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Creator:

Shia, Nancy, 1947-  Search this

Names:

Barry, Marion, 1936-2014  Search this

Butler, Josephine "Jo", 1920-1997  Search this

Nahikian, Marie Satenik, 1946-  Search this

Washington, Walter E., 1915-2003  Search this

Extent:

2.59 Linear feet (2 boxes (1 box is oversized))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Annual reports

Fliers (printed matter)

Correspondence

Photographs

Newspaper clippings

Newsletters

Place:

Adams Morgan (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1969 - 2001

Scope and Contents:

These records include documents related to Nancy Shia's tenure as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC from 1982-184. Materials include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, and political fliers. Also contained in the collection are several editions of the Rock Creek Monitor, a newspaper of Adams Morgan and surrounding communities, and photographs by Nancy Shia of the annual Adams Morgan Day celebration.

Biographical/Historical Note:

Nancy Shia is a photographer, political artist, neighborhood activist, and longtime Adams Morgan resident. She received her B.A. in Sociology (with a minor in Photography) from City College of New York, her M.A. in Social Work from Columbia University, and came to Washington, DC in 1972 to attend Antioch School of Law (from which she received her J.D. in 1978). She has extensively documented the Adams Morgan neighborhood through photography since the early 1970s. She later worked for the Federal News Service and was elected to serve as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner from 1982-1984 and again from 2007-2010.

Provenance:

Donated by Nancy Shia in 2017.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Festivals  Search this

Newspapers -- 20th century  Search this

Housing policy  Search this

Genre/Form:

Annual reports -- 20th century

Fliers (printed matter)

Correspondence

Photographs

Newspaper clippings

Newsletters

Citation:

Nancy Shia papers, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Nancy Shia.

Sponsor:

This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

ACMA.06-099

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Nancy Shia Papers

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7fc16da40-345d-4641-84da-de49f5afcbe7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-acma-06-099

Maker:

Kongo artist  Search this

Medium:

Wood (Nauclea latifolia), glass, glass beads, brass tacks, pigment

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 25.7 x 10.5 x 10.2 cm (10 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 in.)

Type:

Figure

Geography:

Mayombe region, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date:

Mid-19th to early 20th century

Topic:

Fertility  Search this

mother and child  Search this

male  Search this

female  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program

Object number:

83-3-6

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of African Art

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7584bb931-ccef-42c0-9c4a-7f4c17ff05b2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmafa_83-3-6

Maker:

Lumbo artist  Search this

Punu artist  Search this

Medium:

Wood, teeth (leopard), copper alloy, pigment (kaolin)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 42.1 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm (16 9/16 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

Type:

Figure

Geography:

Gabon

Date:

Late 19th-early 20th century

Topic:

Divination  Search this

male  Search this

female  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Lawrence Gussman in memory of Dr. Albert Schweitzer

Object number:

98-15-3

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Museum of African Art Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of African Art

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7d25ca028-54e1-44dc-8218-f310216b673c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmafa_98-15-3

Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Names:

Aga-Oglu, Mehmet, 1896-1949  Search this

Ettinghausen, Richard  Search this

Field, Henry  Search this

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this

Kuban, Dogan  Search this

Moe, Henry Allen  Search this

Pope, Arthur Upham, 1881-1969  Search this

Former owner:

Blake, Marion Elizabeth  Search this

Extent:

192 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1910-1970

Summary:

The Myron Bement Smith collection consists of two parts, the papers of Myron Bement Smith and his wife Katharine and the Islamic Archives. It contains substantial material about his field research in Italy in the 1920s and his years working on Islamic architecture in Iran in the 1930s. Letters describe the milieu in which he operated in Rochester NY and New York City in the 1920s and early 1930s; the Smiths' life in Iran from 1933 to 1937; and the extensive network of academic and social contacts that Myron and Katharine developed and maintained over his lifetime. The Islamic Archives was a project to which Smith devoted most of his professional life. It includes both original materials, such as his photographs and notes, and items acquired by him from other scholars or experts on Islamic art and architecture. Smith intended the Archives to serve as a resource for scholars interested in the architecture and art of the entire Islamic world although he also included some materials about non-Islamic architecture.

