These records document the curatorial activities of Neal Benezra, Assistant Director for Art and Public Programs, regarding the development and execution of Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960. The exhibition opened at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on June 21, 2001, and closed September 16, 2001. Materials include audiotapes, ...

This accession consists of records created and maintained by James Demetrion, Director, 1984-2001, documenting exhibitions created at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden by various curators, including Stanley Spencer: An English Vision and Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960, curated by Demetrion. Materials include correspondence a...

This accession consists of records documenting the publicity of exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Exhibitions documented in this accession include Faces of Friendship: The Art World Circle of Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn in Documentary Photographs; Hirshhorn Collection at 25: Celebrating Modern and Contemporary Art; D...

This accession consists of records documenting objects used in exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Exhibitions documented in this accession include Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: Paintings, Sculptures, Assemblages; Robert Gober: Drawings + Sculptures; Dali's Optical Illusions; Biennale di Venezia; H. C. Westermann; Regardi...

This accession consists of records documenting curatorial activities of Judith Zilczer, Curator of Painting. Subjects include acquisitions (declined and purchased), research, administrative activities, and preparations for two major exhibitions: Collection in Context: Horace Pippin's 'Holy Mountain III' and Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944...

The papers of Southern California painter and instructor Hassel Smith measure 4 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1930-1995. Found within the papers are correspondence, a transcript of an interview conducted by Jan Butterfield in the 1980s, personal business files, teaching files, writings by Smith and others, sketches, printed materials, and photographs of Smith, his family and friends, and his artwork. There are audio recordings of a lecture series organized by Smith and of reviews of Smith's work. Correspondents include Paule Anglim, Elmer Bischoff, Andre Emmerich, Clyfford Still, Wayne Thiebaud, and many others.

The papers of New York City abstract expressionist painter William Baziotes and his wife Ethel measure 6.3 linear feet and date from circa 1900-1992, bulk 1935-1980. The collection includes William Baziotes biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, and photographs. The papers of Ethel Baziotes consists of correspondence mostly dated after her husband's death regarding exhibitions of his work, along with limited biographical material and writings.

The Clay Spohn papers measure 20.4 linear feet and date from circa 1862 to 1985 with the bulk of the material dating from 1890 to 1985. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes and writings, art work, printed material, and photographs which reflect the life and career of painter and educator Clay Spohn.

The Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers measure 57.2 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1946-1983. Records provide extensive documentation of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1946 to its closing in 1983 and of the activities of Betty Parsons as one the leading art dealers of contemporary American Art in the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly the work of the Abstract Expressionists. Over one third of the of the collection is comprised of artists files containing correspondence, price lists, and printed materials. Additional correspondence is with galleries, dealers, art institutions, private collectors, and the media. Also found are exhibition files, exhibition catalogs and announcements, sales records, stock inventories, personal financial records, and photographs. Betty Parsons' personal papers consist of early curatorial files, pocket diaries, personal correspondence, and evidence of her own artwork, including sketchbooks, and files documenting her personal art collection.

The papers of New York gallery owner and art dealer David Herbert measure 5.8 linear feet and date from circa 1909-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1945-1995. Herbert's papers document his years working for Betty Parsons Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery, Graham Gallery, and others; the operation of the David Herbert Gallery from 1959-1962; Herbert's partnerships and agreements with Richard Feigen and others; and his activities as an independent dealer. Records include biographical material, correspondence, notebooks, subject files, artist files, exhibition files, business records, printed material, and photographs.