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Creator:

Denes, Agnes  Search this

Extent:

185 Items ((on one microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1968-1971

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence and drafts of letters, catalogues, blueprints, clippings.

Biographical / Historical:

Environmental artist, sculptor, painter; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1971 by Agnes Denes.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.deneagne

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-deneagne

Creator:

Denslow, Dorothea H. (Dorothea Henrietta), 1900-1971  Search this

Names:

Sculpture Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Extent:

51 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1833-[ca.1945]

Scope and Contents:

Family letters, 1833, 1856, 1862, 1903, and a telegram, 1933; notes and printed matter; clippings; a sketchbook, 1923, with photographs of Denslow's work at the Clay Club in New York City; and personal photographs.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; New York City. Denslow was founder of the Clay Club (later the Sculpture Center).

Provenance:

Donated 1981 by the Sculpture Center.

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:

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.densdoro

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-densdoro

Interviewee:

DeMonte, Claudia, 1947-  Search this

Interviewer:

Kirwin, Liza  Search this

Names:

Gracie Mansion Gallery  Search this

McGowin, Ed, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

54 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1991 February 13- April 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Claudia DeMonte conducted 1991 February 13-1991 April 24, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.

DeMonte recalls her childhood and growing up in Astoria, New York; her Italian heritage and Catholic education; her early work including the "trade pieces"; the calendar she produced for the Corcoran Gallery show "Five Plus One" in 1976; her marriage to artist Ed McGowin; moving from Washington, D.C. to New York; the making and meaning of her "Claudia dolls"; exhibiting at the Gracie Mansion Gallery; the art community in the East Village in the early 1980s; the dealer Gracie Mansion; gallery representation outside of New York; critical acceptance of her art; collecting the work of Southern self-taught artists and the influence of Sister Gertrude Morgan and James Son Ford Thomas; work methods and techniques; autobiographical and feminist themes; teaching at the university of Maryland from 1972 to the present; and new directions in her art.

Biographical / Historical:

Claudia DeMonte (1947- ) is a painter, mixed-media artist, and instructor of College Park, Maryland and New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 22 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

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

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

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

Educators -- Maryland -- College Park  Search this

Topic:

Feminism  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.demont91

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-demont91

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

See more items in:

Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-democlau

Interviewee:

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Interviewer:

Schwartz, Joyce Pomeroy  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

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

Women sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- Interviews  Search this

Public art  Search this

Art patronage  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13162

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215380

AAA_collcode_holt93

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215380

Creator:

Solomon, Alan R.  Search this

Solomon, Alan R.  Search this

Subject:

Castelli, Leo  Search this

Louis, Morris  Search this

Segal, George  Search this

Fahlström, Öyvind  Search this

Poons, Larry  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel  Search this

Bontecou, Lee  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Provinciali, Michele  Search this

Reed, Lou  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy  Search this

Mulas, Ugo  Search this

Sonnabend, Ileana  Search this

Rosenquist, James  Search this

Sabol, Audrey  Search this

Grisi, Laura  Search this

Noland, Kenneth  Search this

Scull, Ethel  Search this

MacElroy, Robert R.  Search this

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Newman, Barnett  Search this

Finkelstein, Nat  Search this

Stella, Frank  Search this

Sisler, Mary  Search this

Greenberg, Jeanine  Search this

Oldenburg, Patty  Search this

Morris, Robert  Search this

Scull, Robert C.  Search this

Hay, Alex  Search this

Dine, Jim  Search this

Kron, Joan  Search this

Chamberlain, John  Search this

Greenberg, Clement  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes  Search this

Frankenthaler, Helen  Search this

Paxton, Steve  Search this

Moore, Peter  Search this

Whitman, Robert  Search this

Novick, Elizabeth  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this

Redon, Odilon  Search this

Schute, Terry  Search this

Warhol, Andy  Search this

Hay, Deborah  Search this

Rainier, Yvonne  Search this

Childs, Lucinda  Search this

Johns, Jasper  Search this

Dunn, Judith  Search this

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)  Search this

Pasadena Art Museum  Search this

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Albright-Knox Art Gallery  Search this

