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Creator:

Pratt, Bela L. (Bela Lyon), 1867-1917  Search this

Subject:

Burroughs, Edith Woodman  Search this

French, Daniel Chester  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston  Search this

Burroughs, Bryson  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13404

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211022

AAA_collcode_pratbela

Theme:

Diaries

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211022

Creator:

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935  Search this

Lachaise, Isabelle Nagle, d. 1957-  Search this

Subject:

Marin, John  Search this

Sprinchorn, Carl  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Van Vechten, Carl  Search this

Weber, Max  Search this

Hartman, C. Bertram  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9109

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211303

AAA_collcode_lachgast

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211303

Creator:

Kessler, William H. (William Henry), 1924-2002  Search this

Subject:

Kessler, William H. (William Henry)  Search this

Filipowski, Richard  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American -- Photographs  Search this

Painting, American -- Photographs  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6640

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215952

AAA_collcode_kesswmhp

Theme:

Audio - Visual

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215952

Creator:

Katz, Ada, 1928-  Search this

Subject:

Bladen, Ronald  Search this

Dodd, Lois  Search this

Drummond, Sally Hazelet  Search this

Held, Al  Search this

Katz, Alex  Search this

King, William  Search this

Pearlstein, Philip  Search this

Sugarman, George  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7679

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209842

AAA_collcode_katzada

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209842

Creator:

Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911  Search this

Subject:

Webster, Daniel  Search this

Hutchins, Stilson, 1838-1912  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art patronage -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art -- Commissioning -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Artists and patrons -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9522

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211721

AAA_collcode_ballthsh

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Government Sponsorship of the Arts

American Art and Artists in a Global Context

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211721

Creator:

Berman/Daferner (Gallery)  Search this

Subject:

Cronbach, Robert M.  Search this

Hartwig, Cleo  Search this

Glinsky, Vincent  Search this

Grippe, Peter  Search this

Konzal, Joseph  Search this

Lekakis, Michael  Search this

Wheelock, Warren  Search this

Shaw, Charles Green  Search this

Berman, Douglas  Search this

Daferner, Peter  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American -- Photographs  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- Photographs  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6654

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215969

AAA_collcode_bermdafe

Theme:

Audio - Visual

Art Gallery Records

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215969

Creator:

Woods, Gurdon G., 1915-  Search this

Names:

Otis Art Institute  Search this

San Francisco Art Institute  Search this

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this

Siegriest, 1899-1989  Search this

Siegriest, Lundy, 1925-  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

0.2 Linear feet (Addition)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1948-1987

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence; notes and writings by Woods and his students; printed material; photographs of Woods and his work; 4 sketches and drawings by his students, undated; 1 certificate from San Francisco Art Institute, undated, various subject files, 1948-1981.

Included are: correspondence with Grace McCann Morley, Jock Reynolds, Richard Hayton, Sean Elwood and others, 1960-1987; notes and writings by Woods and his students; student drawings by Joan Brown and others, and original Christmas cards received; clippings, 1955-1978; files on the San Francisco Art Festival, 1950-1951, San Francisco Art Association, the San Francisco Art Commission, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and other events and topics; gallery announcements, posters and exhibition catalogs;

writings by Woods including commencement addresses, lectures, proposals and one manuscript "New Prospects in Design Education"; proposals for long range development of the visual arts program at the University of California at Santa Cruz (1970-1979); and photographs and slides of Woods and his artwork.

ADDITION: One b&w photograph of Louis Siegriest and his son Lundy; one b&w photograph of Jay DeFeo, ca. 1960; and two exhibition catalogs on the Siegriests, 1980 and 1986; newspaper review of Woods' 1993 exhibit.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor and art instructor; San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California.

Provenance:

Material donated 1991 and 1992 by Gurdon Woods.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- California -- Santa Cruz  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- Santa Cruz  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Art festivals  Search this

Sculpture, American -- California  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.woodgurd

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woodgurd

Photographer:

Thompson, Jerry L., 1945  Search this

Names:

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1983 - 1989

Summary:

This collection contains photographic material taken during Jerry L. Thompson's career at the Metroplitan Museum of Art (New York, NY). The collection includes black-and-white photographic prints, negatives and color transparencies documenting the work of four prominent American sculptors: Erastus Dow Palmer, Frederic Remington, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and John Quincy Adams Ward.

