nancy Ungar, "Conference of Women in the Visual Arts," 1972, and "Report on the Status of Faculty Women at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs," 1972; manuscript "Index for Nancy Hanks - Undistinguished Families" by Adin Baber; miscellaneous printed material, 1965-1978;

interview transcripts, "Reminiscences of the Tenth Street Days," with Charles Cajori and Lois Dodd, "American Women and Social Change - Women in Politics" with Mary Lou Burg, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, and Patricia Lindh, "American Women and the Spirit of '76 - Women and Political Office" with Rita Hauser, and Magda Bleier, and "Women and the Law" with Marguerite Rawalt, Susan Ross, and Ruth Osborn;

photographs of Baber, 1957-1977, her family, Baber with Paul Jenkins, 1965, Baber participating in panel discussions and in the Professional Women Artists Project in Central Park, exhibition openings, installations, and of works of art and quilts;

Unfilmed material: untranscribed audio tape of a 1972 interview with Karl Fortess for the Archives of American Art; audio dub of a 1974 television program "Woman: the Artist," with Barbara Braathen; six video 1/2" video reels from "Funtioning in the Art World," 1977, with Sari Diemes, Isabel Bishop, C. Von Wiegand, Lil Picard, M. Citron, and Alice Neel; 61 slides of works of art; thirteen slides of a demonstration march; and twelve slides of a house.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and printmaker; b. 1928, d. 1982.

Provenance:

Donated 1979-1985 by Alice Baber and Norbert Nelson.

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.

Occupation:

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

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Photographic slides

Identifier:

AAA.babealic

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw914a6da4e-b925-47c5-b418-51638c1d9bf3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-babealic

Creator:

Baranik, Rudolf  Search this

Names:

Baranik, Steven, 1948-1981  Search this

Canaday, John, 1907-1985  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Date:

1951-1982

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter, pritnmaker and instructor, Rudolf Baranik, measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1951-1982. Included is biographical data; letters from Philip Evergood, Raphael Soyer, John Canaday, Philip Guston, and others; photographs of Baranik and of his work; transcripts of interviews of Baranik conducted by Martin Reis, Irving Sandler, Mary Gordon, leonard Altman, and Lynn Katzman; exhibition announcements and catalogues, including one for the work of his son, Steven Baranik; clippings and other printed material.

Biographical / Historical:

Rudolf Baranik (1920- 1998) was a painter, printmaker, and instructor in New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Donated 1975-1983 by Rudolf Baranik.

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.

Occupation:

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

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

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

Topic:

Painting, Abstract -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.bararudo

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw980e9f738-bff0-42a6-8ceb-9c48b6aafc7c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bararudo

Creator:

Greenbaum, Jack  Search this

Names:

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Forst, Miles, 1923-  Search this

Hendler, Raymond, 1923-  Search this

Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this

Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Segal, George, 1924-2000  Search this

Somberg, Herman  Search this

Weber, Hugo, 1918-1971  Search this

Interviewer:

Wechter, Vivienne Thaul  Search this

Weltman, Hilda  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1961-1978

Scope and Contents:

Scrapbook compiled by Greenbaum relating to various artists; and untranscribed interviews, including two of Herman Somberg conducted by Greenbaum, ca. 1965; two of Greenbaum conducted by Vivienne Wechter, 1961 and 1978; and one of Greenbaum conducted by Hilda Weltman, 1968.

The scrapbook contains photographs of Greenbaum and artists George Segal, Miles Forst, and Willem de Kooning; photographs of works of art by Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Chryssa, Isamu Noguchi, Will Barnet, Barbara Hepworth, and Ilya Bolotowsky; sketches by Herman Somberg and Henry Pearson; a sketch of Greenbaum by Hugo Weber; a catalog, "The 30's -- Painting in New York"; clippings; and printed miscellany.

The interviews of Somberg conducted by Greenbaum include one (5 5" tapes) in which Somberg discusses Pop and Op movements; artist's motivations; realism vs. reality and tradition vs. modern art; the elements of structure, texture, composition and pigment in modern art; social commentary in painting; "pure painting"; Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, and Willem de Kooning; happenings; and Somberg's disdain for art history. In the second interview (1 5" tape), painter Raymond Hendler is also present; they discuss their favorite television shows, an Op exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and the meanings of the words "good," "like," "taste," and opinion" in relation to contemporary art.

