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Creator:

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

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-06-22T21:57:21.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_LqFmHqJ5Cz4

Artist:

John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843  Search this

Sitter:

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 12 Oct 1710 - 17 Aug 1785  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

59.5cm x 49.7cm (23 7/16" x 19 9/16"), Sight

Type:

Painting

Date:

c. 1820

Topic:

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Male  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Law and Crime\Judge  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Politics and Government\Governor\Connecticut  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Politics and Government\Legislator  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Law and Crime\Justice of the Peace  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1848.7

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4eccd29c2-4f7f-455e-ab12-9d95afa39caf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1848.7

Artist:

Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, 1822 - 1858  Search this

Sitter:

Alexander Hamilton, 11 Jan 1757 - 11 Jul 1804  Search this

Medium:

Plaster & Paint

Type:

Sculpture

Topic:

Alexander Hamilton: Male  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Literature\Writer  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War Army officer  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1858

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47d84f634-9dd6-4a84-9c30-90e8c1283f64

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1858

Artist:

Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, 1822 - 1858  Search this

Sitter:

Millard Fillmore, 7 Jan 1800 - 8 Mar 1874  Search this

Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

84.2cm x 57cm x 29cm (33 1/8" x 22 7/16" x 11 7/16"), Estimate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1856

Topic:

Millard Fillmore: Male  Search this

Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

Millard Fillmore: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Millard Fillmore: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\Chancellor  Search this

Millard Fillmore: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1858.4

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4442069c8-5dc8-44cd-8780-74dd92afa767

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1858.4

Artist:

Jared Bradley Flagg, 1820 - 1899  Search this

Sitter:

John McClellan, 1767 - 1858  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

76cm x 63.2cm (29 15/16" x 24 7/8"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

c. 1845

Topic:

John McClellan: Male  Search this

John McClellan: Law and Crime\Jurist  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1899.12

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47d5338d8-665f-4f17-8455-fa976798dd6b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1899.12

Artist:

Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this

Sitter:

Oliver Ellsworth, 1745 - 1807  Search this

Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth, 1756 - 1818  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

193cm x 224.3cm (76" x 88 5/16"), Estimate

Type:

Painting

Place:

United States\Connecticut\Hartford\Windsor

Date:

1792

Topic:

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this

Printed Material\Book  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Printed Material\Papers  Search this

Home Furnishings\Drape  Search this

Architecture\Window  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase  Search this

Costume\Footwear\Shoes  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Carpet  Search this

Architecture\Fence  Search this

Architecture\Building\House  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap\Mobcap  Search this

Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth: Female  Search this

Oliver Ellsworth: Male  Search this

Oliver Ellsworth: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Oliver Ellsworth: Politics and Government\US Senator\Connecticut  Search this

Oliver Ellsworth: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1903.7 WAMA

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Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40e13a542-7d4d-4512-a386-228f92d43204

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1903.7_WAMA

Artist:

John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815  Search this

Sitter:

Jeremiah Lee, 1721 - 1775  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

241.3 x 149.9cm (95 x 59")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1769

Topic:

Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this

Costume\Hair Accessory\Wig  Search this

Architecture\Column  Search this

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill  Search this

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Inkstand  Search this

Printed Material\Papers\Letter  Search this

Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this

Interior\Domestic\Study  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Rug\Oriental  Search this

Jeremiah Lee: Male  Search this

Jeremiah Lee: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Jeremiah Lee: Law and Crime\Justice of the Peace  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1945.58

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4aaf73e80-1d47-4aeb-abd3-d5c073418a7f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1945.58

Attribution:

Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828  Search this

Other attribution:

Mather Brown, 7 Oct 1761 - 25 May 1831  Search this

Sitter:

Arthur Rolleston, 1750 - 1850?  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

71.3cm x 58.7cm (28 1/16" x 23 1/8"), Sight

Type:

Painting

Date:

c. 1785

Topic:

Arthur Rolleston: Male  Search this

Arthur Rolleston: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1948.200

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm426b7cccd-f035-4dc0-bc52-3fb569a79919

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1948.200

Artist:

John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843  Search this

Sitter:

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 12 Oct 1710 - 17 Aug 1785  Search this

Faith Robinson Trumbull, 1718 - 1780  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

98.7cm x 122.3cm (38 7/8" x 48 1/8"), Sight

Type:

Painting

Date:

1774

Topic:

Faith Robinson Trumbull: Female  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Male  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Law and Crime\Judge  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Politics and Government\Governor\Connecticut  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Politics and Government\Legislator  Search this

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.: Law and Crime\Justice of the Peace  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1950.835

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c07f288f-9863-4eb7-a742-7bdabe564653