Scope and Contents:

Comprised of 3 linear feet, this collection contains black-and-white photographic prints, negatives and color transparencies taken by Jerry L. Thompson documenting the work of four prominent American sculptors: Erastus Dow Palmer, Frederic Remington, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and John Quincy Adams Ward. Each artist is represented by approximately 100 photographs. The collection includes images of over twenty outdoor public monuments by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, including multiple views and details of the Adams Memorial (Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC), taken in 1985-1986. The collection includes detailed photographs of 16 major casts by Frederic Remington.

Arrangement:

Photographic materials are arranged alphabetically by artist's name.

Biographical / Historical:

Jerry L. Thompson has been a professional photographer since 1973. Born in Houston, Texas in 1945, he studied at the University of Texas and Yale University. From 1972 to 1975, he served as Walker Evans' principle assistant; and was a member of the faculty of Yale University from 1973 to 1980. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1977) and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (also in 1977). In addition to his portraits from the Coney Island amusement park of the early 1970s and his street work in New York City neighborhoods, he is best known as a photographer of sculpture.

Thompson began photographing sculpture in the mid-1970s. His first major project was to photograph the African works in the collection of the Museum of Primitive Art in New York City. In the early 1980s, Thompson began work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC). Under the direction of Lewis I. Sharp, curator of American sculpture and administrator of the American Wing, Thompson served as photographer-in-residence, photographing all the American works of sculpture in the museum's collection. He has also done extensive photography documenting the sculpture of Erastus Dow Palmer, Frederic Remington, John Quincy Adams Ward, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. His work on the two latter sculptors included their major outdoor public monuments.

Initially in his career, he used black-and-white 8x10 inch negatives, but eventually began to work with color transparency materials as well. In 2013, his book Why Photography Matters was published by MIT Press.

Provenance:

Gift from Jerry L. Thompson, July 2014.

Restrictions:

The collection, which is undergoing processing and cataloging, is open for research use in the Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Advance appointments are required.

Rights:

Copyright to photographs from the Jerry L. Thompson Collection is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Requests for permission to reproduce photographs from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Photograph Archives. Certain works of art, as well as photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity rights, or other interests not owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It is the applicant's responsibility to ascertain whether any such rights exist, and to obtain any other permission necessary to reproduce and publish the image.

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Art, American -- Photographs  Search this

Citation:

Jerry L. Thompson Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Identifier:

SAAM.Photo.THO

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-saam-photo-tho

Creator:

Kessler, William H. (William Henry), 1924-2002  Search this

Names:

Filipowski, Richard, 1923-2008  Search this

Kessler, William H. (William Henry), 1924-2002 -- Art collections  Search this

Extent:

3 Photographic prints (col., 3 in. x 5 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Date:

circa 1994

Scope and Contents:

Photographs of works by Richard Filipowski collected by William Kessler including two oil paintings and one sculpture completed circa1947-late 1950s, and photographed by Kessler in 1994.

Biographical / Historical:

Filipowski: designer, sculptor, teacher; Mass. Kessler: architect, art collector.

Provenance:

Donated 1995 by William Kessler. Kessler photographed the works at Filipowski's suggestion.

Restrictions:

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

Topic:

Sculpture, American -- Photographs  Search this

Painting, American -- Photographs  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.kesswmhp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kesswmhp

Interviewee:

Washington, James W., 1911-2000  Search this

Interviewer:

Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

15 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 October 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of James W. Washington, Jr. conducted 1965 October 13, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art.

Washington discusses his participation in the Mississippi Art Project, the effect it had on his career, and government sponsorship of the arts in general. He recalls segregation in the Mississippi art world.