The interviews of Greenbaum, include: one (on 2 5" tapes), conducted by Hilda Weltman, July 13 & 20, 1968 in which Greenbaum speaks of the conflicts and opportunities of American artists and his views on Pop art, strobe lights, civil rights, religion, existentialism, the Catholic Church, Vietnam, technology, hippies, and demonstrations at Columbia University; one (on 1 7"tape) conducted by Viviene Wechter, 1961 wherein Greenbaum speaks of collecting, art and affordability, abstract art, the arrangement of paintings on walls, his collection, and artists as personalities independent of their aesthetic; and the third, conducted in 1978, also by Wechter (on 1 cassette) for a radio program entitled "Today's World" on FM radio station WFUV.

Biographical / Historical:

Jack Greenbaum: collector and dentist; New York, N.Y. and an intimate friend of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Hugo Weber. He did their dental work and was given their paintings in payment.

Provenance:

Donated 1978 by Dr. Jack Greenbaum.

Restrictions:

Microfilmed portion (scrapbook) must be consulted on microfilm. Use of untranscribed interviews requires an appointment and is limited to AAA; Washington, D.C. office.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.greejack

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f09ca3dc-3cd4-4aa0-8fa1-b7908db562bd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-greejack

Creator:

Greenstone, Marion  Search this

Names:

Pratt Institute -- Faculty  Search this

Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995  Search this

Kitaj, R. B.  Search this

Raffael, Joseph, 1933-  Search this

Extent:

4.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Motion pictures

Date:

1929-2014

Summary:

The papers of painter and educator Marion Greenstone measure 4.6 linear feet, and date from 1929-2014. The collection documents Greenstone's career through biographical materials, mixed professional and personal correspondence, writings and notebooks, exhibition and gallery files, teaching files, personal business records, printed material, sketches and sketchbooks, and photographs. The papers also include three motion picture films comprised of homemade footage created by Greenstone.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter and educator Marion Greenstone measure 4.6 linear feet, and date from 1929-2014. The collection documents Greenstone's career through biographical materials, mixed professional and personal correspondence, writings and notebooks, exhibition and gallery files, teaching files, personal business records, printed material, sketches and sketchbooks, and photographs. The papers also include three motion picture films comprised of homemade footage created by Greenstone.

Biographical materials include records from Greenstone's education, a birth certificate, organization membership papers, an interview transcript, and a transcript from a talk she gave in Bari, Italy, circa 1955. This grouping also includes three motion picture films. Correspondence is comprised of mixed professional and personal letters with friends, other artists, museums, and galleries. Of particular note is her communications with several fellow Cooper Union art department graduates including Ronnie (R. B.) Kitaj, Joseph Raffael, and Paul Thek. Writings and notebooks include artist statements, drafts of articles and reviews by Greenstone, course notebooks from her studies, daily notebooks, and travel diaries. Exhibition and gallery files consist of correspondence, loan agreements, shipping documents, as well as some price lists, photographs, and publicity material. Teaching files primarily pertain to her tenure at the Pratt Institute, consisting of lecture and classroom notes, student correspondence, administrative papers, and identification cards. Personal business records contain sales records, inventories, communications with art services and consultants, papers pertaining to grant and fellowship applications, and some commission files. Printed materials consist of exhibition material, press releases, some of Greenstone's reference material, articles and clippings both about Greenstone and written by the artist, and newsletters. Artwork includes several sketchbooks and loose sketches; some small paintings are included as well. Photographs are primarily snapshots and slides of the artist, friends, family, travel, and artwork.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 9 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1931-2006 (Box 1, FC 7; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1954-2000 (Box 1; 10 folders)

Series 3: Writings and Notebooks, 1947-2003 (Box 1-2; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibition and Gallery Files, 1959-1992 (Box 2; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 5: Teaching Files, 1969-1992 (Box 2-3; 12 folders)

Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1951-1999 (Box 3; 12 folders)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1929-2014 (Box 3-4; 1 linear foot)

Series 8: Artwork, 1945-1992 (Box 4, OV 6; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs, 1954-1990s (Box 5; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Marion Isaacson Greenstone (1925-2005) was a painter and educator in New York, New York.

