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Archives of American Art
Israel and Idee Levitan papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.leviisra2
- Creators:
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Levitan, Israel, 1912-1982Levitan, Idee
- Dates:
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[ca.1946-1982]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, a photograph, and printed material documenting Israel and Idee Levitan's involvement in the New York art community after WWII. Correspondence includes letters from Elaine de Kooning, Katherine Dreier, Noah Koff, Merle Armitage, Howard Dearstyne, James Aronson, and others and one letter from the Levitans to Howard Dearstyne. The photographs are of Carl Milles, Svea Kline, and Lillian Helm. Among the printed material are exhibition announcements, including one for a faculty exhibition at the Parsons School of Design featuring Elaine de Kooning in 1976 and various newspaper clippings, including an obituary for Amedee Ozenfant.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculptors, New York, N.Y.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2007 by Mark Borghi, gallery owner and art dealer, Mark Borghi Fine Arts. Borghi purchased the papers from the Levitan estate in 2006.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Dearstyne, Howard. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Aronson, James. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| De Kooning, Elaine | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Koff, Noah | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kline, Svea | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Helm, Lillian | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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