Scope and Contents:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection consists of two parts, the papers of Myron Bement Smith and his wife Katharine and the Islamic Archives. The papers include some biographic material about Myron but little about his wife. Information on his academic and professional experience is sketchy and his diaries and appointment books often contain only sporadic entries. The papers contain substantial material about his field research in Italy in the 1920s and his years working on Islamic architecture in Iran in the 1930s. Correspondence comprises the largest and most potentially useful part of the papers. Letters describe the milieu in which he operated in Rochester, NY and New York City in the 1920s and early 1930s; the Smiths' life in Iran from 1933 to 1937; and the extensive network of academic and social contacts that Myron and Katharine developed and maintained over his lifetime.

The Islamic Archives, formally entitled The Archive for Islamic Culture and Art, was a project to which Smith devoted most of his professional life. It includes both original materials, such as his photographs and notes, and items acquired by him from other scholars or experts on Islamic art and architecture. Most of the latter consists of photographs and slides. Smith intended the Archives to serve as a resource for scholars interested in the architecture and art of the entire Islamic world although he also included some materials about non-Islamic architecture. The core collection of the Archives consists of Smith's original photographs and architectural sketches of Iranian Islamic monuments made during his field research in the 1930s. He meticulously photographed the interior and exterior of monuments, including their decorative detail. Some of the photographic materials subsequently loaned, purchased, or donated to the Archives may enable scholars to document sites over time but in many cases the materials are poorly preserved or reproduced. A notable exception to this is the glassplate negatives and prints of 19th century Iranian photographer Antoin Sevruguin.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 2 major series with further subseries. A third series inventories the outsized and miscellaneous materials.

Series 1: Papers

Subseries 1.1: Biographic Materials

Subseries 1.2: Professional Experience

Subseries 1.3: Notebooks, Journals and Appointment Books

Subseries 1.4: Correspondence

Subseries 1.5: Published and Unpublished Materials

Subseries 1.6: Italy Research 1925, 1927-1928

Subseries 1.7: Iran Research 1933-1937

Subseries 1.8: Katharine Dennis Smith Papers and Correspondence

Series 2: The Islamic Archives

Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information

Subseries 2.2: Resource Materials Iran

Subseries 2.3: Resource Materials Other Islamic World and General

Subseries 2.4: Myron Bement Smith Architectural Sketches, Plans and Notes, Iran, 1933-1937

Subseries 2.5: Myron Bement Smith Iran Photographs, Notebooks and Negative Registers

Subseries 2.6: Country Photograph File

Subseries 2.7: Lantern Slide Collection

Subseries 2.8: Myron Bement Smith 35 mm Color Slides

Subseries 2.9: Country 35 mm Color Slide File

Subseries 2.10: Myron Bement Smith Negatives

Subseries 2.11: Country Photograph Negatives

Subseries 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs

Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items

Subseries 3.1: Map Case Drawers

Subseries 3.2: Rolled Items

Subseries 3.3 Items in Freezer

Subseries 3.4 Smithsonian Copy Negatives

Biographical Note:

Myron Bement Smith was born in Newark Valley, New York in 1897 and grew up in Rochester, New York. He died in Washington D.C. in 1970. He showed an early interest in drawing, and after graduation from high school, he worked as a draftsman for a Rochester architect. He served in the US Army Medical Corps in France during World War I and on return again worked as an architectural draftsman. He studied at Yale University from 1922 to 1926, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. During summer vacations, he worked as draftsman or designer for architectural firms in New York City. After graduation, he received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation grant and spent two years in Italy doing research on northern Italian brick and stone work. He used photography as an tool for his research and published several well-illustrated articles. On return he joined an architectural firm in Philadelphia and in 1931 became a registered architect in New York. He enrolled in Harvard University graduate school in 1929 pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree.

In April 1930, Smith was appointed Secretary of the newly created American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology founded by Arthur Upham Pope and located in New York City. He had no prior academic or work experience in Islamic art or architecture, and his job entailed designing publications, arranging lectures, organizing exhibitions and fund raising. That summer he arranged an independent study course at Harvard University on Persian art and subsequently studied Persian language at Columbia University and attended graduate courses at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. His work and academic credentials enabled him to compete successfully for a research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies in 1933 to study Iranian Islamic architecture.

