Research material for an exhibition THE MARTHA JACKSON MEMORIAL COLLECTION held at the National Museum of American Art, June 21-September 15, 1985, and a catalog (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985). Included are clippings and press releases, 1953-1975, and letters, 1979-1984, from artists and Jackson's colleagues and employees including Herb Aach, Garo Antreasian, Amy Baker, Dorothy Beskind, Dennis Bing, Norman Bluhm, Naomi Blum, Grace Borgegenicht, Mrs. Toni Borgzinner, Keith Boyle, Charles Brady, Adelyn Breeskin, James Brooks, Fritz Bultman, Lawrence Calcagno, Christo Capralos, Vardea Chryssa, Christopher Colt, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Hisao Domoto, Seymour Drumlevitch, Frank Duncan, Claire Falkenstein, David Gilhooly, Ives Goucher, Clement Greenberg, Grace Hartigan, Gottfried Honegger, John Hultberg,
Harry Jackson, Paul Jenkins, Alfred Jenson, Lester Johnson, Alex Katz, Lillian Kiesler, Kenneth Koch, Lee Krasner, Elaine Kurtz, Bruce Lowney, Alexandra Luke, Ed McGowin, Carlos Merida, Sadamasa Motonaga,Louise Nevelson, Tom Parish, Jackson Pollock (Betty Parsons Gallery concerning Pollock),Israel Rosen, John Salt, Peter Spinelli, Julian Stanczak, Francisco Toledo, June Wayne, and Edward Weiss. Several of the correspondents wrote brief memoirs of their relationships with Jackson.
Biographical / Historical:
Art historian, curator; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Jackson (1907-1969) was an art collector, dealer, and painter. She operated the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City. Her collection was given to the National Museum of American Art in 1981 by her estate.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1988 by Harry Rand. The Martha Jackson memorial collection was donated to the National Museum of American Art in 1981 by Jackson's estate.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Interviews conducted by Elizabeth McClelland. Interviewees include: David E. Davis, Edwin Mieczkowski, Frederick A. Miller (36 p.), John Paul Miller (32 p.), David Ouich, John Pearson, Phyllis L. Sloane, Julian Stanczak and Athena Tacha.
Provenance:
Provenance unknown.
Restrictions:
DAVIS, MIECZKOWSKI, OUICH, PEARSON ACCESS RESTRICTED: written permission required.
Seven audio recordings on cassettes of research interviews with Jacob Kainen, Seymour Lipton, Ethel Schwabacher, and Julien Levy and his wife, conducted by Rand. Also included is an audio recording of two brief interviews with Julian Stanczak, one of which aired on National Public Radio, Washington, D.C. 26 July 1999 and a corresponding letter to Rand from Neil K. Rector regarding the interviews.
Biographical / Historical:
Art historian, curator; Wahington, D.C. Rand is a senior curator of Cultural History at the National Museum of American History; former curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Provenance:
Donated 2005 by Harry Rand.
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.
Biographical material; correspondence, photographs, exhibition material, printed material, and audio visual material relating to painter and printmaker Alberta Cifolelli.
Correspondence includes printed e-mail messages as well as letters to and from colleagues and students among them Inger Alfven, Alva Henderson, Roald Hoffman, Julian Stanczak, Jean Stapleton, Lorrie Goulet, Donald Kuspit, and others. Photographs are of Cifolelli, his colleagues Richard Anuszkiewicz and Julian Stanczak, and family members. Exhibition material pertains to "From Here to Infinity," 2007, at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Printed material includes newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs, and announcements.
Audio visual material includes a VHS video interview, "Distinguished Dialogue with Guest Speaker Alberta Cifolelli," conducted by James E. Barker, Superintendent of the Schools, Erie, Penn. and Pat Smith, Conference Chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, 1999, an audio cassette of a lecture by Cifolelli at SUNY Purchase and a DVD video of lecture at Westport, Connecticut Senior Center, 2008.
Biographical / Historical:
Alberta Cifolelli (1931- ) is a painter and printmaker in Westport, Conn.
Provenance:
Donated 2005-2011 by Alberta Cifolelli.
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.
An interview of Richard Anuszkiewicz conducted 1971 December 28 - 1972 January 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Anuszkiewicz speaks of his parochial education in Erie, Pennsylvania; the influence of Joseph Plavcan, a teacher at Erie Tech.; his early use of dark outlines; his classes with Josef Albers at Yale University and with Henry Hensche in Provincetown; his transition from realism to abstraction and his relationship with Julian Stanczak. He recalls exhibitions at the Kotler, the Contemporaries and Janis Galleries; employment as a house painter, restorer, silver designer, and teacher; and discusses his explorations of color, line, methods and techniques.
Biographical / Historical:
Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930-2020) was an Op Art painter from New York, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 43 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: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews Search this
An interview of Julian Stanczak conducted 1974 September 17, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical:
Julian Stanczak (1928-) is a painter, printmaker, and educator from Seven Hills, Ohio.
General:
Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 41 min.
The transcript is of the second reel. The first reel is untranscribed due to poor sound quality.
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.