Greenstone received her B.A. from Brooklyn College, completed an M.A. at Columbia University, and earned a diploma from Cooper Union. In addition to living in New York, Greenstone also took residences in Italy and Canada, exhibiting frequently in both countries well into the 2000s. Her initial time in Italy was under a Fulbright grant in 1954. While there, Greenstone studied painting and lectured on art. By the end of the decade she had moved with her husband to London, Ontario and gained noteriety there for her artwork. By the late 1960s Greenstone was back in New York working as a teacher for the Pratt Institute. Her activities were then divided between teaching, creating art, and exhibiting her work. During her career, Greenstone's work was included in museum and gallery group shows in the United States, Canada, and Italy, including ones held at the Schneider Gallery in Rome, Brooklyn Museum, and Royal Canadian Academy. She held solo exhibitions in Canada at the Park Gallery, Dorothy Cameron Gallery, and University of Western Ontario; and in the United States at the Bridge Gallery, Sixth Estate Gallery, and Long Island University. Her work can be found in various private and public collections including the Ontario Gallery of Art, Continental Telephone Crop., and the Art Gallery of London. After retiring in 1992 she traveled extensively throughout Europe with her husband, Myron, and others, and continued exhibiting and creating artwork until her death in 2005.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2007 by Cora Hahn, Marion Greenstone's sister.

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 audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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:

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

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Motion pictures

Citation:

Marion Greenstone Papers, 1929-2014. 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.

Identifier:

AAA.greemario

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Marion Greenstone papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw965250158-b9f7-4665-ba9b-8379c8286dce

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-greemario

Creator:

Groshans, Werner, 1913-1986  Search this

Groshans, Yetta  Search this

Interviewee:

Neel, Alice, 1900-1984  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1928-1997

Summary:

The papers of Werner and Yetta Groshans measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1928 to 1997. The papers document Werner Groshans career as a painter through correspondence, professional files, printed material, and photographs. Correspondence is with friends and colleagues, as well as art collectors, art organizations, and galleries. Also included is a file of correspondence in regards to Groshans jurying exhibitions. Professional material consists of awards and certificates, a statement on art written by Groshans, interviews with Alice Neel on three audio cassettes, a video retrospective on Groshans, and videos documenting Groshans artwork, one recorded just before his death. Printed material consists of magazine and newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, artist biographies and reports from the National Academy of Design, and Groshans' obituary. Also found are photographs of Groshans and photographs and slides of his artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Werner and Yetta Groshans measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1928 to 1997. The papers document Werner Groshans career as a painter through correspondence, professional files, printed material, and photographs. Correspondence is with friends and colleagues, as well as art collectors, art organizations, and galleries. Also included is a file of correspondence in regards to Groshans jurying exhibitions. Professional material consists of awards and certificates, a statement on art written by Groshans, interviews with Alice Neel on three audio cassettes, a video retrospective on Groshans, and videos documenting Groshans artwork, one recorded just before his death. Printed material consists of magazine and newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, artist biographies and reports from the National Academy of Design, and Groshans' obituary. Also found are photographs of Groshans and photographs and slides of his artwork.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Correspondence,1928-1997 (1.0 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Professional Activity Files, 1948-1987 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1948-1994 (0.6 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Photographic Material, 1966-1980 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Biographical / Historical:

Werner Groshans (1913-1986) was a painter in New Jersey and New York. He married Yetta Abromovitz in 1944.

Groshans was born in Germany and moved with his family to the United States at the age of thirteen. He began his studies at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art a year later. As a young adult during the Great Depression, he participated in the Works Progress Administration Easel Project for two years, allowing him to develop as an artist without the worry of finding full-time work. By the early 1960s, his artwork began to gain recognition, and in 1965 he was elected to the National Academy of Design. Groshans often worked from his memory of real places seen in nature, but his strange juxtapositions of objects and figures led William Gerdts, a graduate professor at the City University of New York, to describe his style as "Mysterious Realism."

Provenance:

The Werner Groshans papers were donated to the archives between 1992 and 1997 by Yetta Groshans, widow of Werner Groshans.

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 audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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:

Painters -- New Jersey  Search this

Painters -- New York (State)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Werner and Yetta Groshans papers, 1928-1997. 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.

