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Artist:

Rollie McKenna, 15 Nov 1918 - 14 Jun 2003  Search this

Sitter:

Wallace Stevens, 2 Oct 1879 - 2 Aug 1955  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 28.5 x 18.2cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/16")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1952

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Wallace Stevens: Male  Search this

Wallace Stevens: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Wallace Stevens: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

Wallace Stevens: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper  Search this

Wallace Stevens: Pulitzer Prize  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.95.85

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, courtesy Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona Foundation

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46866f8f4-2413-458d-bd7e-9cf9c37cef71

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.95.85

Creator:

National Museum of African American History and Culture  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-07-26T13:01:23.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

YouTube Channel:

WatchNMAAHC

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_NiGwgdvlhMo

Creator:

National Museum of African American History and Culture  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-08-14T23:14:53.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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WatchNMAAHC

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edanmdm:yt__8nMN0-0rE0

Artist:

Rollie McKenna, 15 Nov 1918 - 14 Jun 2003  Search this

Sitter:

Helen Adams Keller, 27 Jun 1880 - 1 Jun 1968  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 27 × 33.7 cm (10 5/8 × 13 1/4")

Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

August 1956

Topic:

Exterior  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Necklace\Pearl  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Flowers  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Bow  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Female  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Literature\Writer\Essayist  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Disability\Blind  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Society and Social Change\Disability\Deaf  Search this

Helen Adams Keller: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

Object number:

NPG.2018.155

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© The Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, Courtesy Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm451c0d4a0-424f-4589-9afa-115edfe40425

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2018.155

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-02-11T14:52:20.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_NWpy7ozOwTU

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-02-13T18:57:39.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt__gd0QmJDhcQ

Maker:

Bell Telephone Laboratories  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall (folded): 28 in x 37 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 71.12 cm x 94.615 cm x .635 cm

Object Name:

blueprint

Place made:

United States: New York, New York City

Date made:

1952-09-25

Subject:

Mathematics  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of New Mexico State University

ID Number:

1983.3018.10.06

Nonaccession number:

1983.3018

Catalog number:

1983.3018.10.06

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Computers & Business Machines

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-8335-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1940585

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-02-03T20:41:06.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_NcvpBQjzwIo

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-10-25T16:17:34.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_lHawUkRcr-Q

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-06-27T16:29:44.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

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SmithsonianVideos

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianVideos

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_MZUomkC3abk

Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-06-26T15:37:40.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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FreerSackler

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_oJIlJf1LJVY

Creator:

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-03-04T15:11:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

Topic:

Astronomy  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

YouTube Channel:

ITAMPhysics

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_72jISEtmmuM

Creator:

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-04-13T15:06:24.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

Topic:

Astronomy  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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ITAMPhysics

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_VSfZq3e4fGo

Creator:

Nesbitt, Esta  Search this

Names:

Parsons School of Design -- Faculty  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Xerox Corporation  Search this

Ambert, Anibal  Search this

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989  Search this

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955  Search this

English, Merle  Search this

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997  Search this

Leder, Alan J.  Search this

Lyle, David  Search this

Wood, R. F.  Search this

Extent:

10.05 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketches

Transcripts

Diaries

Sound recordings

Photographs

Date:

circa 1942-1981

bulk 1964-1975

Summary:

The papers of illustrator, xerography artist, filmmaker, and educator Esta Nesbitt measure 10.05 linear feet and date from circa 1942-1981. Found within the papers are biographical material, correspondence, writings, xerography research files, project and exhibition files, and printed material. Much of the collection relates to Nesbitt's xerography art work. Additionally, the collection includes motion picture film and sound recordings related to her film and performance work.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of illustrator, xerography artist, filmmaker, and educator Esta Nesbitt measure 10.05 linear feet and date from circa 1942-1981. Found within the papers are biographical material, correspondence, writings, xerography research files, project and exhibition files, and printed material. Much of the collection relates to Nesbitt's xerography art work. Additionally, the collection includes motion picture film and sound recordings related to her film and performance work.

Nesbitt's primary collaborators, correspondents, and subjects of investigation are not concentrated in any one series but rather recur throughout the collection. Nesbitt worked closely with Anibal Ambert, Merle English at Xerox Corporation, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She read and wrote about the accrual of information, Albert Einstein, Asian religion and philosophy, communication, computer technology, documentation practices, energy, psychology, Samuel Beckett, and states of consciousness. Chinese characters and an image of Allen Ginsberg appear repeatedly in Nesbitt's works. Subjects of study and experimentation include 3M and Kodak technologies, color, film, morphology, participatory and performance art, shadows, sound, street works, xerography, and Xerox machines.