Biographical / Historical:

James W. Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a painter and sculptor from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 31 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.washin65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-washin65

Creator:

Waldorf panel on sculpture (1965 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Names:

Agostini, Peter  Search this

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this

De Kooning, Elaine  Search this

Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991  Search this

Ferren, John, 1905-1970  Search this

Judd, Donald, 1928-1994  Search this

Kiesler, Frederick  Search this

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this

Mallary, Robert, 1917-1997  Search this

Marsicano, Nicholas, 1908-1991  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-  Search this

Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Rosenthal, Rachel, 1926-  Search this

Schwartz, Sal  Search this

Segal, George, 1924-2000  Search this

Slivka, David, 1913-  Search this

Wines, James, 1932-  Search this

Extent:

6 Sound tapes ((partially transcribed), 7 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tapes

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 February 17 and March 17

Scope and Contents:

A two part panel discussion on sculpture (6 7" tapes), partially transcribed on 141 pages. Participants are Peter Agostini, Will Barnet, Elaine De Kooning, Herbert Ferber, John Ferren, Donald Judd, Frederick Kiesler, Ibram Lassaw, Robert Mallary, Nicholas Marsicano, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Claes Oldenburg, Philip Pavia (organizer), Ad Reinhardt, Rachel Rosenthal, Sal Schwartz, George Segal, David Slivka, and James Wines.

Biographical / Historical:

The Waldorf Panel on Sculpture was organized by Philip Pavia, who chose the name in homage to the informal artists' discussions held at the Waldorf Cafeteria on 6th St. in the early to mid 1940s, and which later formed the nucleus to the artists' group known as the Club.

Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

Restrictions:

Use of original recordings requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.waldpane

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-waldpane

Creator:

Smith, David, 1906-1965  Search this

Names:

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Cherry, Herman  Search this

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011  Search this

Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010  Search this

Rickey, George  Search this

Willard, Marian, 1904-  Search this

Extent:

6 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1926-1965

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence; sketchbooks; sketches; scrapbooks; exhibition catalogs; photographs; business records; and printed material.

Correspondence, mostly routine business dealing with exhibitions, sales, purchases of equipment, and other business matters, and from family and friends in the art world, including Alexander Calder, Herman Cherry, Robert M. Coates, Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, George Rickey, Marian Willard and others; sketchbooks, sketches, and notebook, annotated and relating to his sculptural work, 1930s-1940s; lectures, speeches, and writings; an 18 page transcript of an interview of Smith conducted by Thomas Hess, June 1964; photographs, mostly small snapshots of Smith's work, often annotated with descriptive information; scrapbook materials; articles; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and publications.

Biographical / Historical:

David Smith (1906-1965) was a sculptor from Bolton Landing, N.Y. Began his career as a painter. Studied at Art Students League. Married artist Dorothy Dehner. Was one of the first sculptors to develop a uniquely American abstract style. Worked in monumental style, incorporating painted metal and welding techniques into his work. Smith died in an automobile accident in May 1965.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming by Rebecca and Candida Smith.

Restrictions:

ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required.

Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

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

Sculpture, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.smitdavp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitdavp

Creator:

Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917  Search this

Names:

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934  Search this

Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Extent:

5 Reels (ca. 450 items (on 5 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1876-1986

Scope and Contents:

Biographical materials, letters and correspondence, photographs, diary, subject files, and printed ephemera.

REEL 2527: Biographical sketches; sculpture contracts; lists of Pratt's work compiled by his son, Dudley Pratt; a pencil sketch; photographs of Pratt at work in his studio; portraits of him; 172 photographs of his sculpture and a memorial exhibition installation; photographs of Frank Weston Benson and Alexander Phimister Proctor; clippings; and printed material.

REELS 3995-3998: An award from Yale School of Fine Arts; admission tickets; marriage certificate; identification card for his wife, Helen, from the Societe des Artistes Francais for the 1897 Salon; a 25-page diary of Helen, 1896-1898, describing the Pratts' wedding and their experiences in Italy and France; notices of Pratt's appointment to the Visiting Committee of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; biographical sketches; an anecdote by a nephew; and a letter of reminiscence by his son Dudley, 1941. Also included are letters from Pratt to his mother, Sarah Victoria Whittlesey Pratt, describing his activities, his contemporaries and his work; correspondence with friends, family, students, and associates and letters of condolence to Mrs. Pratt; subject files, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, containing letters, photographs and clippings from and about Pratt's friends and colleagues, including Frank Weston Benson, Bryson and Edith Woodman Burroughs, Daniel Chester French, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who gives Pratt advice and critiques two of his busts.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor, teacher; Boston, Mass.; b. 1867; d. 1917 Studied at Yale, Art Students League, and with Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Kenyon Cox, and William Merritt Chase, and others.