Identifier:

AAA.groswern

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Werner and Yetta Groshans papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw924b90b5f-ec41-430e-9755-486a6b07160f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-groswern

Creator:

DeMonte, Claudia, 1947-  Search this

McGowin, Ed, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

7.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Date:

1960-2018

Summary:

The papers of Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin measure 7.2 linear feet and date between 1960 and 2018. The papers primarily document Claudia DeMonte's career as a painter, and to a lesser extent her husband's career, through correspondence with family, friends, colleagues, and art institutions; notebooks, poetry, and other writings; scrapbooks; curriculum vitas, awards and certificates, commissions, and other professional activity; exhibition announcements and catalogs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other printed material; sketchbooks and other artwork; personal photographs, portraits, of artwork, and other photographic material.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin measure 7.2 linear feet and date between 1960 and 2018. The papers primarily document Claudia DeMonte's career as a painter, and to a lesser extent her husband's career, through correspondence with family, friends, colleagues, and art institutions; notebooks, poetry, and other writings; scrapbooks; curriculum vitas, awards and certificates, commissions, and other professional activity; exhibition announcements and catalogs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other printed material; sketchbooks and other artwork; personal photographs, portraits, of artwork, and other photographic material.

Correspondence includes letters and postcards to and from family, friends, colleagues, and art institutions.

Writings includes a file of poetry written by DeMonte, manuscripts of books written by DeMonte, and a series of notebooks. Some of the notebooks are a combination of notes and sketches.

Scrapbooks consist of eight scrapbooks consisting of mixed material such as notes, photographs, sketches, and printed material.

Professional material consists of awards and certificates, a large number of calendars, commision work including an art project for the University of Northern Iowa completed by both DeMonte and McGowin, and a number of VHS and Betamax cassettes documenting DeMonte's career and interviews in connection with her Women of the World exhibition.

Printed material consists of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, exhibition announcements and catalogs, exhibition posters, and newsletters.

Artwork consists of a file of drawings and some sketchbooks.

Photographic material consists of photographs and slides of DeMonte, her artwork, and some of her exhibitions. There is also a file of photographs of DeMonte and McGowin at the White House with First Lady Laura Bush, and there are personal photographs of DeMonte and McGowin traveling and with family and friends.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1967-2013 (1.7 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Writings, 1975-2013 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)

Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1967-2009 (1.0 linear feet; Box 3, 9-10)

Series 4: Professional Activity Files, 1964-2013 (1.7 linear feet; Boxes 3-5, 9)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1960-2018 (1.9 linear feet; Boxes 5-7)

Series 6: Artwork, circa 1973 (0.1 linear feet; Box 7)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1977-2010 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)

Biographical / Historical:

Claudia DeMonte (1947- ) was born and raised in Astoria, New York City. She has more than 100 one-person shows and 600 group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the Corcoran Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Mississippi Museum, Tucson Museum, Flint Institute of Art, Museum of the Southwest, etc.

Her work is in numerous museum permanent collections, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Stamford Museum, Boca Raton Museum, and in major corporate collections such as those of Hyatt Regency Hotels, Exxon, Citibank and Siemens. Her public commissions have come from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Brooklyn Library System, Queens Supreme Court, Prudential Life Insurance, the State of New Mexico, and New York City School Construction Authority.

DeMonte is also the curator of "Women of the World: A Global Collection of Art." This traveling exhibition, with accompanying books, includes works of women from 177 countries dealing with the images of women.

DeMonte's work is heavily influenced by her travels to over 80 countries, her interest in the roles of women in contemporary society and Outsider Art, a collection compiled with her husband, artist Ed McGowin.

For 33 years, DeMonte has served on the faculty of the University of Maryland, where she was named Distinguished Scholar Teacher and Professor Emerita. In 2006, She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the College of Santa Fe.

DeMonte presently lives with her husband in New York City and Kent, Connecticut.

Ed McGowin (1938- ) was born in 1938 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and grew up in Mississippi and Alabama, receiving the M.A. from the University of Alabama. He has had one-person exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Baltimore Museum; and the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, France. Since 1979, McGowin has executed major outdoor commissions for numerous public and private organizations, often collaborating with his wife, Claudia DeMonte.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Claudia DeMonte conducted by Liza Kirwin between February 13 and April 24, 1991; and the Ed McGowin papers, 1962-1998.

Provenance:

The Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin papers were donated in 1994 by Claudia DeMonte and in 2020 by Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin.

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.

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:

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

Mixed-media artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

Educators -- Maryland -- College Park  Search this

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Citation:

Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin papers, 1960-2018. 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.

