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Archives of American Art
Herman Trunk papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.trunherm
- Creators:
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Trunk, Herman, 1894-1963
- Dates:
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circa 1926-1950
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.6 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters, writings, photographs, printed material, and a DVD videorecording relating to Trunk's career as a modernist painter. Letters are from Juliana Force, Arthur E. McFarlane, Henry McFee, author B.F. Morrow, and Charles J. Simpson, secretary of the American Veterans Society of Artists, Harry C. Richardson, Gertrude Herdle Moore, Holger Cahill, Audrey F. McMahon, Hugo C.M. Wendel, Kimon Nicolaides, Zoltan Hecht, and Marion M. Grant, among others. Writings include consignment forms and reports from the Dudensing Gallery, New York City, an artist statement, one notebook labeled Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Greco-Roman, one notebook on fresco painting, and two notebooks listing information on art works by Trunk. Photographs are of Trunk, his wife, and others. Printed material consists of scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogs and pamphlets mostly concerning Trunk's exhibitions at Dudensing Gallery, New York. The DVD documents the 1989 Trunk exhibition at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, filmed by the donor, Joseph Smith.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Herman Trunk (1894-1963) was a modernist painter who worked in a variety of media, and is well known for his watercolor paintings produced in the early 20th century.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in 2008 by Joseph G. Smith, Herman Trunk's nephew.
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
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Modernism (Art) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Smith, Joseph G. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
McFarlane, Arthur E. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Morrow, B. F. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Simpson, Charles J. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Force, Juliana, 1876-1948 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hirschl & Adler Galleries | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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