Accompanied by his new bride Katharine Dennis, Smith left for Iran in 1933. They suffered a horrendous motor vehicle accident in Iraq en route and required a lengthy recuperation in Lebanon and Cyprus. The Smiths eventually arrived in Isfahan, Iran, where they established their "Expedition House," as Smith called it, in a rented faculty house at Stuart College. Smith's research consisted of meticulous photographic documentation of Islamic monuments and architectural sketches and drawings of many of them. He concentrated on the Isfahan area but also documented monuments elsewhere in Iran. Smith outfitted his station wagon as a combination camper and research vehicle in which he and his staff traveled widely. Katharine sometimes traveled with him but generally she remained in Isfahan managing the household and logistics for the "expedition." The Smiths left Iran in 1937.

Smith published several articles about Iran's Islamic monuments based on his field research and in 1947 completed his PhD thesis for The Johns Hopkins University on the vault in Persian architecture. His professional career from 1938 until his death in 1970 consisted of a series of temporary academic positions, contract work and government or academic sponsored lecture tours and photographic exhibits. He had a long lasting relationship with the Library of Congress where he served as an Honorary Consultant from 1938 to 1940 and again from 1948 to 1970; from 1943 to 1944 he was Chief of the Iranian Section at the Library. Despite his lack of published material, Smith was well-known among academic, government and private citizens who worked, traveled or were otherwise interested Iran and the Islamic world.

Smith developed an extensive network of professional and social contacts that dated from his early student days and increased markedly during his time at the Persian Institute and later in Iran. He kept in touch with them and they touted him to others who were interested in Iran or Islamic art and architecture. This network served him well in realizing his ambition of creating a resource for scholars that relied on photographs to document Islamic architecture. The Islamic Archives began with his own collection of photographs from his Iran research and grew to include all manner of photographic and other materials not only on the Islamic world but also other areas. Creating and managing the Archives became the main focus of Smith's professional life and career. In 1967 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to revise his PhD thesis as a publishable manuscript but died before he could complete it.

Related Materials:

The Antoin Sevruguin Photgraphs

Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Lionel B. Bier Drawings

Lionel D. Bier and Carol Bier Photographs

Provenance:

Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith, transfered from National Anthropological Archives.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Islamic architecture  Search this

Islamic Architecture-Turkey  Search this

Iran-description and travel  Search this

Iran-History 20th Century  Search this

Islamic Architecture-Middle East  Search this

Iran-social life and customs  Search this

United States-Social life and customs  Search this

Mosques  Search this

Architecture -- Iran  Search this

Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

Identifier:

FSA.A.04

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3c8c950fe-250b-40df-b8c7-bcf788073968

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-04

Creator:

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Names:

Islamic Archives  Search this

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Extent:

1 Nitrate negative (b&w, 10.3 cm. x 7.9 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Nitrate negatives

Place:

Asia

Iran

Iṣfahān (Iran)

Date:

1880-1920s

Scope and Contents:

This is the only film negative in the collection, and likely dates to the early 20th century. "The shepherd is standing on the banks of Zayanda Rud (Zayanda river) in Isfahan. The brick structure in the background is the main bridge over the river, called Allah Verdi Khan bridge or Si-o-Se pol (33 bridges). The focus of the scene seems to be on the shepherd and his sheep, however, a few other images of the same bridge is available in the archive of Sevruguin's photographs which indicates that he has set up the space so that the remaining of the bridge would show behind the standing figure of shepherd." [Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Curatorial Research Assistant]

- FSg curatorial research specialist remark on Antoin Sevruguin photo condition reads, "Nitrate negative. With emulsion falling apart."

- Myron Bement Smith handwritten caption in English reads, "47.P; Box 1.18: Iran. Sheep farming." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P: Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran]

Arrangement:

According to Myron B. Smith handwritten document (Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran), Antoin Sevruguin's 696 glass negatives, at the time of their acquisition, were arranged into 61 boxes without any apparent organization. Today they are housed in archival document boxes, essentially duplicating the original arrangement, and stored on shelves. This negative was included in "Box 1."