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1950.835

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

John Tyler, 29 Mar 1790 - 18 Jan 1862  Search this

Medium:

Positive cut and lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

32.6cm x 24.6cm (12 13/16" x 9 11/16"), Accurate

Type:

Silhouette

Date:

c. 1845

Topic:

John Tyler: Male  Search this

John Tyler: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

John Tyler: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

John Tyler: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

John Tyler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\Chancellor  Search this

John Tyler: Politics and Government\US Senator\Virginia  Search this

John Tyler: Politics and Government\State Legislator\West Virginia  Search this

John Tyler: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Virginia  Search this

John Tyler: Politics and Government\Governor\Virginia  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1960.253

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm457c37f59-8941-47df-901b-9c8c85e8118b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1960.253

Artist:

Philip Hewins, 1808 - 1849  Search this

Sitter:

John Milton Niles, 1787 - 1856  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

74.7cm x 62.1cm (29 7/16" x 24 7/16"), Sight

Type:

Painting

Date:

1843

Topic:

John Milton Niles: Male  Search this

John Milton Niles: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

1962.260

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4df4a5503-a956-42cb-8b97-2d00b3e208d3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_1962.260

Artist:

Franky-magniadas, 19th century  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Gold

Dimensions:

8.2cm (3 1/4"), Diameter

Type:

Medal

Date:

1865

Topic:

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

20.1044

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Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm494aadae1-2f8a-4370-8ff9-d9936f21ffe2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_20.1044

Artist:

Daniel Chester French, 20 Apr 1850 - 7 Oct 1931  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

95.5cm x 24.3cm x 21cm (37 5/8" x 9 9/16" x 8 1/4"), Estimate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1912

Topic:

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

27.200

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47c6b9d13-04ad-4260-a362-51d0c11e22bc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_27.200

Artist:

Frederick Burr Opper, 1857 - 1937  Search this

Sitter:

George Frederick Baer, 1842 - 1914  Search this

James Cox Brady, 1882 - 1927  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr., 17 Apr 1837 - 31 Mar 1913  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr., 8 Jul 1839 - 23 May 1937  Search this

Henry Huttleston Rogers, 1840 - 1909  Search this

Thomas Fortune Ryan, 1851 - 1928  Search this

William Kissam Vanderbilt, 1849 - 1920  Search this

Possibly:

Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, 1853 - 1924  Search this

Medium:

Ink on cardboard

Dimensions:

53.7cm x 49.9cm (21 1/8" x 19 5/8"), Accurate

Type:

Drawing

Date:

1906

Topic:

Henry Huttleston Rogers: Male  Search this

Henry Huttleston Rogers: Business and Finance\Financier  Search this

Henry Huttleston Rogers: Business and Finance\Capitalist  Search this

Henry Huttleston Rogers: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Railroad\Railroad builder  Search this

George Frederick Baer: Male  Search this

George Frederick Baer: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.: Male  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Patron of the arts  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Oil  Search this

Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont: Male  Search this

Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this

James Cox Brady: Male  Search this

William Kissam Vanderbilt: Male  Search this

Thomas Fortune Ryan: Male  Search this

Thomas Fortune Ryan: Business and Finance\Financier  Search this

Thomas Fortune Ryan: Visual Arts\Art collector  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Male  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Business and Finance\Financier  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Business and Finance\Banker  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Visual Arts\Art collector  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Benefactor  Search this

John Pierpont Morgan, Sr.: Visual Arts\Visual arts administrator\Art museum administrator\Art museum trustee  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

38.687

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47690f795-1a23-48ef-a6a5-198d3fb1948c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_38.687

Artist:

Robert Ball Hughes, 1806 - 1868  Search this

Sitter:

Alexander Hamilton, 11 Jan 1757 - 11 Jul 1804  Search this

Medium:

Plaster and paint

Dimensions:

68.5cm x 25cm x 14cm (26 15/16" x 9 13/16" x 5 1/2"), Estimate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

c. 1834

Topic:

Alexander Hamilton: Male  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Literature\Writer  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War Army officer  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury  Search this

Alexander Hamilton: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Object number:

CT240076

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40de4408a-590c-4f84-9869-e16c6feeb5c3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_CT240076

Artist:

Joan Mitchell, American, b. Chicago, Illinois, 1926–1992  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

110 1/4 × 204 3/4 in. (280 × 520.1 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1973

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David T. Workman, 1975

Accession Number:

75.20

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School:

Abstract Expressionism (Second Generation)

On View:

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2b742002a-9a46-4d25-aff1-979a50e54daa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_75.20

Artist:

Cap, C.  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Figure group  Search this

State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this

Undetermined  Search this

Control number:

AECI 02310130

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_46036

Creator:

