Archives of American Art

Don Resnick papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.resndon
Creators:
Resnick, Don, 1928-
Dates:
1954-2000
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.3 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence, photographs, sketchbooks, catalogues and gallery announcements regarding Don Resnick. Included are letters from Ernst Benkert to Resnick, discussing his work, fellow artists, and the art scene. Other correspondents include Richard Klett, and Dutch artists Kees Bantzinger, Rudi Bierman, and Paula Nieuwenhuis-Thies. Nineteen sketchbooks (1956-1996) depict landscape and figure studies in pastel, pen and ink, pencil, and charcoal; also found are several portrait studies of Robert Moses by the artist.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Artist; Rockville Centre, New York.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1999 by Don Resnick.

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Benkert, Ernst, 1928- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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