Biographical / Historical:

Antoin Sevruguin is one of the early pioneers of commercial photography in Iran. He arrived in Iran from Tbilisi, Georgia in the mid 1870s to set up shop in Ala al-Dawla street in Tehran. From the early days, Sevruguin's studio was trusted both by the Qajar court and by foreign visitors to Iran. Highly regarded for their artistic ingenuity outside Iran, Sevruguin's photographs of 'ethnic types,' architecture and landscape, and depictions of daily life of Tehran found their way into foreign travelogues, magazines and books. As such, he stands alone in a relatively large group of early Iranian photographers for being recognized and celebrated outside the boundaries of the country. Antoin Sevruguin passed away in 1933, leaving behind only a fraction of his large collection of glass negatives, which is currently in the Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Local Numbers:

FSA A.4 2.12.GN.01.18

General:

Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Architecture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Nitrate negatives

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

Identifier:

FSA.A.04, Item FSA A.4 2.12.GN.01.18

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives / 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs / 2.12.01: Glass Plate Negatives / Glass Plate Negatives: Sets 1-61

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc397180420-74f0-4105-bacb-68728103e2b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9945

Creator:

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Names:

Islamic Archives  Search this

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Extent:

1 Glass negative (b&w, 11.8 cm. x 8.8 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Studio portraits

Place:

Asia

Iran

Date:

1880-1930

Scope and Contents:

"Portrait of the seated woman in velvet, wearing a pearl rope. The outline of the woman's face is visible under her sheer face cover. The pleated skirt of the woman indicates that the photo is produced most likely in the early 20th century. The composition and subject matter of the photo is different from other studio portraiture of women in Sevruguin's collection. The face of the figure is covered in this image and there is no trace of a background studio setting. The woman turns away from the camera, giving only a partial view of her profile." [Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Curatorial Research Assistant]

- Myron Bement Smith handwritten caption in English reads, "47.P; Box 2: unknown." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P: Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran]

Arrangement:

According to Myron B. Smith handwritten document (Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran), Antoin Sevruguin's 696 glass negatives, at the time of their acquisition, were arranged into 61 boxes without any apparent organization. Today they are housed in archival document boxes, essentially duplicating the original arrangement, and stored on shelves. This glass negative was included into "Box 2."

Biographical / Historical:

Antoin Sevruguin is one of the early pioneers of commercial photography in Iran. He arrived in Iran from Tbilisi, Georgia in the mid 1870s to set up shop in Ala al-Dawla street in Tehran. From the early days, Sevruguin's studio was trusted both by the Qajar court and by foreign visitors to Iran. Highly regarded for their artistic ingenuity outside Iran, Sevruguin's photographs of 'ethnic types,' architecture and landscape, and depictions of daily life of Tehran found their way into foreign travelogues, magazines and books. As such, he stands alone in a relatively large group of early Iranian photographers for being recognized and celebrated outside the boundaries of the country. Antoin Sevruguin passed away in 1933, leaving behind only a fraction of his large collection of glass negatives, which is currently in the Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Local Numbers:

FSA A.4 2.12.GN.02.07

General:

Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Clothing and dress  Search this

headgear  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Portrait photography  Search this

Women  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass negatives

Studio portraits

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

Identifier:

FSA.A.04, Item FSA A.4 2.12.GN.02.07

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives / 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs / 2.12.01: Glass Plate Negatives / Glass Plate Negatives: Sets 1-61

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc366d20270-a427-46bd-8862-080b69c2568e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9954

Creator:

Rosa Esman Gallery  Search this

Names:

Tanglewood Press  Search this

Darger, Henry, 1892-1972  Search this

Esman, Rosa  Search this

Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976  Search this

Rodchenko, Aleksandr, 1891-1956  Search this

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987  Search this

Extent:

16 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1922-2014

bulk 1972-1994

Summary:

The Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records measure 16.0 linear feet and date from circa 1922 to 2014, with the bulk of the records dating from 1972 to 1994. The records shed light on two businesses operated by Rosa Esman through administrative files, artist files, exhibition and event files, sales and financial records, printed material, photographic materials, and several objects.

Scope and Contents:

The Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records measure 16.0 linear feet and date from circa 1922 to 2014, with the bulk of the records dating from 1972 to 1994. The records shed light on two businesses operated by Rosa Esman through administrative files, artist files, exhibition and event files, sales and financial records, printed material, photographic materials, and several objects.

