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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

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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

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