Exhibitions
![[Diego Rivera holding a Dog]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/arquflor/reference/AAA_arquflor_1879.jpg)
![[Study for: Summer school advertisement]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/webse/reference/AAA_webse_23205.jpg)
![[Edwin Dickinson exhibition catalog]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/jamegras/reference/AAA_jamegras_25237.jpg)
Past Exhibitions
![[Konrad and Florence Cramer]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/cramkonr/thumbnail/AAA_cramkonr_22752.jpg "[Konrad and Florence Cramer], ca. 1930 / unidentified photographer. 1 photographic print : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm. Konrad and Florence Ballin Cramer papers, 1897-1968. Archives of American Art.")
A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American ArtExhibited in DC at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture January 25, 2008 through June 2, 2008 ![[It Looked Like Spilt Milk]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/shawchar/thumbnail/AAA_shawchar_23883.jpg "It Looked Like Spilt Milk, 1947 / Charles Green Shaw. Book : 31 p. : ill. ; 27 x 21 cm. Charles Green Shaw papers. Archives of American Art.")
Manhattan Modern: The Life and Work of Charles Green ShawExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery November 1, 2007 - February 7, 2008 ![[Worthington Whittredge sketchbook of a trip down the Rhine River]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/whitwort/thumbnail/AAA_whitwort_9504.jpg "[Worthington Whittredge sketchbook of a trip down the Rhine River], 1849 / Worthington Whittredge, artist. Sketchbook : 1 v. : various media ; 15 x 24 cm. Worthington Whittredge papers. Archives of American Art.")
Sketchbooks from the Archives of American ArtExhibited in AAA's Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture October 5, 2007 - January 6, 2008 ![[Jackson Pollock, Clement Greenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner and an unidentified child at the beach]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/polljack/thumbnail/AAA_polljack_6311.jpg "[Jackson Pollock, Clement Greenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner and an unidentified child at the beach], ca. 1952 / unidentified photographer. 1 photographic print : col. ; 9 x 15 cm. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers. Archives of American Art.")
Wish You Were Here: Artists on VacationExhibited in DC at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture June 28 - September 21, 2007 ![[Philip Evergood, Oxford, Connecticut note to Lawrence Arthur Fleischman, Detroit, Mich.]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/fleilawr/thumbnail/AAA_fleilawr_23246.jpg "Philip Evergood, Oxford, Connecticut note to Lawrence Arthur Fleischman, Detroit, Mich., 1960-1961. 1 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 28 x 22 cm. Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers. Archives of American Art.")
Recent Acquisitions: Selections from the papers of Lawrence and Barbara FleischmanArchives of American Art's New York Research Center June 22 - September 30, 2007 ![[Joseph Cornell]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/sznykath/thumbnail/AAA_sznykath_20159.jpg "[Joseph Cornell], 1933 / Lee Miller, photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 07 cm. Katherine Segava Sznycer papers. Archives of American Art.")
Exquisite Surprise: The Papers of Joseph CornellExhibited at the Archives' Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery and as well as its New York Research Center. March 15 - June 15, 2007 ![[<em>Ammunition</em>, published by the UAW-CIO]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/sharhono/thumbnail/AAA_sharhono_20587.jpg "[<em>Ammunition</em>, published by the UAW-CIO], 1957 June / AFL-CIO. 1 magazine : ill. ; 27 x 20 cm. Honoré Sharrer papers. Archives of American Art.")
Anatomy of a Painting: Honoré Sharrer's Tribute to the American Working PeopleExhibited at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington, D.C. March 8 - June 20, 2007 ![[Artists of Park Place Gallery]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/parkplag/thumbnail/AAA_parkplag_20629.jpg "[Artists of Park Place Gallery], ca. 1967-1968 / unidentified photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Park Place Gallery Art Research records and the Paula Cooper Gallery records. Archives of American Art.")
Art and Space: Park Place and the beginning of the Paula Cooper GalleryExhibited in the Archives' New York Research Center Gallery October 17, 2006 - March 14, 2007 ![[John Singer Sargent in his studio]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/photartiparis/thumbnail/AAA_photartiparis_6262.jpg "[John Singer Sargent in his studio], ca. 1885 / unidentified photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 28 cm. [Artists in their Paris studios,]. Archives of American Art.")
Artists in Their StudiosExhibited in AAA's Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture July 1, 2006 through October 27, 2006 ![[Bob Thompson in the garden of the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/thombob/thumbnail/AAA_thombob_19775.jpg "[Bob Thompson in the garden of the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York], 1965 / Dorothy Beskind, photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm. Bob Thompson papers. Archives of American Art.")
