Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh, 1939-2006
Berman, Avis,
b. 1949
Art historian, Author
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 3.0 linear ft.
Collection Summary: Correspondence, handwritten and typescripts of manuscripts, exhibition files, writings, notes, interviews, printed material, press releases, clippings, reviews, photographs, negatives, and miscellaneous memorabilia. A large portion of the correspondence is photocopies. The collection consists of research materials compiled by Avis Berman in preparing Kuh's memoir My Love Affair with Modern Art: Behind the Scenes with a Legendary Curator. Found are Katharine Kuh files; Kuh's draft versions of chapters for her memoir; drafts of chapters not used, edited typescripts by Berman, and a manuscript of the memoir that Katharine Kuh had completed at the time of her death in 1994; and Avis Berman files, including correspondence pertaining to the publication of the memoir.
Also included are source materials on Josef Albers, Bernard Berenson, Stuart Davis, Hans Hoffmann, Edward Hopper, Alfred Jensen, Franz Kline, Fernard Leger, Isamu Noguchi, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Mark Tobey, Mies van der Rohe, and Vincent van Gogh.
Biographical/Historical Note: Art historian; New York, N.Y. Berman is Katharine Kuh's executor. Kuh opened her own gallery in Chicago in the 1930s representing a variety of now well known artists. She is considered a pioneer for women in the field of art.
Donated 2007 by Avis Berman.
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