Jenkins, Paul, b. 1923

Painter
New York, N.Y. (Show Bio)

Paul Jenkins papers, 1940-2007

8.0 linear ft.

Correspondence, works of art, writings, photographs, printed material and financial information regarding the career of Paul Jenkins as an abstract expressionist and his involvement with theater. Also included is information regarding Jenkins interest in artists Lynd Ward and Karl Prantl.

Correspondence including letters, postcards, invitations, telegrams, faxes, and photocopies is with colleagues, art dealers, and art historians including Dore Ashton, Alice Baber, Norman Bluhm, Albert Elsen, Elaine de Kooning, Beauford Delaney, Jean Dubuffet, David Douglas Duncan, Zoe Dusanne, Michael Goldberg, Clement Greenberg, Thomas B. Hess, Philippe Hosiasson, Martha Jackson, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Frank OHara, Kenneth Sawyer, Mark Tobey, Frank Trapp and others.

Works of art include drawings by Norman Bluhm, Paul Bunshi, Thomas Erma, Milton Fox, Pierre Gruneberg, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Muriel Silverstein, Andre Verdet, and George Wittenburn. Writings include manuscripts for "Meetings with Remarkable Men" by Peter Brook, "Declaration to the American Avant-garde Painters" by Georges Mathieu, and a travel diary kept by Lili Verame while traveling to China, a friend and colleague of Jenkins.

Photographs are of Jenkins, colleagues and exhibition installations. Printed material includes press releases, newspaper articles, and death notices. Miscellaneous material includes bills of lading, a signed guest book from a solo exhibition by Jenkins at the Tokyo Gallery, and various membership cards. Also included are correspondence and 38 photographs of the woodcut series "Gods Man" by Lynd Ward and photographs and correspondence on a sculpture created by Karl Prantl and owned by Jenkins.

Donated 2007 by Paul and Suzanne Jenkins. Additions are expected.

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Also in the Archives:

• Paul Jenkins interview, 1969 Aug
• Paul Jenkins interview, 1968