Recent Acquisitions Spring 2006Exhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery March 13, 2006 - July 14, 2006 ![[Greetings from Werner and Maria]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/drewwern/thumbnail/AAA_drewwern_19356.jpg "[Greetings from Werner and Maria], ca. 1965 / Werner Drewes, artist. Greeting card : 1 christmas card : various media ; 23 x 15 cm. Werner Drewes papers. Archives of American Art.")
Season's Greetings from Werner DrewesExhibited in AAA's Washington, D.C. office. December 14, 2005 - January 6, 2006 ![[Sketchbook of Europe (no. 43)]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/marsregi/thumbnail/AAA_marsregi_0002p1.jpg "[Sketchbook of Europe (no. 43)], 1949 / Reginald Marsh, artist. Sketchbook : 1 p. ; 11 x 18 cm. Reginald Marsh papers. Archives of American Art.")
Sketchbooks: Curators' Choice This online exhibit presents the sketchbooks of seventeen American artists, among them Reginald Marsh, John Graham, and Oscar Bluemner. ![[Alexander Calder's 'Mailbox']](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/lipmhowa/thumbnail/AAA_lipmhowa_12138.jpg "[Alexander Calder's 'Mailbox'], 1963 Apr. / Pedro Guerrero, photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 61 x 51 cm. Howard W. and Jean Lipman papers. Archives of American Art.")
Fifty Documents from the First Fifty Years of the Archives of American Art, 1954-2004Exhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery October 18, 2005-February 24, 2006 ![[Watercolor drawing]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/loraerle/thumbnail/AAA_loraerle_11716.jpg "[Watercolor drawing], ca. 1940 / Erle Loran, artist. 1 drawing : watercolor ; 23 x 31 cm. Erle Loran papers. Archives of American Art.")
Erle Loran 1905-1999, A Centennial CelebrationA checklist for an exhibition held in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery June 3, 2005-October 7, 2005 ![[Illustrated memoir of service in the U.S. Army in France]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/pipphora/thumbnail/AAA_pipphora_5353.jpg "[Illustrated memoir of service in the U.S. Army in France], 1918 / Horace Pippin. Journal : 62 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 21 x 34 cm. Horace Pippin notebooks and letters, circa 1920, 1943. Archives of American Art.")
Celebrating Fifty Years: The Archives of American Art, 1954-2004Exhibited in AAA's New York City Research Center Gallery Oct. 20, 2004-Jan. 14, 2005 ![[L. Brent Kington in workshop]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/kinglbre/thumbnail/AAA_kinglbre_0008.jpg "[L. Brent Kington in workshop], 1985 / Myers Walker, photographer. Photographic print : 1 p. ; 26 x 21 cm. L. Brent Kington papers. Archives of American Art.")
Metal Matters: Selections from the papers of MetalsmithsExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery April 22-July 16, 2004 ![[National Academy of Design Annual Dinner at Delmonico's Restaurant]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/alexjohn/thumbnail/AAA_alexjohn_8037.jpg "[National Academy of Design Annual Dinner at Delmonico's Restaurant], Apr. 27, 1915 / Drucker & Co., photographer. Photographic print : sepia ; 36 x 56 cm. John White Alexander papers. Archives of American Art.")
Electing Excellence: The National Academy of Design, 1825-1944Exhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery January 15, 2004-April 9, 2004 ![[James McNeill Whistler's palette and brushes]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/daboleon/thumbnail/AAA_daboleon_12753.jpg "[James McNeill Whistler's palette and brushes], ca. 1889. 4 artifact ; 40 x 60 cm. Leon Dabo papers. Archives of American Art.")
No Day Without a Line: Whistler in the Archives of American ArtExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery October 10, 2003-January 9, 2004 ![[Clay/work in Honduras]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/wymawill/thumbnail/AAA_wymawill_2713.jpg "[Clay/work in Honduras], 1965 / unidentified photographer. Photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 21 cm. William Wyman papers. Archives of American Art.")
Digging for Clay in the Archives of American ArtExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery January 16-April 4, 2003 |
![[Broadside for ?Valley of the Mississipi?, a lecture by George Catlin delivered on April 9]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/catlgeor/thumbnail/AAA_catlgeor_0001.jpg "[Broadside for ?Valley of the Mississipi?, a lecture by George Catlin delivered on April 9], 1850 / unidentified creator. Broadside : 1 p. ; 14 x 23 cm. George Catlin papers. Archives of American Art.")
Selections from the George Catlin PapersPrepared for American Indian Heritage Month November 2002 ![[Kenneth Noland in his studio]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/andremmg/thumbnail/AAA_andremmg_0004.jpg "[Kenneth Noland in his studio], 1965 / Andre Emmerich, photographer. Photographic print : 1 p. ; 25 x 21 cm. Andre Emmerich Gallery records and Andre Emmerich papers. Archives of American Art.")
