Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Since 1954, the Archives has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, oral history interviews, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documents that support the study of the history of the visual arts in America. Learn more About the Archives

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Claes Oldenburg, visiting artist at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1973

Exhibition: Summer School: Selections from the Archives of American Art

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Photograph of Marcel Breuer, Mercedes Matter, Konrad Wachsmann, Alexander Calder and others, ca. 1940

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Archives to Sponsor FotoWeek DC

We are proud to sponsor this 1st annual gathering of a diverse and wide-ranging photography community in the nation’s capital from Nov. 15-22. For details, visit www.fotoweekdc.org

Recently Added

The papers of early 20th century painter, collector,
& writer John D. Graham
have been added to
Collections Online

Archives 2008 Honorees Announced

Joel Shapiro, Ellen Phelan, Joan T. Washburn, Virginia M. Zabriskie, and Neil Harris to be honored at the Annual New York Benefit on Oct. 30
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