Identifier:

AAA.democlau

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Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98cf90804-0751-4bb3-b276-8f730e83692b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-democlau

Creator:

Dolinsky, Nathan, 1890-  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (Partially microfilmed on 1 reel)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1971

Scope and Contents:

3 untranscribed cassettes of Dolinsky's recollections of his art career. Present on the tape are Barry Downes, interviewer; Blossom Dolinsky, Dolinsky's wife; and Virginia Downes, Barry's mother. The microfilm contains notes for the interview; 5 clippings; and an exhibition announcement.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and teacher; New York, N.Y. Born in Russia. Came to U.S. with his family at the age of three. Studied at the Educational Alliance, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League. Exhibited at the Armory Show, 1913. Taught at Cooper Union.

Provenance:

Donated 1972 by Virginia Myers Downes, whose father, Jerome Myers, was a friend of Dolinsky. Many of Dolinsky's papers were lost in a fire which destroyed his home. Photos received with the papers were placed in Photographs of Artists Collection I and microfilmed on reel 439 in 1973. Printed material transferred to NMAA/PG Library after microfilming.

Restrictions:

Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of untranscribed tapes requires an appointment.

Topic:

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

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.dolinath

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw954741dc6-bcdc-4441-b2e4-394876e519fb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-dolinath

Interviewee:

Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Temkin, Ann  Search this

Names:

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966  Search this

Breton, André, 1896-1966  Search this

Carone, Nicholas, 1917-2010  Search this

De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Ferren, John, 1905-1970  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Hare, David, 1917-1992  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Martins, Maria, 1900-1973  Search this

Miró, Joan, 1893-  Search this

Parsons, Betty  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Reynal, Jeanne, 1903-  Search this

Richter, Hans, 1888-1976  Search this

Ward, Eleanor, 1912-1984  Search this

Extent:

95 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Date:

1997 Jan. 7

Scope and Contents:

Transcript of an interview with Surrealist painter Enrico Donati conducted by Ann Temkin, 1997 Jan. 07 in preparation for an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Temkin interviewed the nonagenarian Donati, who reminiscences about his involvement with Marcel Duchamp and other artists, including André Breton, David Hare, Julien Levy, Arshile Gorky, Victor Brauner, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, John Ferren, Jeanne Reynal, Hans Richter, Giorgio di Chirico, Maria Martins, Eleanor Ward, Nicholas Carone, and Betty Parsons. The reminiscences are mostly anecdotal.

Biographical / Historical:

Donati is a painter and object maker, New York, N.Y. and Temkin, a curator of modern and comtemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Provenance:

Donated 2000 by Ann Temkin.

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.

Topic:

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

Surrealism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.donaenri

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw905cc3b47-dd21-4ab1-aaeb-496ac307b9d0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-donaenri

Creator:

Graham, John, 1887-1961  Search this

Names:

Graham, John, 1887-1961  Search this

Mayer, Jack  Search this

Extent:

Partial microfilm reel.

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Date:

[ca. 1950-1960]

Scope and Contents:

Corrected and annotated mss. by Graham "Art History" with related notes (ca. 350 p. total); an autobiographical sketch, entitled "Autoportrait" (3 p. typescript); and an 8 p. summary by Angus Deming of an interview she conducted with Graham, Sept. 1960 in Paris.

Biographical / Historical:

Jack Mayer was an art dealer and owner of Gallery Mayer, New York, which handled the work of painter John Graham. Graham, born Ivan Gratsianovitch Dombrovski in Kiev, Russia in 1886 (baptised in 1881, hence the use of that year on many authoritative sources), came to N.Y. in 1920 and was a central figure among American avant-garde artists, especially from the late 1920s to 1940s. Graham was also a collector of African art which inspired an interest in primitivism in his work. Graham moved to Mexico in 1936. In 1937 he published Systems and Dialectics of Art, stimulating American artists interest in primitive art.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming by Jack Mayer, 1971.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Cubism  Search this

Surrealism  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.grahjohp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b21cb789-1708-405c-ac96-cc8ba446dc43

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-grahjohp

Creator:

Daphnis, Nassos, 1914-2010  Search this

Interviewer:

Murdock, Robert M.  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (7 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1969 Jan. 8

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nassos Daphnis conducted by Robert Mead Murdock.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, sculptor; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Donated 1972 by Robert M. Murdock.