Andre Emmerich: A Documentary PortraitExhibited in AAA's Research Center Gallery October 10, 2002-January 10, 2003 ![[Sample textile with feathers]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/liebdoro/thumbnail/AAA_liebdoro_0008.jpg "[Sample textile with feathers], ca. 1900 / Dorothy Liebes, artist. Mixed media : 1 p. ; 21 x 22 cm. Dorothy Liebes papers. Archives of American Art.")
Fiber Art: Following the ThreadExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery July 3-September 13, 2002 ![[Marcel Breuer, St. Elme, France]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/breumarc/thumbnail/AAA_breumarc_0005.jpg "[Marcel Breuer, St. Elme, France], 1928 / unidentified photographer. Photographic print : 1 p. ; 26 x 21 cm. Marcel Breuer papers. Archives of American Art.")
Marcel Breuer: A Centennial CelebrationExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery April 5-June 29, 2002 ![[David Goldsmith (1901-1980) Tin Man]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/lipmhowa/thumbnail/AAA_lipmhowa_0001.jpg "[David Goldsmith (1901-1980) Tin Man], ca. 1930 / unidentified photographer. Photographic print : 1 p. ; 25 x 18 cm. Howard W. and Jean Lipman papers. Archives of American Art.")
American Traditions: A Taste for Folk ArtExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery January 10, 2002-March 29, 2002 ![[Café Flowers, Caged Condiments, Cupcakes Java and Sinkers and Other Food]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/thiewayn/thumbnail/AAA_thiewayn_0001.jpg "[Café Flowers, Caged Condiments, Cupcakes Java and Sinkers and Other Food], ca. 1995 / Wayne Thiebaud, artist. Sketch : 1 p. ; 28 x 38 cm. Wayne Thiebaud papers. Archives of American Art.")
Wayne Thiebaud : Memories and DelightsExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery October 24, 2001-January 4, 2002 ![[Frida Kahlo on the patio of her house in Coyoacán, Mexico]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/arquflor/thumbnail/AAA_arquflor_0006.jpg "[Frida Kahlo on the patio of her house in Coyoacán, Mexico], 1948 / Florence Arquin, photographer. Photographic print : 1 p. : col. ; 8 x 11 cm. Florence Arquin papers. Archives of American Art.")
Frida Kahlo: Notas Sobre una Vida / Notes on a LifePrepared for Hispanic Heritage Month 2001 October 1, 2001-November 1, 2001 ![[<em>Bob and Roy ware at the Candy Store </em>]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/bailclay/thumbnail/AAA_bailclay_0006.jpg "<em>Bob and Roy ware at the Candy Store </em>, 1970 Apr. / Clayton Bailey. Exhibition announcement : 1 sheet : photocopy ; 33 x 22 cm. Clayton Bailey papers. Archives of American Art.")
Craft and the Creative ProcessExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery June 1, 2001-October 22, 2001 ![[Diary, 1884 Mar.-1884 Sept.]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/macmfred/thumbnail/AAA_macmfred_3271.jpg "[Diary, 1884 Mar.-1884 Sept.], 1884 Mar.- Sept / Frederick William MacMonnies. Diary : 1 v. : handwritten ; 12 3/4 in. x 8 1/4 in. Frederick William MacMonnies papers. Archives of American Art.")
A Day in the Life: Diaries from the Archives of American ArtA checklist for an exhibition held in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery February 2, 2001-May 31, 2001 ![[Cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/presjame/thumbnail/AAA_presjame_0005.jpg "[Cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt], 1908 Feb. / C. R. Macauley, artist. Sketch : 1 p. ; 19 x 12 cm. James David Preston illustrated autograph book, 1904-1924. Archives of American Art.")
The Artful Presidency: Selections from the Archives of American ArtOnline exhibit celebrating the connections between American artists and the American presidency from George Washington to the Carter administration. ![[Miguel Cubiles, Mexico letter to Maria Elena Guerrero, Miami, Fla.]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/guerramo/thumbnail/AAA_guerramo_18931.jpg "Miguel Cubiles, Mexico letter to Maria Elena Guerrero, Miami, Fla., 1987 Aug. 20. 1 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 34 x 22 cm. Ramón Guerrero papers and photographs. Archives of American Art.")
Selecciónes Cubanas: Selections from the Papers of Cuban American Artists at the Archives of American ArtPrepared for Hispanic Heritage Month September 15, 2000
Treasures from the Archives of American ArtExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery September 19, 2000-January 5, 2001 ![[Great Spruce Head Island, Maine]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/portfair/thumbnail/AAA_portfair_9315.jpg "[Great Spruce Head Island, Maine], ca. 1970 / Fairfield Porter, artist. 1 sketch : watercolor ; 28 x 22 cm. Fairfield Porter papers. Archives of American Art.")