Administrative files contain correspondence files, printed material, and inventories; photos of the gallery, Rosa Esman, and others; a few gallery blueprints; and pins and magnets from a collaboration between the Esman Gallery and artists Roy Lichtenstein, Gustav Klutsis, Lazar "El" Lissitzky, and Sol LeWitt. Artist files consist of resumes and biographical summaries, correspondence, pricelists, exhibition material, press packets, photographic materials depicting artwork and artists, and more. Artists include Eileen Gray, Lev Nussberg, Pascal Verbena, Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Rodchenko, Sol LeWitt, Peter Boynton, and Jan Muller. Exhibition and event files contain price lists, loan agreements, correspondence, printed materials, and photographic materials. Included in this series is one file for an exhibition held at Knoedler Gallery that was in collaboration with Rosa Esman after she had closed her gallery. Financial records consist of sales books, consignment records, receipts and invoices, ledgers, and some appraisals. Tanglewood Press Inc. files contain correspondence files, financial records, order forms and receipts, photographic materials, press packets, mailers, a certificate, and some exhibition materials. Printed material consists of some miscellaneous postcards, exhibition announcements and catalogs including a binder of exhibition announcements. Photographic material consists of photographs, slides, and negatives of artwork displayed at the gallery. There are also a number of CDs containing digital photographs.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as seven series.

Series 1: Administrative Files, 1973-2014 (Box 1-2, 16; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1920s, 1953-2011 (Box 2-8, 16; 5.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Exhibition and Event Files, 1971-2014 (Box 8-12, 16; 4.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Financial Records, 1965, 1977-2013 (Box 12-13, 16-17; 1.9 linear feet)

Series 5: Tanglewood Press Inc. Records, 1964-2003 (Box 13-15, 17; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1972-1994 (Box 2, 12, 17; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1970s-2013 (Box 2, 7, 8, 12, 18; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Rosa Esman Gallery was established in 1972 in New York, New York by Rosa Esman. The gallery exhibited mostly twentieth-century American and European art in various mediums and styles, including pop art, European outsider art, Dada, constructivism, architecture, interior design, and Russian artists from the early twentieth century. Tanglewood Press Inc. was an art publishing company founded by Esman, and published thirteen limited-edition portfolios by a number of artists from 1965 to 1991.

With encouragement from Doris Freedman and Hans Kleinschmidt, Esman established Tanglewood Press Inc. in 1965 as a publisher of artists' portfolios. The first publication, New York Ten (1965), included artwork by Tom Wesselmann, George Segal, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Mon Levinson, Robert Kulicke, Nicholas Krushenick, Helen Frankenthaler, Jim Dine, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. Later publications included artwork by Andy Warhol, Mary Bauermeister, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Motherwell, Sol LeWitt, Jim Dine, and many others. The portfolio, "Ten Landscapes-Roy Lichtenstein (1967), was published in collaboration with Abrams Original Editions. Esman was contracted to work at Abrams Original Editions for a short period of time in the late 1970s. Esman and her Tanglewood Press Inc. were featured in the exhibition, The Great American Pop Art Store: Multiples of the sixties (1997-2000), University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California.

Esman held a drawings exhibition of artwork borrowed from the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1972 in a space she rented for Tanglewood Press Inc.; she credited this as the beginning of Rosa Esman Gallery. Esman continued exhibiting in that location for the next several years, including a solo show of folded drawings by Sol LeWitt and Modern Master Drawings: Avery, Stuart Davis, De Kooning, Hoffman, Motherwell (1973). Esman moved her operation in 1975 to a building in midtown near the galleries of Tibor de Nagy and Virginia Zabriskie. Artists and printmakers shown at Esman Gallery during 1970s include Christo, Bill Fares, Tom Noskowski, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Hannah Tierney, and Eileen Gray. In 1979, Esman began an exhibition series of Russian avant-garde art, The Russian Revolution in Art, 1-5 (1979-1983), featuring artwork by Kasmir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, Lyubov Popova, and many others of the Russian avant-garde. Esman moved the gallery to SoHo in 1980. In the 1980s, Esman began showing European outsider artists Pascal Verbena and Henry Darger and held a group exhibition of outsider artists in 1986, Outsiders: Art Beyond the Norm. Other exhibitions in the 1980s included Art by Architects (1980), Architecture by Artists (1981), Curator's Choice: A Tribute to Dorothy Miller (1982). Later exhibitions featured artists Joseph Zito, Sofia Dymshits-Tolstaya, Eric Snell, and Carl Goldhagen; and group shows of Dada art, twentieth-century photography, and constructivism. After closing Rosa Esman Gallery in 1992, Esman entered a partnership at Ubu Gallery with Adam Boxer and Alfred Jarry.