Catherine Viviano Gallery  Search this

Names:

American Academy of Arts and Letters  Search this

American Federation of Arts  Search this

Art Club of Chicago  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Barnes Foundation  Search this

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Carnegie Institute  Search this

City Art Museum of St. Louis  Search this

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center  Search this

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts  Search this

Des Moines Art Center  Search this

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Fogg Art Museum  Search this

Harvard University  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum  Search this

Mary Washington College  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this

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

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Search this

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

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Philadelphia Art Alliance  Search this

Santa Barbara Museum of Art  Search this

University of Virginia  Search this

Wadsworth Atheneum  Search this

Walker Art Center  Search this

William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts  Search this

World House Galleries  Search this

Yale University. Art & Architecture Library  Search this

Afro, 1912-1976  Search this

Ashton, Dore  Search this

Baker, Richard Brown  Search this

Bareiss, Walter  Search this

Barker, Walter  Search this

Birolli, Renato, 1905?-1959  Search this

Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979  Search this

Broderson, Robert M, 1920-  Search this

Callery, Mary, 1903-1977  Search this

Chaet, Bernard  Search this

Cox, Jan, 1919-1980  Search this

Dorazio, Piero, 1927-  Search this

Dorazio, Virginia Dortch  Search this

Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-  Search this

Dudensing, F. Valentine, 1892-1967  Search this

Eisendrath, William N., 1903-  Search this

Ernst, Dallas  Search this

Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane), 1907-2006  Search this

Fleischman, Barbara  Search this

Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997  Search this

Genauer, Emily, 1910-2002  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966  Search this

Glasco, Joseph, 1925-1996  Search this

Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924  Search this

Graves, Morris, 1910-  Search this

Guerrero, José, 1914-  Search this

Göpel, Barbara  Search this

Göpel, Erhard  Search this

Hirschhorn, Joseph  Search this

Lerner, Abe, 1908-  Search this

Ludgin, Earle, 1898-1981  Search this

Mabe, Manabu  Search this

Manrique, César, 1920-  Search this

McCray, Porter A., 1908-2000  Search this

Meltzer, Doris, 1908-1977  Search this

Menil, Dominique de  Search this

Miller, Stephen Robeson  Search this

Minguzzi, Luciano, 1911-  Search this

Miró, Joan, 1893-  Search this

Morlotti, Ennio, 1910-1992  Search this

Moyens, H. Marc  Search this

Myers, John Bernard  Search this

Ossorio, Alfonso, 1916-1990  Search this

Perlin, Bernard, 1918-  Search this

Price, Vincent, 1911-1993  Search this

Pulitzer, Joseph, 1913-1993  Search this

Rathbone, Perry Townsend, 1911-2000  Search this

Ribicoff, Belle Krasne, 1924-  Search this

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979  Search this

Rosenthal, Bernard M.  Search this

Sage, Kay  Search this

Seeger, Stanley J.  Search this

Shapiro, Meyer  Search this

Stout, George L. (George Leslie)  Search this

Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012  Search this

Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954  Search this

Van Veen, Stuyvesant  Search this

Viviano, Catherine, 1899-1992  Search this

Wakabayashi, Kazuo  Search this

Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983  Search this

Extent:

11.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Notes

Date:

1930-1990

bulk 1949-1978

Summary:

The records of the Catherine Viviano Gallery measure 11.6 linear feet and date from 1930-1990, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1949-1978. Established in New York City in 1949, the gallery specialized in contemporary painting and sculpture primarily by American and European artists. The collection consists of artists' files; correspondence with artists, collectors, dealers, museum directors, curators, and publishers; business records; printed material; and photographs of artwork and artists. Also included are records relating to Catherine Viviano's activities as a private dealer and consultant after she closed the gallery in 1970.

Scope and Contents note:

The records of the Catherine Viviano Gallery measure 11.6 linear feet and date from 1930-1990, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1949-1978. Established in New York City in 1949, the gallery specialized in contemporary painting and sculpture primarily by American and European artists. The collection consists of artists' files; correspondence with artists, collectors, dealers, museum directors, curators, and publishers; business records; printed material; and photographs of artwork and artists. Also included are records relating to Catherine Viviano's activities as a private dealer and consultant after she closed the gallery in 1970.

Artists' files include biographical material; artists' statements; correspondence; sales and expense reports; lists and notes; guest lists; writings by others; receipts, invoices, and statements; printed material, including press releases, exhibition announcements, brochures, catalogues, clippings; and photographs of artwork and artists. Included are extensive files on Afro Basaldella, Renato Birolli, Robert Broderson, Anselmo Franesconi, Joseph Glasco, Manabu Mabe, César Manrique, Luciano Minguzzi, Ennio Morlotti, Bernard Perlin, Daniel Rice, and Bernard Rosenthal. There are also files on Jan Cox, Kay Sage, and Kazuo Wakabayashi.

