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
Murals without walls [videorecording] / WNET/Thirteen; director, Alfred Broderick; producer, Elizabeth Davis; artistic consultant, Ruth Bowman
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wnettelv
- Creators:
-
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Dates:
-
1979
- Languages:
-
Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
-
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)(30 min)sd., col.3/4 in.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Describes the 1972 discovery and later conservation of Arshile Gorky's murals "Aviation" at the Newark, N.J. International Airport, executed in 1937 by Gorky as part of the Work Projects Administration art project. Art historian Ruth Bowman, N.J. Port Authority employees Saul Wenegrat and Stephen Staempler, and conservator Carroll Wales of Oliver Bros. are among those who describe their involvement. The murals are now in the Newark Museum.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the American Federation of Arts, who sponsored a tour of the Newark Museum exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," July 1979-December 1980. The exhibit was curated by Ruth Bowman.
More Information
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
New York : WNET/Thirteen, 1979.
General
General
Broadcast Dec. 1978 on WNET/Thirteen's Dateline, N.J. series. U-matic video produced April 16, 1979.
General
Based on the exhibition "Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered," Newark Museum, Nov. 1978-March 1979.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
---|---|---|---|
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Conservation and restoration | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Jersey -- Newark | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Newark Airport | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bowman, Ruth, 1923- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Broderick, Alfred | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Davis, Elizabeth | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
American Federation of Arts | Corporate 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