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Wharton Esherick papers
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Creators:
Esherick, Wharton
Dates:
1920-1970
Size:
1 Item (partial microfilm reel)
Collection ID:
AAA.eshewhar
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Account books, 1920-1970, detailing commissions including clients, costs and sale price for furniture, prints and paintings; index card files detailing works, materials and services, and galleries; 3 loose price lists; and high school year book.

Caroline Fesler papers
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Creators:
Fesler, Caroline, d. 1961
Dates:
1939-1956
Size:
1 Reel (51 items (on 1 microfilm reel))
Collection ID:
AAA.feslcaro
Repository:
Archives of American Art

23 letters from Booth Tarkington, mostly regarding purchases for the Herron Museum of Art; 10 letters from Georgia O'Keeffe, primarily about her own activities as an artist and with frequent suggestions about purchases for the museum; and two letters from Alfred Stieglitz. Other correspondents include Paul Byk and sculptor Robert Davidson.

Digitized Content John Frazee papers
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Creators:
Frazee, John, 1790-1852
Dates:
1819-1966
bulk 1819-1893
Size:
0.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.frazejoh
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of sculptor and architect John Frazee measure 0.6 linear feet, and date from 1819-1966, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1819-1893. These scattered papers contain documentation of Frazee's early career as a gravestone carver, his commission to design the New York Customs House, and his busts of John Jay, the Marquis De Lafayette, and other famous figures. There is also correspondence with family members, genealogical materials, sketches of Frazee monuments and stone engravings, poems and notes by Frazee, printed materials, a few financial documents, photographs of works of art, and a plaster cast of a medal.

Harry Koenigsberg papers
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Creators:
Koenigsberg, Harry
Dates:
1953-1995
Size:
2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.koenharr
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters from art dealers, 1961-1985; and printed material, including exhibition catalogs, announcements, and invitations received from New York City galleries, clippings, newsletters and press releases.

[Le Relais de la Belle Aurore restaurant menu]
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Dates:
[193-?]
Size:
1 Item (folded sheet, 27 x 35 cm., folded to 27 x 18 cm.)
Collection ID:
AAA.lerelade
Repository:
Archives of American Art
Laurence M. Porter papers relating to Fairfield Porter
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Creators:
Porter, Laurence M., 1936-
Dates:
circa 1955-2004
Size:
1 Linear foot
Collection ID:
AAA.portlaur
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Laurence M. Porter papers regarding his father Fairfield Porter measure 1.0 linear foot and date from circa 1955-2004. Included are biographical material consisting of estate papers for Fairfield Porter including a list of Fairfield's paintings and an appraisal, a copy of the 1953 film "A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman" by Rudy Burckhardt ...

Mary Ellen Rees materials pertaining to J.H. Sharp
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Creators:
Rees, Mary Ellen
Dates:
1953-1963
Size:
2 Items
Collection ID:
AAA.reesmary
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Two mimeographed copies of letters pertaining to Joseph Henry Sharp: a letter from Edgar Breitenbach, Chief of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, in response to a question from Mary Ellen Rees about a print by J.H. Sharp; and a letter from Stanley L. Lucas, a collector, to J.H. Sharp inquiring about an etching plate of ...

[Inscribed reproduction of landscape painting by Samuel T. Shaw]
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Creators:
Shaw, Samuel T., 1861-1945
Dates:
1917
Size:
1 Item
Collection ID:
AAA.shawsamu
Repository:
Archives of American Art

A color reproduction of a landscape painting by Samuel T. Shaw is inscribed "To Elliot Daingerfield from Samuel T. Shaw 1917" and signed by 44 artists.

Charles Sheeler letter to Frank Crowninshield
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Creators:
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
Dates:
1939 Sept. 27
Size:
1 Item
Collection ID:
AAA.sheechar2
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Brief note from Charles Sheeler to Frank Crowninshield stating that Sheeler read the proof of Crowninshield's piece that was to be published in Vogue. There is an Illegible note in pencil on reverse side.

Remarks prepared by Mr. Saul Steinberg for a luncheon given in his honor at the Smithsonian Institution on February 27, 1967
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Creators:
Steinberg, Saul
Dates:
1967 Feb. 27
Size:
2 Pages
Collection ID:
AAA.steisaul
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Purported by its title as "Remarks prepared by Mr. Saul Steinberg for a luncheon given in his honor at the Smithsonian Institution on February 27, 1967," the document is, on close inspection, a stream of nonsense in the form of a grand proclamation, handwritten in a fanciful, antiquated script on Smithsonian letterhead.

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