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Archives of American Art
Richard Hollander papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hollrich
- Creators:
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Hollander, Richard, 1911-1991
- Dates:
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1950-1991
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5.6 Linear feet(partially microfilmed on 2 partial reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, journals, a scrapbook, sound recordings, printed material, and photographs.
Scope and Contents
REEL 4306: Forty-six letters and three cards from Andrew Dasburg to Hollander, undated and 1959-1969; a card from Andrew Dasburg's son, Alfred Dasburg, 1979, two clippings, one a review of a Dasburg exhibition at the Dorry [Dorothy] Gates Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.; and two snapshots of Dasburg and Hollander's wife Gertrude in front of Dasburg's Taos, N.M. home, April 1970. Dasburg, writing to Hollander in Kansas City, Mo. from Taos, discusses art and aesthetics, his work, weakening health and need for medication, the sale of his work to the Hollanders and to others, and comments on Hollander's work. Included is a card from Alfred Dasburg, September 1, 1979, thanking Hollander for his "tribute to Andrew."
Scope and Contents
REEL 4885: A scrapbook/binder containing photographs of sculpture and drawings by Hollander. Included with the photos of the sculptures "Family Life-The Picnic," and "Interstate I-70," are clippings and notes by Hollander. Also included are several photographs of Hollander at work in his studio.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with Elizabeth Broun, Nancy Corwin, Barbara DeZonia, Charles C. Eldredge, Keith Jacobshagen, Joe Kelleher, Andrew Morgan, Gabor Peterdi, Harriet G. Vicente (Mrs. Esteban Vicente), Nan and David Ray, David Reed, Mark Roeyer, David Strout, Alan Tollakson, Natalie Wilvers, and others; drafts of exhibition reviews by Hollander; cassette tape recordings of Hollander; an address book; exhibition reviews, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and other printed material; photographs of Hollander, works of art and slides. Also included are journals, 17 v., June 1980-June 1991, kept by Hollander, revealing facets of Hollander's thinking about his relationships and his art.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculptor, art collector; Kansas City, Mo.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 4306 and 4885 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Scrapbook, reel 4885: Original returned to the lender, Richard Hollander, Jr., after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dasburg material on reel 4306 was donated 1985 by Hollander, Dasburg's close friend and patron. The scrapbook on reel 4885 was lent for microfilming and an additional four feet of material was donated by Hollander's son Richard, 1994. The journals were received by Richard Nadeau, Hollander's psychiatrist, 1994.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Sculpture, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Taos School of Art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art, American -- New Mexico -- Taos | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Artists' studios -- Missouri -- Photographs | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art -- Collectors and collecting | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- Missouri | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- New Mexico -- Taos | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- Missouri -- Kansas City | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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