Subseries 2.2 | A Finding Aid to the Peter Howard Selz papers, 1929-2014, bulk 1950-2005 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Assorted Lectures, circa 1963-circa 1967

Includes typescript drafts from a folder titled "Lectures - Various."

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Assorted Articles and Book Reviews, 1963-1977

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Assorted Essays and Lectures, circa 1964-2014

This file includes drafts of essays and lectures including "The Beginnings of Abstract Painting," "Hans Hofmann," "Beckmann: The Final Year," and "Art in a Turbulent Era: German Expressionism From Kirchner to Kiefer."

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Commencement Address for the California College of Arts and Crafts, 1967

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"The Artist as Social Critic in 20th Century America", circa 1970

Also included is Newsletter no. 3 from the New Art Association, 1970 September.

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Writings and Lecture Notes, circa 1973

Also included in this file is an agreement with the University of California Press for the paperback edition of German Expressionist Painting.

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"Schoenberg and the Visual Arts," Lecture for the Aspen Conference on Contemporary Music for the 100th Anniversary of Schoenberg's Birth, 1974

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University of California, Berkeley, Commencement Address, 1981

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"Contemporary American Art: The Support System", circa 1983

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"SFMOMA Lecture" and Other Lecture Notes, circa 1984

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"A Modern Looks at Itself", circa 1985

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Book Review of Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1985

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"Art in a Turbulent Era" and "The Art of Political Engagement", circa 1985- circa 2001

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"Contemporary American Art, Lecture 1: The Work", circa 1986

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"The Human Image in an Age of Deconstruction" and "The Human Figure: Survival, Revival and Prescience", circa 1988

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"German Art After WWII", circa 1989

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"Degenerate Art: Censorship in Extremis", circa 1990

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"The Stars and Stripes: Johns to Burkhardt", circa 1990

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"Impact from Abroad" Galleys and Correspondence, 1991-1995

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"The Impact of Artists from Abroad" Early Essay Drafts, circa 1992

Includes born-digital records, see ER01.

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"The Impact of Artists from Abroad" Essay Drafts, 1991

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"The Impact from Abroad" Later Drafts, circa 1992

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"Max Beckmann: Realism of Inner Vision", 1993 October

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"Americans Abroad", circa 1993

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"Degenerate Art Reconstructed", circa 1993

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"Abstract Classicism Reexamined", circa 1996

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Lecture on Posters, 2004

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"From Free Love to Prostitution to the New Woman, or Arcadia and Metropolis", circa 2004

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Graduate Theological Union (GTU) Lectures, 2009

This file also contains a course syllabus and printouts of powerpoint slides.

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"A Seminal Painting by Mark Rothko: Ex. No. 7", 2013

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"Engagement and Commitment," Arts Club Lecture/ Annual Conference of the Center for Basque Studies, 2013

This file contains a draft copy of Selz's lecture, as well as printed material related to the conference, and postcards from one of the conference organizers. Includes born-digital records, see ER12.

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"Engagement and Commitment", Arts Club Lecture, Digital Presentation, 2013

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Buck Collection Essay Drafts, "The Human Image" and "The Bay Area Figurative Movement", circa 2014

Pages in this file appear out of order and may be incomplete.

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"Der Blaue Reiter", undated

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"The Essential Duality of Jean Dubuffet", undated

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"Existentialist Concepts in Recent Painting and Sculpture", undated

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"German Expressionist and Post-Expressionist Painting" and Other Lectures, undated

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"German Expressionism in the Context of the European Avant-Garde", undated

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Lecture on Alfred Barr Sr., undated

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Lecture on Emil Nolde, undated

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"The Pulse and Sense of Place in Modernist American Painting", undated

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"Women in Modernity", undated

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"World War I and the Image of Struggle and Death", undated

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Miscellaneous Notes, circa 1970-circa 1990

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