Correspondence comprises the largest series in the collection and consists of general correspondence; correspondence with museums, galleries, and art-related institutions in the United States; and correspondence with museums, galleries, and art-related institutions abroad. Letters focus on routine business matters, e.g., appraisals and sales, acquisitions, and organizing exhibitions at the Catherine Viviano Gallery and other venues.

General correspondence includes letters between Catherine Viviano and artists and their family members. Among the correspondents are: Mary Callery, Bernard Chaet, Piero and Virginia Dorazio, Jean Dubuffet, Dallas Ernst, Karl Fortress, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Sage Goodwin, Morris Graves, José Guerrero, Earle Ludgin, Joan Miro, Alfonso Ossorio, Dorothea Tanning, Stuyvesant Van Veen, Adja Yunkers and his wife, Dore Ashton, among others. Also found is Viviano's correspondence with clients, many of whom were prominent collectors, e.g., Richard Brown Baker, Carl and Joan Fisher, Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman, Joseph Hirschhorn, Marc Moyens, Vincent Price, Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Nelson Rockefeller, Stanley Seeger, and Frederick and Dorothy Zimmerman. Of interest, are letters from Elizabeth Bishop inquiring about the purchase of a work of art from the gallery. Included are letters from art historians, museum directors, curators, representatives at other art-related institutions, and publishers including Walter Bareiss, Walter Barker, Dominque De Menil, Valentine Dudensing, William Eisendrath, S. Lane Faison, Emily Genauer, Bertram Goodhue, Erhard and Barbara Göpel, James Laughlin, Porter McCray, Abram Lerner, Doris Meltzer, Stephen Robson Miller, John Bernard Myers, Perry Rathbone, Belle Krasne Ribicoff, Meyer Shapiro, George Stout, and Curt Valentin.

Correspondence with museums, galleries, and art-related institutions in the United States contains letters between Viviano and museum directors, curators, dealers, artists, and collectors pertaining to loans, shipping and delivery of artwork, appraisals and sales, and acquisitions. Files include substantive correspondence with the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Federation of the Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, the Barnes Foundation, Bristol Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Bundy Art Gallery, Carnegie Institute, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Cleveland Museum of Art, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Denver Art Museum, Des Moines Art Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Art Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Museum of Modern Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, University of Virginia, Mary Washington College, Wadsworth Atheneum, Walker Art Center, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of the Fine Arts, World House Gallery, and Yale University Art Library.

Correspondence with museums, galleries, and art-related institutions abroad primarily concerns the lending of artwork for exhibitions, acquisition and sales; also included are letters requesting biographical information on artists. Letters between Catherine Viviano and representatives of Max Beckmann Gesellschaft Archiv and Galerie Gunther Franke contain provenance-related information on Beckmann's work.

Business records document the routine business operations of the gallery. Printed material includes an incomplete run of Catherine Viviano Gallery exhibition catalogues; invitations and announcements from other galleries and institutions; and miscellaneous printed material.

Photographs include three images of miscellaneous artwork used for art reference.

Arrangement note:

Records are generally arranged by material type and in chronological order thereafter. Artists' files and correspondence files are arranged in alphabetical order and materials within the folders are arranged chronologically

The collection is arranged as 5 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Artists' Files, 1945-1986 (Boxes 1-3; 3.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1939-1985 (Boxes 3-6; 5.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Business Records, 1949-1972 (Boxes 10-11; 1.0 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1930-1990 (Boxes 11-13; 1.6 linear feet)

Series 5: Photographs (1948-1954), undated (Box 14; 1 folder)

Biographical/Historical note:

Catherine Viviano (1889-1992) opened her gallery in 1949 on 42 East 57th Street in New York City. Specializing in contemporary American paintings and sculpture, the gallery featured younger American and European artists, e.g., Robert Broderson, Carlyle Brown, Jan Cox, Joseph Glasco, Peter Lanyon, Manabu Mabe, César Manrique, Bernard Perlin, Joseph Rollo, Bernard Rosenthal, and Kay Sage, among others. The gallery was also notable for introducing the work of Italian artists, who had been cut off from the American art scene during World War II, including Afro Basaldella and his brother Mirko Basaldella, Renato Birolli, Leonardo Cremonini, and Luciano Minguzzi.

Born in Italy in 1899 and raised in Chicago, Catherine Viviano came to New York in the early 1930's to work at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, where she remained for sixteen years before founding the Catherine Viviano Gallery.