Art Gallery of Ontario  Search this

Velvet Underground (Musical group)  Search this

Biennale di Venezia  Search this

Artforum  Search this

Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum  Search this

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

University of California (System)  Search this

Cornell University.  Search this

San Francisco Art Institute  Search this

Centro de Artes Visuales (Asunción, Paraguay)  Search this

Los Once (Artists' group)  Search this

Harvard University  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Transcripts

Photographs

Interviews

Lithographs

Place:

Italy -- Venice

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Art -- History -- Study and teaching  Search this

Performance art  Search this

Art, Abstract -- United States  Search this

Art -- Exhibitions  Search this

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

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

Sculptors  Search this

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

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

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

Theater  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Art Movements and Schools  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7165

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209301

AAA_collcode_soloalan

Theme:

Art Movements and Schools

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209301

Interviewee:

Dehner, Dorothy, 1901-1994  Search this

Interviewer:

Krauss, Rosalind E.  Search this

McCoy, Garnett  Search this

Names:

Smith, David, 1906-1965  Search this

Extent:

49 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 October-1966 December

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Dorothy Dehner conducted 1965 October-1966 December, by Garnett McCoy and Rosalind Krauss, for the Archives of American Art.

Both interviews involve discussion of Dehner's husband, David Smith.

Biographical / Historical:

Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994) was a sculptor, painter, and printmaker from New York, New York. Dehner was married to sculptor David Smith.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 2 hr., 40 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

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

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

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

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.dehner65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-dehner65

Creator:

Cunningham, Priscilla  Search this

Names:

Atelier 17  Search this

Fuller, Sue (1914-2006)  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1982-2006

Summary:

Priscilla Cunningham papers regarding Sue Fuller measure 0.2 linear feet and are dated 1982-2006. The friendship between Cunningham and Fuller and Fuller's sculpture are documented by letters and photographs. Also included is a written version of Fuller's reminiscences of Atelier 17 in New York City that she presented at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in 1993.

Scope and Content Note:

Priscilla Cunningham papers regarding Sue Fuller measure 0.2 linear feet and are dated 1982-2006. The friendship between Cunningham and Fuller and Fuller's sculpture are documented by letters and photographs. Also included is a written version of Fuller's reminiscences of Atelier 17 in New York City that she presented at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in 1993.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 4 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Letters, 1982-2006 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 2: Writing, 1993 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1982-2004 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 4: Photographs, 1983-2005 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Biographical Note:

Art historian and art collector Priscilla Cunningham is the daughter of art museum director Charles Cunningham. For over twenty years, she was a close friend of Sue Fuller. Ms. Cunningham lives in Hampton Bays, New York.

Sue Fuller (1914-2006) was a printmaker and sculptor in New York City and Southampton, New York. She served as Stanley William Hayter's assistant at Atelier 17 in New York City in the mid 1940s. Fuller later became known for three-dimensional constructions composed of string and in the 1960s patented a method for embedding thread constructions in plastic.

Related Material:

Oral history interview with Sue Fuller conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art in 1975.

Provenance:

Gift of Priscilla Cunningham, 2007.

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:

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

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

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Priscilla Cunningham papers regarding Sue Fuller, 1982-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.cunnpris

See more items in:

Priscilla Cunningham papers regarding Sue Fuller

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cunnpris

Interviewee:

Smithson, Robert, 1938-1973  Search this

Smithson, Robert, 1938-1973  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Dwan, Virginia  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12013

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212421

AAA_collcode_smiths72

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212421

Interviewee:

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Interviewer:

Gutterman, Scott  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

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

Women sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12482

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214837

AAA_collcode_holt92

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214837

Interviewee:

Adams, Dennis, 1948-  Search this

Adams, Dennis, 1948-  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis, 1949-  Search this

Subject:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

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

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15675

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)282725

AAA_collcode_adams09

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_282725

Interviewee:

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Interviewer:

Gutterman, Scott  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)

