Treasures From the Archives of American Art

An online version of an exhibition in AAA's New York Research Center
October 19, 2000 - January 5, 2001

Donors, Treasures from the Archives of American Art

Mary and Katherine Anglemyer, 1981-1985
John Goffe Rand (1801-1873), United States Patent No. 2,252, September 11, 1841, "Improvement in the Construction of Vessels or Apparatus for Preserving Paint," Two pages, 29 x 19.5 c.m. and 28.5 x 20 c.m. John Goffe Rand Papers. 

Anonymous, 1954
Letter from Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) to collector Charles Henry Hart (18471918) September 13, 1912. Eakins describes his portrait from life of President Hayes. Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1912. 

Anonymous, 1968
Photograph of Arthur B. Davies by Gertrude Käusebier, ca. 1908. Ferargil Gallery Records (scrapbooks). 

Richard Brown Baker
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) preliminary sketch for the painting As I Opened Fire (1964) with the comic strip on which it was based. Roy Lichtenstein Papers. 

Florence Knoll Bassett, 2000
Florence Knoll (b. 1917), interior design sketch of Hans Knoll's office, 575 Madison, Avenue, New York, 1950. Florence Knoll Bassett Papers.

Elizabeth Benton, 1974-1989
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), diary, dating from 1930 to 1972. Joseph Cornell papers. Donated by Elizabeth Benton, 1974-1989.

Rudi Blesh, 1981
Photograph of Jackson Pollock by Hans Namuth, 1950. Rudi Blesh Papers. 

Brown Foundation
Illustrated letter from John Sloan in Santa Fe, to Walter Pach, June 9, 1920. Walter Pach Papers. Purchased by the Archives of American Art through a grant from the Brown Foundation.

Alexander Calder, 1963
Photograph of Alexander Calder by Herbert Matter, ca. 1940. Alexander Calder Papers. 

Constance K. Clarke, 1985
Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) to Elizabeth Breese, January 20 and 22, 1827. One leaf, folded to 24.8 x 20.1 c.m., three pages. Breese and Morse Family Papers. Donated by Constance K. Clarke, 1985.

Florence Davies, 1966
Photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz, ca 1920. Photographs of Artists Collection I. 

Barbara Fendrick, 1999
Notebook/journal regarding Albert Paley's (b. 1944) commissioned works of art kept by his dealer Barbara Fendrick. Barbara Fendrick Gallery Records. 

Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman, 1954
Letter from Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) to Lawrence Fleischman, June 10, 1953. Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman Papers. 

Karl Fortess, 1978-1985
Alice Neel (1900-1984) portrait painter : Excerpt from an interview conducted by Karl E. Fortess in 1975. Neel talks about portraiture and becoming a painter.

George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, 1971
John Singer Sargent (1865-1925) in his Paris studio with his famous painting Madame X, a portrait of Madame Pierre Gautreau. Photographer unknown. Photographs of artists in their Paris Studios. 

Harry Gottlieb, 1968-1988
The first issue of the artists' periodical Art Front, November 1934. Harry Gottlieb Papers. 

Robert Graham
Benjamin West (1738-1820) letter to Charles Willson Peale (17411827), June 15, 1783. Robert C. Graham collection of artists letters, 1783-1874. 

Edith Halpert (estate, via Nathaly Baum), 1972-1978
Photograph of Yasuo Kuniyoshi by Max Yavno. Downtown Gallery Records. 

Photograph of Horace Pippin by Arnold Newman, ca. 1940. Downtown Gallery Records. 

Self-portrait photograph by Charles Sheeler, ca. 1930. Downtown Gallery Records. 

John Davis Hatch, 1970-1985
Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938), study The Dance of Factory Life, etc., etc., undated, watercolor on paper. Oscar Bluemner Papers. Donated 1970-1985 by John Davis Hatch, a close friend of Bluemner

John Davis Hatch and the John Davis Hatch estate, 1960-1996
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900) study Cave at Sorento Bay of Naples, June 1848, John Davis Hatch Papers. Donated 1960-1996 by John Davis Hatch and the John Davis Hatch estate.