In 1970, Catherine Viviano closed the gallery, though she continued to work from her home as an art dealer and consultant. She died of a stroke at the age of ninety-two in 1992.

Related Archival Materials note:

Among the other resources relating to Catherine Viviano Gallery in the Archives of American Art are the Kay Sage papers, 1925-circa 1985, bulk 1950-1965.

Provenance:

The Catherine Viviano Gallery records were donated in 2003 on behalf of Margaret Viviano, Catherine Viviano's sister, by her grandnephew, Peter C. Salerno, who had Power of Attorney for Margaret Viviano.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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Occupation:

Art dealers -- New York (State)  Search this

Topic:

Women art dealers  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Painting  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Notes

Citation:

Catherine Viviano Gallery records, 1930-1990, bulk 1949-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.cathvivi

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Collection Creator:

Gilliam, Sam, 1933-2022  Search this

Container:

Box 7, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1972-1974

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:

Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Sam Gilliam. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Collection Citation:

Sam Gilliam papers, 1957-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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Sam Gilliam papers / Series 6: Subject Files

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Archives of American Art

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Creator:

Gray, Cleve  Search this

Names:

Berry-Hill Galleries  Search this

Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this

Connecticut. Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Neuberger Museum of Art  Search this

Pratt Institute  Search this

Princeton University  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Davis, Jim, 1901-1974  Search this

Dillenberger, Jane  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984  Search this

Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977  Search this

Grace, Louise N.  Search this

Gray, Francine du Plessix  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Richter, Hans, 1888-1976  Search this

Smith, David, 1906-1965  Search this

Villon, Jacques, 1875-1963  Search this

Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947-  Search this

Extent:

9.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Poems

Articles

Photographs

Reviews (documents)

Notes

Illustrations

Notebooks

Sketches

Drafts (documents)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Manuscripts

Paintings

Prints

Watercolors

Drawings

Lectures

Date:

1933-2005

Summary:

The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam protest movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Scope and Content Note:

The Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005, measure 9.2 linear feet. Papers include biographical material, alphabetical files, writings, artwork, audio/visual records, artifacts, printed material, and photographs. Extensive alphabetical files contain personal and professional correspondence as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Especially well-documented are: Gray's involvement with the Vietnam movement; and Threnody, his best-known work composed of fourteen large panels lamenting the dead of both sides sides in Vietnam, commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Among the biographical material are award and membership certificates, biographical notes, and personal documentation.

The alphabetical files contain Cleve Gray's personal and professional correspondence, as well as subject files relating to projects and interests. Correspondence is with friends and family, colleagues, publishers, museum curators and directors, art dealers, collectors, and fans. Among the correspondents of note are: Jacques Barzun, James E. Davis, Naum Gabo, Louise N. Grace, Hans and Fridel Richter, and Jacques and Gaby Villon. Other substantial correspondence includes: Berry-Hill Galleries, Betty Parsons Gallery, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Jacques Seligmann and Co., Neuberger Museum of Art, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, and Rhode Island School of Design. Subject files mostly consist of correspondence, but include printed material and some photographs. Among the subject files are: Art Collection of Cleve and Francine Gray, Artist-Dealer Consignments and Visual Artists' Rights Act of 1989, Artists' Tax Equity Act of 1979, Promised Gifts to Museums, Threnody, Vestments, and Vietnam Protest. Of particular interest are files relating to the Estate of Hans Richter (Cleve Gray, executor), and Gray's research correspondence and illustrations for his Cosmopolitan article "Women-Leaders of Modern Art."

Writings are manuscripts and drafts, research materials, notes, and miscellaneous writings by Cleve Gray and other authors. Those by Gray include articles and catalog introductions on a wide range of art-related topics, as well as book and exhibition reviews. Also found are a book proposal, texts and notes for lectures and talks, miscellaneous notes, poems, political statements, and student papers. Of particular interest are autobiographical notes in the form of a chronology that his biographer, Nicholas Fox Weber, cited as an "autochronology."

Among the writings by other authors are pieces about Cleve Gray including Nicholas Fox Weber's manuscript Cleve Gray. A significant amount of material relates to three books edited by Gray: David Smith by David Smith: Sculpture and Writings, Hans Richter, and John Marin. Research material survives for an unpublished volume, Naum Gabo. Also included are notes relating to his translation of A l'Infinitif by Marcel Duchamp. Jane Daggett Dillenberger is represented by a lecture, "The Resurrection in Art." The remaining items by other authors are unsigned; of particular interest is a small notebook of reminiscences and notes about Jackson Pollock.

Artwork by Cleve Gray consists mostly drawings and sketches, and a small number of paintings, prints, and watercolors. Works by other artists consist are an unsigned mobile of paper cut-outs, possibly by Alexander Calder, and a pencil drawing signed Dick (probably Richard Avedon).