Provenance:

Material on reel 2527 lent for microfilming 1982 by Thomas Leavitt, a descendant of Pratt. Material on reels 3995-3998 lent 1987 by Cynthia Kennedy Sam, Pratt's granddaughter.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.pratbela

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pratbela

Creator:

Porter, David, 1912-  Search this

Names:

G Place Gallery (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Cortor, Eldzier, 1916-2015  Search this

Crosby, Caresse, 1892-  Search this

Day, Worden, 1916-1986  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-  Search this

Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970  Search this

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet ((on 5 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1929-1969

Scope and Contents:

Family correspondence; personal and professional correspondence relating to Porter's career as a gallery owner, with Caresse Crosby, Eldzier Cortor, Worden Day, Edith Halpert, Adolph Gottlieb, Karl Knaths, Peggy Guggenheim, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and many others; diaries; notes; financial papers; clippings; publicity catalogs; and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, sculptor, gallery owner; Wainscott, N.Y. Porter opened the G Place Gallery with Caresse Crosby in 1943.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1970 by Edwin David Porter.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Gallery owners  Search this

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

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

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

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- Washington (D.C.)

Identifier:

AAA.portedwi

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-portedwi

Interviewee:

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Bollingen Foundation  Search this

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

Japanese American Citizens' League  Search this

Japanese American Citizens' League  Search this

Leonardo da Vinci Art School  Search this

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill  Search this

UNESCO  Search this

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938  Search this

Becker, John Bruere, 1915-  Search this

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957  Search this

Breton, André, 1896-1966  Search this

Brummer, Joseph  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992  Search this

Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Egan, Charles, 1911-  Search this

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953  Search this

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Graham, John, 1887-1961  Search this

Graham, Martha  Search this

Gregory, Peter Ronald, 1947-  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Hare, David, 1917-1992  Search this

Hasegawa, Saburō, 1906-1957  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946  Search this

Itō, Michio, 1893-1961  Search this

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974  Search this

Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974  Search this

Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this

Knoll, Hans  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955  Search this

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this

Price, Edison A., d. 1997  Search this

Raymond, Antonin, 1888-  Search this

Reynal, Jeanne, 1903-  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006  Search this

Ruotolo, Onorio, 1888-1966  Search this

Schoen, Eugene, 1880-1957  Search this

Shoji, Sadao, 1937-  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Taniguchi, Yoshirō, 1904-  Search this

Ward, Eleanor, 1912-1984  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

148 Pages (Transcript)

1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (5 min. 29 sec.), digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Japan -- Description and Travel

Italy -- description and travel

Egypt -- description and travel

India -- description and travel

Date:

1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Isamu Noguchi conducted 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

NOVEMBER 7, 1973 session: Noguchi discusses his family background; growing up in Japan; returning to the United States in 1917; his identity as an artist; Gutzon Borglum; Columbia University and studying pre-med; attending Leonardo da Vinci Art School; apprenticing to Onorio Ruotolo; quitting Columbia to become a sculptor; Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927; J.B. Neumann; Alfred Stieglitz; George Grey Barnard; James Earle Fraser; Brummer and the Brummer Gallery; studying at Chaumiere and Collarosi; working with Brancusi; meeting Sandy Calder in Paris; Stuart Davis; Morris Kantor; Andrée Ruellan; his work, "Sphere"; reacting against Brancusi; Eugene Schoen's; his Carnegie Hall studio; Michio Ito; Martha Graham; Buckminster Fuller; traveling in China and Japan; meeting Chi Pai Shi; John Becker; his works, "Play Mountain," "Monument to the Plow," "Monument to Ben Franklin," and "Orpheus" for Balanchine; designing for the stage; Audrey McMahon; Harry Hopkins; Holger Cahill; Mexico; Diego Rivera; Miguel Covarrubias; and the Artists Union.