25 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1992 July 6

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nancy Holt conducted 1992 July 6, by Scott Gutterman, for the Archives of American Art. Interview of Nancy Holt conducted by Scott Gutterman for the Archives of American Art, at Nancy Holt's home or studio on July 6, 1992. Holt speaks of growing up and living in Massachusetts and New Jersey; attending school at Tufts and Jackson; spending time in New York; her early artist training and exposure to museums; the New jersey landscape; Dark Star Park; Sky Land; her first trip out West; Robert Smithson; her family life and relationship with her parents; studying biology; lectures at MIT; moving to New York; Richard Serra; perceptual art; becoming friends with Robert Smithson; peyote; quiet inner-transformation; locator pieces; creating artwork; Hampton Air; Rock Rings; focus on place; feminism; land art; Buried Poems; documenting work; working for Harper's Bazaar; Westbeth; living in New York; video art; Points of View; working in a gallery format; writing; Sky Mound; working with landfills and alternate energy; creating public art; working with space; plumbing systems; learning by doing; working with artisans; Sun Tunnels; resonance; catalogs; Holt also talks a bit about Alan Ginsberg, Fred Mcdarrah, Dan Flavin, Mark di Suvero, Joan Joas, Peter Campas, David Hammond, and Rupert Sheldrake.

Biographical / Historical:

Nancy Holt (1938- ) was a sculptor and filmmaker from N.M.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

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

Women sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.holt92

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-holt92

Interviewee:

Adams, Dennis  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Creator:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (sound files (5 hr., 26 min.), digital, wav file)

112 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2009 April 24-May 15

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Dennis Adams conducted 2009, April 24-May 15, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's U.S. General Service Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts oral history project, at Adams' home, in New York, New York.

Biographical / Historical:

Dennis Adams (1948- ) is a sculptor and educator in New York, New York. Adams teaches at Cooper Union School of Art in New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 data compact disc. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 26 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

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

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

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.adams09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-adams09

Interviewee:

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Interviewer:

Schwartz, Joyce Pomeroy  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound cassette (Sound recording: (1 hr., 35 min.), analog.)

33 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1993 Aug. 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nancy Holt conducted 1993 Aug. 3, by Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz, at the artist's studio in New York, NY, for the Archives of American Art.

In the interview, Holt talks about her body of work, including pieces such as Catch Basin, Star Crossed, Sun Tunnels, and Ransacked; her creative process; the conceptual and physical ideas that influence her work; why she does public art; the functions or needs public art fulfills for its audience; the difficulties of being a public artist; and the future of public art and its patronage. Holt also recalls Richard Long, Jan Dibbets, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Nancy Holt (1938- ) is a sculptor, filmmaker, and installation artist from New York, N.Y. Married to sculptor Robert Smithson.

General:

Poor sound quality in some sections.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

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

Women sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- Interviews  Search this

Public art  Search this

Art patronage  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.holt93

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-holt93

Interviewee:

Smithson, Robert  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Dwan, Virginia  Search this

Extent:

59 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1972 July 14-19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Smithson conducted 1972 July 14-19, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art at 799 Greenwich Street in New York on July 14 and 19 1972. Smithson speaks of growing up in Passaic, New Jersey; primary and high school; high school art education; going to New York Museums; writing and its impact on art work; the Artists Gallery; the Art Students League; his time in the army; the Cedar Bar; Quicksand; the Museum of Modern Art; art education; Sam Smithson; his father; traveling the U.S.; Brooklyn Museum School; impact of the Museum of Natural History; moving to New York; visiting Europe; psychology; show at the George Lester Gallery; the Broken Circle; Dallas-Fort Worth Airport; crystalline structures; meeting William Carlos Williams; cosmology; Enantiomorphic Chambers; mapping; painting and drawing; the Dwan Gallery; getting married; Aerial Art; earthworks; sculpture; the Cryosphere; Alogon; Rome; stratas; nonsites; When Attitudes Become Form; Attitudes; mining sites and quarries; light and reflection; the Spiral Jetty; coordination of large works; documentation; selection of sites; Gyrostasis; weather's impact and seasonal change of the Spiral Jetty; confines of the gallery and museum; mirrors; landscapes; artist materials; art education; traveling; art and vacations; documenta; Smithson also recalls Federica Beer-Monti , Hugh Stix , Danny Donohue, Joe Levin, Charlie Hasloff, John Cassavetes , Alan Brilliant, Irving Sandler, Barnett Newman, Richard Bellamy,John Groth, Lawrence Alloway, T. S. Elliot, Donald Judd, William Carlos Williams, Jackson Pollock, William Burroughs, Ad Reinhardt, Dan Flavin, Virginia Dwan, Rosalind Krauss, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Smithson (1938-1973) was a sculptor well known for his earthworks.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

