Mildred Constantine papers, 1945-2008
Constantine, Mildred,
b. 1913
d. 2008
Curator
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 5.3 linear feet
Collection Summary: Correspondence, biographical material, subject files, writings, printed material, photographs, artwork, a VHS video, and a scrapbook document Constantine
Biographical material, 1947-1995, consists of Constantine
Correspondence, 1964-2009, contains letters from Miguel Angel Corzo, Arthur C. Danto, Dorothy Dehner, Allen Hart, Elizabeth Wilder, and Donald L. Weisman. Other correspondents include Magdalena Abakanowicz, Frederick Amat, Jim Bassler, Clive Challis, Joyce Crain, Helen Escobedo, Akiko Kotani, Patricia Malarcher, Francis O
Subject files, 1964-2006, include Cleveland Museum of Art, Getty Conservation Institute, Sheila Hicks, Jack Lenor Larsen, Rhode Island School of Design, Swann Foundation, Soviet Film Posters, Laurel Reuter, Whole Cloth, and Tadonori Yokoo. A large portion of subject files is dedicated to Whole Cloth, a book Constantine co-authored with Laurel Reuter. The book takes a historical look at how artists have used cloth in their artwork. The material includes correspondence between Constantine and Reuter, as well as other correspondence with artists, art institutions and publishers; and further, it documents the process, successes and failures included, of Constantine
Writings, 1991-2008, consists of transcripts of interviews with Constantine conducted by Frances Pohl and Beverly M. Wolff, galley sheets of the work Way Beyond Craft by Jenni Sorkin, writings by others, and lecture material and notes by Constantine.
Printed material, 1967-1991, includes newspaper and magazine clippings, announcements, a catalogue and two books. One of the books, Le Message by Jean-Michel Folon, is inscribed by the artist and includes an original drawing.
Photographs, 1993, includes photographs, transparencies and slides of Mildred Constantine with family, friends, artists and art world professionals in the studio and at public and private events around the world. Most notable are the photographs of Magdalena Abakanowicz and her artwork, Anni Albers, Alfred Barr, Luis Barragan, Lou Block, Louise Bourgeois, Jagoda Buic, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Charles Coiner, James Marston Fitch, Mathias Goeritz, Ingeborg Ten Haeff, Ann d
Artwork, 1945, consists of one drawing by F.D. Berg.
The scrapbook includes printed material, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to an exhibition of Latin-American Posters organized by Constantine.
Biographical/Historical Note: Mildred Constantine (1913-2008) was a Curator and writer in New York, N.Y.
Donated 2009 by Judith Bettelheim and Vicki McDaniel, Constantine's daughters.
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