Paul Jenkins papers, SUPPRESSED RECORD, NY, 1940-2007
Jenkins, Paul,
b. 1923
Painter
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 11.3 linear ft.
Collection Summary: Correspondence, works of art, writings, photographs, financial material and printed material 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 family, 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 O
Works of art are by Norman Bluhm, Denis Bowen, Thomas Erma, Milton Fox, Pierre Gruneberg, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Paul Kanemitsu, Jean-Louis Prat, Muriel Silverstein, N. Hayden Stubbing, Gerard Thalman, Andre Verdet, George Wittenborn, and eight watercolor sketches, 1997, by architect Frank Prince, among others. Watercolor sketches are of a proposed building to adjoin Jenkin's sculpture park, Mandala Meditation Sundial, installed at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. in 1994. Writings include manuscripts by Jenkins and others; and travel diaries kept by Jenkins while traveling to China, Russia, and France, and a travel diary kept by Lili Verame, a friend of Jenkins, while traveling to China.
Photographs are of Jenkins, colleagues, and exhibition installations. Financial material includes bills and bank statements. 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 "God
Biographical/Historical Note: Paul Jenkins (1923- ) is an abstract expressionist, painter, and playwright in New York, N.Y.
Donated 2007-2009 by Paul and Suzanne Jenkins. Additions are expected in December 2010.
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- Entire (except oversize watercolors) Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publication requires written permission from Suzanne or Paul Jenkins, 169 East 94th Street New York, N.Y. 10128.
- Letter from Paul Jenkins to Norman Bluhm, circa 1966 ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.
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