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No. 14

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
68 1/8 x 48 in. (172.9 x 121.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1960
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4646
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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No. 18

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
68 x 48 in. (172.7 x 121.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1960
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4647
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Black Cat

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 42 in. (91.5 106.5 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1946
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4648
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Promenade

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 7/8 X 34 IN. (76.0 X 86.3 CM.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1948
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4649
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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The Nocturnal Prowl/Verso: (Untitled) (Landscape)

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
33 1/4 x 29 7/8 in. (84.5 x 75.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1945
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4650.A-B
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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No. 16

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
67 5/8 x 68 1/8 in. (171.7 x 172.9)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1961
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4651
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Indian Love Call

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
68 × 69 3/4 in. (172.7 × 177.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1961
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4652
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Psychoseismorama II

Artist:
Hassel Smith, American, b. Sturgis, Michigan, 1915–2007  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
68 x 69 5/8 in. (172.7 x 176.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1960
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4653
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Smith, Hassel - Correspondence

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 67, Folder 19
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1997
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archives of American Art
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Smith, Hassel - Inventories

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 67, Folder 20
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1975
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 6: Artists Files
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Archives of American Art
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Artist Inventory Cards

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1954-1998
Scope and Contents note:
Inventory cards track artwork entering and leaving the gallery. Each card lists a work's artist, title, date, media, and measurements. Most cards include a photograph of the artwork, and most cards further list the ultimate action taken regarding the work (sold, returned to artist or gallery, consigned, etc.), the list price or paid price, exhibition and catalog history, and the history of price quotes given for the work. The gallery used a number of abbreviations for the transactions on the inventory cards:

NFS - Not For Sale

RTA - Returned to Artist

o/c - On Consignment (from)

o/a - On Approval

OOG - Out of Gallery

O/L - On Loan (from)

TGF - Top Gallant Farm

There are no inventory cards tracking pre-Columbian art and artifacts in the collection. The cards represent works from both the New York gallery and Zurich gallery.

The cards are arranged into ten overlapping groups established by the gallery representing transactions, such as sales and consignments, loans, returns, and other general art movement. Within each category, most of the cards are alphabetized by artist and thereafter by title, but occasionally an artist's work is divided into categories (for example by media) before being arranged alphabetically by title:

Returned to Artist

Sold (pre-1993)

Sold

Sold and/or Returned to Artist

Returned to Artist

Sold

Old Top Gallant Farm Sculptures

Emmerich Private Sold

Last Active Inventory and Sales

Additional Cards

See Appendix for a list of artists' names represented by the Artist Inventory Cards in Series 8.1.
Appendix: Artists' Names Represented in Artist Inventory Cards in Series 8.1.:
Aakre, Richard

Abbott, Berenice

Abercrombie, Douglas

Adams, Ansel

Adams, Robert

Africano, Nicholas

Albers, Josef

Alechinsky, Pierre

Altoon, John

Amerine, Wayne

Andre, Carl

Annesley, David

Appel, Karel

Arakawa

Arbus, Diane

Arman

Arp, Jean (Hans)

Ashbaugh, Dennis

Atget, Eugene

Atkins, Anna

Audubon, J.J.

Avery, Milton

Bacon, Francis

Bailey, William

Baldus, Edouard

Ball, Lillian

Balthus

Bannard, Walter Darby

Barlett, Jennifer

Barth, Frances

Barth, Wolf

Bartolini, Luciano

Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Baziotes, William

Beasley, Barth

Bireline, George

Bleckner, Ross

Blossfeldt, Karl

Bocklin, Arnold

Boisseu

Boisson, L.

Bolotowsky, Ilya

Bolus, Michael

Bonnard, Pierre

Bonnet, Phi

Bradley, Peter

Beasley, Bruce

Becher, Bernd and Hillar

Bellocq, E.J.

Benazzi, Raffael

Benton, Fletcher

Best, Mary Ellen

Beuys, Joseph

Bill, Max

Boepple, Willard

Bogart, Bram

Borofsky, John

Boxer, Stanley

Botero, Fernardo

Boudin, Eugene

Bourke-White, Margaret

Brach, Paul

Brancusi, Constantin

Braque, George

Brassaï

Breed, Charles

Brui

Brush, Daniel

Buchwald, Howard

Buckley, Stephen

Bucklow, Christopher

Bush, Jack

Butterfield, Deborah

Calder, Alexander

Callahan, Harry

Cascella, Andrea

Caracciolo, Roberto

Caro, Anthony

Cezanne, Paul

Chadwick, Lynn

Chagall, Marc

Chamberlain, John

Chase, Louisa

Chillida, Eduardo

Christensen, Dan

Christo

Clifford, Charles

Close, Chuck

Cohen, Elaine Lustig

Conlon, William

Contino, Leonard

Crile, Susan

cummings, e.e.