Audio recordings are a radio broadcast featuring Cleve Gray, several lectures by Gray on John Marin, and a lecture titled "Meaning in the Visual Arts." Other recordings are of Hans Richter and an interview with Jimmy Ernst conducted by Francine du Plessix Gray. Also found is a videocassette of "Glenville School Students at SUNY (Lincoln Center Activity)."

Artifacts are a Chinese scroll representative of those that hung in Cleve Gray's studio, two of his paintbrushes, Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association blue ribbon, and Neuberger Museum of Art Lifetime Achievement Award.

The vast majority of printed material - articles, clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, reproductions of art work, etc. - are about or by Cleve Gray. Miscellaneous items and publications mentioning Gray consist of annual reports, brochures, calendars, newsletters, programs, etc. Clippings about Vietnam and Vietnam protest memorabilia reflect his passionate involvement in the anti-war movement; a small number of these items mention Gray or were written by him.

Photographs are of artwork, events, people, places, and miscellaneous subjects. Most of the art work appearing in the photographs is by Cleve Gray and includes images of destroyed paintings. Also found is an original print of Photo Abstraction by Gray, circa 1934. Of particular note are photographs of Threnody, among them preparatory drawings and views of the work in progress. Photographs of artwork by other artists include Louise N. Grace, Jacques Lipchitz, John Marin, Hans Richter, and Jacques Villon.

Photographs of people are mainly portraits of Gray, and views of him with his wife and sons. Other individuals appearing in photographs are Hans Richter and some of Richter's descendants. Pictures of places consist of Gray's studio.

Events are an unidentified exhibition opening. Miscellaneous subjects are mostly exhibition installations. Illustrations consist of photographs published in David Smith by David Smith: Sculpture and Writings. Also found are small number of negatives and color transparencies.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1943-circa 2001 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 2: Alphabetical Files, 1936-2005 (Boxes 1-5, 9; 4.3 linear ft.)

Series 3: Writings, 1935-2000 (Boxes 5-6; 0.85 linear ft.)

Series 4: Artwork, circa 1933-1987 (Boxes 6, 9, OV 12; 0.45 linear ft.)

Series 5: Audio/Visual Records, 1971-1989 (Box 6; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 6: Artifacts, 1957-1999 (Box 6, RD 11; 0.45 linear ft.)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1933-2005 (Boxes 7-8; 1.25 linear ft.)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1934-2002 (Boxes 8-10; 1.15 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Abstract Expressionist painter, sculptor, and writer Cleve Gray (1918-2004) lived and worked in Connecticut where he was politically active in the Vietnam protest movement and other liberal causes.

Born Cleve Ginsberg in New York City (the family changed its name to Gray in 1936), he attended the Ethical Culture School and at a young age developed a fascination with color and paint. At the urging of friends, Cleve's parents allowed him to accompany a school friend for lessons with George Bellows' student Antonia Nell. She encouraged and inspired the young artist, and a still life he painted in her class was shown at the National Academy of Design's 1932 annual exhibition. Miss Nell also introduced him to Louise N. Grace, an artist who became a good friend and had a lasting influence on him. While a student at Phillips Academy, Cleve studied painting with Bartlett Hayes and aspired to paint in France. Upon his graduation in 1936, he was awarded the Samuel F. B. Morse Prize for most promising art student.

Gray's mother was always supportive of his career choice. His businessman father, who didn't understand his son's desire to be an artist, insisted on a college education. Cleve chose Princeton, where he majored in art and archaeology, and studied painting with James E. Davis. His senior thesis was on Chinese landscape painting; both Eastern philosophy and art were long-term influences on Gray's work and outlook. He graduated summa cum laude in 1940, and then spent several months painting while living at the farm of a family friend in Mendham, New Jersey.

When a doctor suggeted that a dry climate might relieve sinus and asthma problems, Gray moved to Tucson, Arizona. Once settled in the desert, he contacted Louise N. Grace, whom he had met as a young teenager through his art instructor. Miss Grace, an artist and daughter of the founder of W. R. Grace and Co., was a highly cultured and independent woman older than his parents. The summer before Gray entered Phillips Academy, she had hired him to brush ground color onto canvases for murals she was painting for "Eleven Arches," her home in Tuscon then under construction. Miss Grace invited Gray to visit "Eleven Arches" to see the completed murals, and despite the substantial age difference, their friendship deepened; Gray found in her intellectual and spiritual guidance that was lacking in his own family. He remained in Tucson until enlisting in the U. S. Army in 1942, and they corresponded frequently during the the war. When a stroke in 1948 prevented Miss Grace from participating in the extensive tour of Europe she was arranging for a small group of friends, including Gray, she provided sufficient funds and insisted he make the trip on his own. Another stroke, suffered while Gray was traveling, left her in a coma; he was not permitted to see her again. Upon her death in 1954, Gray inherited "Eleven Arches."