Restrictions:

Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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

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

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.daphnasi

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f38bb42e-600e-48d6-aca8-04d84f484f84

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-daphnasi

Creator:

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

Names:

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Federal Art Project (N.Y.)  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1934-1940

Summary:

The papers of painter Stuart Davis measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1934 to 1940. The collection is comprised of correspondence that includes letters from Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Arnold Blanch, Rockwell Kent, and others regarding Pablo Picasso's statement against the fascist dictatorship in Spain, as well as a letter from Davis to Picasso inviting him to speak at the 2nd Annual American Artists' Congress meeting. Also found are files from Davis's position as editor of Art Front magazine; membership files documenting Davis's activities with the American Artists' Congress, Fine Arts Federation of New York, the New York World's Fair Artists Committee, and other organizations; printed materials; a project file for the Federal Art Project; and editorials. Additional items include an article manuscript and a draft of a letter to Ben Shahn suggesting that Downtown Gallery artists provide funding to Edith Halpert in order to open another gallery.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter Stuart Davis measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1934 to 1940. The collection is comprised of correspondence that includes letters from Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Arnold Blanch, Rockwell Kent, and others regarding Pablo Picasso's statement against the fascist dictatorship in Spain, as well as a letter from Davis to Picasso inviting him to speak at the 2nd Annual American Artists' Congress meeting. Also found are files from Davis's position as editor of Art Front magazine; membership files documenting Davis's activities with the American Artists' Congress, Fine Arts Federation of New York, the New York World's Fair Artists Committee, and other organizations; printed materials; a project file for the Federal Art Project; and editorials. Additional items include an article manuscript and a draft of a letter to Ben Shahn suggesting that Downtown Gallery artists provide funding to Edith Halpert in order to open another gallery.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Stuart Davis papers, 1934-1940 (Boxes 1-2; 0.8 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Stuart Davis (1892-1964) was a painter in New York, N.Y.

Davis was born in Philadelphia to Edward Wyatt Davis, who was the art editor of The Philadelphia Press, and sculptor Helen Stuart Foulke. He began his art training under Robert Henri at the Robert Henri School of Art in New York in 1909. His works were selected by artist William Glackens to be exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show making Davis one of the youngest artists to participate. In 1928, he traveled to Paris for a year where he painted street scenes of the city. While there, he married Bessie Chosak who later died in 1932. He remarried in 1938 to Roselle Springer. In 1933, Davis began painting murals for the for the Federal Art Project, a government project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Throughout his career, Davis was involved with many art groups including the American Artists' Congress, the Fine Arts Federation of New York, and others. Davis had a strong interest in politics that was often expressed through his artwork and as the editor of Art Front, a publication of the Artists Union in New York that was associated with communist ideology.

Davis taught at the Art Students League, New York School for Social Research, and Yale University. He was represented by the Downtown Gallery in New York. He died in 1964 in New York.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Stuart Davis conducted on May 18-June 19, 1962 by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art and Brandeis University.

Additional Stuart Davis papers are also located at the Fogg Museum at Harvard University and Pierpont Morgan Library.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming including 9 scrapbooks (reels N584-N586 and N696) containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, exhibition notices and catalogs that are in the possession of Earl Davis, son of Stuart Davis; 1 notebook (reel 3842) that is located at the Pierpont Morgan Library; and approximately 85 letters to Davis from his mother, Helen Stuart Davis (reel N70-12) dating from 1935-1939, in which she describes her work as a sculptor on the Federal Art Projects in Dade County, Florida and Berkeley, California, detailing administrative difficulties and daily work, and alluding to her son's work with the American Artists' Congress, his influence with Holger Cahill and other federal officials; her sketchbooks; and approximately 90 photographs of work done by her and others on the Federal Art Project in Florida. The material was returned to Mrs. Stuart Davis after microfilming.

Provenance:

The Stuart Davis papers were donated by Earl Davis from 1984-1988.

