Hedda Sterne papers, 1939-1977

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Series 1: Biographical Materials , 1941-1970

8 Folders

Box 1

Biographical material consists of educational and medical travel certificates and identification, curriculum vitae, employment contracts, customs forms, a Fulbright application, lists of artwork from 1952-1954, and Saul Steinberg's fingerprints.

Materials are arranged by document type.

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Certificates, 1941-1957	1 1	Select: Certificates, 1941-1957
Curriculum Vitae, 1970	1 2	Select: Curriculum Vitae, 1970
Customs Forms, 1953	1 3	Select: Customs Forms, 1953
Employment Contract, 1968	1 4	Select: Employment Contract, 1968
Fulbright Application, 1963	1 5	Select: Fulbright Application, 1963
Identification Card, 1946	1 6	Select: Identification Card, 1946
Lists of Artwork, 1952-1954	1 7	Select: Lists of Artwork, 1952-1954
Saul Steinberg Fingerprints, 1952	1 8	Select: Saul Steinberg Fingerprints, 1952

Series 2: Correspondence , circa 1943-1965

0.5 Linear feet

Box 1-2

Correspondence is primarily with Sterne's business associates and friends, including limited correspondence with Ad Reinhardt and Eugene Berman. Art related correspondence is with galleries, museums, and art institutions. The series also includes significant correspondence from the artist Georges Mathieu and from her second husband, the artist and New Yorker illustrator Saul Steinberg.

The letters from Mathieu are written in French. Letters from Steinberg date from 1943 to 1962 and include love letters, illustrated letters, notes, drawings, and descriptions of his work and daily life while traveling abroad or separately from Sterne. They include detail of Steinberg's Navy service in Italy, North Africa, and China during World War II, publication of work in Vogue and the New Yorker, updates on work acquaintances and family members, and progress on art projects by Sterne and Steinberg.

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

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A-Z Miscellaneous, circa 1949-1970	1 9	Select: A-Z Miscellaneous, circa 1949-1970
Mathieu, Georges, circa 1961-1962 Oversized correspondence housed in Box 2, Folder 1.	1 10	Select: Mathieu, Georges, circa 1961-1962 Scope and Contents Oversized correspondence housed in Box 2, Folder 1.
Steinberg, Saul, circa 1943-1962 Includes two letters to Saul Steinberg from Gump's Gallery (1952) and Bill Whitney (circa 1943-1963).	1 11	Select: Steinberg, Saul, circa 1943-1962 Scope and Contents Includes two letters to Saul Steinberg from Gump's Gallery (1952) and Bill Whitney (circa 1943-1963).
Steinberg, Saul (drawings), circa 1943-1962	1 12	Select: Steinberg, Saul (drawings), circa 1943-1962
Steinberg, Saul, 1943	1 13	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1943
Steinberg, Saul, circa 1944	1 14	Select: Steinberg, Saul, circa 1944
Steinberg, Saul, 1944 January-February	1 15	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1944 January-February
Steinberg, Saul, 1944 March-June	1 16	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1944 March-June
Steinberg, Saul, 1944 July-September	1 17	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1944 July-September
Steinberg, Saul, 1947-1948	1 18	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1947-1948
Steinberg, Saul, 1949 March-May	1 19	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1949 March-May
Steinberg, Saul, 1951	1 20	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1951
Steinberg, Saul, 1952	1 21	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1952
Steinberg, Saul, 1953	1 22	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1953
Steinberg, Saul, 1954	1 23	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1954
Steinberg, Saul, 1955	1 24	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1955
Steinberg, Saul, 1956	1 25	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1956
Steinberg, Saul, 1957	1 26	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1957
Steinberg, Saul, 1958	1 27	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1958
Steinberg, Saul, 1959-1962	1 28	Select: Steinberg, Saul, 1959-1962
Illegible and Unknown, circa 1945-1965	1 29	Select: Illegible and Unknown, circa 1945-1965
Oversized Correspondence scanned with Box 1, Folder 10, circa 1961-1962	2 1	Select: Oversized Correspondence scanned with Box 1, Folder 10, circa 1961-1962

Series 3: Writings , circa 1945-1965

5 Folders

Box 1

Writings consist of numerous miscellaneous handwritten and typescript notes on art with references to art theory, literature, philosophy, biology, and psychiatry.

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Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1945-1965	1 30	Select: Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1945-1965
Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1945-1965	1 31	Select: Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1945-1965
Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1945-1965	1 32	Select: Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1945-1965
Miscellaneous Notes (collated), circa 1945-1965	1 33	Select: Miscellaneous Notes (collated), circa 1945-1965
Miscellaneous Notes (collated), circa 1945-1965	1 34	Select: Miscellaneous Notes (collated), circa 1945-1965

Series 4: Exhibitions , 1970

3 Folders

Box 1

Exhibition files consists of materials related to Sterne's 1970 exhibition Everyone at the Betty Parsons Gallery. There is an exhibition press release, a typescript article by Walter Abish, and two copies of an interview transcript.