Rosa Mencher Esman was born in New York, New York in 1927. She studied government at Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts. She went abroad to Europe her junior year, visiting museums in Geneva, Florence, and Paris. After college, she worked several jobs including a position in the art book department of Harper and Brothers and as an office administrator for Rene d'Harnocourt at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1957, she and a friend opened Tanglewood Gallery in Stockbridge, Massachusettes, showing artwork by artist-friends, utilizing the Museum of Modern Art lending service, and borrowing from the Downtown Gallery. The Tanglewood Gallery exhibited artists Milton Avery, Karl Schrag, Tom Wesselman, Alexander Calder, George Morrison, Robert Indiana, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Mervin Jules, and George L. K. Morris, among others. The gallery operated until circa 1960.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Rosa Esman conducted by James McElhinney, June 9-16, 2009.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Rosa Esman in 2003 and 2014 and in 2023 by the Esate of Rosa Esman via Abigail Esman, co-executor.

Restrictions:

Two folders comprised of Rosa Esman Gallery legal files, 1989-1991, in Box 15 are access restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information. 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 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.

Topic:

Women art dealers  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Art, Russian -- 20th century  Search this

Outsider art  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Citation:

Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc records, circa 1922-2014. 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.rosaesmg

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Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90b5afc25-4ac5-4700-9d90-a03c3ac29007

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rosaesmg

Creator:

Zabriskie Gallery  Search this

Names:

Galerie Zabriskie  Search this

Zabriskie, Virginia M., 1927-1991  Search this

Extent:

110.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1905-2011

Summary:

The Zabriskie Gallery records measure 110.5 linear feet and date from 1905 to 2011. The records document the history of the Zabriskie Gallery through leases, permits, floor plans, and other administrative files; guestbooks; appointment books, notebooks, and other desk diaries; correspondence from New York and Paris galleries, museums, clients, and other correspondence; appraisals, inventories, consigments, and other registrar files; artist files consisting of resumes, correspondence, exhibition material, and photographs of artwork; institution files consisting of correspondence, consignments,and artwork inquiries with museums, galleries, and corporations; exhibition files consisting of loan agreements, press releases, and correspondence related to exhibitions shown at the gallery; invoices, price lists, and other financial records; clippings, press packets, newsletters, and other printed material; photographs, slides, and transparencies of exhibitions and artists works; and correspondence, photographs, awards, and other personal records of Virginia Zabriskie.

Scope and Contents:

The Zabriskie Gallery records measure 110.5 linear feet and date from 1905 to 2011. The records document the history of the Zabriskie Gallery through leases, permits, floor plans, and other administrative files; guestbooks; appointment books, notebooks, and other desk diaries; correspondence from New York and Paris galleries, museums, clients, and other correspondence; appraisals, inventories, consigments, and other registrar files; artist files consisting of resumes, correspondence, exhibition material, and photographs of artwork; institution files consisting of correspondence, consignments,and artwork inquiries with museums, galleries, and corporations; exhibition files consisting of loan agreements, press releases, and correspondence related to exhibitions shown at the gallery; invoices, price lists, and other financial records; clippings, press packets, newsletters, and other printed material; photographs, slides, and transparencies of exhibitions and artists works; and correspondence, photographs, awards, and other personal records of Virginia Zabriskie.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into twelve series.