Restrictions:

This collection is access restricted except for a handwritten draft of a letter to Ben Shahn and a photocopy of an article by Davis titled "Abstract Painting Today"; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Access, with permission, 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:

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

Topic:

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Citation:

Stuart Davis papers, 1934-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.davistua

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9250aafeb-5746-43ec-a9c0-386344dd31b3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-davistua

Creator:

Camins, Jacques Joseph, 1904-1988  Search this

Names:

Botkin, Henry, 1896-1983  Search this

Brigadier, Anne, 1908-1998  Search this

Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970  Search this

Kaplan, Joseph, 1900-1980  Search this

Marantz, Irving, 1912-1972  Search this

Moy, Seong  Search this

Refregier, Anton, 1905-  Search this

Teichman, Sabina  Search this

Wilson, Sol  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Motion pictures

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

circa 1965

Summary:

The Jacques Joseph Camins films and posters measure 0.5 linear feet and date to circa 1965. The collection is comprised of ten 16 mm motion picture films by Camins, including artists and scenes from Provincetown, Rockport, and Gloucester, Massachusetts, and other unidentified locations. Nine of the reels were compiled into a single reel to transfer to video, including eight color, silent reels containing footage of the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock, N.Y., Arnold Blanch and his students, Anton Refregier, Marion Greenwood, Howard Mandel, Julio de Diego, N. Dirk, Hans Hofmann, Morris Davidson, George Yeter, Seong Moy, and Karl Knaths. The ninth reel transferred to video contains black and white, silent home movies with family and beach scenes. A tenth reel, not transferred, is an edited film of Provincetown artists with music and narration, with footage of artists Seong Moy, Karl Knaths, Lily Harmon, Anne Brigadier, Sabina Teichman, Umberto Romano, Yeffe Kimball, Bruce McKain, Philip Malcoat, and others. Although it is an edited work, the film lacks a formal title. Also included are two original posters by Seong Moy and Anne Brigadier done for a screening of Camins's film on Provincetown; a sound tape reel (7") of an interview with Henry Botkin, Umberto Romano, Joseph Kaplan, Irving Marantz, Sol Wilson, Anne Brigadier, and Sabina Teichman, and a sound tape reel (7") of an interview of Karl Knaths, both conducted by Camins and untranscribed.

Scope and Contents:

The Jacques Joseph Camins films and posters measure 0.5 linear feet and date to circa 1965. The collection is comprised of ten 16 mm motion picture films by Camins, including artists and scenes from Provincetown, Rockport, Gloucester, Mass, and other unidentified locations. Nine of the reels were compiled into a single reel to transfer to video, including eight color, silent reels containing footage of the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock, N.Y., Arnold Blanch and his students, Anton Refregier, Marion Greenwood, Howard Mandel, Julio de Diego, N. Dirk, Hans Hofmann, Morris Davidson, George Yeter, Seong Moy, and Karl Knaths. The ninth reel transferred to video contains black and white, silent home movies with family and beach scenes. A tenth reel, not transferred, is an edited film of Provincetown artists with music and narration, with footage of artists Seong Moy, Karl Knaths, Lily Harmon, Anne Brigadier, Sabina Teichman, Umberto Romano, Yeffe Kimball, Bruce McKain, Philip Malcoat, and others. Although it is an edited work, the film lacks a formal title. Also included are two original posters by Seong Moy and Anne Brigadier done for a screening of Camins's film on Provincetown, Mass; a sound tape reel (7") of an interview with Henry Botkin, Umberto Romano, Joseph Kaplan, Irving Marantz, Sol Wilson, Anne Brigadier, and Sabina Teichman, and a sound tape reel (7") of an interview of Karl Knaths, both conducted by Camins and untranscribed.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Jacques Joseph Camins (1904-1988) was a Russian-born american painter and printmaker who primarily lived and worked in the New York, New York area. He studied art in Paris and at the Art Students League.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the archives in installments between 1975 and 1980 by Joseph Camins.

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 audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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:

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

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

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- United States  Search this

Art, American -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Motion pictures

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Jacques Joseph Camins films and posters, circa 1965. 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.

Identifier:

AAA.camijacq

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9900f0b7f-fbe3-472b-a9f1-d18cd4d3a0a2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-camijacq

Creator:

Carson, Edith  Search this

Interviewer:

Hopps, Walter  Search this

Names:

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (sound cassettes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1976 Oct. 19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Edith Carson conducted by Walter Hopps regarding her husband Mark Rothko. Carson speaks of her family background; meeting Mark Rothko at Lake George, New York in 1932; their 13 year marriage; their early friends; his admiration for Milton Avery; Rothko's interest in tragedy and his "tremendous emotional capacity for despair"; his visits to New York museums and 57th Street galleries; and his family background, early work and love of music.

Biographical / Historical:

Edith Carson married the painter Mark Rothko in 1932. They were divorced in 1945.

