Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Archives of American Art
Hans and Thordis Burkhardt papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.burkhans
- Creators:
-
Burkhardt, Hans Gustav, 1904-1994Burkhardt, Thordis W., 1908-1993
- Dates:
-
1905-1981
- Languages:
-
English.
- Physical Description:
-
1.4 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Resumes, awards, and memberships; letters thanking the Burkhardts for paintings, regarding visits to their home and studio, and from scholars and institutions requesting information about his own work as well as his collection of works by Mark Tobey and Arshile Gorky; writings and notes by and about Burkhardt; 2 bound sketchbooks, undated and 1961, containing black felt-tip pen drawings; exhibition related materials including lists of works exhibited, acknowledgements of gifts, loan agreements, and receipts; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings, press releases, and bulletins, and 2 scrapbooks of clippings; and photographs of Burkhardt, his wife Thordis, and others including Mark Tobey and Willem de Kooning.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter and collector; Los Angeles, Calif.; d. 1994.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1975-1981 by the Burkhardts.
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.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
---|---|---|---|
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sketchbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- California -- Los Angeles | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tobey, Mark | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions