Collection Information

Size: 0.4 linear ft. (214 items)

Summary: Biographical data; letters; exhibition catalogs and announcements; printed matter; financial material; a scrapbook of xeroxed copies of clippings; sketches; and slides and photographs of Kelly and his paintings, including a photograph of Kelly, Hassel Smith, Roy De Forrest and others in Richard Brodney's San Francisco studio, taken by Kyle Morris, ca. 1952.

Biographical/Historical Note

Painter; New York City; b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19, 1913.

Provenance

Donated 1980 by James Kelly.

Restrictions on Access

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

How to Cite This Collection

James Kelly papers, 1951-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.