Selections From The Fairfield Porter PapersExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery March 16-October 6, 2000 ![[Portrait of Louis M. Eilshemius]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/eilsloui/thumbnail/AAA_eilsloui_8393.jpg "[Portrait of Louis M. Eilshemius], 1913 Oct. 4 / Jim Saah, photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; image 15 x 10 cm. on board 23 x 16 cm. Louis M. Eilshemius letters and photograph. Archives of American Art.")
A Celebration of the Piano: Selections From the Archives of American ArtThis online exhibit celebrates the influence of the piano among American artists. March 9, 2000-October 21, 2001 ![[Sketchbook]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/metcwill/thumbnail/AAA_metcwill_9890.jpg "[Sketchbook], ca. 1881 / Willard Leroy Metcalf, artist. 1 v. : various media ; 24 x 29 cm. Willard Leroy Metcalf sketchbooks. Archives of American Art.")
The American Indian Observed: Selected Sketches and Documents from the Collections of the Archives of American ArtPrepared for American Indian Heritage Month November, 1999 ![[Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Giulio V. Blanc, New York, N.Y.]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/blangiul/thumbnail/AAA_blangiul_2109.jpg "Miguel Cubiles, Mexico, to Giulio V. Blanc, New York, N.Y., 1981. Letter : 3 p. : typescript, ill. ; 28 x 22 cm. Giulio V. Blanc papers. Archives of American Art.")
Giulio V. Blanc papers, 1920-1995Prepared for Hispanic Heritage Month October 1, 1999-November 1, 1999 ![[Mamie Deschillie (b. 1920) wearing her finest silver and turquoise jewelry with one of her cardboard cutouts at her home in Fruitland, New Mexico]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/rosechuc/thumbnail/AAA_rosechuc_12160.jpg "[Mamie Deschillie (b. 1920) wearing her finest silver and turquoise jewelry with one of her cardboard cutouts at her home in Fruitland, New Mexico], ca. 1992 / Chuck Rosenak, photographer. Photographic print : 1 p. : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material. Archives of American Art.")
In Sight: Portraits of Folk Artists by Chuck RosenakExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery January 22-April 30, 1999 ![[Kenyon Cox]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/charscrs/thumbnail/AAA_charscrs_4247.jpg "[Kenyon Cox], ca. 1896 / Davis & Sanford (Firm: New York, N.Y.), photographer. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. Charles Scribner's Sons Art Reference Dept. records. Archives of American Art.")
The Critic Sees: A Century of Art Criticism From the Archives of American ArtExhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery October 6, 1998-January 1999 ![[<i> El Teatro Campesino Fundraiser</i>]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/ybartoma/thumbnail/AAA_ybartoma_2369.jpg "<i> El Teatro Campesino Fundraiser</i>, 1978 / Royal Chicano Air Force. Poster : ill. ; 36 x 22 cm. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto research material on Chicano art. Archives of American Art.")
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Research Material on Chicano ArtPrepared for Hispanic Heritage Month October, 1998 |
Out On Loan
The following exhibitions include documents from the Archives' collections.
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Peripheral Look and Collective Body Museion, Bolzano, Italy May 24, 2008- September 21, 2008 Sol Lewitt X 2 Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas May 24, 2008- August 17, 2008 ![[Clement Greenberg letter to Clyfford E. Still]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/greeclep/thumbnail/AAA_greeclep_24553.jpg "Clement Greenberg letter to Clyfford E. Still, 1955 April 15. 1 p. : typescript, carbon copy ; 28 x 22 cm. Clement Greenberg papers, 1937-1984. Archives of American Art.")
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976The Jewish Museum May 4, 2008- May 31, 2009 |
![[John White Alexander]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/alexjohn/thumbnail/AAA_alexjohn_19232.jpg "[John White Alexander], 1901 / Zaida Ben-Yusuf, photographer. 1 photographic print : platinum print ; image 24 x 10 cm., on sheet. John White Alexander papers, 1870-1942. Archives of American Art.")
The Life and Portrait photography of Zaida Ben-YusufNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution April 11, 2008 1920s Detroit's Building Room Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI September 1, 2007- August 30, 2008 ![[Bernard Leach to Warren MacKenzie]](http://www.aaa.si.edu/images/mackwarr/thumbnail/AAA_mackwarr_9681.jpg "Bernard Leach to Warren MacKenzie, 1961 Sept. 25. Letter : handwritten, ill. ; 24 x 17 cm. Warren MacKenzie letters from Bernard and Janet Leach. Archives of American Art.")
Warren Mackenzie: Legacy of an American PotterRochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota May 19, 2007-December 30, 2009 |