Samuel Hoffberg and Sidney Waintrob
Photograph of Reginald Marsh by Sidney Waintrob, May 11, 1954. Waintrob-Budd Photographs of American Artists. 

James Holsaert, 1984
 Photograph from glass-plate negative of Mone's first studio in Giverny, ca. 1905-1906. Photographer unknown. Lilla Cabot Perry Papers. Donated by James Holsaert, 1984.

Nancy Holt, 1986-1995
Robert Smithson (1938-1973) draft writing about his earthwork Spiral Jetty, ca. 1970, describing the evolution of the piece. Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt Papers. Donated by Nancy Holt, 19861995.

Flora Miller Irving, 1981
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, autobiography "My History," ca. [when she was 18]. Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers. Donated by Flora Miller Irving, 1981.

Photograph of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney by Baron Adolf de Meyer, ca. 1913. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Whitney Museum of Art Records. Donated 1981 by Flora Miller Irving.

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), paper dolls. Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers. Donated by Flora Miller Irving, 1981.

Barbara Ivins, 1977-1983
 Photograph of William Ivins by Gertrude Käsebier, ca. 1900. William Ivins Papers.

Mimi Jacobs, 1976
Photograph of  Jay DeFeo in her studio, 1976. Photograph by Mimi Jacobs. Mimi Jacobs Papers. 

Ellen Hulda Johnson, 1994
Photographic contact sheet of a performance of Claes Oldenberg's Store Days (first version, either February 23 or 24, 1962). Photographs by Robert R. McElroy. 19.3 x 10.9 cm. The cast for Store Days (version 1) included Milet Andreyevich, Billy Kluver, Jean Jacques Lebel, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras, Terry Brook, Letty Lou Eisenhauer, Gloria Graves, Mickey Henrion, Johanna Lawrenson, Pat Oldenburg, and Carolee Schneemann. Ellen Hulda Johnson Papers.

Photograph of Tom Wesselmann in his studio in New York, February 1963. Photograph by Ellen Hulda Johnson. Ellen Hulda Johnson Papers.

Claes Oldenburg's announcement for the Ray Gun Spex, a series of happenings at the Judson Gallery, February 29, March 1 and 2, 1960. 2 pages, mimeograph, 4.2 x 21.5 cm. Ellen Hulda Johnson Papers. 

Program for Claes Oldenburg's Ray Gun Theater, with Ellen Hulda Johnson's notes from the February 24, 1962 performance of Store Days. 2 pages, mimeograph, 21.5 x 27.8 cm. 

L. Emory Katzenbach and W. W. Katzenbach, 1959
Worthington Whittredge (1820-1910) illustrated ledger, ca. 1860. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell Kent, 1969 and 1971
Letter from E. P. Richardson to Rockwell Kent, June 15, 1959. Rockwell Kent Papers. 

Archives of American Art brochure, 1958. Rockwell Kent Papers. 

Lee Krasner estate via Eugene Thaw, executor, 1985
Photograph of Lee Krasner by Irving Penn, 1972. Lee Krasner Papers. 

Katharine Kuh and the Katharine Kuh estate, 1971-1994
Self-portrait photograph of Ansel Adams, 1936. Katharine Kuh Papers. 

Photograph of  Katharine Kuh and Carlos Mérida in Taboada, Mexico, August 1938. Photographer unknown. Katharine Kuh Papers.

Brenda Kuhn, 1962-1979
Letter from Walt Kuhn to Chick [December 14, 1912]. 4 pages, 25.3 x 20.2 cm. and 25.5 x 16.4 cm; 3 drawings, pencil on paper. Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records. 

Armory show button and tie tack. Walt Kuhn Family Papers and Armory Show Records. 

Armory Show floor plan, ca. December 1912, showing the proposed arrangement of the galleries. The plan was completely redrawn by the time the show opened. Walt Kuhn Family Papers and Armory Show Records. 

Three Duchamp brothers, left to right: Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon in the garden of Jacques Villon's studio in Pateaux, France, in 1914. All three participated in the 1913 Armory Show in New York. Photographer unknown. Walt Kuhn Family Papers and Armory Show Records.  Photographs of Artists Collection I.

