Thomas Shields Clarke letters
Letters from Clarke to his parents describing his life in Paris; letters to Clarke regarding exhibitions, sales and casting of his sculptures.
Hotel Baudy guest register
Guest register which contains ca. 700 entries. The visitors gave their occupation, age, residence, origin of passport, previous address, destination, and arrival and departure dates.
Frederick Arthur Bridgman papers
Photographic reproductions of a sketchbook/scrapbook, photographs, and a handwritten genealogy of the Bridgman family; and a photocopy of a catalog of the sale of the contents of Bridgman's studio after his death.
[Photograph of Adolf Dehn and friends]
Adolf Dehn and friends at Dehn's studio in Paris. Friends are identified as writers Vincent Bojeja, Charlie Ferlin, Gillespie, Eve Peterson, Ed Skinner, Ken Stewart, and John O. Watson; several are unidentified.
Beauford Delaney letter to Charles Nagel
Found here is one letter to museum director Charles Nagel written by artist Beauford Delaney, dated February 16th, 1967. In this letter, Beauford Delaney thanks Charles Nagel for his kindness to artists. Delaney also mentions Madame Breeskin [Adelyn Breeskin].
Oral history interview with Shirley Jaffe
Berman, Avis
Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project
94 Pages (Transcript)
An interview of Shirley Jaffe conducted 2010 Sept. 27 and 28, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts project, at Jaffe's studio, in Paris, France.
Harold Leeds papers
The papers of architect Harold E. Leeds measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1940s-circa 2002. The letters found here are primarily from painter Loren MacIver writing from France, during which time Leeds looked after the home belonging to MacIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg. While mainly logistical in nature, MacIver does describe aspects of her daily life in France, and her and Frankenberg's friendships with prominent figures including Margaret Barr, Elizabeth Bishop, Pierre Matisse, and James Johnson Sweeney. The photographs in the collection document Leeds' life with partner and documentary filmmaker Wheaton Galentine, and Leeds' work as an architect and interior design professor at Pratt Institute.
Shirley Jaffe papers
0.26 Gigabytes
The papers of artist Shirley Jaffe measure 7.1 linear feet and 0.260 GB and date from circa 1950-2011. The collection documents her life and career as an American painter living in Paris through biographical material, letters, notebooks, writings, project files, printed and digital material, photographic material, and sketchbooks.
Photographs of artists in their Paris studios
47 photographs of 43 artists in their Paris studios. Artists include: Louise Abbema, Albert Aublet, Riene Bellcourt, Jean Beraud, Paul Albert Besnard, Maurice Bompard, Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, Gustave Rodolphe Clarence Boulanger, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Georges Jules Victor Clairin, Louis Joseph Rapheal Collin …
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones
Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
Interview of Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones conducted 1964 April 26, by Ruth Gurin (Bowman), when Gurin was Curator of the Collection at New York University.