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

Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.smiths72

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smiths72

Creator:

Cramer, Konrad, 1888-1963  Search this

Names:

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

Florence Gallery  Search this

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)  Search this

Cramer, Florence Ballin, 1884-1962  Search this

Extent:

8.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Christmas cards

Diaries

Designs

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Photographs

Prints

Sketches

Date:

1897-1968

Summary:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and photographer Konrad Cramer and his wife, painter and printmaker Florence Ballin Cramer, measure 8.5 linear feet and date from 1897 to 1968. Papers document both artists' personal and professional lives and are especially rich in documentation of the art community of Woodstock, New York, where Florence Ballin first attended art classes in 1906, and where the couple settled in 1911. Records include biographical materials, correspondence, a Christmas card album, diaries, writings, business records, personal financial records, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of painter, printmaker, and photographer Konrad Cramer and his wife, painter and printmaker Florence Ballin Cramer, measure 8.5 linear feet and date from 1897 to 1968. Papers document both artists' personal and professional lives and are especially rich in documentation of the art community of Woodstock, New York, from 1906, when Florence first attended art classes there, and where the couple resided until their deaths in the 1960s. Records include biographical materials, correspondence, a Christmas card album, business records, diaries, writings, personal financial records, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.

Correspondence is between the Cramers and other artists, curators, gallery staff, editors, writers, and personal friends and family. Many drafts and carbons of outgoing letters are also present. The Christmas card album brings together original cards made by their artist friends in the 1920s and early 1930s. Diaries are of both artists, mostly from 1949 onward, with notes and excerpts from earlier diaries present. Writings include technical and biographical essays by Konrad Cramer, and autobiographical and historical essays by Florence Ballin Cramer; notebooks and notes relate to art, travel, photography, and other subjects. Personal Business Records include price lists, receipts, and gallery correspondence with dealers and exhibitors; correspondence, accounting records, and writings related to Florence Ballin Cramer's Florence Gallery in New York City (1919-1920); records related to Woodstock arts and civic organizations in which the Cramers were involved; and personal financial records.

Printed Materials include publicity materials related to the Cramers' various endeavors and the activities of Woodstock arts and civic organizations, as well as dozens of books, little magazines, and journals by and about members of the Woodstock artist's colony. Photographs depict the Cramers and their friends, including early Art Students League Classes and the annual Maverick festival in the 1920s. Also found are a small number of photo-collages and experiments with color photography, and a series of early twentieth century photographs in the pictorialist style. Artwork includes early sketchbooks of both artists; loose sketches, drawings, and designs; textile designs by Konrad Cramer; and prints and printing blocks.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged into 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1898-1955 (3 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1900-1964 (2.2 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, 9)

Series 3: Christmas Card Album, 1921-1961 (0.8 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 4: Diaries, 1906-1962 (1 linear foot; Box 4)

Series 5: Writings, 1897-1962 (0.7 linear feet; Box 5, OV 11)

Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1918-1962 (0.3 linear feet; Box 5, OV 10)

Series 7: Printed Materials, 1906-1968 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 6-7, 9, OV 11)

Series 8: Photographs, 1906-1960 (0.5 linear feet; Box 7)

Series 9: Artwork, 1897-1954 (1 linear foot; Boxes 8-9, OV 10-11)

Biographical/Historical note:

Konrad Cramer was born in Wurtzburg, Germany, in 1888, and studied at the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1908 with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutte and Ernest Schurth. After a year in the German army, he returned to Karlsruhe to set up a studio, making frequent trips to Munich, where he was exposed to the experimental artists of the Blaue Reiter group, including Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc.

