Student Work
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"An Analysis of the Painting.... La Grande Jatte", circa 1945
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"A Consideration of Piero della Francesca's Approach to Pictoral Problems," Term Paper, circa 1952
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Thesis and Research Material on Francis Picabia, Bound Manuscript, circa 1955
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Thesis and Research Material on Francis Picabia, Catalog of Artwork, circa 1955
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Thesis and Research Material on Francis Picabia, Drafts, circa 1955
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Thesis and Research Material on Francis Picabia, Notes, circa 1955
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Thesis and Research Material on Francis Picabia, Notes, circa 1955
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Thesis and Research Material on Francis Picabia, Scrapbook, circa 1955
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Articles and Essays
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"The Symbolic Language of Francis Picabia," Arts Magazine (1956), circa 1956
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"Hello and Goodbye, Francis Picabia" (1970), 1970-1987
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About Paul Cézanne, 1973-1990
Select: About Paul Cézanne, 1973-1990 Scope and Contents Includes slides of artwork.
"Jacques Callot: He Knew What He Wanted," Art in America , 1975
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"A Conceptualization of Realism," College Art Association Meeting, 1977
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"Eyes, Highs, and Egos," Allan Frumkin Gallery Newsletter (Spring 1977), 1976-1977
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"A Realist in an Abstract World", circa 1977
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"Critics and Artists," Art Journal (Winter 1977), 1977-1978
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"Statement: 1980", 1980
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"A Concept of New Realism," Real, Really Real, Superreal , San Antonio Museum Association, 1980-1981
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"When Paintings Were Made in Heaven," Art in America (April 1982), 1981-1982
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About the American Academy in Rome, circa 1982
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"A War and A Painting", 1986-2007
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About Nancy Spero, circa 1987
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"Degas, Graffitti/Punk, and Pearlstein," College Art Association Meeting, 1987-1988
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About National Endowment for the Arts, Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art, 1989
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"Jerusalem Watercolor and Print", 1990
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"Objects, Nudes and Me," Statement for Jerusalem Woodcut Show at Hirschl and Adler, 1991
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"Censorship on Stylistic Grounds," Art Journal (1991), 1991-1995
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"Censorship on Stylistic Grounds," Art Journal (1991), circa 1991
Select: "Censorship on Stylistic Grounds," Art Journal (1991), circa 1991 1 Sound cassette
"The Artist's Eye: Philip Pearlstein Select Paintings from the Permanent Collection," National Academy of Design Exhibition, 1991-1992
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"Modeling the Soul," Art in America (January 1992), 1991-1992
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About Travel in Cambodia, 1997
Select: About Travel in Cambodia, 1997 Scope and Contents Includes photographs of Pearlstein painting.
About Milton Brown, 1998
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"Painting the Nude Figure, Now", 1998
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About Morris Dorsky and Ronald Strom, Obituaries, 2000
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"My Picabia/Duchamp Connection", 2000
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About Eadweard Muybridge, circa 2002
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"When the DADA Daddies Got Real, or How I Turned Picabia Inside Out", 2002
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"Self and Other Portraits: Painting Noses or Demons", 2003
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"The Drawing Group, Drawing Naked People", circa 2005
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"Perception, Realism, and Objects", 2008
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"Century Club Panel on Nude", undated
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"Eyes and Highs: A Couple of Problems in Post Abstract Portraiture", undated
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"From the Other Side of the Easel", undated
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"Glitz-Punk to Dead-Serious, The State of Portraiture Today", undated
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"Hazards to Artists", undated
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About Ingres, undated
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"Kinds of Realism", undated
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"One Man's Dada", undated
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"Painters and Egos", undated
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"Picabia, Duchamp, Degas: An Informal Look at the Origins of Aspects of Contemporary Paintings", undated
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"A Realism in an Abstract World", undated
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About Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, undated
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"Watercolor", undated
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About Willem de Kooning, undated
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About William Wiley, undated
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Book Preface by Pearlstein, Contemporary Ink and Wash Paintings by Michael Xinle Ma, 1997-2000
Select: Book Preface by Pearlstein, Contemporary Ink and Wash Paintings by Michael Xinle Ma, 1997-2000 Scope and Contents Includes photographs of Pearlstein with Ma and the published book signed by Ma.
