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Archives of American Art
Edwin and Lindy Bergman papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bergedlin
- Creators:
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Bergman, EdwinBergman, Lindy
- Dates:
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circa 1950-1985
- Languages:
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English
- Physical Description:
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2 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, printed material, audio visual material, and an artifact relating to the careers of art collectors Edwin and Lindy Bergman.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is with artists, galleries, and museums. Photographs are of artists related to the Bergman's collections. Printed material regards Joseph Cornell (including some of his source material) and the Bergmans. Audio visual material includes a VHS video interview on two videocassettes of Edwin and Lindy Bergman, August 24, 1984, produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Also included is a wooden box containing Joseph Cornell's "Pasta" dossier (given to the Bergmans by Betty Benton, Cornell's sister, in 1975).
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Edwin Bergman (1917-1986) was an art collector in Chicago, Illinois. Bergman and his wife, Lindy, collected Surrealist art.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2016 by Robert H. Bergman, Carol B. Cohen and Betty L. Rosenfield, Edwin and Lindy Bergman's children.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago | Topic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Surrealism | Topic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Type | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Video recordings | Type | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cornell, Joseph | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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