DECEMBER 10, 1973 Session: His reaction to the Spanish Civil War- avoided direct involvement; Stuart Davis; Gorky; Andre Breton; David Hare; Marcel Duchamp; John Graham; Julien Levy; his artist friends dying at the peak of their success; Leger; Stirling Calder; associating himself with the laboring class; Buckminster Fuller; being American; expanding the possibilities of sculpture; his Associated Press Building project in Rockefeller Center, it being done in stainless steel instead of bronze; John Collier; Japanese-American Citizens League; organizing Nisei Artists and Writers Mobilization for Democracy; Jeanne Reynal; going to Poston, Ariz. to assist with American Indian Service camp under John Collier and becoming an internee there; returning to New York in 1942; Bollingen Foundation; trip around the world in 1949; and Philip Guston.

DECEMBER 18, 1973 session: Best work in studio; reaction against expressionism; artists protesting against the Establishment; his objection to the WPA, influenced by William Zorach; exhibiting in group show called, "Fourteen Americans at the Museum of Modern Art"; show at Egan Gallery in 1949; accepting art in its most aesthetically pure form without reference to social issues; movement in Japan since war to get away from refinement of Japan; Yoshiro Hiro responsible for Gutai and the happenings; his work, "Monument to Heroes," using bones; his work takes years to do; materials used in his work; his work, "Cronos"; doing theater stage sets for the Library of Congress including, "Appalachian Spring" and "Herodiade"; wants a given space which he can call his own and do something with it, has to be a work of art.

DECEMBER 26, 1973 Session: Show with Charles Egan in 1948 arranged by de Kooning; applying to the Bollingen Foundation to write a book on leisure, which was never written; traveling to Italy, Egypt, and India for two years; being removed from the New York scene with Franz Kline and de Kooning; his light objects; sculpture as environment; respect for material; Mondrian and his art deriving from nature; his time in Japan in 1931; visiting Japan in 1951; working in stone; projects in Japan; Taniguchi; Antonin Raymond; designing Japanese gardens; discovery of Zen; Hasegawa Saburo; Skidmore; Hans Knoll; Edison Price; Italy in the 1960s; Peter Gregory; Henry Moore; Louis Kahn; UNESCO; Noguchi Foundation and Plaza Company; Shoji; Eleanor Ward; and his autobiography, "A Sculptor's World."

Biographical / Historical:

Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was a Japanese American sculptor based in Long Island City, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 25 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are 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:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Asian American artists -- Interviews  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

Gardens, Japanese  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Japanese American sculptors  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.noguch73

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-noguch73

Creator:

McVey, William Mozart, 1905-1995  Search this

McVey, Leza  Search this

Names:

Canaday, John, 1907-1985  Search this

Gonzales, Boyer  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974  Search this

West, Clifford B.  Search this

Extent:

22.8 Linear feet ((microfilmed on 22 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1932-1974

Scope and Contents:

Papers regarding sculptor William McVey and to a lesser extent his wife, ceramist and weaver, Leza McVey.

REELS 869-870: Files on 26 commissions executed between 1938 and 1973; 2 scrapbooks; printed articles by McVey; sketches and drawings; clippings; and photographs. Correspondents include Chaim Gross, Zoltan Sepeshy, Boyer Gonzales, Clifford West, John Canaday, and others.

REELS 5439-5460: Correspondence, writings, art work by the McVey's and others, photographs, and printed material.

Biographical / Historical:

William McVey: Sculptor, educator; Cleveland, Ohio; Leza McVey: Ceramist, weaver, Cleveland, Ohio.

Provenance:

Material on reels 869-870 lent for microfilming by William McVey. He subsequently donated the originals to Rice University in Houston, Texas. Material on reels 5439-5460 was donated in 1998 by the McVey estate via executor Seth C. Taft.

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  Search this

Ceramicists  Search this

Weavers  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.mcvewill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcvewill

Creator:

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this

Names:

Borglum, Solon Hannibal, 1868-1922  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938  Search this

Kreis, Henry, 1899-1963  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946  Search this

Extent:

0.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Date:

1863-1965

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence; writings; family records; photographs; calender notebooks; and clippings.

REELS NY59-15-NY59-17: Correspondence, 1940-1947; manuscripts of writings on art; family records; photographs; and clippings. Correspondents include Charles Dana Gibson, Henry Kreis, and Booth Tarkington.

