Murals without walls [videorecording] / WNET/Thirteen; director, Alfred Broderick; producer, Elizabeth Davis; artistic consultant, Ruth Bowman, 1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark Search this
Maya Angelou, and still I rise a co-production of the People's Poet Media Group, LLC, Thirteen's American masters for WNET, and ITVS ; directed by Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack ; produced by Rita Coburn Whack, Bob Hercules, Jay Alix, Una Jackman
Describes the 1972 discovery and later conservation of Arshile Gorky's murals "Aviation" at the Newark, N.J. International Airport, executed in 1937 by Gorky as part of the Work Projects Administration art project. Art historian Ruth Bowman, N.J. Port Authority employees Saul Wenegrat and Stephen Staempler, and conservator Carroll Wales of Oliver Bros. are among those who describe their involvement. The murals are now in the Newark Museum.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York : WNET/Thirteen, 1979.
General:
Broadcast Dec. 1978 on WNET/Thirteen's Dateline, N.J. series. U-matic video produced April 16, 1979.
Based on the exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," Newark Museum, Nov. 1978-March 1979.
Provenance:
Donated by the American Federation of Arts, who sponsored a tour of the Newark Museum exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," July 1979-December 1980. The exhibit was curated by Ruth Bowman.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark Search this
Black in Latin America / presented and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; produced and directed by Ricardo Pollack ; a production of Inkwell Films, Wall to Wall Media LTD and Thirteen in association with WNET.org
African American lives [videorecording] / a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York
Norman Rockwell [videorecording] : painting America / a co-production of Thirteen/WNET and NHK ; produced, written and directed by Elena Mannes ; senior producer, Tamar Hacker ; executive producer, Susan Lacy
Title:
Painting America
American masters. Norman Rockwell, painting America
Slave ship mutiny [videorecording] / an Off the Fence production for Thirteen in association with ARTE and WNET.org ; written and produced by Joe Kennedy ; directors, Joe Kennedy, Nic Young ; producer, Katharina Pechel
Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris [videorecording] : searching for a Native American identity / produced and directed by Catherine Tatge ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; a presentation of WNET/New York and WTTW/Chicago
Title:
Searching for a Native American identity: Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
African American lives 2 [videorecording] / executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ... [et al.] ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inkwell Films & Thirteen/WNET New York
Alfred Stieglitz [videorecording] : the eloquent eye / produced and directed by Perry Miller Adato ; written by Perry Miller Adato ; an American masters special produced by Thirteen/WNET
James Baldwin : the price of the ticket / a Nobody Knows Productions, Maysles Films, Inc., American Masters presentation of a Karen Thorsen film ; directed by Karen Thorsen ; produced by Karen Thorsen & William Miles ; co-produced by Douglas K. Dempsey ; written by Karen Thorsen, Douglas K. Dempsey ; executive producers, Susan Lacy, Albert Maysles ; a Karen Thorsen production in association with M...
Robert Rauschenberg [videorecording] : inventive genius / a co-production of Thirteen/WNET and Film Odyssey, Inc. ; directed, written and produced by Karen Thomas