Dahl-Wolfe, Louise

David, Michael

Davis, Gerald

Davis, Lynn

Davis, Ronald

de Amaral, Olga

de Chirico, Giorgio

de Clercq, Louis

de Kooning, Willem

Degas, Edgar

Dehner, Edgar

Delaunay, Robert

Delaunay, Sonia

Dembiczak, J.G.

de Valdivia, Marco

di Suvero, Mark

Diebenkorn, Richard

Dill, Guy

Dill, Lesley

Diller, Burgoyne

Dine, Jim

Disderi

Dorazio, Piero

Downes, Rackstraw

Drapell, Joseph

Drentwett

Dubuffet, Jean

Duchamp, Marcel

Duck-Hyun, Cho

Dufy, Raoul

Du Maine, H.

Durandelle, Louis-Emille

Durrant, Jennifer

Dzubas, Friedel

Edgerton, Dr. Harold

Egger, Marc

Eggleston, William

Embry, Norris

Ellis, Stephen

Emmerich, Tobias

Ernst, Max

Evans, Walker

Fautrier, Jean

Feeley, Paul

Feist, Harold

Ferber, Herbert

Ferrara, Jackie

Fessler, Cristina

Fischl, Eric

Flavin, Dan

Fleming, Linda

Fontana, Corsin

Fontana, Lucio

Ford, Hermine

Fornier, Paul

Foster, John

Fournier, Paul

Francis, Sam

Francis, Sherron

Franck

Frank, Robert

Frankenthaler, Helen

Freud, Lucian

Friedberg, Richard

Freres, Henry

Friedlander, Lee

Fuger

Funakoshi, Katsura

Fuss, Adam

Galanin, Igor

Giacometti, Alberto

Gibbons, Arthur

Gilliam, Sam

Ginnever, Charles

Giordani, Patrice

Glarner, Fritz

Gliko, Carl

Gonzalez, Julio

Goodnough, Robert

Gorchov, Ron

Gordon, Harry

Gorky, Arshile

Gossweiler, Christoph

Gottlieb, Adolph

Graffin, Daniel

Graham, John

Graubner, Gotthard

Graves, Nancy

Green, June

Greenleaf, Ken

Griefen, John Adams

Grill

Gris, Juan

Groover, Jan

Guston, Philip

Gutman, John

Hacklin, Alan/Allan

Hagemeyer, Johan

Hall, Lee

Hantai, Simon

Haring, Keith

Harman, Maryann

Hartley, Marsden

Hartung, Hans

Hatcher, Brower

Held, Al

Hendler, Raymond

Hennessy, Richard

Hepworth, Barbara

Herdeg, Christian

Hide, Peter

Highstein, Jene

Hirschfeld

Hitch, Stewart

Hockney, David

Hodgkin, Howard

Hoenigsberg, Helga

Hofmann, Hans

Hollega, Wolfgang

Honegger, Gottfried

Hope, Polly

Hopper, Edward

Horne, Bernard Shea

Hosiasson, Philippe

Hoyland, John

Hoyningen-Heune, George

Hughto, Darryl

Hughto, Margie/Marjorie

Humphrey, Ralph

Hutchinson, Jay

Hutchinson, Jaqueth

Indiana, Robert

Isherwood, Jon

Jenkins, Paul

Jensen, Bill

Johns, Jasper

Johnson, Meredith

Jorn, Asger

Kandinsky, Wassily

Kelly, Ellsworth

Kertesz, Andre

Keskeny, George

Kiesler, Frederick

Kisling

Klee, Paul

Klein, Yves

Klett, Mark

Kline, Franz

Knoop, Guitou

Koekoek, B.C.