Series 1: Administrative Files, 1969-2010 (1.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Guestbooks, 1954-1995 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)

Series 3: Desk Diaries, 1968-1997 (3.4 linear feet; Boxes 3-7)

Series 4: Correspondence, 1958-2010 (7.3 linear feet; Boxes 7-14)

Series 5: Registrar Files, 1970-2010 (10.0 linear feet; Boxes 14-22, 110-111, OV 112)

Series 6: Artist Files, 1905-2010 (66.7 linear feet; Boxes 22-87, OV 113-114)

Series 7: Institution Files, 1951-2009 (5.5 linear feet; Boxes 88-93)

Series 8: Exhibition Files, 1955-2009 (6.3 linear feet; Boxes 93-99)

Series 9: Financial Records, 1960-2011 (3.7 linear feet; Boxes 99-103)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1948-2010 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 103-104)

Series 11: Photographic Material, 1950-2006 (5.6 linear feet; Boxes 103-108, OV 112)

Series 12: Virginia Zabriskie Personal Records, 1943-2008 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 108-109)

Biographical / Historical:

Zabriskie Gallery was founded by Virignia Zabriskie in 1954 when she purchased the Korman Gallery from Marvin Korman. The gallery featured works from artists such as Robert De Niro Sr., Lester Johnson, Mary Frank, and Pat Adams. Some of the more notable exhibitions included "Surrealism 1936 — Objects, Photographs, Collages and Documents" (1986), "Surrealism and the Book" (1991), and "André Masson in America" (1996). In 1977, Zabriskie opened Galerie Zabriskie in Paris to primarily show photography as there was only one gallery at the time doing so in Paris. Zabriskie closed the Galerie Zabriskie in 1998, but continued to operate the Zabriskie Gallery in New York unitl it closed in 2010.

Virginia Zabriskie (1927-2019) was an American art dealer who worked primarily in New York City and Paris. Zabriskie completed her studies in art history at New York University's Institute of Fine Art. Zabriskie became one of the youngest art dealers in New York in 1954 when she purchased the Korman Gallery. Zabriskie was also a founding member of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Related Materials:

Also included in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Virginia Zabriskie conducted by Paul Cummings, May 28-June 6, 1975.

Provenance:

The Zabriskie Gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art in seven installments by Virginia Zabriskie between 1992-2011.

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.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- France

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

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.

Identifier:

AAA.zabrgall

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Zabriskie Gallery records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a1494de5-aa0b-4dfb-ade0-49ac762190b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zabrgall

Collection Creator:

Zabriskie Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 97, Folder 15

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1987, 1991

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.

See more items in:

Zabriskie Gallery records

Zabriskie Gallery records / Series 8: Exhibition Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c316b414-f861-4ada-ac8b-5c551e4d849c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-zabrgall-ref3938

Creator:

Stable Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Ward, Eleanor  Search this

Groh, Alan  Search this

Scull, Robert  Search this

New York School of poets and painters  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Video recordings

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Photographs

Citation:

Stable Gallery records, 1916-1999, bulk 1953-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New York school of art  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions  Search this

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

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7428

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209586

AAA_collcode_stabgall

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209586

Creator:

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, La.)  Search this

Citation:

Contemporary Arts Center records, 1976-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Louisiana  Search this

Theme:

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7502

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209661

AAA_collcode_contacno

Theme:

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209661

Creator:

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969  Search this

Gropius, Ise, 1897-1983  Search this

Subject:

Aalto, Alvar  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Barto?k, Be?la  Search this

Bayer, Herbert  Search this

Breuer, Marcel  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Cascieri, Arcangelo  Search this

Chermayeff, Serge  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel  Search this

Gabo, Naum  Search this

Huxley, Julian  Search this

Kandinsky, Wassily  Search this

Kepes, Gyorgy  Search this

Klee, Paul  Search this

Klemperer, Otto  Search this

Le Corbusier  Search this

Mahler, Alma  Search this

Marcks, Gerhard  Search this

Moholy-Nagy, László  Search this

Muche, Georg  Search this

Pei, I. M.  Search this

Petit, Claude  Search this

Pritchard, Jack  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Schmidt, Joost  Search this

Schwitters, Kurt  Search this

Sert, José Luis  Search this

Stravinsky, Igor  Search this

Tange, Kenz?  Search this

Werfel, Franz  Search this

Wright, Frank Lloyd  Search this

Gropius, Walter  Search this

Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold)  Search this

Scharoun, Hans  Search this

Wachsmann, Konrad  Search this

Beckmann, Hannes  Search this

Chermayeff, Ivan  Search this

Klarmann, Adolf D.  Search this

Koch, Helmut  Search this

Miró, Joan  Search this

Architects Collaborative, Inc.  Search this

Bauhaus  Search this

Walter Gropius Foundation  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Walter and Ise Gropius papers, 1883-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany  Search this