Provenance:

Transferred from the National Museum of American Art, 1985.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

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

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

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

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.carsedit

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw949e5b75e-54f1-4931-9eb9-4749b8a2fda1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-carsedit

Creator:

Burliuk, David, 1882-1967  Search this

Interviewer:

Shields, Al  Search this

Names:

Burliuk, Marussia Yelenevskaya  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (sound reel, 5 in.)

1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1965

Scope and Contents:

"Afternoon with the Burliuks," a radio interview of David Burliuk and his wife, Marussia, conducted at Burliuk's home by Al Shields of radio station WAPC, Riverhead, New York. Burliuk discusses his work and reads from his poetry.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, poet, editor; New York, N.Y. b. 1882 Died Jan. 1967, at age 84.

Provenance:

Donated 1984 by Ellen E. de'Pazzi, an artist, friend, and student of Burliuk, who arranged the interview.

Restrictions:

Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.burldavi

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw967b530c3-d3db-4fae-bfc0-425d2f90a0d1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-burldavi

Creator:

Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969  Search this

Names:

Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921  Search this

Extent:

5.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Drawings

Date:

1884-1974, bulk 1910s-1968

Summary:

The papers of painter Paul Burlin measure 5.1 linear feet and date from 1884-1974, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1910s-1968. The records document Burlin's career through biographical material including sound recordings of interviews, general correspondence, writing files, personal business records, printed material, photographs, and some artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter Paul Burlin measure 5.1 linear feet and date from 1884-1974, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1910s-1968. The records document Burlin's career through biographical material including sound recordings of interviews, general correspondence, writing files, personal business records, printed material, photographs, and some artwork.

Biographical materials consist of address books, transcripts and recorded interviews, biographical summaries, and identification cards. General correspondence is with family and friends, other artists, art critics, and museums and galleries. Correspondence discusses the sale and delivery of Burlin's artwork, modern and abstract art, exhibitions, and a variety of other topics.

Writing files include drafts and notes for Burlin's speeches, lectures, and talks, as well as drafts of Burlin's published writings and an autobiographical essay. Burlin's personal business records include price lists, inventories, mailing lists, shipping information, expenses, and other materials.

Printed material found in the collection includes news clippings, exhibition ephemera, Burlin's published writings and reproductions, and ephemera from lectures and panel discussions. Photographs are of Burlin, his family and friends, studios, travel, exhibitions, and his artwork. The collection also includes seven sketchbooks (one disbound) and some loose sketches.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1884, bulk 1910s-1968 (Box 1; .6 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1920s-1974 (Box 1-2; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Writing Files, circa 1918-1969 (Box 3; .4 linear feet)

Series 4: Personal Business Records,1940s-1968 (Box 3; 8 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1916-1973 (Box 3-4, OV 6; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, 1886, bulk 1910s-1960s (Box 4-5; 1 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1940s-1960s (Box 5; 5 folders)

Biographical / Historical:

Painter Paul Burlin (1884-1969) was active in New York City, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Paris, France and was regarded as one of the first modern artists to represent the American southwest.

Burlin was born in New York and spent his childhood traveling between New York City and London. He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1912 to work on his art full time and began exhibiting his work at the Daniel Gallery in New York around the same time. His work was selected for the New York Armory Show in 1913.

Burlin met his future wife, ethnomusicologist Natalie Curtis, in 1916. They were married from 1917 until Curtis's death in France in 1921. After Natalie's death Burlin remained in Paris until the early 1930s, exhibiting his work in France, New York, and Munich. He returned to New York in 1932 where he lived for the rest of his life.

Burlin's one man exhibitions included shows at the Downtown Gallery, University of Minnesota, Washington University, St. Louis, Union College, Art Institute of Chicago, the American Federation of Arts, which circulated a Burlin retrospective, and many others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Encyclopedia Britannica, and elsewhere. Burlin also served as a visiting artist and lecturer at various universities including University of Wyoming, Union College, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and University of Colorado.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in several installments by Margaret T. Burlin, Burlin's widow, in 1974-1975, Irving Sandler in 1974, and Syracuse University in 1984.

Restrictions:

The 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 audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. 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:

Landscape painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Drawings

Citation:

Paul Burlin papers, 1884-1974. 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.

Identifier:

AAA.burlpaul

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Paul Burlin papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9267aeb15-1b0e-4416-8bdb-ab3169e0a796

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-burlpaul