Biographical material revolves mostly around Nesbitt's work as a professor at Parsons School of Design. Records include Nesbitt's resumé, an exhibition history, motion picture film of the inside of her studio, and teaching files.

Correspondence contains personal letters from family members, and professional correspondence with fellow artists and employees of Xerox Corporation. Much of the series is correspondence between Nesbitt and fellow artists Alan Leder, David Lyle, and R.E. Wood, and is philosophical in nature. Correspondence with Xerox Corporation documents her relationship with the corporation between 1970 and 1972, when they underwrote her experiments in xerography.

Writings include illustrated journals, journals, notebooks, loose notes, and transcripts. The content of the writings varies widely throughout the series and includes artwork, sketches, diagrams, annotated clippings, transcripts of conversations, Nesbitt's writings about her dreams and family, details about her daily life, and notes about artists' materials, film, and sound.

Xerography Research Files document Nesbitt's experiments with xerography, which she often refers to in her papers as "Xerox Xplore." Contents include Nesbitt's definitions of xerography terms; Xerox equipment brochures; clippings; xerography studies; notebooks about Nesbitt's plans, work with color, and xerography study details; and slides and transparencies of completed xerography prints.

Project and Exhibition Files consist of a variety of documentation related to Nesbitt's books, exhibitions, films, performance and participatory art, and other projects. This series contains the bulk of the collection's motion picture films and sound recordings. The film and sound performance piece titled "Everyman as Anyman, or Putting On, On, On, On, On," the piece Walk Up --Tape On, the film "Light Times 499," and exhibitions of Nesbitt's xerography work and her series of work called Shadow Paintings are the most prominent subjects of the series.

Printed Material includes books, clippings, magazines, exhibition announcements, catalogs, and press releases about Nesbitt's interests, artwork, exhibitions, and galleries that exhibited her work. Some of the material is annotated.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 6 series:

Missing Title

Biographical Materials, 1964-circa 1981 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1, 11)

Correspondence, 1942, 1964-1976 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1, OV 14)

Writings, 1959-circa 1973 (1.3 linear feet; Box 1-2, 12, OV 15)

Xerography Research Files, circa 1966-1974 (2.5 linear feet; Box 2-4, 11, OV 16)

Project and Exhibition Files, circa 1966-1981 (5.2 linear feet, Box 4-8, 11, 13, OV 17-19, 21, FC 22-23)

Printed Material, 1942-circa 1944, circa 1963-1977 (0.9 linear feet; Box 9-10, OV 20)

Biographical / Historical:

Esta Nesbitt (1918-1975) was an illustrator, xerography artist, filmmaker, and educator who lived and worked in New York City. She was a fashion illustrator for about two decades before becoming a children's book illustrator, performance artist, xerography artist, and filmmaker.

Nesbitt taught at Parsons School of Design from 1964 to 1974. Around 1970, Nesbitt created the piece Walk Up --Tape On with her Parsons students. The piece involved documenting social interaction by taping themselves to each other and then others as they walked through New York City, creating what Nesbitt called a "living organism," before presenting themselves to the Whitney Museum of American Art. The event was documented with film, photography, and audio recordings.

In 1970, Nesbitt contacted Xerox Corporation about creating experimental art investigations of the Walk Up --Tape On documentation using Xerox machines in their New York City office. During Nesbitt's time at Xerox, she experimented with many different copying machines, materials, and techniques to create what came to be known as xerographic artworks. She invented three xerography techniques: transcapsa, photo-transcapsa, and chromacapsa. A transcapsa work is created by moving a piece of material over the copier's window during the printing cycle. A photo-transcapsa work is created by moving a photographic image over the copier's window during the printing cycle. Chromacapsa is a process of adding color to xerographic works using Xerox copiers. Nesbitt referred to her work at Xerox as "Xerox Xplore," which culminated with the exhibition "Xerography - Extensions in Art" (1971-1972) and the commission of the print All the Lines are Nines.

To demonstrate "the media bombardment surrounding 'everyman' today," Nesbitt created a film and sound performance piece titled "Everyman as Anyman, or Putting On, On, On, On, On" in 1969. The performance consisted of five Super 8 film projectors and a multi-layered soundtrack. Nesbitt further experimented with filmmaking and xerography with the films "Folding/Struck" and "Light Times 499," which was created with Anibal Ambert. Her interest in xerography is further illustrated in the exhibition "Electrostatic Structures: 'New Morphs'" (1972-1973). The exhibition "1000 Empty 49.3 Grams: A participatory environment" was a culmination of her interest in participatory art.