Lectures and Speeches
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On Painting Methods at Skowhagen School of Painting and Sculpture, circa 1966
Select: On Painting Methods at Skowhagen School of Painting and Sculpture, circa 1966 Scope and Contents Portions for use in Life magazine article.
On Career at Skowhagen School of Painting and Sculpture, circa 1967
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Lectures at Skowhagen School of Painting and Sculpture (1965, 1967-1968, 1972, 1978, and 1986), Digital Audio Recording, 2014
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Speeches on High School Experiences Given in Pittsburgh, 1988
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On Teaching Artistic Styles at Senior Citizen Show, New York City Armory, circa 1988
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"Lessons from the Painters of Greek Vases," Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 5, 1990
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On Career, Various Drafts, 1990, undated
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Graduate and Honorary Doctorate Ceremony Speeches, 1990-2001
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"The Trauma of Realism," Saltaire, New York, August 1, 1992
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Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Cultural Awards Dinner, 1994
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On Samuel Rosenberg at Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, 1997
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"Taste: Criticism and the Politics of Aesthetics," Dahesh Museum Public Program, 1997-1998
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Pratt Institute Scholarship Fundraising Luncheon, May 1999
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Art and Optics Conference, New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU, 2001
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On Art Criticism at 92 Street Y, 2006
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"Perception of Imagination" at The Philoctetes Center, 2007
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Tribute to Dick Miller, 2007
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National Academy of Design Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008
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"On His Work," New York Studio School (January 29, 2008), Digital Video Recording, 2008
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On Career at North Carolina Central University Art and Design Department, April 15, 2008
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Various Lectures and Speeches, 1969-circa 1990
Select: Various Lectures and Speeches, 1969-circa 1990 24 Sound cassettes Scope and Contents Includes recordings of Pearlstein discussing his artwork, Greek vases, and other topics in Kansas City, Milwaukee, Boston, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and other locations.
Various Lectures and Speeches, circa 1972-1990
Select: Various Lectures and Speeches, circa 1972-1990 11 Sound cassettes2 Videocassettes (VHS-C)1 Floppy disc (Transfer of floppy discs not possible.) Scope and Contents Recordings are of Pearlstein's lectures on art history, art criticism, Greek vases, and other topics in various cities including Pittsburg, San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. One recording is on a video floppy disk labeled "Desire Studio Santa Fe."
Letter to Editor at New York Times , circa 1961
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Letter to President of Brooklyn College, circa 1980
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Memorial, Al Held, 2005
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Memorial, Jerome Viola, undated
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Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1970-circa 2000, undated
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Notes, undated
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Proposal, U.S. and U.S.S.R. Workshop Exchange, 1987
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By Others About Pearlstein
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"One Decade of a Realist" by W.J. Kelly, circa 1970s
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Essay by Alexander Duckers, 1972
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Article by Richard Field, circa 1978
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Dissertation by John Ward, 1981
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The Painting and Teaching of Philip Pearlstein (1982) by Jerome Viola, 1981-1986
Select: The Painting and Teaching of Philip Pearlstein (1982) by Jerome Viola, 1981-1986 Scope and Contents Oversized photograph of book cover housed in Box 37.
Philip Pearlstein Since 1983 (2002) by Robert Storr, 2000-2001
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"A Conversation with Philip Pearlstein," The New Criterion , (December 2004) by David Yezzi, 2004
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Various, undated
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By Others, "Ellen's Trip to the Children's Zoo", circa 1967
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By Others, Ohio Northern University Commencement Address by Jim Dicke, 2006
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Oversized Photograph of Book Cover by Jerome Viola from Box 12, Folders 42-43, circa 1982
Select: Oversized Photograph of Book Cover by Jerome Viola from Box 12, Folders 42-43, circa 1982