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Betty Parsons Gallery, Everyone (1970), Article by Walter Abish, 1970	1 35	Select: Betty Parsons Gallery, Everyone (1970), Article by Walter Abish, 1970
Betty Parsons Gallery, Everyone (1970), Interview Transcript, 1970	1 36	Select: Betty Parsons Gallery, Everyone (1970), Interview Transcript, 1970
Betty Parsons Gallery, Everyone (1970), Press Release, 1970	1 37	Select: Betty Parsons Gallery, Everyone (1970), Press Release, 1970

Series 5: Printed Material , 1946-1977

3 Folders

Box 1

Printed material consists of postcards, greeting card samples, clippings on Sterne and Saul Steinberg, exhibition announcements and the exhibition catalog for Sterne's 1977 retrospective exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum.

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Cards, circa 1960-1969	1 38	Select: Cards, circa 1960-1969
Clippings, circa 1950	1 39	Select: Clippings, circa 1950
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1946-1977	1 40	Select: Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1946-1977

Series 6: Artwork , circa 1945-1965

4 Folders

Box 1

Artwork consists of drawings and 3 sketchbooks of Sterne's abstract and figurative ink sketches and notes.

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Drawings, circa 1953	1 41	Select: Drawings, circa 1953
Sketchbook #1, circa 1945-1965	1 42	Select: Sketchbook #1, circa 1945-1965
Sketchbook #2, circa 1945-1965	1 43	Select: Sketchbook #2, circa 1945-1965
Sketchbook #3, circa 1945-1965	1 44	Select: Sketchbook #3, circa 1945-1965

Series 7: Photographic Materials , 1939-1969

0.3 Linear feet

Box 1-2

Photographs are of Sterne, Sterne with Saul Steinberg and others, and of artwork. Two of the photographs of Sterne and Steinberg were taken by fashion photographers Irving Penn and George Platt Lynes respectively, two photos of Sterne were taken by Evelyn Hofer, and a color photo of Sterne was taken by Margaret Bourke White.

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Photographs of Hedda Sterne, circa 1947-1969 Includes a photo of Sterne dancing with Alexander Calder. Oversized photograph housed in Box 2, Folder 2.	1 45	Select: Photographs of Hedda Sterne, circa 1947-1969 Scope and Contents Includes a photo of Sterne dancing with Alexander Calder. Oversized photograph housed in Box 2, Folder 2.
Photographs of Hedda Sterne and Saul Steinberg, 1944-1969 Oversized photographs housed in Box 2, Folder 3.	1 46	Select: Photographs of Hedda Sterne and Saul Steinberg, 1944-1969 Scope and Contents Oversized photographs housed in Box 2, Folder 3.
Photographs of Artwork, Early Paintings, 1939-1949	1 47	Select: Photographs of Artwork, Early Paintings, 1939-1949
Photographs of Artwork, 1950s, Abstract Paintings, 1952-1955	1 48	Select: Photographs of Artwork, 1950s, Abstract Paintings, 1952-1955
Photographs of Artwork, 1950s, Figurative Paintings, 1950-1952	1 49	Select: Photographs of Artwork, 1950s, Figurative Paintings, 1950-1952
Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Faces, circa 1969 Oversized photograph housed in Box 2, Folder 4	1 50	Select: Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Faces, circa 1969 Scope and Contents Oversized photograph housed in Box 2, Folder 4
Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Ink Washes, circa 1960-1969	1 51	Select: Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Ink Washes, circa 1960-1969
Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Lines, circa 1961	1 52	Select: Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Lines, circa 1961
Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Pen and Ink, circa 1966	1 53	Select: Photographs of Artwork, 1960s, Pen and Ink, circa 1966
Photographs of Artwork, Sculptures, 1937-1949	1 54	Select: Photographs of Artwork, Sculptures, 1937-1949
Slides of Artwork, circa 1958-1968	1 55	Select: Slides of Artwork, circa 1958-1968
Oversized photograph scanned with Box 1, Folder 45, circa 1947-1969	2 2	Select: Oversized photograph scanned with Box 1, Folder 45, circa 1947-1969
Oversized photographs scanned with Box 1, Folder 46, circa 1944-1950	2 3	Select: Oversized photographs scanned with Box 1, Folder 46, circa 1944-1950
Oversized photograph scanned with Box 1, Folder 50, circa 1969	2 4	Select: Oversized photograph scanned with Box 1, Folder 50, circa 1969

Series 8: Antoine de Saint Exupéry , circa 1942

4 Folders

Box 1

Materials include a manuscript, typescript, and gallery proof of Saint-Exupéry's Lettre A Leon Werth, Saint-Exupéry's introduction to his friend Leon Werth's memoir 33 Jours. Documents are in French and the manuscript has been revised and hand corrected by Saint-Exupéry throughout. The gallery proof includes a brief inscription by Saint-Exupéry to Sterne and occasional corrections in his hand and an unidentified hand. This series also includes 4 pen and ink drawings of "Little Prince" like characters Saint-Exupéry sent to Sterne.

Materials are arranged by document type. The manuscript copy of Lettre A Leon Werth retains the existing order at the time of processing.

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Writings, Lettre A Leon Werth (manuscript), circa 1942	1 56	Select: Writings, Lettre A Leon Werth (manuscript), circa 1942
Writings, Lettre A Leon Werth (typescript), circa 1942	1 57	Select: Writings, Lettre A Leon Werth (typescript), circa 1942
Writings, Lettre A Leon Werth (gallery proof), circa 1942	1 58	Select: Writings, Lettre A Leon Werth (gallery proof), circa 1942
Artwork, Drawings, circa 1942	1 59	Select: Artwork, Drawings, circa 1942

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