Between 1943 and 1946, Gray was stationed in England, France, and Germany, serving in Army Signal Intelligence. Most of his work was performed at night, and he spent his free time drawing. While in London, Gray produced many colored pencil drawings of buildings that had been bombed. In France, a Red Cross volunteered to introduce him to Jacques Villon; although unfamiliar with the artist, Gray knew of Villon's brother, Marcel Duchamp, and accepted the invitation. Jacques and Gaby Villon lived near Gray's billet and he became a frequent visitor. Their friendship was important to his development as an artist. After being discharged from the Army in 1946, Gray remained in France to work with Villon who introduced him to the study of color and the concept of intellectual quality in painting. Gray also studied informally with André Lhote, Villon's former teacher. "American Painters in Paris," an exhibition presented in 1946 at Galerie Durand-Ruel, included work by Cleve Gray.

He returned to New York City in 1946. In the tight post-war rental market Gray managed to find a small room upstairs from a grocery store on East 106th Street for use as a studio. He commenced painting the London Ruins series based on drawings he had made during the war, and began thinking about exhibiting in New York. Gray secured introductions to Pierre Matisse, Curt Valentin, and Dorothy Miller. They encouraged him, but no opportunities came his way until Germain Seligmann, whose gallery was expanding its scope to include contemporary art, followed the advice of Curt Valentin and looked at Gray's work. Gary's first solo exhibition, held at Jacques Seligmann and Co., included selections from the London Ruins series, paintings done in Maine and Arizona, and a few portraits. The New York Times called it "an auspicious first," and one of the London Ruins series was selected by Edward Alden Jewell for the "Critic's Exhibition" at Grand Central Gallery.

Gray found New York City too frenetic. In 1949 he bought a large, old house in Warren, Connecticut, and lived and worked at "Graystones" for the remainder of his life. Half of a 6-car garage was converted to a studio; many years later, his studio moved to a barn, its renovation and design planned by sculptor and architect Tony Smith.

He married Francine du Plessix in 1957. Always interested in literature and philosophy, in the 1960s Francine du Plessix Gray began contributing articles to The New Yorker and is still affiliated with the magazine. Her reviews and articles appeared in prominent publications, and she wrote several award-winning novels and biographies. Their sons, Thaddeus and Luke (now a painter), were born in 1959 and 1961. Francine's mother, Tatiana du Plessix (the hat designer Tatiana of Saks), and step-father, the sculptor Alexander Liberman (also former art director of Vogue and later editorial director of Condé Nast publications) became Cleve Gray's closest friends.

The paintings and drawings of Cleve Gray - first consisting of figures and portraits, and then abstract compositions - were often produced in series. The earliest series, London Ruins, grew from the colored pencil drawings made while stationed in London during World War II. Travels to France, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Hawaii, Spain, Egypt, Japan, and Czechoslovakia, inspired many series, among them: Etruscan, Augury, Ceres, Demeter Landscape, Hera, Morocco, Hawaii, Ramses, Perne, Hatshepsut, Roman Walls, Zen, and Prague. His hometown, the Holocaust, and musicians inspired other series: Warren, Sleepers Awake!, Bela Bartok, and Four Heads of Anton Bruckner. Some series were works on paper, others were collage canvases, and a few series later spawned prints. Gray began using acrylics in the 1940s. Although the medium offered many benefits, he did not always like its appearance and frequently returned to oils. Around 1966 Gray was painting almost exclusively with acrylic, and eventually developed a technique of thinning the paint and applying successive layers of color (sometimes by pouring or with a sponge) on cotton duck rather than traditional canvas.

Gray was attracted to sculpture, too, working in that medium at different points in his career. His first sculpture, in plaster, was completed in 1959. In the early 1960s he visited a commercial sand-casting foundry and became excited about learning to cast in bronze. He made about a dozen sculptures to cast in sand, but due to too much undercutting, their casting became too difficult a problem. Lava flows seen while in Hawaii during 1970 and 1971 inspired a return to sculpture. This time, he used wood, papier maché, and metal. Gray then decided these pieces should be cast in bronze, and he was determined to do it himself. Friends taught him the lost wax process and he began working at the Tallix Foundry in Peekskill, New York where, over the next year, he cast about forty bronzes.

