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Archives of American Art
Harriet Dyer Adams papers relating to David Smith
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.adamharr
- Creators:
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Adams, Harriet Dyer
- Dates:
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ca. 1950-1951
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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23 Items
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Six letters and postcards from David Smith to Adams, Mar.-Dec. 1951; photographs, including 4 of Smith and his sculpture taken by Adams at Smith's studio at Bolton Landing, N.Y. during the summer of 1950 and several of his sculpture and exhibit installation at the Junior Art Gallery, Louisville (Ky.) Public Library, 1951. Also included is an announcement for a Smith exhibition from the Willard Gallery in New York, ca. 1951. The letters and postcards relate to upcoming exhibitions, financial problems, teaching positions and other topics.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Adams (b. 1900), and art historian and gallery director, Louisville, Ky., was acquainted with the sculptor David Smith. In Jan. 1951, the Louisville Public Library's Junior Art Gallery, where she served as director, hosted a traveling exhibition from the Museum of Modern Art, "Carvers-Modelers-Welders" which included a piece by Smith. Adams augmented the Louisville stop with sketches and studies loaned by Smith, whom she had visited the previous summer.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1997-1998 by Harriet Dyer Adams.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smith, David, 1906-1965 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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