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Archives of American Art
Research material on Ronald Bladen and Les Levine
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.berkbill
- Creators:
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Berkson, Bill
- Dates:
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1931-1991
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.6 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Material gathered by Berkson in preparation for exhibitions on sculptors Ronald Bladen and Les Levine.
Scope and Contents
The Bladen material, compiled for a retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, includes: biographical material; an unpublished artists' statement, 1946; interviews of Bladen; material from the California School of Fine Art's archives, and the Whitney Museum of American Art; Bladen correspondence, 1931-1956; Berkson correspondence, 1990-1991; a painting checklist; writings by and about Bladen; photographs of Bladen's paintings and sculptures; exhibition announcements 1941-1983; and clippings and reviews, 1941-1987.
Scope and Contents
Files on Les Levine include photographs, slides, correspondence, articles, announcements, and clippings. Included are information on his media projects Subway Project (1989) and Diamond Mind.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Berkson is an art historian, curator; San Francisco, Calif. Bladen, a painter and sculptor, worked in San Francisco in the mid-1950s, and later moved to New York. Levine, a conceptual and video artist, and a curator, works in New York.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1991 and 1995 by Bill Berkson.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing 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.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Papers of Bill Berkson, 1960-1988, are also located at the University of Connecticut's Archives & Special Collections.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Mass media and art -- Exhibitions | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art museum curators | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bladen, Ronald, 1918-1988 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Levine, Les, 1935- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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