Krasner, Lee

Kupka, Frantisek

Kuwayama, Tadaaki

Lack, Stephen

Landfield, Ronnie

Lange, Dorothea

Langlois and Martens

La Noue, Terence

Laurens, Henri

Leger, Fernand

Le Gray, Gustave

Lehman, Wendy

LeRoy, Jeanette

Letellier, B.

Lettron, J.

Levee, John

Levinson, Moss

Levitt, Helen

Lewitt, Sol

Liberman, Alexander

Lichtenstein, Roy

Lindner, Richard

Lipschitz, Jacques

Lipski, Donald

Lipsky, Pat

Lissitsky, El

Lipsky, Pat

Lohse, Richard Paul

Long, Richard

Longobardi, Nino

Louis, Morris

Lüthi, Bernhard

Lüthi, Urs

Lutz

Lydis, Mariette

MacWhinnie, John

Maillol, Aristide

Mairwöger, Gottfried

Mapplethorpe, Robert

Marden, Brice

Maril, Herman

Marin, John

On Consignment from Peter Marks

Martin, Agnes

Martins, Maria

Marx, G.L.

Maryan

Masullo, Andrew

Mathieu, Georges

Matisse, Henri

Matta, Roberto

McDermott & McGough, Messrs.

McDonnell, Joseph Anthony

McLaughlin, John

McLean, John

Meadmore, Clement

Megert, Christian

Miller, Robert

Milton, Peter

Miró, Joan

Misrach, Richard

Mitchell, Joan

Model, Lisette

Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo

Monet, Claude

Moore, Henry

Morandi, Giorgio

Moses, Ed

Motherwell, Robert

Mulder, George

Muller-Brittnau, Willy

Murray, Elizabeth

Muybridge, Eadweard

Nadar, (Felix Tournachon)

Nadelman, Elie

Nakian, Reuben

Natkin, Robert

Nemont, G.

Neugass, Fritz

Nevelson, Louise

Newman, Arnold

Newman, Barnett

Nezhdanov, Alexander

Nicholson, Ben

Nickson, Graham

Nixon, Nicholas

Noel, Georges

Noguchi, Isamu

Noland, Kenneth

Nolde, Emil

Offord, J. Milton

Oldenburg, Claes

Olitski, Jules

Olmec

Ono, Yoko

Orr, Eric

O'Sullivan, Timothy

Otterness, Tom

Outerbridge, Paul

Paik, Nam June

Parodi, Filippo

Penn, Irving

Pepper, Beverly

Perless, Robert

Perlman, Joel

Pettet, William

Pfaff, Judy

Picabia, Francis

Picasso, Pablo

Pissarro, Camille

Pollock, Jackson

Pomodoro, Arnaldo

Poons, Lawrence

Porter, Fairfield

Porter, Katherine

Poulos, Basilios

Press, Naomi

Quaytman, Harvey

Quigley, Edward

Quisgard, Liz Whitney

Rainer, Arnulf

Raush, Mark

Rauschenberg, Robert

Ray, Man

Recanati, Dina

Reddinger

Reinhardt, Ad

Richter, Gerhard

Rickey, George

Ridenhour, William

Rivers, Larry

Robb, Charles

Robbins, Bruce

Robert, Louis

Rockburne, Dorothea

Rodin, Auguste

Rosan, Larry

Rosen, Felix

Rosenthal, Tony

Rosenquist, James

Rossi, Rosalie

Rothko, Mark

Row, David

Rozen, Feliz

Rutherford, Louis M.