Picasso's list, 1912, of European artists to be included in the Armory Show of 1913. Walt Kuhn Family Papers and Armory Show Records. Donated by Brenda Kuhn, 1962-1979.

The catalog of the Armory Show exhibition, sponsored by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Inc., New York, 1913. Walt Kuhn Family Papers and Armory Show Records. Donated by Brenda Kuhn, 1962-1979.

Dorothy Liebes estate via Relman Morin, 1972-1974
Photograph of Dorothy Liebes, Woman with Calla Lilies, by Consuela Konaga, ca. 1940. Dorothy Liebes Papers. 

Howard Lipman
Everett Shinn's (1876-B1953) personal account book listing titles and prices of his contributions to The Eight Show, at Macbeth Galleries, 1908. Everett Shinn Collection, 18941953. 

Howard Lipman, 1964
Everett Shinn, Robert Henri, and John Sloan relaxing in Henri's studio in Philadelphia, 1896. Collodian print. Photographer unknown.   Photographs of Artists Collection I.

Russell Lynes, 1967-1971
Photograph of  Isamu Noguchi in his Long Island City studio, February 29, 1968. Photograph by Russell Lynes. Russell Lynes Papers.

Photograph of Edward Hopper by George Platt Lynes (posthumous print), February 21, 1950, George Platt Lynes Papers. 

Jean Macdonald-Wright, 1995
Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973), color wheel Plate I Inherent Saturation Spectrum, Stanton Macdonald-Wright Papers. 

Felicia Meyer Marsh via the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987
Reginald Marsh (1898-B1954) sketch of a crowd, pen and ink wash on paper, April 4, 1944, sketchbook #27. Reginald Marsh Papers. 

Sara Mazo, 1989-1995
Draft letter from Japanese-American painter, printmaker and photographer Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-B1953) to artist George Biddle, December 11, 1941, regarding his status in the United States four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Yasuo Kuniyoshi Papers. Donated by Sara Mazo, 1989-1995.

Mr. Robert and Mrs. Joy McCarty, 1971
Self-portrait motion study by Eadweard Muybridge, ca. 1880. Thomas Pollock Anshutz Papers. 

Elizabeth McCausland, 1956-1961
Photograph of William Edmondson by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1937. Elizabeth McCausland Papers. 

Letter from Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) to Elizabeth McCausland (1899-1965), January 20, 1932, concerning an upcoming exhibition of his photographs at his gallery An American Place. Elizabeth McCausland Papers. Donated by Elizabeth McCausland. 1959.

Mrs. Helen S. McEntee, 1964
Journal kept by Hudson River School painter Jervis McEntee (18281891), with detailed entries from 1872 to 1891 (one of five volumes in the Archives), mentioning many artists of the period, including Sanford R. Gifford, Eastman Johnson, John F. Wier, Edwin Booth, J.Q.A. Ward, Worthington Whittredge, his teacher Frederic E. Church, and others. 

Robert McIntyre
Letter from Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917) to Robert Macbeth, December 23, 1937. 2 pages, 19 x 18 cm.; 1 drawing, ink on paper. Macbeth Gallery Records. Donated by Robert McIntyre, 1955.

Letter from Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) to William Macbeth (1851-1917), September 26, 1910. Macbeth Gallery Records. Donated by Robert McIntyre, 1955.

Illustrated letter from Frederic Edwin Church to Martin Johnson Heade, March 7, 1870. Martin Johnson Heade Papers. Donated by Robert McIntyre, 1955.

Martin John Heade (1819-1904), notebook on humming birds, ca. 1863. Martin Johnson Heade papers. Donated 1955 by Robert McIntyre.

Illustrated letter from Andrew Wyeth letter to Hazel Lewis, October 12, 1950. Macbeth Gallery records. Donor Robert G. McIntyre, 1963.

Mimi Muray, 1988
Photograph of Nickolas Muray by Edward Steichen, ca. 1928. Nickolas Muray Papers. 