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

Industrial design  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Photography  Search this

Architecture & Design  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8295

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210466

AAA_collcode_gropwalt

Theme:

Diaries

Photography

Architecture & Design

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210466

Creator:

Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918  Search this

Subject:

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Layton, Donna Caffin  Search this

Genthe, Arnold  Search this

Käsebier, Gertrude  Search this

Steichen, Edward  Search this

Greet, Ben, Sir  Search this

Johnston, Frances Benjamin  Search this

Corn, Wanda M.  Search this

Kennedy, Charles Rann  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Charles Henry Caffin papers, circa 1883-1973, bulk 1883-1918. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photography, Artistic  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Photographers  Search this

Theater -- History -- 20th century  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8566

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210745

AAA_collcode_caffchar

Theme:

Photography

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210745

Creator:

Thomas V. Robinson Fine Arts Gallery (Houston, Tex.)  Search this

Subject:

Robinson, Thomas V.  Search this

Citation:

Thomas V. Robinson Fine Arts Gallery records, [ca. 1977-1983]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art  Search this

Theme:

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8877

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211062

AAA_collcode_thomv

Theme:

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211062

Creator:

Gurr, Lena, 1897-1992  Search this

Subject:

Model, Elisabeth D. (Elisabeth Dittmann)  Search this

Lozowick, Louis  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

Jones, Joe  Search this

Ward, Lynd  Search this

Von Wicht, John  Search this

Soyer, Raphael  Search this

Norman, Maria  Search this

Ehrenreich, Emma  Search this

Block, Dorothy  Search this

Biel, Joseph  Search this

Baron, Herman  Search this

Harkavy, Minna  Search this

Grosz, George  Search this

Force, Juliana  Search this

Fabri, Ralph  Search this

Ascher, Mary G. (Mary Goldman)  Search this

Allen, Mary Cecil  Search this

Knaths, Karl  Search this

John Reed Club  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

ACA Galleries  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Prints

Interviews

Christmas cards

Sketchbooks

Phonograph records

Place:

New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works

Citation:

Lena Gurr papers, 1908-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Painting, American -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Women photographers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Women  Search this

Photography  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8997

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211186

AAA_collcode_gurrlena

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Women

Photography

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211186

Creator:

Pollock Galleries  Search this

Subject:

Achepohl, Keith  Search this

Dowell, James  Search this

Fridge, Roy  Search this

Pauley, Hal  Search this

Bywaters, Jerry  Search this

Jordan, William B.  Search this

Southern Methodist University  Search this

Citation:

Pollock Galleries records, 1958-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8999

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211188

AAA_collcode_pollgall

Theme:

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211188

Creator:

Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905-1971  Search this

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946  Search this

Citation:

Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy papers, 1918-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Photography  Search this

Architecture, Modern  Search this

Women architectural critics  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Photography  Search this

Architecture & Design  Search this

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9057

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211249

AAA_collcode_mohosiby

Theme:

Diaries

Photography

Architecture & Design

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211249

Creator:

Kelsey, Luman Pierre, 1906-1961  Search this

Citation:

Luman Pierre Kelsey papers, 1940-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photography, Artistic  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- Connecticut  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9141

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211335

AAA_collcode_kelsluma

Theme:

Photography

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211335

Creator:

Lippincott, Inc.  Search this

Everett, Roxanne  Search this

Subject:

Breer, Robert  Search this

Doty, Robert M.  Search this

Dubuffet, Jean  Search this

Indiana, Robert  Search this

Kelly, Ellsworth  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy  Search this

McKee, David  Search this

Meadmore, Clement  Search this

Morris, Robert  Search this

Murray, Robert  Search this

Myers, Forrest Warden  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Newman, Barnett  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes  Search this

Rosati, James  Search this

Samaras, Lucas  Search this

Sugarman, George  Search this

Yamasaki, Minoru  Search this

Citation:

[Lippincott, Inc. photographs], 1968-1977 and [undated]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photography of sculpture  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9147

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211341

AAA_collcode_ippinc

Theme:

Photography

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211341

Creator:

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2016, bulk 1920-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Political clubs  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American printmakers  Search this

Asian American photographers  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Photography  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9175

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211370

AAA_collcode_kuniyasu

Theme:

Asian American

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Photography

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211370