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Collection ID:
Accession 10-129
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Modernism and Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Museum (Traveling exhibition); January 7, 2000 to June 30, 2002

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian American Art Musuem. Office of Design and Production
Dates:
1999-2000
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-144
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of materials that document the development of the reference and graphics manual to accompany the Treasures to Go tour - a set of eight traveling exhibitions featuring collections from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and underwritten by the Principle Financial Group. The thematic exhibitions were created to tour...

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Digitized Content LeRoy Neiman papers
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Creators:
Neiman, LeRoy, 1921-2012
Dates:
1938-2005
Size:
70.5 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.neimlero
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of LeRoy Neiman measure approximately 70.5 linear feet and date from 1938-2005. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, project files, printed material and artifacts documenting the career of the American painter LeRoy Neiman.

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Elizabeth Gordon Papers
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Creators:
Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000
Dates:
1958-1987
Size:
3 Linear feet
Collection ID:
FSA.A1988.03
Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Papers, 1959-1987, of Elizabeth Gordon, editor of the periodical, House Beautiful from 1941-1964, mostly related to her research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; notes; drafts for articles and lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; drawings of paper and foil art; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.

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Digitized Content Scurlock Studio Records
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Creators:
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
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Dates:
1888-1996
Size:
200 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0618
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection includes approximately 250,000 photonegatives, photoprints, color transparencies from the photographic business founded by Addison Scurlock in Washington, DC. Collection also includes business records and ephemera.

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