REELS N714-N717: Calendar notebooks, 1925-1965.

UNMICROFILMED: Photostat of the Sangston family tree, made at Massillon, Ohio, in 1919. From the original owned by Paul Manship.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Material on reels NY59-15-NY59-17 & N714-N717 lent for microfilming 1959 & 1967 by Paul and son John Manship; unmicrofilmed family tree donated 1959 by Paul Manship.

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.

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.manspaup

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-manspaup

Creator:

Lazzari, Pietro, 1898-1979  Search this

Names:

Apollo 17 (Spacecraft)  Search this

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994  Search this

Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Rust, John D.  Search this

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965  Search this

Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968  Search this

Extent:

12.84 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Slides (photographs)

Motion pictures (visual works)

Paintings

Date:

1878-1998

Summary:

The papers of muralist and sculptor, Pietro Lazzari, measure 12.84 linear feet and date from 1878 to 1998. The papers document Lazzari's life and career through biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes, writings, artwork, photographs, and printed material.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of muralist and sculptor, Pietro Lazzari, measure 12.84 linear feet and date from 1878 to 1998. The collection documents Lazzari's life and career through biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes, writings, artwork, photographs, and printed material.

Biographical material includes biographical sketches and various identification documents. Correspondence comprises letters exchanged between Lazzari, family members, and colleagues and includes about a hundred letters concerning post office murals in several states.

Notebooks contain drawings and annotated diagrams in addition to notes on artwork and designs for inventions. Writings are both by and about Lazzari and include autobiographical material. Artwork includes sketchbooks, loose sketches, prints, and paintings.

Almost a quarter of the collection consists of photographs which include images of Lazzari, his family and colleagues, and gallery installations. Also found are photographs of several notable individuals.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as ten series according to material type. For each series, material within folders is arranged chronologically. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1880-1980 (box 1; 4 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1895-1998, undated (boxes 1-2; 1.7 linear ft.)

Series 3: Personal Business Records, 1925-1993, undated (box 2; 0.4 linear ft.)

Series 4: Notes, 1915-1979, undated (boxes 3, 13, OV 14; 1 linear ft.)

Series 5: Writings, 1910-1979, undated (box 4, 13; 0.4 linear ft.)

Series 6: Artwork, 1918-1979, undated (boxes 4-5, 13, OV 14; 0.9 linear ft.)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1905-1994, undated (boxes 5-8, 13, OV 14; 3.8 linear ft.)

Series 8: Photographs, 1878-1980, undated (boxes 8-13, MGP 1, MGP 4; 3.8 linear ft.)

Series 9: Motion Picture Film, undated (FC 15; 1 film can)

Series 10: Artifact, undated (box 12; 1 folder)

Biographical Note:

Pietro Lazzari was born in Rome, on May 15, 1898. At the age of 15, he was apprenticed to Roman sculptor, Jerace. Four years on the Italian front in World War I interrupted his studies, until he could return to the Ornamental School of Rome, where he received a Master Artist degree in 1922. Lazzari's first solo exhibition was at the Theatre of the Independents in Rome. He was also employed by newspaper Il Messaggero to illustrate articles with athletes' portraits.

Lazzari visited the United States in 1925, exhibiting in a group show at the New Gallery in the New York the following year. He also married American social worker Elizabeth Paine in 1926. After four more trips between the United States and Italy, he permanently settled in New York City in 1929. In addition to participating in major art exhibitions, he was hired by a New York newspaper to make courtroom sketches at the Lindbergh kidnapping trial. Divorcing his first wife in 1932, Lazzari married Evelyn Cohen in 1934, and became a U.S. citizen in 1936. Between 1936 and 1942, he worked on four post office murals for the U.S. Section of Fine Arts and began experimentation that led to his own method of painting in polychrome concrete.

In 1942, Lazzari moved to Washington, D.C. and participated in the war effort. He also taught painting and sculpture at The American University, and from 1948 to 1950, he headed the Art Department at Dumbarton College. In 1950, he received a Fulbright Fellowship for research in techniques of Etruscan Art.