Florence Ballin was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1884. She studied at the Woodstock, New York, summer school of the Art Students League beginning in 1906 under Birge Harrison along with fellow students John Carlson, Grace Mott Johnson, and Andrew Dasburg. She served as secretary for the League in 1906, and had a studio on 59th Street in Manhattan, where she held her first exhibition in 1909. In 1911, she traveled to Europe and met Konrad Cramer in Munich and joined him on visits to exhibitions and studios of the vanguard artists. The two married, moved to the United States, and settled permanently in Woodstock, New York.

Konrad Cramer is often credited as being an important link between German and American modernism in art, and his experimentations with abstraction and expressionism during his first years in Woodstock would seem to bear this out. In 1912 and 1913, he painted a series he called "Improvisations" (after Kandinsky) which was shown in a group exhibition at the MacDowell Club in 1913 along with Andrew Dasburg, Oliver Chaffee, and Paul Rohland. Cramer was photographed by Alfred Stieglitz and wrote an essay about the 291 Gallery for Stieglitz's magazine, Camera Work, in 1914.

The Cramers had two daughters, in 1914 and 1917, and Konrad Cramer became an American citizen in 1917. For income, he began designing textiles for department stores using stencils and batiks around 1918. In his painting, he turned from abstract experiments to the traditional subjects of landscape, still life, and figure in a more representational style that blended modern and regional influences. Florence Ballin Cramer opened a gallery on 57th Street in 1919, encouraged by the sculptor Elie Nadelman. The mission of the Florence Gallery, as it was called, was to exhibit and sell the work of living artists. Although it only survived the season, it was the first gallery to show work by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook, Ernest Fiene, and Stefan Hirsch, and generated important sales for several young artists in her circle.

Konrad Cramer returned to Europe in 1920 on a Rockefeller grant to study educational methods for craftsmen in Germany and France, and on his return he taught at the Woodstock School of Painting and Allied Arts. Cramer also studied lithography with Bolton Brown in Woodstock around this time, and both Cramers took up printmaking and began publishing prints in local arts magazines. The Cramers were deeply immersed in Woodstock life, participating in the annual Maverick festivals, the Woodstock Artists Association, the Historical Society, and other organizations, hosting meetings and serving as officers of many committees and organizations that presented and supported artwork in their community. They enjoyed a rich social life there among fellow artists at frequent parties and festivals, where Konrad provided entertainment with his fiddle and both Cramers memorialized events in countless photographs.

Konrad Cramer exhibited at the Whitney Studio Club in 1924, and taught at the Children's University School (now the Dalton School), where he painted a mural in 1929. The 1930s were busy years in both Cramers' professional lives. Konrad's exhibitions included the Carnegie International (1929 and 1933), and a two-man show at the Dudensing Gallery (1930), where Cramer and Adolph Gottlieb had been selected the most deserving unknown American painters of the year. He was also included in the exhibit Abstract Painting in America at the Whitney Museum (1935). Florence Ballin Cramer exhibited at Marie Harriman Gallery (1931 and 1933), Macy Galleries (1933), the Pennsylvania Academy (1934 and 1936), and the Corcoran (1935 and 1937). Both Konrad and Florence Ballin Cramer were included in a traveling exhibition of Woodstock artists organized by the College Art Association (1931), the first and second Whitney Biennials (1933 and 1935), and the Wanamaker Regional Art Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (1934).

In 1934, the Cramers traveled to Mexico, where they produced many paintings and drawings. Konrad Cramer joined the Federal Art Project briefly in 1935, administering the regional program in Woodstock with Judson Smith. It was around this time that he began to learn photography. He became a sort of community photographer, taking photographs of friends' artwork and commissioned portraits, as well as informal photographs of friends. Cramer experimented with photographic techniques such as solarization and collage, using prisms, panes of glass, or composite printing. He first exhibited photographs in 1936 at the Albany Institute, and established the Woodstock School of Miniature Photography (the "miniature" referring to the then-new format of 35mm film) in 1937. He also taught courses in photography at Bard College in the 1940s, and his photographs and articles about photography were published in national magazines.