Letter with enclosures from Frida Kahlo to photographer Nickolas Muray (18921965), February 16, 1939. Nickolas Muray Papers. 

National Museum of American Art
Hiram Powers (1805-1983), scrapbook, "Notices of Powers Works," 1847-1849, 1873, and 1876. Hiram Powers and Powers Family Papers. Transferred from the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 19751985.

Alice Neel, 1974-1983
Photograph of Alice Neel at home in New York, 1968. Photograph by Jonathan Brand. Alice Neel Papers.

Louise Nevelson, 1966-1979
Photograph of Louise Nevelson, ca. 1931. Photographer unknown. Louise Nevelson Papers. Donated by

Arnold Newman, 1961
Photograph of Jacob Lawrence by Arnold Newman, 1959. Arnold Newman Photographs of Artists. Donated by .

Photograph of Charles Burchfield by Arnold Newman, 1941. Arnold Newman Photographs of Artists. Donated by Arnold Newman, 1961.

Photograph of Stuart Davis by Arnold Newman, December 1941. Arnold Newman Photographs of Artists. Donated by Arnold Newman, 1961.

The Betty Parsons estate through William Raynor and Christopher Schwabacher, 1984
Letter from painter Jackson Pollock (1912-B1956) to his dealer Betty Parsons (1900-B1982). Betty Parson Papers and Gallery Records.

Catalog of Jackson Pollock's first one-person show, November 9 to 27, 1943, held at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery Art of This Century.

Kenneth Prescott, 1987-1988
Photograph of Burgoyne Diller, ca. 1965. Photograph by Marvin Newman. Kenneth W. and Emma-Stina Prescott Papers.

Dr. Rosa F. Prigosen, 1966
Photograph of a picnic at Mount Kisco, New York, ca. 1912. From left to right: J. B. Kerfoot, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst (Mrs. Eugene Meyer), Mrs. Stieglitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Haviland, Abraham Walkowitz, Katharine Nash Rhoades, and John Marin. Photographer unknown.   Photographs of Artists Collection I.

Mrs. Ad Reinhardt, 1969
Ad Reinhardt "Rough sketch for a leaflet in the Event or Happening of a Fine-Artists Strike,"1961. Ad Reinhardt Papers.

E.P. Richardson (in memory of Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, Sr., 1955)
Thomas Cole (1801-B1848) letter to George W. Greene, Catskill, New York, August 29, 1842. 1 leaf, folded to 19.6 x 25 cm. Thomas Cole Letters.

Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 1967-1991
Letter from Alexander Calder (1898-1976) to Ben Shahn (1898-1969), February 24, 1949. 2 pages, 27.8 x 21.3 cm.; 1 drawing, ink and colored pencil on paper. Ben Shahn Papers.

Frank and Harriet Stella, 1993
Frank Stella (b. 1936), sketchbook, 1966-1967. Frank Stella Papers.

Hedda Sterne, 1970-1983
Photograph of Hedda Sterne and Saul Steinberg by George Platt Lynes, 1944. Hedda Sterne Papers.

Illustrated letter from Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), author of The Little Prince, to Hedda Sterne (b. 1916). Hedda Sterne Papers.

Prentiss Taylor
A first edition of Langston Hughes's The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations, 1931, illustrated and hand-colored by Prentiss Taylor (19071991). Prentiss Taylor Papers.

Sidney J. Waintrob, 1974-1987
Photograph of Reginald Marsh by Sidney Waintrob, May 11, 1954. Waintrob-Budd Photographs of American Artists.

Photograph of A. Hyatt Mayor in the Print Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 6, 1956. Photograph by Sidney Waintrob. Waintrob-Budd Photographs of American Artists.

Nan Watson (Mrs. Forbes Watson), 1961
Photograph of  Charles Burchfield, 1930. Photographer unknown. Forbes Watson Papers.

Anne Weber, 1971
Photograph of Hugo Weber by Harry Callahan, 1947. Hugo Weber Papers.

E. Ross Zogbaum, 1965 and 1991
Fan letter from actress Hedy Lamarr to painter Franz Kline (19101962), July 19, 1959. Franz Kline Papers.

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