Lazzari is known for his bronze busts of humanitarians, most notably Pope Paul VI, Adlai Stevenson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Represented by the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, he was also very active in the Washngton, D.C. art community, where he was represented by the Caresse Crosby Gallery.

Pietro Lazzari died on May 1, 1979 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is one sound tape reel of a transcribed interview with Pietro Lazzari, conducted by Harlan Phillips in 1964.

Provenance:

The Pietro Lazzari papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1989 by Evelyn C. Lazzari, widow of Pietro Lazzari, and in 1998 by her estate.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use 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.

Topic:

Portrait sculpture, American -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Muralists -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Sculpture, American -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Prints

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Slides (photographs)

Motion pictures (visual works)

Paintings

Citation:

Pietro Lazzari papers, 1878-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.lazzpiet

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Pietro Lazzari papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lazzpiet

Creator:

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935  Search this

Lachaise, Isabelle Nagle, d. 1957  Search this

Names:

Hartman, C. Bertram, 1882-1960  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Sprinchorn, Carl, 1887-1971  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet ((microfilmed on 4 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1903-1962

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence; photographs; photograph albums; scrapbooks; exhibition material; and clippings.

REELS 325-327: Correspondence; photograph albums; scrapbooks; clippings; and exhibition material.

REEL 1034: Correspondence, 1925-1934, including mainly 23 letters to Lachaise from Alfred Stieglitz discussing Lachaise's exhibiting some works at the Anderson Galleries and his financial dealings with Stieglitz; letters to Isabelle Lachaise from friends and artists including Carl Van Vechten, Alfred Stieglitz, Bertram Hartman, and Carl Sprinchorn; correspondence relating to the sale of Gaston Lachaise's work; and correspondence relating to biographies of Gaston Lachaise. In addition, there are 3 photographs of paintings in the estate of Isabelle Lachaise: a drawing by Max Weber, a 1923 painting by Yasuo Kuniyoshi; and a painting by John Marin.

Biographical / Historical:

Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. and Maine. Best known for his stylized monumental female nudes, dating from 1918 to the 1930s.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1972-1974 by John Pierce, Managing Trustee, Lachaise Foundation. Pierce is the grand-nephew of Isabelle Lachaise.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Sculptors -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.lachgast

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-lachgast

Creator:

King, William, 1925-2015  Search this

Names:

Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)  Search this

Canaday, John, 1907-1985  Search this

Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962  Search this

Cummings, Willard Warren, 1915-1975  Search this

Dintenfass, Terry, 1920-  Search this

Talese, Gay  Search this

Waggaman, John F., 1923-  Search this

Extent:

15.7 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Date:

1910-2007

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, correspondence, photographs, project files, writings, financial records, works of art, audio visual material, and printed material regarding the career of sculptor William King.

Biographical material includes a yearbook and an award from the National Academy of Design. Business and personal correspondence is with family, friends, and others among them Terry Dintenfass, John Waggaman, Willard Cummings, E. E. Cummings, Gay Talese, and John Canaday. Photographs are of King's family, friends, works of art, and installation shots. Detailed project files contain notes, diagrams, paper cut-outs, blueprints, and technical material. Writings include 16 v. of daily diaries and notes by King and the book "Uncle King's Album". Financial records include sales ledgers and records, contracts for sculptures, cancelled checks, receipts, deposit books, bank statements, and income tax records. Works of art include sketches, a sketchbook, drawings for editorial cartoons, and illustrated cards.

Audio visual material includes six untranscribed cassettes of an interview with King's mother, Florence D. King, a videocassette of King creating Amitie at SUNY Plattsburgh, 1977, 8 mm motion picture films and VHS videocassette copies relating to sculptures Twins and The Creative Spirit, a DVD video recording of King's profile for the Luce Center, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and an audio cassette recording of the 11th International Sculpture Conference (and corresponding program booklet) honoring King. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, invitations, announcements, and newspaper clippings. Also included is a memorandum book belonging to King's father Walter Blake King.

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

This collection was donated in installments from 1969-2008 by William King. Two linear feet of material was micorfilmed upon receipt (reels 487-488).

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:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Sculpture -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for the preservation and transfer of the motion picture film provided by the Smithsonian's Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.kingwill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kingwill