Nesbitt died November 30, 1975 in New York City. Three posthumous exhibitions include "Esta Nesbitt: Xerography Prints" (1976) at The Art Center of Waco, "Memorial Exhibition of Drawing and Illustrations by Esta Nesbitt" (1977) at Parsons School of Design, and "Electroworks" (1979-1981) at the George Eastman House.

Related Materials:

The Esta Nesbitt papers at Center for Creative Photography at University of Arizona contain 3 linear feet related to her xerography artwork and exhibitions, dated 1966-1983.

Papers related to Nesbitt's fashion illustrations are found at the Kellen Design Archives at The New School in New York City. T

he Esta Nesbitt papers at the University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections are related to Nesbitt's children's book illustrations, dated 1964-1969.

Provenance:

The Esta Nesbitt papers were donated by Saul Nesbitt, her husband, to the Archives of American Art in 1981.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

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:

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

Topic:

Motion pictures (visual works)  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Xerography  Search this

Copy art  Search this

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

Women filmmakers  Search this

Women illustrators  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketches

Transcripts

Diaries

Sound recordings

Photographs

Citation:

Esta Nesbitt papers, circa 1942-circa 1981, bulk 1964-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources' Hidden Collections grant program.

Identifier:

AAA.nesbesta

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c57916c9-f891-4116-a32d-d1f4e83c624f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nesbesta

Creator:

Cole, Max, 1937-  Search this

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art (Gallery)  Search this

Names:

Haines Gallery  Search this

Schmidt Contemporary Art  Search this

Extent:

7.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Date:

1949-2021

Summary:

The papers of painter Max Cole (1937- ) measure 7.8 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2021. The collection comprises biographical materials containing curriculum vitae, writings by and about Cole, and recordings and transcripts of interviews; gallery files for Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Haines Gallery, Schmidt Contemporary Art, and several galleries in Europe; professional files consisting of administrative records, sales and shipping reports, buyer and collector information, and chronological files containing mixed professional activity records; printed materials including clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press binders, posters, and a few German publications; photographic materials contain photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, and electronic discs containing portraits and self portraits of Cole, photos of her studios, photographs of locations by Cole, and works of art; and unidentified born digital materials.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter Max Cole (1937- ) measure 7.8 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2021. The collection comprises biographical materials containing curriculum vitae, writings by and about Cole, and recordings and transcripts of interviews; gallery files for Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Haines Gallery, Schmidt Contemporary Art, and several galleries in Europe; professional files consisting of administrative records, sales and shipping reports, buyer and collector information, and chronological files containing mixed professional activity records; printed materials including clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press binders, posters, and a few German publications; photographic materials contain photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, and electronic discs containing portraits and self portraits of Cole, photos of her studios, photographs of locations by Cole, and works of art; and unidentified born digital materials.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1967-2017 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Gallery Files, 1978-2021 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Professional Files, 1963-2021 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 2-3)

Series 4: Printed Materials, 1963-2021 (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 3-5, OV 10)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, 1949-2018 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 5-9)

Series 6: Unidentified Born Digital Materials, circa 2005-circa 2015 (22 electronic discs; Boxes 9)

Biographical / Historical:

Max Cole (1937- ) is a painter based in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Cole was born in Kansas in 1937. She received a B.A. from Fort Hays State University in 1961 and a M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 1964. After school, she began her art career in Los Angeles where she lived from 1964 to 1978. From 1978 until 2002, she lived in New York City. She was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1983, was an artist in residence at the Roswell Museum and Art Center in 1995, and in 2009 she was a participant in the Artist's Meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. Her artwork is in the permanent collections of the Panza di Biumo Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Vatican Museum's Contemporary Art Collection, and other major museum collections. Cole is known for her neutral-toned, minimalist paintings. She cites Cherokee philosophy, imparted on her by her father who was half Cherokee, and time spent in the American Southwest as major influences in her artwork.

Provenance:

The papers were donated in 2022 by Max Cole.