For the remainder of his life, Cramer continued to teach, write, and produce photographs, occasionally returning to painting, drawing, and printmaking, creating gouaches, wax resist drawings, and stencils of landscapes and figures, with an increasing interest in abstract styles and automatic techniques. Three of his early paintings were included in the 1946 Whitney Museum exhibition Pioneers of Modern Art in America, and the same year, he exhibited abstract photographs at the Woodstock Artists Association. In the late 1940s, he built an automatic drawing machine which he called the sympalmagraph, which rendered precise, geometric forms. In the late 1950s, he collaborated on a traveling exhibition and book of abstract photographs with Manuel Komroff and Nathan Resnik called The Third Eye.

Florence Ballin Cramer held her last exhibitions at the Woodstock Town House gallery (1953) and at Long Island University (1957). She died in 1962. Konrad Cramer died the following year. Both were memorialized in an exhibition at the Woodstock Artists Association Gallery in 1968.

Separated Materials note:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels 1027, D170, and D171) including photographs, diaries, and sketches. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

A portion of the papers in this collection were loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1964 by Aileen Cramer and Margot Cramer Taylor, daughters of Florence and Konrad Cramer. While selected diaries, sketches, and photographs were returned to the donors, some, but not all, of the original loan was subsequently donated with additional materials, in 1975.

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.

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) -- Woodstock  Search this

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

Photographers -- New York (State) -- Woodstock  Search this

Topic:

Color photography  Search this

Photocollage  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Festivals  Search this

Function:

Artist colonies -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Christmas cards

Diaries

Designs

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Photographs

Prints

Sketches

Citation:

Konrad and Florence Ballin Cramer papers, 1897-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.cramkonr

See more items in:

Konrad and Florence Ballin Cramer papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cramkonr

Creator:

Zorach family  Search this

Zorach family  Search this

Subject:

Zorach, Tessim  Search this

Ipcar, Dahlov  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen  Search this

Adams, Ansel  Search this

Zorach, Marguerite  Search this

Zorach, William  Search this

Partridge, Roi  Search this

Newman, Arnold  Search this

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

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

Type:

Interviews

Prints

Articles

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Notes

Writings

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Artist couples  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6932

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209061

AAA_collcode_zorazora

Theme:

Diaries

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209061

Interviewee:

Shapiro, Joel, 1941-  Search this

Shapiro, Joel, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Phelan, Ellen Denise, 1943-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15656

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)282386

AAA_collcode_shapir09

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_282386

Creator:

Grooms, Mimi Gross, 1940-  Search this

Grooms, Mimi Gross, 1940-  Search this

Subject:

Grooms, Red  Search this

Gross, Chaim  Search this

Burckhardt, Rudy  Search this

Falcone, Dominic  Search this

Topic:

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

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8277

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210448

AAA_collcode_grosmimi

Theme:

Women

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210448

Creator:

Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901-1983 or 6  Search this

Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901-1983 or 6  Search this

Subject:

Nakian, Reuben  Search this

Picken, George  Search this

Pollet, Joseph C.  Search this

Presser, Josef  Search this

Hart, Agnes  Search this

Knight, Frederic C.  Search this

Marantz, Irving  Search this

Millay, Edna St. Vincent  Search this

Thomson, Virgil  Search this

Varda, Jean  Search this

Refregier, Anton  Search this

Scaravaglione, Concetta  Search this

Soyer, Moses  Search this

Soyer, Raphael  Search this

Baker, Mildred  Search this

Blanch, Lucile  Search this

Blanch, Arnold  Search this

Force, Juliana  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry  Search this

Fruhauf, Aline  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme  Search this

Dehn, Virginia  Search this

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)  Search this

Yaddo (Artist's colony)  Search this

Federal Art Project (N.Y.)  Search this

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

Type:

Prints

Christmas cards

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Place:

Woodstock (N.Y.)

Topic:

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

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Artists -- New York (State) -- Woodstock  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Women  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8967

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211154

AAA_collcode_gerseuge

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Women

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211154