Gray's best known work is Threnody, a lament for the dead of both sides in Vietnam. In 1972, Gray received a commission to fill a very large gallery of the soon-to-open Neuberger Museum of Art (State University of New York, College at Purchase) designed by Philip Johnson. Friends of the Neuberger Museum paid his expenses and Gray, who was enormously excited about the project he considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, donated his time. Developing plans for the execution of Threnody consumed most of his time during 1972 and 1973. Composed of a series of fourteen panels, each approximately twenty feet square, the piece presented a number of technical challenges. It was constructed and painted in situ during the summer and early fall of 1973. Since then, Threnody has been reinstalled at the Neuberger Museum of Art on several occasions.

Gray was commissioned to design liturgical vestments for two Episcopal churches in Connecticut in the 1970s. A chasuble, stoles, and a mitre were commissioned by the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut in 1984.

He won the "Outdoor Art at the Station Competition," for Union Station, Hartford, Connecticut. His very large porcelain enamel tile mural, Movement in Space, was installed on the façade of the transportation center in 1988.

Gray began writing occasional articles and exhibition reviews in the late 1940s. His concern with rational structure in art led him to question Abstract Expressionism and write "Narcissus in Chaos." This article, published in 1959 by The American Scholar, drew considerable attention. In 1960, Cosmopolitan published "Women - Leaders of Modern Art" that featured Nell Blaine, Joan Brown, Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gretchoff, Grace Hartigan, Ethel Magafan, Louise Nevelson, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Between 1960 and 1970, Gray was a contributing editor of Art In America, producing numerous articles (a few co-authored with Francine) and reviews for the periodical. He edited three books, David Smith by David Smith: Scupture and Writings, Hans Richter, and John Marin, all published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, and translated Marcel Duchamp's A l'Infinitif.

During the early 1960s, Gray became intensely focused on the situation in Vietnam. His first artistic response came in 1963 with Reverend Quan Duc, painted to commemorate a Buddhist monk who had immolated himself. Francine, too, felt strongly about the issue and over time the couple became increasingly active in the anti-war movement. They joined a number of organizations and helped to found a local chapter of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. The years 1968 and 1969 were an especially intense and active period for the Grays. They protested, wrote and spoke out against the war, raised funds to support anti-war political candidates, and on a few occasions were arrested and jailed. Writing for Art in America, editing the book series, and anti-war activities left little time for his art. In 1970 Gray refocused his attention on painting.

Beginning in 1947, Gray was always represented by a New York Gallery: Jacques Seligmann and Co. (1947-1959), Staempfli Gallery (1960-1965), Saidenberg Gallery (1965-1968), Betty Parsons Gallery (1968-1983), Armstrong Gallery (1984-1987), and Berry-Hill Galleries (1988-2003). He was represented by galleries in other cities, as well, but not as consistently or for such long periods.

He exhibited extensively in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. In addition to numerous solo exhibitions presented by the dealers who represented Gray, there were retrospective exhibitions at: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, Krannert Art Museum (University of Illinois, Champaign), Princeton University Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wadsworth Atheneum.

Many museums' permanent collections include the work of Cleve Gray, among them: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Butler Institute of American Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art (SUNY, College at Purchase), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Newark Museum, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Phillips Collection, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Smithsonian Institution, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.

Cleve Gray served as artist-in-residence at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1963 and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1970, both sponsored by Ford Foundation programs. In 1980, he was appointed an artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome, where Francine concurrently served as a writer-in-residence; they returned for shorter periods during each of the subsequent seven years. Cleve Gray was presented the Connecticut Arts Award in 1987, and the Neuberger Museum of Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. He was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Hartford in 1992, and was elected a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998. In addition, he was a trustee of the Neuberger Museum of Art, New York Studio School, Rhode Island School of Design, and Wadsworth Atheneum.

Cleve Gray hit his head and suffered a massive subdural hematoma after falling on ice outside of his home. He died the following day, December 8, 2004.

Separated Material:

Exhibition catalogs and announcements and two scrapbooks donated to the Archives in 1967 and 1968 were microfilmed on reels D314-D315. Items on reel D315, transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library in 1975, are not described in this finding aid.

Provenance:

The Cleve Gray papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Mr. Gray in 1967 and 1968. The bulk of the collection was given by his widow, Francine du Plessix Gray, in 2007 and 2008.

Restrictions:

Use of original material requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordigs 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:

Sculptors -- Connecticut  Search this

Painters -- Connecticut  Search this

Topic:

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

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest Movements -- United States  Search this

Designers  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Poems

Articles

Photographs

Reviews (documents)

Notes

Illustrations

Notebooks

Sketches

Drafts (documents)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Manuscripts

Paintings

Prints

Watercolors

Drawings

Lectures

Citation:

Cleve Gray papers, 1933-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

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