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:

Painters -- California  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Native American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Citation:

Max Cole papers, 1949-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.colemax

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c4fae6da-3496-4ed9-8f4f-70f2563a28b2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-colemax

Collection Creator:

Cole, Max, 1937-  Search this

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art (Gallery)  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 34

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1991-1993

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Max Cole papers, 1949-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Max Cole papers / Series 3: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92af894b6-0613-4b7d-942e-feaf19e93bc6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-colemax-ref75

Creator:

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Names:

Exposition universelle et internationale (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)  Search this

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

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  Search this

Yale University. School of Art and Architecture  Search this

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this

Boynton, Jack, 1928-2010  Search this

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-  Search this

Cage, John, 1912-1992  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 -- Photographs  Search this

Castelli, Leo  Search this

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

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

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

Johns, Jasper, 1930- -- Photographs  Search this

Karpel, Bernard, 1911-1986  Search this

Koch, Kenneth, 1925-  Search this

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984 -- Photographs  Search this

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969  Search this

Navaretta, Cynthia  Search this

Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 -- Photographs  Search this

Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 -- Photographs  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 -- Photographs  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 -- Photographs  Search this

Shaw, Elizabeth Roberts, 1921-  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009 -- Photographs  Search this

Extent:

4.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Photographs

Transcripts

Place:

Massachusetts -- Boston

Date:

1945-1985

Summary:

The papers of New York photographer and filmmaker Hans Namuth measure 4.5 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs taken by Namuth of New York artists. Also included are papers regarding Namuth's film about Alfred Stieglitz and other professional files.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York photographer and filmmaker Hans Namuth measure 4.5 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs taken by Namuth of New York artists. Also included are papers regarding Namuth's film about Alfred Stieglitz and other professional files.

The first series contains materials related to the planning and production of Namuth's film Alfred Stieglitz, Photographer. Documentation includes articles, correspondence, exhibition materials, grant program request sheets, magazines and catalogs, photo requests, photographs and photographic materials, notes and research, shot lists, script drafts and fragments, interview transcripts, and correspondence. Interviewees include Ansel Adams, Arnold Newman, Aaron Copland, Dorothy Norman, and others.

The second series contains various writings and papers relating to Namuth's professional activities, including Namuth's exhibition at the 1958 Brussels World Fair, business and financial records, papers on The Construction of Boston by Kennth Koch, correspondence, a notebook, and various printed materials. Namuth's correspondence is with James Boynton, Bernard Karpel, the Museum of Modern Art, Cynthia Navaretta, Elizabeth Shaw, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Yale University School of Art and Architecture.

Photographs taken by Hans Namuth depict prominent American (primarily New York-based) artists, architects, writers, musicians, and art critics. Artists are shown in their studios or homes, either at work or posing for the camera, and include Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, Lee Krasner, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, and Andrew Wyeth, among many others. Photographs of other individuals include Marcel Breuer, John Cage, Leo Castelli, Buckminster Fuller, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and others. Also found are photographs of exhibitions, openings, and art-related events from the 1950s and 1960s, such as a traveling Picasso exhibit and a Robert Rauschenberg opening at the Jewish Museum. Most photographs are black and white, but a few color prints are included.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 3 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Alfred Stieglitz Film Project, 1945-circa 1981 (Box 1, OV 11; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Professional Files, 1953-1985 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 3: Photographs, 1945-1984 (Box 2-10; 3.4 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Hans Namuth (1915-1990) was a German-American photographer and filmmaker who lived and worked in New York. He was primarily known for his work photographing prominent American artists in the 1950s and 1960s.

Namuth was born in Germany but left for France in 1933 after the rise of the Nazi Party. While in France, he struck up a friendship with fellow German Georg Reisner. From 1935 to 1939, Namuth and Reisner worked together as photographers primarily in Paris. His first works to catch the public's attention came from an assignment in Barcelona that accidentally coincided with the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Following a short internment in Nazi-occupied France, Namuth left for the United States.

After taking photography classes with Alexey Brodovitch, art director of Harper's Bazaar, Namuth met Jackson Pollock at an exhibition in 1950 and asked to photograph the artist at work. His subsequent photographs of Pollock raised both artists' profiles. Namuth would spend the next three decades photographing major New York artists, architects, and art-related events for commission and for his own studio. He directed a number of films in collaboration with Paul Falkenberg and published several books of photographs. Namuth died in Long Island in 1990.

Related Materials:

Also at the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Hans Namuth, Aug. 12-Sept. 8, 1971. Additional Hans Namuth papers are located at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona.

Provenance:

The collection was donated 1972-1985 by Hans Namuth.

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:

All Photographs by Hans Namuth: All requests for image reproductions are to be sent to: Assistant Registrar for Rights & Reproductions; Center for Creative Photography. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Hans Namuth photographs and papers, 1945-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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United States of America

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Gift of Dale P. Cruikshank

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National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition:

Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery

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