Ryan, Anne

Ryan, Kevin

Ryman, Robert

Saba, Richard

de Saint Phalle, Niki

Saito, Kikuo

Salemme, Attilio

Samaras, Lucas

Sander, August

Sander, Ludwig

Sanders, John

Santomaso, Giuseppe

Schapiro, Miriam

Schlemmer, Oskar

Schlesinger, Mark

Schumacher, Emil

Scott, Robert

Scott, Tim

Scott, William

Seery, John

Segal, George

Seligmann, Kurt

Sellers, Daniel

Serra, Richard

Shapiro, Joel

Shields, Alan

Signac, Paul

Simpson, David

Sisley, Alfred

Slone, Sandi

Smith, David

Smith, Hassel

Smith, Kimber

Smith, Tony

Sohanievich, Oleg

Sommer, Frederick

Sommer, Giorgio

Southall, Derek

Spence, Andrew

Stamos, Theodoros

Stankiewicz, Richard

Steichen, Edward

Steiner, Michael

Stella, Frank

Stephan, Gary

Stettheimer, Florine

Stevens, Peter

Still, Clyfford

Stoltz, David

Stone, Sylvia

Strand, Paul

Sugarman, George

Sugimoto, Hiroshi

Sultan, Donald

Sutton, Carol

Sutton, Pat Lipsky

Tajiri, Shinkichi

Talbot, William Henry Fox

Tanger, Susanna

Tatafiore, Ernesto

Thiebaud, Wayne

Thorne, Joan

Tillyer, William

Torres-Garcia, Joaquin

Truitt, Anne

Twombly, Cy

Tworkov, Jack

Unger, Mary Ann

Upton, Ann

Wagner, Merrill

Van Dongen, Kees

Van Gogh Manuscript

Van Stalbent, Adrien

Van Velde, Bram

Vasarely, Victor

Venet, Bernar

Verna, Germaine

Vicente, Esteban

Vuillard, Edouard

Waid, Mary Joan

Walsh, James

Ward, Cora Kelly

Warhol, Andy

Warren, Catharine

Wells, Lynton

Watkins, Charlton E.

Wegman, William

Wessel, Henry

Wesselman, Tom

Westfall, Stephen

Wiegmann, Jenny

Willette, Adolph

Williams, Neil

Williams, Roger

Willis, Thornton

Wilmarth, Christopher

Winogrand, Garry

Witkin, Isaac

Witkin, Joel-Peter

Woelfli, Adolf

Wofford, Philip

Wolfe, James

Wols, Alfred Otto Wolfgang

Wonner, Paul

Woodman, Betty

Woolf, Paul

Wotruba, Fritz

Yokoi, Teruko

Youngerman, Jack

Yunkers, Adja

Zerbe, Karl

Zimmerman, Daniel

Zox, Larry
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.andremmg, Subseries 8.1
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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 8: Inventory Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
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Roger Winter papers

Creator:
Winter, Roger, 1934-  Search this
Names:
Dozier, Otis, 1904-1987  Search this
Komodore, Bill  Search this
McManaway, David, 1927-  Search this
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Williams, Charles Truett, 1918-1966  Search this
Extent:
1 Microfilm reel
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Date:
1966-1981
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence, including letters from artists David McManaway, Bill Komodore, Hassel Smith, Velma and Otis Dozier and Peter Blake; a sketch by Otis Dozier; a photograph of Charles T. Williams; printed material from Winter's exhibitions; a cancelled check; and a calendar.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, educator; Dallas, Tex.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by Winter, 1981, as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this
Topic:
Art, American -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.wintroge
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e06767e2-1988-464e-b5cf-f0ecbfb8a152
EDAN-URL:
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Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff

Interviewee:
Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991  Search this
Interviewer:
Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this
Names:
San Francisco Art Institute  Search this
University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  Search this
Brown, Joan, 1938-1990  Search this
Brown, William Theo, 1919-2012  Search this
Geis, Bill  Search this
Hudson, Robert, 1938-  Search this
MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-  Search this
Neri, Manuel, 1930-  Search this
Park, David, 1911-1960  Search this
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977  Search this
Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980  Search this
Wiley, William T., 1937-2021  Search this
Extent:
82 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1977 August 10-September 1
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Elmer Bischoff conducted 1977 August 10-September 1, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
Bischoff speaks of his family background; the influence of art teachers and attitudes at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1930s; his years of teaching at the California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco Art Institute), first under the directorship of Douglas MacAgy and then under Ernst Mundt and Gurdon Woods; his fellow faculty members Clyfford Still, David Park, Clay Spohn and Hassel Smith, and their work in abstract expressionism. He recalls some of his most successful students, including Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, and William T. Wiley.
Bischoff explains his turning away from abstract expressionism toward figurative painting, and cites the influence of David Park. He credits George Staempfli as the first New York art dealer to be interested in Bay Area figurative painting. He discusses the origins of the Bay Area funk movement. He speaks of teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, and reflects on the differences between teaching in a university environment and an art school. He discusses his move away from the figure to large scale abstraction.
Biographical / Historical:
Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991) was a painter and educator from San Francisco, California.
General:
Originally recorded 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 24 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.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Figurative art  Search this
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.bischo77
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95992df2f-6a60-4821-aa6c-649bcc282316
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Hassel Smith papers

Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Names:
Gimpel Fils  Search this
New Arts (Art gallery)  Search this
San Francisco Art Institute -- Faculty  Search this
Anglim, Paule  Search this
Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991  Search this
Butterfield, Jan  Search this
Emmerich, André  Search this
Fitz Gibbon, John  Search this
Gimpel, Charles  Search this
Still, Clyfford, 1904-  Search this
Still, Patricia  Search this
Swanson, Kathryn  Search this
Thiebaud, Wayne  Search this
Wollard, Robert  Search this
Extent:
4 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Sound recordings
Sketches
Transcripts
Christmas cards
Photographs
Date:
circa 1900-2004
bulk 1930-1995
Summary:
The papers of Southern California painter and instructor Hassel Smith measure 4 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1930-1995. Found within the papers are correspondence, a transcript of an interview conducted by Jan Butterfield in the 1980s, personal business files, teaching files, writings by Smith and others, sketches, printed materials, and photographs of Smith, his family and friends, and his artwork. There are audio recordings of a lecture series organized by Smith and of reviews of Smith's work. Correspondents include Paule Anglim, Elmer Bischoff, Andre Emmerich, Clyfford Still, Wayne Thiebaud, and many others.
Scope and Content Note:
The papers of Southern California painter and instructor Hassel Smith measure 4 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1930-1995. Found within the papers are correspondence, a transcript of an interview conducted by Jan Butterfield in the 1980s, personal business files, teaching files, writings by Smith and others, sketches, printed materials, and photographs of Smith, his family and friends, and his artwork. There are audio recordings of a lecture series organized by Smith and of reviews of Smith's work. Correspondents include Paule Anglim, Elmer Bischoff, Andre Emmerich, Clyfford Still, Wayne Thiebaud, and many others.

Biographical materials include biographical sketches, curriculum vitae, genealogical materials, ephemera, and personal appointment books from the mid to late 1970s. Also found here is a transcript of an in-depth interview of Smith conducted by Jan Butterfield in the 1980s.

There is personal and professional correspondence with Paule Anglim, Elmer Bischoff, Andre Emmerich, Charles Gimpel of Gimpel Fils, Clyfford and Patricia Still, Kathryn Swanson of the New Arts Gallery, Wayne Thiebaud, family members, and many others.

Personal business records include art sales records, exhibition checklists, conservation and condition reports, and personal finance records. Teaching materials include class schedules, student lists, and syllabi. Also found are notes on topics such as American art and literature, artistic traits and forms, illusion, and women artists.

Writings by Smith include artist statements, creative writings, his thoughts on the art market and art institutions, the San Francisco art community, and social criticism. Writings by others consist primarily of essays about Smith and his work. There are also writings by Smith's friend Robert Wollard. Artwork includes sketches, doodles, and Christmas cards done by Smith, and a handful of artwork by others.

Printed materials include clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and posters. Also found here are printed materials about other artists, schools where Smith enrolled or taught, Smith's general interests, and collages and flyers by Robert Wollard. There is a printed copy of the pictorial edition of the Communist Manifesto edited by Smith and other artists.

Photographic materials are of Smith, family members, artwork, his studio, exhibition openings and other art events, and friends and colleagues. A family photograph dates from circa 1900 and negatives date from 1920. Most of the photographs date from the 1940s through the 1990s.

Sound recordings include 1 sound tape reel of the radio show, Art Review, with host John Fitz Gibbon reviewing Smith's artwork, and nine sound cassettes of student critiques overseen by Smith at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 9 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1930-2004 (0.25 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1930s-2003 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Personal Business Materials, 1953-2003 (0.25 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Teaching Materials, 1960s-1980s (18 folders; Box 2)

Series 5: Writings, 1940s-1994 (0.25 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 6: Artwork, 1928-1995 (8 folders; Box 2)

Series 7: Printed Materials, 1928-2003 (1.25 linear feet; Boxes 3-4)

Series 8: Photographic Materials, 1900s-2004 (0.5 linear feet; Box 4)

Series 9: Sound Recordings, 1965-1980 (10 items; Box 4)
Biographical Note:
Hassel Smith (1915-2007) was a California Bay area abstract expressionist painter, painting instructor at the California School of Fine Arts, and a lecturer at the University of California. His students included Roy De Forest, Sonia Gechtoff, and Frank Lobdell. Smith was also associated with the famed Los Angeles Ferus Gallery.

Hassel Smith was born on April 27, 1915, in Sturgis, Michigan, settling later with his family in San Mateo, California. He attended Northwestern University with the intention of becoming a chemist, but switched his majors to English and Art History and graduated in 1936. Returning to California, Smith enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA), and studied with the painter Maurice Sterne.

In 1937, he left school and shared housing with his adopted brother Lewis in the Haight-Ashbury district, where he maintained a studio on Steiner Street. At the same time, as a social worker for the California Relief State Administration, he worked with men on "skid row" in San Francisco. Declared 4F by the draft board, Smith served various government agencies during World War II, including the Farm Security Administration and the U.S. Forest Service. During this period, he met and married June Meyers. He later described his government service and social work as having a strong influence on his art and politics.

In 1941, Smith was awarded the Abraham Rosenberg Fellowship from the University of California, Berkeley, which allowed him to travel and paint outdoors at Angel's Camp in the Mother Lode of the Sierra foothills, along with Richard Hackett.

At the end of the war, Smith began teaching at the CSFA, joining faculty members Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, and Clyfford Still. Smith taught there until 1952. His students included Roy De Forest, Sonia Gechtoff, and Frank Lobdell. Smith continued to paint and exhibit work throughout the 1950s, and in 1958 became affiliated with the Ferus Gallery founded by Walter Hopps and Ed Kienholz. His wife June passed away in 1958. One year later, Smith remarried Donna Rafferty Harrington, and they had their son Bruce in 1960.

After an exhibition at the New Arts Gallery in Houston, London-based dealer Charles Gimpel invited Smith to exhibit his work in England. As a result of this, Smith moved to England in 1962, and spent a year living in Mousehole, a fishing village in Cornwall. He moved back to California and between 1963 to 1966 was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1966, Smith accepted a position as Senior Lecturer at the West England College of Art in Bristol, England where he stayed until 1978. He finished his teaching career as a Principal Lecturer at the Cardiff College of Arts in Wales from 1978 to 1979.

Smith spent most of the next two decades painting and exhibiting, which included exhibitions at the Oakland Museum and the San Jose Museum of Art. In 1991, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the San Francisco Art Institute (formerly the California School of Fine Arts). Due to failing health, Smith was forced to stop painting in 1997. Smith died in 2007 in Warminster, England, at the age of 91.
Related Material:
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Hassel Smith conducted by Paul Karlstrom, September 5, 1978 and a video interview with Hassel Smith conducted by Paul Karlstrom, January 15, 1986.
Provenance:
Hassel Smith donated most of his papers in several increments between 1980 and 1998. His son Joseph donated audio recordings in 1980, and Hassel Smith's widow Donna donated additional materials in 2004.
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:
Art teachers -- California -- Berkeley  Search this
Painters -- California  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Educators -- California -- Berkeley  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Art -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Sketches
Transcripts
Christmas cards
Photographs
Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.smithass
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9851537de-ab88-453c-8c77-17366daef49a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-smithass
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Martin, Peter and Madeline

Collection Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 93
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1975-1989
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Hassel Smith papers
Hassel Smith papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96bb19e77-8611-4f9c-86d7-be44c0442f81
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smithass-ref100

McChesney, Robert and Mary

Collection Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 94
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1968-1985
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Hassel Smith papers
Hassel Smith papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ce4a2c06-2ef4-4052-b0ba-92b40b9a5669
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smithass-ref101

N

Collection Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 95
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1968-1997
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Hassel Smith papers
Hassel Smith papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d0311ecc-aa11-4eef-9a5b-927001ea7b5d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smithass-ref102

Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery

Collection Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 96
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1989-1994
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Hassel Smith papers
Hassel Smith papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93463e806-1032-4db9-992e-3363ff440b98
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smithass-ref103

Neri, Manuel

Collection Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 97
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1999
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Hassel Smith papers
Hassel Smith papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9442b95ff-ae29-41b9-b982-82a6b51b257e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smithass-ref104

Northwestern University

Collection Creator:
Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 98
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1934-1996
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Hassel Smith papers, circa 1900-2004, bulk 1930-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Hassel Smith papers
Hassel Smith papers / Series 2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fe514b13-1811-457f-bbfc-af15ddaa6923
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smithass-ref105

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